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Don
Bessent		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 175
 
Born: March 13, 1931 in Usa, FL, JACKSONVILLE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1962   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1955 24 NYG NL $ 300,000 6 5 6 5 5 6 6 5 6 6
1956 25 NYG NL   6 5 6 5 5 6 6 5 6 6
1957 26 NYG NL $ 300,000 6 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
1958 27 NYG NL $ 300,000 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 5
1959 28 NYG NL $ 300,000 6 5 6 5 5 6 6 5 6 6
1960 29 NYG NL   6 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 6
1961 30 NYG NL   6 5 6 5 5 6 6 5 6 6
1962 31 NYG NL $ 300,000 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 5
1963 32 CLE AL $ 794,286 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 5
1964 33 CLE AL $ 794,286 5 4 5 5 4 6 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 4 5 5 4 6 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 794,286 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6
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  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1955 24 NYG NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1956 25 NYG NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1957 26 NYG NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1958 27 NYG NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1959 28 NYG NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1960 29 NYG NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1961 30 NYG NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1962 31 NYG NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1963 32 CLE AL $ 794,286   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1964 33 CLE AL $ 794,286   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 794,286   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1955 24 NYG NL 2 0 1.000 14 0 0 0 6 15.7 16 9 3 6 7 5.17 .271 .348 .441 .789 1.8
    AAA   2 2 .500 15 0 0 0 1 26.3 22 12 5 13 22 4.10 .229 .321 .458 .779  
1956 25 AAA   7 2 .778 70 0 0 0 5 74.0 66 24 8 25 86 2.92 .237 .299 .355 .654  
1957 26 NYG NL 1 0 1.000 6 0 0 0 0 4.7 6 4 3 1 3 7.73 .300 .333 .850 1.183 0.0
    AAA   4 8 .333 65 0 0 0 18 108.0 93 30 10 40 115 2.50 .233 .303 .356 .659  
1958 27 NYG NL 0 1 .000 31 0 0 0 2 33.0 35 16 2 14 27 4.36 .271 .347 .419 .766 1.8
1959 28 NYG NL 0 0 .000 21 0 0 0 1 22.0 27 20 4 8 9 8.18 .287 .340 .532 .872 0.0
1960 29 AAA   9 4 .692 52 0 0 0 3 87.7 80 35 6 32 85 3.59 .243 .310 .343 .654  
1961 30 AAA   7 5 .583 55 2 0 0 10 108.3 99 33 12 38 107 2.74 .245 .310 .384 .694  
1962 31 NYG NL 7 4 .636 49 0 0 0 7 61.0 49 17 6 18 31 2.51 .215 .272 .373 .645 9.6
    AAA   1 1 .500 14 0 0 0 0 9.7 7 2 1 5 13 1.86 .206 .308 .294 .602  
1963 32 CLE AL 5 2 .714 42 0 0 0 8 51.7 52 21 2 18 31 3.66 .259 .318 .343 .661 5.6
1964 33 AAA   5 2 .714 35 0 0 0 0 48.0 45 26 7 23 46 4.88 .245 .329 .446 .774  
6 Years Sim 15 7 .682 163 0 0 0 24 188.0 185 87 20 65 108 4.17 .253 .315 .412 .727 18.8
7 Years AAA 35 24 .593 306 2 0 0 37 462.0 412 162 49 176 474 3.16 .239 .309 .374 .683  
Season Average 2 1 .667 27 0 0 0 4 31.3 30 14 3 10 18 4.17 .253 .315 .412 .727  
Career Highs 7 4 1.000 49 0 0 0 8 61.0 52 21 6 18 31 8.18 .300 .348 .850 1.183  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   97 44 8 30 67   .228 .279 .362 .641
vs LH   88 43 12 35 41   .288 .361 .480 .841
Home 10 4 .714 90 0 0 0 10 107.7 103 48 10 40 61 4.01 .249 .315 .403 .718
Away 5 3 .625 73 0 0 0 16 80.3 82 39 10 25 47 4.37 .259 .313 .423 .736
Mar/Apr 2 0 1.000 30 0 0 0 8 36.0 38 22 5 11 16 5.50 .277 .331 .460 .791
May 3 1 .750 29 0 0 0 1 28.3 26 12 3 13 18 3.81 .234 .315 .405 .720
June 2 3 .400 23 0 0 0 7 25.7 26 9 3 8 18 3.16 .260 .315 .450 .765
July 4 1 .800 17 0 0 0 2 22.0 16 5 0 4 12 2.05 .193 .230 .253 .483
August 0 0 .000 26 0 0 0 4 35.7 35 12 3 9 19 3.03 .248 .293 .369 .662
Sep/Oct 4 2 .667 38 0 0 0 4 40.3 44 27 6 20 25 6.03 .277 .358 .472 .829
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1955 24 NYG NL 14 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 0.7 0.3
1959 28 NYG NL 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1962 31 NYG NL 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
1963 32 CLE AL 42 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
4 Years Sim 126 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.5 0.3
162 Game Average 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.6  
Career Highs 49 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 0.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 0.6
vs LH   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Home 33 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 0.6
Away 50 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Close/Late   2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 0.6
Mar/Apr 23 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 0.6
May 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
July 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1955 24 NYG NL P 14 0 15.7 3 6 1 0 .900 5.17    
1957 26 NYG NL P 6 0 4.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1958 27 NYG NL P 31 0 33.0 4 8 0 2 1.000 3.27    
1959 28 NYG NL P 21 0 22.0 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.45    
1962 31 NYG NL P 49 0 61.0 5 15 0 0 1.000 2.95    
1963 32 CLE AL P 42 0 51.7 2 6 0 2 1.000 1.39    
Career Totals   163 0 188.0 17 38 1 4 .982 2.63    
Career Highs   49 0 61.0 5 15 1 2 1.000 5.17    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1958 27 NYG NL 0 0 .000 6 0 0 0 2 5.3 7 3 1 2 2 5.07 .333 .391 .524 .915
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 6 0 0 0 2 5.3 7 3 1 2 2 5.07 .333 .391 .524 .915
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 47th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1955
Had first career hit (double) on 4/5/1955, off Frank Sullivan (PIT)
Earned first career win on 4/5/1955
Won World Series with New York (N) in 1958
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $794,286 through salary arbitration
Traded from New York (N) to Cleveland (A) on 3/3/1963 (Going to NYG: P Bill Smith. Going to CLE: P Don Bessent, P Al Schroll)
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $794,286 through salary arbitration
 
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