Eddie Bressoud

Edward Francis Bressoud

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: May 2, 1932 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Washington HS (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 14, 1956
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Giants/Mets/Cardinals 1956-1967

Final Game: September 26, 1967
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All-Star

Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1956	NYG	NL	24	SS	48	45	38	396.1	202	67	125	10	26	.950	-4	-11	4.36	4.00	.962	4.94	4.89
1957	NYG	NL	25	SS	33	30	28	272.0	151	55	87	9	16	.940	-2	-8	4.70	4.30	.958	4.82	4.85
1957	NYG	NL	25	3B	12	5	4	55.0	26	12	10	4	0	.846	-0	-2	3.60	1.83	.952	2.96	2.98
1958	SFG	NL	26	2B	57	34	25	347.2	205	100	98	7	24	.966	-5	-18	5.13	3.47	.975	5.33	5.30
1958	SFG	NL	26	3B	6	0	0	8.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	-0	-75	2.25	0.33	.950	3.15	3.17
1958	SFG	NL	26	SS	4	2	1	20.0	12	5	6	1	1	.917	-0	-30	4.95	2.75	.964	5.13	5.08
1959	SFG	NL	27	SS	92	90	79	781.2	429	151	267	11	37	.974	8	12	4.81	4.54	.966	5.11	5.06
1959	SFG	NL	27	1B	1	0	0	1.0	2	2	0	0	1	1.000	0	0	18.00	2.00	.990	9.90	9.50
1959	SFG	NL	27	2B	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0	360	9.00	1.00	.980	5.40	5.20
1959	SFG	NL	27	3B	1	1	0	9.0	4	0	2	2	0	.500	-0	-53	2.00	2.00	.950	3.00	2.90
1960	SFG	NL	28	SS	115	113	101	984.1	552	191	339	22	53	.960	4	5	4.85	4.61	.960	4.81	4.80
1961	SFG	NL	29	SS	34	25	19	240.2	110	46	60	4	12	.964	-4	-22	3.96	3.12	.959	4.92	4.87
1961	SFG	NL	29	3B	3	1	1	14.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-34	2.57	1.33	.948	2.89	2.90
1961	SFG	NL	29	2B	1	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	0	40	6.00	2.00	.975	5.40	5.40
1962	BOS	AL	30	SS	153	153	152	1371.2	801	291	482	28	107	.965	16	14	5.07	5.05	.962	4.84	4.83	MVP-26
1963	BOS	AL	31	SS	137	137	134	1233.2	635	260	351	24	76	.962	-2	-2	4.46	4.46	.965	4.78	4.78
1964	BOS	AL	32	SS	158	158	155	1371.0	678	248	411	19	78	.972	-1	-1	4.33	4.17	.968	4.78	4.77	AS,MVP-30
1965	BOS	AL	33	SS	86	69	69	648.1	355	147	195	13	45	.963	-5	-10	4.75	3.98	.962	4.74	4.73
1965	BOS	AL	33	3B	2	1	1	11.0	1	0	1	0	1	1.000	-1	-109	0.82	0.50	.960	3.11	3.10
1965	BOS	AL	33	LF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-360	0.00	0.00		1.80	1.90
1965	BOS	AL	33	OF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-360	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.00
