Chuck Essegian

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 200lb (180cm, 90kg)

Born: August 9, 1931 in Boston, MA us

High School: Fairfax HS (Los Angeles, CA)

School: Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)

Debut: April 15, 1958 (Age 26-249d, 11,504th in major league history)
vs. CIN 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 1963 (Age 32-050d)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1958 season

Full Name: Charles Abraham Essegian

Pronunciation: \uh-SEE-jee-un\

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1959 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.7

1018

260

.255

139

RBI

150

OBP

.323

SLG

.446

OPS

.769

OPS+

106

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 47 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 5 tying, 12 go ahead

4 Tms
CLE	33
PHI	5
KCA	5
LAD	4

Platoon
vs RHP	24
vs LHP	23

Home/Road
Home	33
Away	14

Outs
2	19
1	14
0	14

14 Opps
DET	8
MIN	6
KCA	6
WSA	4
NYY	4
CHW	4
CHC	3
SFG	2
BOS	2
LAA	2
CIN	2
BAL	2
PIT	1
LAD	1

36 Pitchers
Claude Osteen	3
Don Mossi	3
Whitey Ford	3
Jack Kralick	2
Ron Kline	2
Frank Lary	2
Jerry Walker	2
Jim Bunning	2
Dick Drott	1
Danny McDevitt	1
Moe Drabowsky	1
Eddie Fisher	1
Art Fowler	1
Don Elston	1
Johnny Antonelli	1
Jack Fisher	1
Juan Pizarro	1
Ray Moore	1
Dave Wickersham	1
Bo Belinsky	1
Dick Stigman	1
Ralph Terry	1
Sherman Jones	1
Galen Cisco	1
Jim Kaat	1
Bennie Daniels	1
Billy Hoeft	1
Ike Delock	1
Bill Kirk	1
Pete Burnside	1
Dom Zanni	1
Joe Nuxhall	1
Sandy Koufax	1
Ed Rakow	1
Frank Baumann	1
Gerry Staley	1

12 Parks
ClevelandStd (CLE)	24
Munic. Stad (KAN)	4
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	4
LA Coliseum (LOS)	4
RFK Stad (WAS)	2
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	2
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Tiger Stad (DET)	1
Crosley Fld (CIN)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1

Where Hit
7	25
8	4
89	1
9	1
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	39
2·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	26
1--	10
-2-	4
1-3	4
12-	3

75 RBI
RISP	11
0 on	26
1 on	14
2 on	7
Any on	21

Inning
1	4
2	6
3	2
4	5
5	4
6	7
7	6
8	7
9	4
Extra	2

1-3	12
4-6	16
7-end	19

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	2
+2	2
+1	8
Tied	7
-1	9
-2	2
-3	3
-4..	11

Ahead	15
Tied	7
Behind	25

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
LF	34
CF	5
RF	5
PH	3

OrderPos
3rd	18
6th	8
5th	7
2nd	7
4th	4
9th	2
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	8
Medium Lev	14
Low Lev	25

