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: 18-20

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 24

1956 Pitching Game Log

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1956 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	25	24	May 18	BRO		CIN	L,6-7	3-4		99	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.17	5	3	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.045	2.98	0.10%	0.73	3t 1-3 1 out d1	4t 3 out d2
2	26	34	May 30(1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-5	5-5		11	0.1	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.50	3.37	5	0	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.34	-0.066	.98	-0.11%	-2.06	5b --- 0 out d3	5b 123 1 out d4
Jun				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
3	27	53	Jun 19	BRO		STL	L,0-6	3-7		19	4.0	4	2	2	1	4	0	0	4.50	1.87	16	3	6	0	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	.33	0.044	1.54	0.12%	0.36	3t 123 2 out d4	7t 1-3 2 out d6
4	28	55	Jun 21	BRO		STL	W,9-8	6-8		1	2.1	3	3	3	1	3	0	0	6.48	1.65	11	2	3	1	0	2		1	0	1	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.19	-0.394	10.55	-1.14%	-1.59	6t -2- 1 out tie	8t -2- 2 out d2
5	29	57	Jun 23	BRO		CIN	W,7-6	6-7		1	1.2	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	6.30	2.67	7	3	2	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	.70	-0.139	3.37	-0.40%	-0.94	6t 1-- 1 out d1	7t 3 out d2
6	30	58	Jun 24(1)	BRO		CIN	L,6-10	7-GF		0	3.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	5.54	3.68	10	6	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.023	.89	-0.07%	0.56	7t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
7	31	62	Jun 27	BRO		CHC	W,6-2	8-GF	S(1)	2	1.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.91	3.73	6	1	4	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.192	5.00	0.43%	2.12	8t 123 1 out a3	9t end a 4
8	32	63	Jun 28	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-6	6-8	L(0-1)	0	2.1	3	3	3	1	1	2	0	5.82	5.13	11	4	3	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.192	3.09	-0.45%	-2.08	6b --- 0 out tie	8b 1-- 1 out d3
Jul				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
9	33	66	Jul 1(1)	BRO		PHI	L,4-7	9-GF		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.60	5.03	2	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.014	1.23	0.04%	0.93	9t 12- 1 out d3	9t end d 3
10	34	68	Jul 2	BRO		NYG	L,2-5	7-7		0	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.50	5.15	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.63	0.015	2.57	0.04%	0.33	7t -2- 2 out d3	7t 3 out d3
11	35	74	Jul 8(2)	BRO	@	PHI	L,2-3	7-GF(8)		5	2.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.95	5.07	8	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.068	3.90	0.19%	0.93	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
12	36	77	Jul 13(2)	BRO	@	MLN	L,5-6	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.71	4.85	4	2	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.85	-0.092	16.47	-0.32%	0.41	8b 12- 0 out tie	8b end d 1
13	37	78	Jul 14	BRO	@	MLN	L,2-3	10-GF(10)	L(0-2)	0	0.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.06	4.95	4	0	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.85	-0.373	15.31	-1.20%	-1.41	10b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
14	38	83	Jul 19	BRO	@	CIN	L,2-7	7-GF(8)		4	2.0	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	5.01	4.81	10	2	3	1	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	8	1	0	2	0	0	0	.28	-0.055	1.33	-0.16%	-1.01	7b 12- 0 out d2	8b end d 5
15	39	85	Jul 21	BRO	@	STL	L,6-13	6-6		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.88	4.75	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.71	0.077	4.90	0.13%	0.88	6b 12- 1 out d1	6b 3 out d1
16	40	87	Jul 22(2)	BRO	@	STL	W,4-3	9-GF	S(2)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.81	4.71	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.97	0.138	16.63	0.28%	0.31	9b -2- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
17	41	94	Jul 29(2)	BRO		CHC	L,2-4	3-5		6	2.2	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	4.33	4.52	11	1	8	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	1	1	.52	-0.024	2.27	-0.06%	0.00	3t --3 1 out d2	5t 3 out d4
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
18	42	99	Aug 3	BRO		STL	L,8-11	3-6		4	4.0	4	3	3	0	3	0	0	4.65	4.05	17	7	6	2	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	15	1	2	0	0	1	0	.59	-0.190	3.09	-0.60%	-1.92	3t 12- 0 out d1	6t 3 out d6
19	43	104	Aug 8	BRO	@	PIT	L,5-8	4-5		4	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.36	3.76	6	3	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.032	2.08	0.12%	1.40	4b -23 0 out d3	5b 3 out d4
