Eddie Bressoud
Edward Francis Bressoud
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: May 2, 1932 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Washington (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 14, 1956
Final Game: September 26, 1967
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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
1956 24 NYG NL 49 180 163 15 37 4 2 0 9 1 0 12 20 .227 .284 .276 .560 53 45 4 1 4 0 1 6
1957 25 NYG NL 49 136 127 11 34 2 2 5 10 0 1 4 19 .268 .299 .433 .732 94 55 2 2 2 1 1 65
1958 26 SFG NL 66 154 137 19 36 5 3 0 8 0 1 14 22 .263 .331 .343 .674 81 47 2 0 3 0 1 4/56
1959 27 SFG NL 104 350 315 36 79 17 2 9 26 0 0 28 55 .251 .311 .403 .714 91 127 4 0 6 1 6 6/345
1960 28 SFG NL 116 431 386 37 87 19 6 9 43 1 2 35 72 .225 .290 .376 .665 85 145 10 2 3 5 12 *6
1961 29 SFG NL 59 128 114 14 24 6 0 3 11 1 1 11 23 .211 .276 .342 .618 65 39 6 0 1 2 4 6/54
1962 30 BOS AL 153 657 599 79 166 40 9 14 68 2 3 46 118 .277 .329 .444 .773 104 266 14 2 7 3 4 *6 MVP-26
1963 31 BOS AL 140 559 497 61 129 23 6 20 60 1 1 52 93 .260 .329 .451 .780 114 224 9 2 3 5 2 *6
1964 32 BOS AL 158 644 566 86 166 41 3 15 55 1 1 72 99 .293 .372 .456 .828 125 258 9 1 2 3 4 *6 AS,MVP-30
1965 33 BOS AL 107 327 296 29 67 11 1 8 25 0 1 29 77 .226 .297 .351 .648 79 104 3 1 0 1 4 6/57
1966 34 NYM NL 133 464 405 48 91 15 5 10 49 2 2 47 107 .225 .304 .360 .665 87 146 11 1 7 4 4 65/34
1967 35 STL NL 52 76 67 8 9 1 1 1 1 0 0 9 18 .134 .237 .224 .461 34 15 0 0 0 0 1 6/5
12 Seasons 1186 4106 3672 443 925 184 40 94 365 9 13 359 723 .252 .319 .401 .719 96 1471 74 12 38 25 44
162 Game Avg. 162 561 502 61 126 25 5 13 50 1 2 49 99 .252 .319 .401 .719 96 201 10 2 5 3 6
SFG (6 yrs) 443 1379 1242 132 297 53 15 26 107 3 5 104 211 .239 .299 .369 .667 81 458 28 5 19 9 25
BOS (4 yrs) 558 2187 1958 255 528 115 19 57 208 4 6 199 387 .270 .337 .435 .772 109 852 35 6 12 12 14
NYM (1 yr) 133 464 405 48 91 15 5 10 49 2 2 47 107 .225 .304 .360 .665 87 146 11 1 7 4 4
STL (1 yr) 52 76 67 8 9 1 1 1 1 0 0 9 18 .134 .237 .224 .461 34 15 0 0 0 0 1
NL (8 yrs) 628 1919 1714 188 397 69 21 37 157 5 7 160 336 .232 .297 .361 .659 81 619 39 6 26 13 30
AL (4 yrs) 558 2187 1958 255 528 115 19 57 208 4 6 199 387 .270 .337 .435 .772 109 852 35 6 12 12 14

