Del Unser

Del Unser
Center fielder
Born: December 9, 1944 (1944-12-09) (age 66) Decatur, Illinois
Batted: Left	Threw: Left
MLB debut
April 10, 1968 for the Washington Senators
Last MLB appearance
June 6, 1982 for the Philadelphia Phillies
Career statistics
Batting average	.258
Home runs	82
Runs batted in	481
Teams
Washington Senators (1968–1971) Cleveland Indians (1972) Philadelphia Phillies (1973–1974) New York Mets (1975–1976) Montreal Expos (1976–1978) Philadelphia Phillies (1979–1982)
Career highlights and awards
World Series champion (1980)

Delbert Bernard Unser (born December 9, 1944 in Decatur, Illinois) is a retired Major League Baseball center fielder and utility player who had a 15-year career from 1968 to 1982. Unser played for the Washington Senators from 1968 to 1971 and the Cleveland Indians in 1972. He also played for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1973 to 1974, the New York Mets from 1975 to 1976, the Montreal Expos from 1976 to 1978, and again for the Phillies from 1979 to 1982. In 1977 he began to be used primarily as a pinch-hitter, and also split his time on the field between the outfield and first base.

Unser led the American League in triples in 1969 with eight. He had one 5-hit game, in which he hit four singles and a home run against the Oakland Athletics on August 20, 1968.^[1] Unser's career totals include 1,799 games played, 1,334 hits, 87 home runs, 481 Runs batted in, and a lifetime batting average of .258. Unser, along with Lee Lacy, is one of two players to hit three pinch-hit home runs in consecutive at-bats.

Currently, Unser is a scout for the Phillies. His father is retired MLB catcher Al Unser.

See also

• List of Major League Baseball triples champions
• List of second generation MLB players

References

1. ^ "McLain hits sour note, Business wrong turn". Pittsburgh Press (UPI): p. 63. 21 August 1968. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qOQeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3k8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=3695,2570595&dq=baseball+del-unser&hl=en. Retrieved 7 July 2010. 

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
• Retrosheet

Persondata
Name	Unser, Del
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball player
Date of birth	1944-12-09
Place of birth	Decatur, Illinois
Date of death
Place of death