Player Report for #75 Don Kessinger

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Saturday, October 4th, 1969

AB	457
HR	1
RBI	34
AVG	.239
OPS	.586

Name:	Don Kessinger	Contract:	Major League Contract
Nickname:		Salary:	$29,439
Birthday:	07-17-1942	Signed Through:	1969 Season
Age:	27	Years of Major League Service:	3 Years, 112 Days
Born in:	Forrest City (Arkansas)	Major League Service Days this Year:	180 Days
Nationality:	American
Height:	6' 0"	Years on 40-Man Roster:	5 Years, None
Weight:	175 lbs	Years of Pro Service:	5 Years
		Arbitration Eligibility:	Arbitration eligible in offseason
Position:	SS	Minor League Option Years:	1 option year left
Bats:	Switch
Throws:	Right	Contract Extension	-
Status:	Completely Rested	Drafted	1963, 2nd Pick in Round 4
Morale:	Angry	Local Popularity (National)	Unknown (Unknown)

	Player Development

	Leadership:	3	IF Range:	9
	Desire for Winner:	8	IF Arm:	9
	Loyalty:	2	IF Range:	9
	Greed:	3	IF Error:	9
	Intelligence:	5	IF DP:	8
	Work Ethic:	9
			OF Range:	1
			OF Arm:	1
			OF Err:	1
			Catcher Abil:	0
			Catcher Arm:	0

Kansas City

Royals

ORB2

Batting Ratings (OSA)

Running & Bunting Ratings		Fielding Ratings
Running Speed:	5	Second Base 1
Stealing Ability:	5	Third Base 2
Baserunning Instincts:	6	Shortstop 8
Sacrifice Bunt:	2
Bunt for Hit:	2
Hitter Type:	Spray Hitter

Game Log, Last 10 Games
Date	Opponent	Result	AB	R	H	BI	HR	BB	K	SB
10-01-1969	DET	Loss, 1-7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
09-30-1969	DET	Win, 9-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
09-28-1969	@ BAL	Win, 4-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
09-27-1969	@ BAL	Loss, 1-4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
09-26-1969	@ BAL	Win, 7-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
09-25-1969	@ CAL	Loss, 0-5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
09-24-1969	@ CAL	Loss, 5-6	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
09-23-1969	@ CAL	Win, 3-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
09-22-1969	CLE	Loss, 1-6	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
09-21-1969	CLE	Loss, 0-1	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0

Other Reality Baseball 2 1969 Batting Stats

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO	VORP
Overall	151	457	109	21	2	1	34	35	27	44	.239	.286	.300	.586	.453	.061	-3.5
Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	141	491	4	0	1	12	1	1	137	24	1	4	20.0	37.1	2.74
Batting		AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Versus Left		143	37	6	0	0	5	15	7	6	0	1	1	.259	.298	.301	.599
Versus Right		314	72	15	2	1	29	20	20	38	1	0	3	.229	.281	.299	.580
Batting		AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
This Week		7	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.125	.000	.125
Last Week		12	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	.333	.385	.417	.801
April		58	16	3	1	0	12	4	5	5	1	0	3	.276	.358	.362	.720
May		97	26	9	0	0	8	10	4	8	0	1	0	.268	.297	.361	.658
June		79	16	0	0	1	3	7	5	6	0	0	0	.203	.250	.241	.491
July		86	22	6	1	0	5	3	4	11	0	0	0	.256	.289	.349	.638
August		86	19	2	0	0	3	8	7	12	0	0	0	.221	.280	.244	.524
September		47	10	1	0	0	3	3	2	2	0	0	1	.213	.260	.234	.494
October		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Spring Training		29	14	3	0	1	9	5	0	3	1	0	1	.483	.484	.690	1.174
Last Year		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
2 Years Ago		29	11	2	0	0	10	2	3	2	2	0	0	.379	.412	.448	.860
Career		582	144	25	2	2	48	46	37	59	5	2	5	.247	.296	.308	.603
Home		228	56	17	0	0	16	18	13	20	0	1	3	.246	.295	.320	.615
Road		229	53	4	2	1	18	17	14	24	1	0	1	.231	.278	.279	.557
Grass		457	109	21	2	1	34	35	27	44	1	1	4	.239	.286	.300	.586
Day		112	26	3	0	0	10	6	3	15	0	0	2	.232	.265	.259	.524
Night		345	83	18	2	1	24	29	24	29	1	1	2	.241	.293	.313	.606
Close/Late		73	21	4	0	0	7	3	5	7	0	1	0	.288	.333	.342	.676
Inning 1-3		144	34	8	1	0	13	12	11	11	0	0	2	.236	.299	.306	.605
Inning 4-6		180	40	7	1	1	12	16	10	21	1	0	2	.222	.269	.289	.558
Inning 7-9		127	32	6	0	0	7	7	6	12	0	1	0	.252	.286	.299	.585
Extra Innings		6	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000
0 Outs		156	34	4	0	0	3	18	9	12	0	1	2	.218	.269	.244	.513
1 Outs		143	40	9	0	1	14	9	8	15	1	0	1	.280	.320	.364	.684
2 Outs		158	35	8	2	0	17	8	10	17	0	0	1	.222	.272	.297	.570
Scoring Position		116	31	11	0	0	33	9	6	11	1	1	0	.267	.301	.362	.663
Bases Empty		258	58	9	2	1	1	19	16	27	0	0	2	.225	.275	.287	.562
Runner on 1st		83	20	1	0	0	0	7	5	6	0	0	2	.241	.300	.253	.553
Runner on 2nd		34	8	4	0	0	4	3	3	3	0	0	0	.235	.297	.353	.650
Runner on 3rd		11	3	2	0	0	5	1	1	3	1	0	0	.273	.308	.455	.762
Runner on 1st & 2nd		37	9	0	0	0	3	4	1	2	0	1	0	.243	.263	.243	.506
Runner on 1st & 3rd		13	2	2	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	.154	.154	.308	.462
Runner on 2nd & 3rd		12	4	1	0	0	8	0	0	2	0	0	0	.333	.333	.417	.750
Bases Loaded		9	5	2	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	.556	.600	.778	1.378
Two Strikes		178	40	7	0	0	14	13	12	44	0	0	0	.225	.274	.264	.538
First Pitch		81	22	7	1	0	9	7	0	0	0	1	2	.272	.289	.383	.672
Count 0-1		47	13	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	.277	.292	.298	.590
Count 0-2		33	11	2	0	0	4	3	0	9	0	0	0	.333	.333	.394	.727
Count 1-0		45	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.178	.178	.200	.378
Count 1-1		40	8	2	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.220	.300	.520
Count 1-2		60	9	0	0	0	4	1	0	15	0	0	0	.150	.150	.150	.300
Count 2-0		11	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.455	.636
Count 2-1		40	12	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.300	.600
Count 2-2		46	12	5	0	0	2	4	0	11	0	0	0	.261	.261	.370	.630
Count 3-0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	1.000
Count 3-1		15	4	3	0	0	3	3	11	0	1	0	0	.267	.556	.467	1.022
Full Count		39	8	0	0	0	4	5	12	9	0	0	0	.205	.392	.205	.597
Behind in Count		140	33	3	0	0	10	8	0	24	0	0	1	.236	.241	.257	.498
Ahead in Count		111	26	4	0	1	7	9	15	0	1	0	0	.234	.323	.297	.620