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
1956 24 NYG NL 180 134 13 2.6 102 .259 .227 .263 .284 .330 .276 .415 .560 .745 53 .269 -11.1 -1.1 .454 .129 .049 .0
1957 25 NYG NL 136 99 16 4.4 103 .279 .268 .269 .299 .332 .433 .416 .732 .748 94 .475 -1.8 -0.2 .625 .189 .165 .0
1958 26 SFG NL 154 107 16 4.0 104 .313 .263 .267 .331 .335 .343 .417 .674 .752 81 .432 -3.7 -0.4 .577 .175 .080
1959 27 SFG NL 350 247 40 4.3 103 .278 .251 .268 .311 .333 .403 .414 .714 .748 91 .470 -4.5 -0.4 .646 .241 .152 .0
1960 28 SFG NL 431 319 41 3.5 95 .252 .225 .257 .290 .322 .376 .395 .665 .717 85 .395 -7.9 -0.8 .582 .238 .150 1.8
1961 29 SFG NL 128 100 9 2.4 103 .233 .211 .266 .276 .333 .342 .415 .618 .747 65 .229 -5.4 -0.5 .515 .228 .132 1.5
1962 30 BOS AL 657 460 85 5.0 105 .323 .277 .267 .329 .339 .444 .415 .773 .755 104 .539 2.0 0.2 .696 .242 .167 3.5
1963 31 BOS AL 559 386 75 5.2 97 .280 .260 .259 .329 .325 .451 .399 .780 .725 114 .601 9.0 0.9 .735 .296 .191 1.9
1964 32 BOS AL 644 415 99 6.4 100 .332 .293 .261 .372 .330 .456 .406 .828 .736 125 .681 21.9 2.2 .807 .290 .163 1.9
1965 33 BOS AL 327 234 32 3.7 97 .278 .226 .257 .297 .328 .351 .394 .648 .723 79 .458 -8.6 -0.9 .571 .220 .125 .0
1966 34 NYM NL 464 338 45 3.6 94 .277 .225 .261 .304 .319 .360 .393 .665 .713 87 .426 -6.5 -0.7 .593 .252 .136 3.3
1967 35 STL NL 76 58 4 1.9 90 .167 .134 .257 .237 .319 .224 .377 .461 .696 34 .200 -5.9 -0.6 .414 .224 .090 .0
12 Seasons 4106 2897 475 4.4 99 .289 .252 .262 .319 .329 .401 .405 .719 .734 96 .505 -22.5 -2.3 .649 .245 .149 16.4
162 Game Avg. 561 396 65 4.4 99 .289 .252 .262 .319 .329 .401 .405 .719 .734 96 .505 -22.5 -2.3 .649 .245 .149 2
SFG (6 yrs) 1379 1006 135 3.6 101 .267 .239 .264 .299 .329 .369 .409 .667 .738 81 .396 -34.5 -3.4 .578 .212 .130 5.4
BOS (4 yrs) 2187 1495 291 5.2 100 .309 .270 .262 .337 .331 .435 .405 .772 .737 109 .590 24.4 2.4 .717 .266 .165 7.5
NYM (1 yr) 464 338 45 3.6 94 .277 .225 .261 .304 .319 .360 .393 .665 .713 87 .426 -6.5 -0.7 .593 .252 .136 3.3
STL (1 yr) 76 58 4 1.9 90 .167 .134 .257 .237 .319 .224 .377 .461 .696 34 .200 -5.9 -0.6 .414 .224 .090 .0
NL (8 yrs) 1919 1402 184 3.5 98 .266 .232 .263 .297 .326 .361 .404 .659 .730 81 .397 -46.8 -4.8 .574 .222 .130 8.8
AL (4 yrs) 2187 1495 291 5.2 100 .309 .270 .262 .337 .331 .435 .405 .772 .737 109 .590 24.4 2.4 .717 .266 .165 7.5

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
1967 35 STL NL WS BOS W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1964 BOS AL 32 DNP

