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Charley Bassett
Charles Edwin Bassett

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 150 lb.
School Brown University

Debut July 22, 1884
Final Game October 15, 1892
Born February 9, 1863 in Central Falls, RI
Died May 28, 1942 in Pawtucket, RI

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1884 21 PRO NL  27   79   10   11   2  1   0    6          4  15  .139  .181  .190   18   15                    
 1885 22 PRO NL  82  285   21   41   8  2   0   16         19  60  .144  .197  .186   27   53                    
 1886 23 KCN NL  90  342   41   89  19  8   2   32   6     36  43  .260  .331  .380  110  130                    
 1887 24 IND NL 119  452   41  104  14  6   1   47  25     25  31  .230  .278  .294   62  133               5    
 1888 25 IND NL 128  481   58  116  20  3   2   60  24     32  41  .241  .297  .308   91  148               6    
 1889 26 IND NL 127  477   64  117  12  5   4   68  15     37  38  .245  .304  .317   72  151               3    
 1890 27 NYG NL 100  410   52   98  13  8   0   54  14     29  25  .239  .300  .310   82  127               7    
 1891 28 NYG NL 130  524   60  136  19  8   4   68  16     36  29  .260  .312  .349   96  183               4    
 1892 29 TOT NL 114  443   45   94   7  8   2   51  16     21  30  .212  .251  .278   64  123               2    
         NYG NL  35  130    9   27   2  3   0   16   0      6  11  .208  .254  .269   59   35               2    
         LOU NL  79  313   36   67   5  5   2   35  16     15  19  .214  .250  .281   67   88               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      917 3493  392  806 114 49  15  402 116  0 239 312  .231  .285  .304   76 1063   0   0   0  27   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        617   69  142  20  9   3   71  20  0  42  55  .231  .285  .304   76  188   0   0   0   5   0
 Career High    130  524   64  136  20  8   4   68  25  0  37  60  .260  .331  .380  110  183   0   0   0   7   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1884 21 PRO NL   83   68    3   1.2    72| .139  .248| .181  .288| .190  .344| .371  .632|  18  .109  -7.3  -0.8     
 1885 22 PRO NL  304  244   10   1.1    66| .144  .242| .197  .285| .186  .324| .383  .610|  27  .111 -22.2  -2.6     
 1886 23 KCN NL  378  253   43   4.4    84| .260  .264| .331  .314| .380  .362| .711  .676| 110  .579   5.1   0.5     
 1887 24 IND NL  482  348   36   2.7    94| .230  .270| .278  .327| .294  .384| .572  .711|  62  .288 -23.0  -2.3     
 1888 25 IND NL  519  365   43   3.1    73| .241  .248| .297  .296| .308  .340| .605  .636|  91  .478  -3.7  -0.4     
 1889 26 IND NL  517  360   45   3.3    97| .245  .275| .304  .346| .317  .376| .621  .722|  72  .380 -19.4  -2.0     
 1890 27 NYG NL  446  312   37   3.1    84| .239  .253| .300  .329| .310  .343| .610  .672|  82  .395 -10.3  -1.1     
 1891 28 NYG NL  564  388   56   3.8    85| .260  .255| .312  .328| .349  .347| .661  .676|  96  .486  -4.4  -0.5     
 1892 29 TOT NL  466  349   30   2.2    76| .212  .244| .251  .316| .278  .327| .529  .643|  64  .293 -20.8  -2.3     
         NYG NL  138  103    8   2.0    80| .208  .250| .254  .324| .269  .335| .523  .659|  59  .257  -7.1  -0.8     
