Don Prince
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| Died: Script error: No such module "person date". Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, U.S. | |
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| MLB debut | |
| September 21, 1962, for the Chicago Cubs | |
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| September 21, 1962, for the Chicago Cubs | |
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| Win–loss record | 0–0 |
| Earned run average | 0.00 |
| Innings pitched | 1 |
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Donald Mark Prince (April 5, 1938 – November 8, 2017) was an American professional baseball player. He had a seven-year (1958–1964) active career, but appeared in only one inning of one Major League Baseball game for the 1962 Chicago Cubs. He stood 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) tall and weighed 200 pounds (91 kg). He attended Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina.
Prince's major league audition came after a mediocre 1962 season with the Cubs' Triple-A Salt Lake City Bees affiliate, where he won 10 of 24 decisions and had a high earned run average of 5.31, largely as a starting pitcher.[1] In his one MLB game, he pitched in relief in the ninth inning of a 4–1 loss to the New York Mets at the Polo Grounds. He walked the first batter he faced, Joe Christopher, then hit the next batter, Frank Thomas. But Jim Hickman got Prince off the hook by grounding into a 1-6-3 double play, and Sammy Drake bounced out to second, ending the inning.[2]
Prince then returned to the minor leagues for the 1963 and 1964 seasons before retiring from baseball.
In 1996, Prince was convicted in a murder-for-hire plot in the Federal District Court in South Carolina. Prince received a Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.17+1⁄2-year sentence for attempting to have two people murdered by an undercover police officer he believed to be a hit man.[3][4]
Prince died in November 8, 2017. He is buried at Hammond Cemetery in Nichols, South Carolina.[5][6]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Don Prince Minor Leagues Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 1, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."1962-9-21 box score". Retrosheet.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. DON PRINCE" (PDF). United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. July 20, 1999.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Don Prince found guilty of murder for hire". The Index-Journal. Associated Press. July 17, 1996. p. 5. Retrieved April 1, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Donald Prince Obituary (1938 - 2017) - Myrtle Beach, SC". The Sun News. Retrieved April 1, 2025 – via Legacy.com.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Don Prince Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 1, 2025.
External links
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