Jerry Zimmerman

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: September 21, 1934 in Omaha, NE us

Died: September 9, 1998 in Neskowin, OR

Buried: Skyline Memorial Gardens, Portland, OR

High School: Milwaukie HS (Milwaukie, OR)

Debut: April 14, 1961 (Age 26-205d, 11,815th in major league history)
vs. STL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 22, 1968 (Age 34-001d)
vs. OAK 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1961 season

Full Name: Gerald Robert Zimmerman

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.7

994

203

.204

RBI

OBP

.269

SLG

.239

OPS

.508

OPS+

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

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	MIN		NYY	W,5-4	CG	42	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
2	7 (5)	Apr 23	MIN	@	DET	W,8-6	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
3	8	Apr 24	MIN	@	DET	L,4-7	GS	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
4	9	Apr 27	MIN	@	CLE	W,11-1	GF	10	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	14 (4)	May 2 (2)	MIN	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS	25	6.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
6	16 (1)	May 5	MIN		BAL	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
7	19 (2)	May 8	MIN		CHW	W,4-1	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
8	20	May 9	MIN		CHW	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
9	21	May 10	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
10	22	May 11	MIN		CAL	W,3-2	GS	34	8.0	11	2	0	13	0	C
11	23	May 12	MIN		CAL	W,4-3	GS	26	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
12	24	May 13	MIN		CAL	L,3-4	GS	28	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
13	28 (3)	May 16 (2)	MIN	@	KCA	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
14	32 (3)	May 19 (2)	MIN	@	CAL	W,3-1	GS	24	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
15	35 (2)	May 25	MIN	@	BOS	W,17-5	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
16	36	May 26	MIN	@	BOS	W,9-7	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
17	37	May 27	MIN	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
18	39 (1)	May 29	MIN	@	WSA	W,11-8	GF	16	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
19	40	May 30	MIN	@	WSA	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
20	41	May 31 (1)	MIN	@	BAL	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
21	42	May 31 (2)	MIN	@	BAL	L,4-5	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	43	Jun 2	MIN		BOS	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
23	44	Jun 3	MIN		BOS	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	C
24	45	Jun 4	MIN		WSA	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
25	46	Jun 6	MIN		WSA	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
26	47	Jun 7	MIN		CLE	L,1-2	GS	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
27	51 (3)	Jun 11 (1)	MIN	@	DET	W,5-4	GF	6	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
28	52	Jun 11 (2)	MIN	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	47	12.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
29	57 (4)	Jun 17	MIN	@	CHW	W,3-1	GF	22	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
30	60 (2)	Jun 20 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
31	62 (1)	Jun 22	MIN	@	CLE	L,4-5	GF	22	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
32	63	Jun 23	MIN	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
33	64	Jun 24	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-3	GS	32	7.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
34	65	Jun 25	MIN		DET	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
35	66	Jun 26	MIN		DET	L,2-5	GS	34	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
36	67	Jun 27 (1)	MIN		DET	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
37	68	Jun 27 (2)	MIN		DET	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
38	69	Jun 28	MIN		CHW	L,4-17	GS	35	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
39	70	Jun 29	MIN		CHW	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
40	71	Jun 30	MIN	@	CAL	L,0-5	GS	31	7.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	73 (1)	Jul 3	MIN	@	KCA	W,3-2	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
42	74	Jul 4	MIN	@	KCA	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
43	75	Jul 5 (1)	MIN		BOS	W,6-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
44	77 (1)	Jul 6	MIN		BOS	W,9-0	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
45	80 (2)	Jul 10 (1)	MIN		NYY	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
46	81	Jul 10 (2)	MIN		NYY	L,6-8	GS	39	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
47	82	Jul 11	MIN		NYY	W,6-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
48	83	Jul 15 (1)	MIN		KCA	W,11-3	GF	13	3.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
49	85 (1)	Jul 16	MIN		KCA	L,2-10	GF	20	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
50	88 (2)	Jul 18 (2)	MIN		CAL	W,5-4	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
51	89	Jul 19	MIN		CAL	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
52	90	Jul 20	MIN		CAL	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
53	92 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	MIN	@	BOS	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
54	93	Jul 22	MIN	@	BOS	W,11-5	GF	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
55	95 (1)	Jul 24	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
56	96	Jul 25	MIN	@	BAL	W,8-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
57	99 (2)	Jul 27 (2)	MIN	@	WSA	W,9-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
58	100	Jul 28	MIN	@	WSA	W,8-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
59	101	Jul 30	MIN		BAL	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
60	102	Jul 31	MIN		BAL	W,2-1	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	104 (1)	Aug 2	MIN		BAL	W,6-5	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
62	106 (1)	Aug 3 (2)	MIN		WSA	L,2-4	GS	34	7.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
63	108 (1)	Aug 5	MIN		WSA	W,8-5	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
64	109	Aug 6	MIN		BOS	W,9-3	GF	16	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
65	110	Aug 7	MIN		BOS	W,9-4	GS	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
66	113 (2)	Aug 11	MIN	@	NYY	L,4-5	GF	11	4.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
67	114	Aug 12	MIN	@	NYY	W,8-2	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
68	118 (3)	Aug 15 (2)	MIN	@	CLE	L,4-6	GS	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
69	120 (1)	Aug 19 (1)	MIN	@	DET	W,8-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
70	121	Aug 19 (2)	MIN	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
71	122	Aug 20 (1)	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
72	123	Aug 20 (2)	MIN	@	CAL	W,3-1	GF	23	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
73	129 (5)	Aug 26	MIN		NYY	W,9-2	GF	19	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	135 (5)	Sep 1	MIN		DET	W,5-2	GF	19	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
75	136	Sep 2	MIN		DET	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
76	139 (2)	Sep 5	MIN		CHW	L,0-2	GF	17	4.2	6	2	0	8	0	C
77	141 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	MIN	@	KCA	L,3-4	GS	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
78	143 (1)	Sep 9	MIN	@	CHW	W,10-4	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
79	148 (4)	Sep 15	MIN		KCA	W,7-5	GF	21	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
80	154 (5)	Sep 22	MIN		BAL	L,2-5	GF	14	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
81	156 (1)	Sep 25 (2)	MIN	@	WSA	W,5-3	GS	23	6.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
82	159 (2)	Sep 29	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-2	GS	35	8.2	5	0	0	5	1	C
							82gm		468.1	321	22	1	344	5