Eddie Basinski

Edwin Frank Basinski (Bazooka or Fiddler)

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 172 lb.

Born: November 4, 1922 in Buffalo, NY
School: University at Buffalo, State University of New York (Buffalo, NY) (All Transactions)
Debut: May 20, 1944
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Pirates 1944-1947

Final Game: July 4, 1947
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	Pos	Awards
1944	21	LAD-min	AA	68	299	270	32	66	10	1	2	20	5	4	22	24	.244	.306	.311	.617		84	5	2	5			MTL · IL
1944	21	BRO	NL	39	120	105	13	27	4	1	0	9	1		6	10	.257	.310	.314	.624	77	33	1	2	7		4/6
1945	22	BRO	NL	108	361	336	30	88	9	4	0	33	0		11	33	.262	.293	.313	.606	69	105	11	4	11		6/4

1946	23	LAD-min	AAA	136	584	515	66	130	17	5	5	46	9		44	85	.252	.319	.334	.653		172	11	6	19			STP · AA
1947	24	NYY-min	AAA	71	270	244	24	65	10	2	2	32	5		18	38	.266	.319	.348	.668		85		1	7			POR,NWK · PCL,IL
1947	24	PIT	NL	56	182	161	15	32	6	2	4	17	0		18	27	.199	.279	.335	.615	60	54	5	0	3		4
1948	25	POR	AAA	175	686	632	83	175	24	3	4	50	8		35	83	.277	.320	.343	.663		217		5	14			POR · PCL
1949	26	POR	AAA	164	683	592	74	158	32	7	12	79	4		76	76	.267	.352	.405	.758		240		2	13			POR · PCL
1950	27	POR	AAA	202	822	722	80	173	39	1	15	75	1		69	97	.240	.312	.359	.671		259		7	24			POR · PCL
1951	28	POR	AAA	169	774	687	109	183	32	6	16	73	3		65	77	.266	.332	.400	.732		275		2	20			POR · PCL
1952	29	POR	Opn	166	632	552	60	136	25	1	10	58	4		64	62	.246	.329	.350	.679		193		4	12			POR · PCL
1953	30	POR	Opn	156	599	529	49	127	18	1	6	61	2		56	63	.240	.317	.312	.629		165	16	4	10			POR · PCL
1954	31	POR	Opn	157	635	551	73	142	34	2	14	54	4		55	62	.258	.330	.403	.733		222	13	6	20	3		POR · PCL
1955	32	POR	Opn	98	321	280	31	76	16	0	5	32	1		26	39	.271	.330	.382	.712		107	2	0	12	3		POR · PCL
1956	33	LAD-min	Opn	114	347	309	32	80	11	3	5	25	2		28	43	.259	.320	.362	.682		112	12	1	6	3		POR · PCL
1957	34	CIN-CHC-min	Opn	136	491	436	53	118	22	1	10	42	3		29	47	.271	.318	.394	.712		172	4	2	22	2		SLE,POR · PCL
1958	35	CIN-min	AAA	107	396	349	42	105	28	1	8	47	1		33	22	.301	.362	.456	.818		159	13	4	4	6		SLE · PCL
1959	36	BAL-min	AAA	43	104	94	12	13	2	0	2	8	0	0	4	8	.138	.198	.223	.421		21		3	3	0		VAN · PCL
3 Yrs				203	663	602	58	147	19	7	4	59	1		35	70	.244	.292	.319	.611	68	192	17	6	21
162 Game Avg.				162	529	480	46	117	15	6	3	47	1		28	56	.244	.292	.319	.611	68	153	14	5	17

BRO (2 yrs)				147	481	441	43	115	13	5	0	42	1		17	43	.261	.297	.313	.610	71	138	12	6	18
PIT (1 yr)				56	182	161	15	32	6	2	4	17	0		18	27	.199	.279	.335	.615	60	54	5	0	3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1944	21	BRO	NL	39	120	-3	-0	0	-5	2	-7	-0.7	4	-3	-0.4	.482	.496	0.2	-0.4	2	$	4/6
1945	22	BRO	NL	108	361	-14	0	0	-4	6	-12	-1.2	11	-1	-0.1	.488	.492	0.3	0.3	3	$	6/4

