Don Stanhouse Stats & Facts
Don Stanhouse Positions: Bats: R Throws: R Height: 74 Weight: 185 Born: Monday, February 12, 1951 in DuQuoin, IL USA Died: in , Debut: 4/19/1972 Last Game: 9/24/1982 Full Name: Donald Joseph Stanhouse
Don Stanhouse Positions: Bats: R Throws: R Height: 74 Weight: 185 Born: Monday, February 12, 1951 in DuQuoin, IL USA Died: in , Debut: 4/19/1972 Last Game: 9/24/1982 Full Name: Donald Joseph Stanhouse
1980 – Craig Reynolds, homerless the year before, blasts a leadoff homer against Don Stanhouse to spark a five-run eighth-inning rally that topples Los Angeles, 10-6. Dave Smith wins in his first big league appearance.
After 1,887 plate appearances without a home run from the start of his career, Cubs outfielder Greg Gross finally goes deep when he homers off Don Stanhouse, a three-run shot to left field with two outs in the sixth-inning, in the team’s 8-6 victory over the Expos at Wrigley Field. The 24 year-old’s homerless drought establishes a new major league record, far surpassing runner-up Duane Kuiper, who recorded his first round-tripper needing 355 fewer trips to the plate to accomplish the feat.
On March 4, 1972, the Texas Rangers trade former two-time Cy Young Award winner Denny McLain to the Oakland A’s for minor league pitchers Don Stanhouse and Jim Panther. McLain, who lost a league-leading 22 games pitching for the Washington Senators in 1971, will last only five starts in Oakland before being traded…