Don Bessent, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 13-Mar-1931
Place of Birth: Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Date of Death: 07-Jul-1990
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Don Bessent
- Fred Donald Bessent (March 13, 1931 – July 7, 1990) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball.
- He pitched from 1955 to 1958 with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers. He was signed by the New York Yankees out of high school, and in his first professional season he pitched a no-hitter while going 22–7 in Class D.
- The following season, he moved up to the Class B Norfolk Tars and went 11–2 with a 2.04 earned run average.
- Bessent then developed a spinal condition and was unable to pitch in 1952.
- He underwent surgery and was subsequently drafted by the Dodgers. From 1953 to 1955, Bessent pitched for the St.
- Paul Saints of the American Association.
- He was called up to the majors in July 1955 and immediately pitched well.
- That season, he went 8–1 with a 2.70 ERA, mostly coming out of the bullpen.
- He also pitched 3?1/3 scoreless innings in the 1955 World Series, and the Dodgers won their first championship. Bessent pitched just as well in 1956, going 4–3 with nine saves and a 2.50 ERA.
- The Dodgers won another National League pennant but lost the World Series to the New York Yankees, despite Bessent's win in Game 2.
- He pitched the final seven innings of a 13–8 slugfest after both teams' starting pitchers were knocked out in the second inning. In 1957, he dropped off sharply, posting a 5.73 ERA in 44 innings.
- He began to develop arm problems shortly afterwards and played his final major league game in September 1958.
- He retired in 1962, after several unsuccessful seasons in the minors. He is survived by 3 daughters, who remain in Jacksonville.Bessent returned to Jacksonville and became a sales representative.
- He died of alcohol poisoning in 1990.
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