Donald John Bacon (born June 28, 1935 inOklahoma City, Oklahoma United States) is a formerminor league baseball player and manager. He led theMidwest LeagueClinton C-Sox to a league championship in 1963.
Bacon attendedSapulpa High School and thenOklahoma A&M. During his senior year at Sapulpa High School, he won all-state honors.[1] While at college, he played both baseball and basketball.
Bacon was an infielder, playing from 1955 to 1958 and from 1961 to 1964 in theChicago White Sox farm system. Despite collecting over 100 hits in a season five times, Bacon never collected more than 24 extra base hits in a single year. Overall, he played in 790 minor league games, collecting 704 hits. He batted .262.[2]
Bacon's first year as a manager was spent with the C-Sox in 1963, the same year he led them to a league championship. He won theMidwest League Manager of the Year Award in 1963.[3] He started 1964 as the team's manager, however he was replaced byHugh Mulcahy, who was eventually replaced by Bacon himself. Bacon managed theSarasota Sun Sox to an 85-53 record in 1965. In 1966, he led theDeerfield Beach/Winter Haven Sun Sox to a 55-83 record.[citation needed] He was the youngest manager in the White Sox system during his time as minor league manager.[1][4]