Don Blasingame

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Full Name: Don Lee Blasingame	Primary Position: 2B
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/160	First Game: September 20, 1955
Birthdate: March 16, 1932	Final Game: August 27, 1966
Birthplace: Corinth, Mississippi	MLB Experience: 12 years
Died: April 13, 2005
Deathplace: Fountain Hills, Arizona
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
8 Categories

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Don Blasingame (Don Lee Blasingame) was born on March 16, 1932 in Corinth, Mississippi. He made his Major League debut on September 20, 1955 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1956, his rookie year, he hit .261 with 0 home runs and 27 RBI. Blasingame played for the St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants, Cincinnati Reds, Washington Senators and Kansas City Athletics over the course of his 12 year career.

Most people believe that Don Blasingame's best season was 1957, when he knocked in 58 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1955	STL	N	5	16	4	6	0	0	.375	.545	.438	1	0	6	0	0	1	1	1	0
1956	STL	N	150	587	94	153	0	27	.261	.344	.322	22	7	72	52	3	2	8	0	3
1957	STL	N	154	650	108	176	8	58	.271	.343	.368	25	7	71	49	1	5	21	4	4
1958	STL	N	143	547	71	150	2	36	.274	.343	.356	19	10	57	47	1	2	20	2	14
1959	STL	N	150	615	90	178	1	24	.289	.361	.359	26	7	67	42	2	7	15	2	3
1960	SF	N	136	523	72	123	2	31	.235	.302	.300	12	8	49	53	2	7	14	1	4
1961	SF	N	3	1	1	0	0	0	.000	.667	.000	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1961	CIN	N	123	450	59	100	1	21	.222	.286	.287	18	4	39	38	2	9	4	0	7
1961	TOT	N	126	451	60	100	1	21	.222	.288	.286	18	4	41	39	2	9	4	0	7
1962	CIN	N	141	494	77	139	2	35	.281	.364	.340	9	7	63	44	2	9	4	2	4
1963	WAS	A	69	254	29	65	2	12	.256	.320	.335	10	2	24	18	0	0	3	1	1
1963	CIN	N	18	31	4	5	0	0	.161	.316	.226	2	0	7	5	0	0	0	0	0
1963	Total		87	285	33	70	2	12	.246	.320	.323	12	2	31	23	0	0	3	1	1
1964	WAS	A	143	506	56	135	1	34	.267	.320	.314	17	2	40	44	0	9	8	1	1
1965	WAS	A	129	403	47	90	1	18	.223	.287	.290	8	8	35	45	2	7	5	1	2
1966	WAS	A	68	200	18	43	1	11	.215	.280	.275	9	0	18	21	0	4	2	0	0
1966	KC	A	12	19	1	3	0	1	.158	.238	.158	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
1966	TOT	A	80	219	19	46	1	12	.210	.276	.265	9	0	20	24	0	4	2	0	0
Total	NL		1023	3914	580	1030	16	232	.263	.338	.335	134	50	433	331	13	42	87	12	39
Total	AL		421	1382	151	336	5	76	.243	.303	.303	44	12	119	131	2	20	18	3	4
Total			1444	5296	731	1366	21	308	.258	.329	.327	178	62	552	462	15	62	105	15	43

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1955	STL	N	2B	3	0	0	8	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.955
1955	STL	N	SS	2	0	0	2	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.889
1956	STL	N	2B	98	0	0	280	303	8	89	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1956	STL	N	SS	49	0	0	93	135	13	31	0	0	0	0	0	.946
1956	STL	N	3B	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	STL	N	2B	154	154	1410.1	372	512	14	128	0	0	0	0	0	.984
1958	STL	N	2B	137	133	1180.2	312	380	26	97	0	0	0	0	0	.964
1959	STL	N	2B	150	148	1290	362	439	17	104	0	0	0	0	0	.979
1960	SF	N	2B	133	126	1141.2	318	329	14	66	0	0	0	0	0	.979
1961	CIN	N	2B	116	110	978.2	277	304	17	53	0	0	0	0	0	.972
1962	CIN	N	2B	137	130	1150.2	334	352	17	66	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1963	WAS	A	2B	64	60	529	162	177	3	52	0	0	0	0	0	.991
1963	CIN	N	2B	11	9	73	22	16	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	.974
1963	CIN	N	3B	2	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1963	Total		2B	75	69	602	184	193	4	58	0	0	0	0	0	.990
1964	WAS	A	2B	135	118	1054	259	336	14	70	1	0	0	0	0	.977
1965	WAS	A	2B	110	95	837.1	235	248	8	68	0	0	0	0	0	.984
1966	WAS	A	SS	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1966	WAS	A	2B	58	50	446	119	132	4	32	0	0	0	0	0	.984
1966	KC	A	2B	4	3	23	5	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1966	TOT	A	2B	62	53	469	124	141	4	34	0	0	0	0	0	.985
Total			3B	4	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			SS	52	0	2	95	141	14	32	0	0	0	0	0	.944
Total			2B	1310	1136	10114.1	3065	3550	144	834	1	0	0	0	0	.979

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1953).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Daryl Spencer and Leon Wagner (December 15, 1959).
Traded by San Francisco Giants with Bob Schmidt and a player to be named later to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Ed Bailey (April 27, 1961); Cincinnati Reds received Sherman Jones (May 13, 1961).
Sold by Cincinnati Reds to Washington Senators (July 1, 1963).
Sold by Washington Senators to Kansas City Athletics (August 2, 1966).
Released by Kansas City Athletics (September 7, 1966).

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