Doug DeCinces

Full Name: Douglas Vernon DeCinces	Primary Position: 3B
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/190	First Game: September 9, 1973
Birthdate: August 29, 1950	Final Game: October 4, 1987
Birthplace: Burbank, California	MLB Experience: 15 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Doug DeCinces (Douglas Vernon DeCinces) was born on August 29, 1950 in Burbank, California. He made his Major League debut on September 9, 1973 for the Baltimore Orioles. In 1975, his rookie year, he hit .251 with 4 home runs and 23 RBI. DeCinces played for the Baltimore Orioles, California Angels and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 15 year career.

Most people believe that Doug DeCinces's best season was 1982, when he slugged 30 home runs, hit for a .301 average and knocked in 97 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1973	BAL	A	10	18	2	2	0	3	.111	.158	.111	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0
1974	BAL	A	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	BAL	A	61	167	20	42	4	23	.251	.306	.395	6	3	13	32	1	0	0	2	3
1976	BAL	A	129	440	36	103	11	42	.234	.284	.357	17	2	29	68	2	3	8	1	11
1977	BAL	A	150	522	63	135	19	69	.259	.339	.433	28	3	64	86	2	0	8	6	14
1978	BAL	A	142	511	72	146	28	80	.286	.346	.526	37	1	46	81	2	0	7	2	12
1979	BAL	A	120	422	67	97	16	61	.230	.318	.412	27	1	54	68	3	0	5	5	11
1980	BAL	A	145	489	64	122	16	64	.249	.319	.403	23	2	49	83	3	4	11	5	20
1981	BAL	A	100	346	49	91	13	55	.263	.341	.454	23	2	41	32	1	1	0	2	12
1982	CAL	A	153	575	94	173	30	97	.301	.369	.548	42	5	66	80	1	4	7	7	18
1983	CAL	A	95	370	49	104	18	65	.281	.332	.495	19	3	32	56	0	1	2	2	13
1984	CAL	A	146	547	77	147	20	82	.269	.327	.431	23	3	53	79	0	0	4	4	16
1985	CAL	A	120	427	50	104	20	78	.244	.317	.440	22	1	47	71	2	5	1	11	18
1986	CAL	A	140	512	69	131	26	96	.256	.325	.459	20	3	52	74	2	2	2	4	19
1987	STL	N	4	9	1	2	0	1	.222	.222	.444	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1987	CAL	A	133	453	65	106	16	63	.234	.337	.391	23	0	70	87	2	2	3	6	10
1987	Total		137	462	66	108	16	64	.234	.335	.392	25	0	70	89	2	2	3	6	10
Total	NL		4	9	1	2	0	1	.222	.222	.444	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Total	AL		1645	5800	777	1503	237	878	.259	.329	.445	310	29	618	902	21	22	58	57	177
Total			1649	5809	778	1505	237	879	.259	.329	.445	312	29	618	904	21	22	58	57	177

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	AVG
1973	BAL	A	SS	1	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	1.000
1973	BAL	A	3B	8	4	47	3	14	2	2	0	.895
1973	BAL	A	2B	2	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	1.000
1974	BAL	A	3B	1	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	1.000
1975	BAL	A	SS	13	5	46.2	13	18	2	3	0	.939
1975	BAL	A	2B	11	11	92.1	41	25	0	10	0	1.000
1975	BAL	A	3B	34	25	227.1	19	71	5	7	0	.947
1975	BAL	A	1B	2	1	10	19	1	0	0	0	1.000
1976	BAL	A	3B	109	103	916.1	96	208	19	9	0	.941
1976	BAL	A	SS	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1976	BAL	A	2B	17	15	126.2	49	44	1	11	0	.989
1976	BAL	A	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1976	BAL	A	1B	10	2	39.2	45	5	0	1	0	1.000
1977	BAL	A	2B	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1977	BAL	A	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1977	BAL	A	3B	148	146	1294	124	330	20	34	0	.958
1977	BAL	A	1B	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1978	BAL	A	3B	130	128	1102.2	111	280	10	27	1	.975
1978	BAL	A	2B	12	12	82	27	28	4	11	0	.932
1979	BAL	A	3B	120	119	1036.2	99	247	13	21	1	.964
1980	BAL	A	3B	142	138	1189	120	340	19	41	0	.960
1980	BAL	A	1B	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.000
1981	BAL	A	LF	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1981	BAL	A	1B	1	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	1.000
1981	BAL	A	3B	100	97	858.1	86	191	17	31	0	.942
1981	BAL	A	OF	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1982	CAL	A	3B	153	152	1342	112	399	21	41	0	.961
1982	CAL	A	SS	2	1	11	1	1	1	0	0	.667
1983	CAL	A	3B	84	83	742.1	79	216	14	26	0	.955
1983	CAL	A	DH	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1984	CAL	A	DH	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1984	CAL	A	3B	139	138	1201.1	107	266	14	22	0	.964
1985	CAL	A	3B	111	111	959	95	202	13	27	0	.958
1985	CAL	A	DH	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1986	CAL	A	3B	132	128	1123.1	119	216	12	19	0	.965
1986	CAL	A	DH	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1986	CAL	A	SS	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1987	STL	N	3B	3	1	18	3	7	2	0	0	.833
1987	CAL	A	3B	128	118	1058	83	226	17	24	0	.948
1987	CAL	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1987	CAL	A	1B	4	3	26.2	22	1	0	3	0	1.000
1987	CAL	A	SS	1	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1987	Total		3B	131	119	1076	86	233	19	24	0	.944
Total			2B	43	38	305	118	100	5	32	0	.978
Total			LF	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	1542	1491	13121.1	1256	3215	198	331	2	.958
Total			OF	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			1B	19	6	84.1	93	7	0	4	0	1.000
Total			DH	24	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			SS	20	6	66.1	15	22	3	3	0	.925

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Selected by San Diego Padres in the 18th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 5, 1969).
Selected by Baltimore Orioles in the 3rd round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (January 17, 1970).
Traded by Baltimore Orioles with Jeff Schneider to California Angels in exchange for Dan Ford (January 28, 1982).
Granted free agency (November 12, 1986).
Signed by California Angels (January 8, 1987).
Released by California Angels (September 23, 1987).
Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (September 29, 1987).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (October 7, 1987).