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Don Zimmer
Donald William Zimmer (Popeye, The Gerbil)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 177 lb.

MLB Debut July 2, 1954
Final Game October 2, 1965
Born January 17, 1931 in Cincinnati, OH
Died June 4, 2014 (age 83)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 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 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1954 23 SLN NL    6   20    2    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    1   10  .200  .238  .200  .438    58     4   0   0   0   0   0  
 1955 24 PIN NL  114  298   38   56   4   0   6   21  22   4   25   67  .188  .269  .262  .530    73    78   1   3   4   9  10  
 1956           [Did not play]
 1957 26 PIN NL   27   33    2    6   2   0   0    1   1   0    2   10  .182  .229  .242  .471    62     8   0   0   0   0   0  
 1958 27 PIN NL   70  142   15   31   4   0   1    7   7   3   12   34  .218  .284  .268  .551    76    38   4   0   5   1   3  
 1959 28 PIN NL  110  260   26   41   6   0   2   14   0   2   39   61  .158  .264  .204  .468    64    53   7   4   0   0   4  
 1960 29 PIN NL  122  395   40   92  13  12   9   45   9   5   26   72  .233  .277  .395  .672    94   156   3   5   0   0  14  
 1961 30 PIN NL   78  253   40   72  11   7  13   33   0   1   10   35  .285  .313  .538  .851   115   136   3   1   0   1   6  
 1962 31 MLN NL   76  154   14   35   8   2   2   22   0   3    9   24  .227  .267  .344  .611    85    53   0   2   1   0   9  
 1963 32 WAA AL  113  333   35   83  13   0  17   35   2   2   18   81  .249  .292  .441  .734   105   147   1   2   2   3   8  
 1964 33 WAA AL  119  380   37   97  17   4  18   48   0   2   23  112  .255  .296  .463  .759   107   176   2   2   1   0  10  
 1965 34 WAA AL   84  208   17   39   5   0   4   26   0   0   28   55  .188  .290  .269  .559    80    56   0   5   0   4   6  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons      919 2476  266  556  83  25  72  252  41  22  193  561  .225  .283  .366  .648         905  21  24  13  18  70
 Per 600 PA           544   58  122  18   5  16   55   9   5   42  123                                 199   5   5   3   4  15
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With PIN      521 1381  161  298  40  19  31  121  39  15  114  279  .216  .278  .340  .618         469  18  13   9  11  37
   With WAA      316  921   89  219  35   4  39  109   2   4   69  248  .238  .293  .412  .705         379   3   9   3   7  24
   With MLN       76  154   14   35   8   2   2   22   0   3    9   24  .227  .267  .344  .611          53   0   2   1   0   9
   With SLN        6   20    2    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    1   10  .200  .238  .200  .438           4   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1095 3283  353  773 130  22  91  352  45  25  246  678  .235  .290  .372  .662        1220  37  14  27  13  99
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1954 23 SLN NL  86    1   1.7   1   0   0  .000   0    8    6  .750    0    0  .000  SS   3e52      -75   
 1955 24 PIN NL  28   22   2.3  20   6   1  .300  12   56   32  .571    0    0  .000  3B   3e18     -201   
 1956           [Did not play]
 1957 26 PIN NL  37    2   2.1   4   1   0  .250   2    9    6  .667    0    0  .000  UT            -118   
 1958 27 PIN NL  11   10   2.4  19   4   1  .211   2   32   26  .812    0    0  .000  SS   3e30     -168   
 1959 28 PIN NL  30   16   1.9   5   1   0  .200   8   66   49  .742    0    0  .000  UT   3e20      -55   
 1960 29 PIN NL  19   39   3.2  14   1   0  .071  25   71   37  .521    0    0  .000  3B   3e44      -24   
 1961 30 PIN NL   2   39   5.6  11   3   1  .273   8   37   23  .622    0    0  .000  UT             157   
 1962 31 MLN NL  38   10   2.2   5   0   0  .000   2   51   35  .686    0    0  .000  UT              40   
 1963 32 WAA AL  55   40   4.2  25   5   1  .200  12   50   30  .600    0    0  .000  3B   3e32       13   
 1964 33 WAA AL   7   48   4.4  10   3   2  .300  19   94   54  .574    1    1  .500  2B   4e32       47   
