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.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 10	CHW		TOR	L,2-10	GF	9	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
2	5	Apr 12	CHW		TOR	L,7-9	GS	39	8.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
3	6	Apr 13	CHW		NYY	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
4	7	Apr 14	CHW		NYY	L,5-8	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
5	9 (1)	Apr 16	CHW	@	TOR	W,8-4	GS	27	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	22 (12)	May 4 (1)	CHW	@	TEX	W,7-5	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
7	28 (5)	May 9	CHW	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
8	29	May 10	CHW		KCR	W,5-2	GS	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS 1B
9	30	May 11	CHW		KCR	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
10	32 (1)	May 13	CHW		KCR	L,5-14	GS	39	7.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
11	33	May 15	CHW	@	OAK	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
12	34	May 16	CHW	@	OAK	W,3-1	GF	7	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
13	39 (4)	May 22	CHW		OAK	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
14	40	May 23	CHW		OAK	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
15	41	May 24	CHW		OAK	W,10-1	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
16	43 (1)	May 26	CHW		CAL	L,4-8	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
17	44	May 27 (1)	CHW		CAL	L,2-4	GS	34	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	51 (6)	Jun 3	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-3	GF	12	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	SS
19	52	Jun 4	CHW		MIL	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
20	54 (1)	Jun 6	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
21	55	Jun 7	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
22	56	Jun 9	CHW	@	MIL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	SS
23	57	Jun 10	CHW	@	MIL	W,13-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
24	58	Jun 11	CHW		BAL	L,0-6	GS	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
25	59	Jun 12	CHW		BAL	W,12-4	GS	25	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
26	60	Jun 13	CHW		BAL	L,7-8	CG	46	10.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
27	61	Jun 15	CHW		BOS	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
28	62	Jun 16	CHW		BOS	L,5-11	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
29	63	Jun 17	CHW		BOS	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
30	64	Jun 18	CHW		SEA	L,1-5	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
31	65	Jun 19	CHW		SEA	L,2-7	GS	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
32	67 (1)	Jun 21	CHW		SEA	W,9-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
33	68	Jun 22	CHW		MIN	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
34	69	Jun 23	CHW		MIN	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	SS
35	70	Jun 24 (1)	CHW		MIN	L,3-4	GS	35	7.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
36	72 (1)	Jun 26	CHW	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
37	73	Jun 27	CHW	@	SEA	L,3-4	GS	30	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
38	74	Jun 28	CHW	@	SEA	W,2-1	GF	6	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	77 (2)	Jul 1	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	43	9.2	3	3	0	6	1	SS
40	78	Jul 3	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-7	GS	29	7.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
41	80 (1)	Jul 5	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
42	81	Jul 6	CHW	@	KCR	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
43	82	Jul 7	CHW	@	KCR	L,3-4	GF	10	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
44	84 (1)	Jul 9	CHW		TEX	W,5-4	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
45	85	Jul 10	CHW		TEX	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
46	86	Jul 11	CHW		TEX	W,5-3	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
47	90 (3)	Jul 14	CHW		DET	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
48	91	Jul 15	CHW		DET	L,5-14	GS	40	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
49	92	Jul 19 (1)	CHW	@	TEX	W,9-6	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
50	93	Jul 19 (2)	CHW	@	TEX	W,5-4	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
51	94	Jul 20	CHW	@	TEX	W,2-1	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
52	97 (2)	Jul 23	CHW	@	DET	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
53	102 (4)	Jul 28	CHW		CLE	L,5-10	GS	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
54	103	Jul 29	CHW		CLE	L,6-9	GS	34	6.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
55	105 (1)	Jul 31	CHW		NYY	L,3-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
							56gm		332.1	61	109	2	172	17