Don Zimmer Stats

Don Zimmer was born on Saturday, January 17, 1931, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Zimmer was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 2, 1954, with the Brooklyn Dodgers. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Don Zimmer baseball stats page.

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"What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle and giving a hundred ten percent all the time." - Don Zimmer (Don Zimmer, Letter to Baseball Almanac, 03/01/1992, MS)

Don Zimmer

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Don "The Gerbil" Zimmer Autograph on a 1981 Fleer Baseball Card (#230)

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Birth Name:   Donald William Zimmer
Nickname:   Don or Popeye or The Gerbil or Zim
Born On:   01-17-1931  (Capricorn)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Cincinnati, Ohio
Year of Death Data Died On:   06-04-2014 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Dunedin, Florida
Cemetery:   Cremated
High School:   Western Hills High School (Cincinnati, OH)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-09   Player Weight Chart Weight:   177
First Game:   07-02-1954 (Age 23)
Last Game:   10-02-1965
Draft:   Not Applicable

Don Zimmer

Don Zimmer Pitching Stats

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Don Zimmer

Don Zimmer Hitting Stats

1954 23 Dodgers 24 33 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 8 0 0 1 1 .182 .270 .242
1955 24 Dodgers 88 280 38 67 10 1 15 1 50 19 5 66 4 4 2 7 .239 .289 .443
1956 25 Dodgers 17 20 4 6 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 0 0 1 1 .300 .333 .350
1957 26 Dodgers 84 269 23 59 9 1 6 0 19 16 5 63 3 1 0 8 .219 .262 .327
1958 27 Dodgers 127 455 52 119 15 2 17 0 60 28 1 92 9 2 1 17 .262 .305 .415
1959 28 Dodgers 97 249 21 41 7 1 4 0 28 37 7 56 4 1 1 8 .165 .274 .249
1960 29 Cubs 132 368 37 95 16 7 6 0 35 27 4 56 5 2 0 9 .258 .307 .389
1961 30 Cubs 128 477 57 120 25 4 13 0 40 25 1 70 7 1 2 16 .252 .291 .403
1962 31 Mets 14 52 3 4 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 10 0 0 0 1 .077 .127 .096
1962 31 Reds 63 192 16 48 11 2 2 0 16 14 1 30 0 0 1 5 .250 .304 .359
1963 32 Dodgers 22 23 4 5 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 10 0 0 0 1 .217 .308 .391
1963 32 Senators 83 298 37 74 12 1 13 2 44 18 2 57 2 0 2 10 .248 .296 .426
1964 33 Senators 121 341 38 84 16 2 12 1 38 27 0 94 2 0 0 8 .246 .302 .411
1965 34 Senators 95 226 20 45 6 0 2 0 17 26 1 59 1 3 2 7 .199 .284 .252
12 Years 1,095 3,283 353 773 130 22 91 4 352 246 27 678 37 14 13 99 .235 .290 .372

