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Chuck Essegian Charles Abraham (Jr.) Essegian Bats Right, Throws Right Height 5' 11", Weight 202 lb. School Stanford MLB Debut April 15, 1958 Final Game September 28, 1963 Born August 9, 1931 in Boston, MA (age 92)

• Hit 3 home runs in a game for MLN vs. NYN on August 21, 1962   (10 inning game)

 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 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1958 26 MLN NL   44  122   20   39   6   2   7   27   0   0   14   35  .320  .387  .574  .961   136    70   0   1   0   0   1  
 1959 27 KCA AL   41   68   11   22  10   3   1   13   0   0    7   25  .324  .387  .603  .990   136    41   0   0   0   0   0  
 1960 28 BAA AL   14   45    4    8   5   0   3    5   0   0    1   12  .178  .196  .489  .685    98    22   0   0   0   0   2  
 1961 29 DEA AL   31   37    6   13   1   0   3   15   0   0    0    8  .351  .333  .622  .955   125    23   1   2   0   0   2  
 1962 30 MLN NL  108  328   57   86  10   0  23   45   1   0   34   73  .262  .338  .503  .841   118   165   0   1   2   4   7  
 1963 31 KCA AL   31   79    5   22   6   0   1    9   0   0    6   18  .278  .337  .392  .730    97    31   0   0   0   1   1  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
  6 Seasons      269  679  103  190  38   5  38  114   1   0   62  171  .280  .343  .518  .861         352   1   4   2   5  13
 Per 600 PA           542   82  152  30   4  30   91   1   0   50  137                                 281   1   3   2   4  10
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With MLN      152  450   77  125  16   2  30   72   1   0   48  108  .278  .351  .522  .873         235   0   2   2   4   8
   With KCA       72  147   16   44  16   3   2   22   0   0   13   43  .299  .360  .490  .850          72   0   0   0   1   1
   With DEA       31   37    6   13   1   0   3   15   0   0    0    8  .351  .333  .622  .955          23   1   2   0   0   2
   With BAA       14   45    4    8   5   0   3    5   0   0    1   12  .178  .196  .489  .685          22   0   0   0   0   2
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals      404 1018  139  260  45   4  47  150   0   0   97  233  .255  .323  .446  .769         454   7   9   4   9  28
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1958 26 MLN NL  78   28   8.9   9   2   0  .222   3   11    4  .364    0    0  .000  OF   4(0)e15   187   
 1959 27 KCA AL  63   16   9.7  17  10   0  .588   0    7    2  .286    0    0  .000  OF   4(0)e13   301   
 1960 28 BAA AL  11    3   2.3   2   0   0  .000   1    7    2  .286    0    0  .000  OF   4(0)e11    33   
 1961 29 DEA AL  16    6   6.3  26   9   2  .346   0    1    1 1.000    0    0  .000  OF   4(0)e12    70   
 1962 30 MLN NL  40   55   6.0  27   9   1  .333   2   25   10  .400    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e2   -20   
 1963 31 KCA AL  71   10   5.0   5   3   0  .600   1    6    0  .000    0    0  .000  OF   4(+2)e3   116   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
  6 Seasons          121   6.5  86  33   3  .384   7   57   19  .333    0    0  .000                  73   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1958 26 MLN NL  LF    38    53     2    3    0   .948    35   271.2   1.82
 1959 27 KCA AL  RF    16    13     1    0    0  1.000    12    68.1   1.84
                 CF     5     7     0    0    0  1.000     4    18.2   3.38
                 LF     3     0     0    0    0   .000     2     8.0   0.00
 1960 28 BAA AL  LF     6     5     0    0    0  1.000     6    52.1   0.86
                 RF     6    12     1    1    1   .929     6    48.0   2.44
 1961 29 DEA AL  RF     2     4     0    0    0  1.000     2    17.0   2.12
                 CF     3     1     1    0    0  1.000     0     5.0   3.60
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1962 30 MLN NL  LF    44    73     5    2    2   .975    42   359.1   1.95
                 RF    33    61     4    0    1  1.000    32   273.2   2.14
 1963 31 KCA AL  RF    23    23     2    0    0  1.000    22   175.0   1.29
                 LF     2     2     0    1    0   .667     1    15.1   1.17
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 LF    94   133     7    6    2   .959    86   707.2   1.78
                 RF    80   113     8    1    2   .992    74   582.0   1.87
                 CF     8     8     1    0    0  1.000     4    23.2   3.42
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1961 WS    DEA SFN   W    2   2  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .500  .500  .500  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+

Draft History

• 1958: Round 4 (#43 overall) by MLN
• 1959: Round 8 (#92 overall) by KCA
• 1962: Round 3 (#38 overall) by MLN

Transaction History

• 1960-09: acquired by BAA as a free agent
• 1960 postseason: released by BAA
• 1961-01: traded by MLN to DEA with Frank Bolling, Willie Kirkland for Bill Bruton, Jake Wood, Dale Long

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Managers Year Tm Record Manager(s) +----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+ 1958 MLN 80-74 John Storer 1959 KCA 75-79 Drew Kennedy 1960 BAA 63-91 Rob Tomlinson 1961 DEA 101-53 Tom Austad 1962 MLN 79-83 Jeff Tripodi 1963 KCA 59-103 Drew Kennedy

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