Don Zimmer | Baseball Prospectus

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	WARP
12	3593	.235	.290	.372	.237	4.3

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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	BB	SO	HBP	SF	SH	RBI	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
1954	BRO	23	24	37	33	3	6	0	1	0	8	3	8	1	0	0	0	2	0	.182	.270	.242	.191	-2.4	0.7	-0.2
1955	BRO	24	88	309	280	38	67	10	1	15	124	19	66	2	4	4	50	5	3	.239	.289	.443	.247	4.7	-5.0	-0.0
1956	BRO	25	17	21	20	4	6	1	0	0	7	0	7	1	0	0	2	0	1	.300	.333	.350	.226	0.9	-0.9	-0.0
1957	BRO	26	84	289	269	23	59	9	1	6	88	16	63	0	1	3	19	1	3	.219	.262	.327	.214	-1.4	0.6	-0.1
1958	LAN	27	127	495	455	52	119	15	2	17	189	28	92	1	2	9	60	14	2	.262	.305	.415	.250	13.9	1.2	1.6
1959	LAN	28	97	292	249	21	41	7	1	4	62	37	56	1	1	4	28	3	1	.165	.274	.249	.199	-6.7	3.1	-0.4
1960	CHN	29	132	402	368	37	95	16	7	6	143	27	56	0	2	5	35	8	6	.258	.307	.389	.245	5.1	9.0	1.5
1961	CHN	30	128	512	477	57	120	25	4	13	192	25	70	2	1	7	40	5	1	.252	.291	.403	.240	1.6	2.9	0.5
1962	CIN	31	63	207	192	16	48	11	2	2	69	14	30	1	0	0	16	1	2	.250	.304	.359	.251	3.1	-3.8	-0.1
1962	NYN	31	14	55	52	3	4	1	0	0	5	3	10	0	0	0	1	0	1	.077	.127	.096	.095	-8.7	1.0	-0.8
1963	LAN	32	22	26	23	4	5	1	0	1	9	3	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	.217	.308	.391	.227	0.8	0.1	0.1
1963	WS2	32	83	320	298	37	74	12	1	13	127	18	57	2	0	2	44	3	2	.248	.296	.426	.267	9.8	2.1	1.3
1964	WS2	33	121	370	341	38	84	16	2	12	140	27	94	0	0	2	38	1	3	.246	.302	.411	.256	10.3	1.0	1.3
1965	WS2	34	95	258	226	20	45	6	0	2	57	26	59	2	3	1	17	2	0	.199	.284	.252	.218	-2.1	-1.8	-0.4
Career			1095	3593	3283	353	773	130	22	91	1220	246	678	13	14	37	352	45	25	.235	.290	.372	.237	28.9	10.1	4.3

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.

YEAR	Team	Lg	G	PA	TAv	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	oppTAv	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	FRAA	BRR	BVORP	BWARP	VORP	WARP
1954	BRO	MLB	24	37	.191	.256	.312	.397	.000	.240	102	-2.6	1.0	0.4	0.7	-0.2	-2.4	-0.2	-2.4	-0.2
1955	BRO	MLB	88	309	.247	.255	.319	.401	.000	.256	106	-4.1	8.6	0.5	-5.0	-2.4	4.7	-0.0	4.7	-0.0
1956	BRO	MLB	17	21	.226	.261	.322	.412	.000	.462	105	-0.8	0.6	0.3	-0.9	0.1	0.9	-0.0	0.9	-0.0
1957	BRO	MLB	84	289	.214	.258	.311	.399	.000	.264	104	-13.3	7.7	2.1	0.6	0.3	-1.4	-0.1	-1.4	-0.1
1958	LAN	MLB	127	495	.250	.261	.317	.400	.000	.293	103	-4.9	13.3	5.7	1.2	0.9	13.9	1.6	13.9	1.6
1959	LAN	MLB	97	292	.199	.258	.312	.391	.000	.195	103	-18	8.0	3.5	3.1	0.8	-6.7	-0.4	-6.7	-0.4
1960	CHN	MLB	132	402	.245	.253	.308	.378	.000	.289	99	-6	10.9	0.2	9.0	2.2	5.1	1.5	5.1	1.5
1961	CHN	MLB	128	512	.240	.256	.317	.396	.000	.271	101	-10.5	14.5	-0.6	2.9	0.6	1.6	0.5	1.6	0.5
1962	CIN	MLB	63	207	.251	.260	.321	.390	.000	.287	98	-1.8	5.7	0.6	-3.8	-1.2	3.1	-0.1	3.1	-0.1
1962	NYN	MLB	14	55	.095	.269	.320	.399	.000	.095	105	-9.4	1.5	0.2	1.0	-0.5	-8.7	-0.8	-8.7	-0.8
1963	LAN	MLB	22	26	.227	.232	.285	.344	.000	.333	96	-0.8	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.6	0.8	0.1	0.8	0.1
1963	WS2	MLB	83	320	.267	.244	.300	.372	.000	.268	98	2	8.0	1.1	2.1	-1.1	9.8	1.3	9.8	1.3
1964	WS2	MLB	121	370	.256	.241	.301	.368	.000	.306	100	-1.5	9.5	1	1.0	-0.5	10.3	1.3	10.3	1.3
1965	WS2	MLB	95	258	.218	.240	.301	.360	.000	.256	102	-10	6.5	1.9	-1.8	-0.8	-2.1	-0.4	-2.1	-0.4
Career		MLB		3593	.237	.253	.311	.387	.256	.270	102	-81.7	96.5	17	10.1	-1.3	28.9	4.3	28.9	4.3

