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.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
2	2	Apr 12	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
3	3	Apr 14	LAD		STL	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
4	4	Apr 15	LAD		STL	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
5	5	Apr 16	LAD		STL	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
6	6	Apr 17	LAD		CHC	L,4-9	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
7	7	Apr 18	LAD		CHC	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
8	8	Apr 19	LAD		CHC	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
9	9	Apr 20	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
10	10	Apr 21	LAD		SFG	W,9-7	CG	47	11.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
11	11	Apr 22	LAD		SFG	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
12	12	Apr 24	LAD	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	2	6	1	9	1	SS
13	13	Apr 25	LAD	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
14	14	Apr 26	LAD	@	STL	W,17-11	CG	48	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
15	15	Apr 27	LAD	@	PIT	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
16	16	Apr 29	LAD	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	1	4	0	5	0	SS
17	17	Apr 30	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	18	May 1	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
19	19	May 2	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-16	GS	39	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
20	20	May 3 (1)	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
21	22 (1)	May 4	LAD	@	MLN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
22	23	May 5	LAD	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	66	15.2	4	7	0	11	1	SS
23	24	May 6	LAD	@	MLN	L,4-5	GS	35	7.0	0	2	1	3	1	SS
24	25	May 7	LAD	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
25	27 (1)	May 9	LAD	@	SFG	W,6-5	GS	39	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
26	29 (1)	May 11	LAD		PHI	W,11-10	CG	44	9.0	3	4	1	8	2	SS
27	30	May 12	LAD		PHI	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
28	31	May 13	LAD		PIT	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
29	32	May 14	LAD		PIT	L,6-7	GS	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
30	33	May 16	LAD		MLN	L,0-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
31	34	May 17	LAD		MLN	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
32	35	May 18	LAD		CIN	L,7-9	GF	5	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	PR SS
33	37 (1)	May 20 (1)	LAD		CIN	W,8-4	GF	16	3.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
34	38	May 20 (2)	LAD		CIN	L,5-7	GF	8	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
35	40 (1)	May 23	LAD		SFG	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
36	44 (3)	May 27	LAD		CHC	W,4-1	GF	19	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
37	47 (2)	May 30	LAD		STL	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
38	48	May 31	LAD		STL	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	49	Jun 2	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
40	50	Jun 3	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	SS
41	51	Jun 4	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
42	52	Jun 5	LAD	@	MLN	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
43	56 (3)	Jun 10	LAD	@	PHI	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
44	57	Jun 11	LAD	@	PHI	W,11-0	CG	30	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
45	58	Jun 12	LAD	@	PIT	W,9-6	GS	30	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
46	59	Jun 13	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-5	GS	26	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
47	60	Jun 14 (1)	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-6	GS	29	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
48	61	Jun 14 (2)	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
49	62	Jun 15	LAD		MLN	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
50	63	Jun 16	LAD		MLN	L,4-5	GS	33	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
51	64	Jun 17 (1)	LAD		MLN	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
52	65	Jun 17 (2)	LAD		MLN	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
53	66	Jun 18	LAD		MLN	L,6-7	GS	40	7.0	0	1	2	3	1	SS
54	67	Jun 19	LAD		CIN	W,6-2	GS	18	5.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
55	68	Jun 20	LAD		CIN	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
56	69	Jun 21	LAD		CIN	L,3-17	GS	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
57	73 (3)	Jun 25	LAD		PHI	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
58	74	Jun 26	LAD		PIT	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
59	75	Jun 27	LAD		PIT	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
60	76	Jun 28	LAD		PIT	W,9-4	CG	43	9.0	2	8	1	11	1	SS
61	77	Jun 29	LAD		SFG	L,4-6	CG	50	13.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
62	78	Jun 30	LAD		SFG	L,0-2	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	79	Jul 2	LAD	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	11	0	12	2	SS
64	80	Jul 3	LAD	@	STL	L,2-3	GS	24	7.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
65	84 (3)	Jul 5 (2)	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-3	GF	29	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
66	86 (1)	Jul 11	LAD	@	MLN	W,7-5	GF	12	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
67	91 (4)	Jul 17	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
68	94 (2)	Jul 19 (2)	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	23	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
69	95	Jul 20	LAD	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
70	98 (2)	Jul 23	LAD		CHC	W,5-3	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
71	100 (1)	Jul 25	LAD		STL	L,2-4	GS	7	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
72	103 (2)	Jul 29	LAD		PIT	W,2-0	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR SS
73	104	Jul 30	LAD		PIT	L,4-5	GF	21	5.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	111 (6)	Aug 9	LAD		MLN	L,7-8	GF	17	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
75	115 (3)	Aug 14	LAD	@	STL	L,1-2	GF	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
76	116	Aug 15	LAD	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
77	117	Aug 16	LAD	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
78	118	Aug 17 (1)	LAD	@	MLN	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	0	3	0	3	2	SS
79	119	Aug 17 (2)	LAD	@	MLN	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
80	120	Aug 18	LAD	@	MLN	W,7-6	CG	58	13.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
81	121	Aug 19	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
82	122	Aug 20	LAD	@	CIN	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	2	8	1	11	2	SS
83	123	Aug 21	LAD	@	PIT	W,6-5	GS	27	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
84	124	Aug 22	LAD	@	PIT	L,0-2	GS	25	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
85	125	Aug 23 (1)	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-9	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
86	126	Aug 23 (2)	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
87	127	Aug 24	LAD	@	PHI	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
88	128	Aug 25	LAD	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
89	129	Aug 28	LAD		SFG	L,0-5	GS	31	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
90	130	Aug 30	LAD		SFG	W,7-6	GF	16	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	132 (1)	Sep 1	LAD		STL	L,0-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
92	133	Sep 2	LAD		STL	W,9-6	GF	24	6.0	3	1	0	4	1	PR SS
93	134	Sep 3	LAD		STL	L,3-5	GF	6	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
94	135	Sep 6 (1)	LAD		CHC	L,0-3	GF	6	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	PR SS
							94gm		675.1	120	240	10	370	43