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Don Kessinger
Donald Eulon Kessinger

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 175 lb.
School University of Mississippi

Debut September 7, 1964
  vs. MLN 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game July 31, 1979
Born July 17, 1942 in Forrest City, AR

Father of Keith Kessinger

Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1964 21 CHC NL   4   12    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .167  .167  .167   -7    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1965 22 CHC NL 106  309   19   62   4  3   0   14   1  2  20  44  .201  .252  .233   37   72   3   2   1   2   5
 1966 23 CHC NL 150  533   50  146   8  2   1   43  13  7  26  46  .274  .306  .302   70  161  15   4   5   0  11
 1967 24 CHC NL 145  580   61  134  10  7   0   42   6 13  33  80  .231  .275  .272   55  158   7   4   1   4   3
 1968 25 CHC NL 160  655   63  157  14  7   1   32   9  9  38  86  .240  .283  .287   67  188  11   1   1   2   7 AS
 1969 26 CHC NL 158  664  109  181  38  6   4   53  11  8  61  70  .273  .332  .366   86  243   6   5   4   1   5 MVP-15,AS
 1970 27 CHC NL 154  631  100  168  21 14   1   39  12  6  66  59  .266  .337  .349   77  220  10   2   6   2  12 MVP-23,AS
 1971 28 CHC NL 155  617   77  159  18  6   2   38  15  8  52  54  .258  .318  .316   72  195  14   1   6   3  11 AS
 1972 29 CHC NL 149  577   77  158  20  6   1   39   8  7  67  44  .274  .351  .334   89  193  13   1   8   2  11 AS
 1973 30 CHC NL 160  577   52  151  22  3   0   43   6  6  57  44  .262  .327  .310   73  179   7   2  18   0  15
 1974 31 CHC NL 153  599   83  155  20  7   1   42   7  7  62  54  .259  .332  .321   82  192   7   1   7   4  14 AS
 1975 32 CHC NL 154  601   77  146  26 10   0   46   4  7  68  47  .243  .317  .319   75  192  14   9   2   1   4
 1976 33 STL NL 145  502   55  120  22  6   1   40   3  0  61  51  .239  .320  .313   80  157   9   4   5   1  13
 1977 34 TOT     98  253   26   60   7  2   0   18   2  1  27  33  .237  .309  .281   62   71   1   2   3   0   6
         STL NL  59  134   14   32   4  0   0    7   0  0  14  26  .239  .309  .269   58   36   0   1   1   0   3
         CHW AL  39  119   12   28   3  2   0   11   2  1  13   7  .235  .308  .294   66   35   1   1   2   0   3
 1978 35 CHW AL 131  431   35  110  18  1   1   31   2  4  36  34  .255  .312  .309   75  133  12   1   1   0  10
 1979 36 CHW AL  56  110   14   22   6  0   1    7   1  0  10  12  .200  .264  .282   48   31   3   1   1   0   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons    2078 7651  899 1931 254 80  14  527 100 85 684 759  .252  .314  .312   73 2387 132  40  69  22 132
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        596   70  151  20  6   1   41   8  7  53  59  .252  .314  .312   73  186  10   3   5   2  10
 Career High    160  664  109  181  38 14   4   53  15 13  68  86  .274  .351  .366   89  243  15   9  18   4  15
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1964 21 CHC NL   12   10    0   0.0    97| .167  .268| .167  .326| .167  .398| .334  .724|  -7  .000  -1.8  -0.2   0%
 1965 22 CHC NL  336  259   18   1.9    95| .201  .260| .252  .324| .233  .394| .485  .718|  37  .191 -26.6  -2.8  33%
 1966 23 CHC NL  578  424   49   3.1    97| .274  .266| .306  .325| .302  .400| .608  .725|  70  .364 -22.5  -2.3  65%
 1967 24 CHC NL  628  473   43   2.4    94| .231  .264| .275  .327| .272  .387| .547  .714|  55  .292 -36.0  -3.9  31%
 1968 25 CHC NL  707  526   54   2.8    87| .240  .260| .283  .319| .287  .366| .570  .685|  67  .386 -28.4  -3.2  50%
