Don Bessent

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Full Name: Fred Donald Bessent	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/175	First Game: July 17, 1955
Birthdate: March 13, 1931	Final Game: September 27, 1958
Birthplace: Jacksonville, Florida	MLB Experience: 4 years
Died: July 7, 1990
Deathplace: Jacksonville, Florida
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
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[edit] Biography

Born on March 13, 1931 in Jacksonville, Florida, Don Bessent (Fred Donald Bessent) played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Los Angeles Dodgers over the course of his 4 year career. Bessent broke into the bigs on July 17, 1955 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and put up a 2.70 ERA in 63.1 innings pitched in 1955, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Don Bessent's best season was 1956, when he posted a 2.50 ERA and struck out 52 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1955	BRO	N	24	2	8	1	2.70	29	19	19	1	0	3	63.1	51	7	21	2	1	0
1956	BRO	N	38	0	4	3	2.50	52	23	22	0	0	9	79.1	63	5	31	6	4	0
1957	BRO	N	27	0	1	3	5.73	24	28	28	0	0	0	44	58	5	19	3	1	0
1958	LA	N	19	0	1	0	3.33	13	14	9	0	0	0	24.1	24	3	17	0	0	1
Total			108	2	14	7	3.33	118	84	78	1	0	12	211	196	20	88	11	6	1

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1955	BRO	N	P	24	0	0	1	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1956	BRO	N	P	38	0	0	3	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.917
1957	BRO	N	P	27	0	44	6	4	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1.000
1958	LA	N	P	19	0	24.1	2	6	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.000
Total			P	108	0	68.1	12	29	1	3	0	1	2	3	0	.976

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1955	BRO	N	24	20	1	2	0	2	.100	.100	.100	0	0	0	8	0	3	0	0	1
1956	BRO	N	38	18	0	2	0	1	.111	.105	.111	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	1
1957	BRO	N	27	4	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	LA	N	19	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Total			108	44	1	5	0	3	.114	.111	.114	0	0	0	14	0	5	0	0	2

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1950).
Selected by Brooklyn Dodgers from New York Yankees in the minor league draft (December 2, 1952).

[edit] Trivia

World Series Champion in 1955

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