Donald Edward "Don" Gullett was a successful Major League Baseball player and coach. MLB logo Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. ...

Gullett was born January 6, 1951 in Lynn, Kentucky. As a high school student in South Shore, Kentucky, Gullett was an outstanding three sports athlete - baseball, football, and basketball. As a high school pitcher, he once tossed a perfect game - including striking out 20 of the 21 hitters he faced. January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... High school, or Secondary school, is the last segment of compulsory education in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan (Republic of China) (only junior high school), the United Kingdom and the United States. ... South Shore is a city located in Greenup County, Kentucky. ... Baseball is a team sport, in which a fist-sized ball is thrown by a defensive player called a pitcher, and an offensive player called a batter attempts to hit it with a tapered, cylindrical, smooth stick called a bat. ... An Australian rules football match at the Richmond Paddock, Melbourne, in 1866. ... Basketball is very popular in U.S. colleges. ... Since 1991, a perfect game has been defined by Major League Baseball as a game in which a pitcher pitches a complete game victory that lasts a minimum of nine innings and in which no opposition player reaches first base. ...

The Cincinnati Reds selected Don Gullett in the first round of the 1969 amateur draft, and he made his big league debut on April 10, 1970. The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ...

Gullett played for the Reds from 1970 through the 1976 season. In November of that year, as a free agent, he signed with the New York Yankees. He enjoyed a successful 14-4 season with the Yankees in 1977, but shoulder problems in 1978 signaled the end of his career. 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The New York Yankees are a Major League baseball team based in The Bronx, New York City. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...

During a relatively brief nine year career, Gullett accumulated 109 wins and posted an impressive 3.11 Earned Run Average (ERA). Playing for only nine seasons, Gullett was a member of five World Series teams, including four consecutive World Champions ('75 and '76 Reds, and '77 and '78 Yankees). In baseball statistics, earned run average (ERA) is the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. ...

At the plate, Don Gullett posted a respectable (for a pitcher) career batting average of .194. For example, in a 1975 National League Championship Series game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Gullett not only pitched a complete game victory, he also helped himself out by hitting a single, a home run, and collecting 3 RBI. In Major League Baseball, the National League Championship Series (NLCS) determines who wins the National League pennant and advances to baseballs championship, the World Series. ... The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ... RBI is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, including Reserve Bank of India Run batted in, in baseball Radio Berlin International This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

After sitting out the 1979 and 1980 seasons due to extensive shoulder and rotator cuff problems, Gullett was released by the Yankees in late 1980. This page refers to the year 1979. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

In 1993, he rejoined the Reds as pitching coach, a post he held until being ousted mid-season in 2005. 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...