Doug DeCinces

Doug DeCinces
Third baseman
Born: August 29, 1950 (1950-08-29) (age 61) Burbank, California
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 9, 1973 for the Baltimore Orioles
Last MLB appearance
October 4, 1987 for the St. Louis Cardinals
Career statistics
Batting average	.259
Home runs	237
Runs batted in	879
Teams
Baltimore Orioles (1973–1981) California Angels (1982–1987) St. Louis Cardinals (1987) Yakult Swallows (1988)
Career highlights and awards
All-Star selection (1983) Silver Slugger Award winner (1982)

Douglas Vernon "Doug" DeCinces (born August 29, 1950) is a former Major League Baseball third baseman. He was traded from the Baltimore Orioles to the California Angels in 1982 to make room for Cal Ripken Jr. after having begun his career as the successor to Orioles third baseman Brooks Robinson. He played for fifteen seasons (1973–1987) in the major leagues for three different teams, including nine years with the Orioles and six years with the California Angels. He retired after playing in four games for the St. Louis Cardinals at the end of the 1987 season.

DeCinces was a member of the American League All Star Team in 1983. He attended and played for Los Angeles Pierce College, and is in their Athletic Hall of Fame.

He was inducted into the Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame on August 26, 2006.

On August 4, 2011, Doug DeCinces, along with three others, was charged with insider trading ahead of a company buyout by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The SEC alleges that DeCinces and his associates made more than $1.7 million in illegal profits when Abbott Park, Ill.-based Abbott Laboratories Inc. announced its plan to purchase Advanced Medical Optics Inc. through a tender offer.^[1]

See also

• List of top 300 Major League Baseball home run hitters

References

1. ^ "SEC Charges Former Professional Baseball Player Doug DeCinces and Three Others with Insider Trading". Securities and Exchange Commission. Archived from the original on 6 August 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/60j5mEpXn. Retrieved 6 August 2011. 

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
• Comak, Amanda. "DeCinces enjoying life as businessman," MLB.com, Thursday, August 14, 2008.

Persondata
Name	Decinces, Doug
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball player
Date of birth	August 29, 1950
Place of birth	Burbank, California
Date of death
Place of death