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.

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-9	GS	31	7.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
2	2	Apr 13	CHC	@	SFG	L,0-4	GS	33	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
3	3	Apr 14	CHC	@	SFG	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
4	4	Apr 15	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
5	5	Apr 16	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-4	GS	27	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
6	9 (3)	Apr 22	CHC		LAD	L,1-2	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
7	10	Apr 23	CHC		LAD	W,2-0	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
8	11	Apr 24	CHC		LAD	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
9	12	Apr 26	CHC		NYM	L,11-14	CG	47	9.0	0	5	1	6	1	SS
10	13	Apr 28	CHC		PIT	L,6-9	CG	49	10.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
11	14	Apr 29	CHC		PHI	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
12	15	Apr 30	CHC		PHI	L,0-12	CG	48	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	16	May 1	CHC		PHI	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	1	1	2	4	1	SS
14	17	May 3	CHC	@	HOU	L,2-10	CG	42	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
15	18	May 4	CHC	@	HOU	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
16	19	May 5	CHC	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	48	12.2	2	2	1	5	0	SS
17	20	May 6	CHC	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
18	21	May 7	CHC	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	SS
19	22	May 8 (1)	CHC	@	NYM	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
20	23	May 8 (2)	CHC	@	NYM	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
21	24	May 10	CHC		STL	L,0-8	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
22	25	May 14	CHC		CIN	L,1-2	CG	51	14.0	3	9	1	13	2	SS
23	26	May 15	CHC		CIN	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
24	27	May 18 (1)	CHC		HOU	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
25	28	May 18 (2)	CHC		HOU	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
26	29	May 19	CHC		HOU	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
27	30	May 20	CHC	@	ATL	L,2-12	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
28	31	May 21	CHC	@	ATL	W,7-6	CG	42	10.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
29	32	May 22 (1)	CHC	@	ATL	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
30	33	May 22 (2)	CHC	@	ATL	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
31	34	May 24	CHC	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
32	35	May 25	CHC	@	STL	L,1-9	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
33	36	May 26	CHC	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
34	37	May 27	CHC		ATL	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
35	38	May 28	CHC		ATL	W,8-5	CG	58	12.0	4	4	1	9	3	SS
36	39	May 29	CHC		ATL	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
37	40	May 30 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	5	3	10	1	SS
38	41	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-5	GS	31	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
39	42	May 31	CHC	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	43	Jun 1 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
41	47 (3)	Jun 4	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
42	48	Jun 5 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-8	GS	37	7.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
43	49	Jun 5 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,9-5	GS	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
44	50	Jun 7	CHC		LAD	L,6-8	CG	46	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
45	51	Jun 8	CHC		LAD	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
46	52	Jun 10	CHC	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	34	9.2	2	2	0	4	1	SS
47	53	Jun 11	CHC	@	HOU	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	2	SS
48	54	Jun 12	CHC	@	HOU	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
49	55	Jun 13	CHC	@	SFG	L,0-8	CG	38	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
50	56	Jun 14	CHC	@	SFG	L,7-11	GS	25	5.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
51	57	Jun 15	CHC	@	LAD	L,5-6	GS	32	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
52	58	Jun 16	CHC	@	LAD	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
53	59	Jun 18	CHC		HOU	L,5-13	CG	47	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
54	60	Jun 19 (1)	CHC		HOU	W,9-8	GS	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
55	61	Jun 19 (2)	CHC		HOU	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
56	62	Jun 21	CHC		SFG	L,7-9	CG	40	9.0	1	4	1	6	2	SS
57	63	Jun 22 (1)	CHC		SFG	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
58	64	Jun 22 (2)	CHC		SFG	L,5-9	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
59	65	Jun 23	CHC		SFG	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
60	66	Jun 24	CHC		NYM	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
61	67	Jun 25	CHC		NYM	L,3-9	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
62	68	Jun 26 (1)	CHC		NYM	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	1	7	1	9	1	SS
63	69	Jun 26 (2)	CHC		NYM	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
64	70	Jun 27	CHC	@	ATL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
65	71	Jun 28	CHC	@	ATL	L,2-4	CG	29	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
66	72	Jun 29	CHC	@	ATL	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	73	Jul 1	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
68	74	Jul 2	CHC	@	PHI	L,9-12	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
69	75	Jul 3	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
70	76	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
71	77	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,6-4	GS	26	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
72	78	Jul 5	CHC		PIT	L,0-6	GS	35	7.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
73	82 (3)	Jul 9	CHC		PHI	L,6-11	GF	11	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
74	84 (1)	Jul 14	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-10	CG	38	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
