Dan Driessen
Dan Driessen
Full name: Daniel Driessen
Born: July 29, 1951, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
First Game: June 9, 1973 ; Final Game: October 3, 1987
Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 5' 11" Weight: 187
Uncle of Gerald Perry
Photo by Legend in Time, © 2006 BaseballChronology.com
Dan Driessen
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1973 CIN N Daily Splits 102 366 49 110 15 2 4 47 24 4 37 2 1 1 0 10i 8 8 3 .301 .346 .385 -0.2 1973 CIN N
1974 CIN N Daily Splits 150 470 63 132 23 6 7 56 48 5 62 1 1 3 0 11 9 10 5 .281 .347 .400 -1.0 1974 CIN N
1975 CIN N Daily Splits 88 210 38 59 8 1 7 38 35 2 30 2 0 2 0 4 8 10 3 .281 .386 .429 0.3 1975 CIN N
1976 CIN N Daily Splits 98 219 32 54 11 1 7 44 43 2 32 0 0 6 0 2 11 14 1 .247 .362 .402 0.4 1976 CIN N
1977 CIN N Daily Splits 151 536 75 161 31 4 17 91 64 8 85 3 0 5 0 4 12 31 13 .300 .375 .468 0.9 1977 CIN N
1978 CIN N Daily Splits 153 524 68 131 23 3 16 70 75 7 79 4 3 6 0 2 13 28 9 .250 .345 .397 0.2 1978 CIN N
1979 CIN N Daily Splits 150 515 72 129 24 3 18 75 62 11 77 3 2 7 0 2 6 11 5 .250 .330 .414 -1.1 1979 CIN N
1980 CIN N Daily Splits 154 524 81 139 36 1 14 74 93 17 68 6 0 9 0 4 14 19 6 .265 .377 .418 1.0 1980 CIN N
1981 CIN N Daily Splits 82 233 35 55 14 0 7 33 40 3 31 2 2 3 0 2 5 2 4 .236 .349 .386 -0.8 1981 CIN N
1982 CIN N Daily Splits 149 516 64 139 25 1 17 57 82 8 62 2 0 6 0 5 8 11 6 .269 .368 .421 -0.1 1982 CIN N
1983 CIN N Daily Splits 122 386 57 107 17 1 12 57 75 10 51 0 0 6 0 6 12 6 4 .277 .390 .420 0.4 1983 CIN N
1984 CIN N Daily Splits 81 218 27 61 13 0 7 28 37 2 25 0 0 4 0 4 5 2 1 .280 .378 .436 0.1 1984 CIN N
1984 MON N Daily Splits 51 169 20 43 11 0 9 32 17 6 15 0 1 1 0 3 5 0 1 .254 .321 .479 0.0 1984 MON N
1984 TOT N 132 387 47 104 24 0 16 60 54 8 40 0 1 5 0 7 10 2 2 .269 .354 .455 0.1 1984 TOT N
1985 MON N Daily Splits 91 312 31 78 18 0 6 25 33 9 29 2 1 2 0 5 8 2 2 .250 .324 .365 -0.4 1985 MON N
1985 SF N Daily Splits 54 181 22 42 8 0 3 22 17 3 22 1 0 3 0 3 2 0 0 .232 .297 .326 -0.9 1985 SF N
1985 TOT N 145 493 53 120 26 0 9 47 50 12 51 3 1 5 0 8 10 2 2 .243 .314 .351 -1.3 1985 TOT N
1986 SF N Daily Splits 15 16 2 3 2 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188 .350 .313 0.0 1986 SF N
1986 HOU N Daily Splits 17 24 5 7 1 0 1 3 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .292 .414 .458 0.1 1986 HOU N
1986 TOT N 32 40 7 10 3 0 1 3 9 2 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .388 .400 0.1 1986 TOT N
1987 STL N Daily Splits 24 60 5 14 2 0 1 11 7 1 8 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 .233 .309 .317 -0.4 1987 STL N
Total Splits 1732 5479 746 1464 282 23 153 763 761 100 719 28 11 65 0 70i128 154 63 .267 .356 .411 -1.5 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
i - incomplete
League Championship Series Batting Record League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1973 CIN N Daily Splits 4 12 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .154 .250 1973 CIN N
1976 CIN N Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1976 CIN N
1979 CIN N Daily Splits 3 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 .154 .083 1979 CIN N
1987 STL N Daily Splits 5 12 1 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .308 .417 1987 STL N
Total Splits 13 37 2 6 3 0 0 2 2 1 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .162 .200 .243 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1975 CIN N Daily Splits 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1975 CIN N