 1969 26 CHC NL  737  507   84   4.4   105| .273  .274| .332  .346| .366  .406| .698  .752|  86  .529 -12.0  -1.3  57%
 1970 27 CHC NL  711  493   76   4.2   112| .266  .280| .337  .354| .349  .427| .686  .781|  77  .448 -22.8  -2.3  66%
 1971 28 CHC NL  687  492   63   3.4   102| .258  .274| .318  .342| .316  .401| .634  .743|  72  .424 -24.6  -2.6  65%
 1972 29 CHC NL  660  451   70   4.2   100| .274  .268| .351  .337| .334  .395| .685  .733|  89  .514  -7.8  -0.8  53%
 1973 30 CHC NL  643  456   57   3.4   102| .262  .271| .327  .341| .310  .402| .637  .743|  73  .393 -21.0  -2.2  50%
 1974 31 CHC NL  673  473   64   3.6    97| .259  .266| .332  .338| .321  .384| .653  .722|  82  .430 -15.0  -1.6  50%
 1975 32 CHC NL  693  489   66   3.6    99| .243  .270| .317  .342| .319  .390| .636  .732|  75  .422 -20.5  -2.1  36%
 1976 33 STL NL  577  408   53   3.5    93| .239  .264| .320  .330| .313  .376| .633  .706|  80  .429 -12.0  -1.3 100%
 1977 34 TOT     283  203   23   3.0   101| .237  .267| .309  .333| .281  .407| .590  .740|  62  .317 -13.2  -1.4  66%
         STL NL  149  106   12   3.1   102| .239  .268| .309  .336| .269  .408| .578  .744|  58  .319  -7.7  -0.8   0%
         CHW AL  134   97   11   3.0   100| .235  .266| .308  .330| .294  .405| .602  .735|  66  .316  -5.6  -0.6  66%
 1978 35 CHW AL  480  348   41   3.2    94| .255  .262| .312  .328| .309  .386| .621  .714|  75  .359 -14.2  -1.5  33%
 1979 36 CHW AL  124   97    8   2.2   102| .200  .270| .264  .334| .282  .408| .546  .743|  48  .199  -8.0  -0.8 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 16 Seasons     8529 6109  769   3.4    99| .252  .268| .314  .336| .312  .394| .626  .730|  73  .404 -286.5 -30.3  54%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1964 21 CHC NL SS 4 3 7 0 1 1.000 .962 2.50 4.33 4.74 5.02 1 19.0 1965 22 CHC NL SS 105 176 338 28 69 .948 .964 4.90 4.20 5.35 4.92 104 864.7 1966 23 CHC NL SS 148 202 474 35 68 .951 .964 4.57 4.43 4.70 4.96 144 1294.0 1967 24 CHC NL SS 143 215 457 19 77 .973 .963 4.70 4.31 4.90 4.99 136 1233.7 1968 25 CHC NL SS 159 263 573 33 97 .962 .962 5.26 4.50 5.40 4.98 158 1394.3 AS 1969 26 CHC NL SS 157 266 542 20 101 .976 .963 5.15 4.21 5.20 4.93 157 1398.3 GG,AS 1970 27 CHC NL SS 154 257 501 22 86 .972 .965 4.92 4.23 5.09 5.05 152 1340.0 GG,AS 1971 28 CHC NL SS 154 263 512 27 97 .966 .968 5.03 4.46 5.25 5.14 151 1329.7 AS 1972 29 CHC NL SS 146 259 504 28 90 .965 .967 5.23 4.48 5.32 5.04 145 1290.0 AS 1973 30 CHC NL SS 158 274 526 30 109 .964 .961 5.06 4.31 5.22 4.93 156 1378.3 1974 31 CHC NL SS 150 259 476 32 87 .958 .961 4.90 4.26 5.09 4.97 147 1299.0 AS 1975 32 CHC NL SS 140 205 436 22 100 .967 .963 4.58 4.21 4.84 4.99 132 1192.7 3B 13 5 28 2 3 .943 .946 2.54 2.58 2.95 2.98 12 100.7 1976 33 STL NL SS 113 212 350 18 84 .969 .964 4.97 4.48 5.29 5.05 105 955.3 2B 31 53 85 6 21 .958 .975 4.45 4.93 4.84 5.48 29 256.7 3B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 2.60 1.08 2.93 0 8.3 1977 34 TOT SS 47 69 92 5 27 .970 .963 3.43 4.20 4.64 4.92 31 312.0 TOT 2B 37 59 90 5 19 .968 .978 4.03 4.57 5.45 5.31 27 246.0 TOT 3B 13 7 18 3 0 .893 .958 1.92 2.67 3.33 2.97 7 67.6 STL NL SS 26 37 54 2 15 .978 .963 3.50 4.30 5.42 5.02 13 151.0 2B 24 32 63 5 9 .950 .977 3.96 4.47 5.66 5.24 16 151.0 3B 4 0 2 1 0 .667 .952 0.50 2.55 1.75 2.97 1 10.3 CHW AL SS 21 32 38 3 12 .959 .963 3.33 4.07 3.91 4.82 18 161.0 2B 13 27 27 0 10 1.000 .978 4.15 4.76 5.12 5.42 11 95.0 3B 9 7 16 2 0 .920 .958 2.56 2.72 3.61 2.97 6 57.3 1978 35 CHW AL SS 123 171 321 13 60 .974 .964 4.00 4.19 4.44 4.92 117 996.3 2B 9 12 14 0 2 1.000 .981 2.89 4.74 3.71 5.47 7 63.0 1979 36 CHW AL SS 54 57 103 2 17 .988 .965 2.96 4.10 4.44 5.01 36 324.3 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.80 18.00 9.90 0 1.0 2B 1 2 6 0 0 1.000 .976 8.00 4.80 10.29 5.53 1 7.