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.

1967 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1967 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	CHC		PHI	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
2	2	Apr 12	CHC		PHI	L,4-5	CG	51	11.0	2	5	1	8	0	SS
3	3	Apr 14	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
4	6 (2)	Apr 18	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
5	7	Apr 20	CHC	@	NYM	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
6	8	Apr 21	CHC		PIT	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
7	9	Apr 23	CHC		PIT	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
8	10	Apr 25	CHC		NYM	L,1-2	CG	41	10.0	0	4	2	6	1	SS
9	11	Apr 27	CHC		NYM	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
10	12	Apr 28	CHC	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	53	12.1	2	6	0	8	1	SS
11	13	Apr 29	CHC	@	HOU	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
12	14	Apr 30	CHC	@	HOU	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	15	May 2	CHC	@	ATL	L,1-3	CG	27	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
14	16	May 3	CHC	@	ATL	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
15	17	May 5	CHC		STL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
16	18	May 6	CHC		STL	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
17	19	May 7	CHC		STL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
18	20	May 8	CHC		SFG	L,2-9	CG	41	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
19	21	May 9	CHC		SFG	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
20	22	May 10	CHC		SFG	W,5-4	CG	45	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
21	23	May 12	CHC	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
22	24	May 13	CHC	@	LAD	W,6-3	CG	44	9.0	3	1	1	5	1	SS
23	25	May 14 (1)	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-2	GS	3	1.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
24	30 (4)	May 19	CHC		LAD	L,0-8	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
25	31	May 20	CHC		LAD	W,20-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
26	32	May 21 (1)	CHC		LAD	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
27	33	May 21 (2)	CHC		LAD	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	1	5	2	SS
28	34	May 24 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
29	35	May 24 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,4-3	GF	6	2.0	0	3	0	3	0	PR SS
30	36	May 25	CHC		CIN	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
31	37	May 26	CHC		HOU	L,4-17	CG	50	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
32	38	May 27	CHC		HOU	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
33	39	May 30 (1)	CHC		ATL	W,12-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
34	40	May 30 (2)	CHC		ATL	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	SS
35	41	May 31	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	8	0	10	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	42	Jun 1	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	42	8.2	2	3	0	5	0	SS
37	43	Jun 2	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	4	3	1	8	0	SS
38	44	Jun 3	CHC	@	STL	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
39	45	Jun 4	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
40	46	Jun 5	CHC	@	PHI	W,13-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
41	47	Jun 6 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,6-8	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
42	49 (1)	Jun 7	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
43	50	Jun 9	CHC		NYM	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
44	51	Jun 11 (1)	CHC		NYM	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
45	53 (1)	Jun 13	CHC		LAD	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
46	56 (2)	Jun 16	CHC	@	NYM	W,4-3	GS	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
47	57	Jun 17	CHC	@	NYM	W,9-1	CG	29	9.0	2	8	0	10	3	SS
48	60 (2)	Jun 19	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS	28	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
49	61	Jun 20	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	5	5	0	10	3	SS
50	62	Jun 21	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	8	0	10	2	SS
51	63	Jun 23	CHC		HOU	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
52	64	Jun 24	CHC		HOU	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
53	65	Jun 25 (1)	CHC		HOU	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
54	66	Jun 25 (2)	CHC		HOU	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
55	67	Jun 26	CHC		PHI	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
56	68	Jun 27	CHC		PHI	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
57	69	Jun 28 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
58	70	Jun 28 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
59	71	Jun 29	CHC		PIT	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	3	SS
60	72	Jun 30	CHC		CIN	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	73	Jul 1	CHC		CIN	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
62	80 (6)	Jul 7	CHC	@	HOU	L,5-11	GF	31	5.0	0	2	1	3	0	PH SS
63	81	Jul 8	CHC	@	HOU	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
64	82	Jul 9	CHC	@	HOU	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
65	84 (1)	Jul 14	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-5	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
66	85	Jul 15	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
67	86	Jul 16 (1)	CHC	@	SFG	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
68	87	Jul 16 (2)	CHC	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
69	88	Jul 17	CHC	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
70	89	Jul 18	CHC		ATL	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
71	90	Jul 19	CHC		ATL	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	6	1	9	0	SS