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1958	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1958-05-06	PHI	@	LAD	Sandy Koufax	behind 0-3	t 6	0	---	1	2	7	0.084	22%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2	2	2	1	1958-05-18 (1)	PHI		PIT	Ron Kline	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	1	6	7	0.113	55%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	1958-05-22	PHI		CHC	Moe Drabowsky	behind 2-7	b 8	1	1--	2	8	7	0.035	6%		Home Run (CF-RF); W. Jones Scores
4	4	4	1	1958-05-24	PHI		CHC	Dick Drott	behind 2-3	b 5	2	1--	2	2	7	0.307	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Ashburn Scores
5	5	5	1	1958-05-28	PHI		SFG	Johnny Antonelli	behind 1-2	b 4	0	1--	2	5	7	0.219	69%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Repulski Scores
1959	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1959-08-19	LAD	@	CIN	Joe Nuxhall	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	-2-	2	6	9	0.119	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); N. Larker Scores
1960	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1960-04-12	LAD		CHC	Don Elston	tied 2-2	b 11	2	---	1	9	PH	0.465	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
8	8	2	1	1960-07-28	LAD		CIN	Claude Osteen	ahead 7-5	b 6	0	---	1	6	7	0.066	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
9	9	3	1	1960-09-05 (1)	LAD		SFG	Sherman Jones	behind 5-10	b 7	1	---	1	6	7	0.025	5%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1961	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1961-05-10	CLE	@	CHW	Frank Baumann	ahead 3-2	t 11	2	-2-	2	4	9	0.133	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Piersall Scores
11	11	2	1	1961-06-11 (1)	CLE		KCA	Jerry Walker	behind 2-3	b 7	1	1--	2	2	8	0.411	77%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Temple Scores
12	12	3	2	1961-06-11 (1)	CLE		KCA	Gerry Staley	ahead 4-3	b 8	2	12-	3	2	8	0.122	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Phillips Scores/unER; J. Temple Scores/unER; C. Essegian Scores/unER
13	13	4	1	1961-06-14	CLE		NYY	Whitey Ford	behind 4-9	b 7	2	---	1	5	9	0.020	4%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	5	1	1961-06-23	CLE		DET	Don Mossi	behind 1-6	b 2	0	---	1	5	9	0.055	17%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	6	2	1961-06-23	CLE		DET	Don Mossi	behind 3-13	b 4	1	---	1	5	9	0.004	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
16	16	7	1	1961-07-16 (1)	CLE		MIN	Jim Kaat	ahead 2-0	b 1	1	12-	3	6	8	0.142	90%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Phillips Scores; W. Kirkland Scores
17	17	8	2	1961-07-16 (1)	CLE		MIN	Danny McDevitt	ahead 6-3	b 7	2	---	1	6	8	0.033	97%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF)
18	18	9	1	1961-08-08	CLE		WSA	Bennie Daniels	behind 1-5	b 8	1	---	1	9	PH	0.030	6%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	10	1	1961-09-05	CLE	@	BOS	Galen Cisco	ahead 7-3	t 8	2	-2-	2	3	8	0.029	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Francona Scores
20	20	11	1	1961-09-15	CLE		MIN	Jack Kralick	ahead 1-0	b 6	0	---	1	3	7	0.106	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	12	1	1961-09-23	CLE	@	KCA	Bill Kirk	tied 0-0	t 3	1	1--	2	3	7	0.193	70%		Home Run; V. Power Scores
1962	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1962-04-29 (1)	CLE		MIN	Jack Kralick	behind 1-4	b 6	1	1--	2	3	7	0.191	35%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Cline Scores
23	23	2	1	1962-05-01	CLE		LAA	Bo Belinsky	behind 0-4	b 1	2	---	1	3	7	0.066	22%		Home Run (Deep LF)
24	24	3	1	1962-05-05 (2)	CLE	@	KCA	Dave Wickersham	ahead 3-0	t 8	2	1--	2	3	7	0.059	98%		Home Run; A. Luplow Scores
25	25	4	1	1962-05-13 (1)	CLE		NYY	Whitey Ford	ahead 3-2	b 5	2	---	1	3	7	0.118	80%		Home Run (Deep CF)
26	26	5	1	1962-05-15	CLE		KCA	Ed Rakow	behind 3-4	b 5	2	---	1	3	7	0.166	51%		Home Run
27	27	6	1	1962-05-16	CLE		KCA	Jerry Walker	behind 2-3	b 3	2	---	1	3	7	0.129	51%		Home Run
28	28	7	1	1962-05-18	CLE		DET	Ron Kline	ahead 6-2	b 7	1	1-3	3	3	7	0.016	100%		Home Run; T. Francona Scores; W. Tasby Scores/unER
29	29	8	1	1962-05-19	CLE		DET	Don Mossi	behind 1-4	b 8	1	---	1	3	7	0.060	11%		Home Run
30	30	9	1	1962-05-20 (2)	CLE		DET	Frank Lary	behind 0-2	b 1	1	---	1	2	7	0.099	42%		Home Run
31	31	10	2	1962-05-20 (2)	CLE		DET	Frank Lary	tied 2-2	b 2	2	1--	2	2	7	0.205	73%		Home Run; T. Francona Scores
32	32	11	1	1962-05-23	CLE	@	CHW	Dom Zanni	tied 4-4	t 9	0	---	1	3	7	0.339	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	12	1	1962-05-25	CLE	@	WSA	Claude Osteen	ahead 1-0	t 8	1	---	1	3	7	0.128	86%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	13	1	1962-06-24 (2)	CLE		WSA	Pete Burnside	behind 0-1	b 1	2	---	1	3	7	0.108	51%		Home Run (Deep LF)
35	35	14	1	1962-07-12	CLE	@	BAL	Billy Hoeft	tied 3-3	t 9	1	1-3	3	2	PH	0.279	97%		Home Run; J. Mahoney Scores; W. Tasby Scores
36	36	15	1	1962-07-15 (2)	CLE		BAL	Jack Fisher	behind 1-3	b 5	1	12-	3	3	7	0.358	69%		Home Run; T. Cline Scores; D. Edwards Scores
37	37	16	1	1962-07-20	CLE	@	LAA	Art Fowler	behind 4-8	t 9	2	---	1	3	7	0.002	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	17	1	1962-08-07	CLE		DET	Jim Bunning	ahead 2-1	b 6	0	---	1	5	7	0.106	85%		Home Run
39	39	18	1	1962-08-15 (1)	CLE		CHW	Juan Pizarro	tied 0-0	b 4	0	---	1	3	7	0.132	69%		Home Run
40	40	19	1	1962-08-26 (2)	CLE		BOS	Ike Delock	ahead 1-0	b 6	2	1-3	3	4	7	0.201	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Luplow Scores; T. Francona Scores
41	41	20	1	1962-09-12	CLE		NYY	Whitey Ford	behind 0-1	b 4	0	1--	2	3	7	0.221	69%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Francona Scores
42	42	21	1	1962-09-14	CLE	@	MIN	Dick Stigman	behind 0-4	t 2	0	---	1	4	7	0.064	22%		Home Run
1963	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	1963-04-09	KCA		NYY	Ralph Terry	behind 1-8	b 9	2	---	1	5	7	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
44	44	2	1	1963-04-26 (1)	KCA	@	WSA	Claude Osteen	behind 4-8	t 7	2	-2-	2	5	7	0.077	11%		Home Run; E. Charles Scores
45	45	3	1	1963-06-08	KCA		CHW	Eddie Fisher	tied 0-0	b 4	0	1-3	3	6	7	0.157	87%		Home Run; N. Siebern Scores; J. Lumpe Scores
46	46	4	1	1963-06-12 (1)	KCA	@	MIN	Ray Moore	ahead 8-3	t 6	0	1--	2	4	7	0.023	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Charles Scores
47	47	5	1	1963-07-07 (1)	KCA	@	DET	Jim Bunning	behind 0-1	t 2	2	---	1	6	7	0.112	46%		Home Run (Deep CF)

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