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Don Zimmer

Retired

High Level

MLB

Years

1954-1965 (1954-1965)

Proper Name

Donald William Zimmer

Nickname

Popeye

Positions

3B (375) ... 2B (294) ... SS (288) ... C (35) ... OF (8)

Height / Weight

5-9 / 177

Bats / Throws

Right / Right

Birthdate

January 17,1931

Death Date

June 4,2014 Age: 83.138

Place

Cincinnati, Ohio

High School

Western Hills (Cincinnati,OH)

MLB Debut

MLBAM ID

Retrosheet#

zimmd101

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Father of Tommy Zimmer [1955] World Series Champion with Brooklyn Dodgers [1959] World Series Champion with Los Angeles Dodgers [1961] Selected by the New York Mets from the Chicago Cubs (#43 overall) in the 1961 MLB Expansion Draft [2010] Inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame [2023] Inducted into the Tampa Bay Rays Hall of Fame

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Yearly Summary

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	pos	tbc+	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
1954	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	MLB	BRO	23	23	SS		24	33	3	6	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	8	1	0	0	0	1	8	37	1	5	.182	.270	.242	.512	.212	.060	.240	8.11	21.62	2.67	0.00
1955	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	MLB	BRO	23	24	2B	97	88	280	38	67	10	1	15	50	5	3	19	66	2	4	4	5	7	124	309	26	41	.239	.289	.443	.732	.279	.204	.256	6.15	21.36	3.47	18.67
1956	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	MLB	BRO	23	25	SS		17	20	4	6	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	7	1	0	0	0	1	7	21	1	5	.300	.333	.350	.683	.000	.050	.462	0.00	33.33	0.00	0.00
1957	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	MLB	BRO	23	26	3B-SS	80	84	269	23	59	9	1	6	19	1	3	16	63	0	3	1	5	8	88	289	16	43	.219	.262	.327	.589	.160	.108	.264	5.54	21.80	3.94	44.83
1958	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	LAN	23	27	SS	101	127	455	52	119	15	2	17	60	14	2	28	92	1	9	2	1	17	189	495	34	85	.262	.305	.415	.720	.242	.153	.293	5.66	18.59	3.29	26.76
1959	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	LAN	23	28	SS	75	97	249	21	41	7	1	4	28	3	1	37	56	1	4	1	7	8	62	292	12	29	.165	.274	.249	.523	.241	.084	.195	12.67	19.18	1.51	62.25
1960	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	CHN	17	29	2B-3B	96	132	368	37	95	16	7	6	35	8	6	27	56	0	5	2	4	9	143	402	29	66	.258	.307	.389	.696	.209	.131	.289	6.72	13.93	2.07	61.33
1961	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	CHN	17	30	2B	95	128	477	57	120	25	4	13	40	5	1	25	70	2	7	1	1	16	192	512	42	78	.252	.291	.403	.694	.212	.151	.271	4.88	13.67	2.80	36.69
1962	New York Mets	NL	MLB	NYN	17	31	3B	79	14	52	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	10	0	0	0	0	1	5	55	1	3	.077	.127	.096	.223	.058	.019	.095	5.45	18.18	3.33	0.00
1962	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	CIN	14	31	3B	79	63	192	16	48	11	2	2	16	1	2	14	30	1	0	0	1	5	69	207	15	33	.250	.304	.359	.663	.177	.109	.288	6.76	14.49	2.14	96.00
1963	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	LAN	23	32	3B	105	22	23	4	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	3	10	0	0	0	0	1	9	26	2	3	.217	.308	.391	.699	.304	.174	.333	11.54	38.46	3.33	23.00
1963	Washington Senators II	AL	MLB	WS2	34	32	3B	105	83	298	37	74	12	1	13	44	3	2	18	57	2	2	0	2	10	127	320	26	48	.248	.296	.426	.722	.242	.178	.268	5.63	17.81	3.17	22.92
1964	Washington Senators II	AL	MLB	WS2	23	33	3B	103	121	341	38	84	16	2	12	38	1	3	27	94	0	2	0	0	8	140	370	30	54	.246	.302	.411	.713	.238	.165	.306	7.30	25.41	3.48	28.42
1965	Washington Senators II	AL	MLB	WS2	23	34	C-3B	83	95	226	20	45	6	0	2	17	2	0	26	59	2	1	3	1	7	57	258	8	37	.199	.284	.252	.536	.177	.053	.256	10.08	22.87	2.27	113.00
Tot:	MLB (12 yrs)		MLB						1095	3283	353	773	130	22	91	352	45	25	246	678	13	37	14	27	99	1220	3593	243	530	.235	.290	.372	.662	.217	.136	.270	6.85	18.87	2.76	36.08
Tot:	AL (3 yrs)		AL						299	865	95	203	34	3	27	99	6	5	71	210	4	5	3	3	25	324	948	64	139	.235	.295	.375	.669	.223	.140	.279	7.49	22.15	2.96	32.04
Tot:	NL (10 yrs)		NL						796	2418	258	570	96	19	64	253	39	20	175	468	9	32	11	24	74	896	2645	179	391	.236	.289	.371	.659	.215	.135	.267	6.62	17.69	2.67	37.78
Avg:	MLB - 162 game avg		MLB						162	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’

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year	team name	league	category	age	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
1955	Brooklyn Dodgers	World Series	Playoffs	24	4	9	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	0	2	.222	.364	.222	.586	.222	.000	.500	18.18	45.45	2.50	0.00
1959	Los Angeles Dodgers	World Series	Playoffs	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1961	National League	Major League Baseball	AllStar	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Tot:	AllStar (1 Yrs)		AllStar		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00
Tot:	Playoffs (2 Yrs)		Playoffs		5	10	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	0	2	.200	.333	.200	.533	.200	.000	.400	16.67	41.67	2.50

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