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.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	CHC		PHI	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
2	2	Apr 16	CHC		PHI	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
3	3	Apr 18	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
4	4	Apr 19	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	SS
5	5	Apr 20	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-7	CG	42	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
6	6	Apr 21	CHC	@	NYM	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
7	7	Apr 23 (1)	CHC	@	NYM	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
8	8	Apr 23 (2)	CHC	@	NYM	L,6-7	CG	52	11.1	5	4	0	9	2	SS
9	9	Apr 24	CHC	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	35	10.1	1	7	0	8	0	SS
10	10	Apr 25	CHC	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
11	11	Apr 26	CHC	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	41	9.2	2	4	0	6	1	SS
12	12	Apr 28	CHC		CIN	W,10-8	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
13	13	Apr 29	CHC		CIN	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
14	14	Apr 30	CHC		CIN	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 2	CHC		ATL	W,12-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
16	16	May 3	CHC		ATL	W,12-1	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
17	17	May 4	CHC		ATL	W,8-0	CG	37	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
18	18	May 5	CHC		HOU	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	5	4	1	10	0	SS
19	19	May 6	CHC		HOU	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
20	20	May 9	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	0	6	1	7	0	SS
21	21	May 10	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
22	22	May 12	CHC	@	ATL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
23	23	May 14	CHC	@	ATL	L,1-2	CG	34	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	SS
24	24	May 15	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-4	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
25	25	May 16	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
26	26	May 17	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
27	27	May 18	CHC	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	5	1	1	7	2	SS
28	28	May 19	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
29	29	May 20	CHC	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.1	2	4	0	6	1	SS
30	34 (4)	May 26	CHC		MON	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
31	35	May 27	CHC		MON	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
32	36	May 28	CHC		MON	L,5-7	CG	45	9.0	2	6	1	9	0	SS
33	37	May 29	CHC		MON	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
34	38	May 31	CHC		STL	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	39	Jun 1	CHC		STL	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
36	40	Jun 2	CHC	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
37	41	Jun 3	CHC	@	SDP	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
38	42	Jun 4	CHC	@	SDP	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
39	43	Jun 6	CHC	@	LAD	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
40	44	Jun 7	CHC	@	LAD	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
41	45	Jun 8	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
42	46	Jun 10	CHC	@	SFG	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
43	47	Jun 11 (1)	CHC	@	SFG	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
44	48	Jun 11 (2)	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
45	49	Jun 13	CHC		SDP	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
46	50	Jun 14	CHC		SDP	W,12-9	CG	44	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
47	51	Jun 15	CHC		SDP	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
48	52	Jun 16	CHC		LAD	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
49	53	Jun 17	CHC		LAD	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
50	54	Jun 18	CHC		LAD	W,5-4	CG	46	11.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
51	55	Jun 19	CHC		SFG	W,7-6	CG	43	11.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
52	56	Jun 20	CHC		SFG	W,15-8	CG	41	9.0	1	6	2	9	1	SS
53	57	Jun 21	CHC		SFG	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
54	58	Jun 23	CHC		PIT	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
55	59	Jun 24	CHC		PIT	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	5	6	0	11	1	SS
56	60	Jun 25	CHC		PIT	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	4	7	1	12	0	SS
57	61	Jun 26	CHC		PHI	W,11-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
58	62	Jun 27 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
59	63	Jun 27 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	SS
60	64	Jun 28	CHC	@	STL	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
61	65	Jun 29	CHC	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
62	66	Jun 30	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	67	Jul 1	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
64	68	Jul 2	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	2	5	1	8	0	SS
65	69	Jul 3	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	31	8.1	1	2	0	3	0	SS
66	70	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	ATL	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
67	71	Jul 4 (2)	CHC	@	ATL	T,3-3	CG	29	7.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
68	72	Jul 5 (1)	CHC	@	ATL	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
69	73	Jul 5 (2)	CHC	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
70	74	Jul 6	CHC	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
71	75	Jul 7	CHC	@	CIN	W,2-1	GS	25	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
72	76	Jul 8	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
73	77	Jul 9 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
