Reggie Baldwin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetReggie Baldwin
American baseball player
Date of Birth: 19-Aug-1954
Place of Birth: River Rouge, Michigan, United States
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Reggie Baldwin
- Reginald Conrad Baldwin (born August 19, 1954 in River Rouge, Michigan) is a former right-handed Major League Baseball catcher who played in 1978 and 1979 for the Houston Astros, although his minor league career spanned from 1976 to 1980.
- He was 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) tall and he weighed 195 pounds. Prior to playing professionally, Baldwin attended Grambling State University.
- He was drafted by the Astros in the third round of the 1976 amateur draft.
- He began his professional career that year with the rookie-league Covington Astros, hitting .286 with ten home runs in 245 at-bats. In 1977, he played for the Columbus Astros and Charleston Charlies, hitting a combined .284 in 104 at-bats.
- His on-base percentage was a mere .309, because he walked only six times in 359 at-bats.
- He spent only 36 games in the minors in 1978, all for the Columbus Astros.
- With them, he hit .323 in 133 at-bats.
- That earned him a call-up to the major leagues, and on May 25, he made his debut.
- In his first game - which was against the San Francisco Giants - he replaced Astros starting catcher Joe Ferguson in the bottom of the seventh inning.
- In his first and only at-bat of the game, he flied out against pitcher Ed Halicki.
- Overall, he hit .254 with one home run and 11 RBI in 38 games in his first season.
- In 67 at-bats, he walked only three times - but he struck out only three times as well. Baldwin spent most of 1979 in the minors, splitting his minor league season between the Columbus Astros and Charleston Charlies.
- In 71 minor league games, he hit .278 with seven home runs, walking only six times in 255 at-bats.
- He also spent 14 games in the big leagues that year, hitting only .200 in 20 at-bats.
- On September 24, he played his final game. Although he major league career was done after the 1979 season, his minor league career was not.
- After being traded to the New York Mets on February 20, 1980 for Keith Bodie, he played for the Tidewater Tides in their farm system that season.
- He hit .273 in 96 games.
- 1980 was his final professional season. Overall, Baldwin hit .241 with one home run and 12 RBI in 52 big league games.
- In a five-year minor league career, he hit .285 with 29 home runs in 370 games.
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