Don Kessinger

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-1, 170lb (185cm, 77kg)

Born: July 17, 1942 in Forrest City, AR us

High School: Forrest City HS (Forrest City, AR)

School: University of Mississippi (Oxford, MS)

Debut: September 7, 1964 (Age 22-052d, 12,288th in major league history)
vs. MLN 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 31, 1979 (Age 37-014d)
vs. NYY 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1965 season

Full Name: Donald Eulon Kessinger

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Relatives: Father of Keith Kessinger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.9

7651

1931

.252

899

RBI

527

100

OBP

.314

SLG

.312

OPS

.626

OPS+

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

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	CHC		PHI	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
2	2	Apr 10	CHC		PHI	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
3	3	Apr 11	CHC		PHI	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
4	4	Apr 13 (1)	CHC		MON	W,7-4	GS	22	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
5	8 (3)	Apr 18	CHC		PIT	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
6	9	Apr 19	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
7	10	Apr 20	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-4	GS	41	10.1	1	4	2	7	0	SS
8	11	Apr 21	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
9	12	Apr 23	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
10	13	Apr 24	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	39	8.2	2	5	0	7	0	SS
11	14	Apr 26	CHC	@	ATL	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
12	15	Apr 27	CHC	@	ATL	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	4	5	0	9	3	SS
13	16	Apr 28	CHC	@	ATL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
14	17	Apr 29	CHC	@	HOU	L,2-18	CG	51	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
15	18	Apr 30	CHC	@	HOU	L,2-4	GS	37	7.2	3	1	0	4	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	20 (1)	May 3	CHC		CIN	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
17	21	May 4	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	48	11.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
18	22	May 5	CHC		CIN	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
19	23	May 7	CHC		ATL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
20	24	May 9	CHC		ATL	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
21	25	May 10	CHC		NYM	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
22	26	May 11	CHC		NYM	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
23	27	May 12	CHC		NYM	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
24	28	May 14	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
25	29	May 15	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	51	13.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
26	30	May 16	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
27	31	May 17	CHC	@	STL	L,8-9	CG	41	8.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
28	32	May 18	CHC	@	STL	L,2-11	CG	42	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
29	33	May 19	CHC	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
30	34	May 20	CHC	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
31	35	May 21	CHC	@	NYM	L,5-10	CG	40	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
32	36	May 22	CHC	@	NYM	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
33	37	May 24	CHC		STL	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
34	38	May 25	CHC		STL	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
35	39	May 26	CHC		STL	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
36	40	May 27	CHC		SFG	W,12-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
37	41	May 29	CHC		SFG	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	SS
38	42	May 30	CHC		SFG	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	6	3	0	9	2	SS
39	43	May 31	CHC		LAD	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	44	Jun 1	CHC		LAD	L,0-10	CG	41	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
41	45	Jun 2	CHC		LAD	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
42	46	Jun 4	CHC	@	SDP	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
43	47	Jun 5	CHC	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
44	48	Jun 6	CHC	@	SDP	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
45	49	Jun 7	CHC	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
46	50	Jun 8	CHC	@	LAD	W,6-5	CG	47	11.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
47	51	Jun 9	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	1	3	2	6	0	SS
48	52	Jun 11	CHC	@	SFG	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
49	53	Jun 12	CHC	@	SFG	W,10-1	GS	24	6.0	4	4	0	8	3	SS
50	54	Jun 13	CHC	@	SFG	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	3	7	0	10	2	SS
51	55	Jun 14	CHC		HOU	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
52	56	Jun 15	CHC		HOU	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	SS
53	57	Jun 16	CHC		HOU	W,2-1	CG	41	10.0	0	9	0	9	1	SS
54	58	Jun 17	CHC		SDP	L,5-7	CG	61	13.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
55	60 (1)	Jun 19	CHC		SDP	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	2	6	1	9	0	SS
56	61	Jun 20	CHC		PIT	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
57	62	Jun 21	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
58	63	Jun 22	CHC		PIT	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
59	64	Jun 23	CHC		PIT	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
60	65	Jun 24	CHC		NYM	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
61	66	Jun 25	CHC		NYM	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
62	67	Jun 26	CHC		NYM	L,4-5	CG	51	12.0	0	5	1	6	1	SS
63	68	Jun 27	CHC	@	MON	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
64	69	Jun 28 (1)	CHC	@	MON	W,8-7	CG	70	18.0	5	3	0	8	0	SS
65	70	Jun 28 (2)	CHC	@	MON	L,0-15	GS	22	3.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
66	71	Jun 29	CHC	@	MON	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
67	72	Jun 30	CHC	@	MON	L,2-10	CG	44	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	73	Jul 1	CHC	@	MON	L,4-10	CG	45	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
69	74	Jul 2	CHC	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
70	75	Jul 3	CHC	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
71	76	Jul 4	CHC	@	STL	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
