Dave Baldwin (baseball)
Dave Baldwin | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Tucson, Arizona, U.S. | March 30, 1938|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 6, 1966, for the Washington Senators | |
Last MLB appearance | |
August 7, 1973, for the Chicago White Sox | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 6–11 |
Earned run average | 3.08 |
Strikeouts | 164 |
Saves | 23 |
Teams | |
David George Baldwin (born March 30, 1938) is an American former professional baseball pitcher.
Life and career
Born in
Later, he was a relief specialist for the
In 1974, Baldwin, at age 36, was the second oldest player in both the Pacific Coast League and the American Association.[6] Baldwin did not commit an error during his six-year major league career, handling 64 total chances (15 putouts, 49 assists) and committed only three errors throughout the 16 years he played professional baseball.
After he retired from baseball in 1974 he earned a Ph.D. in genetics and an M.S. in systems engineering from the University of Arizona.[7] He worked as a geneticist, engineer, and artist until his retirement in 2003.[8] Subsequently, he has collaborated with other researchers studying the physics, physiology, and psychology of baseball.[9] In addition, he has published his baseball memoir, Snake Jazz, and (under the pen name "DGB Featherkile") a collection of his poetry, Limbic Hurly-Burly. Many of his poems have appeared in such journals as American Poetry Journal, Blue Unicorn, and Evansville Review.[10] His poetry won the Atlanta Review's 2007 International Publication Prize and the 2009 Fluvanna Prize from The Lyric.
Baldwin's painting "Fugue for the Pepper Players" is in the collection of the
Baldwin has been inducted into the University of Arizona Sports Hall of Fame (class of 2015) and the Pima County, Arizona, Sports Hall of Fame (class of 2011). He received the Professional Achievement Award from the University of Arizona Alumni Association in 2009.
Selected publications
- Bahill, A. T. & Baldwin, D. G. (2007) "Describing baseball pitch movement with right-hand rules", Computers in Biology and Medicine, 37:1001–1008.
- Bahill, A.T. & Baldwin, D. G. (2004) "The rising fastball and other perceptual illusions of batters." In Biomedical Engineering Principles in Sports[permanent dead link]. G. K. Hung and J. M. Pallis, eds. NY: Kluwer Academic / Plenum. pp. 257–287.
- Bahill, A. T., Baldwin, D. G., & Venkateswaran, J. (2005) "Predicting a baseball's path", American Scientist, 93(3): 218–225.
- Baldwin, D. (2008) Snake Jazz. Philadelphia: Xlibris (self-published).
- Baldwin, D. G. (2001) "How to win the blame game", Harvard Business Review, 79(7): 55–62.
- Baldwin, D. G. and Bahill, A.T. (2004) "A model of the bat's vertical sweetness gradient." In The Engineering of Sport (5). M. Hubbard, R.D. Mehta, and J. M. Pallis, eds. Proceedings of the 5th International Engineering of Sport Conference, September 13–16, 2004, Davis, California, International Sports Engineering Association (ISEA), Sheffield, UK, 2:305–311.
- Baldwin, D. G., Bahill, A.T., and Nathan, A. (2007) "Nickel and dime pitches", Baseball Research Journal, 35: 25–29.
- Featherkile, DGB. (2009) Limbic Hurly-Burly: Poems of Humor and Paradox. Yachats, Oregon: Stillman & Hyla.
- Mangan, R. L. and Baldwin, D. (1986) "A new cryptic species of Odontoloxozus (Neriidae: Diptera) from the cape region of Baja California Sur (Mexico)." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington (D.C.), 88: 110–121.
- McBeath, M. K., Nathan, A. M., Bahill, A. T., and Baldwin, D.G. (2008) "Paradoxical pop-ups: Why are they difficult to catch?" American Journal of Physics, 76(8): 723–729.
Selected solo art exhibits
- Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, Thousand Oaks, California (Apr.-May 1997).
- Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, Oregon (June–July 1997).
- R. Howard Dobbs University Center, Emory University, Atlanta (Nov. 1997).
- Sarratt Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee (Jan.-Feb. 1998).
- Randall L. Jones Theatre, Utah Shakespearean Festival, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah(June-Aug. 1998).
References
- ^ Greg Hansen (29 April 2008). "Ex-pitcher authors a gem". Arizona Daily Star. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2009.
- ^ Ian Quillen (28 June 2008). "Author Dave Baldwin recalls his Williamsport Grays days". Williamsport Sun-Gazette. Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
- ^ Shecter, Leonard (17 July 1967). "A side-door entrance to the major leagues". Sports Illustrated. 27 (3): 61–66. Archived from the original on 2 December 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2009.
- ISBN 0-446-51389-X.
- ^ "Range Factor / 9 Innings". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 3 February 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Dave Baldwin". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
- ^ Paul White (31 August 2009). "Intelligence report: Baseball's whiz kids stand out, to a degree". USA Today. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
- . Retrieved 5 July 2009.
- ^ Dan Raley (15 April 2008). "Where are they now? Dave Baldwin, former Seattle Pilot". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved 5 July 2009.
- ^ "DGB Featherkile". Stillman & Hyla. Retrieved 28 June 2009.
- ^ "Art by David G. Baldwin". Retrieved 28 June 2009.
- ^ Cohen, Joanna (12 August 1996). "A Hall of Fame career". Sports Illustrated. 85 (7).
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)