Art is fundamental to the human experience, and just one art book can show you millions of dollars worth of old masters from around the world without the need to leave your couch. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Chris potter has spent months on the road, traveling the country far and wide to have retired baseball players put their signatures on cherished baseball memorabilia for fellow collectors. The statistics used were obtained free of charge from the baseball databank. The latest chris kessinger stats, video highlights, news and more from. In his book, the bill james historical baseball abstract, baseball historian bill. Professional baseball professional baseball professional baseball people professional baseball managers don kessinger professional baseball minor league baseball players born in arkansas. Don kessinger trades and transactions by baseball almanac. With good range and a strong arm, kessinger s trademark play was to backhand a ground ball deep in the hole, leap into the air, and without planting his. Louis cardinals 19761977 and chicago white sox 19771979. Jul 09, 2018 for me, don kessinger was one of the guys who defined the era of the 1960s and 1970s in baseball a solid player with a reputation as being an even more solid character. I am not old enough to remember this era of cubs baseball but the book.
According to baseball almanac, the alltime itphr record is held by jesse burkett 55, followed by sam crawford 51. Former chicago cubs allstar shortstop don kessinger to speak at 2017 c spire. Illinois state book store illinois almanac facts about. After graduating from ole miss, the former twosport all american played 16 years of professional baseball. And yet, he managed to make the allstar team six times, so people must have thought he was pretty talented. Dating back to 19, kessinger still ranks first in games 1,602, hits 1,599 and runs 756 as a shortstop among all cubs players in that time period. Click the award name and up comes a comprehensive history of that award along with every winner of that particular baseball.
Louis cardinals sent bobby hrapmann minors april 5, 1976 to the chicago cubs to complete the trade. Ole miss standout grae kessinger named 2019 brooks wallace. A baseball card checklist for don kessinger that includes every baseball card in our baseball card database. Who you rootin foh ferriss trophy honors magnolia state. Don kessinger and 3 related entities entities finder. The 1969 chicago cubs season was the 98th season of the chicago cubs franchise, the 94th in the national league and the 54th at wrigley field. The latest don kessinger stats, video highlights, news and more from. Users browsing for nonfiction books in nonfiction usually look at.
A sixtime allstar, he was a lighthitting, defensive specialist who spent the majority of his career as the chicago cubs. This article was published in the 2015 the national pastime on september 8, 1978, north side and south side fans finally found something they could agree on. He played in major league baseball as a shortstop from to for the chicago cubs, st. For me, don kessinger was one of the guys who defined the era of the 1960s and 1970s in baseball a solid player with a reputation as being an even more solid character. Don kessinger has been with kessinger real estate for several years specializing in commercial, residential, and land sales. He was a fourtime allstar and a gold glove award winner. He played in major league baseball mlb as a second baseman for the chicago cubs for nine seasons from 1965 to 1973, before ending his career with the san diego padres in 1975. Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site. View phone numbers, addresses, public records, background check reports and possible arrest records for don kessinger.
Click the award name and up comes a comprehensive history of that award along with every winner of that particular baseball award. Astros draft don kessingers grandson grae in second round. The grandson of former ole miss allamerican shortstop and head coach don kessinger, who was also a sixtime allstar and twotime gold glove winner with the chicago cubs, grae kessinger has been a mainstay in the rebels lineup the last three years. Kessinger publishing publisher 23764 works 5,796 ebooks borrow publishing history this is a chart to show the when this publisher published books.
Click the images to see the codition of the actual item you will receive. The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from. Dover books on history, political and social science. The white sox obliged by beating seattle, 32, as he handled seven chances flawlessly. May 03, 20 hazewood is one of 50 former major leaguers that potter will visit during his next run of signings beginning september 30th that include a wide range of talents from hall of famer rollie fingers, perennial allstars del crandall, reggie smith, and don kessinger, to such curiosities as frank baker, rich coggins, johnny jeter, and ron woods. Baseball almanac presents an unprecedented collection of quotes from and about. Start reading the baseball maniacs almanac on your kindle in under a minute. Photography books let you see the world as people like ansel adams and fstop fitzgerald see it. Donald eulon kessinger is an american former professional baseball player and manager. It was the kind of game you dream about, but never think will happen to you. Don kessinger was born on friday, july 17, 1942, in forrest city, arkansas. Will clark, rafael palmeiro, don kessinger ok, ive opened a can of worms and will never be able to name enough players.
