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Don Blasingame

Don Blasingame

1955–1966 · Bats L · Throws R · 5'10", 160 lb · b. 1932 Corinth, MS

Career 1,444 G · 1,366 H · 21 HR · 308 RBI · .258 AVG

Seasons leading his league

3

1 best in baseball 2 league only

33 Top-5 finishes

1 Title seasons

3 Categories led

1957 Best season

Spanning 1957–1957, peaking at 3 titles in 1957.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

1,719th League titles 3
1,857th Best in baseball 1
805th Top-5 finishes 33

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

54th Second Base Double Plays 834
61st Second Base Putouts 3,065
62nd Second Base Range Factor 5.05
73rd Second Base Fielding Percentage .979
80th Second Base Assists 3,550
498th Triples 62

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Second Base Range Factor	1	1st	—	1957 NL 5.74 1959 #2
Second Base Double Plays	1	1st	—	1957 NL 128 1956 #3 1959 #3
Second Base Assists	1	1st	—	1957 512 1958 #2 1959 #2
Second Base Fielding Percentage	—	#2	—	1957 #3 1960 #2 1965 #3
Second Base Putouts	—	#2	—	1959 #2 1960 #3
Stolen Bases	—	#3	—	1957 #3

Title Seasons

1 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1957	3	2B A 512 2B DP 128 2B RF 5.74

Batting

12 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1955	SLN	NL	5	16	4	6	1	0	0	0	6	0	1	.375	.545	.438	.983
1956	SLN	NL	150	587	94	153	22	7	0	27	72	52	8	.261	.344	.322	.666
1957	SLN	NL	154	650	108	176	25	7	8	58	71	49	21	.271	.343	.368	.711
1958	SLN	NL	143	547	71	150	19	10	2	36	57	47	20	.274	.343	.356	.700
1959	SLN	NL	150	615	90	178	26	7	1	24	67	42	15	.289	.361	.359	.720
1960	SFN	NL	136	523	72	123	12	8	2	31	49	53	14	.235	.302	.300	.602
1961	CIN +1	NL	126	451	60	100	18	4	1	21	41	39	4	.222	.288	.286	.574
1962	CIN	NL	141	494	77	139	9	7	2	35	63	44	4	.281	.364	.340	.704
1963	WS2 +1	AL	87	285	33	70	12	2	2	12	31	23	3	.246	.320	.323	.642
1964	WS2	AL	143	506	56	135	17	2	1	34	40	44	8	.267	.320	.314	.634
1965	WS2	AL	129	403	47	90	8	8	1	18	35	45	5	.223	.287	.290	.577
1966	WS2 +1	AL	80	219	19	46	9	0	1	12	20	24	2	.210	.276	.265	.541
Career	—	—	1,444	5,296	731	1,366	178	62	21	308	552	462	105	.258	.329	.327	.656

Fielding

3 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1955	SLN	NL	2B	3	3	31.0	8	13	1	1	22	.955	7.00
			SS	2	2	18.0	2	6	1	1	9	.889	4.00
1956	SLN	NL	2B	98	96	859.2	280	303	8	89	591	.986	5.95
			SS	49	49	417.0	93	135	13	31	241	.946	4.65
			3B	2	0	6.0	0	4	0	0	4	1.000	2.00
1957	SLN	NL	2B	154	154	1410.1	372	512	14	128	898	.984	5.74
1958	SLN	NL	2B	137	133	1180.2	312	380	26	97	718	.964	5.05
1959	SLN	NL	2B	150	148	1290.0	362	439	17	104	818	.979	5.34
1960	SFN	NL	2B	133	126	1141.2	318	329	14	66	661	.979	4.86
1961	CIN	NL	2B	116	110	978.2	277	304	17	53	598	.972	5.01
1962	CIN	NL	2B	137	130	1150.2	334	352	17	66	703	.976	5.01
1963	WS2	AL	2B	75	69	602.0	184	193	4	58	381	.990	5.03
			3B	2	0	4.0	0	1	0	0	1	1.000	0.50
1964	WS2	AL	2B	135	118	1054.0	259	336	14	70	609	.977	4.41
1965	WS2	AL	2B	110	95	837.1	235	248	8	68	491	.984	4.39
1966	WS2	AL	2B	62	53	469.0	124	141	4	34	269	.985	4.27
			SS	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
Career	—	—	2B	1,310	1,235	11005.0	3,065	3,550	144	834	6,759	.979	5.05
	—	—	SS	52	51	437.0	95	141	14	32	250	.944	4.54
	—	—	3B	4	0	10.0	0	5	0	0	5	1.000	1.25