Chuck Essegian
1958–1963 · bats R / throws R · Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Athletics, Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals
404G
.255AVG
.323OBP
.446SLG
More career statistics
260H
47HR
150RBI
0SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 233 | 232 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 404 | 1,140 | 1,018 | 139 | 260 | 45 | 4 | 47 | 150 | 97 | 233 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 454 | .255 | .323 | .446 | .769 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1962-05-13 to 1962-05-21
14longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1962-09-29 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1961-06-11 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 9 total bases | 1962-05-20 | 1 in 419 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 219 | 595 | 137 | 33 | 98 | 58 | 108 | .262 | .328 | .496 |
| Away | 185 | 545 | 123 | 14 | 52 | 39 | 124 | .248 | .297 | .393 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 55 | 165 | 35 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 36 | .233 | .285 | .393 |
| May | 89 | 278 | 77 | 17 | 43 | 24 | 50 | .310 | .363 | .556 |
| June | 74 | 197 | 36 | 8 | 21 | 18 | 49 | .209 | .274 | .384 |
| July | 65 | 213 | 48 | 7 | 29 | 18 | 40 | .251 | .310 | .419 |
| August | 68 | 160 | 39 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 25 | .267 | .319 | .418 |
| September | 52 | 126 | 25 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 31 | .227 | .302 | .455 |
| October | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 35 | 109 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 24 | .204 | .239 | .350 |
| minnesota-twins | 33 | 108 | 22 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 25 | .237 | .333 | .473 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 31 | 89 | 25 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 13 | .312 | .371 | .500 |
| detroit-tigers | 31 | 95 | 24 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 19 | .276 | .305 | .563 |
| boston-red-sox | 30 | 102 | 30 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 18 | .333 | .392 | .478 |
| new-york-yankees | 28 | 70 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 11 | .281 | .314 | .500 |
| los-angeles-angels-1961-64 | 27 | 83 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | .197 | .277 | .324 |
| baltimore-orioles | 27 | 81 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | .262 | .333 | .385 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 39 | 114 | 28 | 5 | 16 | – | .246 | – | – |
| 1959 | Los Angeles Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals | 41 | 85 | 21 | 1 | 10 | – | .247 | – | – |
| 1960 |  Los Angeles Dodgers | 52 | 79 | 17 | 3 | 11 | – | .215 | – | – |
| 1961 | Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Athletics | 65 | 173 | 50 | 12 | 36 | – | .289 | – | – |
| 1962 |  Cleveland Guardians | 106 | 336 | 92 | 21 | 50 | – | .274 | – | – |
| 1963 |  Kansas City Athletics | 101 | 231 | 52 | 5 | 27 | – | .225 | – | – |