1947	24	PIT	NL	56	182	-10	0	0	-4	2	-12	-1.2	6	-5	-0.5	.479	.493	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$	4
3 Seasons				203	663	-27	0	0	-13	10	-30	-3.1	21	-9	-1.0	.485	.494	0.4	-0.3	4	$

BRO (2 yrs)				147	481	-17	0	0	-9	8	-18	-1.9	14	-4	-0.5	.487	.494	0.5	-0.1	5	$
PIT (1 yr)				56	182	-10	0	0	-4	2	-12	-1.2	6	-5	-0.5	.479	.493	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1944	21	BRO	NL	120	86	10	3.1	93	.284	.257	.266	.310	.333	.314	.373	.624	.706	77	.367	-3.2	-0.3	.532	.124	.057	.0
1945	22	BRO	NL	361	270	30	3.0	96	.290	.262	.272	.293	.342	.313	.375	.606	.717	69	.340	-15.3	-1.6	.463	.083	.051

1947	24	PIT	NL	182	137	15	2.9	108	.215	.199	.278	.279	.353	.335	.412	.615	.765	60	.300	-10.0	-1.0	.537	.248	.137	.0
3 Yrs				663	493	55	3.0	99	.271	.244	.272	.292	.343	.319	.385	.611	.728	68	.333	-28.4	-2.9	.496	.135	.075	1.6
162 Game Avg.				529	393	44	3.0	99	.271	.244	.272	.292	.343	.319	.385	.611	.728	68	.333	-28.4	-2.9	.496	.135	.075	1

BRO (2 yrs)				481	356	40	3.0	95	.289	.261	.271	.297	.339	.313	.375	.610	.714	71	.347	-18.4	-1.9	.479	.093	.052	.0
PIT (1 yr)				182	137	15	2.9	108	.215	.199	.278	.279	.353	.335	.412	.615	.765	60	.299	-10.0	-1.0	.537	.248	.137	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1944	21	BRO	NL	120	0.0%	8.3%	5.0%	4.2%	19%	1.67	10.5		11.7	79%
1945	22	BRO	NL	361	0.0%	9.1%	3.1%	3.6%	15%	3.00	10.2		10.2	84%

1947	24	PIT	NL	182	2.2%	14.8%	9.9%	6.6%	38%	1.50	6.0	40.3	9.5	71%
3 Yrs				663	0.6%	10.6%	5.3%	4.5%	20%	2.00	8.6	150.5	10.2	80%
MLB Averages					1.3%	9.2%	9.0%	5.8%	25%	1.02	9.7	70.3	8.8	78%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1944	21	39	120	105	13	27	4	1	0	9	1	6	10	.257	.310	.314	.624	77	33	1	2	7
1945	22	147	481	441	43	115	13	5	0	42	1	17	43	.261	.297	.313	.610	71	138	12	6	18
1946	23	147	481	441	43	115	13	5	0	42	1	17	43	.261	.297	.313	.610	71	138	12	6	18
1947	24	203	663	602	58	147	19	7	4	59	1	35	70	.244	.292	.319	.611	68	192	17	6	21

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1944	21	40	124	109	14	28	4	1	0	10	1	6	10	.257	.308	.312	.620	10	39
1945	22	113	378	351	31	92	9	4	0	35	0	12	34	.262	.294	.311	.605	31	108

1947	24	59	188	167	15	32	6	2	4	16	0	18	28	.192	.270	.323	.594	15	56
3 Yrs		212	690	627	60	152	19	7	4	61	1	36	72	.242	.290	.314	.604	56	203
162 Game Avg.		162	527	479	46	116	15	5	3	47	1	28	55	.242	.290	.314	.604	43	203

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