Dan Driessen

Positions: First Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 187lb (180cm, 84kg)

Born: July 29, 1951 in Hilton Head Island, SC us

High School: Riley HS (Bluffton, SC)

Debut: June 9, 1973 (Age 21-315d, 13,365th in major league history)
vs. CHC 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1987 (Age 36-066d)
vs. NYM 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1973 season

Full Name: Daniel Driessen

Nicknames: Cobra

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Relatives: Uncle of Gerald Perry

2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

20.5

5479

1464

153

.267

746

RBI

763

154

OBP

.356

SLG

.411

OPS

.767

OPS+

113

Standard Batting

Games by Position

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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
1970	18	CIN-min	A	93	276	242	28	54	2	1	0	20	9	4	27	32	.223	.303	.240	.543		58		2	2	3			TAM · FLOR
1971	19	CIN-min	A	136	546	468	72	153	27	9	4	62	17	7	74	59	.327	.419	.449	.868		210		1	2	1			TAM · FLOR
1972	20	CIN-min	AA	136	557	481	62	155	37	4	4	65	10	4	67	65	.322	.404	.441	.845		212		3	0	6			TRV · EL
1973	21	CIN-min	AAA	47	211	181	42	74	14	4	6	46	6	3	26	32	.409	.474	.630	1.104		114		0	0	4			INA · AA
1973	21	CIN	NL	102	394	366	49	110	15	2	4	47	8	3	24	37	.301	.346	.385	.731	107	141	8	2	1	1	4	53/H9	RoY-3
1974	22	CIN	NL	150	523	470	63	132	23	6	7	56	10	5	48	62	.281	.347	.400	.747	110	188	9	1	1	3	5	*53H/9
1975	23	CIN	NL	88	249	210	38	59	8	1	7	38	10	3	35	30	.281	.386	.429	.814	125	90	8	2	0	2	2	3H7/9
1976	24	CIN	NL	98	268	219	32	54	11	1	7	44	14	1	43	32	.247	.362	.402	.764	116	88	11	0	0	6	2	H37
1977	25	CIN	NL	151	608	536	75	161	31	4	17	91	31	13	64	85	.300	.375	.468	.843	124	251	12	3	0	5	8	*3/H
1978	26	CIN	NL	153	612	524	68	131	23	3	16	70	28	9	75	79	.250	.345	.397	.742	108	208	13	4	3	6	7	*3/H
1979	27	CIN	NL	150	589	515	72	129	24	3	18	75	11	5	62	77	.250	.330	.414	.744	102	213	6	3	2	7	11	*3/H
1980	28	CIN	NL	154	632	524	81	139	36	1	14	74	19	6	93	68	.265	.377	.418	.795	121	219	14	6	0	9	17	*3/H
1981	29	CIN	NL	82	280	233	35	55	14	0	7	33	2	4	40	31	.236	.349	.386	.735	107	90	5	2	2	3	3	*3/H
1982	30	CIN	NL	149	606	516	64	139	25	1	17	57	11	6	82	62	.269	.368	.421	.789	119	217	8	2	0	6	8	*3/H
1983	31	CIN	NL	122	467	386	57	107	17	1	12	57	6	4	75	51	.277	.390	.420	.809	122	162	12	0	0	6	10	*3H
1984	32	TOT	NL	132	447	387	47	104	24	0	16	60	2	2	54	40	.269	.354	.455	.809	126	176	10	0	1	5	8	*3H
1984	32	CIN	NL	81	259	218	27	61	13	0	7	28	2	1	37	25	.280	.378	.436	.814	125	95	5	0	0	4	2	3H
1984	32	MON	NL	51	188	169	20	43	11	0	9	32	0	1	17	15	.254	.321	.479	.800	127	81	5	0	1	1	6	3/H
1985	33	TOT	NL	145	552	493	53	120	26	0	9	47	2	2	50	51	.243	.314	.351	.665	90	173	10	3	1	5	12	*3H
1985	33	MON	NL	91	350	312	31	78	18	0	6	25	2	2	33	29	.250	.324	.365	.689	97	114	8	2	1	2	9	3/H
1985	33	SFG	NL	54	202	181	22	42	8	0	3	22	0	0	17	22	.232	.297	.326	.623	79	59	2	1	0	3	3	3/H
1986	34	HOU-min	AAA	70	282	237	35	70	21	0	5	35	3	3	41	26	.295	.394	.447	.841		106		0	0	4	7		TUC · PCL
1986	34	TOT	NL	32	49	40	7	10	3	0	1	3	0	0	9	6	.250	.388	.400	.788	122	16	0	0	0	0	2	H3
1986	34	SFG	NL	15	20	16	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	.188	.350	.313	.663	89	5	0	0	0	0	1	H/3
1986	34	HOU	NL	17	29	24	5	7	1	0	1	3	0	0	5	2	.292	.414	.458	.872	144	11	0	0	0	0	1	3/H
1987	35	STL-min	AAA	58	211	176	30	43	9	1	7	35	2	0	31	24	.244	.351	.426	.777		75		0	0	4	7		LOU · AA
1987	35	STL	NL	24	68	60	5	14	2	0	1	11	0	0	7	8	.233	.309	.317	.625	65	19	2	0	0	1	1	3/H
15 Yrs				1732	6344	5479	746	1464	282	23	153	763	154	63	761	719	.267	.356	.411	.767	113	2251	128	28	11	65	100
162 Game Avg.				162	593	512	70	137	26	2	14	71	14	6	71	67	.267	.356	.411	.767	113	211	12	3	1	6	9
				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
CIN (12 yrs)				1480	5487	4717	661	1277	240	23	133	670	152	60	678	639	.271	.361	.416	.777	115	1962	111	25	9	58	79
MON (2 yrs)				142	538	481	51	121	29	0	15	57	2	3	50	44	.252	.323	.405	.728	108	195	13	2	2	3	15
SFG (2 yrs)				69	222	197	24	45	10	0	3	22	0	0	21	26	.228	.302	.325	.627	80	64	2	1	0	3	4
STL (1 yr)				24	68	60	5	14	2	0	1	11	0	0	7	8	.233	.309	.317	.625	65	19	2	0	0	1	1
HOU (1 yr)				17	29	24	5	7	1	0	1	3	0	0	5	2	.292	.414	.458	.872	144	11	0	0	0	0	1

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