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Proper Name
Donald Eulon Kessinger
High Level
MLB (1964-1979)
Positions
SS (1955) ... 2B (78) ... 3B (28) ... 1B (1)
Ht / Wt
6-1 / 175
Bats / Throws
Both / Right
age
81.244
place
Forrest City,Arkansas
High School
Forrest City (Forrest City,AR)
colleges
Drafted
Signing Bonus
$ 25,000
draft posit
SS
MLB Debut
MLB Teams
CHN [12] CHA [3] SLN [2]
TBC#
13709
mlbam id
117024
Retrosheet
Stat Capsuleavgopsabrhhrrbisb
Career MLB [1964-1979].252.6207651899193114527100
Speed
67
Power
29
Contact
84
XBH
33
RBIs
30
Runs
55
Hitting
60
Durability
81
Team
.485
Player Tags
Player Notes:  Father of Keith Kessinger
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year team name league level org age   # pos link   g ab   r   h 2b 3b hr rbi sb cs bb so hbp sh sf iw gdp tb pa xbh 1b avg obp slg ops secA iso babip bb% so% so/bb ab/hr
1964 Chicago Cubs NL MLB chn 21 11 ss log 4 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 .000 .000 .182 0.00 8.33 -- --
1965 Chicago Cubs NL MLB chn 22 11 ss log 106 309 19 62 4 3 0 14 1 2 20 44 2 3 2 1 5 72 336 7 55 .201 .252 .233 .485 .094 .032 .232 5.95 13.10 2.20 --
1966 Chicago Cubs NL MLB chn 23 11 ss log 150 533 50 146 8 2 1 43 13 7 26 46 0 15 4 5 11 161 578 11 135 .274 .306 .302 .608 .088 .028 .296 4.50 7.96 1.77 533.00
1967 Chicago Cubs NL MLB chn 24 11 ss log 145 580 61 134 10 7 0 42 6 13 33 80 4 7 4 1 3 158 628 17 117 .231 .275 .272 .548 .086 .041 .266 5.25 12.74 2.42 --
1968 Chicago Cubs NL MLB chn 25 11 ss log 160 655 63 157 14 7 1 32 9 9 38 86 2 11 1 1 7 188 707 22 135 .240 .283 .287 .570 .105 .047 .274 5.37 12.16 2.26 655.00
1969 Chicago Cubs NL MLB chn 26 11 ss log 158 664 109 181 38 6 4 53 11 8 61 70 1 6 5 4 5 243 737 48 133 .273 .332 .366 .698 .190 .093 .297 8.28 9.50 1.15 166.00
1970 Chicago Cubs NL MLB chn 27 11 ss log 154 631 100 168 21 14 1 39 12 6 66 59 2 10 2 6 12 220 711 36 132 .266 .337 .349 .685 .197 .082 .291 9.28 8.30 0.89 631.00
1971 Chicago Cubs NL MLB chn 28 11 ss log 155 617 77 159 18 6 2 38 15 8 52 54 3 14 1 6 11 195 687 26 133 .258 .318 .316 .634 .154 .058 .279 7.57 7.86 1.04 308.50
1972 Chicago Cubs NL MLB chn 29 11 ss log 149 577 77 158 20 6 1 39 8 7 67 44 2 13 1 8 11 193 660 27 131 .274 .351 .334 .685 .179 .061 .295 10.15 6.67 0.66 577.00
1973 Chicago Cubs NL MLB chn 30 11 ss log 160 577 52 151 22 3 0 43 6 6 57 44 0 7 2 18 15 179 643 25 126 .262 .327 .310 .637 .147 .049 .282 8.86 6.84 0.77 --
1974 Chicago Cubs NL MLB chn 31 11 ss log 153 599 83 155 20 7 1 42 7 7 62 54 4 7 1 7 14 192 673 28 127 .259 .332 .321 .652 .165 .062 .283 9.21 8.02 0.87 599.00
1975 Chicago Cubs NL MLB chn 32 11 ss log 154 601 77 146 26 10 0 46 4 7 68 47 1 14 9 2 4 192 693 36 110 .243 .317 .319 .636 .185 .077 .259 9.81 6.78 0.69 --
1976 St. Louis Cardinals NL MLB sln 33 11 ss log 145 502 55 120 22 6 1 40 3 0 61 51 1 9 4 5 13 157 577 29 91 .239 .320 .313 .633 .201 .074 .262 10.57 8.84 0.84 502.00
1977 St. Louis Cardinals NL MLB sln 34 11 ss-2b log 59 134 14 32 4 0 0 7 0 0 14 26 0 0 1 1 3 36 149 4 28 .239 .309 .269 .577 .134 .030 .294 9.40 17.45 1.86 --
