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Don Kessinger

Cubs Career team 1964 to 1975
Position SS
Born Jul 17, 1942

Key Insights

1979
One opponent brings the best out of him

Kessinger has hit .500/.625/.667 against Bill Champion in 16 plate appearances, his best line against anyone he has seen this often.

6 for 12 with 0 home runs and 0 strikeouts, against a .628 OPS median across his matchups.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Kessinger is 7 for 12 against Buzz Capra, a .583 average and his best against anyone he has faced this often.

12 career plate appearances.
This matchup usually ends with a free pass

Jerry Johnson walks Kessinger in 37.5% of their meetings, 6 times in 16 plate appearances.

6 walks in 16 plate appearances.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

No pitcher has seen Kessinger more often than Bob Gibson: 150 plate appearances, in which Kessinger has hit .326/.387/.378.

44 hits, 0 home runs and 13 strikeouts across 150 plate appearances.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

Kessinger swings through more against Bob Johnson than against anyone else he has faced this often: 0% of the swings between them come up empty.

16 plate appearances between them. 100th percentile of the 40 matchups on his own record.
One opponent he has never solved, not once

Kessinger has never got a hit off Jeff James: 0 for 14 across 17 plate appearances.

1 strikeout and 2 walks in those 17 plate appearances.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Jul 17, 1942