Don Zimmer

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 165lb (175cm, 74kg)

Born: January 17, 1931 in Cincinnati, OH us

Died: June 4, 2014 in Dunedin, FL

Buried: Cremated

High School: Western Hills HS (Cincinnati, OH)

Debut: July 2, 1954 (Age 23-166d, 11,153rd in major league history)
vs. PHI 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1965 (Age 34-258d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: Donald William Zimmer

Nicknames: Popeye, Zip or The Gerbil

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.7

3283

773

.236

353

RBI

352

OBP

.290

SLG

.372

OPS

.662

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	45	10.2	1	3	0	4	0	3B
2	2	Apr 13	CHC	@	LAD	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
3	3	Apr 14	CHC	@	SFG	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
4	4	Apr 16	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
5	5	Apr 17	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	56	13.1	0	4	0	4	0	3B
6	6	Apr 19	CHC	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
7	7	Apr 22	CHC		SFG	L,8-10	CG	47	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
8	8	Apr 23	CHC		SFG	L,2-18	CG	50	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
9	9	Apr 24	CHC		SFG	W,9-4	GS	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
10	10	Apr 26	CHC		LAD	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	0	3	2	5	1	3B
11	11	Apr 27	CHC		LAD	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
12	12	Apr 29	CHC	@	STL	L,6-16	GS	31	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
13	13	Apr 30	CHC	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	CHC	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
15	15	May 2	CHC		PHI	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
16	16	May 3	CHC		PHI	L,9-10	GS	37	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
17	17	May 4	CHC		PIT	W,5-1	GS	24	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
18	18	May 5	CHC		PIT	L,7-9	CG	47	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
19	19	May 12	CHC		CIN	L,1-14	GS	51	9.0	1	2	2	5	1	3B SS
20	20	May 13	CHC		STL	W,4-1	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
21	21	May 14	CHC		STL	W,4-0	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
22	23 (1)	May 15 (2)	CHC		STL	W,4-0	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
23	25 (1)	May 19	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-2	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
24	28 (2)	May 23	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-6	GF	20	5.0	2	1	0	3	1	PH 3B
25	29	May 25	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	39	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
26	30	May 27	CHC		LAD	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	PR 2B
27	31	May 28	CHC		LAD	W,4-3	CG	56	14.0	2	5	0	7	1	3B
28	32	May 29	CHC		LAD	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
29	33	May 30 (1)	CHC	@	SFG	W,2-1	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
30	35 (1)	May 31	CHC	@	SFG	W,9-1	GF	16	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	36	Jun 1	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-2	GF	10	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	3B
32	37	Jun 2	CHC	@	LAD	W,10-8	GF	11	2.2	0	0	1	1	0	LF 3B
33	38	Jun 3	CHC	@	LAD	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
34	39	Jun 4	CHC	@	LAD	L,6-12	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
35	40	Jun 5	CHC	@	LAD	W,12-8	GF	21	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 2B
36	41	Jun 7	CHC		PIT	W,13-2	GS	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B SS
37	42	Jun 8	CHC		PIT	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	5	6	0	11	0	2B
38	43	Jun 9	CHC		PIT	L,3-11	GS	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
39	44	Jun 10	CHC		PHI	W,6-1	GS	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B 3B
40	45	Jun 11	CHC		PHI	L,1-7	CG	46	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	2B
41	46	Jun 12	CHC		PHI	W,8-7	GS	29	6.0	2	1	1	4	0	2B
42	47	Jun 14	CHC	@	MLN	W,3-2	GS	32	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B 3B
43	48	Jun 15 (1)	CHC	@	MLN	L,4-5	GS	42	8.1	2	3	0	5	0	2B 3B
44	49	Jun 15 (2)	CHC	@	MLN	W,8-5	GS	31	7.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
45	50	Jun 16	CHC	@	MLN	L,7-10	CG	42	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
46	51	Jun 17	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-4	GS	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B 3B
47	52	Jun 18	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
48	53	Jun 19 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
49	54	Jun 19 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	0	2	2	4	0	3B
50	55	Jun 21 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	56	12.2	4	4	0	8	1	2B
51	56	Jun 21 susp	CHC	@	PHI	L,6-7	GS	23	4.2	1	1	1	3	0	2B
52	57	Jun 22	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
53	58	Jun 23	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
54	59	Jun 24	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
55	60	Jun 25	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
56	64 (3)	Jun 29 (1)	CHC		MLN	W,3-2	GF	30	7.0	4	4	0	8	0	PH 2B
57	65	Jun 29 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
