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Doug Bair 
Pitcher Born: August 22, 1949
Defiance, OhioBatted: Right Threw: Right MLB debut September 13, 1976 for the Pittsburgh Pirates Last MLB appearance October 3, 1990 for the Pittsburgh Pirates Career statistics Record 55-43 ERA 3.63 Strikeouts 689 Saves 81 Teams Career highlights and awards - World Series Champion: 1982, 1984
Charles Douglas Bair (born August 22, 1949, in Defiance, Ohio) is a right-handed former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played all or part of fifteen seasons in the majors, from 1976 until 1990, for seven different teams. In 2008, he served as pitching coach for the Dayton Dragons, but was let go at the end of the season.[1]
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates out of Bowling Green State University in the 2nd round of the 1971 Major League Baseball Draft, Bair made his major league debut with the Pirates on September 13, 1976, and appeared in his final game on October 3, 1990, at the age of 41. Bair pitched in 584 games during his long career, all but five in relief. His best season was in 1978 with the Cincinnati Reds, when he had 28 saves and an ERA of 1.97 in 70 games.
Bair was a member of the St. Louis Cardinals 1982 World Series Championship team and the Detroit Tigers 1984 World Series Championship team. A few days before the 1982 World Series his daughter, Heather Lea Bair, was born.
In 2006, Bair served as pitching coach of the Billings Mustangs, the rookie-level minor league affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds.[citation needed] Bair spent 2007 and 2008 as pitching coach for the Dayton Dragons, the A Ball Affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds.[1]
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- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
St. Louis Cardinals 1982 World Series Champions 1 Ozzie Smith | 5 Mike Ramsey | 10 Ken Oberkfell | 11 Glenn Brummer | 15 Darrell Porter (World Series MVP) | 18 Gene Tenace | 19 Dane Iorg | 22 David Green | 25 George Hendrick | 26 Steve Braun | 27 Lonnie Smith | 28 Tom Herr | 31 Bob Forsch | 32 Jeff Lahti | 36 Jim Kaat | 37 Keith Hernandez | 39 Dave LaPoint | 40 Doug Bair | 42 Bruce Sutter | 47 Joaquín Andújar | 48 John Stuper | 51 Willie McGee
Manager 24 Whitey Herzog
Coaches: 2 Red Schoendienst | 3 Dave Ricketts | 4 Chuck Hiller | 8 Hal Lanier | 9 Hub KittleDetroit Tigers 1984 World Series Champions 1 Lou Whitaker | 3 Alan Trammell (World Series MVP) | 8 Marty Castillo | 9 Doug Baker | 13 Lance Parrish | 14 Dave Bergman | 15 Rusty Kuntz | 16 Tom Brookens | 17 Bill Scherrer | 19 Dave Rozema | 20 Howard Johnson | 21 Willie Hernández | 23 Kirk Gibson (ALCS MVP) | 27 Bárbaro Garbey | 29 Aurelio López | 30 Johnny Grubb | 31 Larry Herndon | 32 Ruppert Jones | 34 Chet Lemon | 39 Milt Wilcox | 40 Doug Bair | 41 Darrell Evans | 44 Juan Berenguer | 46 Dan Petry | 47 Jack Morris
Manager 11 Sparky Anderson
Coaches: 26 Gates Brown | 38 Roger Craig | 50 Billy Consolo | 51 Alex Grammas | 53 Dick TracewskiCategories:- Living people
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