74	78	Jul 9 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
75	79	Jul 11 (1)	CHC		HOU	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
76	80	Jul 11 (2)	CHC		HOU	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
77	81	Jul 12	CHC		HOU	L,6-10	CG	44	9.0	3	7	0	10	0	SS
78	82	Jul 13	CHC		HOU	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
79	83	Jul 14	CHC		ATL	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	4	5	0	9	0	SS
80	84	Jul 15	CHC		ATL	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
81	85	Jul 16	CHC		ATL	W,5-3	GF	19	5.0	0	3	1	4	1	SS
82	86	Jul 17	CHC		CIN	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	5	4	0	9	0	SS
83	87	Jul 18	CHC		CIN	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
84	88	Jul 19	CHC		CIN	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
85	89	Jul 21	CHC	@	HOU	W,11-3	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
86	90	Jul 22	CHC	@	HOU	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
87	91	Jul 23	CHC	@	HOU	L,5-6	CG	39	8.1	1	3	0	4	0	SS
88	92	Jul 27 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
89	93	Jul 27 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
90	94	Jul 28	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	32	8.1	0	1	0	1	0	SS
91	95	Jul 29	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
92	96	Jul 30 (1)	CHC		STL	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
93	97	Jul 30 (2)	CHC		STL	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	3	SS
94	98	Jul 31	CHC		STL	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	4	2	1	7	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	99	Aug 1	CHC	@	MON	L,2-3	CG	43	9.2	4	5	1	10	1	SS
96	100	Aug 2	CHC	@	MON	W,5-4	CG	24	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
97	101	Aug 3 (1)	CHC	@	MON	L,1-2	CG	49	12.1	3	3	0	6	2	SS
98	102	Aug 3 (2)	CHC	@	MON	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
99	103	Aug 4	CHC	@	NYM	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
100	105 (1)	Aug 6	CHC	@	NYM	L,2-12	CG	46	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
101	106	Aug 8	CHC		MON	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
102	107	Aug 9	CHC		MON	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
103	108	Aug 10	CHC		MON	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
104	109	Aug 11	CHC		NYM	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
105	110	Aug 12	CHC		NYM	L,1-2	CG	41	10.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
106	111	Aug 13	CHC		NYM	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
107	112	Aug 15	CHC	@	SFG	L,5-7	CG	33	8.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
108	113	Aug 16	CHC	@	SFG	L,9-14	CG	48	8.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
109	114	Aug 17	CHC	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
110	115	Aug 18	CHC	@	LAD	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
111	116	Aug 19	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
112	119 (2)	Aug 22	CHC	@	SDP	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
113	120	Aug 23	CHC	@	SDP	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	1	8	0	9	1	SS
114	121	Aug 25	CHC		SFG	L,2-11	CG	48	9.0	3	7	0	10	1	SS
115	122	Aug 26	CHC		SFG	W,10-9	CG	46	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
116	123	Aug 27	CHC		SFG	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	2	6	1	SS
117	124	Aug 29	CHC		LAD	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
118	125	Aug 30	CHC		LAD	W,9-8	CG	58	11.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
119	126	Aug 31	CHC		LAD	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
120	127	Sep 1	CHC		SDP	W,14-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
121	128	Sep 2	CHC		SDP	W,8-0	CG	28	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
122	129	Sep 3	CHC		SDP	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
123	130	Sep 4 (1)	CHC	@	NYM	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
124	131	Sep 4 (2)	CHC	@	NYM	L,2-7	CG	43	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
125	132	Sep 5	CHC	@	NYM	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
126	133	Sep 6	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
127	134	Sep 7	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
128	135	Sep 8	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
129	136	Sep 9	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
130	138 (1)	Sep 12	CHC		PIT	L,0-7	CG	46	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
131	139	Sep 13	CHC		PIT	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
132	140	Sep 14	CHC		PIT	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
133	141	Sep 15	CHC		NYM	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
134	142	Sep 16	CHC		NYM	W,18-5	GS	16	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
135	143	Sep 17	CHC		NYM	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
136	144	Sep 19	CHC		MON	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
137	145	Sep 20	CHC		MON	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
138	146	Sep 23 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
139	147	Sep 23 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,15-1	GS	23	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
140	148	Sep 24	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	0	6	1	7	1	SS
141	149	Sep 26	CHC	@	MON	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
142	150	Sep 27	CHC	@	MON	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
143	151	Sep 29	CHC		STL	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
144	152	Sep 30	CHC		STL	L,1-2	CG	63	16.0	4	6	0	10	1	SS
145	153	Oct 1	CHC		STL	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
146	156 (2)	Oct 4	CHC		PHI	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
							146gm		1290.0	259	504	28	791	90