1977 Chicago White Sox AL MLB cha 34 30 ss-2b log 39 119 12 28 3 2 0 11 2 1 13 7 0 1 1 2 3 35 134 5 23 .235 .308 .294 .602 .176 .059 .248 9.70 5.22 0.54 --
1978 Chicago White Sox AL MLB cha 35 11 ss log 131 431 35 110 18 1 1 31 2 4 36 34 0 12 1 1 10 133 480 20 90 .255 .312 .309 .621 .132 .053 .275 7.50 7.08 0.94 431.00
1979 Chicago White Sox AL MLB cha 36 27 ss log 56 110 14 22 6 0 1 7 1 0 10 12 0 3 1 1 5 31 124 7 15 .200 .264 .282 .546 .182 .082 .214 8.06 9.68 1.20 110.00
1964 MLB Total -- CHN -- -- -- -- 4 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 .000 .000 .182 0.00 8.33 -- --
1965 MLB Total -- CHN -- -- -- -- 106 309 19 62 4 3 0 14 1 2 20 44 2 3 2 1 5 72 336 7 55 .201 .252 .233 .485 .094 .032 .232 5.95 13.10 2.20 --
1966 MLB Total -- CHN -- -- -- -- 150 533 50 146 8 2 1 43 13 7 26 46 0 15 4 5 11 161 578 11 135 .274 .306 .302 .608 .088 .028 .296 4.50 7.96 1.77 533.00
1967 MLB Total -- CHN -- -- -- -- 145 580 61 134 10 7 0 42 6 13 33 80 4 7 4 1 3 158 628 17 117 .231 .275 .272 .548 .086 .041 .266 5.25 12.74 2.42 --
1968 MLB Total -- CHN -- -- -- -- 160 655 63 157 14 7 1 32 9 9 38 86 2 11 1 1 7 188 707 22 135 .240 .283 .287 .570 .105 .047 .274 5.37 12.16 2.26 655.00
1969 MLB Total -- CHN -- -- -- -- 158 664 109 181 38 6 4 53 11 8 61 70 1 6 5 4 5 243 737 48 133 .273 .332 .366 .698 .190 .093 .297 8.28 9.50 1.15 166.00
1970 MLB Total -- CHN -- -- -- -- 154 631 100 168 21 14 1 39 12 6 66 59 2 10 2 6 12 220 711 36 132 .266 .337 .349 .685 .197 .082 .291 9.28 8.30 0.89 631.00
1971 MLB Total -- CHN -- -- -- -- 155 617 77 159 18 6 2 38 15 8 52 54 3 14 1 6 11 195 687 26 133 .258 .318 .316 .634 .154 .058 .279 7.57 7.86 1.04 308.50
1972 MLB Total -- CHN -- -- -- -- 149 577 77 158 20 6 1 39 8 7 67 44 2 13 1 8 11 193 660 27 131 .274 .351 .334 .685 .179 .061 .295 10.15 6.67 0.66 577.00
1973 MLB Total -- CHN -- -- -- -- 160 577 52 151 22 3 0 43 6 6 57 44 0 7 2 18 15 179 643 25 126 .262 .327 .310 .637 .147 .049 .282 8.86 6.84 0.77 --
1974 MLB Total -- CHN -- -- -- -- 153 599 83 155 20 7 1 42 7 7 62 54 4 7 1 7 14 192 673 28 127 .259 .332 .321 .652 .165 .062 .283 9.21 8.02 0.87 599.00
1975 MLB Total -- CHN -- -- -- -- 154 601 77 146 26 10 0 46 4 7 68 47 1 14 9 2 4 192 693 36 110 .243 .317 .319 .636 .185 .077 .259 9.81 6.78 0.69 --
1976 MLB Total -- SLN -- -- -- -- 145 502 55 120 22 6 1 40 3 0 61 51 1 9 4 5 13 157 577 29 91 .239 .320 .313 .633 .201 .074 .262 10.57 8.84 0.84 502.00
1977 MLB Total -- CHA,SLN -- -- -- -- 98 253 26 60 7 2 0 18 2 1 27 33 0 1 2 3 6 71 283 9 51 .237 .309 .281 .589 .154 .043 .270 9.54 11.66 1.22 --
1978 MLB Total -- CHA -- -- -- -- 131 431 35 110 18 1 1 31 2 4 36 34 0 12 1 1 10 133 480 20 90 .255 .312 .309 .621 .132 .053 .275 7.50 7.08 0.94 431.00
1979 MLB Total -- CHA -- -- -- -- 56 110 14 22 6 0 1 7 1 0 10 12 0 3 1 1 5 31 124 7 15 .200 .264 .282 .546 .182 .082 .214 8.06 9.68 1.20 110.00
Total MLB (16 yrs) -- MLB -- -- -- -- -- 2078 7651 899 1931 254 80 14 527 100 85 684 759 22 132 40 69 132 2387 8529 348 1583 .252 .314 .312 .626 .151 .060 .277 8.02 8.90 1.11 546.50
