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.

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	CHC		MON	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	4	1	6	3	SS
2	2	Apr 7	CHC		MON	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
3	3	Apr 8	CHC		MON	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
4	4	Apr 12	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
5	5	Apr 13	CHC	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
6	6	Apr 14	CHC	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	5	4	1	10	2	SS
7	7	Apr 15	CHC	@	STL	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
8	8	Apr 17	CHC	@	NYM	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
9	9	Apr 18	CHC	@	NYM	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
10	10	Apr 19 (1)	CHC	@	NYM	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
11	11	Apr 19 (2)	CHC	@	NYM	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
12	12	Apr 21 susp	CHC		PIT	W,10-9	CG	46	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
13	13	Apr 22 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,4-10	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
14	14	Apr 22 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
15	15	Apr 24	CHC		SFG	L,2-4	CG	45	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
16	16	Apr 25	CHC		SFG	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	3	4	1	8	2	SS
17	18 (1)	Apr 27	CHC		SDP	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
18	19	Apr 28	CHC		SDP	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	SS
19	20	Apr 29	CHC		SDP	W,10-4	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	21	May 1	CHC	@	LAD	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
21	22	May 2	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
22	23	May 3	CHC	@	LAD	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
23	24	May 4	CHC	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
24	25	May 5	CHC	@	SFG	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
25	26	May 6 (1)	CHC	@	SFG	L,9-11	CG	55	11.2	5	3	0	8	1	SS
26	27	May 6 (2)	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
27	28	May 7	CHC	@	SDP	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
28	29	May 8	CHC	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	52	12.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
29	30	May 9	CHC	@	SDP	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	5	5	0	10	1	SS
30	31	May 11	CHC		PHI	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
31	32	May 12	CHC		PHI	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
32	33	May 13 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
33	34	May 13 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
34	35	May 15	CHC		NYM	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
35	36	May 16	CHC		STL	L,1-3	GS	25	7.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
36	37	May 17	CHC		STL	L,4-6	GF	8	1.0	2	0	1	3	0	SS
37	38	May 18	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
38	39	May 19 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	39	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
39	40	May 19 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
40	41	May 22	CHC	@	MON	L,3-4	CG	48	10.1	3	6	1	10	2	SS
41	42	May 23	CHC	@	MON	W,4-2	CG	44	10.0	2	6	1	9	2	SS
42	43	May 25	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	SS
43	44	May 26	CHC	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
44	45	May 27	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
45	46	May 28	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-6	GS	23	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
46	47	May 29	CHC		HOU	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
47	48	May 30	CHC		HOU	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
48	49	May 31	CHC		HOU	W,16-8	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	50	Jun 1	CHC		ATL	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
50	51	Jun 2	CHC		ATL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
51	52	Jun 3	CHC		ATL	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
52	53	Jun 5	CHC		LAD	L,1-10	CG	44	9.0	5	2	1	8	2	SS
53	54	Jun 6	CHC		LAD	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
54	55	Jun 7	CHC		LAD	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
55	56	Jun 8	CHC		CIN	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
56	57	Jun 9	CHC		CIN	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	3	2	2	7	0	SS
57	58	Jun 10	CHC		CIN	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
58	59	Jun 12	CHC	@	HOU	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
59	60	Jun 13	CHC	@	HOU	L,1-6	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
60	61	Jun 14	CHC	@	HOU	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
61	62	Jun 15	CHC	@	ATL	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
62	63	Jun 16	CHC	@	ATL	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
63	64	Jun 17 (1)	CHC	@	ATL	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
64	65	Jun 17 (2)	CHC	@	ATL	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
65	66	Jun 18	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
66	67	Jun 19 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	SS
67	68	Jun 19 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	34	8.1	1	3	0	4	0	SS
68	69	Jun 20	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
69	70	Jun 22	CHC	@	STL	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
70	71	Jun 23	CHC	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	44	10.2	1	0	1	2	0	SS
71	72	Jun 24	CHC	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
72	73	Jun 25	CHC	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
73	74	Jun 26	CHC	@	NYM	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
74	75	Jun 27 (1)	CHC		MON	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
75	76	Jun 27 susp	CHC		MON	L,4-5	GS	48	12.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
76	77	Jun 28	CHC		MON	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
77	78	Jun 29	CHC		NYM	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	5	4	0	9	2	SS
78	79	Jun 30	CHC		NYM	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	80	Jul 1 (1)	CHC		NYM	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
