Rich Dauer, an Orioles Hall of Famer who spent his entire 10-year MLB career in Baltimore and was the starting second baseman on the 1983 World Series championship team, has died, the team announced Monday.

Following the announcement of his death, many fans of Rich Dauer flooded social media with tribute messages for the former baseball legend. The Baltimore Orioles’ fame and former Houston Astros coach passed away at the age of 72.

“We mourn the passing of Orioles Hall of Fame second baseman Rich Dauer, who spent his entire 10-year career with the O’s,” the club posted on social media. “We send our deepest sympathies to the Dauer family as well as his many teammates and friends.”

The Baltimore Orioles have announced the death of Rich Dauer, a former big-league infielder and coach who was inducted into the team's Hall of Fame in 2012. Dauer, 72, was roughly two years removed from suffering a massive stroke.

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Rich Dauer won two College World Series at USC, one World Series as a player with the Baltimore Orioles and one World Series as a coach with the Houston Astros.

From San Bernardino and Colton High, Dauer helped USC win two national titles before his 10-year MLB playing career.

Rich Dauer, who coached first base for Astros from 2015-17 but suffered a subdural hemotoma before World Series parade in 2017, dies at age 72.

Rich Dauer was inducted into the Orioles Hall of Fame in 2012 and has also been enshrined in the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2021.

Rich Dauer, an infielder who played a decade in the major leagues and won a World Series as a player with Baltimore and as a coach with the Houston Astros, has died at 72, the Orioles announced on Monday without denoting a cause of death.