Tag: Don Zimmer

Don Zimmer Stats & Facts

Posted by | Dec 28, 2018 | | 0 |

Don Zimmer Positions: Bats: R Throws: R Height: 69 Weight: 165 Born: Saturday, January 17, 1931 in Cincinnati, OH USA Died: 6 4 2014 in Dunedin, FL USA Debut: 7/2/1954 Last Game: 10/2/1965 Full Name: Donald William...

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David Wrightestablishes a franchise record by starting is his 836th game at third base for the Mets

David Wrightestablishes a franchise record by starting is his 836th game at third base for the Mets

Posted by | Sep 25, 2009 | | 0 |

David Wright, playing a position which the team was unable to field a reliable everyday player on a consistent basis for decades, establishes a franchise record by starting is his 836th game at third base for the Mets, surpassing his hitting coach and friend Howard Johnson. More than 120 players, beginning in 1962 with Don Zimmer, have appeared at the hot corner for the team, but only ten have appeared in as many as 200 games during the club’s 47-year history.

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Don Zimmer fired in Boston after 1980 campaign

Posted by | Oct 1, 1980 | | 0 |

Amidst much media and fan pressure, the Red Sox fire their very unpopular manager Don Zimmer who compiled a very respectable 411-304 (.575) record during his five years in the Boston dugout. The Fenway Faithful never forgive ‘Popeye’ for the team’s collapse in 1978, when a 14-game lead slips away, ending in a one-game playoff for the American League pennant, a 5-4 loss to the Yankees, thanks to a legendary home run over the Green Monster hit by Bucky Dent.

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Duke Snider, Johnny Podres, and Don Zimmer suffer minor injuries in an auto accident in Vero Beach, Florida

Duke Snider, Johnny Podres, and Don Zimmer suffer minor injuries in an auto accident in Vero Beach, Florida

Posted by | Mar 5, 1958 | | 0 |

1958 – Duke Snider, Johnny Podres, and Don Zimmer suffer minor injuries in an auto accident in Vero Beach, Florida, as they try to beat a 12:30 A.M. curfew. This is the third accident involving Dodgers players in the last two months; Jim Gilliam and his family had an accident shortly after Roy Campanella’s.

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