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1979 36 CHW AL 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.80 18.00 9.90 0 1.0 1976 33 STL NL 2B 31 53 85 6 21 .958 .975 4.45 4.93 4.84 5.48 29 256.7 1977 34 TOT 2B 37 59 90 5 19 .968 .978 4.03 4.57 5.45 5.31 27 246.0 STL NL 2B 24 32 63 5 9 .950 .977 3.96 4.47 5.66 5.24 16 151.0 CHW AL 2B 13 27 27 0 10 1.000 .978 4.15 4.76 5.12 5.42 11 95.0 1978 35 CHW AL 2B 9 12 14 0 2 1.000 .981 2.89 4.74 3.71 5.47 7 63.0 1979 36 CHW AL 2B 1 2 6 0 0 1.000 .976 8.00 4.80 10.29 5.53 1 7.0 1975 32 CHC NL 3B 13 5 28 2 3 .943 .946 2.54 2.58 2.95 2.98 12 100.7 1976 33 STL NL 3B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 2.60 1.08 2.93 0 8.3 1977 34 TOT 3B 13 7 18 3 0 .893 .958 1.92 2.67 3.33 2.97 7 67.6 STL NL 3B 4 0 2 1 0 .667 .952 0.50 2.55 1.75 2.97 1 10.3 CHW AL 3B 9 7 16 2 0 .920 .958 2.56 2.72 3.61 2.97 6 57.3 1964 21 CHC NL SS 4 3 7 0 1 1.000 .962 2.50 4.33 4.74 5.02 1 19.0 1965 22 CHC NL SS 105 176 338 28 69 .948 .964 4.90 4.20 5.35 4.92 104 864.7 1966 23 CHC NL SS 148 202 474 35 68 .951 .964 4.57 4.43 4.70 4.96 144 1294.0 1967 24 CHC NL SS 143 215 457 19 77 .973 .963 4.70 4.31 4.90 4.99 136 1233.7 1968 25 CHC NL SS 159 263 573 33 97 .962 .962 5.26 4.50 5.40 4.98 158 1394.3 1969 26 CHC NL SS 157 266 542 20 101 .976 .963 5.15 4.21 5.20 4.93 157 1398.3 1970 27 CHC NL SS 154 257 501 22 86 .972 .965 4.92 4.23 5.09 5.05 152 1340.0 1971 28 CHC NL SS 154 263 512 27 97 .966 .968 5.03 4.46 5.25 5.14 151 1329.7 1972 29 CHC NL SS 146 259 504 28 90 .965 .967 5.23 4.48 5.32 5.04 145 1290.0 1973 30 CHC NL SS 158 274 526 30 109 .964 .961 5.06 4.31 5.22 4.93 156 1378.3 1974 31 CHC NL SS 150 259 476 32 87 .958 .961 4.90 4.26 5.09 4.97 147 1299.0 1975 32 CHC NL SS 140 205 436 22 100 .967 .963 4.58 4.21 4.84 4.99 132 1192.7 1976 33 STL NL SS 113 212 350 18 84 .969 .964 4.97 4.48 5.29 5.05 105 955.3 1977 34 TOT SS 47 69 92 5 27 .970 .963 3.43 4.20 4.64 4.92 31 312.0 STL NL SS 26 37 54 2 15 .978 .963 3.50 4.30 5.42 5.02 13 151.0 CHW AL SS 21 32 38 3 12 .959 .963 3.33 4.07 3.91 4.82 18 161.0 1978 35 CHW AL SS 123 171 321 13 60 .974 .964 4.00 4.19 4.44 4.92 117 996.3 1979 36 CHW AL SS 54 57 103 2 17 .988 .965 2.96 4.10 4.44 5.01 36 324.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS*1955 3151 6212 334 1170 .966 .964 4.79 4.32 5.07 4.99 1872 16621.7 2B* 78 126 195 11 42 .967 .977 4.12 4.74 5.04 5.41 64 572.7 3B* 28 13 46 5 3 .922 .950 2.11 2.62 3.01 2.97 19 176.7 1B* 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.80 18.00 9.90 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 2062 3292 6453 350 1215 .965 .964 4.73 4.32 5.05 4.98 1955 17372
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1968   CHC NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting SS 
 1969   CHC NL   *   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting SS 
 1970   CHC NL   *   2   0   2  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting SS 
 1971   CHC NL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1972   CHC NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting SS 
 1974   CHC NL       1   1   1  0  1  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 6/6      4  12   1   3  0  1  0   1   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .250  .250  .417 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1968 (SS)
1969 (SS)
1970 (SS)
1971 *
1972 (SS)
1974 *

