Don Slaught

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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.

He attended UCLA and is a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.

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