Douglas Reagan Ault (March 9, 1950 – December 22, 2004) was a Major League Baseball first baseman and designated hitter who played for the Texas Rangers (1976) and Toronto Blue Jays (1977–1978, 1980). He batted right-handed and threw left-handed. He is best known for the Blue Jays first Major League Baseball game, against the Chicago White Sox, in which he hit the first two home runs in franchise history, in a game attended by 44,000 fans in a snowstorm.
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- Douglas Reagan Ault (March 9, 1950 – December 22, 2004) was a Major League Baseball first baseman/designated hitter who played for the Texas Rangers (1976) and Toronto Blue Jays (1977–1978, 1980). He batted right-handed and threw left-handed. A native of Beaumont, Texas, Ault was a varsity baseball star at Texas Tech. He was signed by the Rangers in 1976 as an amateur free agent and played nine games as a September call-up in his first season. Ault joined the new Blue Jays franchise via the 1976 expansion draft. On April 7, 1977, in front of 44,649 Opening Day spectators at Exhibition Stadium, Ault hit Toronto's first home run in the first-inning off Chicago White Sox left-hander Ken Brett. Ault homered again in the third inning, this time a two-run shot that tied the score at 4-4 in a game the Blue Jays went on to win, 9-5. At the time, Ault's feat tied a major league record for the most home runs in an Opening Day game. Since then, George Bell (also a Blue Jay) hit three homers on 1988 opening day, Tuffy Rhodes matched the feat in 1994, and Dmitri Young equalled it in 2005. Ault's 64 RBI in 1977 set a club rookie record that lasted until Eric Hinske drove in 84 runs in 2002. In a four-year career, Ault was a .236 hitter with 17 home runs and 86 RBI in 256 games. Following his playing career, Ault served as a manager in the Blue Jays organization for the Single-A teams Dunedin, Kinston and St. Catharines. He also managed the Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs. Ault died at his home in Tarpon Springs, Florida, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 54 years old.
- ダグ・オルト（Doug Ault、1950年3月9日 - 2004年12月22日）は、アメリカ合衆国テキサス州出身の元プロ野球選手。ポジションは外野手・一塁手。日本では阪神タイガースに在籍した。
- Douglas Reagan Ault (March 9, 1950 – December 22, 2004) was a Major League Baseball first baseman and designated hitter who played for the Texas Rangers (1976) and Toronto Blue Jays (1977–1978, 1980). He batted right-handed and threw left-handed. He is best known for the Blue Jays first Major League Baseball game, against the Chicago White Sox, in which he hit the first two home runs in franchise history, in a game attended by 44,000 fans in a snowstorm. A native of Beaumont, Texas, Ault was a varsity baseball star at Texas Tech. He was drafted three different times in the MLB Draft, but refused to sign. He was finally signed by the hometown Rangers in 1973 as an amateur free agent. He advanced relatively quickly though the Minor League hierarchy, making the Majors in 1976 as a late season replacement. With the Rangers already having Mike Hargrove at first base, Ault became available in the 1976 Major League Baseball expansion draft where he was drafted by the Blue Jays. He became the starting first baseman in their first ever MLB game, and his actions that day turned Ault into the Blue Jays first superstar. He couldn't exceed the expectations given to him, and had an otherwise average career as a result and was out of the Majors within three years. He managed in the Minor Leagues for several years, leading the Syracuse Chiefs to a pennant in 1985. He retired in 1994, and went to the automobile business, but a series of personal tragedies and business failures plagued him in later life. He committed suicide on December 22, 2004.
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- Douglas Reagan Ault (March 9, 1950 – December 22, 2004) was a Major League Baseball first baseman/designated hitter who played for the Texas Rangers (1976) and Toronto Blue Jays (1977–1978, 1980). He batted right-handed and threw left-handed. A native of Beaumont, Texas, Ault was a varsity baseball star at Texas Tech. He was signed by the Rangers in 1976 as an amateur free agent and played nine games as a September call-up in his first season.
- ダグ・オルト（Doug Ault、1950年3月9日 - 2004年12月22日）は、アメリカ合衆国テキサス州出身の元プロ野球選手。ポジションは外野手・一塁手。日本では阪神タイガースに在籍した。
- Douglas Reagan Ault (March 9, 1950 – December 22, 2004) was a Major League Baseball first baseman and designated hitter who played for the Texas Rangers (1976) and Toronto Blue Jays (1977–1978, 1980). He batted right-handed and threw left-handed. He is best known for the Blue Jays first Major League Baseball game, against the Chicago White Sox, in which he hit the first two home runs in franchise history, in a game attended by 44,000 fans in a snowstorm.
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