Don Kessinger
Donald Eulon Kessinger
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: July 17, 1942 in Forrest City, AR
High School: Forest City (Forest City, AR)
School: University of Mississippi
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1964
Final Game: July 31, 1979
Relatives: Father of Keith Kessinger
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1964 CHC NL 21 SS 4 1 19.0 10 3 7 0 1 1.000 -0.4 -25.3 -0.4 0.3 -0.7 0 4.74 2.50 .960 5.02 4.32
1965 CHC NL 22 SS 105 104 864.2 542 176 338 28 69 .948 -4.1 -5.7 -5.1 0.7 -5.8 1 5.35 4.90 .965 4.92 4.20
1966 CHC NL 23 SS 148 144 1294.0 711 202 474 35 68 .951 -15.1 -14.0 -11.1 -2.1 -9.0 -4 4.70 4.57 .965 4.96 4.43
1967 CHC NL 24 SS 143 136 1233.2 691 215 457 19 77 .973 5.9 5.7 5.9 1.4 4.5 0 4.90 4.70 .963 4.99 4.31
1968 CHC NL 25 SS 159 158 1394.1 869 263 573 33 97 .962 3.7 3.2 2.7 9.7 -7.1 1 5.40 5.26 .962 4.98 4.50 AS
1969 CHC NL 26 SS 157 157 1398.1 828 266 542 20 101 .976 9.6 8.2 10.6 5.3 5.3 -1 5.20 5.15 .963 4.93 4.21 AS,MVP-15,GG
1970 CHC NL 27 SS 154 152 1340.0 780 257 501 22 86 .972 1.4 1.3 4.4 -1.0 5.4 -3 5.09 4.92 .965 5.05 4.23 AS,MVP-23,GG
1971 CHC NL 28 SS 154 151 1329.2 802 263 512 27 97 .966 -7.2 -6.5 -5.2 -2.6 -2.6 -2 5.25 5.03 .968 5.14 4.46 AS
1972 CHC NL 29 SS 146 145 1290.0 791 259 504 28 90 .965 6.0 5.6 7.0 3.9 3.1 -1 5.32 5.23 .967 5.04 4.48 AS
1973 CHC NL 30 SS 158 156 1378.1 830 274 526 30 109 .964 0.0 0.0 0.0 -4.3 4.3 0 5.22 5.06 .961 4.93 4.31
1974 CHC NL 31 SS 150 147 1299.0 767 259 476 32 87 .958 -15.2 -14.0 -13.2 -6.5 -6.7 -2 5.09 4.90 .961 4.97 4.26 AS
1975 CHC NL 32 SS 140 132 1192.2 663 205 436 22 100 .967 -8.4 -8.5 -9.4 -7.2 -2.1 1 4.84 4.58 .963 4.99 4.21
1975 CHC NL 32 3B 13 12 100.2 35 5 28 2 3 .943 0.3 3.6 0.3 0.3 -0.1 0 2.95 2.54 .946 2.98 2.58
1976 STL NL 33 SS 113 105 955.1 580 212 350 18 84 .969 -4.7 -5.9 -7.7 -2.3 -5.4 3 5.29 4.97 .964 5.05 4.48
1976 STL NL 33 2B 31 29 256.2 144 53 85 6 21 .958 -2.4 -11.2 -3.4 -1.5 -1.9 1 4.84 4.45 .976 5.48 4.93
1976 STL NL 33 3B 2 0 8.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -43.2 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 1.08 0.50 .900 2.92 2.60
1977 TOT MLB 34 SS 47 31 312.0 166 69 92 5 27 .970 -0.6 -2.3 -2.6 -2.8 0.2 2 4.64 3.43 .963 4.92 4.20
1977 TOT MLB 34 2B 37 27 246.0 154 59 90 5 19 .968 -0.4 -2.0 -1.4 1.6 -3.0 1 5.45 4.03 .978 5.31 4.57
1977 TOT MLB 34 3B 13 7 67.2 28 7 18 3 0 .893 0.7 12.4 0.7 1.5 -0.9 0 3.33 1.92 .961 2.97 2.67
1977 STL NL 34 SS 26 13 151.0 93 37 54 2 15 .978 2.7 21.5 1.7 0.3 1.4 1 5.42 3.50 .962 5.02 4.30
1977 STL NL 34 2B 24 16 151.0 100 32 63 5 9 .950 0.8 6.4 0.8 2.7 -1.9 0 5.66 3.96 .978 5.24 4.47
1977 STL NL 34 3B 4 1 10.1 3 0 2 1 0 .667 0.3 34.8 0.3 0.5 -0.2 0 1.74 0.50 .967 2.96 2.55
1977 CHW AL 34 SS 21 18 161.0 73 32 38 3 12 .959 -3.3 -24.6 -4.3 -3.1 -1.2 1 3.91 3.33 .963 4.82 4.07
1977 CHW AL 34 2B 13 11 95.0 54 27 27 0 10 1.000 -1.2 -15.2 -2.2 -1.1 -1.1 1 5.12 4.15 .978 5.42 4.76
1977 CHW AL 34 3B 9 6 57.1 25 7 16 2 0 .920 0.4 8.4 0.4 1.0 -0.7 0 3.61 2.56 .960 2.97 2.72
1978 CHW AL 35 SS 123 117 996.1 505 171 321 13 60 .974 -6.6 -7.9 -3.6 -2.2 -1.4 -3 4.44 4.00 .964 4.92 4.19
1978 CHW AL 35 2B 9 7 63.0 26 12 14 0 2 1.000 -1.2 -22.9 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 -1 3.71 2.89 .981 5.47 4.74