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
1956 24 NYG NL 180 0.0% 11.1% 6.7% 3.3% 16% 1.67 8.2 18.1 0.77 79%
1957 25 NYG NL 136 3.7% 14.0% 2.9% 6.6% 27% 4.75 6.7 25.4 12.7 0.78 76%
1958 26 SFG NL 154 0.0% 14.3% 9.1% 5.2% 22% 1.57 6.2 17.1 0.71 75%
1959 27 SFG NL 350 2.6% 15.7% 8.0% 8.0% 35% 1.96 5.7 35.0 12.1 0.76 72%
1960 28 SFG NL 431 2.1% 16.7% 8.1% 7.9% 39% 2.06 5.4 42.9 9.0 0.76 72%
1961 29 SFG NL 128 2.3% 18.0% 8.6% 7.0% 38% 2.09 5.0 38.0 10.4 1.18 70%
1962 30 BOS AL 657 2.1% 18.0% 7.0% 9.6% 38% 2.57 5.1 42.8 8.8 0.96 72%
1963 31 BOS AL 559 3.6% 16.6% 9.3% 8.8% 38% 1.79 5.3 24.9 8.3 0.72 70%
1964 32 BOS AL 644 2.3% 15.4% 11.2% 9.2% 36% 1.38 5.7 37.7 10.3 0.73 71%
1965 33 BOS AL 327 2.5% 23.6% 8.9% 6.1% 30% 2.66 3.8 37.0 11.8 0.70 65%
1966 34 NYM NL 464 2.2% 23.1% 10.1% 6.5% 33% 2.28 3.8 40.5 8.3 0.82 63%
1967 35 STL NL 76 1.3% 23.7% 11.8% 4.0% 33% 2.00 3.7 67.0 67.0 0.48 63%
12 Seasons 4106 2.3% 17.6% 8.7% 7.7% 34% 2.01 5.1 39.1 10.1 0.78 70%
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
1956 24 NYG NL 4 0 30% 41 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 57% 4 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 3
1957 25 NYG NL 2 0 17% 30 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 63% 6 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 2
1958 26 SFG NL 4 0 38% 65 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 50% 9 5 3 3 2 1 4 0 4
1959 27 SFG NL 11 0 28% 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 3 61% 19 8 9 2 0 2 10 0 8
1960 28 SFG NL 9 0 24% 152 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 6 62% 13 7 6 1 0 1 12 3 9
1961 29 SFG NL 3 0 34% 28 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 42% 6 4 2 1 0 1 5 2 2
1962 30 BOS AL 11 0 33% 230 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 9 53% 23 11 12 15 9 6 19 5 12
1963 31 BOS AL 5 0 25% 212 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 4 49% 31 21 10 6 3 3 18 4 14
1964 32 BOS AL 6 0 32% 261 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 11 11 51% 33 20 11 4 2 2 26 7 19
1965 33 BOS AL 4 0 24% 116 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 35% 20 16 4 2 1 1 12 4 7
1966 34 NYM NL 11 0 30% 191 2 2 50% 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 47% 31 18 12 4 1 3 16 7 9
1967 35 STL NL 0 0 41% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Seasons 70 0 29% 1493 9 13 41% 9 9 0 1 0 3 8 0 58 63 51% 195 116 73 39 18 21 128 32 90
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
1956 24 NYG NL 109 34% 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 400% 16 4 25% 7 3 43% 63 7 11% 6 4 67% 3 1 33% 70
1957 25 NYG NL 109 24% 34 2 0 0 0 2.16 5 0 1 4 0 3 1 0 2 2 100% 19 2 11% 10 3 30% 58 2 3% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 26
1958 26 SFG NL 154 25% 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 25 2 8% 12 3 25% 84 8 10% 7 1 14% 6 2 33% 0
1959 27 SFG NL 349 24% 79 5 0 0 0 0.64 9 0 8 4 5 7 2 0 6 6 100% 68 4 6% 32 8 25% 199 18 9% 15 8 53% 18 5 28% 0
1960 28 SFG NL 432 37% 87 1 0 0 0 0.48 9 0 14 6 3 2 7 1 5 3 60% 70 10 14% 41 11 27% 250 37 15% 22 11 50% 19 8 42% 0
1961 29 SFG NL 128 41% 24 20 4 0 2 1.76 3 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 100% 28 6 21% 10 7 70% 75 8 11% 3 2 67% 4 0 0% 0
1962 30 BOS AL 655 25% 166 0 0 0 0 14 0 16 14 0 7 7 0 7 7 100% 139 14 10% 82 21 26% 423 55 13% 34 15 44% 34 12 35% 2
1963 31 BOS AL 559 21% 129 2 0 0 0 1.35 20 1 11 16 4 14 6 0 3 3 100% 98 9 9% 46 14 30% 333 43 13% 35 17 49% 32 10 31% 0
1964 32 BOS AL 644 21% 166 0 0 0 0 15 0 8 13 2 9 6 0 2 2 100% 122 9 7% 51 17 33% 375 41 11% 29 11 38% 32 10 31% 0
1965 33 BOS AL 327 22% 67 22 7 1 1 1.52 8 0 7 7 1 5 3 0 1 0 0% 61 3 5% 25 4 16% 197 17 9% 13 3 23% 18 5 28% 1
1966 34 NYM NL 464 41% 91 12 2 0 0 1.50 10 1 10 4 6 5 5 0 8 7 88% 104 11 11% 51 17 33% 282 41 15% 27 12 44% 20 8 40% 0
1967 35 STL NL 76 42% 9 3 1 0 0 0.09 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 0 0% 7 1 14% 39 1 3% 3 1 33% 4 0 0% 0
12 Seasons 4006 28% 925 67 14 1 3 1.46 94 2 85 71 22 55 38 1 40 38 95% 762 74 10% 374 109 29% 2378 278 12% 196 85 43% 191 61 32% 99
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
1956 24 49 180 163 15 37 4 2 0 9 1 0 12 20 .227 .284 .276 .560 53 45 4 1 4 0 1
1957 25 98 316 290 26 71 6 4 5 19 1 1 16 39 .245 .290 .345 .635 71 100 6 3 6 1 2
1958 26 164 470 427 45 107 11 7 5 27 1 2 30 61 .251 .304 .344 .648 74 147 8 3 9 1 3
1959 27 268 820 742 81 186 28 9 14 53 1 2 58 116 .251 .307 .369 .676 81 274 12 3 15 2 9
1960 28 384 1251 1128 118 273 47 15 23 96 2 4 93 188 .242 .301 .371 .672 82 419 22 5 18 7 21
1961 29 443 1379 1242 132 297 53 15 26 107 3 5 104 211 .239 .299 .369 .667 81 458 28 5 19 9 25
1962 30 596 2036 1841 211 463 93 24 40 175 5 8 150 329 .251 .308 .393 .702 88 724 42 7 26 12 29
1963 31 736 2595 2338 272 592 116 30 60 235 6 9 202 422 .253 .313 .405 .718 94 948 51 9 29 17 31
1964 32 894 3239 2904 358 758 157 33 75 290 7 10 274 521 .261 .325 .415 .740 100 1206 60 10 31 20 35
1965 33 1001 3566 3200 387 825 168 34 83 315 7 11 303 598 .258 .322 .409 .732 98 1310 63 11 31 21 39
1966 34 1134 4030 3605 435 916 183 39 93 364 9 13 350 705 .254 .320 .404 .724 97 1456 74 12 38 25 43
1967 35 1186 4106 3672 443 925 184 40 94 365 9 13 359 723 .252 .319 .401 .719 96 1471 74 12 38 25 44

