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.

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	CHC		PHI	W,7-6	CG	45	11.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
2	2	Apr 9	CHC		PHI	W,11-3	CG	34	9.0	3	8	0	11	2	SS
3	3	Apr 10	CHC		PHI	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
4	4	Apr 11	CHC		MON	W,1-0	CG	46	12.0	5	6	0	11	1	SS
5	5	Apr 12	CHC		MON	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
6	6	Apr 13	CHC		MON	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	1	7	2	10	0	SS
7	7	Apr 14	CHC		PIT	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
8	8	Apr 15	CHC		PIT	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	4	7	0	11	0	SS
9	9	Apr 16	CHC	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
10	10	Apr 17	CHC	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
11	11	Apr 19	CHC	@	MON	W,6-5	CG	43	11.0	3	6	0	9	3	SS
12	12	Apr 20 (1)	CHC	@	MON	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
13	13	Apr 20 (2)	CHC	@	MON	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
14	14	Apr 22 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	SS
15	15	Apr 22 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
16	16	Apr 24	CHC		STL	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
17	17	Apr 25	CHC	@	NYM	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
18	18	Apr 26	CHC	@	NYM	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
19	19	Apr 27 (1)	CHC	@	NYM	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
20	20	Apr 27 (2)	CHC	@	NYM	L,0-3	CG	31	8.1	1	6	0	7	2	SS
21	21	Apr 28	CHC	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
22	22	Apr 29	CHC	@	PHI	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
23	23	Apr 30	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	24	May 2	CHC		NYM	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
25	25	May 3	CHC		NYM	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
26	26	May 4 (1)	CHC		NYM	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
27	27	May 4 (2)	CHC		NYM	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
28	28	May 6	CHC		LAD	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
29	29	May 7	CHC		LAD	L,2-4	CG	48	12.0	4	6	0	10	1	SS
30	30	May 9	CHC		SFG	L,1-11	CG	52	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
31	31	May 11	CHC		SFG	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	3	SS
32	32	May 12	CHC		SDP	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
33	33	May 13	CHC		SDP	W,19-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
34	34	May 14	CHC		SDP	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
35	35	May 16	CHC	@	HOU	W,11-0	CG	30	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
36	36	May 17	CHC	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
37	37	May 18	CHC	@	HOU	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
38	38	May 20	CHC	@	LAD	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
39	39	May 21	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
40	40	May 22	CHC	@	LAD	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
41	41	May 23	CHC	@	SDP	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
42	42	May 24	CHC	@	SDP	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
43	43	May 25 (1)	CHC	@	SDP	L,2-10	CG	40	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
44	44	May 25 (2)	CHC	@	SDP	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
45	45	May 27	CHC	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
46	46	May 28	CHC	@	SFG	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	SS
47	47	May 30	CHC		ATL	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
48	48	May 31	CHC		ATL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	49	Jun 1	CHC		ATL	W,13-4	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
50	50	Jun 3	CHC		HOU	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
51	51	Jun 4	CHC		HOU	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
52	52	Jun 6	CHC		CIN	W,14-8	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
53	53	Jun 7	CHC		CIN	T,5-5	CG	38	8.2	0	7	0	7	0	SS
54	54	Jun 9	CHC		CIN	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
55	55	Jun 10	CHC	@	ATL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
56	56	Jun 11	CHC	@	ATL	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
57	57	Jun 12	CHC	@	ATL	W,12-6	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
58	58	Jun 13	CHC	@	CIN	W,14-8	CG	51	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
59	59	Jun 14	CHC	@	CIN	W,9-8	CG	52	10.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
60	60	Jun 15 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	38	8.1	2	6	0	8	1	SS
61	61	Jun 15 susp	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	4	4	1	9	1	SS
62	62	Jun 16	CHC	@	PIT	L,8-9	CG	35	8.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
63	63	Jun 17 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
64	64	Jun 17 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	2	2	0	4	1	SS
65	65	Jun 18	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	43	9.2	3	3	0	6	0	SS
66	66	Jun 20	CHC		MON	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
67	67	Jun 21	CHC		MON	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	4	2	1	7	1	SS
68	68	Jun 22 (1)	CHC		MON	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
69	69	Jun 22 (2)	CHC		MON	L,4-5	CG	29	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
70	70	Jun 23	CHC		PIT	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
71	71	Jun 24	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
72	72	Jun 25	CHC		PIT	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
73	73	Jun 26	CHC		PIT	W,7-5	CG	44	10.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
74	74	Jun 27	CHC		STL	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
75	75	Jun 28	CHC		STL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
76	76	Jun 29 (1)	CHC		STL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
77	77	Jun 29 (2)	CHC		STL	W,12-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
78	78	Jun 30	CHC	@	MON	L,2-5	CG	41	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	79	Jul 1	CHC	@	MON	L,4-11	CG	42	8.0	0	2	2	4	0	SS
