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Chuck Essegian

Charles Abraham Essegian

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 9, 1931 in Boston, MA
High School: Fairfax HS (Los Angeles, CA)
School: Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1958
Teams (by GP): Indians/Athletics/Dodgers/Phillies/Cardinals/... 1958-1963

Final Game: September 28, 1963
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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
1958 PHI NL 26 OF 30 25 24 251.1 63 59 1 3 0 .952 -2 -9 2.15 2.00 .980 2.26 2.25
1958 PHI NL 26 LF 28 24 23 233.1 57 54 0 3 0 .947 -2 -9 2.08 1.93 .975 2.01 2.00
1958 PHI NL 26 CF 2 1 1 18.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -7 1.50 1.50 .987 2.75 2.70
1959 TOT NL 27 OF 19 17 12 141.0 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -14 1.28 1.05 .977 2.21 2.19
1959 TOT NL 27 LF 13 11 6 90.0 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 1 9 1.40 1.08 .971 2.04 2.02
1959 STL NL 27 LF 9 8 5 64.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -6 1.27 1.00 .971 2.04 2.02
1959 STL NL 27 OF 9 8 5 64.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -6 1.27 1.00 .977 2.21 2.19
1959 LAD NL 27 OF 10 9 7 77.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -20 1.29 1.10 .977 2.21 2.19
1959 LAD NL 27 RF 6 6 6 51.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -54 1.06 1.00 .978 1.94 1.93
1959 LAD NL 27 LF 4 3 1 26.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1 46 1.73 1.25 .972 2.04 2.02
1960 LAD NL 28 OF 18 12 9 110.1 31 29 1 1 0 .968 1 10 2.45 1.67 .978 2.20 2.20
1960 LAD NL 28 LF 16 12 9 106.1 24 22 1 1 0 .958 0 5 1.95 1.44 .974 1.99 1.99
1960 LAD NL 28 RF 2 0 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 150 4.50 1.00 .980 2.02 2.00
1961 TOT AL 29 OF 50 41 28 362.0 97 89 5 3 1 .969 -4 -12 2.34 1.88 .977 2.25 2.22
1961 TOT AL 29 LF 17 14 10 119.2 33 30 2 1 0 .970 1 6 2.41 1.88 .969 2.01 1.98
1961 KCA AL 29 LF 1 1 1 9.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1 120 5.00 5.00 .968 2.00 2.00
1961 KCA AL 29 OF 1 1 1 9.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1 120 4.00 4.00 .978 2.20 2.20
1961 CLE AL 29 OF 49 40 27 353.0 93 85 5 3 1 .968 -4 -15 2.29 1.84 .977 2.25 2.22
1961 CLE AL 29 CF 19 13 11 131.1 39 34 3 2 1 .949 -3 -26 2.54 1.95 .982 2.60 2.56
1961 CLE AL 29 LF 16 13 9 110.2 28 25 2 1 0 .964 -0 -3 2.20 1.69 .969 2.01 1.98
1961 CLE AL 29 RF 16 14 7 111.0 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -14 1.54 1.19 .976 2.06 2.04
1962 CLE AL 30 OF 90 86 57 715.2 156 154 1 1 0 .994 -2 -3 1.95 1.72 .980 2.19 2.18
1962 CLE AL 30 LF 88 85 57 705.2 154 152 1 1 0 .994 -1 -2 1.95 1.74 .976 2.01 2.00
1962 CLE AL 30 CF 1 1 0 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -105 1.12 1.00 .990 2.59 2.60
1962 CLE AL 30 RF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
1963 KCA AL 31 LF 53 51 30 426.0 97 93 3 1 0 .990 -5 -13 2.03 1.81 .976 1.90 1.90
1963 KCA AL 31 OF 53 51 30 426.0 98 95 2 1 0 .990 -5 -13 2.05 1.83 .981 2.16 2.16
6 Seasons OF 260 232 160 2006.1 465 445 11 9 1 .981 -12 -7 2.05 1.75 .979 2.20 2.19
6 Seasons LF 215 197 135 1681.0 379 364 8 7 0 .982 -5 -4 1.99 1.73 .975 1.98 1.97
4 Seasons RF 25 20 13 168.0 27 27 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -22 1.45 1.08 .977 2.02 2.01
3 Seasons CF 22 15 12 157.1 43 38 3 2 1 .953 -4 -28 2.35 1.86 .983 2.61 2.57
6 Seasons TOT 260 232 160 2006.1 465 445 11 9 1 .981 -12 -7 2.05 1.75 .979 2.20 2.19
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
1958 PHI NL 26 LF -2 -9 -1 -2 1 -1
1958 PHI NL 26 CF -0 -7 -0 0 -0 0
1959 STL NL 27 LF -0 -6 -1 -0 -1 1
1959 LAD NL 27 RF -2 -54 -2 -0 -2 0
1959 LAD NL 27 LF 1 46 1 0 0 0
1960 LAD NL 28 LF 0 5 1 1 0 -1
1960 LAD NL 28 RF 0 150 0 0 0 0
1961 KCA AL 29 LF 1 120 1 1 0 0
1961 CLE AL 29 CF -3 -26 -3 -2 -1 0
1961 CLE AL 29 LF -0 -3 1 -0 1 -1
1961 CLE AL 29 RF -1 -14 -2 -2 -1 1
1962 CLE AL 30 LF -1 -2 -1 1 -2 0
1962 CLE AL 30 CF -1 -105 -1 -1 0 0
1962 CLE AL 30 RF 0 0 0 0 0
1963 KCA AL 31 LF -5 -13 -3 -3 0 -2
6 Seasons LF -5 -4 -1 -2 0 -4
4 Seasons RF -3 -22 -4 -2 -2 1
3 Seasons CF -4 -28 -4 -3 -1 0
6 Seasons TOT -12 -7 -9 -7 -3 -3

