Don Blasingame

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-10, 160lb (178cm, 72kg)

Born: March 16, 1932 in Corinth, MS us

Died: April 13, 2005 in Fountain Hills, AZ

Buried: Paradise Memorial Gardens, Scottsdale, AZ

High School: Corinth HS (Corinth, MS)

School: Lipscomb University (Nashville, TN)

Debut: September 20, 1955 (Age 23-188d, 11,307th in major league history)
vs. CHC 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 27, 1966 (Age 34-164d)
vs. CAL 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1956 season

Full Name: Don Lee Blasingame

Nicknames: Blazer

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Relatives: Son-In-Law of Walker Cooper

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.3

5296

1366

.258

731

RBI

308

105

OBP

.329

SLG

.327

OPS

.656

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (May 30)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 21	STL		MLN	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
2	5	Apr 22 (1)	STL		MLN	W,10-4	GS	26	6.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
3	6	Apr 22 (2)	STL		MLN	L,5-13	GS	46	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS 2B
4	7	Apr 24	STL		CIN	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
5	8	Apr 25	STL		CHC	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
6	9	Apr 30	STL	@	MLN	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	10	May 1	STL		PIT	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
8	11	May 2	STL		PIT	W,10-9	GS	51	10.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS 3B
9	12	May 3	STL		BRO	L,3-7	GS	42	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS 3B
10	13	May 4	STL		BRO	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
11	14	May 5	STL		BRO	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
12	15	May 6 (1)	STL		NYG	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
13	16	May 6 (2)	STL		NYG	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
14	17	May 7	STL		NYG	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
15	18	May 8	STL		PHI	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
16	19	May 9	STL		PHI	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
17	20	May 12	STL	@	CHC	L,10-14	GS	29	5.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
18	21	May 13 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
19	22	May 13 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,14-7	CG	33	7.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
20	23	May 15	STL	@	BRO	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	2	2	2	6	0	SS
21	24	May 16	STL	@	BRO	L,3-5	GS	28	6.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
22	25	May 17	STL	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
23	26	May 18	STL	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
24	27	May 19	STL	@	PHI	W,11-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
25	28	May 20 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
26	29	May 20 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
27	30	May 21	STL	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
28	31	May 22	STL	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
29	32	May 23	STL	@	PIT	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
30	33	May 25	STL		CHC	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
31	34	May 27 (1)	STL		CHC	W,11-9	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	2	SS
32	35	May 27 (2)	STL		CHC	W,12-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
33	36	May 28	STL		MLN	L,3-10	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
34	37	May 30 (1)	STL		CIN	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
35	38	May 30 (2)	STL		CIN	L,5-6	CG	33	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
36	39	May 31	STL		CIN	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	40	Jun 1	STL		PHI	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
38	41	Jun 2	STL		PHI	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
39	42	Jun 3 (1)	STL		PHI	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	3	0	7	3	SS
40	43	Jun 3 (2)	STL		PHI	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
41	44	Jun 4	STL		NYG	W,11-5	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
42	45	Jun 5	STL		NYG	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	6	4	1	11	2	SS
43	46	Jun 6	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	4	6	0	10	2	SS
44	47	Jun 8	STL		PIT	L,0-2	CG	42	11.0	3	7	0	10	1	SS
45	48	Jun 9	STL		PIT	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	2	4	2	8	1	SS
46	49	Jun 10 (1)	STL		PIT	L,3-11	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
47	50	Jun 10 (2)	STL		PIT	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
48	51	Jun 11	STL		BRO	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	SS
49	52	Jun 12	STL		BRO	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
50	53	Jun 15	STL	@	PIT	L,1-12	CG	44	8.0	3	7	0	10	1	2B
51	54	Jun 16	STL	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	24	7.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
52	55	Jun 17 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	2	6	0	8	3	2B
53	62 (6)	Jun 24 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,8-4	GF	25	5.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
54	63	Jun 24 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	6	4	0	10	4	2B
55	64	Jun 26	STL	@	NYG	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	2	3	1	6	2	2B
56	65	Jun 27	STL	@	NYG	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
57	66	Jun 29	STL		CIN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
58	67	Jun 30	STL		CIN	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	68	Jul 1 (1)	STL		CIN	L,15-19	CG	59	10.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
60	69	Jul 1 (2)	STL		CIN	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
61	70	Jul 2	STL	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	2	4	0	2B
62	71	Jul 3	STL	@	CHC	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	2B
63	72	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	MLN	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
64	73	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	MLN	L,1-6	CG	32	8.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
65	74	Jul 6	STL	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
66	75	Jul 7	STL	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
67	76	Jul 8	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
