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Don Zimmer
Donald William Zimmer (Popeye and The Gerbil)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 177 lb.

Born: January 17, 1931 in Cincinnati, OH
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 2, 1954
Final Game: October 2, 1965
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1954 23 BRO NL 24 37 33 3 6 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 8 .182 .270 .242 .513 33 8 1 1 0 0 6
1955 24 BRO NL 88 309 280 38 67 10 1 15 50 5 3 19 66 .239 .289 .443 .731 89 124 7 2 4 4 5 46/5
1956 25 BRO NL 17 21 20 4 6 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 7 .300 .333 .350 .683 78 7 1 1 0 0 0 /654
1957 26 BRO NL 84 289 269 23 59 9 1 6 19 1 3 16 63 .219 .262 .327 .589 52 88 8 0 3 1 5 56/4
1958 27 LAD NL 127 495 455 52 119 15 2 17 60 14 2 28 92 .262 .305 .415 .720 86 189 17 1 9 2 1 *65/47
1959 28 LAD NL 97 292 249 21 41 7 1 4 28 3 1 37 56 .165 .274 .249 .523 37 62 8 1 4 1 7 6/54
1960 29 CHC NL 132 402 368 37 95 16 7 6 35 8 6 27 56 .258 .307 .389 .696 90 143 9 0 5 2 4 45/67
1961 30 CHC NL 128 512 477 57 120 25 4 13 40 5 1 25 70 .252 .291 .403 .694 81 192 16 2 7 1 1 *4/59 AS
1962 31 TOT NL 77 262 244 19 52 12 2 2 17 1 3 17 40 .213 .267 .303 .570 51 74 6 1 0 0 1 54/6
1962 31 NYM NL 14 55 52 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 10 .077 .127 .096 .223 -39 5 1 0 0 0 0 5
1962 31 CIN NL 63 207 192 16 48 11 2 2 16 1 2 14 30 .250 .304 .359 .664 75 69 5 1 0 0 1 54/6
1963 32 TOT 105 346 321 41 79 13 1 14 46 3 2 21 67 .246 .297 .424 .720 101 136 11 2 2 0 2 5/46
1963 32 LAD NL 22 26 23 4 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 10 .217 .308 .391 .699 107 9 1 0 0 0 0 5/46
1963 32 WSA AL 83 320 298 37 74 12 1 13 44 3 2 18 57 .248 .296 .426 .722 100 127 10 2 2 0 2 5/4
1964 33 WSA AL 121 370 341 38 84 16 2 12 38 1 3 27 94 .246 .302 .411 .712 96 140 8 0 2 0 0 5/9274
1965 34 WSA AL 95 258 226 20 45 6 0 2 17 2 0 26 59 .199 .284 .252 .536 56 57 7 2 1 3 1 254
12 Seasons 1095 3593 3283 353 773 130 22 91 352 45 25 246 678 .235 .290 .372 .662 77 1220 99 13 37 14 27
162 Game Avg. 162 532 486 52 114 19 3 13 52 7 4 36 100 .235 .290 .372 .662 77 180 15 2 5 2
LAD (7 yrs) 459 1469 1329 145 303 43 6 43 161 25 10 106 302 .228 .286 .366 .653 69 487 43 6 20 8 18
WSA (3 yrs) 299 948 865 95 203 34 3 27 99 6 5 71 210 .235 .295 .375 .669 87 324 25 4 5 3 3
CHC (2 yrs) 260 914 845 94 215 41 11 19 75 13 7 52 126 .254 .298 .396 .695 85 335 25 2 12 3 5
NYM (1 yr) 14 55 52 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 10 .077 .127 .096 .223 -39 5 1 0 0 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 63 207 192 16 48 11 2 2 16 1 2 14 30 .250 .304 .359 .664 75 69 5 1 0 0 1
NL (10 yrs) 796 2645 2418 258 570 96 19 64 253 39 20 175 468 .236 .289 .371 .659 73 896 74 9 32 11 24
AL (3 yrs) 299 948 865 95 203 34 3 27 99 6 5 71 210 .235 .295 .375 .669 87 324 25 4 5 3 3

