David Thomas Van Gorder (born March 27, 1957) is an American former Major League Baseball catcher. He played during five seasons at the major league level for the Cincinnati Reds and Baltimore Orioles. He was drafted by the Reds in the second round of the 1978 amateur draft. Van Gorder played his first professional season with their Double-A Nashville Sounds in 1978, and split his last season between Baltimore and their Triple-A team, the Rochester Red Wings, in 1987.
| Dave Van Gorder | |
|---|---|
 Van Gorder with the Nashville Sounds in 1979 | |
| Catcher | |
| Born: March 27, 1957 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| June 15, 1982, for the Cincinnati Reds | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| July 11, 1987, for the Baltimore Orioles | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .212 |
| Home runs | 3 |
| Runs batted in | 89 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
Currently lives in Arizona
Sources
edit- Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- Pelota Binaria (Venezuelan Winter League)
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