Chuck
Essegian
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 212
 
Born: August 9, 1931 in Usa, MA, BOSTON
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  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
1958 26 BRK NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
1959 27 BRK NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 6 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4
1960 28 BRK NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4
1961 29 BRK NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 6 5 5 5 4 3 4
1962 30 WAS NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 6 5 5 5 4 3 4
1963 31 WAS NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 6 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4
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
1958 26 BRK NL 97 258 34 58 10 1 11 40 0 0 24 70 .225 .289 .399 .688 30.6 4.0
1959 27 BRK NL 66 83 8 13 1 0 1 4 0 0 10 36 .157 .247 .205 .452 3.4 0.0
1960 28 BRK NL 54 99 16 31 5 0 2 12 0 0 9 33 .313 .367 .424 .791 14.8 3.1
1961 29 BRK NL 61 95 5 18 2 0 2 3 0 0 6 33 .189 .245 .274 .519 6.2 0.0
1962 30 WAS NL 84 242 23 51 7 3 7 27 0 0 15 63 .211 .255 .351 .606 21.9 2.5
1963 31 WAS NL 64 107 5 19 2 0 0 8 0 1 10 24 .178 .248 .196 .444 3.8 0.0
6 Years Sim 426 884 91 190 27 4 23 94 0 1 74 259 .215 .275 .333 .607 80.8 9.6
162 Game Average 336 34 72 10 1 8 35 0 0 28 98 .215 .275 .333 .607 30.7  
Career Highs 97 258 34 58 10 3 11 40 0 1 24 70 .313 .367 .424 .791 30.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   339 33 66 12 0 8 26 0 0 32 103 .195 .263 .301 .564 27.8
vs LH   545 58 124 15 4 15 68 0 1 42 156 .228 .282 .352 .634 55.1
Home 226 438 46 94 11 2 11 42 0 0 45 135 .215 .287 .324 .611 43.1
Away 200 446 45 96 16 2 12 52 0 1 29 124 .215 .263 .341 .604 39.8
RISP   188 0 41 9 1 5 67 0 0 17 46 .218 .276 .356 .633 19.4
Pinch Hitting   178 15 28 4 0 1 17 0 1 20 58 .157 .242 .197 .439 7.9
Close/Late   141 10 32 1 0 3 18 0 0 16 48 .227 .306 .298 .604 14.0
Mar/Apr 66 146 16 28 4 0 6 16 0 0 13 45 .192 .256 .342 .599 13.6
May 79 177 20 40 3 1 3 17 0 0 22 56 .226 .312 .305 .617 18.3
June 77 184 12 36 7 1 4 21 0 1 9 41 .196 .232 .310 .542 12.4
July 76 139 15 29 6 0 4 15 0 0 11 45 .209 .268 .338 .606 12.8
August 80 142 16 33 3 1 3 14 0 0 9 48 .232 .276 .331 .607 13.1
Sep/Oct 48 96 12 24 4 1 3 11 0 0 10 24 .250 .321 .406 .727 12.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1958 26 BRK NL LF 49 46 392.3 90 2 3 0 .968 2.11   1.1
    RF 18 18 150.7 43 1 0 0 1.000 2.63    
1959 27 BRK NL LF 11 6 61.3 18 0 1 0 .947 2.64   0.3
    RF 6 3 25.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.36    
1960 28 BRK NL RF 24 11 103.3 32 1 0 0 1.000 2.87   0.8
    LF 10 9 76.0 20 1 1 0 .955 2.49    
1961 29 BRK NL LF 15 13 102.3 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.02   0.6
    RF 14 2 35.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.31    
    CF 3 3 23.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
    SS 1 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1962 30 WAS NL RF 66 62 532.3 111 0 0 0 1.000 1.88   1.5
    LF 13 4 49.0 10 0 1 0 .909 1.84    
1963 31 WAS NL RF 22 19 140.0 32 1 0 0 1.000 2.12   0.3
    LF 6 3 26.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73    
  RF 150 115 986.3 228 3 0 0 1.000 2.11   2.7
  LF 104 81 707.0 166 3 6 0 .966 2.15   2.0
  CF 3 3 23.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
  SS 1 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   258 199 1723.6 399 6 6 0 .985 2.11   4.7
Career Highs   79 66 581.3 133 3 3 0 1.000 2.71    
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Ted Savage (985)
  2. Johnny Barrett (973)
  3. Dick Simpson (971)
  4. Marvell Wynne (968)
  5. Johnny Ostrowski (967)
  6. Randy Kutcher (967)
  7. Rod Craig (967)
  8. Leo Posada (966)
  9. Jim Piersall (962)
  10. Walt Moryn (961)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 39th overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1958
Had first career hit on 4/5/1958, off Harvey Haddix (BSN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/10/1958, off Warren Spahn (SDP)
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration