| Dan Duran | |
| Position: | Left fielder |
| Bats: | Left |
| Throws: | Left |
| Birth Date: | 16 March 1954 |
| Birth Place: | Palo Alto, California |
| Debutleague: | MLB |
| Debutdate: | April 17 |
| Debutyear: | 1981 |
| Debutteam: | Texas Rangers |
| Finalleague: | MLB |
| Finaldate: | June 10 |
| Finalyear: | 1981 |
| Finalteam: | Texas Rangers |
| Statleague: | MLB |
| Stat1label: | Batting average |
| Stat1value: | .250 |
| Stat2label: | At bats |
| Stat2value: | 16 |
| Stat3label: | Hits |
| Stat3value: | 4 |
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Daniel James Duran (born March 16, 1954) is a former Major League Baseball player. Duran played for the Texas Rangers in the 1981 season. In 13 games, Duran had four hits in 16 at-bats, with one run scored. He played left field, and batted and threw left-handed.
Duran is of Indigenous Mexican descent. He attended Sunnyvale High School in California where he played baseball and football. He was recruited but not offered a scholarship to play college football at Stanford and offered a scholarship to play college baseball at UC Davis. He ultimately chose to attend Foothill College. During his offseasons in the minors, he worked in construction.[1]
He was drafted by the Rangers in the 30th round of the 1973 amateur draft.