Don Zimmer

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 165lb (175cm, 74kg)

Born: January 17, 1931 in Cincinnati, OH us

Died: June 4, 2014 in Dunedin, FL

Buried: Cremated

High School: Western Hills HS (Cincinnati, OH)

Debut: July 2, 1954 (Age 23-166d, 11,153rd in major league history)
vs. PHI 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1965 (Age 34-258d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: Donald William Zimmer

Nicknames: Popeye, Zip or The Gerbil

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.7

3283

773

.236

353

RBI

352

OBP

.290

SLG

.372

OPS

.662

OPS+

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

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	BRO	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	50	12.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
2	2	Apr 18	BRO		PIT	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	2	7	1	SS
3	3	Apr 20	BRO		PIT	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
4	4	Apr 21 (1)	BRO		PIT	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
5	5	Apr 21 (2)	BRO		PIT	W,7-4	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
6	6	Apr 22	BRO		PHI	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
7	7	Apr 24	BRO		NYG	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
8	8	Apr 26	BRO	@	PIT	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
9	9	Apr 27	BRO	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
10	10	Apr 28	BRO	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	6	3	0	9	1	SS
11	11	Apr 30	BRO		CHC	W,10-9	CG	43	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	BRO		CHC	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
13	13	May 2	BRO		STL	L,2-3	CG	65	16.0	4	6	2	12	1	SS
14	14	May 3	BRO		STL	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
15	15	May 4	BRO		STL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
16	16	May 5	BRO		MLN	L,7-10	CG	46	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
17	17	May 6	BRO		MLN	W,5-4	GS	59	14.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS 3B
18	18	May 7	BRO		CIN	L,2-9	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
19	19	May 8	BRO		CIN	L,6-7	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
20	20	May 10	BRO	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
21	21	May 11	BRO	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	62	14.2	3	0	0	3	0	3B
22	22	May 12	BRO	@	NYG	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
23	23	May 14	BRO	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
24	24	May 15	BRO	@	MLN	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
25	25	May 16	BRO	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
26	26	May 19	BRO	@	STL	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B
27	27	May 20	BRO	@	STL	W,10-4	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
28	28	May 21	BRO	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
29	29	May 22	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
30	30	May 24	BRO		NYG	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
31	31	May 25	BRO		NYG	L,7-8	CG	46	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
32	32	May 26	BRO		NYG	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
33	33	May 27	BRO	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
34	34	May 28	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	40	10.1	2	4	0	6	0	3B
35	35	May 29	BRO	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
36	36	May 30 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B SS
37	37	May 30 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
38	38	May 31	BRO	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	39	Jun 1	BRO	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
40	40	Jun 2	BRO	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
41	41	Jun 3	BRO	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	SS
42	42	Jun 4	BRO		CHC	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
43	43	Jun 5	BRO		CHC	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
44	44	Jun 7	BRO		CIN	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
45	45	Jun 8	BRO		CIN	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
46	46	Jun 9 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
47	47	Jun 9 (2)	BRO		CIN	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
48	48	Jun 10	BRO		MLN	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
49	55 (6)	Jun 16 (2)	BRO		STL	L,4-8	GS	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B SS
50	69 (13)	Jun 30 (2)	BRO	@	CHC	W,5-1	GS	27	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	74 (4)	Jul 5	BRO		PHI	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
52	75	Jul 6	BRO		PHI	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
53	76	Jul 7 (1)	BRO		PHI	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
54	78 (1)	Jul 11	BRO		CIN	W,5-4	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
55	79	Jul 12	BRO		CIN	W,3-1	GS	26	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
56	80	Jul 14	BRO		MLN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
57	83 (2)	Jul 17	BRO		STL	L,3-7	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
58	99 (15)	Jul 31 (2)	BRO	@	CHC	W,2-1	GS	26	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	100	Aug 1	BRO	@	CHC	W,12-3	GF	16	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
60	102 (1)	Aug 3	BRO	@	MLN	W,7-1	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
61	104 (1)	Aug 5	BRO		NYG	W,5-2	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 3B
62	113 (8)	Aug 14	BRO	@	NYG	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
63	114	Aug 15	BRO	@	NYG	L,4-9	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
64	115	Aug 16	BRO		PIT	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	3B
65	116	Aug 17	BRO		PIT	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
66	117	Aug 18 (1)	BRO		PIT	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
67	118	Aug 18 (2)	BRO		PIT	L,6-8	CG	39	9.0	0	4	2	6	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	133 (14)	Sep 3	BRO		PHI	L,2-3	CG	46	12.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
69	134	Sep 4	BRO	@	PHI	W,12-3	CG	39	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	2B
70	135	Sep 5	BRO	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
71	147 (11)	Sep 18	BRO	@	STL	W,6-1	CG	40	9.0	0	7	1	8	1	2B
72	148	Sep 20	BRO		PHI	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
73	149	Sep 21	BRO		PHI	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
74	150	Sep 22	BRO		PHI	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
75	151	Sep 24	BRO		PIT	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
76	152	Sep 27	BRO	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	3	1	7	2	SS
77	153	Sep 28	BRO	@	PHI	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
78	154	Sep 29	BRO	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
							81gm		682.0	114	186	15	315	24