Don Dillard Stats

Don Dillard was born on Friday, January 8, 1937, in Greenville, South Carolina. Dillard was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 24, 1959, with the Cleveland Indians. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Don Dillard baseball stats page.

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"In the past eight years I'd been hurt some way and each time wound up in the hospital, as as baseball players go I hadn't packed any pajamas. Last year, Elma [wife] said she was going to pack me some pajamas so she wouldn't have to look for some when I got hurt. I got through the entire season without injury of any kind, that was the first time in nine full seasons. And, I finished the best ever with a .288 mark, 14 home runs and 63 runs batted in for Toronto." - Dillard, Don. The Index-Journal. 11 March 1965. Page 6.

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Don Dillard Autograph on a 1959 Topps Baseball Card (#123 | <a href='../baseball_cards/baseball_cards_oneset.php?s=1959top01' title='1959 Topps Baseball Card Checklist'>Checklist</a>)

Don Dillard Autograph on a 1959 Topps Baseball Card (#123 | Checklist)

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Birth Name:   David Donald Dillard
Nickname:   Don
Born On:   01-08-1937  (Capricorn)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Greenville, South Carolina
Year of Death Data Died On:   01-08-2022 (500 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Greenwood, South Carolina
Cemetery:   Rosemont Cemetery, Waterloo, South Carolina
High School:   Taylors High School (Taylors, SC)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01   Player Weight Chart Weight:   200
First Game:   04-24-1959 (Age 22)
Last Game:   09-27-1965
Draft:   Not Applicable

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Don Dillard Pitching Stats

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Don Dillard Hitting Stats

1959 22 Indians 10 10 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400
1960 23 Indians 6 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 .143 .250 .143
1961 24 Indians 74 147 27 40 5 0 7 0 17 15 1 28 0 0 0 1 .272 .340 .449
1962 25 Indians 95 174 22 40 5 1 5 1 14 11 1 25 0 0 0 3 .230 .276 .356
1963 26 Braves 67 119 9 28 6 4 1 0 12 5 0 21 1 1 1 3 .235 .270 .378
1965 28 Braves 20 19 1 3 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 2 .158 .158 .316
6 Years 272 476 59 116 16 5 14 1 47 32 2 85 1 1 1 10 .244 .292 .387

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Don Dillard Fielding Stats

1960 Indians RF 1 1 15 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1961 Indians CF 24 16 471 44 1.8 44 44 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.52
1961 Indians LF 14 7 273 21 1.5 21 21 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.08
1961 Indians RF 1 1 27 6 6.0 6 6 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 6.00
1962 Indians CF 20 17 414 32 1.6 32 31 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.09
1962 Indians LF 29 12 429 24 0.8 22 22 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .917 1.38
1962 Indians RF 4 0 30 5 1.3 5 5 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50
1963 Braves CF 5 3 108 11 2.2 11 11 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.75
1963 Braves LF 24 18 486 32 1.3 30 25 5 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .938 1.67
1963 Braves RF 1 0 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1965 Braves LF 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
LF Totals 68 37 1,191 77 1.1 73 68 5 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .948 1.65
CF Totals 49 36 993 87 1.8 87 86 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.37
RF Totals 7 2 78 11 1.6 11 11 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.81
5 Years 124 75 2,262 175 1.4 171 165 6 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .977 2.04

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Don Dillard Miscellaneous Stats

1959 Indians 0 0 .000 10 0 n/a 0.0 5.0 10.0 - - -
1960 Indians 0 0 .000 5 0 n/a 0.0 2.3 0.0 - - -
1961 Indians 0 0 .000 40 3 n/a 21.0 5.3 8.6 - - -
1962 Indians 0 1 .000 52 2 n/a 34.8 7.0 12.4 - - -
1963 Braves 0 2 .000 38 1 n/a 119.0 5.7 9.9 - - -
1965 Braves 0 0 .000 19 0 n/a 19.0 3.2 6.3 - - -
6 Years 0 3 .000 164 6 n/a 34.0 5.6 10.1 - - -

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Don Dillard Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1959 Cleveland Indians 38 Undetermined - -
1960 Cleveland Indians 38 Undetermined - -
1961 Cleveland Indians 36 Undetermined - -
1962 Cleveland Indians 36 Undetermined - -
1963 Milwaukee Braves 42 Undetermined - -
1965 Milwaukee Braves 42 Undetermined - -

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David Donald Dillard was a Major League Baseball player with the Cleveland Indians (1959-1962) and Milwaukee Braves (1963, 1965). Did you know that Don, his nickname, was once knocked out (cold) during a regular season game (July 20, 1963)?

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Don Dillard Photo | The Idaho Statesman | 21 July 1963

(Jim) Gilliam's nickname on the Dodgers was "The Devil"; he was a good-natured guy with a wicked underslide. In 1963 Don Dillard of the Braves slid into second base trying to break up a double play, and Maury Wills hit him right between the eyes with the throw, knocking him out. Everybody gathered around Dillard, afraid he was dead, except Gilliam, who retrieved the ball and tagged Dillard, lying flat on the ground, to make sure he was out. According to John Roseboro in Glory Days with the Dodgers, "'That's the first time I tagged out a dead man,' chuckled The Devil."

Source: The New Bill James Historical Abstract. James, Bill. Author. Free Press Publishing. 13 June 2003. Page 500-501.

The following day (21 July 1963), a UPI Press Release wrote, "Outfielder Don Dillard, who was knocked unconscious by a ball thrown by Los Angeles' Maury Wills in Saturday's Braves-Dodgers game, was reported in satisfactory condition Saturday night but won't be able to play for at least a week.

A spokesman for the Braves said Dillard, who was hit by a ball thrown toward second base by Wills as Dillard ran to that base, suffered a cut above the right eye that required six or seven stitches to close. X-rays revealed no fracture.

The Braves said Dillard will be hospitalized "at least a couple of days."

DON DILLARD ROOKIE STARS CARD

Don Dillard Rookie Stars Card | 1960 Topps Baseball Card (#122 | Checklist)
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Early Wynn (HOF Class of 1972) surrendered three-hundred thirty-eight home runs to one-hundred sixty-eight batters in thirteen different ballparks. The last hitter to successfully hit a game-tying home run off Wynn in the bottom of the ninth inning was Don Dillard, on May 2, 1961 — it was Dillard's first career homer!

Al Schroll had one of his best days in the majors on September 27, 1961, when he was had thrown eight frames of no-hit ball versus the Indians in Metropolitan Stadium. In the bottom of the ninth, three outs away from history, Don Dillard pinch hit for Joe Schaffernoth to lead off the inning, and hit a clean single to center field, ending the no-hitter.

In 1961, Don Dillard was summoned from the bench to pinch hit in forty games. He had thirty-five at-bats, walked four times (intentionally once), struck out only five times, drove in seven runs, scored nine runs, and collected fifteen hits. Dillard's .429 batting average is the highest by a pinch hitter (25 AB Minimum) in Cleveland Indians history!