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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 Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1944 BRO NL 21 2B 37 32 23 174 85 82 7 15 .960 4.51 .963 5.63
1944 BRO NL 21 SS 3 0 0 7 1 5 1 0 .857 2.00 .954 5.40
1945 BRO NL 22 SS 101 91 72 462 166 262 34 59 .926 4.24 .947 5.26
1945 BRO NL 22 2B 6 1 0 17 11 5 1 3 .941 2.67 .967 5.58
1947 PIT NL 24 2B 56 48 44 253 116 130 7 34 .972 4.39 .975 5.57
2 Seasons SS 104 91 72 469 167 267 35 59 .925 4.17 .947 5.26
3 Seasons 2B 99 81 67 444 212 217 15 52 .966 4.33 .970 5.59
3 Seasons TOT 203 172 139 913 379 484 50 111 .945 4.25 .958 5.42
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1944 BRO NL 21 39 32 39 38 0 0 0 37 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1945 BRO NL 22 108 92 108 105 0 0 0 6 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1947 PIT NL 24 56 48 56 56 0 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 203 172 203 199 0 0 0 99 0 103 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1945 NL  35 (2nd)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1945 NL  34 (2nd)

                           

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