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1955 24 BRO NL WS NYY W 4 12 9 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 .222 .333 .222 .556 2 0 0 0 1 0
1959 28 LAD NL WS CHW W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 5 13 10 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 .200 .308 .200 .508 2 0 0 0 1 0
2 WS 5 13 10 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 .200 .308 .200 .508 2 0 0 0 1 0
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1954 BRO NL 23 SS 13 8 82.0 49 14 32 3 6 .939 2.0 29.3 2.0 2.3 -0.3 0 5.05 3.54 .959 5.15 4.63
1955 BRO NL 24 2B 62 62 534.1 328 154 166 8 54 .976 -0.5 -1.1 -1.5 -2.5 1.0 1 5.39 5.16 .974 5.48 5.00
1955 BRO NL 24 SS 21 12 129.1 65 28 33 4 9 .938 -1.8 -16.7 -2.8 -1.4 -1.4 1 4.24 2.90 .965 5.02 4.57
1955 BRO NL 24 3B 8 1 20.0 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 0.2 12.0 0.2 -0.2 0.4 0 4.50 1.25 .950 3.15 2.81
1956 BRO NL 25 SS 8 3 45.0 18 8 9 1 3 .944 -0.7 -18.7 -0.7 -0.3 -0.4 0 3.40 2.13 .961 4.94 4.53
1956 BRO NL 25 3B 3 0 4.2 3 2 1 0 1 1.000 0.1 25.7 0.1 0.2 0.0 0 5.79 1.00 .967 3.09 2.63
1956 BRO NL 25 2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 360.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.70
1957 BRO NL 26 3B 39 35 312.0 117 44 68 5 3 .957 -0.7 -2.7 0.3 2.1 -1.9 -1 3.23 2.87 .952 2.96 2.71
1957 BRO NL 26 SS 37 34 322.0 165 55 102 8 17 .952 0.5 1.9 1.5 0.3 1.2 -1 4.39 4.24 .958 4.82 4.34
1957 BRO NL 26 2B 5 5 48.0 33 15 16 2 4 .939 0.2 5.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 5.81 6.20 .979 5.36 4.96
1958 LAD NL 27 SS 114 110 975.2 660 265 372 23 100 .965 -5.2 -6.4 -8.2 -1.2 -7.0 3 5.88 5.59 .964 5.11 4.57
1958 LAD NL 27 3B 12 11 102.2 35 12 20 3 1 .914 -2.5 -29.2 -2.5 -3.0 0.5 0 2.81 2.67 .954 3.18 2.86
1958 LAD NL 27 2B 1 0 6.0 7 4 3 0 1 1.000 0.6 120.0 0.6 0.0 0.6 0 10.50 7.00 .971 5.40 4.80
1958 LAD NL 27 LF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 360.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.50
1958 LAD NL 27 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 360.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.00
1959 LAD NL 28 SS 88 70 636.1 351 115 226 10 43 .972 1.7 3.2 1.7 3.4 -1.7 0 4.82 3.88 .966 5.11 4.53
1959 LAD NL 28 3B 5 4 37.0 18 5 13 0 0 1.000 1.8 58.4 1.8 2.2 -0.3 0 4.38 3.60 .950 2.97 2.66
1959 LAD NL 28 2B 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.80
1960 CHC NL 29 2B 75 66 572.2 393 170 215 8 25 .980 7.3 15.3 10.3 6.0 4.4 -3 6.05 5.13 .974 5.20 4.48
1960 CHC NL 29 3B 45 28 287.0 97 38 51 8 5 .918 -5.7 -23.8 -4.7 -3.4 -1.3 -1 2.79 1.98 .954 2.97 2.61
1960 CHC NL 29 SS 5 0 20.0 11 3 8 0 1 1.000 0.2 12.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 4.95 2.20 .955 4.81 4.24
1960 CHC NL 29 LF 2 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.16 1.55
1960 CHC NL 29 OF 2 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.16 1.90
1961 CHC NL 30 2B 116 108 944.1 622 282 323 17 99 .973 -3.8 -4.8 -5.8 -7.5 1.8 2 5.77 5.22 .976 5.51 4.89 AS
1961 CHC NL 30 3B 5 4 33.0 14 2 9 3 1 .786 -0.4 -14.5 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 0 3.00 2.20 .957 2.92 2.60 AS
1961 CHC NL 30 OF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.90 AS
1961 CHC NL 30 RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.60 AS
1962 TOT NL 31 3B 57 53 452.1 168 57 103 8 9 .952 0.8 2.1 0.8 0.7 0.1 0 3.18 2.81 .949 2.95 2.56
1962 NYM NL 31 3B 14 14 117.0 51 12 37 2 3 .961 1.6 16.4 1.6 1.8 -0.2 0 3.77 3.50 .949 2.95 2.56
1962 CIN NL 31 3B 43 39 335.1 117 45 66 6 6 .949 -0.8 -2.9 -0.8 -1.1 0.3 0 2.98 2.58 .949 2.95 2.56
1962 CIN NL 31 2B 17 8 96.2 49 20 26 3 5 .939 -1.3 -16.1 -1.3 1.3 -2.6 0 4.28 2.71 .976 5.30 4.68
1962 CIN NL 31 SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.40
1963 TOT 32 3B 88 79 717.0 294 91 184 19 17 .935 -2.6 -4.4 -1.6 2.4 -4.0 -1 3.45 3.13 .947 3.02 2.81
1963 TOT 32 2B 3 2 20.0 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 0.7 42.0 0.7 0.5 0.2 0 3.60 2.67 .975 5.13 4.67
