Orioles’ World Series Champion Rich Dauer Passes Away
February 3, 2025
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J.P. Hoornstra writes and edits Major League Baseball content. A veteran of 20 years of sports coverage for daily newspapers in California, J.P. covered MLB, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Los Angeles Angels (occasionally of Anaheim) from 2012-23 for the Southern California News Group. His first book, The 50 Greatest Dodgers Games of All-Time, published in 2015. In 2016, he won an Associated Press Sports Editors award for breaking news coverage. He once recorded a keyboard solo on the same album as two of the original Doors.
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Rich Dauer, who spent his entire 10-year major league playing career in Baltimore, has died, the Orioles announced Monday. He was 72.
Dauer, a native of San Bernardino, California, appeared in the 1979 and 1983 World Series with the Orioles, winning a championship ring with the latter club.
We mourn the passing of Orioles Hall of Fame second baseman Rich Dauer, who spent his entire 10-year career with the O’s.
We send our deepest sympathies to the Dauer family as well as his many teammates and friends. pic.twitter.com/qKXqNQMgFj
— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) February 3, 2025
A gifted second baseman, Dauer set a major-league record with 86 consecutive errorless games and 425 consecutive errorless chances.
Baltimore Orioles manager Joe Altobelli talks to short stop Cal Ripken and 2nd baseman Rich Dauer during spring training in Miami. Baltimore Orioles manager Joe Altobelli talks to short stop Cal Ripken and 2nd baseman Rich Dauer during spring training in Miami. Tom Salyer/Getty Images
Dauer went on to enjoy an illustrious coaching career after his playing career ended in 1985. In 2015, he was hired as first base coach and infield coordinator by the Houston Astros under new manager A.J. Hinch. He won the second World Series ring of his career when the Astros defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2017 World Series.
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