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Don Kessinger
Donald Eulon Kessinger

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 175 lb.
School Mississippi

MLB Debut September 7, 1964
Final Game July 31, 1979
Born July 17, 1942 in Forrest City, AR (age 82)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1965 22 CHN NL    5    8    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .125  .125  .125  .250    35     1   1   0   0   0   0  
 1966 23 CHN NL  150  529   53  143   9   2   3   44   6   3   34   59  .270  .312  .312  .624    87   165   5   5   6   0  10  
 1967 24 CHN NL  155  542   39  122  11  10   0   44   6   7   38   68  .225  .279  .282  .561    83   153  11   2   6   3   3  
 1968 25 CHN NL  162  619   52  139  15   5   0   40  15  17   27   77  .225  .258  .265  .523    83   164  10   3   2   2  13  
 1969 26 CHN NL  162  703   79  176  32   4   6   56  16  10   43   86  .250  .292  .333  .625    89   234   4   3   1   0  11  
 1970 27 DEA AL  162  646   76  159  18  12   2   43  15   5   49   64  .246  .300  .320  .620    86   207  23   4   1   2  11  
 1971 28 DEA AL  162  620   57  165  23   6   1   50   2   2   52   49  .266  .324  .327  .651    93   203   3   4   0   3   9  
 1972 29 DEA AL  161  630   80  168  25   3   0   35  17   6   65   38  .267  .336  .316  .652    96   199  25   3   0   2  14  
 1973 30 DEA AL  156  628   78  167  25   2   0   43  11   6   36   29  .266  .305  .312  .617    84   196  17   2   1   0  22  
 1974 31 DEA AL  159  646   70  166  15   6   0   48   7   9   61   46  .257  .322  .299  .621    87   193   8   4   1   3  13  
 1975 32 DEA AL  159  543   36  122  19   6   0   43   3  10   51   47  .225  .290  .282  .572    77   153   6   2   0   0   9  
 1976 33 ATN NL  152  502   45  120  20   6   1   48   2   0   57   62  .239  .314  .309  .623    93   155   9   4   2   0  14  
 1977 34 SFN NL   39  102   12   25   3   3   0    5   0   0   12    6  .245  .322  .333  .655    90    34   0   1   0   0   0  
 1978 35 SFN NL  137  426   25  100  16   0   1   31   2   9   41   40  .235  .299  .279  .578    87   119   3   5   0   0  10  
 1979 36 SFN NL   34  116   10   28  10   1   0   14   1   0   11   14  .241  .302  .345  .647    92    40   1   2   0   0   1  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons     1955 7260  713 1801 241  66  14  544 103  84  577  689  .248  .303  .305  .608        2216 126  44  20  15 140
 Per 600 PA           543   53  135  18   5   1   41   8   6   43   52                                 166   9   3   1   1  10
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With DEA      959 3713  397  947 125  35   3  262  55  38  314  273  .255  .313  .310  .623        1151  82  19   3  10  78
   With CHN      634 2401  224  581  67  21   9  184  43  37  142  294  .242  .284  .299  .583         717  31  13  15   5  37
   With SFN      210  644   47  153  29   4   1   50   3   9   64   60  .238  .303  .300  .603         193   4   8   0   0  11
   With ATN      152  502   45  120  20   6   1   48   2   0   57   62  .239  .314  .309  .623         155   9   4   2   0  14
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     2078 7651  899 1931 254  80  14  527 100  85  684  759  .252  .314  .312  .626        2387 132  40  69  22 132
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1965 22 CHN NL   0    0    .6   0   0   0  .000   4    5    1  .200    0    0  .000  SS   3e44     -235   
 1966 23 CHN NL  33   51   3.4   0   0   0  .000  31  167  124  .743    0    0  .000  SS   2e40       16   
 1967 24 CHN NL  28   44   2.7   0   0   0  .000  15  180  144  .800    0    0  .000  SS   2e22       13   
 1968 25 CHN NL  30   38   2.0   0   0   0  .000  27  177  130  .734    0    0  .000  SS   2e34      -47   
