Don Zimmer

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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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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- 7.1 Recent Don Zimmer ArmchairGM Stories
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[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.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

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