Don Blasingame

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-10, 160lb (178cm, 72kg)

Born: March 16, 1932 in Corinth, MS us

Died: April 13, 2005 in Fountain Hills, AZ

Buried: Paradise Memorial Gardens, Scottsdale, AZ

High School: Corinth HS (Corinth, MS)

School: Lipscomb University (Nashville, TN)

Debut: September 20, 1955 (Age 23-188d, 11,307th in major league history)
vs. CHC 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 27, 1966 (Age 34-164d)
vs. CAL 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1956 season

Full Name: Don Lee Blasingame

Nicknames: Blazer

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Relatives: Son-In-Law of Walker Cooper

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.3

5296

1366

.258

731

RBI

308

105

OBP

.329

SLG

.327

OPS

.656

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Sep 10)

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	1	Apr 13	WSA		LAA	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
2	2	Apr 15	WSA		LAA	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
3	4 (1)	Apr 17	WSA		MIN	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
4	6 (1)	Apr 19	WSA		KCA	L,1-5	CG	31	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
5	7	Apr 22	WSA	@	MIN	L,6-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
6	8	Apr 23	WSA	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	45	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
7	9	Apr 24	WSA	@	KCA	W,6-1	CG	39	10.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
8	10	Apr 25	WSA	@	KCA	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
9	11	Apr 26	WSA	@	KCA	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
10	12	Apr 27	WSA	@	LAA	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
11	13	Apr 28	WSA	@	LAA	L,1-2	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
12	14	Apr 29	WSA	@	LAA	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	16 (1)	May 2	WSA	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
14	18 (1)	May 3 (2)	WSA	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
15	19	May 4	WSA	@	BAL	L,4-11	CG	37	8.0	0	2	1	3	1	2B
16	20	May 5	WSA	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
17	21	May 6 (1)	WSA		NYY	L,2-9	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
18	22	May 6 (2)	WSA		NYY	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
19	23	May 7	WSA		NYY	L,6-9	CG	48	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
20	24	May 8	WSA		BOS	L,3-9	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
21	25	May 9	WSA		BOS	W,5-4	GS	43	9.2	3	3	0	6	1	2B
22	26	May 10 (1)	WSA		BOS	W,13-4	GS	28	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
23	27	May 10 (2)	WSA		BOS	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
24	28	May 11	WSA		BAL	W,6-4	GF	10	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 2B
25	30 (1)	May 14	WSA		BAL	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
26	31	May 15	WSA		CHW	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
27	32	May 16	WSA		CHW	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	2B
28	34 (1)	May 18	WSA		DET	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
29	35	May 19	WSA		DET	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
30	36	May 20	WSA		DET	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	2B
31	37	May 21	WSA		DET	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
32	39 (1)	May 23	WSA	@	CHW	L,2-14	CG	45	8.0	0	4	1	5	1	2B
33	40	May 24 (1)	WSA	@	CHW	L,4-6	GS	30	7.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
34	41	May 24 (2)	WSA	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
35	42	May 25	WSA	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS	30	6.0	1	3	1	5	1	2B
36	43	May 26	WSA	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
37	44	May 27	WSA	@	BOS	W,9-8	CG	53	11.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
38	45	May 29	WSA		CLE	W,8-4	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
39	46	May 30	WSA		CLE	L,2-10	CG	49	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	2B
40	47	May 31 (1)	WSA		CLE	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
41	48	May 31 (2)	WSA		CLE	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	49	Jun 3	WSA	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
43	50	Jun 5	WSA	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
44	53 (2)	Jun 7 (2)	WSA	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
45	54	Jun 8	WSA		KCA	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
46	56 (1)	Jun 9 (2)	WSA		KCA	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
47	58 (1)	Jun 12	WSA		MIN	L,3-5	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
48	60 (1)	Jun 14 (1)	WSA		MIN	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
49	62 (1)	Jun 15	WSA		LAA	W,3-2	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
50	63	Jun 16	WSA		LAA	L,5-7	GF	8	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 2B
51	65 (1)	Jun 19	WSA	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
52	66	Jun 20	WSA	@	KCA	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
53	67	Jun 21 (1)	WSA	@	KCA	W,13-2	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
54	69 (1)	Jun 22	WSA	@	LAA	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
55	70	Jun 23	WSA	@	LAA	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
56	71	Jun 24	WSA	@	LAA	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
57	72	Jun 26	WSA		BAL	L,4-9	GF	22	4.0	1	0	1	2	0	PH 2B
58	73	Jun 27	WSA		BAL	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
59	74	Jun 28	WSA		BAL	L,4-6	GS	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
60	75	Jun 29	WSA		DET	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
61	76	Jun 30	WSA		DET	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	77	Jul 1 (1)	WSA	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
63	78	Jul 1 (2)	WSA	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
