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.

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	1	Apr 9	PHI		CIN	W,2-1	GS	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B LF
2	2	Apr 10	PHI		CIN	W,10-7	CG	41	9.0	11	3	1	15	1	1B
3	3	Apr 13	PHI	@	STL	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
4	4	Apr 14 (1)	PHI	@	STL	W,4-3	GS	40	10.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B LF
5	5	Apr 14 (2)	PHI	@	STL	W,5-4	GS	36	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B LF
6	6	Apr 16	PHI	@	MLN	L,0-8	CG	40	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
7	7	Apr 17	PHI	@	MLN	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	11	1	2	14	0	1B
8	8	Apr 18	PHI	@	MLN	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
9	9	Apr 19	PHI		STL	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
10	10	Apr 20	PHI		STL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
11	11	Apr 21 (1)	PHI		STL	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
12	12	Apr 21 (2)	PHI		STL	L,5-10	GS	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B LF
13	13	Apr 22	PHI		NYM	W,8-6	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
14	14	Apr 24	PHI		PIT	L,4-6	GS	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B CF
15	15	Apr 26	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-2	GS	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B LF
16	16	Apr 27	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
17	17	Apr 28	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
18	18	Apr 29	PHI		SFG	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	19	May 2	PHI		LAD	L,2-3	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
20	20	May 3	PHI		HOU	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
21	24 (3)	May 7	PHI	@	NYM	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
22	25	May 8	PHI	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	39	8.2	10	1	0	11	1	1B
23	26	May 9	PHI	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	35	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
24	27	May 10	PHI		MLN	L,1-4	CG	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
25	28	May 11	PHI		MLN	W,8-5	GS	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B LF
26	29	May 12 (1)	PHI		MLN	W,4-3	GS	46	11.0	5	1	2	8	0	1B LF
27	30	May 12 (2)	PHI		MLN	W,6-5	GS	53	12.0	6	3	0	9	1	CF 1B
28	32 (1)	May 15	PHI	@	LAD	L,2-3	GS	48	11.2	9	0	0	9	0	CF 1B
29	33	May 16	PHI	@	HOU	W,5-2	GS	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B LF
30	34	May 17	PHI	@	HOU	L,1-4	GS	32	8.0	5	4	0	9	0	1B 3B
31	35	May 18	PHI	@	HOU	L,2-3	GS	37	8.2	1	2	0	3	1	3B LF
32	36	May 19 (1)	PHI	@	SFG	W,3-0	GS	30	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B LF
33	37	May 19 (2)	PHI	@	SFG	L,5-6	GS	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
34	38	May 21	PHI	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
35	39	May 22	PHI	@	SFG	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	10	1	1	12	1	1B
36	40	May 24	PHI	@	CIN	W,5-1	GS	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B LF
37	41	May 25	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-5	GS	39	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	CF 3B
38	42	May 26 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	W,10-4	GS	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B LF
39	43	May 26 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	W,3-0	GS	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B LF
40	44	May 28	PHI	@	PIT	W,5-1	GS	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B LF
41	45	May 30 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
42	46	May 30 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	W,6-5	GS	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF 3B LF
43	47	May 31	PHI		CHC	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	48	Jun 1	PHI		CHC	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
45	49	Jun 2 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
46	50	Jun 2 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
47	51	Jun 5	PHI		STL	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
48	52	Jun 6	PHI		STL	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
49	53	Jun 8	PHI		CIN	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
50	54	Jun 9 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,8-7	CG	46	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
51	55	Jun 9 (2)	PHI		CIN	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
52	56	Jun 10	PHI		MLN	W,6-2	GS	24	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B LF
53	57	Jun 11	PHI		MLN	W,8-7	GS	45	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B LF
54	58	Jun 12	PHI	@	STL	W,6-2	GS	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B LF
55	61 (2)	Jun 15	PHI	@	MLN	L,3-5	GS	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	CF 3B
56	62	Jun 16 (1)	PHI	@	MLN	L,3-5	GS	35	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B LF
57	63	Jun 16 (2)	PHI	@	MLN	W,7-4	CG	47	11.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
58	64	Jun 17	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-2	GS	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B LF
59	65	Jun 18	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-2	GS	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B LF
60	66	Jun 19	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-6	GS	44	9.2	0	2	1	3	0	3B 1B
61	67	Jun 20	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-11	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
62	68	Jun 21	PHI	@	NYM	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	1	4	2	7	0	3B
63	69	Jun 22	PHI	@	NYM	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
64	70	Jun 23 (1)	PHI	@	NYM	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
65	71	Jun 23 (2)	PHI	@	NYM	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
66	72	Jun 25	PHI	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	50	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
67	73	Jun 26	PHI	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
68	74	Jun 27	PHI	@	PIT	W,13-4	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
69	75	Jun 28	PHI		CHC	L,3-4	CG	42	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
70	76	Jun 30	PHI		CHC	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	77	Jul 1 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	CF
72	78	Jul 1 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
73	79	Jul 2	PHI		PIT	L,2-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
