Doug Rau
| Doug Rau | |||
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| Pitcher | |||
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Born: December 15, 1948 Columbus, Texas | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 2, 1972, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| May 26, 1981, for the California Angels | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 81–60 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.35 | ||
| Strikeouts | 697 | ||
| Teams | |||
Douglas James Rau (born December 15, 1948 in Columbus, Texas), is a retired professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1972 to 1981. Rau attended Texas A&M University, and was a first-round draft pick of the Dodgers in the secondary phase of the June 1970 amateur draft.[1]
Rau's timing was off. He was a fifth starter through most of his career and was not regarded as particularly durable. But in the twenty-first century he would be considered an "innings eater" and his won-lost records would put him in the "ace" category.
Rau was involved in an argument during Game 4 of the 1977 World Series with manager Tommy Lasorda. After Rau gave up four consecutive hits, Lasorda went to the mound to remove him from the game; the two men then got into a profanity-filled argument on the mound in which fellow player Davey Lopes had to restrain them. The argument was recorded on Lasorda's microphone.[2]
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- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors) or Baseball Gauge or Retrosheet or Venezuelan Professional Baseball League