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.

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	NYM	@	STL	L,4-11	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
2	2	Apr 13	NYM		PIT	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
3	3	Apr 14	NYM		PIT	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
4	4	Apr 15	NYM		PIT	L,2-7	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
5	5	Apr 17	NYM		HOU	L,2-5	CG	45	11.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
6	6	Apr 18	NYM		STL	L,5-15	CG	47	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
7	7	Apr 19	NYM		STL	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
8	8	Apr 21	NYM	@	PIT	L,4-8	GS	32	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
9	9	Apr 22	NYM	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
10	12 (2)	Apr 25	NYM	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
11	13	Apr 27	NYM		PHI	L,9-11	CG	43	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	18 (4)	May 4	NYM	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
13	19	May 5	NYM	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS	21	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
14	20	May 6	NYM	@	PHI	W,7-5	GS	34	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
				Player went from New York Mets to Cincinnati Reds
15	28	May 12	CIN		PIT	W,9-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
16	29	May 13	CIN		PIT	W,6-4		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
17	35 (5)	May 22	CIN	@	MLN	W,3-2	CG	48	11.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
18	36	May 23	CIN	@	HOU	L,0-2	GS	24	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
19	37	May 24	CIN	@	HOU	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
20	38	May 25	CIN		CHC	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
21	39	May 26	CIN		CHC	W,11-6	GS	28	6.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
22	40	May 27	CIN		CHC	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
23	41	May 28	CIN		HOU	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
24	42	May 30 (1)	CIN	@	MLN	L,3-4	CG	40	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	3B
25	43	May 30 (2)	CIN	@	MLN	W,4-3	CG	60	16.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
26	44	May 31	CIN	@	MLN	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	45	Jun 1	CIN	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
28	46	Jun 2	CIN	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
29	47	Jun 3	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
30	48	Jun 5	CIN	@	STL	L,9-10	CG	49	10.1	1	0	0	1	0	3B
31	49	Jun 6	CIN	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
32	50	Jun 7	CIN	@	STL	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	1	4	2	7	1	3B
33	51	Jun 8	CIN		PHI	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
34	52	Jun 9	CIN		PHI	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
35	53	Jun 10 (1)	CIN		PHI	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
36	56 (2)	Jun 12 (2)	CIN		SFG	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
37	57	Jun 13	CIN		SFG	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
38	58	Jun 14	CIN		SFG	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
39	59	Jun 15	CIN	@	PHI	L,8-13	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
40	60	Jun 16	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
41	63 (2)	Jun 18 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
42	64	Jun 19	CIN	@	PIT	W,2-1	GS	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
43	65	Jun 20	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
44	66	Jun 22	CIN	@	LAD	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
45	67	Jun 23	CIN	@	LAD	L,3-14	CG	46	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
46	68	Jun 24	CIN	@	LAD	W,12-10	CG	46	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
47	69	Jun 25	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
48	70	Jun 26	CIN	@	SFG	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
49	71	Jun 27	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
50	72	Jun 29	CIN	@	HOU	W,4-0	GS	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B 2B
51	73	Jun 30	CIN	@	HOU	L,3-7	CG	34	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	74	Jul 1	CIN	@	HOU	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
53	75	Jul 2 (1)	CIN		CHC	L,5-6	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
54	76	Jul 2 (2)	CIN		CHC	W,4-3	GS	36	7.2	1	0	0	1	0	3B
55	79 (2)	Jul 6	CIN		HOU	L,0-2	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 2B
56	80	Jul 7	CIN		HOU	W,10-1	GF	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
57	82 (1)	Jul 8 (2)	CIN		HOU	W,12-11	GF	28	6.0	2	0	1	3	0	2B
58	88 (5)	Jul 16	CIN	@	MLN	L,0-3	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 2B
59	91 (2)	Jul 19	CIN		LAD	W,4-3	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	108 (16)	Aug 4 (2)	CIN	@	NYM	L,2-3	GS	49	13.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B 2B
61	109	Aug 5 (1)	CIN	@	NYM	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
62	110	Aug 5 (2)	CIN	@	NYM	W,6-3	GS	36	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B 2B
63	111	Aug 6	CIN	@	HOU	W,1-0	CG	50	13.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
64	112	Aug 7	CIN	@	HOU	W,3-0	GS	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
65	122 (9)	Aug 17	CIN		LAD	L,2-6	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
66	125 (2)	Aug 20	CIN		LAD	W,7-3	CG	41	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
67	126	Aug 21	CIN	@	CHC	W,2-0	GS	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B 3B
68	127	Aug 22	CIN	@	CHC	W,9-5	GS	31	6.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
69	128	Aug 23	CIN	@	CHC	W,14-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
70	131 (2)	Aug 26 (1)	CIN		HOU	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	5	3	1	9	1	2B
71	134 (2)	Aug 29	CIN	@	LAD	L,1-2	GF	23	4.2	1	3	0	4	1	2B
							75gm		550.0	77	129	11	217	14