Dan Duran (baseball)

Dan Duran
Dan Duran
	Left fielder
	Born: March 16, 1954 (age 70); Palo Alto, California
	Batted: Left Threw: Left
MLB debut
	April 17, 1981, for the Texas Rangers
Last MLB appearance
	June 10, 1981, for the Texas Rangers
MLB statistics
Batting average	.250
At bats	16
Hits	4
Teams
	Texas Rangers (1981);

Daniel James Duran (born March 16, 1954) is a former Major League Baseball player. Duran played for the Texas Rangers in the 1981 season. In 13 games, Duran had four hits in 16 at-bats, with one run scored. He played left field, and batted and threw left-handed.

Duran is of Indigenous Mexican descent. He attended Sunnyvale High School in California where he played baseball and football. He was recruited but not offered a scholarship to play college football at Stanford and offered a scholarship to play college baseball at UC Davis. He ultimately chose to attend Foothill College. During his offseasons in the minors, he worked in construction.^[1]

He was drafted by the Rangers in the 30th round of the 1973 amateur draft.

References

^ Gault, Earl (July 21, 1974). "Duran Carves Solid Season". Anderson Independent. p. 1C. Retrieved March 17, 2023.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)

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[carves-1] Gault, Earl (July 21, 1974). "Duran Carves Solid Season". Anderson Independent. p. 1C. Retrieved March 17, 2023.

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