The Zen of Zim

Don Zimmer's career in baseball lasted an incredible 66 years. Every paycheck he ever earned came from baseball. Zim met Babe Ruth, was a teammate of Jackie Robinson, and was the first person to ever wear a New York Mets uniform. Since 2004, when he joined the Rays as a senior baseball advisor, Zimmer changed his uniform number every year to reflect his number of years in baseball. In 2008 he became the last Brooklyn Dodger to work an on-field baseball job.

I could not find one list detailing where Zimmer spent each of his 66 years in professional baseball, so I pieced together one of my own. The list includes his year in pro baseball, the calendar year, his age, which team, and other info.

 0 48 17 Western Hills High School, Cincinnati Ohio
 1 49 18 Cambridge Dodgers, Eastern Shore League (D League) .227 BA
 2 50 19 Hornell Dodgers, Penn/Ontario/NY League (D) .315 BA
 3 51 20 Elmira Pioneers, Eastern League (A) .273 BA
 4 52 21 Mobile Bears, Southern Association (AA) .310 BA
 5 53 22 St. Paul Saints, American Association (AAA) .300
 6 54 23 Brooklyn Dodgers .182 (also St. Paul Saints)
 7 55 24 Brooklyn Dodgers .239 World Series Champion
 8 56 25 Brooklyn Dodgers .300
 9 57 26 Brooklyn Dodgers .219
10 58 27 Los Angeles Dodgers .262
11 59 28 Los Angeles Dodgers .165 World Series Champion
12 60 29 Chicago Cubs .258
13 61 30 Chicago Cubs .252 (two All-Star games)
14 62 31 New York Mets/Cincinnati Reds .213
15 63 32 Los Angeles Dodgers/Washington Senators .246
16 64 33 Washington Senators .246
17 65 34 Washington Senators .199
18 66 35 Toei Flyers, Japan Pacific League .182
19 67 36 Knoxville Smokies SL AA, Buffalo Bisons IL AAA .195 player/mgr
20 68 37 Indianapolis Indians (PCL AAA) manager
21 69 38 Key West Padres (Florida A League) manager
22 70 39 Salt Lake City Bees (PCL AAA) manager
23 71 40 Montreal Expos third base coach
24 72 41 San Diego Padres manager
25 73 42 San Diego Padres manager
26 74 43 Boston Red Sox third base coach
27 75 44 Boston Red Sox third base coach
28 76 45 Boston Red Sox manager
29 77 46 Boston Red Sox manager
30 78 47 Boston Red Sox manager
31 79 48 Boston Red Sox manager
32 80 49 Boston Red Sox manager
33 81 50 Texas Rangers manager
34 82 51 Texas Rangers manager
35 83 52 New York Yankees coach
36 84 53 Chicago Cubs third base coach
37 85 54 Chicago Cubs third base coach
38 86 55 Chicago Cubs third base coach, New York Yankees coach
39 87 56 San Francisco Giants coach
40 88 57 Chicago Cubs manager
41 89 58 Chicago Cubs manager (manager of the year), Division Champion
42 90 59 Chicago Cubs manager
43 91 60 Chicago Cubs manager
44 92 61 Boston Red Sox coach
45 93 62 Colorado Rockies coach (first season)
46 94 63 Colorado Rockies coach
47 95 64 Colorado Rockies coach
48 96 65 New York Yankees bench coach, World Series Champion
49 97 66 New York Yankees bench coach
50 98 67 New York Yankees bench coach, World Series Champion
51 99 68 New York Yankees interim manager, World Series Champion
52 00 69 New York Yankees bench coach, World Series Champion
53 01 70 New York Yankees bench coach
54 02 71 New York Yankees bench coach
55 03 72 New York Yankees bench coach
56 04 73 Tampa Bay Devil Rays senior advisor
57 05 74 Tampa Bay Devil Rays senior advisor
58 06 75 Tampa Bay Devil Rays senior adviser
59 07 76 Tampa Bay Devil Rays senior advisor
60 08 77 Tampa Bay Rays senior advisor, AL Champion
61 09 78 Tampa Bay Rays senior advisor
62 10 79 Tampa Bay Rays senior advisor, Division Champion
63 11 80 Tampa Bay Rays senior advisor
64 12 81 Tampa Bay Rays senior advisor
65 13 82 Tampa Bay Rays senior advisor
66 14 83 Tampa Bay Rays senior advisor