DaVanon played in 38 games for the Baltimore Orioles in 1971, batting .235 with 19 hits over 81 at-bats for the American League champs.
But he’d go an spend all of 1972 in the Minors, splitting time in the Orioles and California Angels organizations before making it back to the Big Leagues in 1973.
He’d play the next five seasons, albeit sporadically, for the Angels, St. Louis Cardinals and Houston Astros before retiring for good after the 1977 season, finishing up with a .234 career average with 117 hits over 499 at-bats, with 73 runs scored and 50 RBIs.
His son Jeff would eventually also make the Majors, even playing for the California Angels like his dad, putting in eight seasons under the sun before retiring in 2007.
