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Pat Borders

Pat Borders, American baseball player and coach

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Born
May 14, 1963
Age in 2026
63
Zodiac sign
Taurus
Birth year
1963

About Pat Borders

Patrick Lance Borders is an American former professional baseball player and current coach. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball from 1988 to 2005. He was the Most Valuable Player of the 1992 World Series as a member of the Toronto Blue Jays. Borders also won an Olympic gold medal with the United States baseball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. When the Jays won the series, Borders was named the World Series MVP, the sixth catcher, and the first since 1983, to win the award and the last catcher to win it until 2015. He batted.440 as a junior, and as a senior he batted.510 with a school single season record 10 home runs and 36 RBI.

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Pat Borders timeline

  1. When the Jays won the series, Borders was named the World Series MVP, the sixth catcher, and the first since 1983, to win the award and the last catcher to win it until 2015.
  2. Borders also won an Olympic gold medal with the United States baseball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

The world when Pat Borders was born

Pat Borders was born in 1963. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1963

  • #1 song"Sugar Shack" – Jimmy Gilmer
  • Top movieTom Jones
  • Top TV showThe Beverly Hillbillies
  • Best-selling bookThe Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentJim Clark wins his first Formula One World Championship
  • Top headlinePresident Kennedy assassinated in Dallas on November 22
  • Technology milestoneTouch-tone telephone introduced
  • Defining fadBeatlemania begins
  • Notable inventionLava lamp
  • World population3.20 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderJohn F. Kennedy / Lyndon B. Johnson
  • Sports championLos Angeles Dodgers (World Series)
  • Also wonBoston Celtics (NBA)
  • U.S. population189.2M

1963 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Pat Borders's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19632026
Gas$0.31$3.45/gal
Average home$13,100$435,000
Average income$8,200$67,500
Minimum wage$1.25$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.85$11.95
Postage stamp$0.05$0.73
Population189.2M341 million

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