Don Bessent vs Don Elston

Don BessentDon Elston

Don Bessent and Don Elston compared on their MLB careers: Don Bessent played 4 seasons, 1955 to 1958, Don Elston 9 seasons, 1953 to 1964. Don Bessent has 14 wins to Don Elston's 49. Don Bessent won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Don Bessent and Don Elston career totals
108GP450
14W49
7L54
3.3ERA3.7
211IP755.2
118K519
88BB327
1.4WHIP1.4
12SV63

Where each stands all time

Don Bessent and Don Elston all-time places
Don BessentAll-time rankDon Elston
—Saves289th (63)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • Don Bessent: 1 championship; none on file
  • Don Elston: 0 championships; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Don Bessent and Don Elston season by season
W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.
1st1955812.7019530114.40
2nd1956432.501957673.54
3rd1957135.731958982.88
4th1958103.3319591083.32
5th————1960893.40
6th————1961675.59
7th————1962482.44
8th————1963412.83
9th————1964255.30

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA