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.

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	CHC		STL	W,2-1	CG	32	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
2	2	Apr 7	CHC		STL	L,3-14	CG	48	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
3	3	Apr 8	CHC	@	HOU	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
4	4	Apr 9	CHC	@	HOU	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
5	5	Apr 10	CHC	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	35	8.2	3	2	0	5	0	SS
6	6	Apr 11	CHC	@	HOU	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
7	7	Apr 12	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
8	8	Apr 13	CHC	@	LAD	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
9	9	Apr 15	CHC	@	SDP	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
10	10	Apr 16	CHC	@	SFG	L,0-9	GS	23	5.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
11	11	Apr 17	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
12	12	Apr 18 (1)	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
13	13	Apr 18 (2)	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-8	CG	45	8.0	5	5	1	11	2	SS
14	14	Apr 20	CHC		HOU	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
15	15	Apr 22	CHC		HOU	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	0	5	2	7	0	SS
16	16	Apr 23	CHC		NYM	L,6-7	CG	60	12.0	5	3	0	8	0	SS
17	17	Apr 24	CHC		NYM	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
18	18	Apr 25	CHC		NYM	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
19	19	Apr 28	CHC		MON	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
20	20	Apr 29	CHC		MON	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
21	21	Apr 30	CHC		PHI	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	22	May 1	CHC		PHI	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	3	3	1	7	2	SS
23	23	May 2	CHC		PHI	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	3	SS
24	24	May 3	CHC	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	45	10.2	2	5	0	7	1	SS
25	25	May 4	CHC	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
26	26	May 5	CHC	@	NYM	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
27	27	May 7	CHC	@	MON	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
28	28	May 8	CHC	@	MON	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
29	29	May 9	CHC	@	MON	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	SS
30	30	May 10	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
31	31	May 11	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
32	32	May 12	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
33	33	May 14	CHC		SDP	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
34	34	May 15	CHC		SDP	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
35	35	May 16 (1)	CHC		SDP	W,9-8	CG	49	10.0	2	6	2	10	3	SS
36	36	May 16 susp	CHC		SDP	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
37	37	May 18	CHC		SFG	L,3-7	GS	23	5.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
38	38	May 19	CHC		SFG	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
39	39	May 20	CHC		SFG	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
40	40	May 21	CHC		LAD	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
41	41	May 22	CHC		LAD	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
42	42	May 23	CHC		LAD	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
43	43	May 25	CHC	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	3	6	0	9	0	SS
44	44	May 26	CHC	@	STL	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
45	45	May 27	CHC	@	STL	L,0-10	CG	45	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
46	46	May 28	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	SS
47	47	May 29	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-9	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
48	48	May 30	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-10	CG	40	8.0	2	8	1	11	1	SS
49	49	May 31	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	2	4	1	7	2	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	50	Jun 2 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	43	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
51	51	Jun 2 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
52	52	Jun 3	CHC	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
53	53	Jun 4	CHC	@	ATL	W,11-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
54	54	Jun 5	CHC	@	ATL	L,4-6	CG	48	10.2	3	7	0	10	2	SS
55	55	Jun 6	CHC	@	ATL	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
56	56	Jun 7	CHC		PIT	L,6-11	CG	45	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
57	57	Jun 8	CHC		PIT	W,1-0	CG	44	12.0	5	6	1	12	2	SS
58	58	Jun 9	CHC		PIT	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
59	59	Jun 11	CHC		CIN	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	7	1	10	0	SS
60	60	Jun 12	CHC		CIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
61	61	Jun 13	CHC		CIN	L,3-4	CG	42	11.0	4	3	0	7	3	SS
62	62	Jun 14	CHC		ATL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
63	63	Jun 15	CHC		ATL	W,3-1	CG	29	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
64	64	Jun 16	CHC		ATL	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	SS
65	65	Jun 17	CHC		STL	W,7-6	CG	40	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
66	66	Jun 18	CHC		STL	W,15-5	GS	19	5.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
67	67	Jun 19	CHC		STL	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
68	68	Jun 20	CHC		STL	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
69	69	Jun 22	CHC	@	SFG	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
70	70	Jun 23	CHC	@	SFG	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	5	4	0	9	1	SS
71	71	Jun 25	CHC	@	STL	W,12-0	GS	29	6.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
72	72	Jun 26	CHC	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
73	73	Jun 27	CHC	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
74	74	Jun 28	CHC		LAD	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
75	75	Jun 29	CHC		LAD	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	77 (1)	Jul 2	CHC		PIT	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
77	78	Jul 3	CHC		PIT	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	SS
78	79	Jul 4	CHC		PIT	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
