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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated May 16, 2012, 1:00PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1716. Jonny Gomes… #1717. Jerry Morales… #1718. Frank O'Rourke… #1719. CHARLEY BASSETT… #1720. Roger Cedeno… #1721. Yuniesky Betancourt… #1722. Lenny Harris… 

Standard Batting

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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 IBB Pos Awards
1884 21 PRO NL 27 83 79 10 11 2 1 0 6 4 15 .139 .181 .190 .371 18 15 0 5/6O4
1885 22 PRO NL 82 304 285 21 41 8 2 0 16 19 60 .144 .197 .186 .383 27 53 0 465/2
1886 23 KCN NL 90 378 342 41 89 19 8 2 32 6 36 43 .260 .331 .380 .711 111 130 0 6/5
1887 24 IND NL 119 482 452 41 104 14 6 1 47 25 25 31 .230 .278 .294 .572 62 133 5 *4
1888 25 IND NL 128 519 481 58 116 20 3 2 60 24 32 41 .241 .297 .308 .604 92 148 6 *4
1889 26 IND NL 127 517 477 64 117 12 5 4 68 15 37 38 .245 .304 .317 .620 72 151 3 *4
1890 27 NYG NL 100 446 410 52 98 13 8 0 54 14 29 25 .239 .300 .310 .610 81 127 7 *4
1891 28 NYG NL 130 564 524 60 136 19 8 4 68 16 36 29 .260 .312 .349 .661 97 183 4 *5/4
1892 29 TOT NL 114 466 443 45 94 7 8 2 51 16 21 30 .212 .251 .278 .529 64 123 2 54
1892 29 NYG NL 35 138 130 9 27 2 3 0 16 0 6 11 .208 .254 .269 .523 59 35 2 4/5
1892 29 LOU NL 79 328 313 36 67 5 5 2 35 16 15 19 .214 .250 .281 .531 66 88 0 5/4
9 Yrs 917 3759 3493 392 806 114 49 15 402 116 239 312 .231 .285 .304 .590 76 1063 27
162 Game Avg. 162 664 617 69 142 20 9 3 71 42 55 .231 .285 .304 .590 76 188 5
NYG (3 yrs) 265 1148 1064 121 261 34 19 4 138 30 71 65 .245 .301 .324 .625 86 345 13
IND (3 yrs) 374 1518 1410 163 337 46 14 7 175 64 94 110 .239 .293 .306 .600 75 432 14
PRO (2 yrs) 109 387 364 31 52 10 3 0 22 23 75 .143 .194 .187 .381 25 68 0
LOU (1 yr) 79 328 313 36 67 5 5 2 35 16 15 19 .214 .250 .281 .531 66 88 0
KCN (1 yr) 90 378 342 41 89 19 8 2 32 6 36 43 .260 .331 .380 .711 111 130 0

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 Awards
1884 21 PRO NL 27 83 -8 0 0 2 1 -5 -0.5 2 -2 -0.2 .483 .497 -0.4 0.2 -4 $ 5/6O4
1885 22 PRO NL 82 304 -24 0 0 6 3 -15 -1.6 9 -6 -0.6 .482 .491 -1.1 0.8 -12 $ 465/2
1886 23 KCN NL 90 378 5 -1 0 -5 6 4 0.2 12 16 1.5 .504 .502 2.1 0.0 21 $ 6/5
1887 24 IND NL 119 482 -23 -1 0 16 2 -5 -0.7 15 10 0.8 .496 .497 -0.3 1.4 -6 $ *4
1888 25 IND NL 128 519 -3 -1 0 1 3 -1 -0.2 16 15 1.4 .499 .500 1.4 0.3 14 $ *4
1889 26 IND NL 127 517 -18 -2 0 10 2 -7 -0.8 15 8 0.8 .495 .496 0.1 1.0 -2 $ *4
1890 27 NYG NL 100 446 -9 -2 0 20 2 12 0.8 14 25 2.2 .511 .506 0.5 1.8 5 $ *4
1891 28 NYG NL 130 564 0 -2 0 10 4 12 0.9 17 29 2.6 .508 .507 1.9 1.1 19 $ *5/4
1892 29 NYG NL 35 138 -7 0 0 3 1 -3 -0.3 4 1 0.1 .492 .498 -0.1 0.3 -2 $ 4/5
1892 29 LOU NL 79 328 -12 0 0 1 3 -8 -0.8 10 2 0.2 .491 .495 0.2 0.3 1 $ 5/4
9 Seasons 917 3759 -98 -8 0 64 27 -16 -3.1 114 99 8.8 .498 .499 4.3 7.3 34 $
NYG (3 yrs) 265 1148 -16 -4 0 33 7 21 1.3 35 56 4.9 .507 .504 2.3 3.3 23 $
IND (3 yrs) 374 1518 -44 -4 0 27 8 -13 -1.8 46 33 3.0 .497 .498 1.2 2.6 6 $
PRO (2 yrs) 109 387 -32 0 0 8 4 -20 -2.1 12 -8 -0.8 .482 .494 -1.5 1.0 -16 $
LOU (1 yr) 79 328 -12 0 0 1 3 -8 -0.8 10 2 0.2 .491 .495 0.2 0.3 1 $
KCN (1 yr) 90 378 5 -1 0 -5 6 4 0.2 12 16 1.5 .504 .502 2.1 0.0 21 $

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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.
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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1887 NL  1.4 (4th)
1889 NL  1.0 (7th)
1890 NL  1.8 (6th)
1891 NL  1.1 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1885 NL  60 (4th)

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)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (2897), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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