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Chuck Essegian

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 200lb (180cm, 90kg)

Born: August 9, 1931 in Boston, MA us

High School: Fairfax HS (Los Angeles, CA)

School: Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)

Debut: April 15, 1958 (Age 26-249d, 11,504th in major league history)
vs. CIN 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 1963 (Age 32-050d)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1958 season

Full Name: Charles Abraham Essegian

Pronunciation: \uh-SEE-jee-un\

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1959 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.7

1018

260

.255

139

RBI

150

OBP

.323

SLG

.446

OPS

.769

OPS+

106

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	12-29 / in Starts: 6-11
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	24 games
Most Games w/o RBI	17 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 90 PAs	10
Actual Runners on Base	60 (35-16-9)
Avg. MLBer w/ 90 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	55 (29-17-8)

Most Driven In
K Boyer	2
S Musial	2
R Fairly	1
D Demeter	1
G Cimoli	1
J Pignatano	1
N Larker	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
J Gilliam	2
Self	1
R Fairly	1
H Smith	1
R Repulski	1
C Neal	1
G Cimoli	1

1959 Batting Game Log

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1959 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	40	4 (3)	Apr 14	STL	@	LAD	W,6-2	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	5	.48	-0.005	.94	-0.01%	-0.68	LF
2	41	6 (1)	Apr 16	STL	@	LAD	L,6-7	CG	5	5	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.600	.900	5	1.18	0.144	2.26	0.17%	2.19	LF
3	42	7	Apr 17	STL	@	SFG	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.429	.643	5	.63	-0.079	1.17	-0.09%	-1.60	LF
4	43	8	Apr 18	STL	@	SFG	L,1-8	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	6	1.67	-0.078	3.36	-0.09%	-0.76	PH LF
5	44	9	Apr 19	STL	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.211	.368	.579	5	1.56	-0.041	2.85	-0.05%	-0.20	LF
6	45	13 (3)	Apr 24	STL		LAD	L,2-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.350	.550	9	.95	-0.025	1.41	-0.02%	-0.11	PH
7	46	15 (1)	Apr 26	STL		LAD	L,11-17	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.238	.381	.619	9	.02	0.001	.03	0.00%	0.39	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
8	47	19 (3)	May 2	STL	@	PIT	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.208	.208	.333	.542	5	1.50	-0.174	1.64	-0.11%	-1.22	LF
9	48	25 (5)	May 8	STL		CHC	L,2-3	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.320	.520	2	2.70	-0.068	3.13	-0.05%	-0.17	PH
10	49	27 (1)	May 10 (1)	STL		CHC	L,9-10	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.192	.308	.500	8	.77	-0.023	.81	-0.02%	-0.24	PH
11	50	30 (2)	May 13	STL		MLN	L,2-3	9-9	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.370	.593	9	1.87	0.098	2.28	0.07%	0.22	PH
12	51	31	May 14	STL		MLN	L,7-8	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.207	.207	.345	.552	5	1.80	-0.139	1.97	-0.09%	-1.32	LF
13	52	36 (4)	May 21	STL		PIT	L,2-7	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.233	.367	.600	8	.12	0.005	.15	0.00%	0.27	PH
14	53	42 (5)	May 28	STL	@	SFG	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.226	.355	.581	5	3.84	-0.090	5.68	-0.08%	-0.29	PH
15	54	44 (1)	May 30	STL	@	LAD	L,6-7	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.200	.200	.314	.514	5	1.41	-0.008	2.01	-0.01%	-0.10	LF
16	55	45	May 31	STL	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.205	.289	.495	6	1.41	-0.069	1.54	-0.05%	-0.53	LF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	56	46	Jun 2	STL	@	PIT	L,0-3	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.200	.282	.482	9	.69	-0.020	.69	-0.01%	-0.22	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