Jan 07, 2007 profile by bcb reader rlpete ask a group of 1960s and 1970s era cub fans what they remember about don kessinger and more than a few will likely say the same thing. I was scanning a lot of donnies old pictures and scrap books and going back through the memories last fall, and wow we were blessed with a storied life, carolyn kessinger said. This page lists every known baseball award won by don kessinger in chronological order. Louis cardinals season was the teams 96th season in st. A sixtime allstar, he was a lighthitting, defensive specialist who spent the majority of his career as. The don kessinger page is available to be sponsored. Don also has two sons, kevin, who was signed by the cubs but never made the majors and keith, who got 27 ab for the reds in 1993. Baseball almanac major league player of the year award by the sporting. Jul 14, 2018 for me, don kessinger was one of the guys who defined the era of the 1960s and 1970s in baseball a solid player with a reputation as being an even more solid character. Don kessinger ably manned shortstop for the chicago cubs for more than a decade from 1965 to 1975. Baseball 20 mlb home run derby 2020 mlb line drive closer report injury report prospect rankings mlb champions. He just began writing his own name in the rebels record books. Feb 11, 2008 i thought it would be fun to see if we could get this off the ground. Don kessinger allstar stats the don kessinger allstar stats seen below include his allstar yearbyyear hitting stats, allstar fielding stats, and allstar pitching stats where applicable.
This troop of nowgrizzled bears including claude passeau, hank wyse, alvin dark, don kessinger, joe niekro, pete lacock, and slugger hank sauer holds forth on the front office moves, grueling daygame scheduling and sometimes agonizing play of one of baseball s oldest, unluckiest yet most revered franchises. Kessinger was a mainstay at shortstop, making six allstar teams and winning consecutive nl gold glove awards in 6970. His biographical data, yearbyyear hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats where applicable, career totals, uniform numbers. During 1973, don kessinger s place in the batting order was 1st, 2nd or 8th. Defensive regression analysis data used here was obtained with permission from michael humphreys, author of wizardry. Glenn beckert society for american baseball research. Kessinger also brought home three allamerican honors, including a firstteam nod from the college baseball foundation, becoming the rebels first firstteam all.
A sixtime allstar, he was a lighthitting, defensive specialist who spent the majority of his career as the chicago cubs starting shortstop. Sherwin calls his book, the cubs and the kabbalist, a novel. In the first season after the national league was split into two divisions, the cubs finished with a record of 9270, 8. Don kessinger stats, game logs, splits, and much more. Donald eulon kessinger was born on friday, july 17, 1942. Baseballs greatest maverick says that 51,556 people were in the park that day. Kessinger publishings legacy reprints publisher series. The cards were individually inserted in specially marked boxes of kelloggs cereal, and were not made available to hobby dealers or collectors could not send away for the complete sets. Don kessinger college stats college basketball at sports. Sponsor this page attach your namecompany to the don kessinger page and 1 help support the baseball cube 2 remove ads from this page for other visitors. American baseball player, coach, manager biography. During his collegiate years, he earned allconference, allsec, and allamerica honors in both basketball and baseball for the rebels, and was initiated into the sigma nu fraternity. Ole miss head coach mike bianco recently called don kessinger the archie manning of ole miss baseball.
