Don Kessinger

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-1, 170lb (185cm, 77kg)

Born: July 17, 1942 in Forrest City, AR us

High School: Forrest City HS (Forrest City, AR)

School: University of Mississippi (Oxford, MS)

Debut: September 7, 1964 (Age 22-052d, 12,288th in major league history)
vs. MLN 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 31, 1979 (Age 37-014d)
vs. NYY 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1965 season

Full Name: Donald Eulon Kessinger

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Relatives: Father of Keith Kessinger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.9

7651

1931

.252

899

RBI

527

100

OBP

.314

SLG

.312

OPS

.626

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 3 (Jul 14, Jul 25, Oct 3)

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	56 (55)	Jun 12	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
2	57	Jun 13 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
3	58	Jun 13 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,0-7	CG	39	9.0	1	2	2	5	0	SS
4	59	Jun 14	CHC	@	HOU	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
5	60	Jun 15	CHC	@	HOU	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
6	61	Jun 16	CHC	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	50	12.1	1	1	1	3	1	SS
7	62	Jun 17	CHC	@	HOU	W,6-5	CG	48	11.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
8	63	Jun 18	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-3	GS	22	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
9	64	Jun 19	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-9	CG	36	8.0	1	3	2	6	0	SS
10	65	Jun 20 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	3	6	2	11	0	SS
11	66	Jun 20 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,8-9	CG	45	8.1	2	3	0	5	1	SS
12	67	Jun 22	CHC	@	MLN	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	0	SS
13	68	Jun 23	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-6	GS	31	7.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
14	69	Jun 24	CHC	@	MLN	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
15	70	Jun 25	CHC	@	STL	W,12-4	CG	36	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
16	71	Jun 26	CHC	@	STL	L,1-8	GS	26	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
17	72	Jun 27 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,0-8	GS	26	4.0	0	2	1	3	1	SS
18	73	Jun 27 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,6-3	GS	27	6.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
19	74	Jun 28	CHC		HOU	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
20	75	Jun 30 (1)	CHC		LAD	W,4-1	GS	27	7.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
21	76	Jun 30 (2)	CHC		LAD	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	77	Jul 1	CHC		LAD	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
23	78	Jul 2	CHC		SFG	L,0-4	GS	30	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
24	79	Jul 3	CHC		SFG	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
25	80	Jul 4	CHC		SFG	L,4-7	GS	35	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
26	81	Jul 5 (1)	CHC	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	28	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
27	82	Jul 5 (2)	CHC	@	NYM	L,0-3	GS	25	6.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
28	83	Jul 7	CHC	@	NYM	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
29	84	Jul 9	CHC		STL	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	3	7	0	10	2	SS
30	85	Jul 10	CHC		STL	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
31	86	Jul 11 (1)	CHC		STL	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	2	6	1	SS
32	87	Jul 11 (2)	CHC		STL	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
33	88	Jul 14 (1)	CHC		MLN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	8	0	12	2	SS
34	89	Jul 14 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,3-6	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
35	90	Jul 15	CHC	@	LAD	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
36	91	Jul 16	CHC	@	LAD	L,0-3	GS	33	7.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
37	92	Jul 17	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
38	93	Jul 18	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	44	10.1	3	3	0	6	1	SS
39	94	Jul 19	CHC	@	SFG	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
40	95	Jul 20	CHC	@	SFG	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
41	96	Jul 21	CHC		PHI	W,8-7	GS	35	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
42	97	Jul 22	CHC		PHI	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
43	98	Jul 23	CHC		PIT	L,0-6	GS	37	8.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
44	99	Jul 24	CHC		PIT	L,5-8	CG	46	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
45	100	Jul 25 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,2-3	CG	53	13.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
46	101	Jul 25 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,5-0	CG	28	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
47	102	Jul 27	CHC		NYM	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	3	SS