80	80	Jul 2	CHC	@	MON	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
81	81	Jul 3	CHC	@	MON	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
82	82	Jul 4	CHC	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	38	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
83	83	Jul 5	CHC	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
84	84	Jul 6 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
85	85	Jul 6 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
86	86	Jul 8	CHC	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	33	8.2	1	2	0	3	0	SS
87	87	Jul 9	CHC	@	NYM	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
88	88	Jul 10	CHC	@	NYM	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
89	89	Jul 11	CHC		PHI	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	3	SS
90	90	Jul 12	CHC		PHI	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
91	91	Jul 13 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
92	92	Jul 13 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	SS
93	93	Jul 14	CHC		NYM	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
94	94	Jul 15	CHC		NYM	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
95	95	Jul 16	CHC		NYM	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
96	96	Jul 18	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
97	97	Jul 19	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
98	98	Jul 20 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
99	99	Jul 20 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
100	100	Jul 24	CHC		LAD	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
101	101	Jul 25	CHC		LAD	L,2-4	CG	45	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
102	102	Jul 26	CHC		LAD	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
103	103	Jul 27	CHC		LAD	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
104	104	Jul 28	CHC		SFG	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
105	105	Jul 29	CHC		SFG	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
106	106	Jul 30	CHC		SFG	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
107	107	Jul 31	CHC		SFG	W,12-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
108	108	Aug 1	CHC		SDP	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
109	109	Aug 2	CHC		SDP	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
110	110	Aug 3	CHC		SDP	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
111	111	Aug 4	CHC	@	HOU	W,9-3	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
112	112	Aug 5	CHC	@	HOU	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
113	113	Aug 6	CHC	@	HOU	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
114	114	Aug 8	CHC	@	LAD	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
115	115	Aug 9	CHC	@	LAD	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	3	4	1	8	0	SS
116	116	Aug 10	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
117	117	Aug 12	CHC	@	SDP	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
118	118	Aug 13	CHC	@	SDP	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
119	119	Aug 15	CHC	@	SFG	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
120	120	Aug 16	CHC	@	SFG	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
121	121	Aug 17 (1)	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
122	122	Aug 17 (2)	CHC	@	SFG	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
123	123	Aug 19	CHC		ATL	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
124	124	Aug 20	CHC		ATL	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
125	125	Aug 21	CHC		ATL	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	3	7	0	10	1	SS
126	126	Aug 22	CHC		HOU	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
127	127	Aug 23	CHC		HOU	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
128	128	Aug 24 (1)	CHC		HOU	W,10-9	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
129	129	Aug 24 (2)	CHC		HOU	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
130	130	Aug 25	CHC		CIN	L,8-9	CG	42	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
131	131	Aug 26	CHC		CIN	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	2	6	1	9	0	SS
132	132	Aug 27	CHC		CIN	L,3-6	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
133	133	Aug 28	CHC		CIN	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
134	134	Aug 29	CHC	@	ATL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	9	1	11	0	SS
135	135	Aug 30	CHC	@	ATL	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
136	136	Aug 31	CHC	@	ATL	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
137	137	Sep 2	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
138	138	Sep 3	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
139	139	Sep 5	CHC		PIT	L,2-9	CG	48	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
140	140	Sep 6	CHC		PIT	L,4-13	CG	49	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
141	141	Sep 7	CHC		PIT	L,5-7	CG	52	11.0	5	6	1	12	2	SS
142	142	Sep 8	CHC	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	4	4	1	9	2	SS
143	143	Sep 9	CHC	@	NYM	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
144	144	Sep 10	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
145	145	Sep 11	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
146	146	Sep 12	CHC	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
147	147	Sep 13	CHC	@	STL	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
148	148	Sep 14	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	37	9.1	3	7	0	10	1	SS
149	149	Sep 15	CHC	@	MON	L,2-8	GS	32	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
150	153 (3)	Sep 19 (1)	CHC		STL	W,2-1	CG	42	10.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
151	154	Sep 19 (2)	CHC		STL	L,2-7	CG	48	9.0	2	6	1	9	1	SS
152	158 (3)	Sep 24	CHC		MON	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
153	159	Sep 26	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	27	8.0	1	7	0	8	3	SS
154	160	Sep 27	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
155	161	Sep 28	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
156	162	Oct 1	CHC		NYM	L,5-6	CG	52	12.0	1	6	1	8	0	SS
157	163	Oct 2	CHC		NYM	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	2	3	2	7	0	SS
							157gm		1398.1	266	542	20	828	101