20	44	106	Aug 10	BRO		PHI	L,2-3	2-7		1	5.1	3	0	0	4	2	0	0	3.76	3.78	23	10	6	2	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.237	4.90	0.87%	2.84	2t 1-- 2 out d2	7t 3 out d1
21	45	111	Aug 16	BRO		NYG	W,10-9	6-12		5	7.0	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.18	3.45	25	9	9	1	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	23	2	1	1	1	0	0	2.09	0.892	10.54	2.70%	4.03	6t 1-- 0 out tie	12t 3 out tie
22	46	115	Aug 21	BRO	@	STL	W,2-1	8-GF	S(3)	4	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.04	3.43	7	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.53	0.327	15.07	1.17%	0.94	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
23	47	118	Aug 24	BRO	@	CIN	W,6-4	7-GF	S(4)	2	2.2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.88	3.33	11	1	8	2	0	1		3	0	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.11	0.445	17.67	2.23%	2.57	7b 123 1 out a2	9b end a 2
24	48	121	Aug 27	BRO	@	MLN	W,6-3	6-GF	W(1-2)	2	4.0	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	2.67	3.44	16	5	6	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.204	11.77	1.48%	1.79	6b --- 0 out d1	9b end a 3
25	49	125	Aug 30	BRO	@	CHC	L,3-4	7-GF(11)	L(1-3)	2	4.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.64	3.32	17	2	10	4	0	1		3	0	0	1	0	15	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.44	0.114	20.73	0.58%	1.22	7b 123 2 out tie	11b end d 1
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
26	50	128	Sep 1(2)	BRO	@	NYG	W,5-0	6-GF	S(5)	1	3.2	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.48	3.29	14	1	8	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.161	7.50	0.84%	1.92	6b 1-- 1 out a3	9b end a 5
27	51	131	Sep 3(1)	BRO		PIT	W,4-3	7-GF	W(2-3)	1	2.1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.39	3.17	7	3	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.99	0.365	14.07	1.55%	1.55	7t 1-3 2 out tie	9t end a 1
28	52	132	Sep 3(2)	BRO		PIT	L,2-3	9-GF		-1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.35	3.15	4	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.040	5.51	0.19%	0.52	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
29	53	133	Sep 5	BRO		PIT	W,4-3	9-GF	S(6)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.34	3.12	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.83	0.081	22.26	0.38%	0.24	9t 1-- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
30	54	136	Sep 8	BRO		NYG	W,4-3	8-GF	W(3-3)	2	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.27	3.10	7	2	5	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.00	0.276	20.43	1.69%	1.04	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end a 1
31	55	139	Sep 12	BRO		MLN	L,7-8	7-7		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.25	3.06	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.022	7.41	0.29%	0.54	7t 1-- 1 out d3	7t 3 out d3
32	56	140	Sep 14	BRO		CHC	W,4-2	7-9	W(4-3)	1	2.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.31	3.01	10	5	4	4	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	0.131	17.23	0.85%	-0.08	7t -2- 2 out tie	9t 12- 2 out a2
33	57	142	Sep 16	BRO		CIN	W,3-2	9-GF	S(7)	1	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.30	3.01	2	1	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.15	0.081	71.61	0.84%	0.24	9t 1-- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
34	58	143	Sep 17	BRO		CIN	W,5-4	9-10	BS(1)	0	0.1	2	1	1	3	0	1	0	2.42	3.32	6	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.57	-0.519	41.58	-5.05%	-1.89	9t --- 2 out a1	10t 12- 0 out tie
35	59	145	Sep 19	BRO		STL	W,17-2	8-GF	S(8)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.35	3.24	7	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	1.04	8t --- 0 out a13	9t end a15
36	60	147	Sep 22	BRO	@	PIT	L,1-5	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.29	3.16	7	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.05	0.008	.96	0.08%	0.92	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
37	61	151	Sep 26	BRO		PHI	L,3-7	6-8		3	3.0	5	3	3	1	2	0	0	2.55	3.12	15	4	5	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.189	16.84	-2.74%	-1.44	6t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d4
38	62	154	Sep 30	BRO		PIT	W,8-6	8-GF	S(9)	3	1.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.50	3.05	7	2	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.62	0.144	50.48	1.66%	0.80	8t --- 1 out a1	9t end a 2
							18-20		W-L:4-3,Sv:9,BSv:1	1.9	79.1	63	23	22	31	52	5	0	2.50	3.05	324	0.83		15%	0%	21		40	23%	2	2	0	285	13	5	6	7	3	3	1.24	1.897	10.28	6.54%	16.73

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