Dan Boitano

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1953)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{BLP one source |date=March 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Dan Boitano

|image=Dan Boitano 1976 Oklahoma City 89ers.jpg

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1953|3|22}}

|birth_place=Sacramento, California, U.S.

|death_date=

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=October 1

|debutyear=1978

|debutteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 1

|finalyear=1982

|finalteam=Texas Rangers

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=2–2

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=5.68

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=52

|teams=

• Philadelphia Phillies ({{mlby|1978}})
• Milwaukee Brewers ({{mlby|1979}}–{{mlby|1980}})
• New York Mets ({{mlby|1981}})
• Texas Rangers ({{mlby|1982}})

}}

Danny Jon Boitano (born March 22, 1953) is an American former professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from {{by|1978}} to {{by|1982}}. Boitano holds the distinction of having been the Philadelphia Phillies' first round pick in the secondary phase of both the June 1972 and June 1973 amateur drafts. A highly touted prospect, he had also been drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers (seventh round, 1971), St. Louis Cardinals (18th overall pick in the first round of the January 1972 amateur draft, secondary phase) and Montreal Expos (second round, January 1973 amateur draft, secondary phase). He signed with the Phillies on June 19, 1973.