79	80	Jul 5	CHC		PIT	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	0	8	0	8	1	SS
80	81	Jul 6	CHC	@	LAD	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
81	82	Jul 7 (1)	CHC	@	LAD	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
82	83	Jul 7 (2)	CHC	@	LAD	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
83	84	Jul 8	CHC	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
84	85	Jul 9 (1)	CHC	@	SDP	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
85	86	Jul 9 (2)	CHC	@	SDP	L,2-7	GS	26	6.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
86	87	Jul 10	CHC	@	SDP	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
87	88	Jul 11 (1)	CHC	@	SDP	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
88	89	Jul 11 (2)	CHC	@	SDP	L,5-7	GS	36	7.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
89	90	Jul 15	CHC		PHI	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
90	91	Jul 16	CHC		PHI	W,11-2	GS	21	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
91	92	Jul 17	CHC		PHI	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
92	93	Jul 18	CHC		MON	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
93	94	Jul 19	CHC		MON	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
94	95	Jul 20	CHC		NYM	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
95	96	Jul 21	CHC		NYM	W,11-7	CG	44	9.0	2	6	0	8	3	SS
96	97	Jul 22	CHC		NYM	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
97	99 (1)	Jul 24	CHC	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
98	100	Jul 25	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
99	101	Jul 26	CHC	@	MON	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	3	5	1	9	2	SS
100	102	Jul 27	CHC	@	MON	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
101	103	Jul 28	CHC	@	MON	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
102	104	Jul 30	CHC	@	NYM	L,0-4	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
103	105	Jul 31	CHC	@	NYM	L,2-5	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	106	Aug 1	CHC	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
105	107	Aug 2	CHC	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
106	108	Aug 3	CHC	@	HOU	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
107	109	Aug 4	CHC		SDP	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
108	110	Aug 5	CHC		SDP	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
109	111	Aug 7	CHC		SFG	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
110	112	Aug 8 (1)	CHC		SFG	L,2-4	CG	46	11.0	2	6	1	9	2	SS
111	113	Aug 8 (2)	CHC		SFG	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
112	114	Aug 10	CHC	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
113	115	Aug 11	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	41	8.2	2	5	0	7	0	SS
114	116	Aug 13	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
115	117	Aug 14	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
116	118	Aug 15	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
117	119	Aug 16	CHC	@	ATL	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
118	120	Aug 17	CHC	@	ATL	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	4	5	0	9	0	SS
119	121	Aug 18	CHC	@	ATL	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
120	122	Aug 20 (1)	CHC		HOU	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
121	123	Aug 20 (2)	CHC		HOU	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
122	124	Aug 21	CHC		HOU	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	0	7	1	8	1	SS
123	125	Aug 22	CHC		HOU	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
124	126	Aug 23	CHC		CIN	W,6-3	GF	17	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH SS
125	127	Aug 24	CHC		CIN	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	3	8	0	11	1	SS
126	128	Aug 25	CHC		CIN	L,4-9	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
127	129	Aug 27	CHC		ATL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	3	8	0	11	1	SS
128	130	Aug 28	CHC		ATL	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
129	131	Aug 29	CHC		ATL	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
130	132	Aug 30	CHC		MON	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
131	133	Aug 31 (1)	CHC		MON	W,7-6	CG	45	10.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
132	134	Aug 31 susp	CHC		MON	L,2-11	GS	27	6.0	2	3	0	5	3	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
133	135	Sep 1	CHC		MON	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
134	136	Sep 2	CHC		MON	L,5-9	CG	41	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
135	137	Sep 3	CHC	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	46	8.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
136	138	Sep 4	CHC	@	STL	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
137	139	Sep 5	CHC	@	STL	L,5-12	CG	44	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
138	140	Sep 6 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	5	1	8	0	SS
139	141	Sep 6 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-10	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
140	142	Sep 8	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-10	CG	41	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
141	143	Sep 10	CHC		STL	L,7-8	CG	51	12.0	6	3	0	9	1	SS
142	144	Sep 11	CHC		STL	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
143	145	Sep 12	CHC		STL	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
144	146	Sep 13	CHC		PIT	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
145	147	Sep 14	CHC		PIT	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
146	154 (6)	Sep 21	CHC		NYM	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
147	155	Sep 22	CHC		NYM	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	4	6	1	11	1	SS
148	156	Sep 23	CHC		NYM	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
149	157	Sep 24	CHC		PHI	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
150	158	Sep 25	CHC		PHI	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
151	159	Sep 26	CHC		PHI	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
152	160	Sep 28	CHC	@	MON	L,4-5	CG	39	8.1	4	2	1	7	0	SS
153	161	Sep 29	CHC	@	MON	L,5-6	CG	46	8.2	2	3	1	6	1	SS
154	162	Sep 30	CHC	@	MON	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
							154gm		1329.2	263	512	27	802	97