1979 CHW AL 36 SS 54 36 324.1 162 57 103 2 17 .988 -4.4 -16.3 -3.4 -2.8 -0.6 -1 4.44 2.96 .964 5.01 4.10
1979 CHW AL 36 1B 1 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 240.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 18.00 2.00 1.000 9.90 8.80
1979 CHW AL 36 2B 1 1 7.0 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 0.1 17.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 10.29 8.00 .975 5.53 4.80
16 Seasons SS 1955 1872 16621.2 9697 3151 6212 334 1170 .966 -40.1 -2.9 -31.1 -12.5 -18.6 -9 5.07 4.79 .964 4.99 4.32
4 Seasons 2B 78 64 572.2 332 126 195 11 42 .967 -3.9 -8.2 -4.9 0.0 -4.9 1 5.04 4.12 .977 5.41 4.74
3 Seasons 3B 28 19 176.2 64 13 46 5 3 .922 0.7 4.8 0.7 1.8 -1.3 0 3.01 2.11 .952 2.97 2.62
1 Season 1B 1 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 240.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 18.00 2.00 1.000 9.90 8.80
16 Seasons TOT 2062 1955 17372.0 10095 3292 6453 350 1215 .965 -43.1 -3.0 -35.1 -10.7 -24.6 -8 5.05 4.73 .929 4.98 4.32
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1964 CHC NL 21 4 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 0
1965 CHC NL 22 106 104 106 106 0 0 0 0 0 105 0 0 0 0 0 1
1966 CHC NL 23 150 144 150 150 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 2
1967 CHC NL 24 145 136 145 145 0 0 0 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 2 3
1968 CHC NL 25 160 158 160 160 0 0 0 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 2 0
1969 CHC NL 26 158 157 158 158 0 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 1 0
1970 CHC NL 27 154 152 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 1 0
1971 CHC NL 28 155 151 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 2 2
1972 CHC NL 29 149 145 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 3 0
1973 CHC NL 30 160 156 160 160 0 0 0 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 2 0
1974 CHC NL 31 153 147 153 150 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1975 CHC NL 32 154 144 154 153 0 0 0 0 13 142 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1976 STL NL 33 145 134 145 145 0 0 0 31 2 113 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1977 STL NL 34 59 30 59 47 0 0 0 24 4 26 0 0 0 0 0 18 1
1977 CHW AL 34 39 35 39 39 0 0 0 14 9 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1978 CHW AL 35 131 124 131 130 0 0 0 9 0 123 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1979 CHW AL 36 56 37 56 55 0 0 1 1 0 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Seasons 2078 1955 2078 2060 0 0 1 79 28 1957 0 0 0 0 0 41 14
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1964 CHC NL 21 88 70% 82% 31% 9 100% 0 3 2 1 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1965 CHC NL 22 3679 60% 79% 35% 393 90% 7 175 69 89 17 322 261 46 2 3 27 1 20 6 19 70 23 4 25 4 3 62 29 32 5 3 2
1966 CHC NL 23 5543 68% 78% 30% 596 87% 5 199 103 74 23 449 341 84 1 7 34 1 27 6 26 68 31 2 11 4 4 57 34 21 9 5 3
1967 CHC NL 24 5261 65% 78% 29% 596 90% 5 216 108 81 27 461 370 83 2 4 19 0 15 4 18 78 33 7 24 6 1 71 40 31 4 2 2
1968 CHC NL 25 5939 66% 79% 30% 720 89% 6 260 114 120 26 570 465 90 4 5 33 1 32 0 27 97 36 13 25 10 3 89 49 40 6 3 3
