Don Kessinger

SS/2B · B/R · MLB · ACTIVE: 1964–1979 BORN: FORREST CITY, USA

All-Star ×6 Gold Glove ×2

Career

1931 H · 14 HR · 527 RBI · 100 SB

.252 AVG · .626 OPS · 2078 G

1979 Season

.200 AVG · 1 HR · 7 RBI · 1 SB

.264 OBP · .282 SLG · .546 OPS

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Don Kessinger was a shortstop in MLB. Across 2078 career games, with a .252 batting average and 14 home runs. This page covers season stats, team history, and career profile.

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Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1964	CHC	4	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333
1965	CHC	106	309	19	62	4	3	0	14	1	20	44	.201	.252	.233	.485
1966	CHC	150	533	50	146	8	2	1	43	13	26	46	.274	.306	.302	.608
1967	CHC	145	580	61	134	10	7	0	42	6	33	80	.231	.275	.272	.548
1968	CHC	160	655	63	157	14	7	1	32	9	38	86	.240	.283	.287	.570
1969	CHC	158	664	109	181	38	6	4	53	11	61	70	.273	.332	.366	.698
1970	CHC	154	631	100	168	21	14	1	39	12	66	59	.266	.337	.349	.685
1971	CHC	155	617	77	159	18	6	2	38	15	52	54	.258	.318	.316	.634
1972	CHC	149	577	77	158	20	6	1	39	8	67	44	.274	.351	.334	.685
1973	CHC	160	577	52	151	22	3	0	43	6	57	44	.262	.327	.310	.637
1974	CHC	153	599	83	155	20	7	1	42	7	62	54	.259	.332	.321	.652
1975	CHC	154	601	77	146	26	10	0	46	4	68	47	.243	.317	.319	.636
1976	STL	145	502	55	120	22	6	1	40	3	61	51	.239	.320	.313	.633
1977	CWS	39	119	12	28	3	2	0	11	2	13	7	.235	.308	.294	.602
1977	STL	59	134	14	32	4	0	0	7	0	14	26	.239	.309	.269	.577
1978	CWS	131	431	35	110	18	1	1	31	2	36	34	.255	.312	.309	.621
1979	CWS	56	110	14	22	6	0	1	7	1	10	12	.200	.264	.282	.546
Career Totals	—	2078	7651	899	1931	254	80	14	527	100	684	759	.252	.314	.312	.626

Awards & Achievements

Gold Glove (2): 1969, 1970
Lou Gehrig Memorial Award (1): 1978
TSN All-Star (3): 1968, 1969, 1970

All-Star Selections

1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974

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Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.