68	77	Jul 12	STL		NYG	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
69	78	Jul 13	STL		NYG	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
70	79	Jul 14	STL		NYG	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	7	3	0	10	2	2B
71	80	Jul 15 (1)	STL		PHI	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	4	5	0	9	4	2B
72	81	Jul 15 (2)	STL		PHI	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
73	82	Jul 16	STL		PHI	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
74	83	Jul 17	STL		PIT	L,2-4	CG	40	10.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
75	84	Jul 18	STL		PIT	T,1-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
76	85	Jul 20	STL		BRO	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
77	86	Jul 21	STL		BRO	W,13-6	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
78	87	Jul 22 (1)	STL		BRO	L,3-5	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
79	88	Jul 22 (2)	STL		BRO	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
80	89	Jul 24	STL	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
81	90	Jul 25	STL	@	PHI	W,8-7	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
82	91	Jul 26	STL	@	PHI	W,14-9	CG	49	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
83	92	Jul 27	STL	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	4	1	1	6	1	2B
84	93	Jul 28	STL	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
85	94	Jul 29	STL	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
86	95	Jul 31	STL	@	PIT	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	96	Aug 1	STL	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	7	0	10	1	2B
88	97	Aug 2	STL	@	PIT	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
89	98	Aug 3	STL	@	BRO	W,11-8	CG	58	12.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
90	99	Aug 4	STL	@	BRO	L,4-12	CG	41	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	2B
91	100	Aug 5 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,0-7	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
92	101	Aug 5 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
93	102	Aug 6	STL	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	43	9.2	4	5	0	9	3	2B
94	103	Aug 7	STL	@	CIN	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
95	104	Aug 8 (1)	STL	@	MLN	L,1-10	CG	39	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
96	105	Aug 8 (2)	STL	@	MLN	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
97	106	Aug 9 (1)	STL	@	MLN	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
98	107	Aug 9 (2)	STL	@	MLN	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
99	108	Aug 10	STL	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
100	109	Aug 11	STL	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
101	110	Aug 12 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
102	111	Aug 12 (2)	STL	@	CHC	T,0-0	CG	31	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
103	112	Aug 14	STL		MLN	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
104	113	Aug 15	STL		MLN	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
105	114	Aug 16	STL		MLN	L,0-8	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
106	115	Aug 17	STL		CHC	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
107	116	Aug 18	STL		CHC	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
108	117	Aug 19 (1)	STL		CHC	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
109	118	Aug 19 (2)	STL		CHC	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	2B
110	119	Aug 21	STL		BRO	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	7	7	0	14	5	2B
111	120	Aug 22	STL		BRO	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	6	3	1	10	1	2B
112	121	Aug 23 (1)	STL		PIT	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
113	122	Aug 23 (2)	STL		PIT	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
114	123	Aug 24	STL		PIT	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
115	124	Aug 25	STL		PIT	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
116	125	Aug 26 (1)	STL		NYG	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
117	126	Aug 26 (2)	STL		NYG	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
118	127	Aug 28	STL		PHI	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	7	2	0	9	2	2B
119	128	Aug 29	STL		PHI	L,6-8	CG	47	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
120	129	Aug 31 (1)	STL	@	MLN	L,5-6	CG	45	10.0	4	3	1	8	0	2B
121	130	Aug 31 (2)	STL	@	MLN	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
122	131	Sep 1	STL	@	MLN	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
123	132	Sep 2	STL	@	MLN	L,3-6	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
124	133	Sep 3 (1)	STL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
125	134	Sep 3 (2)	STL		CHC	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
126	135	Sep 5	STL		CHC	W,2-1	CG	42	11.0	5	5	0	10	3	2B
127	136	Sep 7	STL		CIN	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
128	137	Sep 8	STL		CIN	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
129	138	Sep 9	STL		CIN	W,6-5	CG	53	13.0	7	1	0	8	0	2B
130	139	Sep 11	STL	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
131	140	Sep 13	STL	@	NYG	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
132	141	Sep 14	STL	@	NYG	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
133	142	Sep 15	STL	@	NYG	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
134	143	Sep 16 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
135	144	Sep 16 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	1	5	1	7	0	2B
136	145	Sep 18	STL	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	5	6	0	11	0	2B
137	146	Sep 19	STL	@	BRO	L,2-17	CG	50	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
138	147	Sep 21	STL	@	CIN	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
139	148	Sep 22	STL	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
140	149	Sep 23 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
141	150	Sep 23 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
142	151	Sep 25 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
143	152	Sep 25 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	33	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
144	154 (1)	Sep 28	STL		MLN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
145	155	Sep 29	STL		MLN	W,2-1	CG	46	12.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
146	156	Sep 30	STL		MLN	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
							149gm		1282.2	373	442	21	836	120