# Ed Bressoud

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{{Short description|American baseball player (1932–2023)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Ed Bressoud
|position=[Shortstop](/source/Shortstop)
|image=Ed Bressoud 1965.jpg
|caption=Bressoud with the [Boston Red Sox](/source/Boston_Red_Sox) in 1965
|birth_date={{Birth date|1932|5|2}}
|birth_place=Los Angeles, California, U.S.
|death_date={{Death date and age|2023|7|13|1932|5|2}}
|death_place=[Walnut Creek, California](/source/Walnut_Creek%2C_California), U.S.
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=June 14
|debutyear=1956
|debutteam=New York Giants
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 26
|finalyear=1967
|finalteam=St. Louis Cardinals
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat1value=.252
|stat2label=[Home run](/source/Home_run)s
|stat2value=94
|stat3label=[Runs batted in](/source/Run_batted_in)
|stat3value=365
|teams=
* [New York / San Francisco Giants](/source/San_Francisco_Giants) ({{Baseball year|1956}}–{{Baseball year|1961}})
* [Boston Red Sox](/source/Boston_Red_Sox) ({{Baseball year|1962}}–{{Baseball year|1965}})
* [New York Mets](/source/New_York_Mets) ({{Baseball year|1966}})
* [St. Louis Cardinals](/source/St._Louis_Cardinals) ({{Baseball year|1967}})
|highlights=
* [All-Star](/source/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game) ([1964](/source/1964_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game))
* [World Series champion](/source/World_Series_champion) ({{wsy|1967}})
}}

'''Edward Francis Bressoud''' (May 2, 1932 – July 13, 2023) was an American professional [baseball](/source/baseball) [shortstop](/source/shortstop). Bressoud played in [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) (MLB) from {{Baseball year|1956}} through {{Baseball year|1967}} for the [New York / San Francisco Giants](/source/San_Francisco_Giants) (1956–1961), [Boston Red Sox](/source/Boston_Red_Sox) (1962–1965), [New York Mets](/source/New_York_Mets) (1966) and [St. Louis Cardinals](/source/St._Louis_Cardinals) (1967). He was an [MLB All-Star](/source/MLB_All-Star) in 1964 and won the [1967 World Series](/source/1967_World_Series).

==Early life and education==
Bressoud was born in Los Angeles, the fourth of seven children of Charles Bressoud (1900-1969), who immigrated from [Lima](/source/Lima), Peru and was of French descent<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/eddie-bressoud/ |title=Eddie Bressoud – Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=July 19, 2023 |archive-date=April 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416185920/https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/eddie-bressoud/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and Josephine Felice Mibielle (1902-1978). He attended [Mount Carmel High School](/source/Mount_Carmel_High_School_(Los_Angeles)) and transferred to [George Washington High School](/source/Washington_Preparatory_High_School), which he graduated from in 1950.<ref name="SABR">{{cite web |last1=Nowlin |first1=Bill |title=Eddie Bressoud – Society for American Baseball Research |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/eddie-bressoud/ |access-date=November 30, 2020 |archive-date=November 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115061831/https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/eddie-bressoud/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

During his playing career, Bressoud attended [El Camino Junior College](/source/El_Camino_Junior_College) and [Los Angeles City College](/source/Los_Angeles_City_College). He earned a [Bachelor of Science](/source/Bachelor_of_Science) in physical education from the [University of California, Los Angeles](/source/University_of_California%2C_Los_Angeles). He also earned a [master's degree](/source/master's_degree) from [San Jose State University](/source/San_Jose_State_University).<ref name=SABR/>

==Playing career==
Bressoud signed with the [New York Giants](/source/New_York_Giants_(baseball)) in 1950. He played in [Minor League Baseball](/source/Minor_League_Baseball) through the 1955 season, with the exception of his service in the [United States Marine Corps](/source/United_States_Marine_Corps) during the [Korean War](/source/Korean_War) from January 1953 to January 1955.<ref name=SABR/>

In 1956, [Bill Rigney](/source/Bill_Rigney) became the manager of the Giants. Bressoud had played shortstop for Rigney in the minor leagues, and [Alvin Dark](/source/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.<ref name=SABR/><ref name=Dark>{{cite book|last1=Dark|first1=Alvin|last2=Underwood|first2=John|title=When in Doubt, Fire the Manager: My Life and Times in Baseball|publisher=E. P. Dutton|location=New York|year=1980|isbn=0-525-23264-8|page=66}}</ref> Dark was traded to the [St. Louis Cardinals](/source/St._Louis_Cardinals) on June 14, and Bressoud was immediately recalled to take his place.<ref name=SABR/><ref name=Dark/>

