Don Kessinger
Born: July 17, 1942, Forrest City, ARHeight: 6'1" Weight: 170 Bats: Both Throws: Right
College: Mississippi
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Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1964 Chicago NL 21 4 12 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167 .167 .167 1965 Chicago NL 22 106 309 19 62 72 4 3 0 14 3 2 1 2 19 1 2 44 5 .201 .233 .252 1966 Chicago NL 23 150 533 50 146 161 8 2 1 43 15 4 13 7 21 5 0 46 11 .274 .302 .306 1967 Chicago NL 24 145 580 61 134 158 10 7 0 42 7 4 6 13 32 1 4 80 3 .231 .272 .275 1968 Chicago NL 25 160 655 63 157 188 14 7 1 32 11 1 9 9 37 1 2 86 7 .240 .287 .283 1969 Chicago NL 26 158 664 109 181 243 38 6 4 53 6 5 11 8 57 4 1 70 5 .273 .366 .332 1970 Chicago NL 27 154 631 100 168 220 21 14 1 39 10 2 12 6 60 6 2 59 12 .266 .349 .337 1971 Chicago NL 28 155 617 77 159 195 18 6 2 38 14 1 15 8 46 6 3 54 11 .258 .316 .318 1972 Chicago NL 29 149 577 77 158 193 20 6 1 39 13 1 8 7 59 8 2 44 11 .274 .334 .351 1973 Chicago NL 30 160 577 52 151 179 22 3 0 43 7 2 6 6 39 18 0 44 15 .262 .310 .327 1974 Chicago NL 31 153 599 83 155 192 20 7 1 42 7 1 7 7 55 7 4 54 14 .259 .321 .332 1975 Chicago NL 32 154 601 77 146 192 26 10 0 46 14 9 4 7 66 2 1 47 4 .243 .319 .317 1976 St. Louis NL 33 145 502 55 120 157 22 6 1 40 9 4 3 0 56 5 1 51 13 .239 .313 .320 1977 St. Louis NL 34 59 134 14 32 36 4 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 13 1 0 26 3 .239 .269 .309 1977 Chicago AL 34 39 119 12 28 35 3 2 0 11 1 1 2 1 11 2 0 7 3 .235 .294 .308 1978 Chicago AL 35 131 431 35 110 133 18 1 1 31 12 1 2 4 35 1 0 34 10 .255 .309 .312 1979 Chicago AL 36 56 110 14 22 31 6 0 1 7 3 1 1 0 9 1 0 12 5 .200 .282 .264 TOTALS 2078 7651 899 1931 2387 254 80 14 527 132 40 100 85 615 69 22 759 132 .252 .312 .314
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1964 Chicago NL SS 19.0 1 3 0 4 3 7 0 1 1.000 4.74 1965 Chicago NL SS 864.2 104 1 32 105 176 338 28 69 .948 5.35 1966 Chicago NL SS 1294.0 144 4 11 148 202 474 35 68 .951 4.70 1967 Chicago NL SS 1233.2 136 7 4 143 215 457 19 77 .973 4.90 1968 Chicago NL SS 1394.1 158 1 5 159 263 573 33 97 .962 5.40 1969 Chicago NL SS 1398.1 157 0 1 157 266 542 20 101 .976 5.20 1970 Chicago NL SS 1340.0 152 2 6 154 257 501 22 86 .972 5.09 1971 Chicago NL SS 1329.2 151 3 8 154 263 512 27 97 .966 5.25 1972 Chicago NL SS 1290.0 145 1 3 146 259 504 28 90 .965 5.32 1973 Chicago NL SS 1378.1 156 2 5 158 274 526 30 109 .964 5.22 1974 Chicago NL SS 1299.0 147 3 9 150 259 476 32 87 .958 5.09 1975 Chicago NL SS 1192.2 132 10 5 142 205 436 22 100 .967 4.84 1975 Chicago NL 3B 100.2 12 1 3 13 5 28 2 3 .943 2.95 1976 St. Louis NL SS 955.1 105 8 8 113 212 350 18 84 .969 5.29 1976 St. Louis NL 2B 256.2 29 2 3 31 53 85 6 21 .958 4.84 1976 St. Louis NL 3B 8.1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.08 1977 St. Louis NL SS 151.0 13 13 4 26 37 54 2 15 .978 5.42 1977 St. Louis NL 2B 151.0 16 8 4 24 32 63 5 9 .950 5.66 1977 St. Louis NL 3B 10.1 1 3 1 4 0 2 1 0 .667 1.74 1977 Chicago AL SS 161.0 18 3 3 21 32 38 3 12 .959 3.91 1977 Chicago AL 2B 95.0 11 3 4 14 27 27 0 10 1.000 5.12 1977 Chicago AL 3B 57.1 6 3 1 9 7 16 2 0 .920 3.61 1978 Chicago AL SS 996.1 117 6 15 123 171 321 13 60 .974 4.44 1978 Chicago AL 2B 63.0 7 2 1 9 12 14 0 2 1.000 3.71 1979 Chicago AL SS 324.1 36 18 14 54 57 103 2 17 .988 4.44 1979 Chicago AL 1B 1.0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 1979 Chicago AL 2B 7.0 1 0 1 1 2 6 0 0 1.000 10.29
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago Cubs (June 19, 1964).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Mike Garman and a player to be named later (October 28, 1975); Chicago Cubs received Bobby Hrapmann (April 5, 1976).
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Steve Staniland (August 20, 1977).
- Placed on restricted list by Chicago White Sox (August 2, 1979)
- Activated by Chicago White Sox (October 31, 1979)
- Granted free agency (November 1, 1979).
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