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Don
Demeter		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 200
 
Born: June 25, 1935 in Usa, OK, OKLAHOMA CITY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1962    1964   
All-Star Selections 1959    1961    1963    1964    1967   
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
1956 21 MON NL     5 5 6 7 7 7 6 5 6 3 2 2 6 6 6
1957 22 MON NL     5 5 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 3 2 2 6 6 6
1958 23 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 8 8 8 7 6 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1959 24 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 10 9 9 7 6 7 5 5 5 7 6 6
1960 25 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 9 9 9 7 6 7 5 5 5 7 6 6
1961 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 9 9 9 7 6 7 6 5 5 7 6 6
1962 27 PIT NL $ 4,742,857   6 6 7 9 9 9 7 6 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1963 28 PIT NL $ 4,742,857   6 6 6 9 9 9 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1964 29 STL NL $ 4,750,000   6 6 6 9 9 9 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1965 30 STL NL $ 4,750,000   6 6 6 9 9 9 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1966 31 STL NL $ 4,750,000   6 6 6 9 9 9 8 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1967 32 STL NL $ 4,750,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1968 33 STL NL $ 3,950,000   5 5 6 8 8 8 7 6 6 4 4 4 6 5 5
1969 34 SDP NL $ 3,950,000   5 5 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 4 4 6 5 5
1970 35 SDP NL $ 3,950,000   4 4 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3
1971 36 SDP NL $ 3,950,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,750,000   6 6 7 10 9 9 8 7 7 6 5 5 7 6 6
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
1956 21 AAA   137 599 100 157 30 0 41 95 8 5 32 98 .262 .300 .518 .817 91.9  
1957 22 AAA   137 619 96 198 36 0 48 113 6 5 22 118 .320 .343 .611 .954 118.6  
1958 23 MON NL 103 288 44 78 9 3 15 47 0 0 12 62 .271 .302 .479 .781 37.5 5.1
    AAA   2 6 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .333 .500 0.2  
1959 24 PIT NL 157 564 87 132 21 3 36 99 1 0 44 125 .234 .290 .473 .763 75.7 13.5
1960 25 PIT NL 154 564 92 142 25 2 33 86 0 0 42 132 .252 .309 .479 .787 83.4 12.6
1961 26 PIT NL 155 537 86 155 37 2 41 114 0 0 63 113 .289 .360 .594 .954 108.7 23.3
1962 27 PIT NL 156 585 80 151 29 2 29 96 1 0 35 94 .258 .304 .463 .767 74.0 14.8
1963 28 PIT NL 157 567 76 137 26 2 27 88 0 0 60 106 .242 .317 .437 .754 76.3 15.8
1964 29 PIT NL 101 393 53 102 27 1 19 58 0 1 22 84 .260 .301 .478 .780 53.0 10.7
  STL NL 23 56 8 14 5 0 3 18 0 0 4 8 .250 .300 .500 .800 8.1 1.9
  TOT   124 449 61 116 32 1 22 76 0 1 26 92 .258 .301 .481 .782 61.1 12.6
1965 30 STL NL 135 342 57 91 25 1 21 68 0 0 34 67 .266 .332 .529 .862 55.4 12.4
1966 31 STL NL 153 504 70 136 24 1 21 93 0 1 41 87 .270 .330 .446 .776 69.7 14.1
1967 32 STL NL 157 583 92 150 40 2 32 97 1 0 52 112 .257 .322 .497 .819 92.0 20.4
1968 33 STL NL 142 496 48 107 25 2 22 87 1 0 29 105 .216 .260 .407 .667 51.8 5.5
1969 34 SDP NL 143 507 65 129 22 2 24 83 0 0 38 121 .254 .310 .448 .758 70.0 13.3
1970 35 SDP NL 28 107 9 21 7 0 2 14 0 0 7 29 .196 .246 .318 .563 7.9 0.2
1971 36 SDP NL 140 508 39 93 10 0 14 46 0 0 25 143 .183 .229 .285 .514 32.1 0.0
14 Years Sim 1904 6601 906 1638 332 23 339 1094 4 2 508 1388 .248 .304 .459 .764 895.5 163.7
3 Years AAA 276 1224 197 356 67 0 89 209 14 10 54 218 .291 .324 .564 .888 210.8  
162 Game Average 561 77 139 28 1 28 93 0 0 43 118 .248 .304 .459 .764 76.2  
Career Highs 157 585 92 155 40 3 41 114 1 1 63 143 .289 .360 .594 .954 108.7  
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   3821 522 922 180 13 195 618 2 2 293 860 .241 .299 .448 .747 512.0
vs LH   2780 384 716 152 10 144 476 2 0 215 528 .258 .312 .475 .787 407.5
Home 943 3194 449 782 154 13 175 537 4 1 247 679 .245 .301 .466 .766 449.2
Away 961 3407 457 856 178 10 164 557 0 1 261 709 .251 .308 .454 .762 470.2
RISP   1555 0 406 77 4 95 709 0 0 182 355 .261 .332 .499 .831 263.0
Pinch Hitting   167 24 43 12 1 5 30 0 0 11 38 .257 .308 .431 .739 21.2
Close/Late   847 90 224 39 4 37 138 0 0 87 178 .264 .337 .451 .788 127.3
Mar/Apr 322 1081 145 261 49 5 47 164 0 0 99 260 .241 .306 .426 .732 143.1
May 335 1210 174 303 51 7 70 199 2 1 94 258 .250 .307 .478 .785 177.2
June 321 1081 148 266 55 3 67 212 1 0 72 214 .246 .297 .488 .785 156.1
July 318 1103 145 267 71 2 47 146 0 1 91 216 .242 .303 .438 .741 144.7
