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.

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	4 (3)	Apr 12	LAD	@	HOU	L,1-2	GF	25	4.1	0	0	1	1	0	PH SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	22 (17)	May 2	LAD	@	PHI	W,3-2	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
3	23	May 3	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-13	GF	7	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
4	25 (1)	May 5	LAD	@	PIT	W,7-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
5	36 (10)	May 17	LAD		PIT	W,9-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
6	44 (7)	May 26	LAD	@	SFG	W,4-3	GF	13	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
7	47 (2)	May 30	LAD	@	MLN	L,4-7	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
8	48	May 31	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	49	Jun 1	LAD	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
10	50	Jun 2	LAD	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
11	55 (4)	Jun 8	LAD	@	CHC	W,9-5	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
12	56	Jun 9	LAD	@	CHC	W,11-8	GF	13	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
				Player went from Los Angeles Dodgers to Washington Senators
13	76	Jun 27	WSA	@	KCA	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
14	77	Jun 28 (1)	WSA		MIN	L,4-11	CG	46	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
15	79 (1)	Jun 30	WSA		MIN	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	80	Jul 2	WSA		KCA	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
17	81	Jul 4 (1)	WSA		KCA	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
18	82	Jul 4 (2)	WSA		KCA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
19	83	Jul 5	WSA		LAA	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
20	84	Jul 6	WSA		LAA	W,3-2	CG	34	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
21	85	Jul 7 (1)	WSA		LAA	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	2	3	0	3B
22	86	Jul 7 (2)	WSA		LAA	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
23	87	Jul 11	WSA		BAL	L,4-7	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
24	88	Jul 12	WSA		BAL	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
25	89	Jul 13	WSA		BAL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
26	90	Jul 15	WSA		DET	W,11-6	CG	36	9.0	2	3	2	7	0	3B
27	91	Jul 16	WSA	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
28	92	Jul 17	WSA	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
29	93	Jul 19	WSA	@	MIN	W,6-5	CG	54	13.0	5	2	0	7	1	3B
30	94	Jul 20	WSA	@	MIN	L,3-11	CG	41	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	3B
31	95	Jul 21	WSA	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
32	96	Jul 23	WSA	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
33	97	Jul 24	WSA	@	BAL	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
34	98	Jul 25	WSA	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
35	99	Jul 26	WSA	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
36	100	Jul 27	WSA	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
37	101	Jul 28 (1)	WSA	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
38	102	Jul 28 (2)	WSA	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
39	103	Jul 29	WSA		CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
40	104	Jul 30	WSA		CHW	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	2	4	0	3B
41	105	Jul 31	WSA		CHW	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	106	Aug 2 (1)	WSA		BOS	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
43	107	Aug 2 (2)	WSA		BOS	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
44	108	Aug 3	WSA		BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
45	109	Aug 4	WSA		BOS	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
46	110	Aug 6 (1)	WSA		NYY	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
47	111	Aug 6 (2)	WSA		NYY	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
48	112	Aug 7	WSA		NYY	L,1-9	CG	46	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
49	113	Aug 8	WSA		NYY	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
50	114	Aug 9	WSA		BAL	L,1-7	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
51	115	Aug 10	WSA		BAL	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
52	116	Aug 11	WSA		BAL	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
53	117	Aug 13	WSA	@	LAA	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
54	118	Aug 14	WSA	@	LAA	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
55	119	Aug 15	WSA	@	LAA	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
56	120	Aug 16	WSA	@	MIN	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
57	121	Aug 17	WSA	@	MIN	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
58	122	Aug 18	WSA	@	MIN	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
59	123	Aug 20 (1)	WSA	@	KCA	L,0-9	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
60	124	Aug 20 (2)	WSA	@	KCA	L,5-7	CG	57	13.2	1	1	0	2	0	3B
61	125	Aug 21	WSA	@	KCA	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
62	126	Aug 22	WSA	@	KCA	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
63	127	Aug 23	WSA		LAA	L,0-17	GS	45	7.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
64	128	Aug 24	WSA		LAA	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
65	129	Aug 25	WSA		LAA	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
66	130	Aug 26 (1)	WSA		MIN	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
67	131	Aug 26 (2)	WSA		MIN	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
68	132	Aug 29 (1)	WSA		MIN	L,2-14	CG	49	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
69	133	Aug 29 (2)	WSA		MIN	L,1-10	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
70	134	Aug 30	WSA	@	BOS	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
71	135	Aug 31	WSA	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	136	Sep 1	WSA	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
73	137	Sep 2 (1)	WSA	@	CLE	L,3-15	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
74	138	Sep 2 (2)	WSA	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	46	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
75	139	Sep 4	WSA	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	1	5	0	6	2	3B
76	140	Sep 5	WSA	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	45	11.1	1	2	0	3	0	3B
77	141	Sep 6	WSA		CLE	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	2	4	1	3B
78	142	Sep 7	WSA		CLE	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
79	143	Sep 8	WSA		CLE	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	2	1	1	4	2	3B
80	144	Sep 9 (1)	WSA		DET	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	3	8	1	12	1	3B
81	145	Sep 9 (2)	WSA		DET	L,7-10	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
82	146	Sep 10 (1)	WSA		DET	W,9-8	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
83	148 (1)	Sep 11	WSA		DET	W,6-5	GF	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
84	149	Sep 13	WSA		CHW	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
85	150	Sep 14	WSA		CHW	L,5-7	CG	39	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
86	151	Sep 17	WSA		KCA	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
87	152	Sep 18	WSA		KCA	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
88	153	Sep 20	WSA	@	BAL	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
89	157 (3)	Sep 24	WSA	@	DET	L,0-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
90	158	Sep 25	WSA	@	DET	W,6-2	GS	28	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
91	160 (1)	Sep 27 (2)	WSA	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
92	161	Sep 28	WSA	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	3B
							92gm		741.1	93	191	20	304	18