				Player went from St. Louis Cardinals to Los Angeles Dodgers
18	57	108	Aug 4	LAD		CIN	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.182	.256	.438	4	.82	-0.089	5.11	-0.33%	-0.77	RF
19	58	111 (2)	Aug 9	LAD		MLN	L,7-8	6-7	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.159	.178	.250	.428	9	.22	0.009	1.82	0.05%	0.22	PH
20	59	113 (1)	Aug 12	LAD	@	CHC	L,8-11	4-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.174	.244	.418	9	.64	-0.018	3.23	-0.05%	-0.35	PH
21	60	117 (3)	Aug 16	LAD	@	STL	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.191	.261	.452	9	1.54	0.076	8.62	0.26%	0.39	PH
22	61	118	Aug 17 (1)	LAD	@	MLN	L,1-8	8-8	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.208	.298	.506	9	.10	0.007	.77	0.03%	0.61	PH
23	62	119	Aug 17 (2)	LAD	@	MLN	W,4-3	5-5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.188	.204	.292	.496	9	2.03	0.073	13.29	0.29%	0.72	PH
24	63	120	Aug 18	LAD	@	MLN	W,7-6	11-GF(13)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.184	.200	.286	.486	5	.78	-0.034	5.05	-0.13%	-0.48	LF
25	64	121	Aug 19	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-9	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.222	.358	.581	6	.68	0.085	4.35	0.33%	1.28	RF
26	65	122	Aug 20	LAD	@	CIN	W,8-5	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.237	.379	.617	5	.39	-0.033	2.48	-0.13%	-0.08	RF
27	66	123	Aug 21	LAD	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.250	.371	.621	5	.93	-0.080	6.17	-0.32%	-0.15	RF
28	67	124	Aug 22	LAD	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.265	.394	.659	5	1.09	0.084	6.68	0.31%	0.41	RF
29	68	125	Aug 23 (1)	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-9	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.278	.414	.692	5	.56	0.028	3.15	0.10%	0.66	RF
30	69	129 (3)	Aug 28	LAD		SFG	L,0-5	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.254	.274	.408	.682	9	.36	0.016	4.31	0.11%	0.27	PH
31	70	130	Aug 30	LAD		SFG	W,7-6	GS-9	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.273	.413	.686	6	1.29	-0.075	11.90	-0.41%	-0.57	LF
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	71	132 (1)	Sep 1	LAD		STL	L,0-3	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.269	.408	.677	9	1.08	-0.028	8.44	-0.13%	-0.25	PH
33	72	134 (1)	Sep 3	LAD		STL	L,3-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.266	.403	.668	8	.74	-0.019	5.58	-0.09%	-0.17	PH
34	73	135	Sep 6 (1)	LAD		CHC	L,0-3	GS-9	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.289	.397	.687	6	1.34	0.148	9.47	0.63%	1.04	LF
35	74	141 (5)	Sep 11 (2)	LAD		PIT	W,4-0	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.282	.388	.670	6	1.18	-0.089	8.88	-0.40%	-0.76	LF
36	75	144 (2)	Sep 15	LAD		MLN	W,8-7	10-10	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.291	.395	.686	9	4.75	0.249	37.02	1.16%	0.67	PH
37	76	145	Sep 16	LAD		CIN	L,4-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.287	.390	.678	9	3.85	-0.100	25.99	-0.40%	-0.79	PH
38	77	148 (2)	Sep 19 (2)	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-3	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.284	.386	.670	9	4.96	0.169	99.37	2.03%	1.00	PH
39	78	150 (1)	Sep 22	LAD	@	STL	L,10-11	6-6	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.292	.405	.697	9	.55	0.044	9.30	0.44%	1.16	PH
40	79	152 (1)	Sep 25	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-4	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.289	.400	.689	7	2.30	-0.058	40.60	-0.61%	-0.23	PH
41	80	156 (3)	Sep 29	LAD		MLN	W,6-5	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.289	.400	.689	9						PH
							12-29		90	85	8	21	8	1	1	10	5	1	24	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	.247	.289	.400	.689		1.17	-0.206	6.22	2.31%	-0.53

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