80	81	Jul 1 (2)	CHC		NYM	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	3	7	1	11	3	SS
81	82	Jul 3	CHC		PHI	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
82	83	Jul 4	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
83	84	Jul 5	CHC		PHI	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
84	85	Jul 6	CHC	@	SDP	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
85	86	Jul 7	CHC	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
86	87	Jul 8	CHC	@	SDP	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
87	88	Jul 10	CHC	@	SFG	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
88	89	Jul 11	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
89	90	Jul 13	CHC	@	LAD	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
90	92 (1)	Jul 15	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
91	93	Jul 17	CHC		SDP	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	0	8	0	8	1	SS
92	94	Jul 18	CHC		SDP	L,5-8	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
93	95	Jul 19	CHC		SDP	W,12-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
94	96	Jul 20	CHC		SFG	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
95	97	Jul 21	CHC		SFG	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
96	98	Jul 22	CHC		SFG	L,1-4	CG	47	13.0	4	6	0	10	1	SS
97	99	Jul 26	CHC		PIT	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
98	100	Jul 27	CHC		PIT	L,6-10	GS	21	4.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
99	101	Jul 28	CHC		STL	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
100	102	Jul 29 (1)	CHC		STL	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
101	103	Jul 29 (2)	CHC		STL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
102	104	Jul 30	CHC		STL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
103	105	Jul 31 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	2	8	0	SS
104	106	Jul 31 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	107	Aug 1	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
106	108	Aug 2	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
107	109	Aug 3	CHC	@	MON	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
108	110	Aug 4	CHC	@	MON	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
109	111	Aug 5	CHC	@	MON	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
110	112	Aug 6	CHC	@	MON	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
111	113	Aug 7	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-1	GS	26	7.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
112	114	Aug 8	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
113	115	Aug 10	CHC		HOU	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
114	116	Aug 11	CHC		HOU	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	5	3	1	9	0	SS
115	117	Aug 12	CHC		HOU	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
116	118	Aug 14	CHC		ATL	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
117	119	Aug 15	CHC		ATL	L,1-15	CG	51	9.0	2	2	2	6	0	SS
118	121 (1)	Aug 17	CHC		LAD	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
119	122	Aug 18	CHC		LAD	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
120	123	Aug 19	CHC		LAD	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
121	124	Aug 21	CHC		CIN	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	4	4	1	9	1	SS
122	125	Aug 22	CHC		CIN	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
123	126	Aug 23	CHC		CIN	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
124	127	Aug 24	CHC	@	HOU	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
125	128	Aug 25	CHC	@	HOU	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
126	129	Aug 26	CHC	@	HOU	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	8	1	10	1	SS
127	130	Aug 28	CHC	@	ATL	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
128	131	Aug 29	CHC	@	ATL	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
129	132	Aug 31 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-7	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
130	133	Aug 31 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
131	134	Sep 1	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	32	8.1	4	4	0	8	2	SS
132	135	Sep 2	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
133	136	Sep 3	CHC	@	MON	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
134	137	Sep 4	CHC	@	MON	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
135	138	Sep 6	CHC	@	MON	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
136	139	Sep 7	CHC		STL	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	2	7	1	10	0	SS
137	140	Sep 8	CHC		STL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
138	141	Sep 9	CHC		STL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
139	142	Sep 10	CHC		PIT	L,3-11	CG	53	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
140	143	Sep 11	CHC		PIT	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
141	144	Sep 12	CHC		PIT	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
142	145	Sep 13	CHC		PIT	L,1-6	CG	46	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
143	146	Sep 15 (1)	CHC	@	NYM	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
144	147	Sep 15 (2)	CHC	@	NYM	W,7-0	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
145	148	Sep 16	CHC	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
146	149	Sep 18 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
147	150	Sep 18 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
148	151	Sep 19	CHC		MON	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
149	152	Sep 20	CHC		MON	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
150	153	Sep 21	CHC		MON	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	9	0	13	2	SS
151	154	Sep 22	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	41	10.0	0	8	1	9	1	SS
152	155	Sep 23	CHC	@	PHI	L,7-9	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
153	156	Sep 25	CHC	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
154	157	Sep 26	CHC	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
155	158	Sep 27	CHC	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
156	159	Sep 30 (1)	CHC		NYM	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	3	SS
157	160	Sep 30 (2)	CHC		NYM	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
158	161	Oct 1	CHC		NYM	L,4-6	CG	44	9.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
							158gm		1378.1	274	526	30	830	109