Total AL (3 yrs) -- AL -- -- -- -- -- 226 660 61 160 27 3 2 49 5 5 59 53 0 16 3 4 18 199 738 32 128 .242 .303 .302 .605 .148 .059 .260 7.99 7.18 0.90 330.00
Total NL (14 yrs) -- NL -- -- -- -- -- 1852 6991 838 1771 227 77 12 478 95 80 625 706 22 116 37 65 114 2188 7791 316 1455 .253 .315 .313 .628 .151 .060 .279 8.02 9.06 1.13 582.58
Other Batting
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year team name league level age   g ab   r   h 2b 3b hr rbi sb cs bb so hbp sh sf iw gdp tb pa xbh 1b avg obp slg ops secA iso babip bb% so% so/bb ab/hr
1968 National League MLB AllStar 25 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.00 50.00 -- --
1969 National League MLB AllStar 26 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.00 0.00 -- --
1970 National League MLB AllStar 27 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 .000 .000 1.000 0.00 0.00 -- --
1971 National League MLB AllStar 28 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.00 0.00 -- --
1972 National League MLB AllStar 29 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.00 0.00 -- --
1974 National League MLB AllStar 31 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 1.000 1.000 3.000 4.000 2.000 2.000 1.000 0.00 0.00 -- --
-- Totals -- AllStar 25 6 12 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 12 1 2 .250 .250 .417 .667 .167 .167 .273 0.00 8.33 -- --
Fielding Statistics
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year team name league level mlb age pos   g gs inn po   a   e dp tc tsc sb cs sb% fpct rfg rfi rf9i tm shr pl shr tm rk
1964 Chicago Cubs NL MLB chn 21 ss 4 0 19.0 3 7 0 1 10 10 0 0 -- 1.000 2.5 0.53 4.74 2.5 100.0 3
1965 Chicago Cubs NL MLB chn 22 ss 105 0 864.2 176 338 28 69 542 514 0 0 -- .948 4.9 0.59 5.35 64.8 99.1 1
1966 Chicago Cubs NL MLB chn 23 ss 148 0 1,294.0 202 474 35 68 711 676 0 0 -- .951 4.6 0.52 4.70 91.4 98.7 1
1967 Chicago Cubs NL MLB chn 24 ss 143 0 1,233.2 215 457 19 77 691 672 0 0 -- .973 4.7 0.54 4.90 88.8 98.6 1
1968 Chicago Cubs NL MLB chn 25 ss 159 0 1,394.1 263 573 33 97 869 836 0 0 -- .962 5.3 0.60 5.40 98.1 99.4 1
1969 Chicago Cubs NL MLB chn 26 ss 157 0 1,398.1 266 542 20 101 828 808 0 0 -- .976 5.1 0.58 5.20 96.9 99.4 1
1970 Chicago Cubs NL MLB chn 27 ss 154 0 1,340.0 257 501 22 86 780 758 0 0 -- .972 4.9 0.57 5.09 95.1 100.0 1
1971 Chicago Cubs NL MLB chn 28 ss 154 0 1,330.0 263 512 27 97 802 775 0 0 -- .966 5.0 0.58 5.24 95.1 99.4 1
1972 Chicago Cubs NL MLB chn 29 ss 146 0 1,290.0 259 504 28 90 791 763 0 0 -- .965 5.2 0.59 5.32 94.2 98.0 1
1973 Chicago Cubs NL MLB chn 30 ss 158 0 1,378.1 274 526 30 109 830 800 0 0 -- .964 5.1 0.58 5.22 98.1 98.8 1
1974 Chicago Cubs NL MLB chn 31 ss 150 0 1,299.0 259 476 32 87 767 735 0 0 -- .958 4.9 0.57 5.09 92.6 98.0 1
1975 Chicago Cubs NL MLB chn 32 3b 13 12 100.2 5 28 2 3 35 33 0 0 -- .943 2.5 0.33 2.96 8.0 8.4 3
1975 Chicago Cubs NL MLB chn 32 ss 140 132 1,192.2 205 436 22 100 663 641 0 0 -- .967 4.6 0.54 4.84 86.4 90.9 1
1976 St. Louis Cardinals NL MLB sln 33 2b 31 29 256.2 53 85 6 21 144 138 0 0 -- .958 4.5 0.54 4.85 19.1 21.4 3
1976 St. Louis Cardinals NL MLB sln 33 3b 2 0 8.1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -- 1.000 0.5 0.12 1.11 1.2 1.4 4
