Charley Bassett

Charles Edwin Bassett

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 150 lb.

Born: February 9, 1863 in Central Falls, RI
School: Brown University (Providence, RI) (All Transactions)
Debut: July 22, 1884
Teams (by GP): Hoosiers/Giants/Grays/Cowboys/Colonels 1884-1892

Final Game: October 15, 1892
Died: May 28, 1942 in Pawtucket, RI
Buried: Moshassuck Cemetery, Central Falls, RI
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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	G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1884	PRO	NL	21	3B	13				54	17	27	10	1	.815		3.38	.848		3.15
1884	PRO	NL	21	SS	7				23	2	17	4	0	.826		2.71	.864		4.30
1884	PRO	NL	21	OF	2				3	3	0	0	0	1.000		1.50	.867		1.80	1-1-0
1884	PRO	NL	21	2B	1				5	1	3	1	0	.800		4.00	.890		5.80
1885	PRO	NL	22	2B	39				230	84	123	23	18	.900		5.31	.899		5.76
1885	PRO	NL	22	SS	23				114	29	75	10	5	.912		4.52	.872		4.59
1885	PRO	NL	22	3B	20				83	27	50	6	1	.928		3.85	.866		3.26
1885	PRO	NL	22	C	1				1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.890		6.60		0
1886	KCN	NL	23	SS	82				448	120	277	51	25	.886		4.84	.880		4.37
1886	KCN	NL	23	3B	8				28	11	13	4	0	.857		3.00	.865		3.28
1887	IND	NL	24	2B	119				770	273	444	53	62	.931		6.03	.911		5.87
1888	IND	NL	25	2B	128				730	250	423	57	44	.922		5.26	.920		5.67
1889	IND	NL	26	2B	127				825	322	451	52	67	.937		6.09	.925		6.15
1890	NYG	NL	27	2B	100				560	201	332	27	43	.952		5.33	.925		5.48
1891	NYG	NL	28	3B	121				455	143	270	42	18	.908		3.41	.881		3.67
1891	NYG	NL	28	2B	9				66	23	38	5	5	.924		6.78	.929		5.91
1892	TOT	NL	29	3B	78				316	80	191	45	14	.858		3.47	.879		3.58
1892	TOT	NL	29	2B	36				218	82	122	14	10	.936		5.67	.928		5.63
1892	NYG	NL	29	2B	30				193	76	105	12	10	.938		6.03	.928		5.63
1892	NYG	NL	29	3B	5				20	4	12	4	1	.800		3.20	.879		3.58
1892	LOU	NL	29	3B	73				296	76	179	41	13	.861		3.49	.879		3.58
1892	LOU	NL	29	2B	6				25	6	17	2	0	.920		3.83	.928		5.63
	8 Seasons			2B	559				3404	1236	1936	232	249	.932		5.67	.919		5.80
	5 Seasons			3B	240				936	278	551	107	34	.886		3.45	.877		3.56
	3 Seasons			SS	112				585	151	369	65	30	.889		4.64	.878		4.41
	1 Season			OF	2				3	3	0	0	0	1.000		1.50	.867		1.80	1-1-0
	1 Season			C	1				1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.890		6.60		0
	9 Seasons			TOT	914				4929	1669	2856	404	313	.918		4.95	.906		5.03	1-1-0	0
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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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.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	Batting	C	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	OF
1884	PRO	NL	21	27	27	0	1	13	7	1	1	2
1885	PRO	NL	22	82	82	1	39	20	23	0	0	0
1886	KCN	NL	23	90	90	0	0	8	82	0	0	0
1887	IND	NL	24	119	119	0	119	0	0	0	0	0
1888	IND	NL	25	128	128	0	128	0	0	0	0	0
1889	IND	NL	26	127	127	0	127	0	0	0	0	0
1890	NYG	NL	27	100	100	0	100	0	0	0	0	0
1891	NYG	NL	28	130	130	0	9	121	0	0	0	0
1892	LOU	NL	29	79	79	0	6	73	0	0	0	0
1892	NYG	NL	29	35	35	0	30	5	0	0	0	0
	9 Seasons			917	917	1	559	240	112	1	1	2

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

Assists† s c a p y 1887 NL 444 (3rd) 1888 NL 423 (3rd) 1889 NL 451 (3rd)	Def. Games as 2B s c a p y 1887 NL 119 (2nd) 1888 NL 128 (4th) 1889 NL 127 (3rd) 1890 NL 100 (5th)	Putouts as 2B s c a p y 1887 NL 273 (2nd) 1888 NL 250 (4th)	Assists as 2B s c a p y 1887 NL 444 (1st) 1888 NL 423 (2nd) 1889 NL 451 (2nd) 1890 NL 332 (5th)
Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y 1887 NL 53 (2nd) 1888 NL 57 (3rd) 1889 NL 52 (5th) Career 232 (54th)	Def. Games as 3B s c a p y 1891 NL 121 (4th)	Putouts as 3B s c a p y 1891 NL 143 (5th)	Assists as 3B s c a p y 1891 NL 270 (2nd)
Putouts as SS s c a p y 1886 NL 120 (5th)	Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y 1887 NL 6.03 (4th) 1888 NL 5.26 (4th) 1889 NL 6.09 (5th) Career 5.67 (36th)	Fielding % as 2B s c a p y 1887 NL .931 (3rd) 1888 NL .922 (4th) 1889 NL .937 (3rd) 1890 NL .952 (1st)	Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y 1891 NL 3.41 (5th)
Fielding % as 3B s c a p y 1891 NL .908 (1st)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1886 NL 4.84 (1st)	Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1886 NL .886 (4th)

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