74	80	Jul 4 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,1-0	GS	37	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF 1B
75	81	Jul 4 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
76	82	Jul 5	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS	44	10.2	3	0	0	3	0	CF 3B
77	83	Jul 6	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
78	84	Jul 7	PHI	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
79	85	Jul 10	PHI		SFG	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
80	86	Jul 11	PHI		SFG	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
81	87	Jul 12	PHI		SFG	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
82	88	Jul 13	PHI		SFG	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
83	89	Jul 14	PHI		LAD	L,2-3	CG	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
84	90	Jul 15	PHI		LAD	W,5-4	GF	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
85	91	Jul 16 (1)	PHI		LAD	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
86	92	Jul 16 (2)	PHI		LAD	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
87	93	Jul 17	PHI		HOU	W,10-9	GS	16	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
88	94	Jul 18	PHI		HOU	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
89	95	Jul 19	PHI		NYM	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
90	96	Jul 20	PHI		NYM	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
91	97	Jul 21 (1)	PHI		NYM	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
92	98	Jul 21 (2)	PHI		NYM	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
93	99	Jul 23	PHI	@	HOU	L,5-6	GS	56	13.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
94	100	Jul 24	PHI	@	HOU	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	CF
95	101	Jul 25	PHI	@	HOU	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
96	102	Jul 26	PHI	@	LAD	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
97	103	Jul 27	PHI	@	LAD	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
98	104	Jul 28	PHI	@	LAD	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	108 (3)	Aug 2	PHI	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
100	109	Aug 3	PHI	@	STL	L,0-7	GS	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF 3B
101	110	Aug 4 (1)	PHI	@	STL	W,7-3	GF	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
102	111	Aug 4 (2)	PHI	@	STL	W,5-2	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
103	112	Aug 6 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,4-6	CG	47	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
104	113	Aug 6 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,7-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
105	114	Aug 7	PHI		CIN	W,2-1	GF	6	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	CF
106	117 (2)	Aug 10	PHI		SFG	L,6-7	GS	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	CF 1B
107	119 (1)	Aug 12	PHI		SFG	W,3-1	GS	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B CF
108	120	Aug 14 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,7-2	GS	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B CF
109	121	Aug 14 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,9-3	GS	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B CF
110	122	Aug 15	PHI		CHC	W,4-3	GS	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B CF
111	123	Aug 16	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
112	124	Aug 17	PHI	@	PIT	W,5-3	GS	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B CF
113	125	Aug 18	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-1	GS	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B CF
114	126	Aug 19	PHI		NYM	W,1-0	GS	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B CF
115	127	Aug 20 (1)	PHI		NYM	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
116	128	Aug 20 (2)	PHI		NYM	W,2-1	CG	43	12.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
117	129	Aug 23	PHI		PIT	W,4-2	GS	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B CF
118	130	Aug 24	PHI		PIT	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
119	131	Aug 25	PHI		PIT	W,4-2	GS	15	4.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
120	132	Aug 27	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B CF
121	133	Aug 28	PHI	@	CHC	W,8-7	GS	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B CF
122	134	Aug 29	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
123	135	Aug 30	PHI		STL	L,6-11	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
124	136	Aug 31	PHI		STL	L,5-7	CG	50	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	137	Sep 1	PHI		STL	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
126	138	Sep 2	PHI	@	MLN	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
127	139	Sep 3	PHI	@	MLN	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
128	140	Sep 4	PHI	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
129	141	Sep 6	PHI		MLN	L,0-5	GS	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF 3B
130	142	Sep 7	PHI		MLN	L,4-6	CG	45	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
131	143	Sep 8	PHI		MLN	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
132	146 (2)	Sep 11	PHI		HOU	L,2-4	GF	18	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
133	147	Sep 12	PHI		HOU	W,4-1	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
134	148	Sep 13 (1)	PHI		LAD	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
135	149	Sep 13 (2)	PHI		LAD	L,1-2	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
136	150	Sep 14	PHI		LAD	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
137	151	Sep 15	PHI		LAD	W,6-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
138	152	Sep 17	PHI	@	NYM	W,8-6	GF	23	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
139	153	Sep 18	PHI	@	NYM	W,5-1	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
140	155 (1)	Sep 21	PHI	@	HOU	W,4-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
141	156	Sep 22	PHI	@	HOU	L,1-2	GF	10	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
142	157	Sep 24	PHI	@	SFG	W,5-4	GF	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
143	158	Sep 25	PHI	@	SFG	W,6-4	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
144	159	Sep 26	PHI	@	SFG	L,0-10	GS	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF CF
145	160	Sep 27	PHI	@	LAD	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
146	161	Sep 28	PHI	@	LAD	W,12-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
147	162	Sep 29	PHI	@	LAD	W,3-1	GF	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
							191gm		1193.2	372	86	14	472	15