Don Zimmer

Don Zimmer, who was called "The Gerbil" by his nemesis, Red Sox pitcher Bill Lee, was a journeyman infielder for 12 years and an original member of the New York Mets, a team which lost a still-record 120 games in its inaugural season of 1962. Zim came up with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1954, and moved with the team to Los Angeles. He played with the Dodgers through the 1959, World's Championship season, after which he was traded to the Chicago Cubs. (He returned to the Dodgers again for their 1963 World's Championship season. After writing himself into baseball history books as part of the '62 Mets, Zim was traded during the season to the defending National League Champion Cincinnati Reds, which sent him back to the Dodgers, which in turn, shipped him off to the Washington Senators, where he ended up his career from 1963-65. The career .235 hitter was a member of 1955 and 1959 World's Champion Brooklyn Dodgers teams, batting a lusty .200 in five World Series games. The career utility pla