August 334 1168 159 293 57 3 62 200 1 0 72 250 .251 .298 .464 .762 159.6
Sep/Oct 274 958 135 248 49 3 46 173 0 0 80 190 .259 .317 .460 .777 138.7
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
1958 23 MON NL CF 44 44 369.3 77 5 2 1 .976 2.00   1.9
    RF 13 10 91.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.19    
    3B 11 7 64.0 2 14 2 2 .889 2.25   0.1
    1B 8 6 58.0 73 2 1 8 .987 11.64   0.1
    2B 14 2 43.0 8 26 0 6 1.000 7.12   0.5
    SS 7 2 29.7 5 17 3 4 .880 6.68   0.3
    LF 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1959 24 PIT NL 3B 65 65 570.7 25 144 7 11 .960 2.67   2.0
    2B 45 44 378.0 70 154 5 30 .978 5.33   1.0
    CF 38 37 317.0 98 3 1 2 .990 2.87   1.0
    SS 5 0 7.0 0 2 1 0 .667 2.57   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1960 25 PIT NL 2B 93 90 814.3 176 308 9 61 .982 5.35   2.2
    RF 57 57 489.3 120 0 1 0 .992 2.21   1.8
    3B 5 0 10.7 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.1
    SS 1 0 4.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    1B 2 0 4.0 6 0 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1961 26 PIT NL 2B 147 144 1266.7 244 477 12 101 .984 5.12   4.7
    RF 4 1 17.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12   0.1
    1B 2 0 5.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 12.60   0.0
    LF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1962 27 PIT NL 2B 87 82 766.7 151 349 7 70 .986 5.87   4.4
    3B 48 47 415.0 22 89 2 5 .982 2.41   1.3
    CF 15 15 132.0 25 0 1 0 .962 1.70   0.3
    LF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1963 28 PIT NL 3B 95 95 848.0 49 215 14 17 .950 2.80   2.0
    2B 52 49 445.0 107 169 4 42 .986 5.58   1.7
    LF 2 0 8.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 2 0 5.0 9 0 0 2 1.000 16.20   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1964 29 PIT NL 3B 84 84 783.1 47 224 17 21 .941 3.11   3.0
    2B 5 1 17.5 4 8 0 4 1.000 6.17   0.1
    RF 2 1 13.1 7 0 0 0 1.000 4.81   0.1
    CF 1 1 7.9 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.42   0.0
    SS 4 0 7.3 0 2 0 2 1.000 2.47   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.6 2 1 0 0 1.000 10.38   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.8 3 0 0 0 1.000 15.00   0.0
  STL NL 3B 19 19 111.6 7 32 2 3 .951 3.15   0.6
    2B 1 0 2.5 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.9 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.74   0.0
    CF 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   3B 103 103 894.7 54 256 19 24 .942 3.12   3.6
      2B 6 1 20.0 4 9 0 4 1.000 5.85   0.1
      RF 3 1 15.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.80   0.1
      CF 1 1 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
      SS 5 0 8.3 0 2 0 2 1.000 2.17   0.0
      LF 1 0 3.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
      1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1965 30 STL NL 3B 64 60 531.0 34 116 5 5 .968 2.54   1.3
    2B 24 3 72.3 9 19 1 3 .966 3.48   0.2
    RF 17 3 58.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.55   0.1
    CF 4 1 14.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.21    
    SS 6 0 11.0 2 6 0 1 1.000 6.55   0.1
    LF 4 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 1 0 4.0 6 0 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
1966 31 STL NL 2B 74 67 609.3 138 225 1 51 .997 5.36   2.9
    3B 58 56 496.0 35 121 10 10 .940 2.83   1.6
    RF 6 2 31.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.16   0.1
    SS 7 0 12.3 1 9 0 0 1.000 7.30   0.2
    LF 2 0 5.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.18    
    CF 2 0 5.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.80    
1967 32 STL NL 2B 80 80 722.7 153 270 10 60 .977 5.27   1.2
    3B 65 64 569.0 37 141 12 16 .937 2.82   1.5
    CF 4 3 27.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.67   0.1
    SS 2 0 6.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
    1B 2 0 2.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1968 33 STL NL SS 132 130 1108.0 161 415 22 64 .963 4.68   1.7
    1B 1 0 8.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    CF 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    2B 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1969 34 SDP NL 2B 68 68 599.0 148 254 7 64 .983 6.04   2.2
    3B 33 32 276.7 23 67 6 6 .938 2.93   0.5
    1B 25 25 208.7 232 11 4 25 .984 10.48   0.3
    SS 14 9 85.0 18 44 2 10 .969 6.56   0.4
