Damon Mashore

Damon Wayne Mashore (born October 31, 1969) is a former professional baseball outfielder who played three seasons for the Oakland Athletics and Anaheim Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was previously the first base coach for the Los Angeles Angels.

Damon Mashore
Mashore with the Los Angeles Angels in 2022
Outfielder / Coach
Born: (1969-10-31) October 31, 1969 (age 55) Ponce, Puerto Rico
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 5, 1996, for the Oakland Athletics
Last MLB appearance
July 11, 1998, for the Anaheim Angels
MLB statistics
Batting average	.249
Home runs	8
Runs batted in	41
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
Oakland Athletics (1996–1997) Anaheim Angels (1998) As coach Los Angeles Angels (2022–2023)

Career

Mashore was born in Puerto Rico in 1969 where his mother was visiting his father, Clyde, while he was playing in the Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico. He turned down scholarship offers to play both college football and college baseball for the Miami Hurricanes.^[1]

He played collegiately for the University of Arizona from 1989 to 1991 where he earned Second Team All-America honors from Baseball America in 1991 and third-team laurels the same season from Collegiate Baseball Newspaper.^[2]

His father played in the majors from 1969 to 1973, mostly for the Montreal Expos. His brother Justin Mashore is a former assistant hitting coach for the Texas Rangers.

Clyde and Damon Mashore each finished their career with 8 home runs. At the time, this was a record for the most career home runs by a father and son who hit exactly the same number. The record was broken in 2016 by Cecil Fielder and Prince Fielder, who each hit 319 home runs.^[3]

See also

• List of Major League Baseball players from Puerto Rico

References

1. Jardine, Jeff (April 26, 1992). "Mashore: The Modesto outfielder from Concord leads the team in batting, HRs and RBIs". The Modesto Bee. pp. C-1, C-8. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
2. "University of Arizona 2017 Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). ArizonaWildcats.com. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
3. "Elias Says". ESPN.

External links

• Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)