Tom Dodd (baseball)

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Tom Dodd (baseball) - Wikipedia

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Tom Dodd
Dodd with the Nashville Sounds in 1982
Outfielder
Born: (1958-08-15) August 15, 1958 (age 66) Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
July 25, 1986, for the Baltimore Orioles
Last MLB appearance
August 6, 1986, for the Baltimore Orioles
MLB statistics
Batting average	.231
Home runs	1
Hits	3
Stats at Baseball Reference
Managerial record at Baseball Reference

Teams
Baltimore Orioles (1986)

Thomas Marion Dodd (born August 15, 1958) is an American former professional baseball player. He had a short two-week stint in the major leagues with the 1986 Baltimore Orioles, but is likely best remembered for being one of the players included in the deal that brought Fred McGriff to the Toronto Blue Jays as a minor league prospect.

Yankee farmhand

A highly touted prospect himself, Dodd was drafted by the Oakland Athletics out of the University of Oregon in the second round of the 1979 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign. A year later, he was drafted by the New York Yankees in the first round (seventh overall) of the secondary phase of the 1980 Major League Baseball draft.^[1]

Dodd was an outfielder when he joined the Fort Lauderdale Yankees in 1980, though he played some first base and catcher during his minor league career as well. In 1981, Dodd hit 29 home runs and had 95 runs batted in as a member of the Greensboro Hornets.

McGriff deal

Early in the 1982 season, he, fellow Yankees farmhand Jeff Reynolds and first baseman Dave Revering were traded to the Toronto Blue Jays for John Mayberry. After the season, the Yankees reacquired Dodd and relief pitcher Dale Murray for Fred McGriff, Dave Collins and Mike Morgan. Third baseman Graig Nettles was also supposed to be included in the deal, but when the Jays refused to give him a hefty bonus, the Yankees included cash in the deal to compensate.^[2]

MLB debut

The Yankees released Dodd the following May. Shortly afterwards, he signed with the Chicago White Sox, with whom he remained through the 1984 season. The ChiSox released him just before the start of the 1985 minor league season. He signed with the Baltimore Orioles, and batted .300 for the first time in his career for the Orioles' Southern League and Carolina League affiliates.

Dodd's best season was 1986, when he batted .306 with thirty home runs for the Charlotte O's and Rochester Red Wings. Along the way, he earned a promotion to the big league club. He made his major league debut on July 25, drawing a walk in his only at-bat.^[3]

He entered seven games as a pinch hitter, remaining in one at third base, despite the fact that he had made very few appearances as a third baseman in his minor league career. He hit his only major league home run in his only major league start on August 1 when manager Earl Weaver used Dodd as his designated hitter against the Toronto Blue Jays.^[4]

Despite hitting a career high and team-record 37 home runs for the Charlotte O's in 1987, Dodd never returned to the majors. He spent three more seasons in the Kansas City Royals' and Seattle Mariners farm systems before retiring. In his final season as a pro, Dodd led the Pacific Coast League in RBI with 114 for the Calgary Cannons.

References

^ "Baseball Draft Today". Rome News-Tribune. January 9, 1980.
^ "Yanks Sign Kemp, 21 Players Move as Trading Heats Up". The Telegraph-Herald. December 10, 1982.
^ "Baltimore Orioles 6, Chicago White Sox 2". Baseball-Reference.com. July 25, 1986.
^ "Baltimore Orioles 7, Toronto Blue Jays 3". Baseball-Reference.com. August 1, 1986.

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Career statistics from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)

Pac-12 Conference Baseball Player of the Year

1978: Elder (North) & Tolman (South)
1979: Dodd (North) & Auten (South)
1980: Walker (North) & Francona (South)
1981: Hunsinger (North) & Sodders (South)
1982: Wilson (North) & Davis (South)
1983: Reece (North) & Hardgrave (South)
1984: Skurla (North), McDowell (South) & McGwire (South)
1985: Lovell (North) & Lundblade (South)
1986: Brundage (North), Lovullo (South) & Sanchez (South)
1987: Bowen (North), Lovullo (South) & Hale (South)
1988: Olerud (North) & Ingram (South)
1989: Kuykendall (North), Erickson (South) & Zinter (South)
1990: Walker (North) & Ellis (South)
1991: Hatteberg (North) & McCarty (South)
1992: Loomis (North), Penix (South) & Zuber (South)
1993: Christman (North), LoDuca (South) & McGuire (South)
1994: Smith (North) & Cruz (South)
1995: Blood (North), Hinch (South) & Jenkins (South)
1996: Miller (North) & Hinch (South)
1997: Miller (North) & Glaus (South)
1998: Checketts (North) & Valent (South)
1999: Bloomquist
2000: Myers
2001: Myers
2002: Concepcion
2003: Garko & Pedroia
2004: Lowrie
2005: Crowe & Ellsbury
2006: Gillespie
2007: Wallace
2008: Wallace
2009: Kipnis
2010: MacPhee
2011: Renda
2012: Mejia
2013: Conforto
2014: Conforto
2015: Kingery
2016: Cumberland
2017: Madrigal
2018: Vaughn
2019: Rutschman
2020: Not awarded
2021: Zavala
2022: Melton
2023: Rios
2024: Bazzana

Southern League Most Valuable Player

1972: Mike Reinbach
1973: Jerry Moxey
1974: Nyls Nyman
1975: Mike Squires
1976: Larry Foster
1977: Alan Trammell
1978: Eddie Gates
1979: Danny Heep & Alan Knicely
1980: Steve Balboni
1981: Tim Laudner
1982: Brian Dayett
1983: John Morris
1984: Andrés Galarraga
1985: Jose Canseco
1986: Terry Steinbach
1987: Tom Dodd
1988: Matt Winters
1989: Eric Anthony
1990: Jeff Conine
1991: Ryan Klesko
1992: Javy López
1993: Carlos Delgado
1994: Mark Johnson
1995: Jason Kendall
1996: Derrek Lee
1997: Ben Grieve
1998: Gabe Kapler
1999: Brady Clark
2000: Joe Crede
2001: Josh Phelps
2002: Aaron Miles
2003: Corey Hart
2004: Richard Lewis
2005: Delmon Young
2006: Joey Votto
2007: Evan Longoria
2008: Gaby Sánchez
2009: Desmond Jennings
2010: Dave Sappelt
2011: Paul Goldschmidt
2012: Hunter Morris
2013: Marcus Semien
2014: Jake Lamb
2015: Max Kepler
2016: Tyler O'Neill
2017: Kevin Cron
2018: Corey Ray
2019: Drew Waters
2020: none
2021: Jonathan Aranda
2022: Jakson Reetz
2023: Junior Caminero
2024: Matt Shaw