Richard Edward Bauer is a former right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who was last with the Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He is a 1995 graduate of Centennial High School in Meridian, Idaho and played two seasons for Treasure Valley Community College in Ontario, Oregon. Bauer was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the fifth round of the 1997 amateur draft. He was a starting pitcher in the Orioles minor league system from 1997 through 2001, compiling a 41-39 record in 119 games with a 4.39 ERA in 666�?? innings pitched. Bauer made his major league debut in a start against the Seattle Mariners on September 2, 2001, a 1-0 loss in which he surrendered just one run on three hits and two walks in 6�?? innings. He pitched primarily in relief for Baltimore from 2001 through 2005, making 116 relief appearances and nine starts and compiling an 8-13 record with a 4.58 ERA in 240 innings pitched. Bauer was released by the Orioles after the 2005 season and signed a minor league contract with Texas in November 2005. He was called up to the Rangers April 7, 2006 and remained with the team throughout the 2006 season. 

January 10th, 1977 in Garden Grove (Age 47)