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Dan Driessen (born July 29, 1951 in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina) is a former Major League Baseball infielder who played for three teams in his eighteen year career, and is best known as a member of the Cincinnati Reds "Big Red Machine" of the 1970s. July 29 is the 210th day (211th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 155 days remaining. ...
1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...
Hilton Head Island is a town located in Beaufort County, South Carolina. ...
Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. ...
In his first four seasons with the Cincinnati Reds, Driessen demonstrated his versatility as a player. He became Cincinnati's starting third baseman in 1974, and from 1977 to 1981 replaced Tony Perez at first base. Driessen was also a excellent fielder, leading all National League first basemen in fielding three times. Finally, he was a steady hitter, leading the NL in walks in 1980. The position of the third baseman A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in the sport of baseball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base, the third of four bases a baserunner must touch in a counterclockwise succession in order to score a run. ...
Atanasio Pérez Rigal, better known as Tony Pérez (born May 14, 1942 in Ciego de Ávila, Cuba), is a former player in Major League Baseball. ...
This article refers to the American baseball league. ...
In 1976, Driessen became the National League's first ever designated hitter in the World Series. Traded in the middle of the 1984 season to the Montreal Expos, he played little until his retirement, filling in at first base for the 1987 National League champions the St. Louis Cardinals. A designated hitter, or DH, is a baseball player who is chosen at the start of a game to bat in place of the pitcher. ...
The World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada, the culmination of the sports postseason each October. ...
The Montreal Expos were a Major League Baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 1969 to 2004. ...
Major league affiliations National League (1892-present) Central Division (1994-present) Eastern Division (1969-1993) American Association (1882-1891) Major league titles World Series titles (9) 1982 •1967 • 1964 • 1946 1944 • 1942 • 1934 • 1931 1926 NL Pennants (16) 2004 • 1987 • 1985 • 1982 1968 • 1967 • 1964 • 1946 1944 • 1943 • 1942 • 1934...
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