72	77	Jul 5 (1)	CHC		ATL	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	7	0	9	0	SS
73	78	Jul 5 (2)	CHC		ATL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
74	79	Jul 6	CHC		ATL	L,2-3	CG	41	10.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
75	80	Jul 7	CHC		ATL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	7	0	10	0	SS
76	81	Jul 9	CHC		CIN	L,5-8	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
77	82	Jul 10	CHC		CIN	W,11-3	CG	40	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
78	83	Jul 11	CHC		CIN	L,3-4	CG	43	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
79	84	Jul 12	CHC	@	HOU	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
80	85	Jul 13	CHC	@	HOU	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
81	86	Jul 14	CHC	@	HOU	L,6-7	CG	52	11.1	2	6	1	9	0	SS
82	87	Jul 15	CHC	@	ATL	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
83	88	Jul 16	CHC	@	ATL	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
84	89	Jul 17	CHC	@	ATL	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
85	90	Jul 18	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
86	91	Jul 19	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
87	92	Jul 20	CHC	@	CIN	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	5	5	0	10	1	SS
88	93	Jul 21	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-8	CG	33	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
89	94	Jul 25	CHC		PHI	L,2-10	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
90	95	Jul 26	CHC		PHI	W,10-7	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
91	96	Jul 27	CHC		STL	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	3	5	2	10	1	SS
92	97	Jul 28	CHC		STL	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
93	98	Jul 29	CHC		STL	L,4-11	CG	51	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
94	99	Jul 30	CHC		MON	L,3-4	CG	44	10.0	1	7	2	10	1	SS
95	100	Jul 31 (1)	CHC		MON	L,4-7	CG	46	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
96	101	Jul 31 (2)	CHC		MON	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	102	Aug 1 (1)	CHC	@	NYM	W,7-4	CG	44	10.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
98	104 (1)	Aug 3	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
99	105	Aug 4 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
100	106	Aug 4 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
101	107	Aug 6	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
102	108	Aug 7	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
103	109	Aug 8	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
104	110	Aug 9	CHC		SFG	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
105	111	Aug 11 (1)	CHC		SFG	L,3-5	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
106	112	Aug 11 (2)	CHC		SFG	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
107	113	Aug 13	CHC		HOU	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
108	114	Aug 14	CHC		HOU	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
109	115	Aug 15	CHC		HOU	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
110	116	Aug 16	CHC		SDP	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
111	117	Aug 17	CHC		SDP	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
112	118	Aug 18	CHC		SDP	W,14-6	GS	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
113	120 (1)	Aug 20	CHC		LAD	L,8-18	GS	39	5.2	3	3	0	6	2	SS
114	121	Aug 21	CHC		LAD	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
115	122	Aug 23	CHC	@	SFG	W,1-0	CG	39	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
116	123	Aug 24	CHC	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
117	124	Aug 25	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	42	8.1	0	1	1	2	0	SS
118	125	Aug 27	CHC	@	LAD	L,5-12	CG	42	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
119	126	Aug 28	CHC	@	LAD	L,6-7	CG	44	8.2	1	4	0	5	0	SS
120	127	Aug 29	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
121	128	Aug 30 (1)	CHC	@	SDP	W,5-1	CG	46	12.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
122	129	Aug 30 (2)	CHC	@	SDP	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
123	130	Sep 1	CHC	@	SDP	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
124	132 (1)	Sep 3 (2)	CHC		NYM	L,4-11	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
125	133	Sep 4	CHC		NYM	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	2	4	1	7	2	SS
126	134	Sep 5	CHC		PHI	L,5-6	CG	54	11.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
127	135	Sep 6	CHC		PHI	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
128	136	Sep 7	CHC		PHI	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
129	137	Sep 8	CHC		PHI	L,10-11	CG	44	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
130	138	Sep 9	CHC		PIT	W,9-4	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
131	139	Sep 10	CHC		PIT	L,4-12	CG	50	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
132	140	Sep 11 (1)	CHC	@	MON	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
133	142 (1)	Sep 12	CHC	@	MON	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
134	143	Sep 13 (1)	CHC	@	NYM	L,0-6	GS	25	5.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
135	144	Sep 13 (2)	CHC	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	43	11.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
136	146 (1)	Sep 15	CHC	@	NYM	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
137	147	Sep 17	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
138	148	Sep 18	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
139	149	Sep 19	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
140	150	Sep 20	CHC	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
141	151	Sep 21	CHC	@	STL	W,19-4	GS	18	5.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
142	152	Sep 22	CHC	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	40	8.2	1	5	0	6	2	SS
143	153	Sep 24 (1)	CHC		MON	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	7	0	8	2	SS
144	155 (1)	Sep 25 (1)	CHC		MON	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	1	3	2	6	0	SS
145	157 (1)	Sep 27	CHC		STL	L,4-10	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
146	158	Sep 28	CHC		STL	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
147	159	Sep 29	CHC		STL	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
148	160	Sep 30	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
149	161	Oct 1	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	SS
150	162	Oct 2	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	42	9.1	2	3	0	5	2	SS
							150gm		1299.0	259	476	32	767	87