1976 CIN N Daily Splits 4 14 4 5 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .357 .438 .714 1976 CIN N
1987 STL N Daily Splits 4 13 3 3 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 .286 .385 1987 STL N
Total Splits 10 29 7 8 4 0 1 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .276 .344 .517 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1973 CIN N Daily 3B 87 85 35 654 62 150 12 19 0 .946
1973 CIN N 1B 36 5 4 109.1 97 7 0 11 0 1.000
1973 CIN N OF 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1
1973 CIN N RF 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1974 CIN N Daily 3B 126 122 36 897 67 192 24 19 0 .915
1974 CIN N 1B 50 3 3 125 118 14 2 18 0 .985
1974 CIN N OF 3 2 0 12 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 3
1974 CIN N RF 3 2 0 12 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1975 CIN N Daily 1B 41 26 23 266.1 268 20 4 34 0 .986
1975 CIN N OF 29 28 4 193.1 41 0 1 0 0 .976 25 0 4
1975 CIN N LF 25 25 4 170.1 32 0 1 0 0 .970
1975 CIN N RF 4 3 0 23 10 0 0 0 0 1.000
1976 CIN N Daily 1B 40 32 26 295 291 21 1 33 0 .997
1976 CIN N LF 20 20 5 146 23 2 1 0 0 .962
1976 CIN N OF 20 20 5 146 23 2 1 0 0 .962 20 0 0
1977 CIN N Daily 1B 148 141 137 1252.2 1182 75 7 116 0 .994
1978 CIN N Daily 1B 151 142 138 1282.1 1264 93 6 92 0 .996
1979 CIN N Daily 1B 143 138 131 1221 1289 79 9 112 0 .993
1980 CIN N Daily 1B 151 149 145 1327 1349 85 7 115 0 .995
1981 CIN N Daily 1B 74 66 62 585.2 558 30 3 54 0 .995
1982 CIN N Daily 1B 144 144 141 1285 1239 78 3 123 0 .998
1983 CIN N Daily 1B 112 110 102 965 917 71 4 73 0 .996
1984 CIN N Daily 1B 70 59 51 526.1 507 29 5 31 0 .991
1984 MON N Daily 1B 45 42 42 384 363 23 2 38 0 .995
1984 TOT N 1B 115 101 93 910.1 870 52 7 69 0 .992
1985 MON N Daily 1B 88 84 74 740 804 64 3 79 0 .997
1985 SF N Daily 1B 49 47 40 411.1 399 27 1 32 0 .998
1985 TOT N 1B 137 131 114 1151.1 1203 91 4 111 0 .997
1986 SF N Daily 1B 4 2 2 24 25 3 0 0 0 1.000
1986 HOU N Daily 1B 12 4 4 59.2 52 3 0 5 0 1.000
1986 TOT N 1B 16 6 6 83.2 77 6 0 5 0 1.000
1987 STL N Daily 1B 21 16 9 138.2 141 10 1 13 0 .993
Total 1B 1379 1210 1134 10998.1 10863 732 58 979 0 .995
Total 3B 213 207 71 1551 129 342 36 38 0 .929
Total OF 53 50 9 352.1 66 2 2 0 0 .971 45 0 8
Total LF 45 45 9 316.1 55 2 2 0 0 .966
Total RF 8 5 0 36 12 0 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
i - incomplete
League Championship Series Fielding Record League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1973 CIN N Daily 3B 4 3 3 29 3 2 1 0 0 .833
1979 CIN N Daily 1B 3 3 3 29 35 0 0 2 0 1.000
1987 STL N Daily 1B 4 3 2 27 26 3 1 2 0 .967
Total 1B 7 6 5 56 61 3 1 4 0 .985
Total 3B 4 3 3 29 3 2 1 0 0 .833
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1976 CIN N Daily DH 4 4 4 -
1987 STL N Daily 1B 4 4 1 26.1 27 1 0 0 0 1.000
Total 1B 4 4 1 26.1 27 1 0 0 0 1.000
Total DH 4 4 4 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Transactions Transactions
Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Cincinnati Reds (August 29, 1969 ).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Montreal Expos in exchange for Andy McGaffigan and Jim
Jefferson (July 26, 1984 ).
Traded by Montreal Expos to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Bill Laskey and
Scot Thompson (August 1, 1985 ).
Released by San Francisco Giants (May 1, 1986 ).
Signed by Houston Astros (June 2, 1986 ).
Released by Houston Astros (October 24, 1986 ).
Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (June 9, 1987 ).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (November 9, 1987 ).
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