1976 St. Louis Cardinals NL MLB sln 33 ss 113 105 955.1 212 350 18 84 580 562 0 0 -- .969 5.0 0.59 5.30 69.8 77.9 1
1977 Chicago White Sox AL MLB cha 34 2b 13 11 95.0 27 27 0 10 54 54 0 0 -- 1.000 4.2 0.57 5.12 8.0 33.3 3
1977 St. Louis Cardinals NL MLB sln 34 2b 24 16 151.0 32 63 5 9 100 95 0 0 -- .950 4.0 0.63 5.66 14.8 40.7 3
1977 Chicago White Sox AL MLB cha 34 3b 9 6 57.1 7 16 2 0 25 23 0 0 -- .920 2.6 0.40 3.63 5.6 23.1 3
1977 St. Louis Cardinals NL MLB sln 34 3b 4 1 10.1 0 2 1 0 3 2 0 0 -- .667 0.5 0.20 1.78 2.5 6.8 5
1977 Chicago White Sox AL MLB cha 34 ss 21 18 161.0 32 38 3 12 73 70 0 0 -- .959 3.3 0.43 3.91 13.0 53.8 2
1977 St. Louis Cardinals NL MLB sln 34 ss 26 13 151.0 37 54 2 15 93 91 0 0 -- .978 3.5 0.60 5.42 16.0 44.1 2
1978 Chicago White Sox AL MLB cha 35 2b 9 7 63.0 12 14 0 2 26 26 0 0 -- 1.000 2.9 0.41 3.71 5.6 6.9 3
1978 Chicago White Sox AL MLB cha 35 ss 123 117 996.1 171 321 13 60 505 492 0 0 -- .974 4.0 0.49 4.45 76.4 93.9 1
1979 Chicago White Sox AL MLB cha 36 1b 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 -- 1.000 2.0 2.00 18.00 0.6 1.8 3
1979 Chicago White Sox AL MLB cha 36 2b 1 1 7.0 2 6 0 0 8 8 0 0 -- 1.000 8.0 1.14 10.29 0.6 1.8 7
1979 Chicago White Sox AL MLB cha 36 ss 54 36 324.1 57 103 2 17 162 160 0 0 -- .988 3.0 0.49 4.44 33.8 96.4 2
Total MLB (1 yrs) -- MLB -- -- 1b 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 -- 1.000 2.0 2.00 18.00 -- -- --
Total MLB (4 yrs) -- MLB -- -- 2b 78 64 572 126 195 11 42 332 321 0 0 -- .967 4.1 0.56 5.05 -- -- --
Total MLB (3 yrs) -- MLB -- -- 3b 28 19 175 13 46 5 3 64 59 0 0 -- .922 2.1 0.34 3.03 -- -- --
Total MLB (16 yrs) -- MLB -- -- ss 1955 421 16,619 3151 6212 334 1170 9697 9363 0 0 -- .966 4.8 0.56 5.07 -- -- --
Yearly Positional Grid
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  • Compare/Analyze: Click multiple rows for players of interest. In addition to filtering, you can quickly COMPARE player stats or use the MULTI-PLAYER STAT VIEWER to view multiple player cards on the same page.
  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
year category pos p pos c pos 1b pos 2b pos 3b pos ss pos lf pos cf pos rf pos of pos dh
1964 MLB 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
1965 MLB 0 0 0 0 0 105 0 0 0 0 0
1966 MLB 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0
1967 MLB 0 0 0 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0
1968 MLB 0 0 0 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0
1969 MLB 0 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0
1970 MLB 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0
1971 MLB 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0
1972 MLB 0 0 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0
1973 MLB 0 0 0 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0
1974 MLB 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0
1975 MLB 0 0 0 0 13 140 0 0 0 0 0
1976 MLB 0 0 0 31 2 113 0 0 0 0 0
1977 MLB 0 0 0 37 13 47 0 0 0 0 0
1978 MLB 0 0 0 9 0 123 0 0 0 0 0
1979 MLB 0 0 1 1 0 54 0 0 0 0 0