1966	NYM	NL	34	SS	94	73	61	645.1	403	135	252	16	52	.960	-8	-15	5.40	4.12	.964	4.96	4.96
1966	NYM	NL	34	3B	32	24	21	234.2	93	20	68	5	9	.946	4	20	3.38	2.75	.954	3.04	3.04
1966	NYM	NL	34	1B	9	5	0	40.0	49	42	6	1	3	.980	2	66	10.80	5.33	.989	9.90	9.89
1966	NYM	NL	34	2B	7	8	6	68.1	34	16	17	1	3	.971	1	18	4.35	4.71	.978	5.32	5.33
1967	STL	NL	35	SS	48	18	11	205.1	99	34	58	7	12	.929	-6	-36	4.03	1.92	.963	4.99	4.99
1967	STL	NL	35	3B	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-40	0.00	0.00		3.00	3.00
	12 Seasons			SS	1002	913	848	8170.1	4427	1630	2633	164	515	.963	-5	-1	4.70	4.25	.963	4.86	4.85
	4 Seasons			2B	66	42	31	420.0	242	117	117	8	27	.967	-4	-11	5.01	3.55	.975	5.33	5.30
	7 Seasons			3B	57	32	27	334.2	130	36	83	11	10	.915	1	5	3.20	2.09	.953	3.03	3.03
	2 Seasons			1B	10	5	0	41.0	51	44	6	1	4	.980	2	64	10.98	5.00	.989	9.90	9.85
	1 Season			OF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-360	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.00
	1 Season			LF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-360	0.00	0.00		1.80	1.90
	12 Seasons			TOT	1136	992	906	8967.0	4850	1827	2839	184	556	.962	-6	-1	4.68	4.11	.964	4.83	4.83
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt	Rof	Rhr	RerC	RsbC	RsbP
1956	NYG	NL	24	SS	-4	-11	-4	-1	-3	0
1957	NYG	NL	25	SS	-2	-8	-1	-0	-0	-1
1957	NYG	NL	25	3B	-0	-2	-0	0	-0	0
1958	SFG	NL	26	2B	-5	-18	-4	-2	-3	-1
1958	SFG	NL	26	3B	-0	-75	-0	-0	-0	0
1958	SFG	NL	26	SS	-0	-30	-0	-0	-0	0
1959	SFG	NL	27	SS	8	12	8	7	1	0
1959	SFG	NL	27	1B	0	0	0	0	0
1959	SFG	NL	27	2B	0	360	0	0	0	0
1959	SFG	NL	27	3B	-0	-53	-0	0	-0	0
1960	SFG	NL	28	SS	4	5	6	3	4	-2
1961	SFG	NL	29	SS	-4	-22	-4	-4	-0	0
1961	SFG	NL	29	3B	-0	-34	-0	0	-0	0
1961	SFG	NL	29	2B	0	40	0	0	0	0
1962	BOS	AL	30	SS	16	14	13	3	10	3
1963	BOS	AL	31	SS	-2	-2	-2	-0	-2	0
1964	BOS	AL	32	SS	-1	-1	-1	4	-6	0
1965	BOS	AL	33	SS	-5	-10	-4	-1	-4	-1
1965	BOS	AL	33	3B	-1	-109	-1	-1	0	0
1965	BOS	AL	33	LF	-0	-360	-0	-0	0
1966	NYM	NL	34	SS	-8	-15	-6	-3	-3	-2
1966	NYM	NL	34	3B	4	20	3	1	2	1
1966	NYM	NL	34	1B	2	66	2	1	1	0
1966	NYM	NL	34	2B	1	18	1	0	0	0
1967	STL	NL	35	SS	-6	-36	-6	-5	-1	0
1967	STL	NL	35	3B	-0	-40	-0	0	-0	0
	12 Seasons			SS	-5	-1	-2	3	-5	-3
	4 Seasons			2B	-4	-11	-3	-1	-2	-1
	7 Seasons			3B	1	5	0	-1	1	1
	2 Seasons			1B	2	64	2	1	1	0
	1 Season			LF	-0	-360	-0	-0	0
	12 Seasons			TOT	-6	-1	-3	2	-5	-3
Lg				Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt	Rof	Rhr	RerC	RsbC	RsbP

