Don Bessent
Fred Donald Bessent (The Weasel)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 13, 1931 in Jacksonville, FL
High School: Jacksonville (Jacksonville, FL)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 17, 1955
Final Game: September 27, 1958
Died: July 7, 1990 in Jacksonville, FL
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Standard Batting

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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
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
4 Seasons 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

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1955 24 BRO NL 23 22 0 0.0 109 .167 .100 .270 .100 .342 .100 .428 .200 .769 -47 .000 -4.4 -0.4 .105 .000 .000
1956 25 BRO NL 20 19 0 0.0 110 .143 .111 .274 .105 .343 .111 .433 .216 .775 -44 .000 -3.8 -0.4 .118 .000 .000
1957 26 BRO NL 4 3 0 0.0 110 .250 .250 .279 .250 .344 .250 .432 .500 .775 31 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .333 .000 .000
1958 27 LAD NL 3 3 0 0.0 110 .000 .000 .274 .000 .343 .000 .428 .000 .772 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
4 Seasons 50 47 0 0.0 110 .161 .114 .273 .111 .342 .114 .430 .225 .772 -41 .000 -9.2 -0.9 .122 .000 .000
162 Game Avg. 75 71 0 0.0 110 .161 .114 .273 .111 .342 .114 .430 .225 .772 -41 .000 -9.2 -0.9 .122 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

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

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
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 Seasons 50 0.0% 28.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.1 14.7 2.00 62%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1955 24 BRO NL 0 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
1956 25 BRO NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 26 BRO NL 1 0 0% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 27 LAD NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1 0 20% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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% 1 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 Seasons 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% 1 0 0% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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

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 R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1955 24 25 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 24
1956 25 40 20 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 38
1957 26 28 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 27
1958 27 20 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 19
4 Seasons 113 47 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 108
162 Game Avg. 162 67 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 108

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