Don O'Riley

{{Short description|American baseball player (1945–1997)}}

{{One source|date=December 2021}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Don O'Riley

| image = Don O'Riley Royals.jpg

| position = Pitcher

| birth_date = March 12, 1945

| birth_place = Topeka, Kansas, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1997|5|2|1945|3|12}}

| death_place = Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = June 20

| debutyear = 1969

| debutteam = Kansas City Royals

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = August 1

| finalyear = 1970

| finalteam = Kansas City Royals

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Win–loss record

| stat1value = 1–1

| stat2label = Earned run average

| stat2value = 6.17

| stat3label = Strikeouts

| stat3value = 23

| teams =

• Kansas City Royals (1969–1970)

}}

Donald Lee O'Riley (March 12, 1945 – May 2, 1997) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for two seasons. He pitched in 18 games for the Kansas City Royals during the inaugural 1969 season and nine games during the 1970 season. He was traded along with Pat Kelly from the Royals to the Chicago White Sox for Gail Hopkins and John Matias on October 13, 1970.[https://www.nytimes.com/1970/10/14/archives/fourplayer-trade-made-by-white-sox-and-royals.html "Four‐Player Trade Made By White Sox and Royals," The Associated Press (AP), Tuesday, October 13, 1970.] Retrieved September 9, 2022.

O'Riley died at age 52 after being fatally shot during a convenience store robbery.[http://www.kcroyalshistory.com/inmemoriam.htm In Memoriam Players and personnel of the Kansas City Royals who live on in our memories]