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.

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	7 (6)	Apr 20	WSA	@	BOS	L,2-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
2	12 (4)	Apr 27	WSA	@	BAL	W,5-2	GS	28	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
3	13	Apr 28	WSA		BAL	L,3-6	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
4	14	Apr 29	WSA	@	BAL	L,4-5	GS	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	34 (19)	May 20	WSA	@	DET	L,8-9	CG	44	9.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
6	36 (1)	May 22	WSA	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
7	38 (1)	May 23 (2)	WSA	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
8	41 (2)	May 25 (2)	WSA		CAL	W,6-5	GS	20	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
9	42	May 26	WSA		CAL	L,1-2	GS	23	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
10	45 (2)	May 29	WSA		MIN	L,8-11	GF	5	1.0	1	2	0	3	0	PH 2B
11	47 (1)	May 31 (1)	WSA		KCA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	49 (1)	Jun 2 (1)	WSA	@	CAL	W,13-0	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
13	51 (1)	Jun 4	WSA	@	MIN	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
14	55 (3)	Jun 10	WSA		BAL	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
15	56	Jun 11 (1)	WSA		CHW	L,2-5	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
16	57	Jun 11 (2)	WSA		CHW	L,4-5	CG	47	10.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
17	58	Jun 12	WSA		CHW	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
18	60 (1)	Jun 15	WSA	@	CLE	L,3-8	GF	10	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	2B
19	63 (2)	Jun 18	WSA	@	BAL	W,2-0	GS	23	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
20	64	Jun 19	WSA	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
21	65	Jun 20	WSA	@	BAL	L,2-13	CG	42	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
22	66	Jun 23 (1)	WSA	@	CHW	W,5-1	GS	24	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B 2B
23	68 (1)	Jun 25	WSA	@	BOS	L,6-8	GS	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B C
24	69	Jun 26	WSA	@	BOS	W,12-7	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
25	70	Jun 27 (1)	WSA	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	77 (6)	Jul 2	WSA		DET	W,6-0	GS	22	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
27	88 (10)	Jul 16	WSA	@	NYY	L,5-9	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 2B C
28	89	Jul 17	WSA	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	41	8.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
29	90	Jul 18	WSA	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
30	91	Jul 19	WSA	@	DET	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
31	92	Jul 20	WSA	@	DET	L,0-2	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
32	93	Jul 21	WSA		CAL	L,0-2	CG	36	10.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
33	94	Jul 22	WSA		CAL	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
34	95	Jul 23	WSA		KCA	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
35	96	Jul 24	WSA		KCA	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
36	98 (1)	Jul 25 (2)	WSA		KCA	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
37	99	Jul 27 (1)	WSA		MIN	W,10-7	GF	33	7.0	0	2	1	3	0	PH 3B
38	100	Jul 27 (2)	WSA		MIN	L,5-9	CG	41	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	3B
39	101	Jul 28	WSA		MIN	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
40	102	Jul 30	WSA	@	KCA	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
41	103	Jul 31	WSA	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	41	8.2	1	2	0	3	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	104	Aug 1 (1)	WSA	@	KCA	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
43	105	Aug 1 (2)	WSA	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
44	106	Aug 3 (1)	WSA	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	3	3	7	1	3B
45	107	Aug 3 (2)	WSA	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
46	108	Aug 4	WSA	@	MIN	L,3-4	GS	31	7.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
47	109	Aug 5	WSA	@	MIN	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
48	110	Aug 6	WSA	@	CAL	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
49	111	Aug 7	WSA	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	39	11.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
50	112	Aug 8	WSA	@	CAL	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
51	113	Aug 10	WSA	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
52	115 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	WSA	@	CHW	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
53	117 (1)	Aug 14	WSA	@	BAL	W,8-5	GF	13	4.0	5	1	0	6	0	PH C
54	120 (2)	Aug 17 (2)	WSA		CHW	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
55	121	Aug 18	WSA		CHW	L,2-8	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
56	124 (2)	Aug 22	WSA		CLE	L,5-8	GS	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
57	125	Aug 24 (1)	WSA	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
58	128 (2)	Aug 26	WSA	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
59	129	Aug 27	WSA		BAL	W,2-1	CG	44	10.0	7	2	1	10	0	C
60	130	Aug 28	WSA		BAL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
61	133 (2)	Aug 31 (2)	WSA		BOS	L,5-8	CG	51	10.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	134	Sep 1	WSA		BOS	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
63	136 (1)	Sep 3	WSA	@	DET	L,2-10	GS	30	5.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
64	142 (5)	Sep 8	WSA	@	NYY	L,5-6	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
65	143	Sep 10	WSA		CAL	W,4-1	GF	18	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
66	144	Sep 11	WSA		CAL	L,5-6	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
67	153 (8)	Sep 23	WSA	@	KCA	L,7-8	GF	11	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	2B
68	156 (2)	Sep 26	WSA		MIN	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
							71gm		495.0	181	81	12	274	7