Daniel Baggish (born August 19, 1983) is an American professional

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player. He had a

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from 2021 to 2022, after being the only American player to win one at

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in 2021. He is sponsored by Target Darts, and has been a member of Team Target since 2019.

Career

He first came to prominence in 2019, when he was one of 8 North American qualifiers who played in the 2019 US Darts Masters, where he lost 6–1 to

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in the first round. He went on to defeat Elliot Milk and

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, before beating Jeff Smith in the final of the North American Championship, which meant he qualified for the

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. He then won a CDC Pro Tour event in

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, defeating

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in the final. Baggish became the first American player to qualify for a

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event by qualifying for the

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. At the tournament, he beat

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to become the first American to win a European Tour game.

World Championship results

PDC

* 2020: Second round (lost to

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1–3) * 2021: Third round (lost to

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2–4) * 2023: Second round (lost to Mervyn King 2–3)

Performance timeline

References

External links

* 1983 births Living people American darts players Guamanian darts players Professional Darts Corporation former tour card holders PDC World Cup of Darts American team {{US-darts-bio-stub