1969 CHC NL 26 6020 61% 76% 29% 686 91% 10 269 117 120 32 540 437 82 4 10 19 0 16 3 16 102 37 14 24 7 2 91 52 34 7 4 3
1970 CHC NL 27 5845 59% 76% 28% 636 89% 8 258 110 115 33 496 376 97 3 11 22 1 20 1 15 87 33 6 26 8 4 81 40 40 6 2 4
1971 CHC NL 28 5790 61% 79% 31% 654 88% 1 259 108 121 30 512 401 95 3 6 27 2 23 2 22 98 27 18 20 6 8 88 46 37 7 1 4
1972 CHC NL 29 5576 55% 79% 33% 652 89% 7 264 106 122 36 505 392 99 3 7 28 0 28 0 19 90 35 11 24 8 1 85 46 34 4 0 3
1973 CHC NL 30 6017 52% 79% 33% 646 87% 7 278 98 140 40 523 380 118 1 14 30 0 28 2 25 110 38 6 36 10 4 97 44 50 10 5 4
1974 CHC NL 31 5984 55% 78% 32% 620 86% 7 257 106 120 32 471 362 79 1 9 32 1 26 5 22 87 26 12 21 8 3 78 38 34 5 3 2
1975 CHC NL 32 5432 54% 78% 31% 552 84% 2 213 84 105 24 431 317 98 7 7 22 1 19 2 16 99 41 9 31 5 5 94 51 41 2 2 0
1976 STL NL 33 4274 64% 79% 26% 431 88% 2 210 76 109 25 351 258 79 0 4 18 1 16 1 13 84 37 3 24 4 9 80 40 38 4 3 1
1977 STL NL 34 627 60% 79% 29% 68 88% 0 35 14 18 3 55 42 12 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 15 5 2 4 2 2 15 7 8 0 0 0
1977 CHW AL 34 737 46% 76% 20% 50 90% 0 32 13 14 5 39 31 8 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 12 4 1 4 1 2 12 5 7 0 0 0
1978 CHW AL 35 4488 59% 79% 25% 404 91% 4 174 83 67 24 318 236 70 3 7 13 1 11 1 10 59 22 1 15 6 8 52 23 29 6 1 5
1979 CHW AL 36 1531 62% 76% 24% 125 90% 1 57 21 25 11 103 76 22 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 17 5 0 8 1 0 14 5 9 2 0 2
16 Seasons 72831 60% 78% 30% 7838 88% 72 3159 1332 1441 388 6153 4752 1162 35 95 331 10 288 33 254 1174 433 109 322 90 59 1066 549 485 78 34 39
MLB Averages 61% 78% 27% 91%
PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1976 STL NL 33 1108 59% 80% 25% 92 92% 0 53 13 27 14 85 71 12 0 1 6 1 5 0 3 21 7 3 7 2 20 10 10 1 0 1
1977 STL NL 34 684 57% 83% 28% 72 94% 0 32 11 9 13 62 51 8 0 1 5 1 4 0 2 9 1 1 6 0 8 6 2 0 0 0
1977 CHW AL 34 420 55% 78% 22% 29 97% 0 28 10 13 5 28 21 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 3 2 0 9 2 7 1 1 0
1978 CHW AL 35 272 60% 75% 22% 18 100% 0 12 4 5 3 14 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1979 CHW AL 36 43 67% 93% 35% 5 100% 0 2 0 2 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 2527 58% 80% 25% 216 94% 0 127 38 56 35 195 160 27 0 3 11 2 9 0 5 42 12 7 16 2 39 19 20 2 1 1
MLB Averages 61% 78% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1975 CHC NL 32 480 52% 78% 26% 38 79% 0 5 3 0 2 28 23 4 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 2 50%
1976 STL NL 33 38 58% 68% 29% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 CHW AL 34 261 55% 75% 25% 23 87% 0 7 5 1 1 15 12 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 STL NL 34 42 60% 74% 36% 5 80% 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 821 54% 76% 26% 67 82% 0 13 9 1 3 47 39 6 2 2 5 0 5 0 5 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 2 50%
MLB Averages 61% 78% 27% 89% 67%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1979 CHW AL 36 4 75% 100% 75% 1 100% 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 4 75% 100% 75% 1 100% 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 78% 27% 94% 88%

* 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.

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