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Don Zimmer

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Full Name: Donald William Zimmer Primary Position: 3B,2B,SS
Height/Weight: 5' 9"/165 First Game: July 2, 1954
Birthdate: January 17, 1931 Final Game: October 2, 1965
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio MLB Experience: 12 years
Bat/Throw: Right/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
    • 7.1 Recent Don Zimmer ArmchairGM Stories
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Don Zimmer (Donald William Zimmer) was born on January 17, 1931 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on July 2, 1954 for the Brooklyn Dodgers. In 1955, his rookie year, he hit .239 with 15 home runs and 50 RBI. Zimmer played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds and Washington Senators over the course of his 12 year career.

Most people believe that Don Zimmer's best season was 1958, when he slugged 17 home runs and knocked in 60 runs.

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Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1954 BRO N 24 33 3 6 0 0 .182 .270 .242 0 1 3 8 1 0 2 0 1
1955 BRO N 88 280 38 67 15 50 .239 .289 .443 10 1 19 66 2 4 5 5 7
1956 BRO N 17 20 4 6 0 2 .300 .333 .350 1 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 1
1957 BRO N 84 269 23 59 6 19 .219 .262 .327 9 1 16 63 0 3 1 5 8
1958 LA N 127 455 52 119 17 60 .262 .305 .415 15 2 28 92 1 9 14 1 17
1959 LA N 97 249 21 41 4 28 .165 .274 .249 7 1 37 56 1 4 3 7 8
1960 CHI N 132 368 37 95 6 35 .258 .307 .389 16 7 27 56 0 5 8 4 9
1961 CHI N 128 477 57 120 13 40 .252 .291 .403 25 4 25 70 2 7 5 1 16
1962 NY N 14 52 3 4 0 1 .077 .127 .096 1 0 3 10 0 0 0 0 1
1962 CIN N 63 192 16 48 2 16 .250 .304 .359 11 2 14 30 1 0 1 1 5
1962 TOT N 77 244 19 52 2 17 .213 .267 .303 12 2 17 40 1 0 1 1 6
1963 WAS A 83 298 37 74 13 44 .248 .296 .426 12 1 18 57 2 2 3 2 10
1963 LA N 22 23 4 5 1 2 .217 .308 .391 1 0 3 10 0 0 0 0 1
1963 Total 105 321 41 79 14 46 .246 .297 .424 13 1 21 67 2 2 3 2 11
1964 WAS A 121 341 38 84 12 38 .246 .302 .411 16 2 27 94 0 2 1 0 8
1965 WAS A 95 226 20 45 2 17 .199 .284 .252 6 0 26 59 2 1 2 1 7
Total NL 796 2418 258 570 64 253 .236 .289 .371 96 19 175 468 9 32 39 24 74
Total AL 299 865 95 203 27 99 .235 .295 .375 34 3 71 210 4 5 6 3 25
Total 1095 3283 353 773 91 352 .235 .290 .372 130 22 246 678 13 37 45 27 99

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1954 BRO N SS 13 8 82 14 32 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 .939
1955 BRO N 3B 8 0 0 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1955 BRO N 2B 62 0 0 154 166 8 54 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1955 BRO N SS 21 0 0 28 33 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 .938
1956 BRO N 2B 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1956 BRO N SS 8 0 0 8 9 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .944
1956 BRO N 3B 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1957 BRO N 2B 5 5 48 15 16 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 .939
1957 BRO N 3B 39 35 312 44 68 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1957 BRO N SS 37 34 322 55 102 8 17 0 0 0 0 0 .952
1958 LA N 2B 1 0 6 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 LA N SS 114 110 975.2 265 372 23 100 0 0 0 0 0 .965
1958 LA N OF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1958 LA N 3B 12 11 102.2 12 20 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .914
1958 LA N LF 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1959 LA N SS 88 70 636.1 115 226 10 43 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1959 LA N 3B 5 4 37 5 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1959 LA N 2B 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1960 CHI N 2B 75 66 572.2 170 215 8 25 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1960 CHI N LF 2 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1960 CHI N 3B 45 28 287 38 51 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 .918
1960 CHI N OF 2 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1960 CHI N SS 5 0 20 3 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1961 CHI N RF 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1961 CHI N 3B 5 4 33 2 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .786
1961 CHI N OF 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1961 CHI N 2B 116 108 944.1 282 323 17 99 0 0 0 0 0 .973
1962 NY N 3B 14 14 117 12 37 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .961
1962 CIN N 2B 18 8 96.2 20 26 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 .939
1962 CIN N SS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1962 CIN N 3B 42 39 335.1 45 66 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 .949
1962 TOT N 3B 56 53 452.1 57 103 8 9 0 0 0 0 0 .952
1963 WAS A 2B 2 2 18 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1963 WAS A 3B 78 76 680 88 173 18 17 0 0 0 0 0 .935
1963 LA N SS 1 0 4.1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
1963 LA N 2B 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1963 LA N 3B 10 3 37 3 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .933
1963 Total 2B 3 2 20 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1963 Total 3B 88 79 717 91 184 19 17 0 0 0 0 0 .935
1964 WAS A RF 3 3 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1964 WAS A 2B 1 1 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1964 WAS A 3B 88 77 636 68 143 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 .955
1964 WAS A C 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1964 WAS A OF 4 3 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1964 WAS A LF 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1965 WAS A 2B 12 5 52 12 14 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1965 WAS A C 33 27 245 150 18 6 1 0 5 10 10 3 .966
1965 WAS A 3B 26 24 198 19 49 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 .919
Total C 35 27 248 150 18 6 1 0 5 10 10 3 .966
Total RF 4 3 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 2B 295 195 1748.2 660 772 38 192 0 0 0 0 0 .974
Total LF 5 0 10.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total SS 288 222 2041.1 488 783 50 179 0 0 0 0 0 .962
Total 3B 375 315 2775 340 649 62 46 0 0 0 0 0 .941
Total OF 8 3 31.2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1949).
  • Traded by Los Angeles Dodgers to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Ron Perranoski, Johnny Goryl, Lee Handley and $25000 (April 8, 1960).
  • Selected by New York Mets from Chicago Cubs in the expansion draft (October 10, 1961).
  • Traded by New York Mets to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Bob Miller and Cliff Cook (May 7, 1962).
  • Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Scott Breeden (January 24, 1963).
  • Sold by Los Angeles Dodgers to Washington Senators (June 24, 1963).
  • Released by Washington Senators (November 19, 1965).

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