48	103	Jul 28 (1)	CHC		NYM	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	SS
49	104	Jul 28 (2)	CHC		NYM	W,9-0	CG	29	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	SS
50	105	Jul 29 (1)	CHC		NYM	L,0-14	CG	46	9.0	7	3	1	11	2	SS
51	106	Jul 29 (2)	CHC		NYM	W,2-1	CG	46	12.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
52	107	Jul 30	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-3	GS	30	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
53	108	Jul 31	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	109	Aug 1 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-8	GS	32	6.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
55	110	Aug 1 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-3	GS	34	7.0	5	4	0	9	0	SS
56	111	Aug 3	CHC	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
57	112	Aug 4	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-7	GS	29	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
58	113	Aug 5	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
59	114	Aug 6	CHC	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	6	1	9	3	SS
60	115	Aug 7	CHC	@	NYM	W,7-1	CG	40	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
61	116	Aug 8 (1)	CHC	@	NYM	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
62	117	Aug 8 (2)	CHC	@	NYM	W,14-10	GS	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
63	118	Aug 10	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-6	GS	20	4.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
64	119	Aug 11	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-2	CG	30	9.0	3	9	0	12	3	SS
65	120	Aug 13	CHC		MLN	L,3-8	GS	32	7.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
66	121	Aug 14	CHC		MLN	L,2-8	GS	26	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
67	122	Aug 15	CHC		MLN	L,3-4	CG	48	12.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
68	123	Aug 17	CHC		CIN	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
69	124	Aug 19 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,0-1	GS	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
70	125	Aug 19 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,5-4	GS	31	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
71	126	Aug 20 (1)	CHC		HOU	L,4-7	GS	32	7.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
72	127	Aug 20 (2)	CHC		HOU	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
73	129 (1)	Aug 22	CHC		HOU	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
74	130	Aug 23	CHC	@	STL	L,2-10	GS	27	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
75	132 (1)	Aug 25	CHC	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
76	133	Aug 26	CHC	@	STL	L,4-7	GS	27	7.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
77	134	Aug 27	CHC	@	MLN	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
78	135	Aug 28	CHC	@	MLN	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	9	0	12	1	SS
79	136	Aug 29	CHC	@	MLN	W,10-2	CG	32	9.0	3	1	1	5	1	SS
80	137	Aug 31	CHC		STL	L,0-3	GS	24	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	138	Sep 1	CHC		STL	L,0-9	GS	40	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
82	139	Sep 2	CHC		STL	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
83	140	Sep 3	CHC		SFG	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
84	141	Sep 4	CHC		SFG	L,3-7	GS	27	5.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
85	142	Sep 5	CHC		SFG	L,2-4	GS	27	7.0	0	4	1	5	1	SS
86	143	Sep 6	CHC	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
87	144	Sep 9	CHC	@	LAD	L,0-1	CG	26	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
88	145	Sep 10	CHC	@	SFG	L,2-5	GS	28	7.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
89	147 (1)	Sep 12 (1)	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
90	149 (1)	Sep 14	CHC		LAD	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
91	150	Sep 15	CHC		LAD	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	3	SS
92	151	Sep 16	CHC		LAD	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	SS
93	152	Sep 18	CHC		NYM	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
94	153	Sep 19	CHC		NYM	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	4	2	1	7	1	SS
95	154	Sep 21	CHC		PHI	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
96	155	Sep 23 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,5-11	GS	29	4.2	0	2	0	2	0	SS
97	156	Sep 23 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
98	157	Sep 25	CHC		PIT	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	9	0	10	1	SS
99	158	Sep 26	CHC		PIT	L,3-5	CG	45	10.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
100	159	Sep 27	CHC	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
101	160	Sep 28	CHC	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
102	161	Sep 29	CHC	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	41	8.2	0	2	0	2	1	SS
103	162	Oct 1	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	0	8.1	1	5	1	7	0
104	163	Oct 2	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-3	GS	0	7.0	2	5	0	7	1
105	164	Oct 3	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	32	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
							105gm		864.2	176	338	28	542	69