Don Zimmer

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 165lb (175cm, 74kg)

Born: January 17, 1931 in Cincinnati, OH us

Died: June 4, 2014 in Dunedin, FL

Buried: Cremated

High School: Western Hills HS (Cincinnati, OH)

Debut: July 2, 1954 (Age 23-166d, 11,153rd in major league history)
vs. PHI 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1965 (Age 34-258d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: Donald William Zimmer

Nicknames: Popeye, Zip or The Gerbil

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.7

3283

773

.236

353

RBI

352

OBP

.290

SLG

.372

OPS

.662

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	35-42 / in Starts: 27-34
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	46 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 8 bases loaded PA and 8 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 262 PAs	17
Actual Runners on Base	159 (91-45-23)
Avg. MLBer w/ 262 PAs	29
Avg. Runners on Base	162 (84-50-27)

Most Driven In
M Keough	3
Self	2
G Coleman	2
C Neal	1
J Gaines	1
E Kasko	1
J Edwards	1
B Purkey	1

Most Driven In By
F Robinson	3
E Kasko	2
Self	2
J Jay	2
D Pavletich	1
J Gaines	1
V Pinson	1
W Post	1

1962 Batting Game Log

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1962 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	698	1	Apr 11	NYM	@	STL	L,4-11	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	7	.79	-0.042	1.86	-0.06%	-0.42	3B
2	699	2	Apr 13	NYM		PIT	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	7	2.02	0.003	4.12	0.00%	-0.53	3B
3	700	3	Apr 14	NYM		PIT	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	2	.75	-0.012	1.29	-0.01%	0.16	3B
4	701	4	Apr 15	NYM		PIT	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.188	.188	.375	2	.47	-0.058	.74	-0.05%	-1.03	3B
5	702	5	Apr 17	NYM		HOU	L,2-5	CG(11)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	3	2.45	-0.013	3.18	-0.01%	-0.07	3B
6	703	6	Apr 18	NYM		STL	L,5-15	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.160	.125	.285	7	.29	0.004	.32	0.00%	0.39	3B
7	704	7	Apr 19	NYM		STL	L,4-9	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.103	.133	.103	.237	2	1.04	-0.124	1.17	-0.08%	-1.29	3B
8	705	8	Apr 21	NYM	@	PIT	L,4-8	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.091	.118	.091	.209	2	1.25	-0.062	1.13	-0.03%	-0.72	3B
9	706	9	Apr 22	NYM	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.132	.083	.215	1	.76	-0.020	.67	-0.01%	-0.12	3B
10	707	12 (2)	Apr 25	NYM	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.122	.077	.199	7	.46	-0.035	.26	-0.01%	-0.46	3B
11	708	13	Apr 27	NYM		PHI	L,9-11	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.068	.109	.068	.177	7	.62	-0.084	.34	-0.03%	-1.38	3B
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	709	18 (4)	May 4	NYM	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.083	.120	.104	.224	8	1.48	-0.036	.49	-0.01%	-0.48	3B
13	710	19	May 5	NYM	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.080	.115	.100	.215	8	1.34	-0.072	.48	-0.02%	-0.55	3B
14	711	20	May 6	NYM	@	PHI	W,7-5	GS-8	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.127	.096	.223	7	1.02	0.037	.22	0.01%	0.05	3B
				Player went from New York Mets to Cincinnati Reds
15	712	25	May 8	CIN		PHI	L,4-6	6-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.094	.143	.113	.256	9	.15	0.006	.22	0.01%	0.13	PH
16	713	27 (1)	May 11	CIN		PIT	W,3-2	10-GF(10)	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.158	.130	.288	9	2.66	0.094	4.01	0.09%	0.39	PH
17	714	28	May 12	CIN		PIT	W,9-2	8-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.169	.143	.312	1	.22	0.022	.37	0.02%	0.55	PH 2B
18	715	29	May 13	CIN		PIT	W,6-4	7-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.183	.143	.326	1	.77	0.029	1.43	0.03%	0.39	PH 2B
19	716	32 (2)	May 17	CIN	@	PHI	L,6-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.123	.180	.140	.321	9	1.27	-0.032	2.64	-0.04%	-0.43	PH
20	717	34 (1)	May 20	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-8	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.194	.155	.349	9	.01	0.000	.02	0.00%	0.13	PH
