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Don Money

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b. June 7, 1947 · Philadelphia Phillies 1968–1972, Milwaukee Brewers 1973–1983

In 1974 he played 157 games at third base for Milwaukee and made five errors, a fielding percentage of .989 that stood as the record for a decade, and he went 88 consecutive games without one. Sixteen seasons gave him 1,623 hits, 176 home runs, 729 runs batted in and a .261 average, with four All-Star selections.

Philadelphia traded him to Milwaukee after 1972 in a seven-player deal for Jim Lonborg and Ken Brett, and he played eleven seasons for the Brewers at third, second, short and first. He hit 25 home runs in 1977.

In April 1976 he hit a grand slam at Yankee Stadium that was disallowed because the umpire had called time, and Milwaukee lost the game by one run; it is the play the rule about calling time is taught with. The 1989 ballot gave him one vote of 447.

Honors

AwardTimesYears
All-Star selection 4 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978
Player of the Week 2 1974, 1978

Batting, season by season

YearTeam GABR H2B3B HRRBIBB SOSBAVG
1968 PHI 41313 200 2240 .231
1969 PHI 12745041103 2226 4243831 .229
1970 PHI 12044766132 25414 6643684 .295
1971 PHI 1214394098 2287 3831804 .223
1972 PHI 15253654119 16215 5241925 .222
1973 MIL 14555675158 28211 61535322 .284
1974 MIL 15962985178 32315 65628019 .283
1975 MIL 10940558112 16115 4331517 .277
1976 MIL 11743951117 18412 6247506 .267
1977 MIL 15257086159 28325 8357708 .279
1978 MIL 13751888152 30214 5448703 .293
1979 MIL 923505283 2016 3840471 .237
1980 MIL 862893974 17117 4640360 .256
1981 MIL 601851740 702 1419270 .216
1982 MIL 962754078 14316 5532380 .284
1983 MIL 43114517 501 811170 .149
Career 172062157981623 30236176 72960086680 .261

On this day & linked events

1947

Born June 7, 1947

Washington, DC, USA

1968

Major-league debut: Don Money

Don Money made a major-league debut on April 10, 1968.

1983

Final major-league game: Don Money

Don Money played a final major-league game on September 17, 1983.

Image: Milwaukee Brewers / MLB, public domain