Don Demeter

Positions: Centerfielder, Third Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 190lb (193cm, 86kg)

Born: June 25, 1935 in Oklahoma City, OK us

Died: November 29, 2021 in Oklahoma City, OK

Buried: Resthaven Memory Gardens, Oklahoma City, OK

High School: Capitol Hill HS (Oklahoma City, OK)

School: Oklahoma City University (Oklahoma City, OK)

Debut: September 18, 1956 (Age 21-085d, 11,396th in major league history)
vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 28, 1967 (Age 32-064d)
vs. KCA 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1958 season

Full Name: Donald Lee Demeter

Pronunciation: \DEM-it-ur\

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1959 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.8

3443

912

163

.265

467

RBI

563

OBP

.307

SLG

.460

OPS

.766

OPS+

108

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

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	DET	@	KCA	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
2	2	Apr 13	DET	@	KCA	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
3	3	Apr 15	DET	@	MIN	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
4	4	Apr 17	DET	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
5	5	Apr 18	DET	@	CAL	W,4-1	CG	47	13.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
6	6	Apr 19	DET	@	CAL	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
7	7	Apr 21	DET		KCA	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
8	8	Apr 23	DET		MIN	L,6-8	CG	46	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
9	9	Apr 24	DET		MIN	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
10	11 (1)	Apr 28	DET		CAL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	CF
11	12	Apr 30	DET		BOS	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	13	May 1	DET		BOS	W,9-8	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
13	14	May 2 (1)	DET		BOS	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
14	15	May 2 (2)	DET		BOS	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
15	16	May 4	DET		CHW	L,6-10	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
16	17	May 5 (1)	DET		CHW	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
17	19 (1)	May 8	DET	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
18	21 (1)	May 9 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,4-5		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
19	22	May 10	DET	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
20	23	May 11	DET	@	WSA	W,7-6	GS	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B CF
21	24	May 12	DET	@	WSA	W,5-2	GS	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B CF
22	25	May 13	DET	@	WSA	W,13-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
23	26	May 14	DET	@	BOS	W,12-8	GS	50	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B CF
24	27	May 15	DET	@	BOS	W,6-2	GS	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	CF 1B
25	31 (3)	May 19	DET		WSA	W,4-0	GF	10	3.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
26	32	May 20	DET		WSA	W,9-8	GS	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
27	33	May 21	DET		BAL	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
28	35 (1)	May 23 (1)	DET		BAL	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	11	0	1	12	0	1B
29	36	May 23 (2)	DET		BAL	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
30	37	May 24	DET	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
31	38	May 25	DET	@	CHW	W,7-5	GS	27	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
32	39	May 27	DET		NYY	W,4-1	GS	19	6.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
33	41 (1)	May 29	DET		CLE	W,1-0	CG	33	10.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
34	42	May 30	DET		CLE	L,2-10	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
35	43	May 31 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
36	44	May 31 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-1	GS	35	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	46 (1)	Jun 5	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	42	9.2	12	0	0	12	0	1B
38	47	Jun 6	DET	@	CLE	L,1-10	CG	44	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
39	50 (2)	Jun 9	DET	@	CAL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
40	52 (1)	Jun 11 (2)	DET		MIN	L,4-5	CG	45	12.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
41	53	Jun 12	DET		MIN	W,8-5	GF	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
42	54	Jun 13	DET		MIN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
43	56 (1)	Jun 16	DET		BOS	W,9-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
44	57	Jun 17	DET		BOS	W,6-5	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
45	58	Jun 18	DET		KCA	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
46	59	Jun 19	DET		KCA	W,8-2	GF	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
47	60	Jun 20 (1)	DET		KCA	W,12-8	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
48	61	Jun 20 (2)	DET		KCA	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
49	62	Jun 22	DET		CAL	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
50	63	Jun 23	DET		CAL	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
51	64	Jun 24	DET		CAL	W,3-2	GF	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
52	65	Jun 25	DET	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	36	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	RF
53	66	Jun 26	DET	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
54	67	Jun 27 (1)	DET	@	MIN	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
55	68	Jun 27 (2)	DET	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	47	9.2	10	1	0	11	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	71 (2)	Jul 1	DET	@	BOS	W,2-1	GS	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	RF 1B
57	72	Jul 2	DET	@	WSA	L,0-6	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
58	73	Jul 3	DET	@	WSA	W,1-0	CG	16	5.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
59	75 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	DET		NYY	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
60	76	Jul 5 (2)	DET		NYY	W,5-4	GS	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B CF
61	77	Jul 6	DET		NYY	W,8-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
62	78	Jul 7	DET		NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
63	80 (1)	Jul 9	DET	@	KCA	W,7-5	GS	24	5.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
64	81	Jul 10	DET	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	CF
65	82	Jul 11	DET	@	KCA	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
66	83	Jul 15	DET		BAL	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
67	87 (3)	Jul 20	DET		WSA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
68	88	Jul 21 (1)	DET		CLE	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
69	89	Jul 21 (2)	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
70	90	Jul 23	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
71	91	Jul 24	DET		CHW	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
72	92	Jul 25 (1)	DET		CHW	L,6-10	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
73	93	Jul 25 (2)	DET		CHW	W,13-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
74	94	Jul 27 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
75	95	Jul 27 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
76	96	Jul 28	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
77	97	Jul 29	DET	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
78	98	Jul 30	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
79	99	Jul 31	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	100	Aug 1 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
81	101	Aug 1 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
82	102	Aug 2	DET	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
83	103	Aug 3	DET	@	CLE	W,12-7	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
84	104	Aug 4	DET	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
85	105	Aug 5	DET	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
86	106	Aug 6	DET		NYY	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
87	107	Aug 7	DET		NYY	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
88	108	Aug 8	DET		NYY	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
89	109	Aug 10	DET		KCA	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
90	111 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	DET		KCA	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
91	112	Aug 12	DET		KCA	W,11-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
92	113	Aug 13	DET		CAL	W,2-1	GS	22	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
93	116 (2)	Aug 15 (2)	DET		CAL	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
94	117	Aug 17	DET		MIN	W,7-4	GS	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B CF
95	118	Aug 19 (1)	DET		MIN	L,3-8	GF	38	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	CF
96	119	Aug 19 (2)	DET		MIN	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
97	120	Aug 20 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
98	121	Aug 20 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
99	122	Aug 21	DET	@	BOS	L,10-13	CG	47	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
100	123	Aug 22	DET	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	20	5.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
101	124	Aug 23	DET	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
102	125	Aug 24	DET	@	KCA	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
103	126	Aug 25	DET	@	KCA	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
104	127	Aug 26	DET	@	KCA	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
105	128	Aug 27	DET	@	CAL	L,2-3	GS	17	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	154 (25)	Sep 24	DET		CLE	L,2-3	CG	37	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
107	155	Sep 25	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
108	161 (5)	Oct 2 (2)	DET	@	WSA	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
							116gm		878.2	380	11	4	395	20