Don Bessent

Fred Donald Bessent (The Weasel)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 13, 1931 in Jacksonville, FL
High School: Jacksonville HS (Jacksonville, FL)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 17, 1955
Team: Dodgers 1955-1958

Final Game: September 27, 1958
Died: July 7, 1990 in Jacksonville, FL
Buried: Oaklawn Cemetery, Jacksonville, FL
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1950	19	NYY-min	D	43	120	120		33	1	2	3						.275	.275	.392	.667		47							LGA · GAAL
1951	20	NYY-min	B	22	57	57		17	0	0	3						.298	.298	.456	.754		26							NFK · PIED
1953	22	LAD-min	AAA	31	58	47	3	11	3	0	0	5	0		5	1	.234	.308	.298	.606		14	5	0	6				STP · AA
1954	23	LAD-min	AAA	35	72	62	10	10	3	0	0	9	0		5	5	.161	.221	.210	.430		13	0	0	4	1			STP · AA
1955	24	LAD-min	AAA	17	42	37	5	7	1	0	1	4	0		0	3	.189	.189	.297	.486		11	1	0	5	0			STP · AA
1955	24	BRO	NL	24	23	20	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	.100	.100	.100	.200	-47	2	1	0	3	0	0	1	RoY-3
1956	25	BRO	NL	38	20	18	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.111	.105	.111	.216	-44	2	1	0	1	1	0	1
1957	26	BRO	NL	27	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1958	27	LAD	NL	19	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1959	28	LAD-min	AAA	23	45	39	3	12	2	0	0	9	0		0	8	.308	.308	.359	.667		14		0	6	0	3		STP · AA
1960	29	LAD-min	AAA	41	59	58	3	11	4	0	0	6	0		1	9	.190	.203	.259	.462		15							STP · AA
1961	30	LAD-min	AAA	60	23	23	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.087	.087	.087	.174		2							SPO · PCL
1962	31	BAL-CLE-min	AAA	15	19	15	4	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	.333	.444	.333	.778		5		0	1	0			ROC,JCK · IL
4 Yrs				108	50	44	1	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	14	.114	.111	.114	.225	-41	5	2	0	5	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	75	66	2	8	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	21	.114	.111	.114	.225	-41	8	3	0	8	2	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1955	24	BRO	NL	24	23	-5	0	-0	2	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.488	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-2	$	1	RoY-3
1956	25	BRO	NL	38	20	-4	-0	-0	2	-2	-0.2	1	-2	-0.2	.494	.499	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$	1
1957	26	BRO	NL	27	4	0	-0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$	1
1958	27	LAD	NL	19	3	-1	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.497	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	1
4 Seasons				108	50	-10	-0	-0	5	-5	-0.6	2	-3	-0.5	.495	.499	-0.5	-0.1	-3	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1955	24	BRO	NL	23	22	109	.167	.100	.270	.100	.342	.100	.428	.200	.770	-47	.000	-4.4	-0.4	.105	.000	.000
1956	25	BRO	NL	20	19	111	.143	.111	.274	.105	.343	.111	.433	.216	.776	-44	.000	-3.8	-0.4	.118	.000	.000
1957	26	BRO	NL	4	3	110	.250	.250	.279	.250	.344	.250	.432	.500	.775	31	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
1958	27	LAD	NL	3	3	110	.000	.000	.274	.000	.343	.000	.428	.000	.772	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
4 Yrs				50	47	110	.161	.114	.273	.111	.342	.114	.430	.225	.773	-41	.000	-9.2	-0.9	.122	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				75	71	110	.161	.114	.273	.111	.342	.114	.430	.225	.773	-41	.000	-9.2	-0.9	.122	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH
1955	24	BRO	NL	WS	NYY	W	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1956	25	BRO	NL	WS	NYY	L	2	4	2	1	1	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	1
2 Yrs (2 Series)							5	5	3	1	1	1	2	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	1
2 WS							5	5	3	1	1	1	2	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	1

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1955	24	BRO	NL	23	0.0%	34.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.5		10.0	2.25	52%
1956	25	BRO	NL	20	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.6		18.0	1.60	70%
1957	26	BRO	NL	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					1.00	100%
1958	27	LAD	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0				33%
4 Yrs				50	0.0%	28.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.1		14.7	2.00	62%
MLB Averages					2.4%	12.2%	9.0%	6.6%	29%	1.35	7.2	37.5	8.3	0.99	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1955	24	BRO	NL	-4.4	-0.4	23	-0.3	0.1	-0.5	.90	-0.4	0.0	-5.9	-0.6	1.21	-4.6
1956	25	BRO	NL	-3.8	-0.4	20	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	1.31	-0.4	0.1	-4.3	-0.4	0.99	-4.2
1957	26	BRO	NL	-0.4	-0.0	4	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	1.17	0.1	-0.1	0.7	0.1	0.74	0.6
1958	27	LAD	NL	-0.6	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.54	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.86	-0.7
4 Yrs				-9.2	-0.9	50	-0.7	0.4	-1.1	1.07	-0.8	0.1	-10.0	-1.0	1.06	-8.8

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1955	24	BRO	NL	0	50%	2	50%	0	0	1	1	1	1
1956	25	BRO	NL	0	0%	3	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0
1957	26	BRO	NL	1	0%	6	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0
1958	27	LAD	NL	0		0		0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				1	20%	11	25%	2	2	1	1	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1955	24	BRO	NL	23	17%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	7	1	14%	7	0	0%	24	2	8%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1956	25	BRO	NL	20	10%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	7	1	14%	5	1	20%	13	1	8%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1957	26	BRO	NL	4	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1958	27	LAD	NL	3	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				50	12%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	100%	15	2	13%	13	1	8%	38	3	8%	4	2	50%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					48%																			78%			11%			31%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF
1955	24	24	23	20	1	2	2	8	.100	.100	.100	.200	-47	2	1	3	0
1956	25	62	43	38	1	4	3	13	.105	.103	.105	.208	-46	4	2	4	1
1957	26	89	47	42	1	5	3	13	.119	.116	.119	.235	-38	5	2	4	1
1958	27	108	50	44	1	5	3	14	.114	.111	.114	.225	-41	5	2	5	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Gact
1955	24	25	24	21	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	24
1956	25	40	21	19	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	38
1957	26	28	4	4	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	27
1958	27	20	3	2	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	19
4 Yrs		113	52	46	14	.000	.000	.000	.000	108
162 Game Avg.		162	75	66	20	.000	.000	.000	.000	108

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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