Darren Daulton is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on January 3, 1962 in Arkansas City, Kansas, United States. The former Major League Baseball catcher who was a part of the World Series with both the Philadelphia Phillies and the Florida Marlins.
He and his former teammates He and former teammate John Kruk became two of the most beloved Phillies players of all time. became two of the most loved Phillies players of all time.
The Philadelphia Phillies selected Daulton in the 25th round of the 1980 Major League Baseball draft. On September 25, 1983, he made his major league debut for the Phillies. Daulton had three at bats for the Phillies in 1983. Through 1988, he played sparingly, due chiefly to the presence of all-star catchers Ozzie Virgil Jr. and Lance Parrish. Daulton became the Phillies’ full-time catcher in 1989. Throughout his early career, his primary value to the team was as a defensive catcher — his cumulative batting average of .206, through the 1988 season, was barely above the Mendoza Line — and he never appeared in as many as 60 games, in any single season. Daulton’s breakout season was 1990, his first as his team’s primary backstop; that year, he batted .268, with 57 runs batted in (RBI) — which, when coupled with his skills behind the plate, earned him a three-year contract worth $6.75 million. Daulton caught Terry Mulholland’s no-hitter, on August 15, 1990.
Following a slump, in 1991, that saw his batting average fall below .200, Daulton led the National League (NL) in RBIs, for 1992, with 109. He also finished in the top 10 in on-base percentage, slugging percentage, OPS, home runs, walks, runs created, and extra base hits. Daulton earned his first All-star appearance, the NL Silver Slugger Award, and sixth place in NL MVP voting.
He was three times married with Lynne Austin Nicole Garcia and Amanda Dick. He had four kids, Summer, Savannah, Zachary and Darren II.