 1969 26 CHN NL  28   67   3.3   0   0   0  .000  24  195  156  .800    0    0  .000  SS   2e21      -73   
 1970 27 DEA AL  32   64   3.3   0   0   0  .000  32  192  139  .724    0    0  .000  SS   2e23      -65   
 1971 28 DEA AL  30   68   3.9   0   0   0  .000  28  200  147  .735    0    0  .000  SS   2e28       17   
 1972 29 DEA AL  33   71   3.8   0   0   0  .000  28  189  139  .735    0    0  .000  SS   2e31      -34   
 1973 30 DEA AL  33   56   3.0   1   0   0  .000  27  185  140  .757    0    0  .000  SS   2e31      -20   
 1974 31 DEA AL  34   63   3.3   0   0   0  .000  34  188  140  .745    0    0  .000  SS   2e34      -31   
 1975 32 DEA AL  36   43   2.7   0   0   0  .000  22  171  112  .655    0    0  .000  SS   3e26      -64   
 1976 33 ATN NL  22   50   3.3   2   0   0  .000  18  168  119  .708    0    0  .000  SS   3e26      -10   
 1977 34 SFN NL  24   12   4.2   4   1   0  .250   5   40   26  .650    0    0  .000  SS   3e31       66   
 1978 35 SFN NL  32   34   2.6   2   1   0  .500   6  148  111  .750    0    0  .000  SS   3e17      -42   
 1979 36 SFN NL  21   13   3.9   0   0   0  .000   2   43   31  .721    0    0  .000  SS   3e16      101   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 15 Seasons          680   3.1   9   2   0  .222 303 2248 1659  .738    0    0  .000                 -26   6
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 21.0 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 35.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1965 22 CHN NL  SS     5     4     6    4    2   .714     2    18.0   5.00
 1966 23 CHN NL  SS   150   292   519   31  102   .963   146  1313.2   5.56
 1967 24 CHN NL  SS   155   270   488   15   85   .981   154  1384.2   4.93
 1968 25 CHN NL  SS   162   266   547   27   91   .968   162  1458.2   5.02
 1969 26 CHN NL  SS   162   271   591   24   94   .973   162  1453.0   5.34  GG
 1970 27 DEA AL  SS   161   241   623   32  130   .964   161  1438.2   5.41
 1971 28 DEA AL  SS   162   226   550   28   97   .965   162  1453.1   4.81
 1972 29 DEA AL  SS   161   240   601   28  102   .968   161  1454.1   5.20
 1973 30 DEA AL  SS   155   199   563   27  103   .966   149  1365.0   5.02
 1974 31 DEA AL  SS   159   264   575   34  118   .961   158  1404.1   5.38
 1975 32 DEA AL  SS   147   352   423   21   89   .974   144  1285.1   5.43
                 3B    11     9    18    1    2   .964     7    67.0   3.63
 1976 33 ATN NL  SS   149   272   432   18   86   .975   142  1292.2   4.90
 1977 34 SFN NL  SS    32    35    89    5   13   .961    27   240.0   4.65
                 2B     2     3     3    0    1  1.000     1    10.1   5.23
                 3B     1     1     1    0    0  1.000     1     8.0   2.25
 1978 35 SFN NL  SS   131   267   362    6   53   .991   127  1127.2   5.02
                 2B     4    15    12    0    3  1.000     4    32.0   7.59
 1979 36 SFN NL  SS    34    46   136    2   15   .989    33   289.0   5.67
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 SS  1925  3245  6505  302 1180   .970  1890 16978.1   5.17
                 3B    12    10    19    1    2   .967     8    75.0   3.48
                 2B     6    18    15    0    4  1.000     5    42.1   7.02
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1965  CHN   87-75   Alan Boodman
 1966  CHN   78-84   Alan Boodman
 1967  CHN   74-88   Alan Boodman
 1968  CHN   65-97   Alan Bosslet
 1969  CHN   77-85   Alan Bosslet
 1970  DEA   69-93   Alan Boodman
 1971  DEA   90-72   Alan Boodman
 1972  DEA   71-91   Allen Nelson, Dennis Van Langen
 1973  DEA   79-83   Dennis Van Langen
 1974  DEA   65-97   Dennis Van Langen
 1975  DEA   47-115  Dennis Van Langen
 1976  ATN   73-89   Tom Austad
 1977  SFN   69-93   Bob Mittleman
 1978  SFN   87-75   Bob Mittleman
 1979  SFN   57-105  Bob Mittleman

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