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Don
Zimmer		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 177
 
Born: January 17, 1931 in Usa, OH, CINCINNATI
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1958   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1954 23 NYG NL     4 4 4 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 5 5 5
1955 24 CLE AL     5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1956 25 CLE AL     5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 6 6
1957 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 3 3 7 7 7
1958 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 5 5 6 5 6 4 3 3 7 7 7
1959 28 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 6 4 3 3 7 7 7
1960 29 CLE AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 4 3 3 6 6 6
1961 30 CLE AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 3 3 6 6 6
1962 31 CLE AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 3 4 6 5 5
1963 32 CLE AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 3 3 5 5 5
1964 33 CLE AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 3 3 5 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 3 3 5 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1954 23 AA   136 502 73 133 18 3 25 92 6 3 61 90 .265 .345 .462 .807 81.0  
1955 24 AAA   83 336 48 90 18 2 17 52 5 3 27 70 .268 .322 .485 .807 51.5  
    AA   54 211 34 67 10 0 15 39 3 1 17 27 .318 .368 .578 .947 42.0  
1956 25 AAA   137 555 100 164 22 8 33 93 8 3 53 106 .295 .357 .542 .899 103.1  
1957 26 CLE AL 144 579 67 149 25 5 16 56 5 2 30 101 .257 .295 .401 .695 67.0 9.7
1958 27 CLE AL 153 520 59 123 30 3 14 64 5 1 35 79 .237 .285 .387 .672 53.1 6.1
1959 28 CLE AL 68 142 16 39 10 1 2 15 3 2 8 21 .275 .316 .401 .717 17.2 3.2
1960 29 CLE AL 44 47 10 12 3 0 1 7 0 0 7 11 .255 .352 .383 .735 6.7 1.4
1961 30 CLE AL 50 36 5 9 2 0 0 3 1 0 7 8 .250 .372 .306 .678 5.0 1.0
1962 31 CLE AL 21 29 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .241 .241 .276 .517 1.4 0.0
    AAA   54 184 21 44 8 0 7 21 1 0 15 30 .239 .296 .397 .693 22.2  
1963 32 AAA   17 60 4 8 0 1 0 4 0 0 5 11 .133 .200 .167 .367 1.2  
1964 33 AAA   90 307 37 75 16 2 12 24 0 0 18 65 .244 .286 .427 .713 37.2  
6 Years Sim 480 1353 157 339 71 9 33 145 14 5 87 223 .251 .297 .390 .686 150.3 21.3
5 Years AAA 381 1442 210 381 64 13 69 194 14 6 118 282 .264 .320 .470 .790 215.3  
2 Years AA 190 713 107 200 28 3 40 131 9 4 78 117 .281 .352 .496 .848 123.0  
7 Years Minors 571 2155 317 581 92 16 109 325 23 10 196 399 .270 .330 .479 .809 338.3  
162 Game Average 456 52 114 23 3 11 48 4 1 29 75 .251 .297 .390 .686 50.7  
Career Highs 153 579 67 149 30 5 16 64 5 2 35 101 .275 .372 .401 .735 67.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   867 105 217 45 6 19 85 7 4 61 145 .250 .300 .382 .682 97.8
vs LH   486 52 122 26 3 14 60 7 1 26 78 .251 .290 .403 .693 56.3
Home 239 664 88 177 35 5 19 77 9 2 45 101 .267 .314 .420 .734 86.3
Away 241 689 69 162 36 4 14 68 5 3 42 122 .235 .280 .360 .640 67.9
RISP   291 0 70 14 1 4 99 0 0 21 54 .241 .289 .337 .626 28.3
Pinch Hitting   33 6 9 4 0 0 3 0 0 3 6 .273 .324 .394 .718 4.1
Close/Late   149 19 34 5 0 1 10 0 0 10 26 .228 .277 .282 .559 11.4
Mar/Apr 78 219 25 51 11 1 8 35 1 0 10 33 .233 .265 .402 .667 23.4
May 86 223 22 54 11 1 5 23 0 0 10 33 .242 .274 .368 .641 21.8
June 78 214 25 55 12 3 3 24 4 0 19 34 .257 .321 .383 .704 26.5
July 67 195 18 47 10 0 5 16 5 1 9 37 .241 .275 .369 .644 19.8
August 79 251 40 75 12 3 9 31 3 0 15 41 .299 .340 .478 .818 39.0
Sep/Oct 92 251 27 57 15 1 3 16 1 4 24 45 .227 .297 .331 .628 23.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1957 26 CLE AL 3B 142 140 1188.7 81 305 16 29 .960 2.92   4.8
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1958 27 CLE AL 3B 143 140 1162.0 66 322 17 17 .958 3.01   5.0
    2B 8 7 68.0 19 28 3 8 .940 6.22   0.2
    SS 3 0 5.0 2 3 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.1
1959 28 CLE AL SS 39 35 280.0 30 114 7 12 .954 4.63   0.7
    3B 11 0 30.7 2 11 1 0 .929 3.82   0.2
    2B 3 0 6.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1960 29 CLE AL 3B 17 4 57.0 3 7 0 0 1.000 1.58   0.1
    2B 10 5 43.0 11 15 1 4 .963 5.44   0.2
    SS 7 1 16.3 5 8 0 2 1.000 7.16   0.1
1961 30 CLE AL 3B 24 5 67.3 6 18 2 1 .923 3.21   0.3
    2B 11 0 16.0 5 6 1 1 .917 6.19   0.0
    SS 8 0 15.3 5 7 0 2 1.000 7.05   0.2
1962 31 CLE AL 2B 12 3 43.7 12 20 0 6 1.000 6.60   0.2
    SS 6 2 30.0 3 15 0 2 1.000 5.40   0.2
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  3B 338 289 2506.7 158 663 36 47 .958 2.95   10.4
  SS 64 38 348.7 45 148 7 20 .965 4.98   1.3
  2B 45 15 178.7 48 74 5 19 .961 6.15   0.7
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   448 342 3035.0 251 885 48 86 .959 3.37   12.4
Career Highs   154 147 1235.0 87 353 20 30 1.000 6.03    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1960 29 CLE AL 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
At-Bats
1957-7-579
 Triples
1957-9-5
 Stolen Bases
1957-10-5
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Leo Norris (983)
  2. Tony Oliva (978)
  3. Kevin Elster (966)
  4. Ray Boone (963)
  5. Carl Lind (954)
  6. Nellie Fox (954)
  7. Billy Gardner (953)
  8. Jeff Treadway (950)
  9. Nelson Liriano (948)
  10. Rocky Bridges (948)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 28th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1954
Injured on 5/23/1954 with a Blister On Finger, out for 4 days
Injured on 3/5/1955 with a Fractured Wrist, out for 3-4 weeks
Traded from New York (N) to Cleveland on 4/2/1955 (Going to NYG: 3B Juan Delis. Going to CLE: 3B Don Zimmer)
Injured on 5/14/1956 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 6 days
Had first career hit on 4/2/1957, off Gene Conley (OAK)
Hit first career homerun on 4/4/1957, off Ted Gray (OAK)
Drove in 6 runs against Montreal on 4/6/1958
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1958
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/22/1963 with a Ruptured Medial Collateral Ligament, out for full season
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/20/1964 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 6 days
 
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