Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Donald Hoyte Pepper (born October 8, 1943) is an American former professional baseball player. He was a first baseman whose seven-year (1962–1968) professional career included a four-game trial with the 1966 Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball. Pepper batted and threw left-handed, stood 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) tall and weighed 215 pounds (98 kg).Pepper's career was spent with the Detroit organization. In his best season, 1966 with the Double-A Montgomery Rebels, he batted .302 and reached career highs in home runs (19) and runs batted in (87). Called up to the Tigers after the post-September 1 roster expansion, he was a pinch hitter in three contests (he grounded out, struck out, and flied out in his three at bats). In his fourth game, he was a defensive replacement for veteran Tiger first baseman Norm Cash, but did not bat.Pepper made the cover of Sports Illustrated in March 1968, along with Johnny Bench, Cisco Carlos, Alan Foster and Mike Torrez, as \"The Best Rookies of 1968\". He is the father of Dottie Pepper, a former professional golfer and current golf commentator."@en }
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- Don_Pepper abstract "Donald Hoyte Pepper (born October 8, 1943) is an American former professional baseball player. He was a first baseman whose seven-year (1962–1968) professional career included a four-game trial with the 1966 Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball. Pepper batted and threw left-handed, stood 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) tall and weighed 215 pounds (98 kg).Pepper's career was spent with the Detroit organization. In his best season, 1966 with the Double-A Montgomery Rebels, he batted .302 and reached career highs in home runs (19) and runs batted in (87). Called up to the Tigers after the post-September 1 roster expansion, he was a pinch hitter in three contests (he grounded out, struck out, and flied out in his three at bats). In his fourth game, he was a defensive replacement for veteran Tiger first baseman Norm Cash, but did not bat.Pepper made the cover of Sports Illustrated in March 1968, along with Johnny Bench, Cisco Carlos, Alan Foster and Mike Torrez, as \"The Best Rookies of 1968\". He is the father of Dottie Pepper, a former professional golfer and current golf commentator.".