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	OF	PH	PR
1956	NYG	NL	24	49	45	49	48	0	0	0	48	0	0	1	1
1957	NYG	NL	25	49	35	49	45	0	0	12	33	0	0	3	4
1958	SFG	NL	26	66	36	66	65	0	58	6	3	0	0	0	7
1959	SFG	NL	27	104	91	104	95	1	1	1	92	0	0	5	5
1960	SFG	NL	28	116	113	116	115	0	0	0	115	0	0	1	0
1961	SFG	NL	29	59	26	59	37	0	1	3	34	0	0	21	1
1962	BOS	AL	30	153	153	153	153	0	0	0	153	0	0	0	0
1963	BOS	AL	31	140	137	140	137	0	0	0	137	0	0	3	0
1964	BOS	AL	32	158	158	158	158	0	0	0	158	0	0	0	0
1965	BOS	AL	33	107	70	107	88	0	0	2	86	1	1	27	1
1966	NYM	NL	34	133	110	133	128	9	8	32	93	0	0	14	1
1967	STL	NL	35	52	18	52	49	0	0	1	48	0	0	3	1
	12 Seasons			1186	992	1186	1118	10	68	57	1000	1	1	78	21

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	63	463	163	363	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1956	NYG	NL	24	1473	65%	82%	27%	138	85%	1	48	23	21	5	101	85	14	1	0	9	0	7	2	7	17	7	0	4	3	1	16	7	9	0	0	0
1957	NYG	NL	25	886	60%	84%	29%	90	88%	0	41	22	16	3	64	46	16	0	0	5	0	2	3	2	13	6	1	1	1	2	12	7	5	1	1	0
1958	SFG	NL	26	85	73%	81%	33%	9	89%	0	5	3	2	0	6	3	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1959	SFG	NL	27	3290	60%	79%	28%	342	94%	0	152	71	60	21	277	206	64	0	4	11	2	5	4	9	45	17	2	18	1	0	40	20	19	4	2	2
1960	SFG	NL	28	4135	63%	79%	27%	427	93%	6	194	96	80	19	344	266	68	1	5	22	1	15	6	16	55	15	5	22	6	4	52	20	32	2	1	1
1961	SFG	NL	29	1040	63%	77%	25%	87	93%	1	46	27	15	4	63	43	18	0	1	4	0	4	0	3	13	2	2	6	0	1	13	4	7	0	0	0
1962	BOS	AL	30	5992	59%	77%	25%	629	92%	3	286	156	108	23	481	366	95	1	11	28	2	24	2	21	107	43	2	30	7	9	98	47	46	8	5	3
1963	BOS	AL	31	5256	58%	76%	24%	496	92%	0	254	154	84	15	355	273	72	0	4	24	0	20	4	19	77	24	2	29	8	0	68	27	37	7	4	2
1964	BOS	AL	32	6008	59%	76%	23%	561	92%	1	251	143	85	23	419	317	83	2	11	19	0	17	2	14	79	34	8	19	6	3	72	42	29	7	6	1
1965	BOS	AL	33	2820	62%	78%	23%	259	95%	0	139	69	57	13	204	143	50	0	5	13	1	10	2	9	46	13	4	14	4	0	42	19	18	4	2	1
1966	NYM	NL	34	2821	65%	82%	31%	335	87%	5	131	61	54	16	252	186	53	5	4	16	0	12	4	14	46	23	4	10	2	2	42	27	14	3	2	0
1967	STL	NL	35	846	68%	79%	24%	88	83%	1	35	21	10	4	61	50	8	1	1	7	0	7	0	7	14	6	1	5	2	0	13	6	7	1	1	0
	12 Seasons			34652	61%	78%	26%	3461	92%	18	1582	846	592	146	2627	1984	544	11	46	159	6	124	29	122	513	190	31	159	40	22	469	226	224	37	24	10
	MLB Averages				63%	79%	27%		91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	543	463	43	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1958	SFG	NL	26	1516	62%	80%	25%	131	95%	0	99	37	40	23	99	83	16	0	1	7	1	4	2	6	26	10	2	10	1	24	11	13	1	0	1
1959	SFG	NL	27	4	75%	100%	50%	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	SFG	NL	29	14	71%	86%	21%	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	NYM	NL	34	262	63%	82%	37%	25	88%	0	19	6	9	4	18	16	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	1
	4 Seasons			1796	63%	80%	27%	158	94%	0	118	43	49	27	119	101	18	0	1	8	1	4	3	6	30	11	2	10	1	26	11	15	2	0	2
	MLB Averages				63%	79%	27%		93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	543	53	GB	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1957	NYG	NL	25	215	60%	85%	36%	29	83%	1	14	12	2	0	10	8	1	1	0	4	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50%
1958	SFG	NL	26	41	73%	76%	29%	2	100%	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%
1959	SFG	NL	27	33	97%	67%	33%	4	75%	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	SFG	NL	29	56	52%	66%	18%	3	100%	0	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965	BOS	AL	33	50	76%	76%	20%	3	33%	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
1966	NYM	NL	34	991	61%	82%	33%	89	92%	1	18	15	2	1	68	48	16	1	1	5	0	5	0	3	10	8	1	9	1	0	1	4	50%
1967	STL	NL	35	11	36%	73%	27%	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
	7 Seasons			1397	62%	81%	32%	131	88%	2	36	30	5	1	83	60	18	2	1	12	0	8	4	8	11	9	1	10	1	0	1	7	57%
	MLB Averages				63%	79%	27%		89%																								63%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

											Putouts					Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	3U	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	363	361	36	GB	GBs	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1959	SFG	NL	27	3	100%	100%	67%	0		0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1966	NYM	NL	34	182	60%	79%	32%	18	94%	0	46	3	42	1	10	5	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0
	2 Seasons			185	61%	79%	32%	18	94%	0	48	3	44	1	10	5	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	0
	MLB Averages				63%	79%	27%		94%																											86%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1965	BOS	AL	33	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	0	0		0	0		0	6	50%	100%	33%	0
	1 Season			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	0	0		0	0		0	6	50%	100%	33%	0
	MLB Averages																														58.2%			2.6%			63%	79%	28%		48%

* 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.

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 (1251st)	Assists† s c a p y 1962 AL 482 (3rd)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1962 AL 28 (2nd)
Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1962 AL 153 (2nd) 1964 AL 158 (4th)	Putouts as SS s c a p y 1962 AL 291 (2nd) 1963 AL 260 (5th)	Assists as SS s c a p y 1960 NL 339 (5th) 1962 AL 482 (2nd)	Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1960 NL 22 (5th) 1962 AL 28 (1st) 1963 AL 24 (4th)
Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y 1966 NL 2 (4th)	Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y 1966 NL 4 (3rd)	Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y 1959 NL 8 (2nd) 1960 NL 4 (3rd) 1962 AL 16 (1st)	Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y 1960 NL 4.85 (5th) 1962 AL 5.07 (3rd) 1966 NL 5.40 (2nd)
Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1960 NL 4.61 (5th) 1962 AL 5.05 (2nd)	Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1959 NL .974 (4th) 1960 NL .960 (5th) 1962 AL .965 (5th) 1964 AL .972 (5th)

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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