Don Demeter

Positions: Centerfielder, Third Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 190lb (193cm, 86kg)

Born: June 25, 1935 in Oklahoma City, OK us

Died: November 29, 2021 in Oklahoma City, OK

Buried: Resthaven Memory Gardens, Oklahoma City, OK

High School: Capitol Hill HS (Oklahoma City, OK)

School: Oklahoma City University (Oklahoma City, OK)

Debut: September 18, 1956 (Age 21-085d, 11,396th in major league history)
vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 28, 1967 (Age 32-064d)
vs. KCA 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1958 season

Full Name: Donald Lee Demeter

Pronunciation: \DEM-it-ur\

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1959 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.8

3443

912

163

.265

467

RBI

563

OBP

.307

SLG

.460

OPS

.766

OPS+

108

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	5 (4)	Apr 16	DET		WSA	W,7-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
2	7 (1)	Apr 19 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	CF
3	8	Apr 19 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,6-4	GS	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF 1B
4	9	Apr 20	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	CF
5	10	Apr 23	DET	@	WSA	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
6	11	Apr 24 (1)	DET	@	WSA	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
7	13 (1)	Apr 25	DET		MIN	W,3-0	GS	27	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
8	14	Apr 28	DET		KCA	W,13-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
9	15	Apr 29	DET		BAL	L,1-8	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
10	16	Apr 30	DET		BAL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	17	May 1	DET		BAL	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
12	18	May 3	DET		BOS	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	CF
13	25 (6)	May 14	DET		CHW	L,3-13	GS	46	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF 1B
14	26	May 15	DET		CHW	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
15	27	May 17	DET		NYY	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
16	28	May 18	DET		NYY	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
17	29	May 20 (1)	DET	@	BAL	L,4-8	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
18	30	May 20 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,9-5	GS	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	CF 1B
19	31	May 21	DET	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	34	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	CF
20	32	May 22	DET	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	43 (10)	Jun 2	DET	@	MIN	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
22	44	Jun 3	DET	@	CAL	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
23	45	Jun 4	DET	@	CAL	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	7	3	0	10	1	1B
24	46	Jun 5 (1)	DET	@	CAL	W,8-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
25	47	Jun 5 (2)	DET	@	CAL	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
26	50 (2)	Jun 9	DET		BOS	W,9-1	GF	14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
27	52 (1)	Jun 11	DET		NYY	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
28	53	Jun 12 (1)	DET		NYY	W,7-5	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH RF
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to Boston Red Sox
29	60	Jun 17	BOS		BAL	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
30	61	Jun 18	BOS		BAL	L,6-16	GS	42	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
31	65 (3)	Jun 22 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
32	66	Jun 22 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
33	67	Jun 23	BOS		CLE	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
34	68	Jun 24	BOS		WSA	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
35	69	Jun 25	BOS		WSA	L,3-4	GS	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF RF
36	70	Jun 26 (1)	BOS		WSA	W,13-7	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
37	71	Jun 26 (2)	BOS		WSA	L,3-9	GS	19	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
38	72	Jun 28	BOS		NYY	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
39	73	Jun 29	BOS		NYY	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
40	74	Jun 30	BOS		NYY	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	75	Jul 1	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	47	12.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
42	76	Jul 2	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
43	78 (1)	Jul 3 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
44	79	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		WSA	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
45	80	Jul 4 (2)	BOS		WSA	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
46	81	Jul 5	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
47	82	Jul 6 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
48	87 (4)	Jul 9	BOS		CHW	W,4-2	GS	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
49	90 (2)	Jul 14	BOS	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	40	9.2	7	0	0	7	0	CF
50	95 (4)	Jul 20 (1)	BOS		CAL	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
51	97 (1)	Jul 21	BOS		CAL	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
52	98	Jul 22	BOS		MIN	W,6-5	CG	46	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
53	99	Jul 23	BOS		MIN	L,4-10	CG	53	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
54	100	Jul 24	BOS		MIN	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
55	101	Jul 26	BOS		KCA	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
56	102	Jul 27	BOS		KCA	L,2-14	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
57	103	Jul 29 (1)	BOS	@	WSA	L,4-13	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
58	105 (1)	Jul 30	BOS	@	WSA	W,8-2	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	107 (1)	Aug 1	BOS	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	32	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	CF
60	108	Aug 2	BOS	@	MIN	L,3-7	CG	38	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	CF
61	109	Aug 3	BOS	@	MIN	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
62	110	Aug 4	BOS	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
63	111	Aug 5	BOS	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
64	112	Aug 6	BOS	@	DET	W,8-2	GS	20	6.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
65	113	Aug 7 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-9	GS	28	5.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
66	114	Aug 7 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,7-6	GS	22	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
67	116 (1)	Aug 9	BOS		CLE	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
68	117	Aug 10	BOS		CLE	W,2-0	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
69	119 (1)	Aug 12	BOS		DET	W,13-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
70	120	Aug 13	BOS		DET	L,1-13	CG	50	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
71	121	Aug 14 (1)	BOS		DET	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
72	123 (1)	Aug 15	BOS		BAL	L,2-4	CG	43	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
73	124	Aug 16	BOS		BAL	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
74	125	Aug 17	BOS		BAL	L,4-8	GF	14	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH CF
75	126	Aug 19	BOS		MIN	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
76	128 (1)	Aug 21	BOS		MIN	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
77	129	Aug 24 (1)	BOS		KCA	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
78	132 (2)	Aug 25 (2)	BOS		KCA	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
79	134 (1)	Aug 27	BOS	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
80	136 (1)	Aug 29	BOS	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
81	137	Aug 30	BOS	@	CAL	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
82	138	Aug 31	BOS	@	MIN	L,2-11	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	139	Sep 2	BOS	@	KCA	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
84	140	Sep 3	BOS	@	KCA	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
85	142 (1)	Sep 4 (2)	BOS	@	KCA	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
86	143	Sep 5 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
							90gm		679.1	198	10	3	211	4