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.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
2	2	Apr 13	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	5	4	0	9	3	2B
3	3	Apr 14	CHC		MLN	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
4	4	Apr 15	CHC		MLN	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
5	5	Apr 18	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
6	6	Apr 19	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
7	7	Apr 20	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
8	8	Apr 21	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	2B
9	9	Apr 22	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	42	11.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
10	10	Apr 23 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
11	11	Apr 23 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-6	CG	32	8.0	3	8	0	11	3	2B
12	12	Apr 26	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
13	13	Apr 27	CHC		CIN	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
14	14	Apr 29	CHC		LAD	L,4-9	CG	41	9.0	3	4	1	8	0	2B
15	15	Apr 30 (1)	CHC		LAD	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
16	16	Apr 30 (2)	CHC		LAD	W,10-5	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 2	CHC		SFG	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
18	18	May 3	CHC		SFG	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
19	19	May 4	CHC		SFG	L,3-9	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
20	20	May 6	CHC	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
21	21	May 7	CHC	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	25	5.0	2	2	2	6	0	2B
22	22	May 9	CHC	@	MLN	L,5-8	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
23	23	May 10	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	36	8.1	2	2	1	5	0	2B
24	24	May 12	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
25	25	May 13	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
26	26	May 14	CHC	@	LAD	W,10-8	CG	47	11.0	5	7	0	12	2	2B
27	27	May 15	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-14	CG	42	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
28	28	May 16	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	3	3	1	7	0	2B
29	29	May 17	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	1	3	0	4	0	2B
30	30	May 19	CHC		STL	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	4	3	1	8	1	2B
31	31	May 20	CHC		STL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
32	32	May 21 (1)	CHC		STL	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
33	33	May 21 (2)	CHC		STL	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
34	34	May 23	CHC		PHI	L,1-2	CG	38	10.0	5	8	0	13	1	2B
35	35	May 24	CHC		PIT	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	6	3	0	9	2	2B
36	36	May 26	CHC		SFG	L,2-3	CG	49	13.0	2	6	0	8	2	2B
37	37	May 27	CHC		SFG	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
38	38	May 28	CHC		SFG	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
39	39	May 30 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	3	2B
40	40	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,10-0	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
41	41	May 31	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	42	Jun 1	CHC	@	PHI	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
43	43	Jun 2	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
44	44	Jun 3	CHC	@	CIN	W,10-7	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
45	45	Jun 4 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	2B
46	46	Jun 4 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-2	GS	32	7.0	2	3	1	6	0	2B
47	48 (1)	Jun 6 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,2-6	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
48	49	Jun 6 (2)	CHC	@	STL	T,3-3	CG	43	10.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
49	50	Jun 7	CHC	@	STL	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
50	51	Jun 9	CHC		MLN	W,11-10	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	4	2B
51	52	Jun 10	CHC		MLN	L,5-9	CG	46	9.0	3	3	1	7	2	2B
52	53	Jun 11 (1)	CHC		MLN	L,4-8	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	3	2B
53	54	Jun 11 (2)	CHC		MLN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
54	55	Jun 14	CHC	@	LAD	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
55	56	Jun 15	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-6	CG	48	11.2	4	2	1	7	1	2B
56	57	Jun 16	CHC	@	SFG	W,12-6	GS	15	3.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
57	59 (1)	Jun 18	CHC	@	SFG	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
58	60	Jun 20	CHC		LAD	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
59	61	Jun 21 (1)	CHC		LAD	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	2B
60	62	Jun 21 (2)	CHC		LAD	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
61	66 (3)	Jun 25	CHC	@	MLN	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
62	67	Jun 27	CHC		CIN	L,8-10	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
63	68	Jun 28 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,16-5	GS	22	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
64	69	Jun 28 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,7-2	CG	31	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
65	70	Jun 29	CHC		CIN	W,15-8	GS	24	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
66	71	Jun 30	CHC		STL	L,4-11	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	84 (12)	Jul 15	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
68	85	Jul 16	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
69	86	Jul 17 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,6-10	CG	45	8.0	3	3	1	7	0	2B
70	87	Jul 17 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,5-8	CG	41	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
71	88	Jul 18 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
72	89	Jul 18 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
73	90	Jul 20	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
74	91	Jul 21	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	40	9.1	4	2	0	6	0	2B
75	92	Jul 22	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
76	93	Jul 23	CHC	@	PHI	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
77	94	Jul 25	CHC		STL	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
78	95	Jul 26	CHC		STL	W,7-6	CG	52	12.0	4	7	0	11	1	2B
79	96	Jul 27	CHC		STL	W,3-2	GS	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B 2B
80	97	Jul 28	CHC		CIN	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
81	98	Jul 29	CHC		CIN	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
82	99	Jul 30 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	2B
83	100	Jul 30 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	101	Aug 2 (1)	CHC		MLN	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
85	102	Aug 2 (2)	CHC		MLN	T,7-7	GS	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
86	103	Aug 3	CHC		MLN	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
87	106 (2)	Aug 6	CHC	@	LAD	L,4-11	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
88	108 (1)	Aug 9	CHC	@	SFG	L,5-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
89	109	Aug 11	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
90	110	Aug 12	CHC	@	MLN	L,6-8	CG	42	8.2	1	1	0	2	0	2B
91	111	Aug 13	CHC	@	MLN	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	0	3	1	4	1	3B
92	112	Aug 14	CHC		PHI	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	2	5	0	3B
93	116 (3)	Aug 17 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	5	4	0	9	3	2B
94	117	Aug 18	CHC		PIT	W,2-1	GF	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
95	119 (1)	Aug 20	CHC		PIT	W,1-0	GF	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 2B
96	122 (2)	Aug 25	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
97	123	Aug 26	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
98	124	Aug 27 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	9	2	1	12	1	2B
99	125	Aug 27 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	3	4	1	8	2	2B
100	126	Aug 28	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
101	127	Aug 29	CHC		LAD	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
102	128	Aug 30	CHC		LAD	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
103	129	Aug 31	CHC		SFG	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	6	4	1	11	3	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	130	Sep 1	CHC		SFG	L,3-4	GS	34	8.0	3	5	1	9	3	2B
105	133 (2)	Sep 3 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,2-4	CG	28	6.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
106	134	Sep 4	CHC		MLN	W,6-2	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
107	135	Sep 5	CHC		PIT	L,3-8	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
108	137 (1)	Sep 7	CHC		PIT	L,5-7	GF	15	4.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
109	138	Sep 8	CHC		PHI	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
110	139	Sep 9	CHC		PHI	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
111	141 (1)	Sep 12	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	3	2	1	6	0	2B
112	142	Sep 14 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,7-8	GS	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
113	143	Sep 14 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,5-6	GS	31	6.1	3	3	0	6	1	2B
114	145 (1)	Sep 16	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-4	GS	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
115	146	Sep 17	CHC	@	SFG	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
116	147	Sep 18	CHC	@	LAD	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
117	148	Sep 19	CHC	@	LAD	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	4	11	0	15	3	2B
118	149	Sep 20	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	50	12.2	6	3	0	9	2	2B
119	150	Sep 23	CHC	@	MLN	L,3-6	CG	28	6.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
120	151	Sep 24 (1)	CHC	@	MLN	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
121	153 (1)	Sep 26	CHC		CIN	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	2B
							122gm		979.1	284	332	20	636	100