Career Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VORP
1965 Boston - ORB2	22	33	30	8	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	7	0	1	.267	.258	.267	.525	-1.6
1966 Boston - ORB2	23	53	65	16	2	0	1	3	5	7	1	1	6	1	0	.246	.324	.323	.647	-0.2
1967 Boston - ORB2	24	47	29	11	2	0	0	10	2	3	0	2	2	0	0	.379	.412	.448	.860	2.2
1968 Boston - ORB2	25	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2
1969 Kansas City - ORB2	26	151	457	109	21	2	1	34	35	27	4	1	44	1	4	.239	.286	.300	.586	-3.5
Total ORB2		287	582	144	25	2	2	48	46	37	5	5	59	2	5	.247	.296	.308	.603	-3.4

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VORP
1964 Seattle - AAA	21	130	503	144	23	2	5	50	63	57	10	1	33	3	4	.286	.370	.370	.739	23.5
1965 Seattle - AAA	22	62	59	12	3	0	1	6	7	8	0	0	7	0	0	.203	.299	.305	.604	-0.7
1968 Albuquerque - AAA	25	122	511	152	30	3	4	52	78	46	3	5	38	2	4	.297	.356	.391	.747	31.1
Total IL		314	1073	308	56	5	10	108	148	111	13	6	78	5	8	.287	.359	.377	.736	53.8

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VORP
1967 Boston - ORB2	24	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0.0
Total ORB2		3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0.0

Career Fielding Stats

Year/Team/League	POS	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
1965 Boston - ML	SS	17	2	10	15	2	26	1	.962	48.0	4.69
1966 Boston - ML	SS	48	16	31	68	18	100	1	.990	192.0	4.64
1967 Boston - ML	3B	13	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	6.0	3.00
1967 Boston - ML	SS	42	0	21	23	5	46	2	.957	91.0	4.35
1968 Boston - ML	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.2	0.00
1968 Boston - ML	SS	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50
1969 Kansas City - ML	2B	8	5	9	12	2	22	1	.955	41.0	4.61
1969 Kansas City - ML	3B	9	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	10.0	0.90
1969 Kansas City - ML	SS	138	136	220	386	81	618	12	.981	1125.0	4.85

Player History
12-15-1963	Drafted in the 1963 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 2, 62nd overall Pick) by the Boston Red Sox.
01-01-1964	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (3); Power: 1 (1); Eye: 4 (3).
04-13-1964	Named the #71 prospect in the ORB2
01-01-1965	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (3); Power: 1 (1); Eye: 5 (3).
04-12-1965	Named the #94 prospect in the ORB2
09-10-1965	Won the 1965 Independence League Round 1 with the Seattle Rainiers!
11-16-1965	Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $24,774 through automatic renewal.
01-01-1966	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (3); Power: 1 (1); Eye: 5 (3).
04-11-1966	Named the #83 prospect in the ORB2
07-01-1966	Injured (strained back muscle), day-to-day for 4 days.
01-01-1967	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (3); Power: 1 (1); Eye: 5 (3).
11-15-1967	Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $27,794 through automatic renewal.
01-01-1968	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (3); Power: 1 (1); Eye: 5 (3).
10-21-1968	Drafted in the 1968 expansion draft (Round 8, Pick 3, 31st overall Pick) by the Kansas City Royals.
11-11-1968	Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $29,439 through automatic renewal.
01-01-1969	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (3); Power: 1 (1); Eye: 5 (3).