72	91	Jul 20	CHC		ATL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
73	92	Jul 21	CHC		SFG	W,5-4	CG	52	12.0	5	6	0	11	1	SS
74	93	Jul 22	CHC		SFG	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	3	SS
75	94	Jul 23 (1)	CHC		SFG	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	2	5	1	8	2	SS
76	95	Jul 23 (2)	CHC		SFG	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
77	96	Jul 24	CHC	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
78	97	Jul 25	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
79	98	Jul 26	CHC	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
80	99	Jul 28	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
81	100	Jul 29	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	40	9.1	2	4	0	6	0	SS
82	101	Jul 30 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
83	102	Jul 30 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
84	103	Jul 31	CHC		STL	L,2-9	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	104	Aug 1	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
86	105	Aug 2 (1)	CHC		STL	L,2-4	CG	43	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
87	106	Aug 2 (2)	CHC		STL	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
88	107	Aug 3	CHC		ATL	L,3-10	CG	43	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
89	108	Aug 4	CHC		ATL	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
90	109	Aug 5	CHC		ATL	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
91	110	Aug 6	CHC		ATL	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
92	111	Aug 7 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
93	112	Aug 7 (2)	CHC		PIT	T,3-3	CG	55	14.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
94	113	Aug 8	CHC		PIT	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
95	114	Aug 9 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
96	115	Aug 9 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,6-10	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
97	116	Aug 10	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
98	117	Aug 11	CHC		PHI	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	2	SS
99	118	Aug 12	CHC		PHI	L,0-9	CG	44	9.0	4	5	0	9	0	SS
100	119	Aug 13 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
101	120	Aug 13 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
102	121	Aug 14	CHC	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	39	8.1	1	2	0	3	0	SS
103	122	Aug 15	CHC	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
104	123	Aug 16	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.2	3	4	0	7	1	SS
105	124	Aug 17	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	49	11.1	1	1	1	3	1	SS
106	125	Aug 18	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
107	126	Aug 19	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
108	127	Aug 20	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
109	128	Aug 21	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
110	129	Aug 22	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
111	130	Aug 23	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
112	131	Aug 27	CHC	@	NYM	W,3-1	CG	26	7.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
113	132	Aug 28	CHC		HOU	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
114	133	Aug 29	CHC		HOU	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
115	134	Aug 30	CHC		HOU	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
116	135	Aug 31	CHC		NYM	W,2-1	CG	39	11.0	2	6	2	10	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
117	136	Sep 1 (1)	CHC		NYM	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
118	137	Sep 1 (2)	CHC		NYM	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
119	138	Sep 2 (1)	CHC		NYM	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
120	139	Sep 2 (2)	CHC		NYM	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
121	140	Sep 3 (1)	CHC		NYM	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
122	141	Sep 3 (2)	CHC		NYM	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
123	142	Sep 4 (1)	CHC		LAD	W,2-1	CG	37	11.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
124	143	Sep 4 (2)	CHC		LAD	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
125	144	Sep 6	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-6	GF	28	7.0	3	5	1	9	3	SS
126	145	Sep 7	CHC	@	LAD	W,3-2	CG	51	12.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
127	146	Sep 8	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	36	8.2	1	1	1	3	0	SS
128	147	Sep 9	CHC	@	SFG	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
129	148	Sep 10	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
130	149	Sep 11	CHC	@	HOU	L,10-11	CG	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
131	150	Sep 12	CHC	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	49	11.1	2	5	1	8	0	SS
132	151	Sep 15	CHC	@	ATL	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
133	152	Sep 16	CHC	@	ATL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
134	153	Sep 17	CHC	@	ATL	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
135	154	Sep 19	CHC		SFG	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
136	155	Sep 20	CHC		SFG	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
137	156	Sep 22	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	10.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
138	157	Sep 23	CHC		CIN	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
139	158	Sep 24	CHC		CIN	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	1	8	0	9	2	SS
140	159	Sep 26	CHC		STL	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
141	160	Sep 29	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
142	161	Sep 30	CHC	@	CIN	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
143	162	Oct 1	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-10	GS	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
							143gm		1233.2	215	457	19	691	77