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1956 24 51 187 173 17 41 4 2 0 10 1 13 21 .237 .294 .283 .577 15 49
1957 25 51 140 133 12 36 2 2 5 11 0 4 20 .271 .300 .429 .729 17 49
1958 26 69 160 145 20 39 5 3 0 8 0 15 23 .269 .338 .345 .682 17 66
1959 27 109 362 331 38 84 18 2 10 28 0 30 57 .254 .315 .411 .726 43 104
1960 28 121 453 408 43 95 21 7 10 50 1 38 75 .233 .298 .392 .690 47 116
1961 29 62 128 116 14 22 6 0 3 11 1 10 24 .190 .250 .319 .569 9 59
1962 30 153 642 593 76 160 39 9 13 66 2 44 118 .270 .321 .432 .753 82 153
1963 31 140 563 502 64 134 24 6 21 63 1 54 93 .267 .337 .464 .802 79 140
1964 32 157 649 570 89 172 42 3 16 57 1 75 98 .302 .382 .470 .852 102 158
1965 33 107 331 299 30 70 11 1 8 26 0 30 77 .234 .305 .358 .663 33 107
1966 34 133 466 411 54 97 16 5 11 55 2 50 107 .236 .318 .380 .697 50 133
1967 35 52 80 69 10 11 1 1 1 1 0 11 18 .159 .275 .246 .521 5 52
12 Seasons 1205 4161 3750 467 961 189 41 98 386 9 374 731 .256 .324 .407 .731 499 1186
162 Game Avg. 162 559 504 63 129 25 6 13 52 1 50 98 .256 .324 .407 .731 67 1186

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1964

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1962-AL-26-2%
1964-AL-30-1%
0.03 Career Shares (1221st)

Batting Average s c a p y
1964 AL--.293--8th

On-Base% s c a p y
1964 AL--.372--10th

Hits s c a p y
1964 AL--166--8th

Total Bases s c a p y
1964 AL--258--10th

Doubles s c a p y
1962 AL--40--3rd
1964 AL--41--2nd

Triples s c a p y
1962 AL--9--5th
1963 AL--6--10th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1962 AL--118--2nd
1966 NL--107--10th

Runs Created s c a p y
1964 AL--99--8th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1962 AL--63--6th
1964 AL--59--9th

Times On Base s c a p y
1964 AL--239--10th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1964 AL--.681--10th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1960 NL--12--5th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 13 (1233), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1493), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 19 (775), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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