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Former major league infielder Rich Dauer has died at 72. He played a decade in the major leagues and won a World Series as a player with Baltimore and as a coach with Houston. The Orioles announced Dauer's death Monday. They did not announce a cause of death. Dauer was a first base coach for the Astros when they won the World Series in 2017. Shortly after that, he had emergency surgery on a blood clot in his brain. MLB.com reported in 2023 that he had recently had a significant stroke. Dauer played for the Orioles from 1976-85. The team won the World Series in 1983.
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