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Don Bessent
Fred Donald Bessent (The Weasel)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.

Debut July 17, 1955
Final Game September 27, 1958
Born March 13, 1931 in Jacksonville, FL
Died July 7, 1990 in Jacksonville, FL

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1955 24 BRO NL   8   1  24   2   1   0   8  3   63.3   51   19   19   7   21   29   0   1   255   2   0  2.70  4.08  151 1.137 RoY-3
 1956 25 BRO NL   4   3  38   0   0   0  21  9   79.3   63   23   22   5   31   52   0   4   324   6   0  2.50  4.03  162 1.185
 1957 26 BRO NL   1   3  27   0   0   0  16  0   44.0   58   28   28   5   19   24   0   1   204   3   0  5.73  4.15   72 1.750
 1958 27 LAD NL   1   0  19   0   0   0   0  0   24.3   24   14    9   3   17   13   1   0   107   0   0  3.33  4.11  123 1.685
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .667  14   7 108   2   1   0  45 12  211.0  196   84   78  20   88  118   1   6   890  11   0  3.33  4.08  123 1.346
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8   4  66   1   0   0  27  7  130.3  121   51   48  12   54   72   0   3   550   6   0  3.33  4.08  123 1.346
 Career High      8   3  38   2   1   0  21  9   79.3   63   28   28   7   31   52   1   4   324   6   0  2.50  4.15  162 1.137

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1955 24 BRO NL  24   20    1    2   0  0   0    2   0  0   0   8  .100  .100  .100  -47    2   3   0   0   0   1 RoY-3
 1956 25 BRO NL  38   18    0    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   5  .111  .105  .111  -44    2   1   1   0   0   1
 1957 26 BRO NL  27    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .250  .250  .250   31    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1958 27 LAD NL  19    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      108   44    1    5   0  0   0    3   0  0   0  14  .114  .111  .114  -41    5   5   1   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         66    2    8   0  0   0    5   0  0   0  21  .114  .111  .114  -41    8   8   2   0   0   3
 Career High     38   20    1    2   0  0   0    2   0  0   0   8                           2   3   1   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1955 24 BRO NL   23   22    0   0.0   108| .100  .269| .100  .340| .100  .426| .200  .766| -47  .000  -4.3  -0.4   0%
 1956 25 BRO NL   20   19    0   0.0   110| .111  .274| .105  .343| .111  .433| .216  .775| -44  .000  -3.8  -0.4   0%
 1957 26 BRO NL    4    3    0   0.0   110| .250  .279| .250  .344| .250  .432| .500  .775|  31  .000  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1958 27 LAD NL    3    3    0   0.0   110| .000  .274| .000  .343| .000  .428| .000  .772|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons        50   47    0   0.0   109| .114  .272| .111  .342| .114  .429| .225  .771| -41  .000  -9.1  -0.9   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1955 24 BRO NL P 24 1 11 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 0.83 1.71 2.03 2 63.3 1956 25 BRO NL P 38 3 8 1 1 .917 .965 0.29 0.83 1.25 2.05 0 79.3 1957 26 BRO NL P 27 6 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.37 0.82 2.05 2.07 0 44.0 1958 27 LAD NL P 19 2 6 0 2 1.000 .952 0.42 0.77 2.96 1.96 0 24.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1955 24 BRO NL P 24 1 11 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 0.83 1.71 2.03 2 63.3 1956 25 BRO NL P 38 3 8 1 1 .917 .965 0.29 0.83 1.25 2.05 0 79.3 1957 26 BRO NL P 27 6 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.37 0.82 2.05 2.07 0 44.0 1958 27 LAD NL P 19 2 6 0 2 1.000 .952 0.42 0.77 2.96 1.96 0 24.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 108 12 29 1 3 .976 .958 0.38 0.82 1.75 2.04 2 211.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 108 12 29 1 3 .976 .958 0.38 0.82 1.75 2.04 2 211
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1955   WS    BRO NYY     W   3   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   3.1   3   0   1   1 
 1956   WS    BRO NYY     L   2   0   1.80  1  0  0  0  10     8   2   3   5 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1   5   0   1.35  1  0  0  0  13.1  11   2   4   6 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1955   WS    BRO NYY     W   3   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1956   WS    BRO NYY     L   2   2   0   1  0  0  0   1   1   1  .500  .667  .500   0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1   5   3   0   1  0  0  0   1   1   2  .333  .500  .333   0  0   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Saves
1956 NL-9-4

Games Finished
1956 NL-21-8

Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2072) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 7.0 (1082) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1950 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

December 2, 1952: Drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the New York Yankees in the 1952 minor league draft.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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