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+

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

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 16	LAD	@	SFG	W,13-1	GF	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
2	5 (2)	Apr 19	LAD		SFG	L,4-11	GF	9	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
3	9 (3)	Apr 24	LAD		CHC	L,2-15	GF	17	4.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
4	10	Apr 25	LAD		STL	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	SS
5	11	Apr 26	LAD		STL	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	4	6	0	10	4	SS
6	12	Apr 27	LAD		STL	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	SS
7	13	Apr 29	LAD		PIT	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
8	14	Apr 30	LAD		PIT	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	15	May 1	LAD		PIT	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	SS
10	16	May 2	LAD		PIT	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
11	17	May 3	LAD		PIT	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
12	18	May 4 (1)	LAD		PHI	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
13	19	May 4 (2)	LAD		PHI	W,15-2	CG	37	9.0	2	11	0	13	3	SS
14	20	May 5	LAD		PHI	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
15	21	May 6	LAD		PHI	W,7-6	CG	57	14.0	3	7	1	11	0	SS
16	22	May 7	LAD		PHI	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
17	23	May 9	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-11	CG	40	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
18	24	May 10	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	2	5	0	7	1	SS
19	25	May 12	LAD		SFG	L,3-12	CG	49	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
20	26	May 13	LAD		SFG	L,9-16	CG	56	9.0	3	1	0	4	2	SS
21	28 (1)	May 15	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	40	11.0	3	6	1	10	1	SS
22	29	May 16	LAD	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
23	30	May 17	LAD	@	STL	L,1-10	CG	39	8.0	7	5	0	12	3	SS
24	31	May 18 (1)	LAD	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
25	32	May 18 (2)	LAD	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
26	33	May 20	LAD	@	MLN	W,6-3	CG	39	11.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
27	34	May 21	LAD	@	MLN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	7	0	11	2	SS
28	35	May 23	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
29	36	May 24	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
30	37	May 26	LAD	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
31	38	May 27	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
32	39	May 28	LAD	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	4	2	1	7	1	SS
33	40	May 30 (1)	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	2	4	0	6	3	SS
34	41	May 30 (2)	LAD	@	CHC	L,8-10	CG	41	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
35	42	May 31	LAD	@	CHC	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	43	Jun 1	LAD	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
37	44	Jun 3	LAD		CIN	L,3-8	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
38	45	Jun 4	LAD		CIN	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
39	46	Jun 5	LAD		CIN	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
40	47	Jun 6	LAD		MLN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	6	7	0	13	3	SS
41	48	Jun 7	LAD		MLN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	1	6	2	SS
42	49	Jun 8	LAD		MLN	W,12-4	CG	38	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
43	50	Jun 10	LAD		PHI	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
44	51	Jun 11	LAD		PHI	W,7-4	GS	38	9.0	5	6	0	11	2	SS 2B
45	52	Jun 12	LAD		PHI	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
46	53	Jun 13	LAD		PIT	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
47	54	Jun 14	LAD		PIT	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
48	56 (1)	Jun 17	LAD	@	PHI	L,6-9	CG	45	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
49	57	Jun 18	LAD	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
50	58	Jun 19	LAD	@	PHI	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
51	59	Jun 20	LAD	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
52	60	Jun 21	LAD	@	PIT	L,7-11	CG	46	8.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
53	61	Jun 22 (1)	LAD	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
54	62	Jun 22 (2)	LAD	@	PIT	W,3-2	GS	39	10.0	6	2	0	8	1	SS LF
55	63	Jun 23	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
56	64	Jun 24 (1)	LAD	@	CIN	W,13-10	CG	50	10.0	4	2	0	6	2	SS
57	65	Jun 24 (2)	LAD	@	CIN	W,7-2	CG	46	11.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
58	66	Jun 26	LAD	@	MLN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
59	67	Jun 27	LAD	@	MLN	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
60	68	Jun 28	LAD	@	MLN	L,3-7	CG	42	8.0	2	3	1	6	2	SS
61	69	Jun 29	LAD	@	MLN	L,6-10	CG	40	8.0	5	3	0	8	2	SS
62	70	Jun 30	LAD	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	3	4	1	8	2	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	71	Jul 1	LAD	@	STL	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	4	5	1	10	2	SS
