Don Choate, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Don Choate

baseball player

Date of Birth: 02-Jul-1938

Place of Birth: Potosi, Missouri, United States

Date of Death: 04-Feb-2018

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Donald Leon Choate (July 2, 1938 – February 4, 2018) was an American professional baseball player.
The right-handed pitcher appeared in four Major League games, all in relief, for the San Francisco Giants in 1960.
He stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg). Choate was originally signed by the St.
Louis Cardinals, and posted a 19–8 record in his second professional season with the Class C Billings Mustangs in 1957.
After splitting the next year between Double-A and Triple-A Cardinal affiliates he was traded to Giants as a prospect as part of a major off-season trade that netted first baseman Bill White, future National League president, for the Redbirds.
White became a star player — a five-time NL All Star and seven-time Gold Glove winner — as well as a team leader of the 1964 world champion Cardinals. Choate's only Major League service came in September 1960 when he was recalled from the Triple-A Tacoma Giants.
In eight MLB innings pitched, he gave up two earned runs, seven hits and four bases on balls, with seven strikeouts.
He hurt his shoulder moving a cabinet out of spring training in 1961.
The cabinet opened and caught him on his shoulder.