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1958 PHI NL 26 39 25 39 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 2 0 30 0 9 0
1959 LAD NL 27 24 9 24 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 6 10 0 14 0
1959 STL NL 27 17 8 17 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 9 0 9 0
1960 LAD NL 28 52 12 52 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 2 18 0 39 1
1961 CLE AL 29 60 40 60 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 19 16 49 0 19 1
1961 KCA AL 29 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0
1961 BAL AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1962 CLE AL 30 106 86 106 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 88 1 1 90 0 20 0
1963 KCA AL 31 101 51 101 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 0 0 53 0 49 1
6 Seasons 404 232 404 260 0 0 0 0 0 0 215 22 25 260 0 163 3
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 -- 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%
1958 PHI NL 26 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 15 0 6 2 0 6 5 0 3 1 0 6 5 0 43 28 65.1% 15 0 0.0% 0 1034 64% 81% 32% 129 42%
1959 STL NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 7 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 278 63% 78% 25% 26 31%
1959 LAD NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 103 73% 64% 35% 9 56%
1960 LAD NL 28 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 15 11 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 26 13 50.0% 13 0 0.0% 1 470 59% 73% 34% 56 41%
1961 CLE AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 6 3 0 3 0 0 2 1 1 3 1 0 2 2 0 16 7 43.8% 8 1 6.3% 1 462 58% 77% 27% 56 48%
1961 KCA AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 35 71% 91% 37% 9 56%
1962 CLE AL 30 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 25 21 0 14 6 0 8 6 0 7 2 0 12 9 0 66 44 66.7% 22 0 0.0% 1 3065 59% 81% 28% 271 56%
1963 KCA AL 31 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 23 17 1 13 3 0 7 3 0 6 1 0 6 6 0 55 30 54.5% 24 1 1.8% 2 1869 57% 79% 26% 177 54%
6 Seasons 7 0 7 0 0 8 0 2 3 2 96 71 1 43 12 0 26 17 1 20 5 0 31 26 0 216 131 60.6% 83 2 0.9% 6 7316 59% 79% 28% 733 50%
MLB Averages 58.4% 2.5% 63% 80% 29% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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%
1959 LAD NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 16 6 37.5% 10 0 0.0% 0 236 53% 75% 33% 25 24%
1960 LAD NL 28 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 20 65% 55% 35% 2 100%
1961 CLE AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 15 11 73.3% 4 0 0.0% 0 491 57% 85% 29% 43 44%
1962 CLE AL 30 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% 67% 50% 0
4 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 11 0 5 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 31 17 54.8% 14 0 0.0% 0 753 56% 81% 30% 70 39%
MLB Averages 40.5% 3.1% 63% 80% 29% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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%
1958 PHI NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 73 66% 81% 33% 6 50%
1961 CLE AL 29 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 13 6 0 6 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 26 14 53.8% 12 0 0.0% 3 583 53% 80% 27% 79 43%
1962 CLE AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 35 63% 86% 17% 5 20%
3 Seasons 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 15 7 0 7 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 29 15 51.7% 14 0 0.0% 3 691 55% 81% 27% 90 42%
MLB Averages 42.3% 2.1% 63% 80% 29% 56%

* 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

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1962 AL  1.95 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1962 AL  1.74 (3rd)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1962 AL  .994 (1st)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1962 AL  .994 (4th)

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