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.
Triple Plays: 1 (May 8)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 9	STL	@	PIT	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	0	11	2	13	1	2B
2	4 (1)	Apr 12	STL	@	NYM	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	2B
3	5	Apr 13	STL	@	NYM	W,7-3	GS	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B SS
4	6	Apr 14	STL	@	NYM	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	2B
5	7	Apr 15	STL		PIT	L,0-7	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
6	8	Apr 16	STL		PIT	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	2B
7	12 (3)	Apr 20	STL		NYM	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
8	13	Apr 22	STL	@	PHI	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	20 (6)	May 1	STL		ATL	W,8-0	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
10	25 (4)	May 8	STL		HOU	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	SS
11	26	May 9	STL		CIN	W,6-5	CG	47	10.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
12	27	May 10	STL		CIN	L,1-2	GS	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B 3B
13	28	May 11	STL		CIN	L,1-5	GS	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B SS
14	29	May 12	STL		CIN	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
15	30	May 13	STL	@	ATL	W,3-0	GS	23	7.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
16	36 (5)	May 21	STL		SFG	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
17	37	May 22	STL		SFG	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	2B
18	38	May 23	STL		SFG	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
19	41 (2)	May 26	STL		PHI	W,4-3	GS	42	10.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS 2B
20	45 (3)	May 30	STL		CHC	W,14-0	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	PH SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	47 (1)	Jun 1	STL		CHC	L,3-4	GF	18	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	PH 2B
22	50 (2)	Jun 5	STL	@	MON	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
23	52 (1)	Jun 7	STL		SDP	L,5-9	GF	9	2.0	0	2	1	3	0	PR 3B
24	55 (2)	Jun 10	STL		LAD	W,8-7	GF	13	3.0	0	0	1	1	0	PH 2B
25	56	Jun 11	STL		LAD	L,8-9	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
26	57	Jun 12	STL		LAD	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
27	60 (2)	Jun 16	STL	@	SFG	L,1-5	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
28	61	Jun 17	STL	@	SDP	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
29	66 (4)	Jun 22	STL	@	LAD	L,1-12	GF	24	4.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH SS
30	70 (3)	Jun 27	STL		PIT	W,6-1	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH SS
31	71	Jun 28 (1)	STL		PIT	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
32	73 (1)	Jun 29	STL		PIT	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	76 (2)	Jul 2	STL		CHC	W,10-3	GF	12	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
34	79 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS	30	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS 2B
35	85 (5)	Jul 10 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,8-3	GF	20	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
36	88 (2)	Jul 13	STL	@	PHI	L,2-5	GF	11	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
37	91 (2)	Jul 16	STL	@	MON	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
38	101 (9)	Jul 29 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,5-6	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
39	102	Jul 29 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,10-3	GF	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
40	104 (1)	Jul 31	STL	@	CIN	L,2-6	GF	10	2.1	2	0	0	2	0	3B 2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	106 (1)	Aug 2	STL	@	ATL	W,6-4	GS	27	7.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
42	107	Aug 3	STL	@	ATL	W,5-1	GS	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B SS
43	110 (2)	Aug 6 (2)	STL	@	HOU	L,1-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
44	111	Aug 7	STL	@	HOU	W,5-2	GS	27	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
45	117 (5)	Aug 14	STL		MON	L,2-6	GF	13	3.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
46	118	Aug 15	STL		NYM	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
47	119	Aug 16	STL		NYM	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	SS
				Player went from St. Louis Cardinals to Chicago White Sox
48	120	Aug 21 (2)	CHW	@	MIL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
49	121	Aug 22	CHW		NYY	W,5-3	GF	8	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	PR 2B
50	124 (2)	Aug 25	CHW	@	BAL	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	5	6	0	11	3	2B
51	125	Aug 26	CHW		MIL	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	2B
52	126	Aug 27	CHW		MIL	W,7-6	GS	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B 3B SS
53	127	Aug 28	CHW		MIL	L,1-10	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
54	128	Aug 29	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
55	129	Aug 30	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	130	Sep 2	CHW		BAL	L,5-6	GS	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
57	131	Sep 3	CHW		BAL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
58	132	Sep 4	CHW		BAL	L,5-7	GS	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
59	133	Sep 5 (1)	CHW	@	OAK	L,7-8		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
60	134	Sep 5 (2)	CHW	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
61	135	Sep 6	CHW	@	OAK	W,7-2	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
62	136	Sep 7	CHW	@	OAK	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
63	138 (1)	Sep 8 (2)	CHW	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	1	3	0	4	0	3B
64	139	Sep 9	CHW	@	CAL	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	4	2	1	7	1	SS
65	140	Sep 10	CHW	@	CAL	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
66	141	Sep 11 (1)	CHW	@	CAL	W,6-2	GS	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS 2B
67	142	Sep 11 (2)	CHW	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
68	143	Sep 12	CHW		MIN	W,7-3	GF	9	2.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
69	144	Sep 13	CHW		MIN	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
70	145	Sep 14	CHW		MIN	L,0-7	CG	45	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
71	146	Sep 15	CHW		MIN	L,2-7	GS	33	7.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
72	147	Sep 16	CHW		CAL	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
73	148	Sep 17	CHW		CAL	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
74	149	Sep 18 (1)	CHW		CAL	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	3	SS
75	150	Sep 18 (2)	CHW		CAL	W,7-3	GS	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B SS
76	151	Sep 19	CHW		OAK	W,8-0	GS	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
77	152	Sep 20	CHW		OAK	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
78	153	Sep 21	CHW		OAK	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
79	154	Sep 22	CHW	@	SEA	W,5-4	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
80	156 (1)	Sep 24	CHW	@	SEA	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
81	157	Sep 25	CHW	@	SEA	L,4-5	GS	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B 2B
82	158	Sep 27	CHW	@	MIN	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
83	159	Sep 28	CHW	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
84	160	Oct 1 (1)	CHW		SEA	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
85	161	Oct 1 (2)	CHW		SEA	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
86	162	Oct 2	CHW		SEA	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
							97gm		625.2	135	200	13	348	46