Don Demeter

Positions: Centerfielder, Third Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 190lb (193cm, 86kg)

Born: June 25, 1935 in Oklahoma City, OK us

High School: Capitol Hill HS (Oklahoma City, OK)

School: Oklahoma City University (Oklahoma City, OK)

Debut: September 18, 1956 (Age 21-085d, 9,011th in MLB history)
vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 28, 1967 (Age 32-064d)
vs. KCA 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1958 season

Full Name: Donald Lee Demeter

Pronunciation: \DEM-it-ur\

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1959 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.9

AB

3443

H

912

HR

163

BA

.265

R

467

RBI

563

SB

OBP

.307

SLG

.459

OPS

.766

OPS+

108

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1953	18	BRO-min	D	104	363	363		81	12	6	9						.223	.223	.364	.587		132							SHW · SOSL
1954	19	BRO-min	C	141	618	540	101	144	18	3	26	89	14		62	147	.267	.350	.456	.806		246		9	4	3			BAK · CALL
1955	20	BRO-min	AA,A	131	445	421	19	107	16	3	16	23	2		16	41	.254	.293	.420	.713		177		7	1	0			MOB,PBO · SOUA,WL
1956	21	BRO-min	AA	152	645	533	115	153	22	4	41	128	14	10	89	100	.287	.384	.574	.958		306		4	5	14			FTW · TL
1956	21	BRO	NL	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	305	4	0	0	0	0	0	/H8

1957	22	BRO-min	AAA	134	502	447	90	138	17	6	28	86	13		48	90	.309	.378	.562	.940		251		3	2	2	6		STP · AA
1958	23	LAD-min	AAA	80	326	290	38	82	10	4	14	48	1		23	65	.283	.343	.490	.832		142		6	2	5	2		STP · AA
1958	23	LAD	NL	43	112	106	11	20	2	0	5	8	2	3	5	32	.189	.225	.349	.574	47	37	0	0	1	0	0	87/9H
1959	24	LAD	NL	139	401	371	55	95	11	1	18	70	5	6	16	87	.256	.294	.437	.731	87	162	7	6	3	5	1	*8H
1960	25	LAD	NL	64	181	168	23	46	7	1	9	29	0	1	8	34	.274	.306	.488	.794	109	82	1	1	1	3	1	8H/9
1961	26	TOT	NL	121	444	411	57	103	18	4	21	70	2	1	22	80	.251	.297	.467	.764	101	192	9	5	6	0	2	8973H
1961	26	LAD	NL	15	33	29	3	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	6	.172	.250	.276	.526	36	8	2	0	1	0	0	9/H8
1961	26	PHI	NL	106	411	382	54	98	18	4	20	68	2	1	19	74	.257	.300	.482	.782	106	184	7	5	5	0	2	8739H
1962	27	PHI	NL	153	617	550	85	169	24	3	29	107	2	7	41	93	.307	.359	.520	.879	137	286	11	10	5	11	6	587/H93	MVP-12
1963	28	PHI	NL	154	560	515	63	133	20	2	22	83	1	4	31	93	.258	.306	.433	.739	112	223	8	6	5	3	10	*8573H	MVP-21
1964	29	DET	AL	134	470	441	57	113	22	1	22	80	4	1	17	85	.256	.290	.460	.750	104	203	6	5	4	3	6	8H739
1965	30	DET	AL	122	424	389	50	108	16	4	16	58	4	2	23	65	.278	.325	.463	.788	121	180	11	6	3	3	3	839H/7
1966	31	TOT	AL	105	341	325	43	87	18	1	14	41	2	0	8	61	.268	.284	.458	.742	103	149	8	1	3	4	1	8H/397
1966	31	DET	AL	32	103	99	12	21	5	0	5	12	1	0	3	19	.212	.235	.414	.649	81	41	5	0	1	0	0	8/H379
1966	31	BOS	AL	73	238	226	31	66	13	1	9	29	1	0	5	42	.292	.305	.478	.783	112	108	3	1	2	4	1	8H/93
1967	32	TOT	AL	71	177	164	22	37	9	0	6	16	0	0	9	27	.226	.274	.390	.665	92	64	4	2	2	0	1	8H79/5
1967	32	BOS	AL	20	47	43	7	12	5	0	1	4	0	0	3	11	.279	.326	.465	.791	124	20	0	0	1	0	0	/H9758
1967	32	CLE	AL	51	130	121	15	25	4	0	5	12	0	0	6	16	.207	.256	.364	.619	80	44	4	2	1	0	1	8H7/95
11 Yrs				1109	3730	3443	467	912	147	17	163	563	22	25	180	658	.265	.307	.459	.766	108	1582	65	42	33	32	31
162 Game Avg.				162	545	503	68	133	21	2	24	82	3	4	26	96	.265	.307	.459	.766	108	231	9	6	5	5	5
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
LAD (5 yrs)				264	730	677	93	167	20	2	34	110	7	10	32	160	.247	.285	.433	.717	85	293	10	7	6	8	2
PHI (3 yrs)				413	1588	1447	202	400	62	9	71	258	5	12	91	260	.276	.325	.479	.804	120	693	26	21	15	14	18
DET (3 yrs)				288	997	929	119	242	43	5	43	150	9	3	43	169	.260	.299	.456	.756	109	424	22	11	8	6	9
BOS (2 yrs)				93	285	269	38	78	18	1	10	33	1	0	8	53	.290	.309	.476	.784	114	128	3	1	3	4	1
CLE (1 yr)				51	130	121	15	25	4	0	5	12	0	0	6	16	.207	.256	.364	.619	80	44	4	2	1	0	1

NL (7 yrs)				677	2318	2124	295	567	82	11	105	368	12	22	123	420	.267	.313	.464	.777	108	986	36	28	21	22	20
AL (4 yrs)				432	1412	1319	172	345	65	6	58	195	10	3	57	238	.262	.297	.452	.749	107	596	29	14	12	10	11

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