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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1955 24 BRO NL 8 1 .889 2.70 24 2 8 1 0 3 63.1 51 19 19 7 21 2 29 0 0 1 255 151 1.137 7.2 1.0 3.0 4.1 1.38 RoY-3
1956 25 BRO NL 4 3 .571 2.50 38 0 21 0 0 9 79.1 63 23 22 5 31 6 52 0 0 4 324 162 1.185 7.1 0.6 3.5 5.9 1.68
1957 26 BRO NL 1 3 .250 5.73 27 0 16 0 0 0 44.0 58 28 28 5 19 3 24 0 0 1 204 72 1.750 11.9 1.0 3.9 4.9 1.26
1958 27 LAD NL 1 0 1.000 3.33 19 0 0 0 0 0 24.1 24 14 9 3 17 0 13 1 0 0 107 123 1.685 8.9 1.1 6.3 4.8 0.76
4 Seasons 14 7 .667 3.33 108 2 45 1 0 12 211.0 196 84 78 20 88 11 118 1 0 6 890 123 1.346 8.4 0.9 3.8 5.0 1.34
162 Game Avg. 9 4 .667 3.33 67 1 28 1 0 7 130 121 52 48 12 54 7 73 1 0 4 550 123 1.346 8.4 0.9 3.8 5.0 1.34

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1955 24 BRO NL WS W NYY 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12 1.200 8.1 0.0 2.7 2.7 1.00
1956 25 BRO NL WS L NYY 1 0 1.000 1.80 2 0 1 0 0 0 10.0 8 2 2 0 3 1 5 0 0 1 41 1.100 7.2 0.0 2.7 4.5 1.67
2 Seasons (2 Series) 1 0 1.000 1.35 5 0 1 0 0 0 13.1 11 2 2 0 4 1 6 0 0 1 53 1.125 7.4 0.0 2.7 4.1 1.50
2 WS 1 0 1.000 1.35 5 0 1 0 0 0 13.1 11 2 2 0 4 1 6 0 0 1 53 1.125 7.4 0.0 2.7 4.1 1.50

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1955 24 BRO NL 24 255 232 19 51 11 1 7 2 1 21 29 .220 .283 .366 .650 .223 85 7 0 1 1 2
1956 25 BRO NL 38 324 285 23 63 13 5 5 2 2 31 52 .221 .295 .354 .649 .251 101 7 0 5 3 6
1957 26 BRO NL 27 204 177 28 58 9 3 5 1 2 19 24 .328 .387 .497 .884 .351 88 2 0 5 3 3
1958 27 LAD NL 19 107 89 14 24 4 2 3 1 1 17 13 .270 .393 .461 .853 .288 41 7 1 0 0 0
4 Seasons 108 890 783 84 196 37 11 20 6 6 88 118 .250 .324 .402 .727 .270 315 23 1 11 7 11
162 Game Avg. 67 550 484 52 121 23 7 12 4 4 54 73 .250 .324 .402 .727 .270 195 14 1 7 4 7
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1955 24 BRO NL 24 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 1 50% 58 72 44 7 2 1 1 6.8 6.8 8.5
1 Season 24 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 1 50% 58 72 44 7 2 1 1 6.8 6.8 8.5
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1955 24 BRO NL 24 22 8 6 1 4 3 1 75% 4 0 23 7 30% 7 1.020 7 8 7 8 3 11 13 9 11 5 11 2 6.3
1956 25 BRO NL 38 38 21 4 3 10 9 1 90% 10 0 40 9 23% 7 1.272 18 11 9 10 9 19 24 14 26 10 27 7 6.3
1957 26 BRO NL 27 27 16 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 67% 8 0.920 4 7 16 1 4 22 7 20 14 4 17 3 4.9
1958 27 LAD NL 19 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 22 9 41% 4 0.723 5 6 8 2 2 15 12 7 11 7 11 1 3.8
4 Seasons 108 106 45 12 7 14 12 2 86% 16 1 94 31 33% 1.053 34 32 40 21 18 67 56 50 62 26 66 13 5.5

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1955 24 BRO NL 255 39% 2.8% 11.4% 8.2% 7.5% 37% 0.98 77% 44 7 16%
1956 25 BRO NL 324 36% 1.5% 16.1% 9.6% 7.1% 37% 0.96 71% 51 7 14%
1957 26 BRO NL 204 33% 2.5% 11.8% 9.3% 8.3% 29% 0.66 74% 40 2 5%
1958 27 LAD NL 107 22% 2.8% 12.2% 15.9% 8.4% 38% 1.27 68% 26 7 27%
4 Seasons 890 35% 2.3% 13.3% 9.9% 7.6% 35% 0.92 73% 161 23 14%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1955 24 BRO NL 255 51 7 0 5 5 2 4 3 11 4 0 36% 1 1 0 98 2 1 67% 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
1956 25 BRO NL 324 63 5 0 10 3 2 3 2 16 7 3 44% 3 4 0 123 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1957 26 BRO NL 204 58 5 0 5 5 0 3 2 10 9 0 90% 1 1 1 92 1 2 33% 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1958 27 LAD NL 107 24 3 0 6 3 0 1 2 13 4 1 31% 2 0 0 41 1 1 50% 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 890 196 20 0 26 16 4 11 9 50 24 4 48% 7 6 1 354 6 6 50% 4 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 17 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1955 24 8 1 .889 2.70 24 2 8 1 0 3 63.1 51 19 19 7 21 2 29 0 0 1 255 151 1.137 7.2 1.0 3.0 4.1 1.38 151
1956 25 12 4 .750 2.59 62 2 29 1 0 12 142.2 114 42 41 12 52 8 81 0 0 5 579 157 1.164 7.2 0.8 3.3 5.1 1.56 157
1957 26 13 7 .650 3.33 89 2 45 1 0 12 186.2 172 70 69 17 71 11 105 0 0 6 783 123 1.302 8.3 0.8 3.4 5.1 1.48 123
1958 27 14 7 .667 3.33 108 2 45 1 0 12 211.0 196 84 78 20 88 11 118 1 0 6 890 123 1.346 8.4 0.9 3.8 5.0 1.34 123

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1955 24 5 2 .714 2.63 65.0 52 21 19 7 21 30 0 1.123 7.2 2.9 4.2 1.43 1.0 24
1956 25 6 2 .750 2.44 81.0 65 24 22 5 32 53 0 1.198 7.2 3.6 5.9 1.66 0.6 38
1957 26 1 3 .250 5.73 44.0 60 31 28 5 20 24 0 1.818 12.3 4.1 4.9 1.20 1.0 27
1958 27 1 1 .500 3.52 23.0 25 10 9 3 18 12 1 1.870 9.8 7.0 4.7 0.67 1.2 19
4 Seasons 13 8 .619 3.30 213.0 202 86 78 20 91 119 1 1.376 8.5 5.0 1.31 0.8 108

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Saves s c a p y
1956 NL  9 (4th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1956 NL  21 (8th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2059), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 7 (1101), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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Name and misspellings: Fred The dave Don Donald Weasel Bessent

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