How Don Bessent's Games Finished Compares to Similar Players

Don Bessent totaled 45 career Games Finished, well below the relief pitcher average of 70.1 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 4 seasons, the Games Finished arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 4 seasons of data, the Games Finished arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Games Finished profile — ranging from 0 to 21 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Don Bessent Lifetime Games Finished

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Don Bessent
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Don Bessent Games Finished Per Season

Don Bessent's Games Finished for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Don Bessent Games Finished per season line chart

Don Bessent Games Finished by Team

Don Bessent's career Games Finished totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Don Bessent career Games Finished by team bar chart

Don Bessent Cumulative Games Finished — Career Progression

A running total of Don Bessent's career Games Finished, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Don Bessent Games Finished year-over-year waterfall chart

Don Bessent Games Finished Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Don Bessent's seasonal Games Finished alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Don Bessent Games Finished distribution box chart versus comparable players

Don Bessent Games Finished — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Don Bessent's MLB career with Games Finished alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Don Bessent Games Finished season-by-season breakdown table