Don Demeter

Positions: Centerfielder, Third Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 190lb (193cm, 86kg)

Born: June 25, 1935 in Oklahoma City, OK us

Died: November 29, 2021 in Oklahoma City, OK

Buried: Resthaven Memory Gardens, Oklahoma City, OK

High School: Capitol Hill HS (Oklahoma City, OK)

School: Oklahoma City University (Oklahoma City, OK)

Debut: September 18, 1956 (Age 21-085d, 11,396th in major league history)
vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 28, 1967 (Age 32-064d)
vs. KCA 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1958 season

Full Name: Donald Lee Demeter

Pronunciation: \DEM-it-ur\

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1959 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.8

3443

912

163

.265

467

RBI

563

OBP

.307

SLG

.460

OPS

.766

OPS+

108

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	DET		KCA	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
2	2	Apr 17	DET		LAA	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
3	3	Apr 18	DET		LAA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
4	4	Apr 19 (1)	DET		MIN	L,3-12	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
5	7 (2)	Apr 22	DET	@	LAA	L,2-3	CG	33	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	CF
6	8	Apr 24	DET	@	MIN	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
7	9	Apr 25	DET	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF
8	10	Apr 26	DET	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	45	10.2	5	0	0	5	0	CF
9	11	Apr 28	DET	@	KCA	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
10	12	Apr 29	DET	@	KCA	W,5-4	GS	43	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF RF
11	13	Apr 30	DET	@	KCA	L,3-10	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	14	May 2	DET	@	BOS	W,4-0	GS	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF RF
13	15	May 3	DET	@	BOS	L,7-11	CG	47	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
14	16	May 5	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	38	9.1	1	0	0	1	0	CF
15	18 (1)	May 7	DET		BOS	L,3-7	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
16	19	May 8	DET		BAL	L,3-4	CG	47	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
17	20	May 9	DET		BAL	L,6-7	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
18	21	May 10 (1)	DET		BAL	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
19	22	May 10 (2)	DET		BAL	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
20	23	May 12	DET		NYY	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
21	24	May 13	DET		NYY	T,1-1	CG	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
22	25	May 14	DET		NYY	W,7-3	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
23	27 (1)	May 16	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
24	28	May 17 (1)	DET		CLE	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
25	29	May 17 (2)	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
26	32 (2)	May 20	DET	@	WSA	L,3-10	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
27	34 (1)	May 22	DET	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
28	35	May 23	DET	@	CLE	L,9-11	GS	27	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
29	37 (1)	May 25	DET	@	BAL	W,5-3	GS	24	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
30	39 (1)	May 27	DET	@	BAL	W,6-3	GS	33	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
31	42 (2)	May 31 (1)	DET		CHW	L,3-5	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
32	43	May 31 (2)	DET		CHW	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	44	Jun 3	DET		WSA	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
34	45	Jun 5	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
35	46	Jun 6	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
36	49 (2)	Jun 8	DET		MIN	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
37	50	Jun 9	DET		MIN	W,16-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
38	51	Jun 10	DET		MIN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
39	52	Jun 11	DET		MIN	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
40	53	Jun 13	DET		LAA	W,8-5	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
41	54	Jun 14 (1)	DET		LAA	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
42	55	Jun 14 (2)	DET		LAA	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
43	56	Jun 16 (1)	DET		KCA	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
44	57	Jun 16 (2)	DET		KCA	L,0-6	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
45	58	Jun 17	DET		KCA	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
46	59	Jun 18	DET		KCA	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
47	60	Jun 19	DET	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
48	61	Jun 20	DET	@	MIN	W,8-7	GF	19	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH LF
49	62	Jun 21	DET	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
50	63	Jun 23 (1)	DET	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
51	65 (1)	Jun 24	DET	@	KCA	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
52	66	Jun 26	DET	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	47	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
53	67	Jun 27	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	41	9.2	5	0	0	5	0	LF
54	68	Jun 28 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,6-8	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
55	70 (1)	Jun 29	DET	@	WSA	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
56	71	Jun 30	DET	@	WSA	L,5-6	GF	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	72	Jul 1	DET		CLE	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
58	76 (3)	Jul 4	DET		WSA	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
59	78 (1)	Jul 5 (2)	DET		WSA	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
60	82 (3)	Jul 11	DET		BOS	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
61	83	Jul 12 (1)	DET		BAL	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
62	84	Jul 12 (2)	DET		BAL	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
63	85	Jul 13	DET		BAL	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
64	86	Jul 14	DET	@	LAA	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	CF
65	87	Jul 15 (1)	DET	@	LAA	L,4-5	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
66	88	Jul 15 (2)	DET	@	LAA	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
67	89	Jul 17	DET	@	BAL	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	10	1	1	12	1	1B
68	91 (1)	Jul 18 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
69	93 (1)	Jul 20	DET	@	BOS	W,7-5	GS	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B LF
70	97 (3)	Jul 24 (1)	DET		NYY	W,10-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
71	98	Jul 24 (2)	DET		NYY	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	9	3	0	12	0	1B
72	100 (1)	Jul 26 (1)	DET		NYY	L,6-11	CG	49	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
73	101	Jul 26 (2)	DET		NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
74	104 (2)	Jul 30	DET		CHW	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
75	105	Jul 31 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,3-12	CG	47	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	107 (1)	Aug 1	DET	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
77	108	Aug 2 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
78	109	Aug 2 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
79	110	Aug 4	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
80	111	Aug 5	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	53	13.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
81	112	Aug 6	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	GF	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
82	113	Aug 7	DET		KCA	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
83	114	Aug 8	DET		KCA	W,4-3	GS	52	13.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B CF
84	117 (2)	Aug 11	DET	@	MIN	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
85	122 (4)	Aug 16	DET	@	KCA	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
86	126 (3)	Aug 20	DET		LAA	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
87	127	Aug 21	DET		MIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
88	128	Aug 23 (1)	DET		MIN	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
89	129	Aug 23 (2)	DET		MIN	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
90	130	Aug 25	DET	@	BOS	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
91	131	Aug 26	DET	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
92	132	Aug 27	DET	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
93	133	Aug 28 (1)	DET	@	LAA	W,12-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF RF
94	134	Aug 28 (2)	DET	@	LAA	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
95	136 (1)	Aug 30	DET	@	LAA	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	138 (1)	Sep 2	DET	@	CHW	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
97	139	Sep 4	DET	@	WSA	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
98	140	Sep 5	DET	@	WSA	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
99	141	Sep 6	DET	@	WSA	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
100	142	Sep 7	DET	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
101	143	Sep 9	DET		NYY	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
102	144	Sep 10	DET		NYY	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
103	147 (2)	Sep 13	DET		WSA	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	9	2	1	12	1	1B
104	149 (1)	Sep 16	DET		CHW	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
105	150	Sep 18	DET		CLE	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
106	152 (1)	Sep 20 (2)	DET		CLE	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
107	153	Sep 22	DET		BAL	W,2-1	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
108	154	Sep 23	DET		BAL	W,10-3	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
109	155	Sep 25	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
							113gm		932.1	362	15	2	379	13