    LF 2 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1970 35 SDP NL SS 19 19 167.7 24 64 4 12 .957 4.72   0.6
    CF 9 9 73.3 23 1 3 0 .889 2.95   0.3
    RF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1971 36 SDP NL 2B 137 135 1172.3 269 452 7 106 .990 5.54   4.4
    1B 1 0 2.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
    SS 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  2B 828 765 6912.3 1478 2712 63 598 .985 5.46   25.4
  3B 549 529 4679.7 281 1168 77 96 .950 2.79   14.0
  SS 201 160 1444.0 213 564 32 94 .960 4.84   3.3
  CF 120 111 958.7 243 9 8 3 .969 2.37   3.5
  RF 104 74 709.3 160 0 1 0 .994 2.03   2.2
  1B 46 31 300.7 352 14 5 37 .987 10.96   0.6
  LF 16 1 41.7 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.73   0.0
Career Totals   1864 1671 15046.2 2734 4468 186 828 .975 4.31   48.9
Career Highs   159 147 1327.7 421 478 22 106 .990 6.12    
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
1958 23 MON NL 5 16 3 5 2 0 1 4 0 0 1 3 .313 .353 .625 .978
1961 26 PIT NL 6 21 3 4 1 0 2 8 0 0 4 8 .190 .320 .524 .844
1962 27 PIT NL 18 65 6 20 4 0 4 11 0 0 5 12 .308 .352 .554 .906
1963 28 PIT NL 7 30 5 7 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 7 .233 .233 .333 .567
1964 29 STL NL 16 45 7 13 4 1 3 13 0 0 3 6 .289 .333 .622 .956
1966 31 STL NL 5 21 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .095 .095 .095 .190
Career Post-Season Batting 57 198 24 51 14 1 10 40 0 0 13 43 .258 .302 .490 .792
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.
On-Base Pct
1961-8-.360
 Slugging Pct
1961-4-.594
1967-7-.497
 OPS
1961-5-.954
 XR
1961-5-108.7
1967-9-92.0
 Games
1959-3-157
1962-9-156
1963-8-157
1967-4-157
 At-Bats
1962-3-585
1963-10-567
1967-10-583
Runs
1960-10-92
1967-5-92
 Total Bases
1960-10-270
1961-3-319
1962-6-271
1967-4-290
 Doubles
1961-1-37
1962-7-29
1963-10-26
1964-6-32
1967-3-40
 Homeruns
1959-5-36
1960-6-33
1961-4-41
1962-8-29
1967-4-32
 RBIs
1959-6-99
1961-3-114
1962-4-96
1967-9-97
1968-9-87
 Strikeouts
1959-8-125
1960-7-132
1969-9-121
1971-2-143
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 69    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 33    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 12th overall pick, by Montreal in 1956
Had first career hit on 4/2/1958, off Warren Spahn (SDP)
Hit first career homerun on 5/18/1958, off Frank Sullivan (BRK)
Traded from Montreal to Pittsburgh on 2/1/1959 (Going to MON: P Billy Hoeft. Going to PIT: CF Don Demeter)
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 6/14/1959
Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (N) on 9/11/1960
Drove in 6 runs against Cincinnati on 5/21/1961
Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,742,857 through salary arbitration
Hit for the cycle against Cleveland (N) on 9/19/1962
Won World Championship with Pittsburgh in 1962
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,742,857 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game
10/31/1963: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $4,750,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1964 Allstar game
Traded from Pittsburgh to St. Louis on 7/31/1964 (Going to PIT: 1B Nelson Mathews. Going to STL: P Chuck Stobbs, 2B Don Demeter)
Injured on 8/21/1964 with a Pulled Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 4-5 weeks
Won World Championship with St. Louis in 1964
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1965, hitting .412 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 6/14/1966
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland (A) on 9/2/1966
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 9/7/1966
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1966, hitting .571 with 2 HR, 12 RBI
Drove in 8 runs against Montreal on 5/31/1967
Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Washington on 7/23/1967
10/13/1967: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $3,950,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 9/2/1968 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Traded from St. Louis to San Diego on 2/21/1969 (Going to SDP: 2B Don Demeter, P Clyde Wright. Going to STL: P Jack Curtis)
Hit 3 homeruns against Boston (N), driving in 7 runs on 4/5/1969
Injured on 5/3/1969 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against Colorado on 8/2/1969
Injured on 5/4/1970 with a Broken Foot, out for full season
 
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