American baseball player (1932?2023)
Baseball player
Ed Bressoud
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Shortstop
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Born:
(
1932-05-02
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May 2, 1932
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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Died:
July 13, 2023
(2023-07-13)
(aged 91)
Walnut Creek, California
, U.S.
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Batted:
Right
Threw:
Right
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June 14, 1956, for the New York Giants
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September 26, 1967, for the St. Louis Cardinals
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Batting average
| .252
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Home runs
| 94
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Runs batted in
| 365
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Edward Francis Bressoud
(May 2, 1932 ? July 13, 2023) was an American
professional baseball
shortstop
. Bressoud played in
Major League Baseball
(MLB) from
1956
through
1967
for the
New York / San Francisco Giants
(1956?1961),
Boston Red Sox
(1962?1965),
New York Mets
(1966) and
St. Louis Cardinals
(1967). He was an
MLB All-Star
in 1964 and won the
1967 World Series
.
Early life and education
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Bressoud was born in Los Angeles, the fourth of seven children of Charles Bressoud (1900-1969), who immigrated from
Lima
, Peru and was of French descent
[1]
and Josephine Felice Mibielle (1902-1978). He attended
Mount Carmel High School
and transferred to
George Washington High School
, which he graduated from in 1950.
[2]
During his playing career, Bressoud attended
El Camino Junior College
and
Los Angeles City College
. He earned a
Bachelor of Science
in physical education from the
University of California, Los Angeles
. He also earned a
master's degree
from
San Jose State University
.
[2]
Playing career
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Bressoud signed with the
New York Giants
in 1950. He played in
Minor League Baseball
through the 1955 season, with the exception of his service in the
United States Marine Corps
during the
Korean War
from January 1953 to January 1955.
[2]
In 1956,
Bill Rigney
became the manager of the Giants. Bressoud had played shortstop for Rigney in the minor leagues, and
Alvin Dark
, the regular Giants' shortstop, had been injured in August 1955. During spring training, Rigney made plans to move Dark to third base and make Bressoud the starting shortstop. However, Bressoud started slowly and was sent back to Minneapolis at the beginning of the year.
[2]
[3]
Dark was traded to the
St. Louis Cardinals
on June 14, and Bressoud was immediately recalled to take his place.
[2]
[3]
Bressoud spent two years with the MLB club in New York City, then four years after its 1958 transfer to
San Francisco
. He was the Giants' regular shortstop in both
1959
and
1960
,
hitting
.251 and .225. Bressoud was the first selection of the
Houston Colt .45s
in the
1961 expansion draft
in October,
[4]
then was traded to the Red Sox in exchange for their regular shortstop,
Don Buddin
, in November 1961.
[5]
Bressoud played four seasons for Boston, hitting 40
doubles
, nine
triples
, 14
home runs
, 79
runs
and a career-high 68
runs batted in
(RBIs) in 1962, and 59
extra-bases
in 1963, including a career-high 20 home runs and four two-HR games. In 1964, Bressoud was named to the
American League
roster for the
1964 MLB All-Star Game
as an injury replacement for
Luis Aparicio
.
[6]
Bressoud posted career-high numbers in
batting average
(.293),
hits
(166), runs (86) and doubles (41).
[2]
After the 1965 season, the Red Sox traded Bressoud to the
New York Mets
for
Joe Christopher
.
[7]
The Mets traded Bressoud,
Danny Napoleon
, and cash to the
St. Louis Cardinals
for
Jerry Buchek
,
Art Mahaffey
and
Tony Martinez
on April 1, 1967.
[8]
In the
1967 World Series
, Bressoud appeared in Games 2 and 5 as a late-inning replacement for light-hitting Cardinal shortstop
Dal Maxvill
, but did not record a
plate appearance
.
[9]
Later life and death
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Following his playing retirement he
managed
in the minor leagues and
scouted
for the
California Angels
. He was a faculty member, coach, and dean of athletics at
De Anza College
.
[2]
[10]
Bressoud married his high school sweetheart, Eleanor Griesser, on June 6, 1953. Eleanor died from a brain tumor on April 29, 1958.
[2]
Bressoud met Carol Mathews, a flight attendant, on a flight to San Francisco.
[11]
They married on February 7, 1959.
[2]
He had two sons with his first wife and two daughters with his second wife.
[11]
Bressoud died from
cerebellar ataxia
in
Walnut Creek, California
, on July 13, 2023, at age 91.
[10]
[12]
References
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"Eddie Bressoud ? Society for American Baseball Research"
.
Archived
from the original on April 16, 2023
. Retrieved
July 19,
2023
.
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a
b
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d
e
f
g
h
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Nowlin, Bill.
"Eddie Bressoud ? Society for American Baseball Research"
.
Archived
from the original on November 15, 2020
. Retrieved
November 30,
2020
.
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a
b
Dark, Alvin; Underwood, John (1980).
When in Doubt, Fire the Manager: My Life and Times in Baseball
. New York: E. P. Dutton. p. 66.
ISBN
0-525-23264-8
.
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Adams, Wilbur (October 11, 1961).
"Between the Sports Lines"
.
The Sacramento Bee
. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
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"Bosox Trade Buddin For Ed Bressoud"
.
The Fresno Bee
. November 27, 1961. p. 15.
Archived
from the original on July 19, 2023
. Retrieved
July 18,
2023
– via Newspapers.com.
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"Bressoud Joins A.L. All-Stars, Spelling Aparicio"
.
The Boston Globe
. July 2, 1964. p. 25.
Archived
from the original on July 19, 2023
. Retrieved
July 19,
2023
– via Newspapers.com.
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"Mets Turn to 'Youth'
"
.
New York Daily News
. November 28, 1965. p. 151
. Retrieved
July 18,
2023
– via Newspapers.com.
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"Mets, Cards Engage In 5-Player Deal,"
The Associated Press
(AP), Sunday, April 2, 1967.
Archived
March 3, 2023, at the
Wayback Machine
Retrieved March 2, 2023.
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"1967 World Series - St. Louis Cardinals over Boston Red Sox (4-3)"
.
Baseball-Reference.com
.
Archived
from the original on November 26, 2007
. Retrieved
July 19,
2023
.
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a
b
Gase, Thomas (July 18, 2023).
"
'Commanding presence' Ed Bressoud dies at 91"
.
Times-Herald
.
Archived
from the original on July 19, 2023
. Retrieved
July 18,
2023
.
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a
b
Lander, Monica (February 24, 2015).
"Around San Ramon: Couple to mark anniversary of, share secret to long, happy marriage"
.
East Bay Times
. Retrieved
July 20,
2023
.
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