Don Kessinger

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-1, 170lb (185cm, 77kg)

Born: July 17, 1942 in Forrest City, AR us

High School: Forrest City HS (Forrest City, AR)

School: University of Mississippi (Oxford, MS)

Debut: September 7, 1964 (Age 22-052d, 12,288th in major league history)
vs. MLN 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 31, 1979 (Age 37-014d)
vs. NYY 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1965 season

Full Name: Donald Eulon Kessinger

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Relatives: Father of Keith Kessinger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.9

7651

1931

.252

899

RBI

527

100

OBP

.314

SLG

.312

OPS

.626

OPS+

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

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-9	CG	38	8.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
2	2	Apr 11	CHC	@	CIN	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
3	3	Apr 13	CHC		STL	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
4	4	Apr 14	CHC		STL	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
5	5	Apr 16	CHC		CIN	L,8-9	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
6	6	Apr 17	CHC	@	ATL	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
7	7	Apr 18	CHC	@	ATL	L,3-5	CG	37	8.2	0	8	0	8	1	SS
8	8	Apr 19	CHC	@	STL	L,2-9	GS	25	4.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
9	9	Apr 20	CHC	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
10	10	Apr 21	CHC	@	STL	L,2-9	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
11	11	Apr 23	CHC		ATL	W,10-4	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
12	12	Apr 25	CHC		ATL	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
13	13	Apr 26	CHC		HOU	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
14	14	Apr 27	CHC		HOU	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
15	15	Apr 28 (1)	CHC		HOU	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	SS
16	16	Apr 28 (2)	CHC		HOU	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
17	17	Apr 29	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
18	18	Apr 30	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	36	8.2	2	4	0	6	2	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	19	May 1	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
20	20	May 2	CHC	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
21	22 (1)	May 5 (1)	CHC	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
22	23	May 5 (2)	CHC	@	NYM	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
23	24	May 7	CHC		LAD	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
24	25	May 8	CHC		LAD	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
25	26	May 9	CHC		LAD	L,0-6	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
26	27	May 10	CHC		NYM	L,1-5	CG	44	9.0	2	3	2	7	2	SS
27	28	May 11	CHC		NYM	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
28	29	May 12 (1)	CHC		NYM	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
29	30	May 12 (2)	CHC		NYM	L,0-10	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
30	31	May 13	CHC	@	LAD	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
31	32	May 14	CHC	@	LAD	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
32	33	May 15	CHC	@	LAD	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	5	1	8	0	SS
33	34	May 16	CHC	@	LAD	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
34	35	May 17	CHC	@	SFG	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
35	36	May 18	CHC	@	SFG	W,10-7	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
36	37	May 19 (1)	CHC	@	SFG	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
37	38	May 19 (2)	CHC	@	SFG	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
38	39	May 21	CHC		PHI	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
39	40	May 22	CHC		PIT	L,6-13	CG	47	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
40	41	May 24	CHC		SFG	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
41	42	May 25	CHC		SFG	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
42	43	May 26	CHC		SFG	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
43	44	May 29 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
44	45	May 29 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	5	2	1	8	2	SS
45	46	May 31	CHC	@	HOU	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	47	Jun 1	CHC	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
47	48	Jun 2	CHC	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	44	12.0	5	12	0	17	3	SS
48	49	Jun 4	CHC		NYM	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
49	50	Jun 5	CHC		NYM	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
50	51	Jun 6	CHC		NYM	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
51	53 (1)	Jun 9 (1)	CHC		ATL	L,0-4	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
52	54	Jun 9 (2)	CHC		ATL	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
53	55	Jun 10	CHC		CIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
54	56	Jun 11	CHC		CIN	L,7-9	CG	48	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
55	57	Jun 12	CHC		CIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
56	58	Jun 13	CHC		CIN	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
57	59	Jun 14	CHC	@	ATL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
58	60	Jun 15	CHC	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	39	9.1	3	7	0	10	0	SS
59	61	Jun 16	CHC	@	ATL	L,0-1	CG	40	10.1	1	4	0	5	1	SS
60	62	Jun 18	CHC	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
61	64 (1)	Jun 20	CHC	@	STL	L,0-1	GS	25	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
62	65	Jun 21	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	2	8	3	SS
63	66	Jun 22	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	33	8.0	3	7	0	10	1	SS
64	67	Jun 23 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,8-9	CG	38	8.1	0	2	0	2	1	SS
65	68	Jun 23 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	43	10.2	2	4	0	6	0	SS
66	69	Jun 24	CHC	@	HOU	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
67	70	Jun 25	CHC	@	HOU	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	3	7	1	11	2	SS
68	71	Jun 26	CHC	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
69	72	Jun 28	CHC		STL	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
70	73	Jun 29	CHC		STL	W,10-8	CG	43	9.0	5	5	0	10	1	SS
71	74	Jun 30	CHC		STL	W,6-2	GS	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	75	Jul 1	CHC		PHI	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
73	76	Jul 2	CHC		PHI	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
74	77	Jul 3	CHC		PHI	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
75	78	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
76	79	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
77	80	Jul 5	CHC		PIT	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
