Don Kessinger

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-1, 170lb (185cm, 77kg)

Born: July 17, 1942 in Forest City, AR us

High School: Forest City HS (Forest City, AR)

School: University of Mississippi (Oxford, MS)

Debut: September 7, 1964 (Age 22-052d, 9,896th in MLB 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

9.0

AB

7651

R

899

H

1931

BA

.252

HR

RBI

527

SB

100

OBP

.314

SLG

.312

OPS

.626

OPS+

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Games by Position

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1964	21	CHC-min	AA	77	307	280	28	66	6	2	0	12	4	8	19	36	.236	.281	.271	.553		76		0	5	3			FTW · TL
1964	21	CHC	NL	4	12	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	-7	2	0	0	0	0	0	/6
1965	22	CHC-min	AA	46	208	193	34	55	6	3	0	14	20	1	11	18	.285	.324	.347	.671		67		0	4	0			DFW · TL
1965	22	CHC	NL	106	336	309	19	62	4	3	0	14	1	2	20	44	.201	.252	.233	.485	37	72	5	2	3	2	1	6
1966	23	CHC	NL	150	578	533	50	146	8	2	1	43	13	7	26	46	.274	.306	.302	.608	69	161	11	0	15	4	5	*6
1967	24	CHC	NL	145	628	580	61	134	10	7	0	42	6	13	33	80	.231	.275	.272	.548	55	158	3	4	7	4	1	*6
1968	25	CHC	NL	160	707	655	63	157	14	7	1	32	9	9	38	86	.240	.283	.287	.570	67	188	7	2	11	1	1	*6	AS
1969	26	CHC	NL	158	737	664	109	181	38	6	4	53	11	8	61	70	.273	.332	.366	.698	86	243	5	1	6	5	4	*6	AS,MVP-15,GG
1970	27	CHC	NL	154	711	631	100	168	21	14	1	39	12	6	66	59	.266	.337	.349	.685	77	220	12	2	10	2	6	*6	AS,MVP-23,GG
1971	28	CHC	NL	155	687	617	77	159	18	6	2	38	15	8	52	54	.258	.318	.316	.634	72	195	11	3	14	1	6	*6	AS
1972	29	CHC	NL	149	660	577	77	158	20	6	1	39	8	7	67	44	.274	.351	.334	.685	89	193	11	2	13	1	8	*6	AS
1973	30	CHC	NL	160	643	577	52	151	22	3	0	43	6	6	57	44	.262	.327	.310	.637	73	179	15	0	7	2	18	*6
1974	31	CHC	NL	153	673	599	83	155	20	7	1	42	7	7	62	54	.259	.332	.321	.652	82	192	14	4	7	1	7	*6	AS
1975	32	CHC	NL	154	693	601	77	146	26	10	0	46	4	7	68	47	.243	.317	.319	.636	75	192	4	1	14	9	2	*65
1976	33	STL	NL	145	578	502	55	120	22	6	1	40	3	0	61	51	.239	.320	.313	.633	80	157	13	1	9	4	5	*64/5
1977	34	TOT	MLB	98	283	253	26	60	7	2	0	18	2	1	27	33	.237	.309	.281	.589	62	71	6	0	1	2	3	645
1977	34	STL	NL	59	149	134	14	32	4	0	0	7	0	0	14	26	.239	.309	.269	.577	58	36	3	0	0	1	1	64/5
1977	34	CHW	AL	39	134	119	12	28	3	2	0	11	2	1	13	7	.235	.308	.294	.602	66	35	3	0	1	1	2	64/5
1978	35	CHW	AL	131	480	431	35	110	18	1	1	31	2	4	36	34	.255	.312	.309	.621	75	133	10	0	12	1	1	*6/4
1979	36	CHW	AL	56	124	110	14	22	6	0	1	7	1	0	10	12	.200	.264	.282	.546	48	31	5	0	3	1	1	6/34
16 Yrs				2078	8530	7651	899	1931	254	80	14	527	100	85	684	759	.252	.314	.312	.626	73	2387	132	22	132	40	69
162 Game Avg.				162	665	596	70	151	20	6	1	41	8	7	53	59	.252	.314	.312	.626	73	186	10	2	10	3	5
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
CHC (12 yrs)				1648	7065	6355	769	1619	201	71	11	431	92	80	550	629	.255	.315	.314	.629	73	1995	98	21	107	32	59
CHW (3 yrs)				226	738	660	61	160	27	3	2	49	5	5	59	53	.242	.303	.302	.605	69	199	18	0	16	3	4
STL (2 yrs)				204	727	636	69	152	26	6	1	47	3	0	75	77	.239	.318	.303	.621	75	193	16	1	9	5	6

NL (14 yrs)				1852	7792	6991	838	1771	227	77	12	478	95	80	625	706	.253	.315	.313	.628	73	2188	114	22	116	37	65
AL (3 yrs)				226	738	660	61	160	27	3	2	49	5	5	59	53	.242	.303	.302	.605	69	199	18	0	16	3	4

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Don Kessinger

SUMMARY

WAR

AB

R

H

BA

HR

RBI

SB

OBP

SLG

OPS

OPS+

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Player Value--Batting

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