         LOU NL  328  246   22   2.4    74| .214  .241| .250  .313| .281  .323| .531  .636|  67  .310 -13.7  -1.5     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      3759 2687  303   3.0    83| .231  .257| .285  .319| .304  .351| .589  .670|  76  .382 -106.0 -11.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1884 21 PRO NL 3B 13 17 27 10 1 .815 .848 3.38 3.10 SS 7 2 17 4 0 .826 .864 2.71 4.26 OF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .857 1.50 1.75 1 1 0 2B 1 1 3 1 0 .800 .889 4.00 5.70 1885 22 PRO NL 2B 39 84 123 23 18 .900 .900 5.31 5.70 SS 23 29 75 10 5 .912 .872 4.52 4.54 3B 20 27 50 6 1 .928 .866 3.85 3.22 C 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 6.40 0 1886 23 KCN NL SS 82 120 277 51 25 .886 .878 4.84 4.24 3B 8 11 13 4 0 .857 .866 3.00 3.27 1887 24 IND NL 2B 119 273 444 53 62 .931 .911 6.03 5.79 1888 25 IND NL 2B 128 250 423 57 44 .922 .920 5.26 5.66 1889 26 IND NL 2B 127 322 451 52 67 .937 .925 6.09 6.08 1890 27 NYG NL 2B 100 201 332 27 43 .952 .925 5.33 5.45 1891 28 NYG NL 3B 121 143 270 42 18 .908 .881 3.41 3.62 2B 9 23 38 5 5 .924 .928 6.78 5.88 1892 29 TOT NL 3B 78 80 191 45 14 .858 .879 3.47 3.53 TOT NL 2B 36 82 122 14 10 .936 .929 5.67 5.59 NYG NL 2B 30 76 105 12 10 .938 .929 6.03 5.59 3B 5 4 12 4 1 .800 .879 3.20 3.52 LOU NL 3B 73 76 179 41 13 .861 .879 3.49 3.53 2B 6 6 17 2 0 .920 .927 3.83 5.58
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1884 21 PRO NL 2B 1 1 3 1 0 .800 .889 4.00 5.70 1885 22 PRO NL 2B 39 84 123 23 18 .900 .900 5.31 5.70 1887 24 IND NL 2B 119 273 444 53 62 .931 .911 6.03 5.79 1888 25 IND NL 2B 128 250 423 57 44 .922 .920 5.26 5.66 1889 26 IND NL 2B 127 322 451 52 67 .937 .925 6.09 6.08 1890 27 NYG NL 2B 100 201 332 27 43 .952 .925 5.33 5.45 1891 28 NYG NL 2B 9 23 38 5 5 .924 .928 6.78 5.88 1892 29 TOT NL 2B 36 82 122 14 10 .936 .929 5.67 5.59 NYG NL 2B 30 76 105 12 10 .938 .929 6.03 5.59 LOU NL 2B 6 6 17 2 0 .920 .927 3.83 5.58 1884 21 PRO NL 3B 13 17 27 10 1 .815 .848 3.38 3.10 1885 22 PRO NL 3B 20 27 50 6 1 .928 .866 3.85 3.22 1886 23 KCN NL 3B 8 11 13 4 0 .857 .866 3.00 3.27 1891 28 NYG NL 3B 121 143 270 42 18 .908 .881 3.41 3.62 1892 29 TOT NL 3B 78 80 191 45 14 .858 .879 3.47 3.53 NYG NL 3B 5 4 12 4 1 .800 .879 3.20 3.52 LOU NL 3B 73 76 179 41 13 .861 .879 3.49 3.53 1885 22 PRO NL C 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 6.40 0 1884 21 PRO NL OF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .857 1.50 1.75 1 1 0 1884 21 PRO NL SS 7 2 17 4 0 .826 .864 2.71 4.26 1885 22 PRO NL SS 23 29 75 10 5 .912 .872 4.52 4.54 1886 23 KCN NL SS 82 120 277 51 25 .886 .878 4.84 4.24
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total 2B 559 1236 1936 232 249 .932 .919 5.67 5.75 3B 240 278 551 107 34 .886 .877 3.45 3.52 SS 112 151 369 65 30 .889 .876 4.64 4.30 OF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .857 1.50 1.75 1 1 0 C 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 6.40 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 914 1669 2856 404 313 .918 .906 4.95 4.98
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Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Strikeouts
1885 NL-60-4

HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3858) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

November 30, 1885: Returned to league control by the Providence Grays.

March 3, 1886: Under league control and obtained by the Kansas City Cowboys.

March 9, 1887: Returned to league control by the Kansas City Cowboys.

March 9, 1887: Under league control and obtained by the Indianapolis Hoosiers for $1,000.

March 22, 1890: Returned to league control by the Indianapolis Hoosiers.

March 22, 1890: Under league control and obtained by the New York Giants.

June, 1892: Released by the New York Giants.

June, 1892: Signed as a Free Agent with the Louisville Colonels.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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