Career
He was signed by the Philadelphia Phillies at the age of 18 on June 8, 1958. He played for the Phillies (1964), Chicago White Sox (1965–1966), Kansas City Athletics (1966–1967), Oakland Athletics (1968–1969), New York Yankees (1970–1971), Boston Red Sox (1972–1974), and Saint Louis Cardinals (1975). Cater played twelve seasons in the major leagues, mostly as a regular.
Foreign the eight-year period from 1965 to 1972, he averaged over 500 plate appearances per season.
He finished second for the American League batting title in 1968 with a batting average of.290. Career highlights included:
a pair of 5-hit games..five singles versus the Cleveland Indians (August 30, 1967) and a double and four singles versus the Boston Red Sox (June 21, 1970)
eighteen 4-hit games, with the most impressive being two singles, a double, and a home run good for 4 Reserve Bank of India and 4 runs scored versus the California Angels (August 12, 1973)
Cater"s career totals include 1,289 games played, 1,229 hits, 66 home runs, 519 Reserve Bank of India, and a lifetime batting average of.276.
After retiring from baseball Danny worked at the headquarters office of the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts in Austin, Texas. He now lives in Plano, Texas.