Statistics For All Levels

Year	Team	Lg	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
1954	BRO	MLB	37	3	6	0	1	0	0	3	8	2	0	.182	.270	.242	.061	.191	-2.4	0.7	-0.2
1955	BRO	MLB	309	38	67	10	1	15	50	19	66	5	3	.239	.289	.443	.204	.247	4.7	-5.0	-0.0
1956	BRO	MLB	21	4	6	1	0	0	2	0	7	0	1	.300	.333	.350	.050	.226	0.9	-0.9	-0.0
1957	BRO	MLB	289	23	59	9	1	6	19	16	63	1	3	.219	.262	.327	.108	.214	-1.4	0.6	-0.1
1958	LAN	MLB	495	52	119	15	2	17	60	28	92	14	2	.262	.305	.415	.154	.250	13.9	1.2	1.6
1959	LAN	MLB	292	21	41	7	1	4	28	37	56	3	1	.165	.274	.249	.084	.199	-6.7	3.1	-0.4
1960	CHN	MLB	402	37	95	16	7	6	35	27	56	8	6	.258	.307	.389	.130	.245	5.1	9.0	1.5
1961	CHN	MLB	512	57	120	25	4	13	40	25	70	5	1	.252	.291	.403	.151	.240	1.6	2.9	0.5
1962	CIN	MLB	207	16	48	11	2	2	16	14	30	1	2	.250	.304	.359	.109	.251	3.1	-3.8	-0.1
1962	NYN	MLB	55	3	4	1	0	0	1	3	10	0	1	.077	.127	.096	.019	.095	-8.7	1.0	-0.8
1963	LAN	MLB	26	4	5	1	0	1	2	3	10	0	0	.217	.308	.391	.174	.227	0.8	0.1	0.1
1963	WS2	MLB	320	37	74	12	1	13	44	18	57	3	2	.248	.296	.426	.178	.267	9.8	2.1	1.3
1964	WS2	MLB	370	38	84	16	2	12	38	27	94	1	3	.246	.302	.411	.164	.256	10.3	1.0	1.3
1965	WS2	MLB	258	20	45	6	0	2	17	26	59	2	0	.199	.284	.252	.053	.218	-2.1	-1.8	-0.4

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Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation

