Description
Douglas Vernon "Doug" DeCinces is a former Major League Baseball third baseman. His last name is pronounced "de-SIN-say". He played Pony League and Colt League Baseball in Northridge, California with Dwight Evans.
He began his major league career with the Baltimore Orioles late in the 1973 season, and he played for the Orioles in the ensuing eight full seasons. On June 22, 1979, in one of the most famous games in Orioles history, he hit a game-winning home run at Memorial Stadium off Detroit Tigers reliever Dave Tobik. The Orioles were trailing the Tigers 5-3 going into the bottom of the ninth inning. With one out, Ken Singleton hit a solo home run off Tobik to bring the Orioles within one. Eddie Murray reached base on a single, and, with two outs, DeCinces hit a two-run home run to give the Orioles a 6-5 victory. The win has been called "the night Oriole Magic was born."
Born
August 29th, 1950 in Burbank (Age 74)
Last Changes
2024/03/24
New Scanned Autograph (TTM/Probably Authentic)
2024/03/24
A Scanned Autograph has been removed
2024/03/22
New Scanned Autograph (TTM/Probably Authentic)