Don Zimmer

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 165lb (175cm, 74kg)

Born: January 17, 1931 in Cincinnati, OH us

Died: June 4, 2014 in Dunedin, FL

Buried: Cremated

High School: Western Hills HS (Cincinnati, OH)

Debut: July 2, 1954 (Age 23-166d, 11,153rd in major league history)
vs. PHI 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1965 (Age 34-258d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: Donald William Zimmer

Nicknames: Popeye, Zip or The Gerbil

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.7

3283

773

.236

353

RBI

352

OBP

.290

SLG

.372

OPS

.662

OPS+

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

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	7 (6)	Apr 22	WSA	@	MIN	L,6-7	GS	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B 3B
2	8	Apr 23	WSA	@	MIN	W,5-4	GS	37	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
3	9	Apr 24	WSA	@	KCA	W,6-1	GS	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
4	10	Apr 25	WSA	@	KCA	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
5	11	Apr 26	WSA	@	KCA	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
6	12	Apr 27	WSA	@	LAA	W,6-3	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
7	13	Apr 28	WSA	@	LAA	L,1-2	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
8	14	Apr 29	WSA	@	LAA	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	15	May 1	WSA	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
10	16	May 2	WSA	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS	30	7.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
11	17	May 3 (1)	WSA	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
12	20 (2)	May 5	WSA	@	BAL	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
13	21	May 6 (1)	WSA		NYY	L,2-9	CG	40	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
14	22	May 6 (2)	WSA		NYY	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
15	25 (2)	May 9	WSA		BOS	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	3B
16	26	May 10 (1)	WSA		BOS	W,13-4	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
17	27	May 10 (2)	WSA		BOS	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
18	28	May 11	WSA		BAL	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
19	29	May 12	WSA		BAL	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
20	30	May 14	WSA		BAL	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
21	31	May 15	WSA		CHW	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
22	32	May 16	WSA		CHW	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
23	33	May 17	WSA		CHW	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
24	34	May 18	WSA		DET	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
25	35	May 19	WSA		DET	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
26	36	May 20	WSA		DET	W,10-3	GS	23	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
27	37	May 21	WSA		DET	W,8-2	GS	25	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
28	38	May 22	WSA	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
29	39	May 23	WSA	@	CHW	L,2-14	GS	37	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
30	40	May 24 (1)	WSA	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
31	42 (1)	May 25	WSA	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
32	44 (1)	May 27	WSA	@	BOS	W,9-8	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
33	48 (3)	May 31 (2)	WSA		CLE	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	49	Jun 3	WSA	@	DET	W,6-2	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
35	50	Jun 5	WSA	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
36	51	Jun 6	WSA	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
37	52	Jun 7 (1)	WSA	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS	59	14.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF LF
38	59 (6)	Jun 13	WSA		MIN	W,4-2	GS	34	8.0	1	5	1	7	1	3B
39	60	Jun 14 (1)	WSA		MIN	L,5-6	GS	28	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
40	66 (5)	Jun 20	WSA	@	KCA	L,2-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
41	67	Jun 21 (1)	WSA	@	KCA	W,13-2	GS	29	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
42	68	Jun 21 (2)	WSA	@	KCA	W,5-2	GS	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
43	69	Jun 22	WSA	@	LAA	L,2-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
44	72 (2)	Jun 26	WSA		BAL	L,4-9	GS	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	78 (5)	Jul 1 (2)	WSA	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
46	81 (2)	Jul 4	WSA	@	DET	L,3-5	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
47	82	Jul 5 (1)	WSA	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
48	83	Jul 5 (2)	WSA	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
49	86 (2)	Jul 11	WSA		NYY	L,2-3	GS	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B LF
50	87	Jul 12 (1)	WSA		BOS	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
51	88	Jul 12 (2)	WSA		BOS	W,10-3	GS	19	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
52	90 (1)	Jul 14	WSA	@	MIN	W,4-3	GS	29	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
53	94 (3)	Jul 18	WSA	@	BOS	L,6-12	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
54	95	Jul 19 (1)	WSA	@	BOS	L,10-11	GS	20	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	114 (18)	Aug 7	WSA	@	LAA	W,4-3	GS	22	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
56	115	Aug 8	WSA	@	LAA	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
57	117 (1)	Aug 11	WSA	@	KCA	W,5-2	GS	20	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
58	118	Aug 12	WSA	@	KCA	W,4-3	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
59	119	Aug 14 (1)	WSA		LAA	W,7-3	GS	32	7.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
60	120	Aug 14 (2)	WSA		LAA	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
61	122 (1)	Aug 16	WSA		LAA	W,4-1	GS	28	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
62	123	Aug 18	WSA		MIN	L,1-6	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
63	124	Aug 19	WSA		MIN	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
64	128 (3)	Aug 23 (2)	WSA		KCA	W,8-5	GS	30	7.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
65	129	Aug 25	WSA	@	NYY	L,1-4	GS	23	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
66	130	Aug 26	WSA	@	NYY	W,2-0	GS	16	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
67	131	Aug 28	WSA	@	MIN	W,3-1	GS	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
68	132	Aug 29	WSA	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	2	3	1	6	1	3B
69	133	Aug 30	WSA	@	MIN	L,4-5	GS	29	7.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
70	134	Aug 31	WSA	@	MIN	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	135	Sep 1	WSA		CLE	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
72	136	Sep 2	WSA		CLE	L,0-9	CG	41	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
73	137	Sep 4	WSA		DET	L,0-1	GF	6	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
74	138	Sep 5	WSA		DET	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	3B
75	139	Sep 6	WSA		DET	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
76	140	Sep 7 (1)	WSA		CHW	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
77	141	Sep 7 (2)	WSA		CHW	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
78	142	Sep 9 (1)	WSA		BAL	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
79	143	Sep 9 (2)	WSA		BAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
80	144	Sep 10	WSA		BAL	L,5-12	CG	46	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
81	145	Sep 11	WSA	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
82	146	Sep 12	WSA	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
83	147	Sep 13	WSA	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
84	148	Sep 16 (1)	WSA	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
85	149	Sep 16 (2)	WSA	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
86	150	Sep 18	WSA	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
87	151	Sep 19	WSA	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	39	10.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
88	155 (3)	Sep 25	WSA		NYY	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
89	156	Sep 26	WSA		NYY	L,0-7	CG	46	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	3B
90	157	Sep 27	WSA		NYY	W,3-2	GS	37	10.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
91	158	Sep 30 (1)	WSA	@	BAL	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
92	161 (2)	Oct 3	WSA	@	BOS	L,0-7	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
93	162	Oct 4	WSA	@	BOS	L,8-14	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
							95gm		673.0	72	144	10	226	6