21	718	35	May 22	CIN	@	MLN	W,3-2	CG(11)	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.156	.206	.172	.378	2	1.46	-0.226	3.03	-0.28%	-2.27	3B
22	719	36	May 23	CIN	@	HOU	L,0-2	GS-8	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.164	.211	.194	.405	2	1.01	-0.016	2.51	-0.02%	-0.02	3B
23	720	37	May 24	CIN	@	HOU	W,5-0	CG	5	5	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.237	.236	.473	2	.56	0.055	1.19	0.07%	0.83	3B
24	721	38	May 25	CIN		CHC	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.225	.224	.449	2	.68	-0.067	1.56	-0.09%	-0.76	3B
25	722	39	May 26	CIN		CHC	W,11-6	GS-6	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.179	.229	.218	.447	2	1.67	0.079	4.08	0.12%	0.79	3B
26	723	40	May 27	CIN		CHC	W,10-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.183	.230	.220	.449	8	.55	-0.063	1.34	-0.09%	-1.04	3B
27	724	41	May 28	CIN		HOU	W,9-6	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.198	.242	.267	.509	8	.40	0.062	.99	0.09%	0.07	3B
28	725	42	May 30 (1)	CIN	@	MLN	L,3-4	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.263	.273	.536	8	1.55	0.102	3.96	0.16%	1.34	3B
29	726	43	May 30 (2)	CIN	@	MLN	W,4-3	CG(16)	7	6	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.213	.275	.309	.583	6	1.84	0.009	4.41	0.01%	0.28	3B
30	727	44	May 31	CIN	@	MLN	W,7-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.224	.283	.337	.620	6	.61	0.123	1.36	0.16%	1.65	3B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	728	45	Jun 1	CIN	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.273	.324	.596	6	.24	-0.024	.60	-0.04%	-0.55	3B
32	729	46	Jun 2	CIN	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.217	.272	.321	.593	6	.78	-0.079	2.01	-0.12%	-0.68	3B
33	730	47	Jun 3	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.280	.327	.607	6	.74	-0.006	1.84	-0.01%	-0.08	3B
34	731	48	Jun 5	CIN	@	STL	L,9-10	CG(11)	6	6	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.233	.282	.328	.610	3	2.00	-0.003	4.63	0.00%	1.01	3B
35	732	49	Jun 6	CIN	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.233	.281	.333	.615	6	1.51	0.078	2.75	0.09%	0.20	3B
36	733	50	Jun 7	CIN	@	STL	L,2-8	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.275	.325	.600	7	.61	-0.048	.99	-0.05%	-0.50	3B
37	734	51	Jun 8	CIN		PHI	L,3-10	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.274	.323	.597	2	.41	-0.012	.60	-0.01%	0.43	2B
38	735	52	Jun 9	CIN		PHI	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.266	.313	.579	7	.74	-0.087	1.06	-0.08%	-2.19	3B
39	736	53	Jun 10 (1)	CIN		PHI	L,5-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.215	.259	.304	.562	7	.94	-0.111	1.60	-0.11%	-1.19	3B
40	737	56 (2)	Jun 12 (2)	CIN		SFG	L,5-7	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.252	.295	.547	2	.72	-0.074	1.22	-0.08%	-1.01	2B
41	738	57	Jun 13	CIN		SFG	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.245	.287	.532	8	.53	-0.057	.79	-0.05%	-1.19	3B
42	739	58	Jun 14	CIN		SFG	W,8-0	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.252	.306	.558	8	.19	0.020	.31	0.02%	2.04	3B
43	740	59	Jun 15	CIN	@	PHI	L,8-13	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.258	.307	.565	8	.18	-0.016	.26	-0.02%	0.25	3B
44	741	60	Jun 16	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.209	.258	.301	.558	8	1.12	0.042	1.50	0.03%	-0.28	3B
45	742	63 (2)	Jun 18 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.210	.257	.299	.557	8	1.05	-0.147	1.40	-0.12%	-1.68	3B
46	743	64	Jun 19	CIN	@	PIT	W,2-1	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.253	.294	.547	8	1.35	-0.110	2.07	-0.10%	-0.90	3B
47	744	65	Jun 20	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.213	.259	.305	.563	8	1.30	0.135	2.34	0.15%	0.76	3B
48	745	66	Jun 22	CIN	@	LAD	W,4-3	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.263	.314	.576	2	1.28	0.183	2.81	0.24%	0.78	3B
49	746	67	Jun 23	CIN	@	LAD	L,3-14	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.268	.314	.582	8	.06	0.001	.16	0.00%	0.42	3B
50	747	68	Jun 24	CIN	@	LAD	W,12-10	CG	5	3	2	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.287	.331	.619	2	.48	0.105	1.05	0.14%	2.45	3B
