Rich Dauer, Colton High School Alumni who won titles with Orioles and as Astros coach, Dead at 722/4/2025 Dauer was a career .257 hitter who played 1,140 games -- 948 of which came from 1978-84, playing for the Orioles from 1976-85. Rich Dauer was born in San Bernardino, California on July 27, 1952 and graduated from Colton High School in 1970 as an All CIF athlete in 4 different sports. After high school, Dauer went on to play college baseball at San Bernardino Valley College, where he was a standout that led him to the University of Southern California, where he helped lead the USC Trojans to win national titles in both 1972 and 1973. He made his major-league debut on September 11, 1976 and spent his entire 10-year MLB career with the Baltimore Orioles. He homered to open the scoring in Game 7 of the 1979 World Series against Pittsburgh, but the Pirates came back
and won. Baltimore returned to the World Series in 1983 and defeated Philadelphia. Dauer was the starting second baseman on the Orioles' 1983 World Series championship team. As a coach, Dauer worked as a minor league coach for five organizations and managed the San Bernardino Spirit, the once affiliate of the Seattle Mariners, in 1987. In the major leagues he coached for the Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers and Colorado Rockies. In 2017, Dauer served as the first base coach for the Astros who won the World Series for their first time ever that season. A park was dedicated in his honor in his hometown of Colton, California. The Orioles announced Dauer's death Monday. They did not announce a cause of death. He was 72.
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