Bressoud spent two years with the MLB club in New York City, then four years after its 1958 transfer to [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco). He was the Giants' regular shortstop in both {{mlby|1959}} and {{mlby|1960}}, [hitting](/source/batting_average_(baseball)) .251 and .225. Bressoud was the first selection of the [Houston Colt .45s](/source/Houston_Colt_.45s) in the [1961 expansion draft](/source/1961_MLB_Expansion_Draft) in October,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/618212703/?terms=%22ed%20bressoud%22&match=1|title=Between the Sports Lines|first=Wilbur|last=Adams|work=The Sacramento Bee|page=D1|date=October 11, 1961|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> then was traded to the Red Sox in exchange for their regular shortstop, [Don Buddin](/source/Don_Buddin), in November 1961.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-fresno-bee-bosox-trade-buddin-for-ed/128473730/ |title=Bosox Trade Buddin For Ed Bressoud |newspaper=The Fresno Bee |via=Newspapers.com |date= November 27, 1961|page=15 |accessdate=July 18, 2023 |archive-date=July 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719061218/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-fresno-bee-bosox-trade-buddin-for-ed/128473730/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Bressoud played four seasons for Boston, hitting 40 [doubles](/source/double_(baseball)), nine [triples](/source/triple_(baseball)), 14 [home run](/source/home_run)s, 79 [runs](/source/run_(baseball)) and a career-high 68 [runs batted in](/source/runs_batted_in) (RBIs) in 1962, and 59 [extra-bases](/source/extra-base_hit) in 1963, including a career-high 20 home runs and four two-HR games. In 1964, Bressoud was named to the [American League](/source/American_League) roster for the [1964 MLB All-Star Game](/source/1964_MLB_All-Star_Game) as an injury replacement for [Luis Aparicio](/source/Luis_Aparicio).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-bressoud-joins-al-all/128475178/ |title=Bressoud Joins A.L. All-Stars, Spelling Aparicio |work=The Boston Globe |via=Newspapers.com |date= July 2, 1964|page=25 |accessdate=July 19, 2023 |archive-date=July 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719061216/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-bressoud-joins-al-all/128475178/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Bressoud posted career-high numbers in [batting average](/source/batting_average_(baseball)) (.293), [hits](/source/hit_(baseball)) (166), runs (86) and doubles (41).<ref name=SABR/>

After the 1965 season, the Red Sox traded Bressoud to the [New York Mets](/source/New_York_Mets) for [Joe Christopher](/source/Joe_Christopher).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-mets-turn-to-youth/128473936/ |title=Mets Turn to 'Youth' |work=New York Daily News|via=Newspapers.com |date= November 28, 1965|page=151 |accessdate=July 18, 2023}}</ref> The Mets traded Bressoud, [Danny Napoleon](/source/Danny_Napoleon), and cash to the [St. Louis Cardinals](/source/St._Louis_Cardinals) for [Jerry Buchek](/source/Jerry_Buchek), [Art Mahaffey](/source/Art_Mahaffey) and [Tony Martínez](/source/Tony_Mart%C3%ADnez) on April 1, 1967.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9SUsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FMgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2497%2C127631 "Mets, Cards Engage In 5-Player Deal," ''The Associated Press'' (AP), Sunday, April 2, 1967.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230303042519/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9SUsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FMgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2497,127631 |date=March 3, 2023 }} Retrieved March 2, 2023.</ref> In the [1967 World Series](/source/1967_World_Series), Bressoud appeared in Games 2 and 5 as a late-inning replacement for light-hitting Cardinal shortstop [Dal Maxvill](/source/Dal_Maxvill), but did not record a [plate appearance](/source/plate_appearance).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1967_WS.shtml|title=1967 World Series - St. Louis Cardinals over Boston Red Sox (4-3)|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 19, 2023|archive-date=November 26, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071126030104/http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1967_WS.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Later life and death==
Following his playing retirement he [managed](/source/manager_(baseball)) in the minor leagues and [scouted](/source/scout_(sport)) for the [California Angels](/source/California_Angels). He was a faculty member, coach, and dean of athletics at [De Anza College](/source/De_Anza_College).<ref name=SABR/><ref name=obit/>

Bressoud married his high school sweetheart, Eleanor Griesser, on June 6, 1953. Eleanor died from a brain tumor on April 29, 1958.<ref name=SABR/> Bressoud met Carol Mathews, a flight attendant, on a flight to San Francisco.<ref name=marriage>{{cite web|url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2015/02/24/around-san-ramon-couple-to-mark-anniversary-of-share-secret-to-long-happy-marriage/|title=Around San Ramon: Couple to mark anniversary of, share secret to long, happy marriage|first=Monica|last=Lander|work=East Bay Times|date=February 24, 2015|accessdate=July 20, 2023}}L</ref> They married on February 7, 1959.<ref name=SABR/> He had two sons with his first wife and two daughters with his second wife.<ref name=marriage/>

Bressoud died from [cerebellar ataxia](/source/cerebellar_ataxia) in [Walnut Creek, California](/source/Walnut_Creek%2C_California), on July 13, 2023, at age 91.<ref name=obit>{{cite web |last=Gase |first=Thomas |url=https://www.timesheraldonline.com/2023/07/18/commanding-presence-ed-bressoud-dies-at-91/ |title='Commanding presence' Ed Bressoud dies at 91 |work=Times-Herald |date=July 18, 2023 |accessdate=July 18, 2023 |archive-date=July 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719061211/https://www.timesheraldonline.com/2023/07/18/commanding-presence-ed-bressoud-dies-at-91/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/eastbaytimes/name/edward-bressoud-obituary?id=52521387 Edward Bressoud]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Baseballstats |mlb=111435 |espn= |br=b/bressed01 |fangraphs= |brm=bresso001edw |retro=B/Pbrese101}}

{{1967 St. Louis Cardinals}}

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