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.

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	CHC		PIT	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
2	2	Apr 11	CHC		MON	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
3	3	Apr 12	CHC		MON	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	4	5	0	9	0	SS
4	4	Apr 13	CHC		MON	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
5	5	Apr 14	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
6	6	Apr 16	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	1	6	2	SS
7	7	Apr 17	CHC	@	PHI	W,10-9	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
8	8	Apr 19	CHC	@	NYM	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
9	9	Apr 20 (1)	CHC	@	NYM	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
10	10	Apr 20 (2)	CHC	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
11	11	Apr 22	CHC		PHI	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
12	12	Apr 23	CHC		PHI	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
13	13	Apr 24	CHC		PHI	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
14	14	Apr 25	CHC		STL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
15	15	Apr 26	CHC		STL	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
16	16	Apr 29	CHC		NYM	L,1-9	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
17	17	Apr 30	CHC		NYM	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	18	May 1	CHC		NYM	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
19	19	May 2	CHC	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
20	20	May 3	CHC	@	STL	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
21	21	May 4	CHC	@	STL	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
22	22	May 5	CHC	@	MON	L,2-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
23	23	May 6	CHC	@	MON	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	1	1	1	3	1	SS
24	24	May 7	CHC	@	MON	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
25	25	May 9	CHC		SDP	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
26	26	May 10	CHC		SDP	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
27	27	May 11	CHC		SDP	L,1-2	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
28	28	May 13	CHC		HOU	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
29	29	May 14	CHC		HOU	L,7-11	CG	46	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
30	30	May 15	CHC		HOU	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
31	31	May 16	CHC	@	SDP	L,2-8	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
32	32	May 17	CHC	@	SDP	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
33	33	May 18	CHC	@	SDP	W,3-2	GF	14	4.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
34	34	May 19	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
35	35	May 20	CHC	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	29	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
36	36	May 21	CHC	@	LAD	L,0-10	CG	37	8.0	1	4	1	6	3	SS
37	37	May 22	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
38	39 (1)	May 24	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-10	CG	44	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
39	40	May 25	CHC	@	SFG	L,7-9	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
40	41	May 26	CHC		ATL	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	2	4	0	6	3	SS
41	42	May 27	CHC		ATL	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
42	43	May 28	CHC		ATL	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
43	44	May 30 susp	CHC		LAD	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
44	45	May 31	CHC		LAD	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	46	Jun 1	CHC		LAD	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
46	47	Jun 3	CHC		SFG	W,6-5	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
47	48	Jun 4	CHC		SFG	L,8-10	CG	43	9.0	1	3	2	6	0	SS
48	49	Jun 5	CHC		SFG	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	1	4	1	6	2	SS
49	50	Jun 6	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
50	51	Jun 7	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
51	52	Jun 8 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
52	54 (1)	Jun 9	CHC	@	HOU	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
53	55	Jun 10	CHC	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
54	56	Jun 12 (1)	CHC	@	ATL	L,4-5	CG	43	8.2	5	3	0	8	1	SS
55	57	Jun 12 susp	CHC	@	ATL	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	1	2	2	5	0	SS
56	58	Jun 13	CHC		CIN	L,11-18	CG	60	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
57	59	Jun 14 susp	CHC		CIN	L,3-11	CG	51	9.0	2	4	2	8	1	SS
58	60	Jun 15	CHC		CIN	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
59	61	Jun 16	CHC		PHI	W,9-7	GS	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
60	62	Jun 17	CHC		PHI	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	2	8	0	10	1	SS
61	63	Jun 18	CHC		PHI	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
62	64	Jun 19	CHC		PHI	L,3-6	CG	60	14.0	1	7	0	8	2	SS
63	65	Jun 20	CHC	@	STL	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
64	66	Jun 21	CHC	@	STL	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
65	67	Jun 22	CHC	@	STL	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
66	68	Jun 23	CHC	@	MON	W,6-0	GS	23	7.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
67	70 (1)	Jun 25	CHC	@	MON	L,6-12	CG	42	8.0	1	3	2	6	0	SS
68	71	Jun 26	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-5	GF	8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	SS
69	72	Jun 27 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
70	73	Jun 27 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
71	74	Jun 28	CHC	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
72	75	Jun 29 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	0	6	0	6	0	SS
73	76	Jun 29 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
74	77	Jun 30	CHC	@	NYM	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	78	Jul 1	CHC	@	NYM	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
76	79	Jul 2	CHC	@	NYM	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
77	80	Jul 3	CHC	@	NYM	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
78	81	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
