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

Died: November 29, 2021 in Oklahoma City, OK

Buried: Resthaven Memory Gardens, Oklahoma City, OK

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

School: Oklahoma City University (Oklahoma City, OK)

Debut: September 18, 1956 (Age 21-085d, 11,396th in major league 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

12.8

3443

912

163

.265

467

RBI

563

OBP

.307

SLG

.460

OPS

.766

OPS+

108

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

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 12	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
2	4 (1)	Apr 15	LAD		STL	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
3	5	Apr 16	LAD		STL	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
4	6	Apr 17	LAD		CHC	L,4-9	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	CF
5	7	Apr 18	LAD		CHC	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
6	8	Apr 19	LAD		CHC	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
7	9	Apr 20	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
8	10	Apr 21	LAD		SFG	W,9-7	CG	47	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
9	11	Apr 22	LAD		SFG	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
10	12	Apr 24	LAD	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
11	13	Apr 25	LAD	@	STL	L,5-6	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
12	14	Apr 26	LAD	@	STL	W,17-11	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
13	15	Apr 27	LAD	@	PIT	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
14	16	Apr 29	LAD	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
15	17	Apr 30	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	18	May 1	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
17	19	May 2	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-16	GS	39	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
18	21 (1)	May 3 (2)	LAD	@	CIN	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
19	22	May 4	LAD	@	MLN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
20	23	May 5	LAD	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	66	15.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
21	24	May 6	LAD	@	MLN	L,4-5	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
22	25	May 7	LAD	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
23	26	May 8	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
24	27	May 9	LAD	@	SFG	W,6-5	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
25	28	May 10	LAD	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
26	29	May 11	LAD		PHI	W,11-10	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
27	30	May 12	LAD		PHI	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
28	31	May 13	LAD		PIT	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
29	32	May 14	LAD		PIT	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
30	33	May 16	LAD		MLN	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
31	34	May 17	LAD		MLN	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
32	35	May 18	LAD		CIN	L,7-9	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
33	36	May 19	LAD		CIN	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
34	37	May 20 (1)	LAD		CIN	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
35	38	May 20 (2)	LAD		CIN	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
36	39	May 22	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	CG	47	13.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
37	41 (1)	May 24	LAD		SFG	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
38	42	May 25	LAD	@	SFG	W,8-0	CG	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
39	43	May 26	LAD	@	SFG	L,4-6	CG	35	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	CF
40	44	May 27	LAD		CHC	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
41	45	May 28	LAD		CHC	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
42	48 (2)	May 31	LAD		STL	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	50 (1)	Jun 3	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
44	51	Jun 4	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
45	52	Jun 5	LAD	@	MLN	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
46	54 (1)	Jun 7	LAD	@	MLN	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
47	55	Jun 9	LAD	@	PHI	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
48	57 (1)	Jun 11	LAD	@	PHI	W,11-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
49	58	Jun 12	LAD	@	PIT	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	CF
50	62 (3)	Jun 15	LAD		MLN	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
51	63	Jun 16	LAD		MLN	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
52	64	Jun 17 (1)	LAD		MLN	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
53	65	Jun 17 (2)	LAD		MLN	W,4-0	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
54	67 (1)	Jun 19	LAD		CIN	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
55	68	Jun 20	LAD		CIN	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
56	69	Jun 21	LAD		CIN	L,3-17	CG	55	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
57	70	Jun 22	LAD		PHI	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF
58	71	Jun 23	LAD		PHI	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
59	72	Jun 24	LAD		PHI	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	2	4	0	CF
60	73	Jun 25	LAD		PHI	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
61	74	Jun 26	LAD		PIT	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
62	75	Jun 27	LAD		PIT	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
63	76	Jun 28	LAD		PIT	W,9-4	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
64	77	Jun 29	LAD		SFG	L,4-6	CG	50	13.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
65	78	Jun 30	LAD		SFG	L,0-2	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	79	Jul 2	LAD	@	STL	W,4-0	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
67	80	Jul 3	LAD	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
68	82 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-2	GF	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
69	83	Jul 5 (1)	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
70	84	Jul 5 (2)	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
71	85	Jul 9	LAD	@	MLN	W,4-3	GF	16	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
72	86	Jul 11	LAD	@	MLN	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
73	87	Jul 12	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	CF
74	88	Jul 13	LAD	@	CIN	L,5-13	CG	45	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
75	89	Jul 14	LAD	@	PIT	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
76	90	Jul 15	LAD	@	PIT	W,3-0	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
77	93 (2)	Jul 19 (1)	LAD	@	PHI	W,8-4	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
78	94	Jul 19 (2)	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
79	95	Jul 20	LAD	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
80	96	Jul 21	LAD	@	SFG	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
81	97	Jul 22	LAD		CHC	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
82	98	Jul 23	LAD		CHC	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
83	99	Jul 24	LAD		STL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	CF
84	101 (1)	Jul 26	LAD		STL	W,8-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
85	102	Jul 28	LAD		PIT	W,9-4	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
86	103	Jul 29	LAD		PIT	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
87	105 (1)	Jul 31	LAD		PHI	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	106	Aug 1	LAD		PHI	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
89	107	Aug 2	LAD		PHI	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
90	108	Aug 4	LAD		CIN	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
91	109	Aug 5	LAD		CIN	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
92	110	Aug 8	LAD		MLN	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
93	111	Aug 9	LAD		MLN	L,7-8	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
94	112	Aug 11	LAD	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	46	9.2	1	0	0	1	0	CF
95	114 (1)	Aug 13	LAD	@	STL	W,7-6	GF	33	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
96	115	Aug 14	LAD	@	STL	L,1-2	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
97	117 (1)	Aug 16	LAD	@	STL	L,3-5	GF	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
98	119 (1)	Aug 17 (2)	LAD	@	MLN	W,4-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
99	120	Aug 18	LAD	@	MLN	W,7-6	GF	49	11.0	3	0	2	5	0	CF
100	121	Aug 19	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-9		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
101	122	Aug 20	LAD	@	CIN	W,8-5	GF	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
102	123	Aug 21	LAD	@	PIT	W,6-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
103	127 (3)	Aug 24	LAD	@	PHI	W,8-2	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
104	128	Aug 25	LAD	@	PHI	W,5-2	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
105	130 (1)	Aug 30	LAD		SFG	W,7-6	GF	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	133 (2)	Sep 2	LAD		STL	W,9-6	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
107	135 (1)	Sep 6 (1)	LAD		CHC	L,0-3	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
108	136	Sep 6 (2)	LAD		CHC	L,3-5		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
109	137	Sep 7	LAD		CHC	W,7-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
110	138	Sep 9	LAD		PHI	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
111	139	Sep 10	LAD		PHI	W,5-0	GF	9	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
112	140	Sep 11 (1)	LAD		PIT	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
113	141	Sep 11 (2)	LAD		PIT	W,4-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
114	144 (2)	Sep 15	LAD		MLN	W,8-7		13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
115	146 (1)	Sep 17	LAD		CIN	W,4-3	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
116	147	Sep 19 (1)	LAD	@	SFG	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
117	148	Sep 19 (2)	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
118	149	Sep 20	LAD	@	SFG	W,8-2	GF	24	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
119	150	Sep 22	LAD	@	STL	L,10-11	GF	21	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH CF
120	151	Sep 23	LAD	@	STL	W,3-0	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
121	152	Sep 25	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-4	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
122	153	Sep 26	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-12	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
123	154	Sep 27	LAD	@	CHC	W,7-1	GF	25	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
124	155	Sep 28	LAD	@	MLN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
							124gm		854.0	221	5	4	230	1