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Don Zimmer Fielding Stats

1954 Dodgers SS 13 8 246 49 3.8 46 14 32 3 6 n/a n/a n/a .939 5.05
1955 Dodgers 2B 62 62 1,602 328 5.3 320 154 166 8 54 n/a n/a n/a .976 5.39
1955 Dodgers 3B 8 1 60 10 1.3 10 2 8 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50
1955 Dodgers SS 21 12 387 65 3.1 61 28 33 4 9 n/a n/a n/a .938 4.26
1956 Dodgers 2B 1 0 3 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
1956 Dodgers 3B 3 0 12 3 1.0 3 2 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 6.75
1956 Dodgers SS 8 3 135 18 2.3 17 8 9 1 3 n/a n/a n/a .944 3.40
1957 Dodgers 2B 5 5 144 33 6.6 31 15 16 2 4 n/a n/a n/a .939 5.81
1957 Dodgers 3B 39 35 936 117 3.0 112 44 68 5 3 n/a n/a n/a .957 3.23
1957 Dodgers SS 37 34 966 165 4.5 157 55 102 8 17 n/a n/a n/a .952 4.39
1958 Dodgers 2B 1 0 18 7 7.0 7 4 3 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 10.50
1958 Dodgers 3B 12 11 306 35 2.9 32 12 20 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .914 2.82
1958 Dodgers LF 1 0 3 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
1958 Dodgers SS 114 110 2,925 660 5.8 637 265 372 23 100 n/a n/a n/a .965 5.88
1959 Dodgers 2B 1 0 6 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50
1959 Dodgers 3B 5 4 111 18 3.6 18 5 13 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.38
1959 Dodgers SS 88 70 1,908 351 4.0 341 115 226 10 43 n/a n/a n/a .972 4.83
1960 Cubs 2B 75 66 1,716 393 5.2 385 170 215 8 25 n/a n/a n/a .980 6.06
1960 Cubs 3B 45 28 861 97 2.2 89 38 51 8 5 n/a n/a n/a .918 2.79
1960 Cubs LF 2 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1960 Cubs SS 5 0 60 11 2.2 11 3 8 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.95
1961 Cubs 2B 116 108 2,832 622 5.4 605 282 323 17 99 n/a n/a n/a .973 5.77
1961 Cubs 3B 5 4 99 14 2.8 11 2 9 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .786 3.00
1961 Cubs RF 1 0 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1962 Mets 3B 14 14 351 51 3.6 49 12 37 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .961 3.77
1962 Reds 2B 17 8 288 49 2.9 46 20 26 3 5 n/a n/a n/a .939 4.31
1962 Reds 3B 43 39 1,005 117 2.7 111 45 66 6 6 n/a n/a n/a .949 2.98
1962 Reds SS 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1963 Dodgers 2B 1 0 6 2 2.0 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
1963 Dodgers 3B 10 3 111 15 1.5 14 3 11 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .933 3.41
1963 Dodgers SS 1 0 12 2 2.0 1 0 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 2.25
1963 Senators 2B 2 2 54 6 3.0 6 2 4 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
1963 Senators 3B 78 76 2,040 279 3.6 261 88 173 18 17 n/a n/a n/a .935 3.45
1964 Senators 2B 1 1 21 2 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.57
1964 Senators 3B 87 77 1,908 221 2.5 211 68 143 10 6 n/a n/a n/a .955 2.99
1964 Senators C 2 0 9 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1964 Senators LF 2 0 24 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1964 Senators RF 3 3 57 3 1.0 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.42
1965 Senators 2B 12 5 156 26 2.2 26 12 14 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50
1965 Senators 3B 26 24 594 74 2.8 68 19 49 6 3 n/a n/a n/a .919 3.09
1965 Senators C 33 27 735 174 5.3 168 150 18 6 1 5 10 10 .966 6.17
3B Totals 375 316 8,394 1,051 2.8 989 340 649 62 46 n/a n/a n/a .941 3.18
2B Totals 294 257 6,846 1,470 5.0 1,432 660 772 38 192 n/a n/a n/a .974 5.65
SS Totals 288 237 6,642 1,321 4.6 1,271 488 783 50 179 n/a n/a n/a .962 5.17
C Totals 35 27 744 174 5.0 168 150 18 6 1 5 10 10 .966 6.10
LF Totals 5 0 30 1 0.2 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.90
RF Totals 4 3 63 3 0.8 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.29
12 Years 1,001 840 22,719 4,020 4.0 3,864 1,642 2,222 156 418 5 10 10 .961 4.59

Don Zimmer

Don Zimmer Miscellaneous Stats

1954 Dodgers 2 0 1.000 4 8 n/a 0.0 4.1 0.0 - - -
1955 Dodgers 5 3 .625 3 3 n/a 18.7 4.2 5.6 - - -
1956 Dodgers 0 1 .000 0 7 n/a 0.0 2.9 10.0 - - -
1957 Dodgers 1 3 .250 1 7 n/a 44.8 4.3 14.2 - - -
1958 Dodgers 14 2 .875 1 1 n/a 26.8 4.9 7.6 - - -
1959 Dodgers 3 1 .750 4 4 n/a 62.3 4.4 8.9 - - -
1960 Cubs 8 6 .571 14 11 n/a 61.3 6.6 10.5 - - -
1961 Cubs 5 1 .833 10 1 n/a 36.7 6.8 11.9 - - -
1962 Mets 0 1 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 5.2 52.0 - - -
1962 Reds 1 2 .333 10 1 n/a 96.0 6.4 12.0 - - -
1963 Dodgers 0 0 .000 11 0 n/a 23.0 2.3 11.5 - - -
1963 Senators 3 2 .600 4 0 n/a 22.9 5.2 6.8 - - -
1964 Senators 1 3 .250 38 0 n/a 28.4 3.6 9.0 - - -
1965 Senators 2 0 1.000 33 0 n/a 113.0 3.8 13.3 - - -
12 Years 45 25 .643 133 43 n/a 36.1 4.8 9.3 - - -

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Don Zimmer Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1954 Brooklyn Dodgers 23 Undetermined - -
1955 Brooklyn Dodgers 23 Undetermined - Stats
1956 Brooklyn Dodgers 23 Undetermined - -
1957 Brooklyn Dodgers 23 Undetermined - -
1958 Los Angeles Dodgers 23 Undetermined - -
1959 Los Angeles Dodgers 23 $16,000.00 - Stats
1960 Chicago Cubs 17 $16,000.00 - -
1961 Chicago Cubs 17 Undetermined Stats -
1962 New York Mets 17 Undetermined - -
1962 Cincinnati Reds 14 Undetermined - -
1963 Los Angeles Dodgers 23 Undetermined - -
1963 Washington Senators 34 Undetermined - -
1964 Washington Senators 23 Undetermined - -
1965 Washington Senators 23 Undetermined - -

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