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.

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	WSA		BOS	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
2	2	Apr 14	WSA		BOS	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	4	5	0	9	3	2B
3	3	Apr 15	WSA	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	2	2B
4	4	Apr 17	WSA	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	44	9.1	1	1	0	2	0	2B
5	6 (1)	Apr 18 (2)	WSA	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	9	0	10	2	2B
6	7	Apr 20	WSA	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
7	8	Apr 21	WSA		BAL	L,2-3	CG	44	11.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
8	9	Apr 22	WSA		BAL	L,4-18	CG	52	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	2B
9	10	Apr 23	WSA		CHW	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
10	11	Apr 24	WSA		CHW	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
11	12	Apr 27	WSA	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
12	13	Apr 28	WSA		BAL	L,3-6	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
13	14	Apr 29	WSA	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
14	15	Apr 30	WSA	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	16	May 1	WSA	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
16	17	May 2 (1)	WSA	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
17	18	May 2 (2)	WSA	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
18	19	May 3	WSA	@	KCA	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
19	20	May 4	WSA	@	KCA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
20	21	May 7 (1)	WSA		NYY	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
21	22	May 7 (2)	WSA		NYY	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
22	23	May 8	WSA		NYY	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
23	25 (1)	May 11	WSA		DET	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
24	26	May 12	WSA		DET	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	2B
25	28 (1)	May 14	WSA		CLE	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	1	2B
26	29	May 15	WSA		CLE	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
27	30	May 16 (1)	WSA		CLE	W,8-7	CG	50	11.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
28	31	May 16 (2)	WSA		CLE	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	1	7	0	8	2	2B
29	32	May 18	WSA	@	DET	W,15-9	GF	20	4.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH 2B
30	33	May 19	WSA	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	31	8.0	1	5	1	7	1	2B
31	34	May 20	WSA	@	DET	L,8-9	GF	13	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
32	35	May 21	WSA	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
33	36	May 22	WSA	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
34	37	May 23 (1)	WSA	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	31	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
35	39 (1)	May 24	WSA		BAL	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	5	4	0	9	0	2B
36	40	May 25 (1)	WSA		CAL	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
37	41	May 25 (2)	WSA		CAL	W,6-5	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
38	42	May 26	WSA		CAL	L,1-2	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
39	43	May 27	WSA		CAL	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	5	1	1	7	1	2B
40	44	May 28	WSA		MIN	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
41	45	May 29	WSA		MIN	L,8-11	GS	43	8.0	3	3	0	6	3	2B
42	46	May 30	WSA		MIN	L,0-6	CG	44	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
43	47	May 31 (1)	WSA		KCA	W,5-2	GF	17	4.0	1	2	0	3	1	PH 2B
44	48	May 31 (2)	WSA		KCA	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	49	Jun 2 (1)	WSA	@	CAL	W,13-0	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
46	50	Jun 2 (2)	WSA	@	CAL	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
47	52 (1)	Jun 6	WSA	@	MIN	L,2-11	GS	33	7.0	1	2	1	4	0	2B
48	53	Jun 8	WSA		BAL	W,2-0	GF	11	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
49	59 (5)	Jun 13	WSA		CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
50	61 (1)	Jun 16	WSA	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	7	3	1	11	2	2B
51	62	Jun 17	WSA	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
52	63	Jun 18	WSA	@	BAL	W,2-0	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 2B
53	65 (1)	Jun 20	WSA	@	BAL	L,2-13	CG	42	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
54	66	Jun 23 (1)	WSA	@	CHW	W,5-1	GF	10	3.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
55	67	Jun 23 (2)	WSA	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
56	68	Jun 25	WSA	@	BOS	L,6-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
57	69	Jun 26	WSA	@	BOS	W,12-7	GS	31	7.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
58	70	Jun 27 (1)	WSA	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
59	72 (1)	Jun 28 (1)	WSA		NYY	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	76 (3)	Jul 1	WSA		CLE	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	2B
61	79 (2)	Jul 4	WSA		DET	W,6-3	GS	23	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
62	82 (2)	Jul 6	WSA	@	CAL	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
63	83	Jul 7	WSA	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
64	84	Jul 9 (1)	WSA		BOS	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	2B
65	89 (4)	Jul 17	WSA	@	NYY	L,4-5	GF	24	4.1	1	2	0	3	0	2B
66	90	Jul 18	WSA	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
67	92 (1)	Jul 20	WSA	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
68	95 (2)	Jul 23	WSA		KCA	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
69	96	Jul 24	WSA		KCA	W,9-2	GS	19	5.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
70	97	Jul 25 (1)	WSA		KCA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
71	99 (1)	Jul 27 (1)	WSA		MIN	W,10-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	2B
72	101 (1)	Jul 28	WSA		MIN	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
73	103 (1)	Jul 31	WSA	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	41	8.2	4	3	0	7	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	104	Aug 1 (1)	WSA	@	KCA	W,3-2	GS	26	7.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
75	105	Aug 1 (2)	WSA	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
76	106	Aug 3 (1)	WSA	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
77	107	Aug 3 (2)	WSA	@	MIN	W,4-2	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
78	108	Aug 4	WSA	@	MIN	L,3-4	GS	28	6.0	1	0	1	2	0	2B
79	112 (3)	Aug 8	WSA	@	CAL	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
80	114 (1)	Aug 11 (1)	WSA	@	CHW	W,5-2	GS	27	6.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
81	116 (1)	Aug 13	WSA	@	BAL	W,4-2	GS	28	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
82	117	Aug 14	WSA	@	BAL	W,8-5	GS	35	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
83	118	Aug 15	WSA	@	BAL	W,4-2	GS	25	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
84	119	Aug 17 (1)	WSA		CHW	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	5	7	1	13	2	2B
85	121 (1)	Aug 18	WSA		CHW	L,2-8	GS	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
86	122	Aug 20	WSA		CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
87	123	Aug 21	WSA		CLE	W,4-2	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
88	125 (1)	Aug 24 (1)	WSA	@	BOS	L,4-9	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	135 (9)	Sep 2	WSA		BOS	W,5-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
90	137 (1)	Sep 4	WSA	@	DET	W,1-0	GS	24	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
91	139 (1)	Sep 5 (2)	WSA	@	DET	L,2-11	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
92	140	Sep 6 (1)	WSA	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
93	141	Sep 6 (2)	WSA	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
94	142	Sep 8	WSA	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	40	8.2	2	4	0	6	0	2B
95	145 (2)	Sep 12	WSA		CAL	W,7-1	GS	23	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
96	146	Sep 14	WSA		NYY	L,1-3	GS	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
97	147	Sep 15	WSA		NYY	L,3-5	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
98	150 (2)	Sep 19	WSA	@	MIN	L,1-8	GF	14	3.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
99	151	Sep 21	WSA	@	KCA	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
100	152	Sep 22	WSA	@	KCA	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
101	153	Sep 23	WSA	@	KCA	L,7-8	GS	34	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
102	154	Sep 25 (1)	WSA		MIN	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
103	155	Sep 25 (2)	WSA		MIN	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
104	156	Sep 26	WSA		MIN	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
105	157	Sep 28 (1)	WSA		KCA	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
106	158	Sep 28 (2)	WSA		KCA	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
107	159	Sep 29	WSA		KCA	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	3	2B
108	160	Oct 2 (1)	WSA		DET	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
109	161	Oct 2 (2)	WSA		DET	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
110	162	Oct 3	WSA		DET	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
							110gm		837.1	235	248	8	491	68