finalyear death_date death_place bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1970 22 january 2015 gainesville , florida right jasper , florida 1966 july 29 .220 1 24 catcher houston astros batting average home runs hits july 17 13 july 1941 don bryant -lrb- baseball -rrb-
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don bryant -lrb- baseball -rrb-

donald ray bryant -lrb- july 13 , 1941 -- january 22 , 2015 -rrb- was an american catcher and coach in major league baseball .
he was nicknamed `` bear '' by baseball teammates in homage to university of alabama football coaching legend paul `` bear '' bryant .
born in jasper , florida , bryant threw and batted right-handed , stood tall and weighed .
bryant 's 14-year professional playing career , which included 892 games played in the minor leagues and 59 games at the mlb level , began in the detroit tigers ' organization in 1960 .
he spent six seasons there until late 1965 , when he was purchased by the chicago cubs .
he began his mlb career with the cubs in 1966 , then later played for the 1969 -- 1970 houston astros .
in the majors , bryant batted .220 with 24 hits , one home run and 13 runs batted in , and caught don wilson 's second career no-hitter on may 1 , 1969 , against the cincinnati reds .
bryant was acquired by the boston red sox in december 1970 and became a playing coach for their triple-a affiliate , the pawtucket red sox , in 1973 .
the following year , pawtucket manager darrell johnson was promoted to boston as field boss , and brought bryant with him as bullpen coach .
bryant coached under johnson in boston -lrb- 1974 -- 76 -rrb- -- serving on the 1975 american league championship team -- and with the seattle mariners -lrb- 1977 -- 80 -rrb- before leaving the game .
