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.

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 15	WSA	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	4	4	1	9	2	2B
2	5 (2)	Apr 19	WSA	@	BAL	L,8-14	CG	46	8.0	5	2	0	7	2	2B
3	6	Apr 20	WSA	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
4	8 (1)	Apr 24 (1)	WSA		DET	L,0-4	GS	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
5	9	Apr 24 (2)	WSA		DET	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
6	11 (1)	Apr 26	WSA		CHW	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	15 (3)	May 3	WSA		BAL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
8	16	May 4	WSA		BAL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
9	17	May 6	WSA	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
10	18	May 7	WSA	@	KCA	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
11	20 (1)	May 9	WSA	@	CAL	L,7-10	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
12	21	May 10	WSA	@	CAL	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
13	25 (3)	May 14	WSA	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
14	26	May 15	WSA	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
15	27	May 16	WSA	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	38	8.2	3	2	0	5	1	2B
16	29 (1)	May 18	WSA	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
17	30	May 19	WSA	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
18	37 (6)	May 25	WSA		KCA	L,1-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
19	39 (1)	May 28	WSA		BOS	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	2B
20	40	May 29	WSA		BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
21	41	May 30 (1)	WSA		NYY	L,2-4	GF	12	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
22	42	May 30 (2)	WSA		NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
23	43	May 31	WSA		NYY	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	47 (3)	Jun 3	WSA	@	CHW	L,0-8	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
25	48	Jun 4	WSA	@	CHW	L,0-6	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
26	53 (4)	Jun 8 (1)	WSA	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	56	13.1	6	2	0	8	2	2B
27	56 (2)	Jun 10	WSA	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
28	58 (1)	Jun 12	WSA	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
29	59	Jun 13	WSA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
30	60	Jun 14	WSA	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
31	61	Jun 15	WSA		BAL	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
32	63 (1)	Jun 17	WSA		CLE	W,5-4	GS	31	8.0	8	3	0	11	2	2B
33	64	Jun 18	WSA		CLE	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
34	67 (2)	Jun 21	WSA		DET	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
35	68	Jun 22	WSA		DET	L,2-12	GF	23	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
36	69	Jun 23	WSA		DET	L,1-6	CG	46	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	2B
37	70	Jun 24	WSA	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	2B
38	71	Jun 25	WSA	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
39	72	Jun 26 (1)	WSA	@	BOS	L,7-13	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
40	74 (1)	Jun 28	WSA	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
41	75	Jun 29	WSA	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	76	Jul 1	WSA		NYY	L,6-8	GS	31	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
43	78 (1)	Jul 3	WSA		NYY	L,5-6	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
44	79	Jul 4 (1)	WSA	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
45	81 (1)	Jul 6 (1)	WSA		CHW	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
46	82	Jul 6 (2)	WSA		CHW	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
47	83	Jul 7	WSA		CHW	L,5-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
48	84	Jul 8 (1)	WSA	@	NYY	W,7-6	GS	25	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
49	86 (1)	Jul 9	WSA	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
50	87	Jul 10 (1)	WSA	@	NYY	W,3-2	GS	25	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
51	88	Jul 10 (2)	WSA	@	NYY	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
52	89	Jul 14	WSA	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
53	91 (1)	Jul 16	WSA	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
54	93 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	WSA	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
55	95 (1)	Jul 19 (2)	WSA		MIN	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	1	8	0	9	1	2B
56	96	Jul 20	WSA		MIN	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	5	3	1	9	1	2B
57	98 (1)	Jul 22	WSA		KCA	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
58	103 (4)	Jul 26	WSA		CAL	W,6-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
59	105 (1)	Jul 29 (1)	WSA		BOS	W,13-4	GF	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Washington Senators to Kansas City Athletics
60	121	Aug 17 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	L,1-5	GS	31	7.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
61	122	Aug 19 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
62	124 (1)	Aug 20	KCA	@	NYY	L,5-8	GS	33	6.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
63	125	Aug 21	KCA	@	NYY	L,3-7	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
							63gm		471.0	124	141	4	269	34