career highlights include: Named to National League All-Star team (1958) His final game, at the age of 44 (by far the oldest player in Major League Baseball at that time), 2 scoreless innings against the Los Angeles Dodgers (June 29, 1974) Held Hall of Famers Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks, Johnny Bench, Harmon Killebrew, Bill Mazeroski, Joe Morgan, Stan Musial, Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, and Willie Stargell to a .149 collective batting average (28-for-188) Coaching McMahon served as Giants pitching coach from 1972 to 1975, and also from 1980 to 1982. He was activated by San Francisco for parts of the 1972, 1973, and 1974 seasons when the Giants needed his experienced and effective arm to help out in the bullpen. (Relievers Elías Sosa and Randy Moffitt were shouldering most of the load, and were not getting enough help from the others.) He also was the pitching coach of the Minnesota Twins from 1976 to 1977 and the Cleveland Indians from 1983 to 1985. In 1986, after a recommendation from friend and fellow high school classmate Al Davis, he was hired as a scout for the LA Dodgers. Death In 1987, he was working as an instructional coach and scout with the Los Angeles Dodgers and pitched batting practice before most home games. On July 22, he was pitching batting practice when he suffered a heart attack, having undergone heart bypass surgery about three and a half years prior. McMahon died within hours. He was buried at the Good Shepherd Cemetery in Huntington Beach, California, with a baseball in his hand. Don had several children with his wife Darlene, including his son Jack and Mike McMahon. At the time of Mr. McMahon's death the family lived in Garden Grove, California. See also List of Major League Baseball annual saves leaders References External links Baseball Almanac Retrosheet 1930 births 1987 deaths Atlanta Crackers players Baseball players from New York (state) Boston Red Sox players Burials in Orange County, California Chicago White Sox players Cleveland Indians coaches Cleveland Indians players Denver Bears players Detroit Tigers players Erasmus Hall High School alumni Evansville Braves players Houston Colt .45s players Los Angeles Dodgers scouts Major League Baseball pitchers Major League Baseball pitching coaches Milwaukee Braves players Minnesota Twins coaches National League All-Stars Owensboro Oilers players San Francisco Giants coaches San Francisco Giants players Sportspeople from Brooklyn Baseball players from New York City Toledo Sox players