May 20, 2016 ferriss trophy honors magnolia states best baseball player. Stats, negro league stats, nippon pro baseball stats, cuban national series stats, korean baseball stats, 2019 minor leagues, 2019 affiliates. Trivia 3 shortstop for the chicago cubs 19641975, st. Mar 17, 2012 chris potter has spent months on the road, traveling the country far and wide to have retired baseball players put their signatures on cherished baseball memorabilia for fellow collectors. Kessinger, with his wife and two sons present, received everything from two ponies to a trip to hawaii. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he was considered one of the best shortstops in baseball. Those teams starred a quartet of baseball immortals in ernie banks, ferguson jenkins, ron santo, and billy williams. He played in major league baseball as a shortstop from 1964 to 1979 for the chicago cubs, st. This don kessinger baseball card checklist includes every known baseball card that don kessinger has appeared on, in chronological order. Don kessinger this article was written by steve dunn although he was overshadowed by four future hall of famers on the same team, shortstop don kessinger played an integral role on the pennantcontending chicago cub squads of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Don kessinger baseball stats with batting stats, pitching stats and fielding stats, along with uniform numbers, salaries, quotes, career stats and biographical data presented by baseball almanac. Common knowledge publisher series kessinger publishings legacy reprints.
Houston the way don kessinger remembers it, his grandsons first word was ball. Kessinger was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on september 7, 1964, with the chicago cubs. The cardinals went 8379 during the season and finished third in the national league east, 18 games behind the philadelphia phillies vern rapp took over as the cardinals manager this year, after the twelveyear reign of their longtime manager red. Run expectancy, and leverage index calculations provided by tom tango of, and coauthor of the book. Don kessinger american professional baseball player.
Donald eulon kessinger born july 17, 1942 in forrest city, arkansas is an american former professional baseball player and manager. The season involved the cubs gaining renown as the most celebrated secondplace team in the history of baseball. Chicago cubs 1965 official presstvradio roster book. Louis cardinals to the chicago white sox for steve staniland minors. Grae kessinger is the latest rebel to bring home a major positional award, being named the brooks wallace award winner in 2019, given annually to the top shortstop in college baseball. He won two gold gloves at shortstop, and he led all shortstops in putouts three times, assists four times, double plays four times, and fielding percentage. On september 8, 1978, don kessinger night drew 30,270 fans to chicagos comiskey park. The 1969 chicago cubs doug feldmann, don kessinger on. Don kessinger was born on july 17, 1942 in forrest city, arkansas, usa as donald eulon kessinger. The site is updated daily with information about every book, author, illustrator, and publisher in the childrens young adult book industry. Kessinger publishing company publisher contact information.
Don kessinger new, 76 comments the next entry in the fan favorites series looks at a slick shortstop from the 60s and 70s. Louis, missouri and its 86th season in the national league. Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract. Baseball history unpacked, july 6 bleed cubbie blue. He returned to oxford in 1990 and served as the baseball coach for the university of mississippi. Chris potter, more than a friend to collectors baseball. Prep all american grae kessinger has hall of fame genes. Thats not surprising when you consider grae kessinger grew up with a grandfather who played 16 years in the major leagues, an uncle who was a big leaguer and a father who was drafted by the cubs and played professional baseball. Robert keith kessinger born february 19, 1967 is a former major league baseball player who played 11 games at shortstop for the cincinnati reds in 1993. Stats awards fabulous feats famous firsts hall of fame hitting charts legendary lists pitching charts record books rules scoring. Don kessinger is he best shortstop in the majors baseball digest.
Glenn beckert had a goodbutnotgreat career for the goodbutnotgreat chicago cubs teams of the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was drafted by the baltimore orioles in the 36th round of the 1989 amateur draft, and the reds purchased his contract in 1991. Jacketflap connects you to the work of more than 200,000 authors, illustrators, publishers and other creators of books for children and young adults. During his 11 years with the cubs, the former allamerican baseball and. Grae kessinger, just turned 18 and a senior on oxford high, already has committed to play at at ole miss but likely will have a huge decision to make next spring. What started out as an innocent meeting with cy young award winner dean chance, has turned into a fulltime business for potter. Don kessinger society for american baseball research. This was the second, and most scarce baseball card set issued by kelloggs. If so, then carolyn is olivia manning with more experience. Don kessinger phone, address, background info whitepages. Don kessinger every game played with complete stats, links to box scores and automated row summing for 1977. A four sport allstate and allamerica athlete for the forrest city high school mustangs, kessinger graduated high school in 1960 and went onto the university of mississippi.
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