75	85	Jul 15	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
76	86	Jul 16	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
77	87	Jul 17 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	39	10.0	4	7	0	11	1	SS
78	88	Jul 17 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
79	89	Jul 18	CHC	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	3	4	1	8	0	SS
80	90	Jul 19	CHC		CIN	L,2-3	CG	63	18.0	7	7	0	14	4	SS
81	91	Jul 20 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
82	92	Jul 20 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,1-5	CG	34	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
83	93	Jul 21	CHC		CIN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	2	9	1	SS
84	94	Jul 22	CHC		STL	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	2	5	1	8	0	SS
85	95	Jul 23	CHC		STL	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
86	96	Jul 24 (1)	CHC		STL	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
87	97	Jul 24 (2)	CHC		STL	L,4-7	CG	39	10.0	4	3	1	8	1	SS
88	98	Jul 26	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-9	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
89	99	Jul 27	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-11	CG	45	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
90	100	Jul 28	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-7	CG	31	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
91	101	Jul 29	CHC	@	NYM	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
92	102	Jul 30	CHC	@	NYM	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
93	103	Jul 31	CHC	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	104	Aug 2	CHC		ATL	W,6-5	CG	53	12.0	3	7	0	10	0	SS
95	105	Aug 3	CHC		ATL	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
96	106	Aug 4	CHC		ATL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
97	107	Aug 5	CHC		SFG	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
98	108	Aug 6	CHC		SFG	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
99	109	Aug 7	CHC		SFG	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
100	110	Aug 9	CHC		HOU	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
101	111	Aug 11 (1)	CHC		HOU	W,9-8	CG	49	11.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
102	112	Aug 11 susp	CHC		HOU	L,8-9	CG	45	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
103	113	Aug 12	CHC	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
104	114	Aug 13	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
105	115	Aug 14 (1)	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	53	13.2	3	5	0	8	1	SS
106	116	Aug 14 (2)	CHC	@	LAD	W,12-10	CG	47	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
107	117	Aug 15	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-11	CG	45	8.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
108	118	Aug 16	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
109	119	Aug 17	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	42	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
110	120	Aug 19	CHC		PIT	W,4-3	CG	42	11.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
111	121	Aug 20	CHC		PIT	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
112	122	Aug 21	CHC		PIT	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
113	123	Aug 22	CHC		NYM	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
114	124	Aug 23	CHC		NYM	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
115	125	Aug 24	CHC		NYM	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	1	SS
116	126	Aug 25	CHC		NYM	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
117	127	Aug 26	CHC	@	HOU	L,4-7	CG	39	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	SS
118	128	Aug 27	CHC	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	2	5	0	7	1	SS
119	129	Aug 28	CHC	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
120	130	Aug 29	CHC	@	ATL	W,4-2	CG	59	14.0	3	6	0	9	0	SS
121	131	Aug 30	CHC	@	ATL	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
122	132	Aug 31	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-7	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
123	133	Sep 1	CHC	@	CIN	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
124	134	Sep 2	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
125	135	Sep 3	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
126	136	Sep 4	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
127	137	Sep 5 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
128	138	Sep 5 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,2-7	CG	46	9.0	1	3	2	6	1	SS
129	139	Sep 6	CHC		PHI	W,7-2	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
130	140	Sep 9	CHC	@	SFG	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
131	141	Sep 10	CHC	@	SFG	W,12-3	CG	38	9.0	2	7	0	9	0	SS
132	142	Sep 11 (1)	CHC	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
133	143	Sep 11 (2)	CHC	@	SFG	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
134	144	Sep 13	CHC		ATL	L,2-10	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
135	145	Sep 14	CHC		ATL	L,1-3	CG	38	10.0	2	8	0	10	0	SS
136	146	Sep 15	CHC		ATL	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
137	147	Sep 16 (1)	CHC		STL	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
138	148	Sep 16 (2)	CHC		STL	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
139	151 (2)	Sep 20	CHC		CIN	L,3-6	CG	56	13.0	2	6	1	9	0	SS
140	152	Sep 21	CHC		CIN	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
141	153	Sep 22	CHC		CIN	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
142	154	Sep 23 (1)	CHC		LAD	L,0-4	CG	43	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
143	155	Sep 23 (2)	CHC		LAD	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	2	6	1	9	0	SS
144	156	Sep 24	CHC		LAD	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
145	157	Sep 25	CHC		LAD	W,2-1	CG	29	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
146	160 (2)	Sep 30	CHC	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
147	161	Oct 1	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
148	162	Oct 2	CHC	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
							148gm		1294.0	202	474	35	711	68