Player

Don Kessinger

Player Info
Full Name
Donald Eulon
Born
July 17, 1942
Forrest City, AR, USA
Size
6'1" / 170 lbs
B/T
B / R
Debut
September 7, 1964
Final Game
July 31, 1979
Career
16 years
Teams
Honors
6 x All-Star
1974, 1972, 1971, 1970, 1969, 1968
1978 - Lou Gehrig Memorial Award (ML)
1970 - Sporting News All-Star (NL)
1970 - Gold Glove (NL)
1969 - Sporting News All-Star (NL)
1969 - Gold Glove (NL)
1968 - Sporting News All-Star (NL)
Career Batting
2,078
G
.252
AVG
1,931
H
14
HR
527
RBI
.626
OPS
82
OPS vs Lg
Qualified for career rate leaderboards · about these stats
Batting Season by Season
Year Team G AB H 2B 3B HR R AVG
1979 Chicago White Sox 56 110 22 6 0 1 14 .200
1978 Chicago White Sox 131 431 110 18 1 1 35 .255
1977 St. Louis Cardinals 59 134 32 4 0 0 14 .239
1977 Chicago White Sox 39 119 28 3 2 0 12 .235
1976 St. Louis Cardinals 145 502 120 22 6 1 55 .239
1975 Chicago Cubs 154 601 146 26 10 0 77 .243
1974 Chicago Cubs 153 599 155 20 7 1 83 .259
1973 Chicago Cubs 160 577 151 22 3 0 52 .262
1972 Chicago Cubs 149 577 158 20 6 1 77 .274
1971 Chicago Cubs 155 617 159 18 6 2 77 .258
1970 Chicago Cubs 154 631 168 21 14 1 100 .266
1969 Chicago Cubs 158 664 181 38 6 4 109 .273
1968 Chicago Cubs 160 655 157 14 7 1 63 .240
1967 Chicago Cubs 145 580 134 10 7 0 61 .231
1966 Chicago Cubs 150 533 146 8 2 1 50 .274
1965 Chicago Cubs 106 309 62 4 3 0 19 .201
1964 Chicago Cubs 4 12 2 0 0 0 1 .167
Advanced Batting About these stats
Year Lg PA ISO BABIP BB% K% OPS vs Lg HR/162 Qual
1979 AL 124 .082 .214 8.1 9.7 49 1.0
1978 AL 480 .053 .275 7.5 7.1 76 1.0
1977 AL 283 .044 .270 9.5 11.7 63 0.0
1976 NL 577 .074 .262 10.6 8.8 86 1.0 ✓
1975 NL 693 .077 .259 9.8 6.8 83 0.0 ✓
1974 NL 673 .062 .283 9.2 8.0 89 1.0 ✓
1973 NL 643 .049 .282 8.9 6.8 83 0.0 ✓
1972 NL 660 .061 .295 10.2 6.7 103 1.0 ✓
1971 NL 687 .058 .279 7.6 7.9 87 2.0 ✓
1970 NL 711 .082 .291 9.3 8.3 91 1.0 ✓
1969 NL 737 .093 .298 8.3 9.5 103 4.0 ✓
1968 NL 707 .047 .274 5.4 12.2 79 1.0 ✓
1967 NL 628 .041 .266 5.3 12.7 64 0.0 ✓
1966 NL 578 .028 .296 4.5 8.0 76 1.0 ✓
1965 NL 336 .032 .232 6.0 13.1 43 0.0
1964 NL 12 .000 .182 0.0 8.3 -2 0.0
Career Fielding by Position
Pos G PO A E DP FPct
SS 1,955 3,151 6,212 334 1,170 .966
2B 78 126 195 11 42 .967
3B 28 13 46 5 3 .922
1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000
Fielding Season by Season
Year Team Pos G PO A E DP FPct
1979 Chicago White Sox 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000
1979 Chicago White Sox 2B 1 2 6 0 0 1.000
1979 Chicago White Sox SS 54 57 103 2 17 .988
1978 Chicago White Sox 2B 9 12 14 0 2 1.000
1978 Chicago White Sox SS 123 171 321 13 60 .974
1977 St. Louis Cardinals 2B 24 32 63 5 9 .950
1977 Chicago White Sox 2B 13 27 27 0 10 1.000
1977 St. Louis Cardinals 3B 4 0 2 1 0 .667
1977 Chicago White Sox 3B 9 7 16 2 0 .920
1977 Chicago White Sox SS 21 32 38 3 12 .959
1977 St. Louis Cardinals SS 26 37 54 2 15 .978
1976 St. Louis Cardinals 2B 31 53 85 6 21 .958
1976 St. Louis Cardinals 3B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000
1976 St. Louis Cardinals SS 113 212 350 18 84 .969
1975 Chicago Cubs 3B 13 5 28 2 3 .943
1975 Chicago Cubs SS 140 205 436 22 100 .967
1974 Chicago Cubs SS 150 259 476 32 87 .958
1973 Chicago Cubs SS 158 274 526 30 109 .964
1972 Chicago Cubs SS 146 259 504 28 90 .965
1971 Chicago Cubs SS 154 263 512 27 97 .966
1970 Chicago Cubs SS 154 257 501 22 86 .972
1969 Chicago Cubs SS 157 266 542 20 101 .976
1968 Chicago Cubs SS 159 263 573 33 97 .962
1967 Chicago Cubs SS 143 215 457 19 77 .973
1966 Chicago Cubs SS 148 202 474 35 68 .951
1965 Chicago Cubs SS 105 176 338 28 69 .948
1964 Chicago Cubs SS 4 3 7 0 1 1.000
Managerial record: 46-60 (.434) Full Managerial Record
Year Team League G W L PCT Finish
1979 Chicago White Sox AL 106 46 60 .434 5 Player-Mgr