Don Bessent

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: March 13, 1931 in Jacksonville, FL us

Died: July 7, 1990 in Jacksonville, FL

Buried: Oaklawn Cemetery, Jacksonville, FL

High School: Jacksonville HS (Jacksonville, FL)

Debut: July 17, 1955 (Age 24-126d, 11,273rd in major league history)
vs. CIN 8.0 IP, 9 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 5 ER, W

Last Game: September 27, 1958 (Age 27-198d)
vs. CHC 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: Fred Donald Bessent

Nicknames: The Weasel

Pronunciation: \BESS-ent\

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1955 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.2

ERA

3.33

108

211.0

118

WHIP

1.346

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Team Record in Appearances: 14-10 / in Starts: 2-0

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 13, Entered with runners on base: 13

1955 Pitching Game Log

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1955 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	89	Jul 17(2)	BRO		CIN	W,8-5	GS-9	W(1-0)	99	8.0	9	5	5	2	2	1	0	5.63	4.24	32	16	12	6	0	0	44			0	0	0	30	2	1	0	3	0	0	.61	0.123	.61	0.07%	-0.41	1t start tie	9t -2- 0 out a4
2	2	93	Jul 21	BRO		CHC	W,4-1	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	5	1	1	5	4	1	0	3.18	4.43	35	11	15	2	1	0	72			0	0	0	30	2	0	1	2	0	0	1.36	0.608	1.09	0.29%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
3	3	96	Jul 24(1)	BRO		MLN	W,9-7	3-8	W(3-0)	2	4.2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.91	3.98	18	7	11	5	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.044	.72	0.03%	1.33	3t 1-- 2 out d4	8t 1-- 1 out a2
4	4	99	Jul 27	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-4	5-8		2	3.2	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.49	3.71	14	4	7	3	0	0		0	0	1	1	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	0.258	.92	0.09%	1.68	5b --- 0 out d2	8b 12- 2 out a1
5	5	102	Jul 30	BRO	@	STL	W,6-0	7-GF	S(1)	2	2.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.28	3.45	9	2	5	2	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	.47	0.062	.28	0.02%	1.44	7b 12- 2 out a4	9b end a 6
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	6	104	Aug 1	BRO	@	MLN	W,4-3	10-GF(10)	S(2)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.20	3.38	4	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.53	0.196	2.24	0.07%	0.49	10b --- 0 out a1	10b end a 1
7	7	106	Aug 3	BRO	@	MLN	W,9-6	4-9	W(4-0)	1	4.2	6	4	4	2	1	1	0	2.97	3.75	21	5	13	7	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	0	.33	-0.013	.18	0.00%	-2.65	4b 12- 2 out a4	9b 1-- 1 out a3
8	8	109	Aug 7	BRO	@	CHC	L,3-4	4-5		3	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.86	3.69	5	3	2	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.054	.04	0.00%	1.29	4b 123 2 out d3	5b 3 out d3
9	9	114	Aug 14(2)	BRO		PHI	W,5-4	7-7		6	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.78	3.66	4	0	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.090	.03	0.00%	0.53	7t --- 0 out tie	7t 3 out tie
10	10	115	Aug 16	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-5	6-6		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.70	3.62	4	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.030	.03	0.00%	0.51	6b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d2
11	11	117	Aug 18	BRO	@	NYG	W,8-5	4-GF	W(5-0)	1	5.2	4	1	1	3	1	1	0	2.55	3.93	24	8	12	4	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.219	.07	0.01%	1.99	4b -23 1 out a5	9b end a 3
12	12	120	Aug 21	BRO	@	PHI	L,4-6	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.49	3.84	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.014	.03	0.00%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
13	13	121	Aug 23	BRO		CHC	W,6-4	3-GF	W(6-0)	1	6.1	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.17	3.45	23	5	13	3	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.472	.32	0.07%	3.62	3t 12- 2 out d1	9t end a 2
14	14	124	Aug 25(2)	BRO		CIN	L,5-6	9-GF		1	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.15	3.50	4	1	2	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.11	-0.323	.22	-0.02%	-1.06	9t 12- 1 out tie	9t end d 2
15	15	129	Aug 30	BRO		MLN	W,8-6	7-9		4	2.2	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	2.38	3.65	11	5	5	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.035	.06	0.00%	-0.66	7t --- 0 out a4	9t 1-- 2 out a2
16	16	130	Aug 31	BRO		MLN	L,8-13	5-5		0	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.52	3.88	3	1	2	2	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.038	.01	0.00%	-1.45	5t 1-- 1 out d5	5t 3 out d7
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	17	134	Sep 4	BRO		PIT	W,6-5	4-6		3	1.2	2	3	3	2	2	0	0	2.93	3.87	9	4	1	1	0	0		2	0	1	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.187	.00	0.00%	-1.20	4t 12- 2 out a1	6t -2- 1 out tie
18	18	142	Sep 11(1)	BRO	@	CIN	L,0-9	7-7		6	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.89	3.81	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.71	7b -2- 1 out d6	7b 3 out d6
19	19	144	Sep 13	BRO	@	STL	L,2-8	4-4		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.86	3.76	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.005	.00	0.00%	0.19	4b 1-3 1 out d2	4b 3 out d3
20	20	146	Sep 15	BRO	@	STL	L,2-3	5-6		1	2.0	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	2.76	3.83	10	5	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.19	0.095	.00	0.00%	1.00	5b --- 0 out d1	6b 3 out d1
21	21	147	Sep 16	BRO		NYG	W,4-3	7-7	BW(7-0)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.72	3.81	4	1	3	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.33	0.073	.00	0.00%	0.53	7t 12- 0 out a1	7t 3 out tie
22	22	149	Sep 18	BRO		NYG	W,7-5	7-7	W(8-0)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.69	3.79	2	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.080	.00	0.00%	0.70	7t -2- 1 out d1	7t 3 out d1
23	23	150	Sep 20(1)	BRO		PHI	W,6-3	9-GF	S(3)	1	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.64	3.82	5	2	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.035	.00	0.00%	0.53	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
24	24	152	Sep 24(1)	BRO	@	PIT	L,3-4	7-GF(8)	L(8-1)	3	2.0	1	1	1	0	3	1	0	2.70	3.88	7	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.144	.00	0.00%	0.00	7b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 1
							14-10		W-L:8-1,Sv:3,BSv:1	2.0	63.1	51	19	19	21	29	7	0	2.70	3.88	255	0.77		20%	0%	2	58	23	30%	2	1	0	232	11	1	2	7	1	1	1.00	1.780	.43	0.65%	13.37

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