Don Blasingame

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-10, 160lb (178cm, 72kg)

Born: March 16, 1932 in Corinth, MS us

Died: April 13, 2005 in Fountain Hills, AZ

Buried: Paradise Memorial Gardens, Scottsdale, AZ

High School: Corinth HS (Corinth, MS)

School: Lipscomb University (Nashville, TN)

Debut: September 20, 1955 (Age 23-188d, 11,307th in major league history)
vs. CHC 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 27, 1966 (Age 34-164d)
vs. CAL 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1956 season

Full Name: Don Lee Blasingame

Nicknames: Blazer

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Relatives: Son-In-Law of Walker Cooper

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.3

5296

1366

.258

731

RBI

308

105

OBP

.329

SLG

.327

OPS

.656

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	7 (6)	Apr 17	CIN		NYM	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	2B
2	8	Apr 20	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	40	8.0	5	3	1	9	1	2B
3	9	Apr 21	CIN	@	PIT	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
4	10	Apr 22	CIN	@	SFG	W,7-4	GS	31	7.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
5	11	Apr 23	CIN	@	SFG	L,2-4	GS	33	7.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
6	12	Apr 24	CIN	@	LAD	L,0-7	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
7	13	Apr 25	CIN	@	LAD	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
8	14	Apr 26	CIN	@	HOU	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
9	15	Apr 27	CIN	@	HOU	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	32 (16)	May 16	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-2	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	49 (16)	Jun 5 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS	30	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
12	51 (1)	Jun 6 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	W,10-5	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
13	62 (10)	Jun 16 (2)	CIN		NYM	W,10-3	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Cincinnati Reds to Washington Senators
14	84	Jul 6	WSA		LAA	W,3-2	CG	34	10.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
15	85	Jul 7 (1)	WSA		LAA	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
16	87 (1)	Jul 11	WSA		BAL	L,4-7	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
17	88	Jul 12	WSA		BAL	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
18	89	Jul 13	WSA		BAL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
19	90	Jul 15	WSA		DET	W,11-6	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
20	92 (1)	Jul 17	WSA	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
21	95 (2)	Jul 21	WSA	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	6	4	0	10	3	2B
22	97 (1)	Jul 24	WSA	@	BAL	L,5-8	GF	8	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 2B
23	98	Jul 25	WSA	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
24	99	Jul 26	WSA	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
25	101 (1)	Jul 28 (1)	WSA	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
26	102	Jul 28 (2)	WSA	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
27	103	Jul 29	WSA		CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
28	104	Jul 30	WSA		CHW	L,1-5	GS	19	5.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
29	105	Jul 31	WSA		CHW	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	106	Aug 2 (1)	WSA		BOS	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
31	107	Aug 2 (2)	WSA		BOS	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
32	108	Aug 3	WSA		BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
33	109	Aug 4	WSA		BOS	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
34	111 (1)	Aug 6 (2)	WSA		NYY	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
35	113 (1)	Aug 8	WSA		NYY	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	2B
36	114	Aug 9	WSA		BAL	L,1-7	GF	11	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	PH 2B
37	115	Aug 10	WSA		BAL	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
38	116	Aug 11	WSA		BAL	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	2B
39	117	Aug 13	WSA	@	LAA	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
40	118	Aug 14	WSA	@	LAA	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	3	5	0	8	3	2B
41	119	Aug 15	WSA	@	LAA	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
42	120	Aug 16	WSA	@	MIN	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	6	5	1	12	2	2B
43	122 (1)	Aug 18	WSA	@	MIN	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
44	123	Aug 20 (1)	WSA	@	KCA	L,0-9	CG	39	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
45	124	Aug 20 (2)	WSA	@	KCA	L,5-7	CG	57	13.2	3	9	0	12	3	2B
46	125	Aug 21	WSA	@	KCA	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
47	126	Aug 22	WSA	@	KCA	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	4	8	0	12	2	2B
48	127	Aug 23	WSA		LAA	L,0-17	CG	52	9.0	3	5	1	9	0	2B
49	128	Aug 24	WSA		LAA	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
50	129	Aug 25	WSA		LAA	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
51	131 (1)	Aug 26 (2)	WSA		MIN	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
52	132	Aug 29 (1)	WSA		MIN	L,2-14	CG	49	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
53	133	Aug 29 (2)	WSA		MIN	L,1-10	CG	45	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
54	134	Aug 30	WSA	@	BOS	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
55	135	Aug 31	WSA	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	136	Sep 1	WSA	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	5	6	1	12	2	2B
57	138 (1)	Sep 2 (2)	WSA	@	CLE	W,8-7	GS	29	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
58	139	Sep 4	WSA	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
59	140	Sep 5	WSA	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	45	11.1	1	5	0	6	1	2B
60	141	Sep 6	WSA		CLE	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
61	142	Sep 7	WSA		CLE	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
62	144 (1)	Sep 9 (1)	WSA		DET	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
63	145	Sep 9 (2)	WSA		DET	L,7-10	CG	44	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
64	146	Sep 10 (1)	WSA		DET	W,9-8	GF	4	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 2B
65	148 (1)	Sep 11	WSA		DET	W,6-5	CG	39	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
66	149	Sep 13	WSA		CHW	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	8	4	0	12	2	2B
67	150	Sep 14	WSA		CHW	L,5-7	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
68	151	Sep 17	WSA		KCA	L,3-4	GS	27	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
69	152	Sep 18	WSA		KCA	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
70	153	Sep 20	WSA	@	BAL	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
71	154	Sep 22 (1)	WSA	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
72	155	Sep 22 (2)	WSA	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
73	156	Sep 23	WSA	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
74	157	Sep 24	WSA	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
75	158	Sep 25	WSA	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
76	159	Sep 27 (1)	WSA	@	CHW	L,2-11	CG	42	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
77	160	Sep 27 (2)	WSA	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
							77gm		606.0	184	194	4	382	58