79	82	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,2-1	CG	40	11.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
80	83	Jul 5	CHC		PIT	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
81	84	Jul 6	CHC		PIT	L,12-18	CG	56	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
82	85	Jul 7	CHC		PIT	L,0-5	CG	42	9.0	1	7	0	8	2	SS
83	86	Jul 8	CHC		SDP	L,6-8	CG	62	15.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
84	87	Jul 9	CHC		SDP	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
85	88	Jul 10	CHC		SDP	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
86	89	Jul 11	CHC		SFG	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
87	90	Jul 12	CHC		SFG	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
88	91	Jul 13	CHC		SFG	L,1-4	CG	43	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
89	92	Jul 17	CHC	@	SDP	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
90	93	Jul 18	CHC	@	SDP	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
91	94	Jul 19	CHC	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
92	95	Jul 20	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	48	11.2	2	5	0	7	1	SS
93	96	Jul 21	CHC	@	LAD	W,1-0	GF	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
94	97	Jul 22	CHC	@	SFG	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
95	98	Jul 23	CHC	@	SFG	L,2-10	GS	36	6.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
96	99	Jul 24	CHC	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
97	100	Jul 25	CHC		NYM	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
98	101	Jul 26	CHC		NYM	L,8-9	CG	48	10.0	0	4	1	5	1	SS
99	102	Jul 27 (1)	CHC		NYM	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
100	103	Jul 27 (2)	CHC		NYM	L,1-4	CG	45	10.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
101	104	Jul 28	CHC		MON	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
102	105	Jul 29	CHC		MON	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
103	106	Jul 30	CHC		MON	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
104	107	Jul 31	CHC		STL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	108	Aug 1	CHC		STL	L,4-9	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
106	109	Aug 2	CHC		STL	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	SS
107	111 (1)	Aug 3 (2)	CHC		STL	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
108	112	Aug 4	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
109	113	Aug 5	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-13	GS	40	6.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
110	114	Aug 7	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	1	7	2	SS
111	115	Aug 8 (1)	CHC	@	ATL	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
112	116	Aug 8 (2)	CHC	@	ATL	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
113	117	Aug 9	CHC	@	ATL	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
114	118	Aug 10	CHC	@	ATL	W,9-1	CG	31	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
115	119	Aug 11	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-9	CG	44	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
116	120	Aug 12	CHC	@	CIN	L,8-12	CG	47	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
117	121	Aug 14	CHC	@	HOU	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
118	122	Aug 15	CHC	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
119	123	Aug 16	CHC	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	8	0	9	2	SS
120	125 (1)	Aug 18	CHC		LAD	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
121	126	Aug 19	CHC		LAD	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
122	127	Aug 21	CHC		LAD	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	3	5	1	9	2	SS
123	128	Aug 22	CHC		HOU	W,6-5	CG	48	11.0	4	2	1	7	0	SS
124	129	Aug 23	CHC		HOU	L,12-14	CG	49	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
125	130	Aug 24	CHC		HOU	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
126	132 (1)	Aug 26	CHC		CIN	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	4	4	0	8	3	SS
127	133	Aug 27	CHC		CIN	L,5-6	CG	47	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
128	134	Aug 29	CHC		ATL	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
129	135	Aug 31 (1)	CHC		ATL	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
130	136	Aug 31 (2)	CHC		ATL	W,9-8	CG	45	10.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
131	137	Sep 1	CHC	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
132	138	Sep 2	CHC	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
133	139	Sep 3	CHC	@	STL	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
134	141 (1)	Sep 5 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
135	144 (2)	Sep 8	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
136	145	Sep 9	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-5	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
137	146	Sep 10	CHC		STL	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
138	147	Sep 11	CHC		STL	W,12-6	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
139	148	Sep 13	CHC		PHI	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
140	149	Sep 14	CHC		PHI	L,7-13	CG	49	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
141	150	Sep 15 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
142	152 (1)	Sep 16	CHC		PIT	L,0-22	GS	45	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
143	153	Sep 17	CHC	@	NYM	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
144	154	Sep 18	CHC	@	NYM	L,5-7	CG	41	8.2	0	3	0	3	0	3B
145	155	Sep 19	CHC	@	MON	L,6-9	GS	44	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B SS
146	156	Sep 20	CHC	@	MON	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	3	1	4	1	3B
147	157	Sep 21	CHC	@	MON	L,4-5	GS	36	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	3B SS
148	158	Sep 23	CHC		NYM	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
149	159	Sep 24	CHC		NYM	W,1-0	CG	37	11.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
150	160	Sep 26	CHC		MON	L,2-3	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
151	161	Sep 27	CHC		MON	L,3-5	CG	48	11.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
152	162	Sep 28	CHC		MON	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
							153gm		1293.1	210	464	24	698	103