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Don Kessinger

Don Kessinger

1964–1979 · Bats B · Throws R · 6'1", 170 lb · b. 1942 Forrest City, AR

Career 2,078 G · 1,931 H · 14 HR · 527 RBI · .252 AVG

Seasons leading his league

13

4 best in baseball 9 league only

48 Top-5 finishes

7 Title seasons

5 Categories led

1969 Best season

Spanning 1966–1974, peaking at 4 titles in 1969.

Led in Shortstop Assists for 3 straight seasons (1968–1970) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

329th League titles 13
678th Best in baseball 4
419th Top-5 finishes 48

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

Career leaderboards

15th Shortstop Assists 6,212
22nd Shortstop Double Plays 1,170
35th Shortstop Putouts 3,151
57th Shortstop Range Factor 4.79
85th Shortstop Fielding Percentage .966
281st Triples 80
335th Hits 1,931
406th Walks 684
484th Runs 899

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Shortstop Double Plays	4	1st	2 yrs (1968–1969)	1968 97 1969 NL 101 1971 NL 97 1973 NL 109 1970 #2 1972 #3 1975 #3
Shortstop Assists	4	1st	3 yrs (1968–1970)	1968 573 1966 NL 474 1969 NL 542 1970 NL 501 1971 #3 1972 #2 1973 #2 1974 #3
Shortstop Putouts	3	1st	2 yrs (1973–1974)	1973 274 1969 NL 266 1974 NL 259 1968 #2 1970 #3 1971 #3 1972 #2
Shortstop Range Factor	1	1st	—	1968 5.26 1969 #3 1970 #3 1971 #2 1972 #2 1973 #2 1974 #2 1976 #2
Shortstop Fielding Percentage	1	1st	—	1969 NL .976 1973 #3
Triples	—	#2	—	1970 #2 1975 #2
Doubles	—	#2	—	1969 #2

Title Seasons

7 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1974	1	SS PO 259
1973	2	SS PO 274 SS DP 109
1971	1	SS DP 97
1970	1	SS A 501
1969	4	SS A 542 SS PO 266 SS DP 101 SS FPCT .976
1968	3	SS A 573 SS DP 97 SS RF 5.26
1966	1	SS A 474

Batting

16 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1964	CHN	NL	4	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.167	.167	.167	.333
1965	CHN	NL	106	309	19	62	4	3	0	14	20	44	1	.201	.252	.233	.485
1966	CHN	NL	150	533	50	146	8	2	1	43	26	46	13	.274	.306	.302	.608
1967	CHN	NL	145	580	61	134	10	7	0	42	33	80	6	.231	.275	.272	.548
1968	CHN	NL	160	655	63	157	14	7	1	32	38	86	9	.240	.283	.287	.570
1969	CHN	NL	158	664	109	181	38	6	4	53	61	70	11	.273	.332	.366	.698
1970	CHN	NL	154	631	100	168	21	14	1	39	66	59	12	.266	.337	.349	.685
1971	CHN	NL	155	617	77	159	18	6	2	38	52	54	15	.258	.318	.316	.634
1972	CHN	NL	149	577	77	158	20	6	1	39	67	44	8	.274	.351	.334	.685
1973	CHN	NL	160	577	52	151	22	3	0	43	57	44	6	.262	.327	.310	.637
1974	CHN	NL	153	599	83	155	20	7	1	42	62	54	7	.259	.332	.321	.652
1975	CHN	NL	154	601	77	146	26	10	0	46	68	47	4	.243	.317	.319	.636
1976	SLN	NL	145	502	55	120	22	6	1	40	61	51	3	.239	.320	.313	.633
1977	SLN +1	NL	98	253	26	60	7	2	0	18	27	33	2	.237	.309	.281	.589
1978	CHA	AL	131	431	35	110	18	1	1	31	36	34	2	.255	.312	.309	.621
1979	CHA	AL	56	110	14	22	6	0	1	7	10	12	1	.200	.264	.282	.546
Career	—	—	2,078	7,651	899	1,931	254	80	14	527	684	759	100	.252	.314	.312	.626

Fielding

4 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1964	CHN	NL	SS	4	1	19.0	3	7	0	1	10	1.000	2.50
1965	CHN	NL	SS	105	104	864.2	176	338	28	69	542	.948	4.90
1966	CHN	NL	SS	148	144	1294.0	202	474	35	68	711	.951	4.57
1967	CHN	NL	SS	143	136	1233.2	215	457	19	77	691	.973	4.70
1968	CHN	NL	SS	159	158	1394.1	263	573	33	97	869	.962	5.26
1969	CHN	NL	SS	157	157	1398.1	266	542	20	101	828	.976	5.15
1970	CHN	NL	SS	154	152	1340.0	257	501	22	86	780	.972	4.92
1971	CHN	NL	SS	154	151	1330.0	263	512	27	97	802	.966	5.03
1972	CHN	NL	SS	146	145	1290.0	259	504	28	90	791	.965	5.23
1973	CHN	NL	SS	158	156	1378.1	274	526	30	109	830	.964	5.06
1974	CHN	NL	SS	150	147	1299.0	259	476	32	87	767	.958	4.90
1975	CHN	NL	SS	140	132	1192.2	205	436	22	100	663	.967	4.58
			3B	13	12	100.2	5	28	2	3	35	.943	2.54
1976	SLN	NL	SS	113	105	955.1	212	350	18	84	580	.969	4.97
			2B	31	29	256.2	53	85	6	21	144	.958	4.45
			3B	2	0	8.1	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	0.50
1977	SLN	NL	SS	47	31	312.0	69	92	5	27	166	.970	3.43
			2B	37	27	246.0	59	90	5	19	154	.968	4.03
			3B	13	7	67.2	7	18	3	0	28	.893	1.92
1978	CHA	AL	SS	123	117	996.1	171	321	13	60	505	.974	4.00
			2B	9	7	63.0	12	14	0	2	26	1.000	2.89
1979	CHA	AL	SS	54	36	324.1	57	103	2	17	162	.988	2.96
			1B	1	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	1.000	2.00
			2B	1	1	7.0	2	6	0	0	8	1.000	8.00
Career	—	—	SS	1,955	1,872	16622.0	3,151	6,212	334	1,170	9,697	.966	4.79
	—	—	2B	78	64	572.2	126	195	11	42	332	.967	4.12
	—	—	3B	28	19	176.2	13	46	5	3	64	.922	2.11
	—	—	1B	1	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	1.000	2.00