Loading players...
Don Kessinger played 16 major-league seasons (1964-1979) as a SS (1,955), 2B (78), 3B (28), 1B (1). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 17 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 22 | CHN | 4 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .333 | -2 |
| 1965 | 23 | CHN | 106 | 309 | 19 | 62 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 20 | 44 | .201 | .485 | 43 |
| 1966 | 24 | CHN | 150 | 533 | 50 | 146 | 1 | 43 | 13 | 26 | 46 | .274 | .608 | 76 |
| 1967 | 25 | CHN | 145 | 580 | 61 | 134 | 0 | 42 | 6 | 33 | 80 | .231 | .548 | 63 |
| 1968 | 26 | CHN | 160 | 655 | 63 | 157 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 38 | 86 | .240 | .570 | 78 |
| 1969 | 27 | CHN | 158 | 664 | 109 | 181 | 4 | 53 | 11 | 61 | 70 | .273 | .698 | 103 |
| 1970 | 28 | CHN | 154 | 631 | 100 | 168 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 66 | 59 | .266 | .685 | 91 |
| 1971 | 29 | CHN | 155 | 617 | 77 | 159 | 2 | 38 | 15 | 52 | 54 | .258 | .634 | 87 |
| 1972 | 30 | CHN | 149 | 577 | 77 | 158 | 1 | 39 | 8 | 67 | 44 | .274 | .685 | 103 |
| 1973 | 31 | CHN | 160 | 577 | 52 | 151 | 0 | 43 | 6 | 57 | 44 | .262 | .637 | 84 |
| 1974 | 32 | CHN | 153 | 599 | 83 | 155 | 1 | 42 | 7 | 62 | 54 | .259 | .652 | 89 |
| 1975 | 33 | CHN | 154 | 601 | 77 | 146 | 0 | 46 | 4 | 68 | 47 | .243 | .636 | 83 |
| 1976 | 34 | SLN | 145 | 502 | 55 | 120 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 61 | 51 | .239 | .633 | 87 |
| 1977 | 35 | CHA | 39 | 119 | 12 | 28 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 7 | .235 | .602 | 66 |
| 1977 | 35 | SLN | 59 | 134 | 14 | 32 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 26 | .239 | .577 | 62 |
| 1978 | 36 | CHA | 131 | 431 | 35 | 110 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 36 | 34 | .255 | .621 | 76 |
| 1979 | 37 | CHA | 56 | 110 | 14 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 12 | .200 | .546 | 48 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | SS | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 1965 | SS | 105 | 104 | 176 | 338 | 28 | 69 |
| 1966 | SS | 148 | 144 | 202 | 474 | 35 | 68 |
| 1967 | SS | 143 | 136 | 215 | 457 | 19 | 77 |
| 1968 | SS | 159 | 158 | 263 | 573 | 33 | 97 |
| 1969 | SS | 157 | 157 | 266 | 542 | 20 | 101 |
| 1970 | SS | 154 | 152 | 257 | 501 | 22 | 86 |
| 1971 | SS | 154 | 151 | 263 | 512 | 27 | 97 |
| 1972 | SS | 146 | 145 | 259 | 504 | 28 | 90 |
| 1973 | SS | 158 | 156 | 274 | 526 | 30 | 109 |
| 1974 | SS | 150 | 147 | 259 | 476 | 32 | 87 |
| 1975 | SS | 140 | 132 | 205 | 436 | 22 | 100 |
| 1975 | 3B | 13 | 12 | 5 | 28 | 2 | 3 |
| 1976 | SS | 113 | 105 | 212 | 350 | 18 | 84 |
| 1976 | 2B | 31 | 29 | 53 | 85 | 6 | 21 |
| 1976 | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | SS | 47 | 31 | 69 | 92 | 5 | 27 |
| 1977 | 2B | 37 | 27 | 59 | 90 | 5 | 19 |
| 1977 | 3B | 13 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | SS | 123 | 117 | 171 | 321 | 13 | 60 |
| 1978 | 2B | 9 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 1979 | SS | 54 | 36 | 57 | 103 | 2 | 17 |
| 1979 | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Don Kessinger won: TSN All-Star 1968 (NL), Gold Glove 1969 (NL), TSN All-Star 1969 (NL), Gold Glove 1970 (NL), TSN All-Star 1970 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (2 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1970, 1969.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 18 | 8 / 336 | 0 |
| 1970 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 23 | 6 / 336 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.