 1965 34 WAA AL  77   17   2.7  14   2   0  .143  14   28   10  .357    3    0 1.000  3B   4e41       23   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 11 Seasons          250   3.3 128  26   6  .203 104  502  308  .614    4    1  .800                 -17   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 3.6 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 1.0 (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  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1954 23 SLN NL  SS     5     8    14    0    2  1.000     5    40.0   4.95
 1955 24 PIN NL  3B    64    32    94    4    7   .969    44   441.1   2.57
                 SS    25    30    55    5   14   .944    15   153.0   5.00
                 2B    11    34    27    3    8   .953    10    89.2   6.12
 1956           [Did not play]
 1957 26 PIN NL  SS     8     9    12    1    1   .955     4    42.0   4.50
                 3B    15     2    11    1    0   .929     0    30.0   3.90
 1958 27 PIN NL  SS    37    63    89    2   16   .987    31   278.0   4.92
                 2B     3     6     3    0    1  1.000     3    16.0   5.06
                 3B     3     1     3    0    0  1.000     1     9.2   3.72
                 LF     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     5.0   0.00
                 CF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     1.0   9.00
 1959 28 PIN NL  3B    59    33   100    5    9   .964    38   363.2   3.29
                 SS    46    86   112    3   25   .985    34   320.1   5.56
                 2B     4     4     2    0    0  1.000     1     9.0   6.00
 1960 29 PIN NL  3B    80    49   157   20   14   .912    71   600.0   3.09
                 SS    34    41    96    5   20   .965    27   240.2   5.12
                 2B     2     1     1    0    0  1.000     0     5.0   3.60
 1961 30 PIN NL  3B    35    27    63    4   12   .957    33   281.0   2.88
                 2B    29    72    73    4   15   .973    25   221.2   5.89
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     3.0   0.00
 1962 31 MLN NL  SS    32    58   113    1   23   .994    31   264.0   5.83
                 3B    35    19    34    0    3  1.000    10   132.0   3.61
                 2B     3     5     9    1    3   .933     0    14.0   9.00
 1963 32 WAA AL  3B    61    32   119    9   12   .944    54   472.2   2.88
                 2B    27    65    64    2   18   .985    26   219.0   5.30
                 SS     5     0     1    1    0   .500     0     7.1   1.23
 1964 33 WAA AL  2B   103   217   233   19   49   .959    97   788.2   5.14
                 3B     4     0     4    0    0  1.000     1    15.0   2.40
                 C      9    10     2    0    0  1.000     0    11.2   9.26
 1965 34 WAA AL  3B    55    36   111   13   10   .919    54   462.2   2.86
                 2B     5     8     7    0    2  1.000     3    31.0   4.35
                 C     11     9     0    1    0   .900     0    14.1   5.65
                 1B     1     4     0    0    1  1.000     0     2.2  13.50
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 3B   411   231   696   56   67   .943   306  2808.0   2.97
                 2B   187   412   419   29   96   .966   165  1394.0   5.37
                 SS   192   295   492   18  101   .978   147  1345.1   5.26
                 C     20    19     2    1    0   .955     0    26.0   7.27
                 LF     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     5.0   0.00
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     3.0   0.00
                 1B     1     4     0    0    1  1.000     0     2.2  13.50
                 CF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     1.0   9.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1954  SLN   70-84   Mike Rescigno
 1955  PIN   56-98   Dennis Van Langen
 1957  PIN   75-79   Dennis Van Langen
 1958  PIN   79-75   Dennis Van Langen
 1959  PIN   64-90   Dennis Van Langen
 1960  PIN   72-82   Dennis Van Langen
 1961  PIN   71-83   Dennis Van Langen
 1962  MLN   79-83   Jeff Tripodi
 1963  WAA   73-89   Larry Cupp
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