Don Kaiser
Clyde Donald Kaiser (Tiger)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 3, 1935 in Byng, OK
High School: Byng (Byng, OK)
School: East Central University
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 20, 1955
Final Game: September 24, 1957
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1955 20 CHC NL 0 0 5.40 11 0 6 0 0 0 18.1 20 11 11 2 5 0 11 1 0 1 79 76 1.364 9.8 1.0 2.5 5.4 2.20
1956 21 CHC NL 4 9 .308 3.59 27 22 2 5 1 0 150.1 144 69 60 15 52 8 74 1 0 3 640 106 1.304 8.6 0.9 3.1 4.4 1.42
1957 22 CHC NL 2 6 .250 5.00 20 13 4 1 0 0 72.0 91 48 40 4 28 3 23 0 0 2 321 78 1.653 11.4 0.5 3.5 2.9 0.82
3 Seasons 6 15 .286 4.15 58 35 12 6 1 0 240.2 255 128 111 21 85 11 108 2 0 6 1040 93 1.413 9.5 0.8 3.2 4.0 1.27
162 Game Avg. 4 11 .286 4.15 42 26 9 4 1 0 176 186 94 81 15 62 8 79 1 0 4 760 93 1.413 9.5 0.8 3.2 4.0 1.27

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1955 20 CHC NL 11 79 73 11 20 2 0 2 0 1 5 11 .274 .329 .384 .713 .300 28 1 1 0 0 0
1956 21 CHC NL 27 640 580 69 144 19 4 15 4 7 52 74 .248 .309 .372 .682 .261 216 7 1 3 4 8
1957 22 CHC NL 20 322 289 48 91 15 0 4 1 1 28 23 .315 .371 .408 .779 .327 118 12 0 1 4 3
3 Seasons 58 1041 942 128 255 36 4 21 5 9 85 108 .271 .330 .384 .714 .285 362 20 2 4 8 11
162 Game Avg. 42 761 689 94 186 26 3 15 4 7 62 79 .271 .330 .384 .714 .285 265 15 1 3 6 8
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1956 21 CHC NL 27 22 4 9 9 0 4 6 16 .273 1 5 5 1 13 59% 52 80 20 9 1 2 9 3.1 3.4 6.5
1957 22 CHC NL 20 13 2 6 5 0 1 4 9 .308 1 2 1 0 4 31% 42 69 26 8 3 3 7 3.6 4.0 4.5
2 Seasons 47 35 6 15 14 0 5 10 25 .286 2 7 6 1 17 49% 48 80 20 17 4 5 16 3.3 3.6 5.8
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1955 20 CHC NL 11 11 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 0.045 0 0 5 0 0 8 3 5 6 2 4 0 5.0
1956 21 CHC NL 27 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.982 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 3 0 1 0 4.8
1957 22 CHC NL 20 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 1.000 2 0 2 1 1 3 2 3 5 2 3 3 5.6
3 Seasons 58 23 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75% 0.924 2 0 10 1 1 14 5 11 14 4 8 3 5.1

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1955 20 CHC NL 79 29% 2.5% 13.9% 6.3% 5.1% 20% 1.00 76% 9 1 11%
1956 21 CHC NL 640 42% 2.3% 11.6% 8.1% 5.9% 26% 0.98 77% 102 7 7%
1957 22 CHC NL 322 39% 1.2% 7.1% 8.7% 5.9% 21% 2.00 83% 62 12 19%
3 Seasons 1041 40% 2.0% 10.4% 8.2% 5.9% 24% 1.21 79% 173 20 12%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1955 20 CHC NL 56 20 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0% 0 1 1 21 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 23
1956 21 CHC NL 508 144 15 0 10 3 5 2 6 34 11 7 32% 11 3 2 182 4 7 36% 4 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 132
1957 22 CHC NL 261 91 4 1 6 4 0 2 2 15 10 1 67% 5 2 1 121 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 61
3 Seasons 825 255 21 1 16 8 6 5 9 50 21 9 42% 16 6 4 324 5 9 36% 5 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 20 216
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1955 20 0 0 5.40 11 0 6 0 0 0 18.1 20 11 11 2 5 0 11 1 0 1 79 76 1.364 9.8 1.0 2.5 5.4 2.20 76
1956 21 4 9 .308 3.79 38 22 8 5 1 0 168.2 164 80 71 17 57 8 85 2 0 4 719 101 1.310 8.8 0.9 3.0 4.5 1.49 101
1957 22 6 15 .286 4.15 58 35 12 6 1 0 240.2 255 128 111 21 85 11 108 2 0 6 1040 93 1.413 9.5 0.8 3.2 4.0 1.27 93

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1955 20 1 1 .500 5.68 19.0 21 13 12 2 5 11 1 1.368 9.9 2.4 5.2 2.20 0.9 11
1956 21 8 8 .500 3.82 153.0 154 72 65 16 56 75 1 1.373 9.1 3.3 4.4 1.34 0.9 27
1957 22 2 5 .286 5.53 70.0 95 48 43 4 29 22 0 1.771 12.2 3.7 2.8 0.76 0.5 20
3 Seasons 11 14 .440 4.46 242.0 270 133 120 22 90 108 2 1.488 10.0 4.0 1.20 0.8 58

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1955 NL  born 1935-02-03 (9th)

                                         

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