Don Kessinger

Full Name: Donald Eulon Kessinger	Primary Position: SS
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/170	First Game: September 7, 1964
Birthdate: July 17, 1942	Final Game: July 31, 1979
Birthplace: Forrest City, Arkansas	MLB Experience: 16 years
Bat/Throw: Both/Right

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Don Kessinger (Donald Eulon Kessinger) was born on July 17, 1942 in Forrest City, Arkansas. He made his Major League debut on September 7, 1964 for the Chicago Cubs. In 1965, his rookie year, he hit .201 with 0 home runs and 14 RBI. Kessinger played for the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 16 year career.

Most people believe that Don Kessinger's best season was 1969, when he knocked in 53 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
1964	CHI	N	4	12	1	2	0	0	.167	.167	.167	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1965	CHI	N	106	309	19	62	0	14	.201	.252	.233	4	3	20	44	2	3	1	1	5
1966	CHI	N	150	533	50	146	1	43	.274	.306	.302	8	2	26	46	0	15	13	5	11
1967	CHI	N	145	580	61	134	0	42	.231	.275	.272	10	7	33	80	4	7	6	1	3
1968	CHI	N	160	655	63	157	1	32	.240	.283	.287	14	7	38	86	2	11	9	1	7
1969	CHI	N	158	664	109	181	4	53	.273	.332	.366	38	6	61	70	1	6	11	4	5
1970	CHI	N	154	631	100	168	1	39	.266	.337	.349	21	14	66	59	2	10	12	6	12
1971	CHI	N	155	617	77	159	2	38	.258	.318	.316	18	6	52	54	3	14	15	6	11
1972	CHI	N	149	577	77	158	1	39	.274	.351	.334	20	6	67	44	2	13	8	8	11
1973	CHI	N	160	577	52	151	0	43	.262	.327	.310	22	3	57	44	0	7	6	18	15
1974	CHI	N	153	599	83	155	1	42	.259	.332	.321	20	7	62	54	4	7	7	7	14
1975	CHI	N	154	601	77	146	0	46	.243	.317	.319	26	10	68	47	1	14	4	2	4
1976	STL	N	145	502	55	120	1	40	.239	.320	.313	22	6	61	51	1	9	3	5	13
1977	STL	N	59	134	14	32	0	7	.239	.309	.269	4	0	14	26	0	0	0	1	3
1977	CHI	A	39	119	12	28	0	11	.235	.308	.294	3	2	13	7	0	1	2	2	3
1977	Total		98	253	26	60	0	18	.237	.309	.281	7	2	27	33	0	1	2	3	6
1978	CHI	A	131	431	35	110	1	31	.255	.312	.309	18	1	36	34	0	12	2	1	10
1979	CHI	A	56	110	14	22	1	7	.200	.264	.282	6	0	10	12	0	3	1	1	5
Total	NL		1852	6991	838	1771	12	478	.253	.315	.313	227	77	625	706	22	116	95	65	114
Total	AL		226	660	61	160	2	49	.242	.303	.302	27	3	59	53	0	16	5	4	18
Total			2078	7651	899	1931	14	527	.252	.314	.312	254	80	684	759	22	132	100	69	132

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	AVG
1964	CHI	N	SS	4	1	19	3	7	0	1	0	1.000
1965	CHI	N	SS	105	104	864.2	176	338	28	69	3	.948
1966	CHI	N	SS	148	144	1294	202	474	35	68	0	.951
1967	CHI	N	SS	143	136	1233.2	215	457	19	77	0	.973
1968	CHI	N	SS	159	158	1394.1	263	573	33	97	0	.962
1969	CHI	N	SS	157	157	1398.1	266	542	20	101	0	.976
1970	CHI	N	SS	154	152	1340	257	501	22	86	0	.972
1971	CHI	N	SS	154	151	1329.2	263	512	27	97	0	.966
1972	CHI	N	SS	146	145	1290	259	504	28	90	0	.965
1973	CHI	N	SS	158	156	1378.1	274	526	30	109	0	.964
1974	CHI	N	SS	150	147	1299	259	476	32	87	0	.958
1975	CHI	N	3B	13	12	100.2	5	28	2	3	0	.943
1975	CHI	N	SS	142	132	1192.2	205	436	22	100	0	.967
1976	STL	N	3B	2	0	8.1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1976	STL	N	SS	113	105	955.1	212	350	18	84	0	.969
1976	STL	N	2B	31	29	256.2	53	85	6	21	0	.958
1977	STL	N	3B	4	1	10.1	0	2	1	0	0	.667
1977	STL	N	SS	26	13	151	37	54	2	15	1	.978
1977	STL	N	2B	24	16	151	32	63	5	9	0	.950
1977	CHI	A	3B	9	6	57.1	7	16	2	0	0	.920
1977	CHI	A	SS	21	18	161	32	38	3	12	0	.959
1977	CHI	A	2B	14	11	95	27	27	0	10	0	1.000
1977	Total		SS	47	31	312	69	92	5	27	1	.970
1977	Total		2B	38	27	246	59	90	5	19	0	.968
1977	Total		3B	13	7	67.2	7	18	3	0	0	.893
1978	CHI	A	SS	123	117	996.1	171	321	13	60	0	.974
1978	CHI	A	2B	9	7	63	12	14	0	2	0	1.000
1979	CHI	A	SS	54	36	324.1	57	103	2	17	0	.988
1979	CHI	A	1B	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.000
1979	CHI	A	2B	1	1	7	2	6	0	0	0	1.000
Total			1B	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			SS	1957	1872	16621.2	3151	6212	334	1170	4	.966
Total			2B	79	64	572.2	126	195	11	42	0	.967
Total			3B	28	19	176.2	13	46	5	3	0	.922

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Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago Cubs (June 19, 1964).
Traded by Chicago Cubs to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Mike Garman and a player to be named later (October 28, 1975); Chicago Cubs received Bobby Hrapmann (April 5, 1976).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Steve Staniland (August 20, 1977).
Granted free agency (November 1, 1979).

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