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Eddie Bressoud
Edward Francis Bressoud

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 175 lb.

MLB Debut June 14, 1956
Final Game September 26, 1967
Born May 2, 1932 in Los Angeles, CA
Died July 13, 2023 (age 91)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1956 24 BOA AL   35   35    2    2   1   1   0    2   0   0    1    5  .057  .108  .143  .251    34     5   0   0   0   1   2  
 1957 25 BOA AL   49  147   28   47   5   4   5    9   0   0   11   23  .320  .371  .510  .881   108    75   1   0   0   1   4  
 1958 26 BOA AL   40  110    9   35   4   4   0   10   0   0    9   15  .318  .367  .427  .794   106    47   0   1   0   0   3  
 1959 27 BOA AL   98  344   37   82  30   0   5   22   0   0   26   65  .238  .292  .369  .661    88   127   1   0   2   0   8  
 1960 28 BOA AL   73  218   23   47  11   3   6   21   0   1   14   51  .216  .265  .376  .641    82    82   0   1   0   1   8  
 1961 29 BOA AL   45  122   13   23   8   0   2   11   0   0    4   18  .189  .211  .303  .514    69    37   1   2   0   0   2  
 1962 30 NYN NL   86  204   28   64  19   2   8   26   0   1   14   41  .314  .356  .544  .900   124   111   1   1   0   0   9  
 1963 31 NYN NL  141  546   75  130  20   9  28   76   1   1   30  102  .238  .277  .462  .739   105   252   6   4   0   1   9  
 1964 32 NYN NL  160  603   76  173  42   3  10   60   0   2   63  104  .287  .353  .416  .769   106   251   2   3   1   0   7  
 1965 33 NYN NL  109  331   34   76  11   1  12   36   0   0   27   86  .230  .294  .378  .671    95   125   0   0   0   3   6  
 1966 34 NYN NL  127  377   36   79  14   2  11   44   2   2   55  112  .210  .308  .345  .653    93   130   6   3   7   0   4  
 1967 35 NYN NL   10   23    3    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    6   13  .087  .267  .087  .354    56     2   0   1   0   0   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons      973 3060  364  760 165  29  87  318   3   7  260  635  .248  .307  .407  .714        1244  18  16  10   7  62
 Per 600 PA           546   65  136  29   5  16   57   1   1   46  113                                 222   3   3   2   1  11
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With NYN      633 2084  252  524 106  17  69  243   3   6  195  458  .251  .315  .418  .733         871  15  12   8   4  35
   With BOA      340  976  112  236  59  12  18   75   0   1   65  177  .242  .290  .382  .672         373   3   4   2   3  27
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1186 3672  443  925 184  40  94  365   9  13  359  723  .252  .319  .401  .719        1471  38  25  44  12  74
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1956 24 BOA AL  19    0    .2  19   0   0  .000   1   10    5  .500    0    0  .000  SS   4e44     -309   
 1957 25 BOA AL  64   27   7.0  15   2   0  .133   6   25   16  .640    0    0  .000  SS   3e41      150   
 1958 26 BOA AL  65   17   5.8   5   0   0  .000   5   28   18  .643    0    0  .000  2B   3e20      120   
 1959 27 BOA AL  15   36   3.6   6   2   1  .333   8  101   72  .713    0    0  .000  SS   3e21      -53   
 1960 28 BOA AL   9   19   2.9  12   2   0  .167   7   64   40  .625    0    0  .000  SS   3e32      -24   
 1961 29 BOA AL  77    7   2.0   4   1   0  .250   4   44   28  .636    0    0  .000  SS   4e29     -103   
 1962 30 NYN NL   8   35   6.4  30   5   1  .167   6   44   27  .614    0    0  .000  SS   3e30      127   
 1963 31 NYN NL  28   68   4.2   2   0   0  .000  24  155   95  .613    0    0  .000  SS   4e32      -41   
 1964 32 NYN NL  23   91   5.5   9   3   0  .333  14  175  115  .657    0    0  .000  SS   4e19      -59   
 1965 33 NYN NL   8   36   3.8  10   1   0  .100   9  105   68  .648    0    0  .000  SS   4e29       23   
 1966 34 NYN NL  51   43   3.7  11   6   0  .545  19  105   48  .457    0    0  .000  2B   4e26      -12   
 1967 35 NYN NL  21    1   1.3   1   0   0  .000   1    5    3  .600    0    0  .000  3B   4e27     -107   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 12 Seasons          383   4.3 124  22   2  .177 104  861  535  .621    0    0  .000                 -14   2
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 6.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1956 24 BOA AL  SS    14     3    14    1    2   .944     3    44.2   3.43
 1957 25 BOA AL  SS    31    41    72    6   13   .950    29   252.0   4.04
                 3B     1     0     4    0    0  1.000     0     8.0   4.50
 1958 26 BOA AL  2B    30    45    82    4   16   .969    24   222.1   5.14
                 SS     4     1     4    1    0   .833     1    13.1   3.38
                 3B     2     0     1    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   3.00
 1959 27 BOA AL  SS    90   189   257    8   46   .982    90   793.2   5.06
                 3B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
 1960 28 BOA AL  SS    61   108   175    7   40   .976    53   474.0   5.37
 1961 29 BOA AL  SS    39    56   105    4   25   .976    33   281.2   5.14
                 3B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1962 30 NYN NL  SS    53    68   150    6   26   .973    45   386.0   5.08
 1963 31 NYN NL  SS   140   273   420   24   81   .967   137  1163.2   5.36
 1964 32 NYN NL  SS   153   262   550   14  110   .983   146  1301.2   5.61
 1965 33 NYN NL  SS   100   154   282    9   46   .980    85   772.0   5.08
                 3B     3     1     5    0    0  1.000     0     8.0   6.75
 1966 34 NYN NL  2B   101   218   250   15   58   .969    92   785.2   5.36
                 3B    22    15    49    4    3   .941    19   155.1   3.71
                 1B     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
 1967 35 NYN NL  3B     8     9    16    0    2  1.000     8    65.0   3.46
                 SS     1     0     0    1    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 SS   686  1155  2029   81  389   .975   622  5483.2   5.23
                 2B   131   263   332   19   74   .969   116  1008.0   5.31
                 3B    38    25    75    4    5   .962    27   242.1   3.71
                 1B     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1956  BOA   81-73   Mike Petersen
 1957  BOA   78-76   Mike Petersen
 1958  BOA   79-75   Mike Petersen
 1959  BOA   83-71   Mike Petersen
 1960  BOA   59-95   Mike Tomeo, Mike Petersen
 1961  BOA   70-84   Mike Tomeo
 1962  NYN   67-95   Jon Fellows
 1963  NYN   54-108  Steve Dewing, Jon Fellows
 1964  NYN   66-96   Steve Dewing
 1965  NYN   60-102  Steve Dewing
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