64	79	Jul 3 (1)	WSA	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	45	12.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
65	80	Jul 3 (2)	WSA	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
66	81	Jul 4	WSA	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
67	82	Jul 5 (1)	WSA	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	0	3	2	5	0	2B
68	83	Jul 5 (2)	WSA	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
69	85 (1)	Jul 10	WSA		NYY	L,1-4	GF	7	2.0	1	1	1	3	0	PH 2B
70	86	Jul 11	WSA		NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
71	87	Jul 12 (1)	WSA		BOS	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
72	88	Jul 12 (2)	WSA		BOS	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
73	89	Jul 13	WSA		BOS	L,0-7	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
74	91 (1)	Jul 15	WSA	@	MIN	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
75	92	Jul 16	WSA	@	MIN	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
76	93	Jul 17	WSA	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
77	94	Jul 18	WSA	@	BOS	L,6-12	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
78	95	Jul 19 (1)	WSA	@	BOS	L,10-11	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
79	96	Jul 19 (2)	WSA	@	BOS	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	2	2	0	4	0	PH 2B
80	97	Jul 21	WSA	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
81	98	Jul 22	WSA	@	NYY	L,3-6	GF	7	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	PH 2B
82	99	Jul 23	WSA	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	2B
83	100	Jul 24 (1)	WSA	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	36	8.1	2	3	0	5	2	2B
84	101	Jul 24 (2)	WSA	@	BAL	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
85	102	Jul 25	WSA	@	BAL	L,4-5	GF	14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
86	104 (1)	Jul 28	WSA		CLE	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
87	105	Jul 29	WSA		CLE	W,4-1	GF	11	3.0	3	1	0	4	2	PH 2B
88	106	Jul 30	WSA		CLE	W,8-7	CG	46	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
89	107	Jul 31	WSA		CHW	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	108	Aug 1	WSA		CHW	L,8-9	CG	43	10.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
91	109	Aug 2 (1)	WSA		CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
92	110	Aug 2 (2)	WSA		CHW	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
93	111	Aug 3	WSA	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
94	112	Aug 4	WSA	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
95	113	Aug 5	WSA	@	CLE	L,0-9	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
96	114	Aug 7	WSA	@	LAA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	2B
97	115	Aug 8	WSA	@	LAA	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
98	116	Aug 9	WSA	@	LAA	W,6-5	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	3	2B
99	117	Aug 11	WSA	@	KCA	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
100	118	Aug 12	WSA	@	KCA	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
101	119	Aug 14 (1)	WSA		LAA	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
102	120	Aug 14 (2)	WSA		LAA	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
103	121	Aug 15	WSA		LAA	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
104	122	Aug 16	WSA		LAA	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
105	123	Aug 18	WSA		MIN	L,1-6	CG	35	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	2B
106	124	Aug 19	WSA		MIN	L,1-3	GS	34	7.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
107	125	Aug 21	WSA		KCA	L,2-3	GF	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 2B
108	126	Aug 22	WSA		KCA	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
109	127	Aug 23 (1)	WSA		KCA	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
110	128	Aug 23 (2)	WSA		KCA	W,8-5	GS	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
111	130 (1)	Aug 26	WSA	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	2B
112	133 (2)	Aug 30	WSA	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
113	134	Aug 31	WSA	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
114	135	Sep 1	WSA		CLE	L,0-3	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
115	136	Sep 2	WSA		CLE	L,0-9	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
116	137	Sep 4	WSA		DET	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
117	140 (2)	Sep 7 (1)	WSA		CHW	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
118	141	Sep 7 (2)	WSA		CHW	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
119	142	Sep 9 (1)	WSA		BAL	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	2B
120	144 (1)	Sep 10	WSA		BAL	L,5-12	GS	39	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
121	145	Sep 11	WSA	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
122	146	Sep 12	WSA	@	DET	L,5-6	GF	14	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 2B
123	147	Sep 13	WSA	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
124	148	Sep 16 (1)	WSA	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
125	150 (1)	Sep 18	WSA	@	CHW	W,5-4	GF	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
126	151	Sep 19	WSA	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	39	10.0	0	4	0	4	2	2B
127	153 (1)	Sep 22	WSA		BOS	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	3	2B
128	154	Sep 23	WSA		BOS	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
129	155	Sep 25	WSA		NYY	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	2B
130	156	Sep 26	WSA		NYY	L,0-7	CG	46	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
131	157	Sep 27	WSA		NYY	W,3-2	GF	13	3.0	2	1	1	4	0	PH 2B
132	158	Sep 30 (1)	WSA	@	BAL	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
133	159	Sep 30 (2)	WSA	@	BAL	W,6-3	GS	32	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
134	161 (1)	Oct 3	WSA	@	BOS	L,0-7	CG	42	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
135	162	Oct 4	WSA	@	BOS	L,8-14	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
							135gm		1054.0	259	336	14	609	70