64	72	Jul 3 (1)	LAD		STL	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
65	73	Jul 3 (2)	LAD		STL	W,3-2	GS	24	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
66	74	Jul 5	LAD		CHC	L,1-7	GS	24	6.0	0	4	2	6	0	SS
67	82 (7)	Jul 14	LAD		CIN	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
68	83	Jul 15	LAD		PIT	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
69	84	Jul 16	LAD		PIT	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
70	85	Jul 17	LAD		PIT	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
71	86	Jul 18	LAD		PHI	W,8-6	CG	45	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
72	87	Jul 19	LAD		PHI	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
73	88	Jul 20	LAD		PHI	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	SS
74	89	Jul 23 (1)	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-11	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
75	90	Jul 23 (2)	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
76	91	Jul 24	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	7	4	0	11	2	SS
77	92	Jul 25	LAD	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
78	93	Jul 26	LAD	@	PHI	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
79	94	Jul 27 (1)	LAD	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
80	95	Jul 27 susp	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	40	9.1	1	2	0	3	2	SS
81	96	Jul 29	LAD	@	MLN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
82	97	Jul 30	LAD	@	MLN	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
83	98	Jul 31	LAD	@	MLN	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	99	Aug 1	LAD	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	8	0	10	1	SS
85	100	Aug 2	LAD	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
86	101	Aug 3 (1)	LAD	@	CIN	W,8-6	CG	42	10.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
87	102	Aug 3 (2)	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
88	103	Aug 4	LAD	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
89	104	Aug 5	LAD	@	STL	L,3-13	CG	45	8.0	2	8	0	10	3	SS
90	107 (2)	Aug 8	LAD		SFG	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
91	108	Aug 9	LAD		SFG	L,3-6	CG	35	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
92	109	Aug 10	LAD		SFG	L,8-12	CG	51	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
93	110	Aug 12	LAD		CHC	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	0	5	2	7	0	SS
94	111	Aug 13	LAD		CHC	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
95	112	Aug 14	LAD		CHC	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	3	5	1	9	1	SS
96	113	Aug 15 (1)	LAD		STL	W,4-3	CG	44	11.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
97	114	Aug 15 (2)	LAD		STL	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
98	121 (6)	Aug 23	LAD		MLN	W,10-1	CG	30	9.0	4	6	0	10	3	SS
99	122	Aug 24	LAD		CIN	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
100	123	Aug 25	LAD		CIN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
101	124	Aug 26	LAD		CIN	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	5	6	0	11	2	SS
102	125	Aug 27	LAD		CIN	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
103	126	Aug 29	LAD	@	SFG	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
104	127	Aug 30 (1)	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
105	128	Aug 30 (2)	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
106	129	Aug 31	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-14	CG	46	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
107	130	Sep 1 (1)	LAD	@	SFG	L,6-8	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
108	131	Sep 1 (2)	LAD	@	SFG	L,5-6	CG	63	15.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
109	132	Sep 2	LAD		SFG	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
110	133	Sep 3	LAD		SFG	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
111	134	Sep 4	LAD		SFG	L,3-13	CG	49	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
112	135	Sep 5	LAD	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
113	136	Sep 6	LAD	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
114	137	Sep 7	LAD	@	STL	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
115	139 (1)	Sep 10	LAD	@	PHI	L,6-8	GS	40	8.0	0	1	2	3	0	3B SS
116	141 (1)	Sep 12	LAD	@	PIT	W,7-3	GF	16	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
117	142	Sep 13	LAD	@	PIT	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
118	143	Sep 14	LAD	@	MLN	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
119	144	Sep 15	LAD	@	MLN	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
120	146 (1)	Sep 16 (2)	LAD	@	CIN	L,5-7	CG	44	9.1	1	2	0	3	0	3B
121	147	Sep 19	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	4	2	1	7	0	3B
122	148	Sep 20	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	31	8.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
123	151 (2)	Sep 24	LAD		STL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
124	153 (1)	Sep 26 (2)	LAD		CHC	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
125	154	Sep 27	LAD		CHC	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
							128gm		1085.1	282	395	26	703	102