Awards
1978-ML-Lou Gehrig Memorial Award

Gold Gloves
1969-NL--SS
1970-NL--SS
All Multiple Winners

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1969-NL-15-0.02
1970-NL-23-0.02
Car-1135-0.04 shares

Games
1968 NL-160-4
1969 NL-158-8
1973 NL-160-6

At Bats
1968 NL-655-3
1969 NL-664-2
1970 NL-631-7
1971 NL-617-9
1972 NL-577-10
1975 NL-601-10

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1968 NL-707-3
1969 NL-737-2
1970 NL-711-6
1971 NL-687-9
1972 NL-660-7
1975 NL-693-7

Runs
1969 NL-109-4

Hits
1969 NL-181-7

Doubles
1969 NL-38-2

Triples
1968 NL-7-6
1970 NL-14-2
1975 NL-10-2

Singles
1966 NL-135-8
1968 NL-135-9
1969 NL-133-9
1970 NL-132-9
1972 NL-131-5

Times on Base
1972 NL-227-10

Sac. Hits
1966 NL-15-4
1968 NL-11-7
1970 NL-10-7
1971 NL-14-4
1972 NL-13-4
1975 NL-14-9

Sac. Flies
1975 NL-9-4

Intentional Walks
1973 NL-18-5

Caught Stealing
1967 NL-13-2
1968 NL-9-9
1971 NL-8-7

At Bats per Strikeout
1966 NL-11.6-10
1972 NL-13.1-10

Outs
1967 NL-473-5
1968 NL-526-1
1969 NL-507-2
1970 NL-493-2
1971 NL-492-3
1972 NL-451-10
1974 NL-473-7
1975 NL-489-3

Oldest Player
1978 AL-35-9
1979 AL-36-8

       

Gray Ink: Batting - 20 (997) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 14.9 (1030) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 44.0 (411) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 19, 1964: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.

October 28, 1975: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals for a player to be named later and Mike Garman. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Bobby Hrapmann (minors) (April 5, 1976) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

August 20, 1977: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Chicago White Sox for Steve Staniland (minors).

November 1, 1979: Granted Free Agency.


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