After overcoming what David Cech, MD, told Rich Dauer, was a 3 percent chance of survival, Mr. Dauer threw the first pitch of the Houston Astros' first home game after the team unveiled its World Series banner, The Baltimore Sun reports.
Here's what you need to know.
1. Mr. Dauer was celebrating the Astros' World Series win after the team's parade when he fell on stage. He doesn't remember what happened next, but three days later he woke up from a coma in the hospital. Mr. Dauer was released two weeks following a surgery to treat an acute subdural hematoma.
2. Dr. Cech performed the surgery at Houston Methodist Hospital.
3. Mr. Dauer attributes his survival to the urgency of athletic trainer Jeremiah Randle and team physicians David Lintner, MD, and James Muntz, MD. The Astros' athletic team bypassed the opportunity to take Mr. Dauer to urgent care and immediately took him to the hospital.
The team worked swiftly to have Mr. Dauer treated by Dr. Cech immediately.
4. Mr. Dauer ended his 18-year coaching career after the World Series win with the Astros. He spent the past three years as the team's first base coach.
5. Mr. Dauer was inducted into the Orioles Hall of Fame six years ago. He won a World Series with the team in 1983.