Doug Bair

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Doug Bair

Pitcher

Born: August 22, 1949 (1949-08-22) (age 58)
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 13, 1976 for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Final game
October 3, 1990 for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Career statistics
Record	55-43
ERA	3.63
Strikeouts	689
Teams
Pittsburgh Pirates (1976, 1989-1990) Oakland Athletics (1977, 1986) Cincinnati Reds (1978-1981) St. Louis Cardinals (1981-1983, 1985) Detroit Tigers (1983-1985) Philadelphia Phillies (1987) Toronto Blue Jays (1988)
Career highlights and awards
World Series Champion: 1982, 1984

Charles Douglas Bair (born August 22, 1949, in Defiance, Ohio) was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He is an alumnus of Bowling Green State University.

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2nd round of the 1971 MLB amateur draft, Bair would make his major league debut with the Pirates on September 13, 1976.

Bair pitched in 584 games during his long career, all but five in relief. His best season was in 1978 with the Cincinnati Reds, when he had 28 saves and an ERA of 1.97 in 70 games.

A few days before the 1982 World Series his daughter, Heather Lea Bair, was born.

Bair was a member of the St. Louis Cardinals 1982 World Series Championship team and the Detroit Tigers 1984 World Series Championship team.

He appeared in his final game on October 3, 1990, at the age of 41.

In 2006, Bair served as pitching coach of the Billings Mustangs, the rookie-level minor league affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds.^{[citation needed]}

On November 3, 2006, the Dayton Dragons, the A Ball Affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds, named Bair their pitching coach for the 2007 season.^{[citation needed]}