1963 LAD NL 32 3B 10 3 37.0 15 3 11 1 0 .933 1.9 61.6 1.9 1.9 0.0 0 3.41 1.40 .940 2.92 2.54
1963 LAD NL 32 2B 1 0 2.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.6 360.0 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 9.00 2.00 .950 5.40 4.60
1963 LAD NL 32 SS 1 0 4.1 2 0 1 1 0 .500 -1.3 -360.0 -1.3 -1.3 0.0 0 2.08 1.00 1.000 4.78 4.20
1963 WSA AL 32 3B 78 76 680.0 279 88 173 18 17 .935 -4.5 -7.9 -3.5 0.5 -4.0 -1 3.45 3.35 .948 3.02 2.85
1963 WSA AL 32 2B 2 2 18.0 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 0.1 6.7 0.1 -0.1 0.2 0 3.00 3.00 .983 5.10 4.70
1964 WSA AL 33 3B 87 77 636.0 221 68 143 10 6 .955 3.1 5.8 4.1 -1.6 5.6 -1 2.99 2.43 .955 3.03 2.76
1964 WSA AL 33 OF 4 3 27.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -13.3 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2 0 1.00 0.75 .967 2.03 1.80
1964 WSA AL 33 RF 3 3 19.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 25.3 0.4 0.5 -0.1 0 1.42 1.00 1.000 1.89 1.60
1964 WSA AL 33 C 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 7.20 6.05 0 0 0 0
1964 WSA AL 33 LF 2 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 -105.0 -0.7 -0.6 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.45
1964 WSA AL 33 2B 1 1 7.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.57 2.00 1.000 5.14 4.50
1965 WSA AL 34 C 33 27 245.0 174 150 18 6 1 .966 0.0 0.0 0 6.17 5.09 .989 6.96 5.67 5 12 10 10 50%
1965 WSA AL 34 3B 26 24 198.0 74 19 49 6 3 .919 -3.1 -18.8 -2.1 -1.1 -0.9 -1 3.09 2.62 .962 3.13 2.87
1965 WSA AL 34 2B 12 5 52.0 26 12 14 0 3 1.000 -0.6 -13.8 -0.6 -0.8 0.2 0 4.50 2.17 .977 5.07 4.38
11 Seasons 3B 375 316 2799.2 1051 340 649 62 46 .941 -9.0 -3.9 -4.0 -1.5 -2.4 -5 3.18 2.64 .952 3.01 2.73
11 Seasons 2B 294 257 2284.0 1470 660 772 38 192 .974 2.8 1.5 2.8 -2.7 5.7 0 5.64 4.87 .975 5.40 4.77
9 Seasons SS 288 237 2215.2 1321 488 783 50 179 .962 -4.6 -2.5 -7.6 2.0 -9.6 3 5.16 4.41 .964 5.06 4.52
2 Seasons C 35 27 248.0 174 150 18 6 1 .966 0.0 0.0 0 6.10 4.80 .989 6.96 5.69 5 12 10 10 50%
4 Seasons OF 8 3 31.2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -3.8 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 0 0.85 0.38 .967 2.07 1.86
3 Seasons LF 5 0 10.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -45.0 -0.4 -0.3 -0.1 0 0.84 0.20 1.000 1.86 1.50
2 Seasons RF 4 3 21.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 17.1 0.3 0.4 -0.1 0 1.29 0.75 1.000 1.89 1.60
12 Seasons TOT 1000 840 7579.0 4019 1641 2222 156 418 .961 -10.9 -1.7 -8.9 -2.1 -6.5 0 -2 0 4.59 3.86 .927 4.45 3.94 5 12 10 10 50%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1961-1 *
1961-2

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1989-NL-Mgr of the year

Strikeouts s c a p y
1958 NL--92--3rd

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1958 NL--14--8th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1958 NL--9--6th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1958 NL--17--8th
1961 NL--16--10th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1958 NL--15.4--3rd

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2112), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1032), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1255), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1949 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

April 8, 1960: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Lee Handley (minors), Johnny Goryl, Ron Perranoski and $25,000.

October 10, 1961: Drafted by the New York Mets from the Chicago Cubs in the 1961 expansion draft.

May 7, 1962: Traded by the New York Mets to the Cincinnati Reds for Cliff Cook and Bob Miller.

January 24, 1963: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Scott Breeden (minors).

June 24, 1963: Purchased by the Washington Senators from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

November 19, 1965: Released by the Washington Senators.

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