Don Slaught
Baseball player
Donald Martin Slaught (born September 11, 1958 in Long Beach, California) is a former catcher in Major League Baseball who had a 16-year career from 1982 to 1997. He played for the Kansas City Royals, Texas Rangers, New York Yankees, California Angels and Chicago White Sox, all of the American League, and the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Diego Padres of the National League.In 2005, he was named hitting coach of the Detroit Tigers, replacing Kirk Gibson.He resigned as the Tigers hitting coach following the 2006 season and was replaced by Lloyd McClendon.Slaught attended UCLA and is a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. He currently resides in Rolling Hills, California with wife of 35 years, Sandy, and their four children, Christa, Stephanie, Cory, and Jessica.
Personal facts
| Birth date | September 11, 1958 |
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