51	748	69	Jun 25	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.281	.324	.605	2	.97	-0.097	2.36	-0.14%	-0.71	3B
52	749	70	Jun 26	CIN	@	SFG	L,5-6	CG(10)	5	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.289	.333	.623	8	1.25	-0.068	2.78	-0.09%	0.70	3B
53	750	71	Jun 27	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.284	.326	.610	2	.85	-0.090	1.80	-0.11%	-0.74	2B
54	751	72	Jun 29	CIN	@	HOU	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.278	.319	.597	8	.51	-0.065	.56	-0.04%	-1.05	3B 2B
55	752	73	Jun 30	CIN	@	HOU	L,3-7	CG(7)	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.279	.316	.595	8	.57	-0.029	.75	-0.02%	-0.16	3B
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
56	753	74	Jul 1	CIN	@	HOU	W,6-1	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.283	.321	.604	8	.68	0.032	.71	0.02%	0.61	3B
57	754	75	Jul 2 (1)	CIN		CHC	L,5-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.280	.318	.599	8	.76	-0.043	.68	-0.02%	-0.35	3B
58	755	76	Jul 2 (2)	CIN		CHC	W,4-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.276	.313	.590	8	1.22	-0.073	.94	-0.03%	-0.49	3B
59	756	79 (2)	Jul 6	CIN		HOU	L,0-2	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.274	.310	.584	8	2.85	-0.193	2.08	-0.08%	-1.12	PH 2B
60	757	80	Jul 7	CIN		HOU	W,10-1	6-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.276	.312	.588	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.09	3B
61	758	82 (1)	Jul 8 (2)	CIN		HOU	W,12-11	8-GF(13)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.274	.309	.583	2	3.07	-0.169	2.92	-0.10%	-0.58	2B
62	759	88 (5)	Jul 16	CIN	@	MLN	L,0-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.272	.308	.580	8	.86	-0.022	.56	-0.01%	-0.23	PH 2B
63	760	90 (1)	Jul 18	CIN		LAD	L,5-6	10-11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.272	.308	.580	7	2.94	-0.066	2.29	-0.03%	-0.24	PR
64	761	91	Jul 19	CIN		LAD	W,4-3	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.276	.311	.587	1	5.97	0.400	3.10	0.13%	0.87	3B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
65	762	108 (16)	Aug 4 (2)	CIN	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG(14)	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.277	.308	.585	8	2.07	-0.106	2.23	-0.07%	-0.24	3B 2B
66	763	109	Aug 5 (1)	CIN	@	NYM	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.277	.307	.584	2	.76	-0.075	.58	-0.04%	-1.00	2B
67	764	110	Aug 5 (2)	CIN	@	NYM	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.276	.306	.582	8	.81	0.004	.50	0.00%	-0.26	3B 2B
68	765	111	Aug 6	CIN	@	HOU	W,1-0	CG(13)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.270	.300	.570	8	1.83	-0.227	1.49	-0.11%	-1.03	3B
69	766	112	Aug 7	CIN	@	HOU	W,3-0	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.215	.269	.298	.568	8	1.67	0.063	1.35	0.03%	0.60	3B
70	767	122 (9)	Aug 17	CIN		LAD	L,2-6	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.268	.297	.565	9	3.62	-0.094	15.65	-0.24%	-0.45	PH 2B
71	768	125 (2)	Aug 20	CIN		LAD	W,7-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.268	.300	.568	8	1.40	0.036	3.94	0.06%	0.37	2B
72	769	126	Aug 21	CIN	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.272	.305	.577	8	1.46	-0.062	3.34	-0.09%	-0.15	2B 3B
73	770	127	Aug 22	CIN	@	CHC	W,9-5	GS-7	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.218	.272	.310	.582	2	1.16	-0.081	3.18	-0.13%	-0.62	2B
74	771	128	Aug 23	CIN	@	CHC	W,14-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.218	.272	.310	.582	7						SS
75	772	131 (2)	Aug 26 (1)	CIN		HOU	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.269	.306	.575	7	1.01	-0.082	4.44	-0.22%	-0.59	2B
76	773	134 (2)	Aug 29	CIN	@	LAD	L,1-2	9-GF(13)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.268	.305	.573	2	3.00	-0.071	8.00	-0.11%	-0.28	2B
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
77	774	143 (8)	Sep 7	CIN		STL	W,6-5	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.267	.303	.570	9	4.29	-0.097	8.99	-0.12%	-0.49	PH
							35-42		262	244	19	52	12	2	2	17	17	1	40	1	0	0	7	6	1	3	.213	.267	.303	.570		1.08	-1.822	1.84	-1.78%	-14.05

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