78	81	Jul 6 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
79	82	Jul 6 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	3	6	1	10	0	SS
80	83	Jul 7 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
81	84	Jul 7 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	6	1	7	1	SS
82	85	Jul 11 (1)	CHC	@	NYM	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
83	86	Jul 11 (2)	CHC	@	NYM	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	4	6	0	10	0	SS
84	87	Jul 12	CHC	@	NYM	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
85	88	Jul 13	CHC	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
86	89	Jul 14	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	4	1	8	0	SS
87	90	Jul 15	CHC	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	4	4	1	9	2	SS
88	91	Jul 16	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	49	12.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
89	92	Jul 17 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
90	93	Jul 17 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
91	94	Jul 19	CHC	@	LAD	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
92	95	Jul 20	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
93	96	Jul 21	CHC	@	LAD	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
94	97	Jul 22	CHC	@	SFG	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
95	98	Jul 23	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	40	9.2	3	7	0	10	0	SS
96	99	Jul 24	CHC	@	SFG	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	9	0	11	2	SS
97	100	Jul 26	CHC		LAD	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
98	101	Jul 27	CHC		LAD	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
99	102	Jul 28 (1)	CHC		LAD	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
100	103	Jul 28 (2)	CHC		LAD	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
101	104	Jul 29	CHC		SFG	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
102	105	Jul 30	CHC		SFG	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
103	106	Jul 31	CHC		HOU	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	107	Aug 1	CHC		HOU	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
105	108	Aug 2	CHC	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
106	109	Aug 3	CHC	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	5	1	9	2	SS
107	110	Aug 4	CHC	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	56	13.0	2	6	2	10	1	SS
108	111	Aug 5	CHC	@	ATL	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
109	112	Aug 6	CHC	@	ATL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	7	0	8	3	SS
110	113	Aug 7	CHC	@	ATL	L,2-10	CG	42	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
111	114	Aug 8	CHC	@	ATL	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
112	115	Aug 9	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
113	116	Aug 10	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	2	9	0	11	3	SS
114	117	Aug 11	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-5	CG	61	15.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
115	118	Aug 12	CHC		STL	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
116	119	Aug 13	CHC		STL	W,10-3	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
117	120	Aug 14	CHC		STL	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
118	121	Aug 15	CHC		STL	L,0-8	CG	43	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
119	122	Aug 16	CHC		CIN	L,7-11	CG	44	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
120	123	Aug 17	CHC		CIN	L,0-4	CG	42	9.0	3	1	1	5	1	SS
121	124	Aug 18 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	1	7	2	SS
122	125	Aug 18 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	4	4	1	9	2	SS
123	126	Aug 19	CHC		ATL	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
124	127	Aug 20	CHC		ATL	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
125	128	Aug 21 (1)	CHC		ATL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
126	129	Aug 21 (2)	CHC		ATL	W,13-5	CG	38	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
127	130	Aug 23	CHC	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	1	4	0	5	0	SS
128	131	Aug 24	CHC	@	HOU	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
129	132	Aug 25	CHC	@	HOU	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
130	133	Aug 26	CHC	@	SFG	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
131	134	Aug 27	CHC	@	SFG	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	4	2	1	7	0	SS
132	135	Aug 28 (1)	CHC	@	LAD	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	4	5	1	10	0	SS
133	136	Aug 28 (2)	CHC	@	LAD	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
134	137	Aug 30	CHC		HOU	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
135	138	Aug 31	CHC		HOU	L,2-6	CG	45	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
136	139	Sep 1	CHC		HOU	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
137	140	Sep 2 (1)	CHC		SFG	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
138	141	Sep 2 (2)	CHC		SFG	T,1-1	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	2	SS
139	142	Sep 3	CHC		SFG	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
140	143	Sep 4 (1)	CHC		SFG	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	SS
141	144	Sep 4 (2)	CHC		SFG	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	SS
142	145	Sep 6	CHC		PHI	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
143	146	Sep 7	CHC		PHI	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	SS
144	147	Sep 8	CHC		PHI	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
145	148	Sep 10	CHC		NYM	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	4	6	0	10	1	SS
146	149	Sep 11	CHC		NYM	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
147	150	Sep 13 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-3	GS	28	7.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
148	151	Sep 13 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-1	GS	12	4.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
149	153 (1)	Sep 15	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
150	154	Sep 17	CHC	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
151	155	Sep 18	CHC	@	NYM	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
152	156	Sep 20	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
153	157	Sep 21	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
154	158	Sep 22	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
155	159	Sep 24	CHC		LAD	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
156	160	Sep 25	CHC		LAD	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
157	161	Sep 27	CHC		PIT	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
158	162	Sep 28	CHC		PIT	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
159	163	Sep 29	CHC		PIT	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	3	SS
							159gm		1394.1	263	573	33	869	97