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Title	Author	Date
Raising Aces: The Good Old Days: Pedro Martinez	Doug Thorburn	2012-11-09
Prospectus Hit and Run: Donnie Buntball	Jay Jaffe	2012-05-11
The BP Broadside: Exorcising the Ghost of Leo	Steven Goldman	2011-11-04
The BP Wayback Machine: Every Team Has a Special GM, Except the Cubs	Steven Goldman	2011-10-22
The Lineup Card: 12 Favorite Basebrawls and Individual Performances in Basebrawls	Baseball Prospectus	2011-08-10
Contractual Matters: Screen Test	Jeff Euston	2011-05-06
Wezen-Ball: Verducci's "Nintendo Effect"	Larry Granillo	2011-04-26
The BP Broadside: Every Team Has a Special GM, Except the Cubs	Steven Goldman	2011-02-16
Prospectus Q&A: Best of Q&A 2010	David Laurila	2010-12-31
Prospectus Perspective: The Manager of the Year Award	Christina Kahrl	2010-11-18
GM for a Day: Baltimore Orioles	Steven Goldman	2010-10-15
One-Hoppers: Bluster and Luster: George Steinbrenner (1930-2010)	Jay Jaffe	2010-07-13
Prospectus Q&A: Don Zimmer	David Laurila	2010-07-09
You Could Look It Up: Get Back in Line, Part 3	Steven Goldman	2010-03-11
The Week In Quotes: February 8-14	Alex Carnevale	2010-02-15
The Week In Quotes: October 26-November 1	Alex Carnevale	2009-11-02
You Could Look It Up: Don't Fence Me In	Steven Goldman	2009-08-26
Prospectus Idol Entry: The Little Big Man Awards	Ken Funck	2009-06-21
Prospectus Q&A: Andrew Friedman	David Laurila	2009-05-24
Prospectus Q&A: Dick Pole	David Laurila	2009-03-08
You Could Look It Up: Horton Hears an All-Star	Steven Goldman	2008-07-15
Prospectus Hit and Run: The Life and Times of Buzzie Bavasi, Part Two	Jay Jaffe	2008-05-14
Prospectus Hit and Run: The Life and Times of Buzzie Bavasi, Part One	Jay Jaffe	2008-05-07
The Week In Quotes: March 2-9	Alex Carnevale	2008-03-10
You Could Look It Up: Joe Torre in a Box	Steven Goldman	2007-10-22
Under The Knife: Having Fun	Will Carroll	2007-09-05
Prospectus Q&A: Joe Maddon, Part One	David Laurila	2007-08-26
The Week In Quotes: May 1-6	Alex Carnevale	2007-05-07
Schrodinger's Bat: The Price of Contentment	Dan Fox	2007-03-29
Schrodinger's Bat: Double Steals And More	Dan Fox	2007-03-22
The Ledger Domain: MLB Needs to Reconnect	Maury Brown	2007-02-19
Prospectus Matchups: This Week in Baseball Headlines	Jim Baker	2006-11-10
The Week In Quotes: October 23-30	Alex Carnevale	2006-10-30
Teams: A Critical Guide: Mad About Beltran Edition	Steven Goldman	2004-06-25
Breaking Balls: Yer Outta Here!	Derek Zumsteg	2003-10-14
Prospectus Q&A: Paul Dickson	Peter Schilling Jr.	2003-07-18
Team Health Reports: New York Yankees	Dr. William Carroll, University of Mobile	2003-02-19
The Week In Quotes: September 23-29	Derek Zumsteg	2002-09-30
Transaction Analysis: June 4-5, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-06-07
Transaction Analysis: March 19-25, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-03-27

BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2011-04-05 13:00:00	If you could start a Coaches Wing of the Hall of Fame, would you? And who would you induct? (BL from Bozeman, MT)	I have some trepidation about any Hall of Fame that would inevitably enshrine Don Zimmer. (Steven Goldman)
2010-12-14 13:00:00	Nothing like taking someone to their first game. The first time I did it, a Cubs-Mets game for a Swede in NY on business, the game featured multiple intentional walks & stolen bases, an escaped third strike, and a failed bases-loaded hit & run in extra innings (ordered by none other than Don Zimmer). But I digress . . . . Do you think a left-handed pitcher would look at the left side of the Yankees' infield and think, "Two guys with the range of Chief Ironside, why would I go there?" or are their concerns much more of the food, clothing, shelter variety? (ekanenh from Capitol City)	More the latter, because as-is I don't think most pitchers, let alone most lefties, think in terms of "wow, poor me, I've got to pitch in front of Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez." (Christina Kahrl)
2010-06-15 13:00:00	Good question on technology...but I wonder if there would be any restrictions against having an iPad or a laptop in the dugout? It wouldn't make any sense considering anyone in the dugout could walk into the clubhouse to access the same equipment but it's a thought. (Joe V. from Pequannock, NJ)	There isn't any restriction that I know of short of equipping a coach with a sniper scope and having him shoot fly balls out of the air (aim up, Don Zimmer, UP!). I just wouldn't want to be the manager who has to tell Milton Bradley that he can't borrow it to listen to tunes between at-bats. (Steven Goldman)

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