58	66	Jun 30	CHC		MLN	W,11-5	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	67	Jul 1	CHC		CIN	L,3-5	GF	24	6.0	2	1	0	3	1	PR 2B
60	71 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		SFG	T,1-1	GF	20	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	PR 3B
61	74 (2)	Jul 7	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-7	GF	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR SS
62	75	Jul 8	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
63	76	Jul 9	CHC	@	SFG	W,7-6	GF	25	7.0	3	2	0	5	0	PH 2B
64	77	Jul 10	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
65	79 (1)	Jul 16	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	GF	19	5.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
66	80	Jul 17 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
67	81	Jul 17 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	2B
68	82	Jul 19	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
69	83	Jul 20 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
70	84	Jul 20 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
71	85	Jul 21	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-1	GS	21	6.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
72	89 (3)	Jul 24 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
73	90	Jul 25	CHC		CIN	L,5-6	GS	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B SS
74	91	Jul 26	CHC		PHI	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	103 (11)	Aug 7	CHC	@	MLN	L,4-5	GF	4	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
76	105 (1)	Aug 10	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
77	109 (3)	Aug 14 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-3	GF	19	4.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
78	113 (3)	Aug 19	CHC		SFG	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	2B
79	114	Aug 20	CHC		SFG	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
80	115	Aug 21 (1)	CHC		SFG	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	2B
81	116	Aug 21 (2)	CHC		SFG	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
82	117	Aug 22	CHC		CIN	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
83	118	Aug 23	CHC		PIT	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	4	5	1	10	3	2B
84	119	Aug 24	CHC		PIT	L,6-10	CG	45	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	2B
85	120	Aug 25	CHC		PIT	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
86	121	Aug 26	CHC		PHI	L,2-4	GS	32	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
87	122	Aug 27	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
88	123	Aug 28	CHC		PHI	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	5	5	0	10	1	2B
89	124	Aug 30	CHC		CIN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
90	125	Aug 31 (1)	CHC		MLN	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
91	126	Aug 31 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,7-11	CG	45	9.0	4	2	1	7	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	127	Sep 1	CHC		MLN	L,1-10	CG	40	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	2B
93	128	Sep 2	CHC	@	STL	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
94	129	Sep 3	CHC	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
95	130	Sep 4	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
96	131	Sep 5 (1)	CHC		STL	L,1-2	CG	40	10.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
97	132	Sep 5 (2)	CHC		STL	T,4-4	GS	26	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
98	133	Sep 7	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
99	134	Sep 8	CHC	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	2B
100	135	Sep 9	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
101	136	Sep 10	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
102	137	Sep 13	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-8	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
103	138	Sep 14	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
104	139	Sep 15	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
105	140	Sep 16	CHC		LAD	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	2B
106	141	Sep 17	CHC		LAD	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
107	142	Sep 18	CHC		LAD	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
108	143	Sep 19 (1)	CHC		SFG	L,4-11	CG	45	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
109	144	Sep 19 (2)	CHC		SFG	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
110	145	Sep 20	CHC		SFG	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
111	146	Sep 22 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	46	10.1	5	2	0	7	1	2B
112	147	Sep 22 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	4	7	0	11	1	2B
113	148	Sep 23 (1)	CHC		STL	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	2B
114	150 (1)	Sep 24	CHC		STL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	2B
115	151	Sep 25	CHC		STL	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
116	152	Sep 27	CHC	@	SFG	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
117	153	Sep 28	CHC	@	SFG	W,6-3	GF	14	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
118	154	Sep 30	CHC	@	LAD	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
119	155	Oct 1	CHC	@	LAD	W,10-8	GS	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
							127gm		881.1	211	274	16	501	31