John Bass

John Elias Bass

Positions: Shortstop, Outfielder and Catcher
Bats: Unknown, Throws: Unknown
Height: 5' 6", Weight: 150 lb.

Born: 1848 in Charleston, MD (All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 1871
Teams (by GP): ForestCitys/Atlantics/HartfordsofBrooklyn 1871-1877

Final Game: August 20, 1877
Died: September 25, 1888 in Denver, CO
Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Denver, CO
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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	Pos
1871	23	CLE	NA	22	92	89	18	27	1	10	3	18	0	1	3	4	.303	.326	.640	.967	174	57	0	0	*6/2
1872	24	BRA	NA	2	7	7	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.286	.429	21	2	0	0	/O

1877	29	HAR	NL	1	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	65	1		0	/O
3 Seasons				25	103	100	19	29	2	10	3	19	0	1	3	4	.290	.311	.600	.911	159	60	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	667	648	123	188	13	65	19	123			19	26	.290	.311	.600	.911	159	389		0

BRA (1 yr)				2	7	7	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.286	.429	21	2	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				22	92	89	18	27	1	10	3	18	0	1	3	4	.303	.326	.640	.967	174	57	0	0
HAR (1 yr)				1	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	65	1		0

NA (2 yrs)				24	99	96	18	28	2	10	3	19	0	1	3	4	.292	.313	.615	.928	163	59	0	0
NL (1 yr)				1	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	65	1		0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1871	23	CLE	NA	92	6	0	0	0	-4	1	3	6	0.3	10	0.7	-0.4	$	*6/2
1872	24	BRA	NA	7	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0.0	-1	-0.1	0.1	$	/O

1877	29	HAR	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/O
3 Seasons				103	5	0	0	0	-4	1	3	5	0.3	9	0.6	-0.3	$

BRA (1 yr)				7	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0.0	-1	-0.1	0.1	$
CLE (1 yr)				92	6	0	0	0	-4	1	3	6	0.3	10	0.7	-0.4	$
HAR (1 yr)				4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

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
1871	23	CLE	NA	92	63	18	7.6	87	.293	.303	.284	.326	.308	.640	.382	.967	.690	174	.649	7.2	0.6	.937	.360	.337	.0
1872	24	BRA	NA	7	6	0	0.0	88	.143	.143	.306	.143	.318	.286	.374	.429	.692	21	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.333	.143	.143

1877	29	HAR	NL	4	3	0	0.0	66	.250	.250	.264	.250	.282	.250	.329	.500	.611	65	.000	-0.2	-0.0			.000
3 Seasons				103	72	18	6.6	87	.280	.290	.285	.311	.308	.600	.379	.911	.687	159	.602	6.4	0.6	.861	.330	.310	.0
162 Game Avg.				667	467	117	6.6	87	.280	.290	.285	.311	.308	.600	.379	.911	.687	159	.602	41	4	.861	.330	.310

BRA (1 yr)				7	6	0	0.0	88	.143	.143	.306	.143	.318	.286	.374	.429	.692	21	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.333	.143	.143
CLE (1 yr)				92	63	18	7.6	87	.293	.303	.284	.326	.308	.640	.382	.967	.690	174	.649	7.2	0.6	.937	.360	.337	.0
HAR (1 yr)				4	3	0	0.0	66	.250	.250	.264	.250	.282	.250	.329	.500	.611	65	.000	-0.2	-0.0			.000

NA (2 yrs)				99	69	18	6.9	87	.281	.292	.286	.313	.309	.615	.381	.928	.690	163	.615	6.5	0.6	.884	.344	.323	.0
NL (1 yr)				4	3	0	0.0	66	.250	.250	.264	.250	.282	.250	.329	.500	.611	65	.000	-0.2	-0.0			.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1871	23	CLE	NA	92	3.3%	4.4%	3.3%	15.2%	52%	1.33	22.3	*29.7*	4.9	89%
1872	24	BRA	NA	7	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	14.3%	100%				7.0	100%

1877	29	HAR	NL	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					100%
3 Seasons				103	2.9%	3.9%	2.9%	14.6%	52%	1.33	25.0	33.3	5.3	90%
MLB Averages					0.2%	2.4%	1.7%	4.7%	17%	1.42	40.2	447.9	8.4	96%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
1871	23	22	92	89	18	27	1	10	3	18	1	3	4	.303	.326	.640	.967	174	57
1872	24	24	99	96	18	28	2	10	3	19	1	3	4	.292	.313	.615	.928	163	59
1873	25	24	99	96	18	28	2	10	3	19	1	3	4	.292	.313	.615	.928	163	59
1874	26	24	99	96	18	28	2	10	3	19	1	3	4	.292	.313	.615	.928	163	59
1875	27	24	99	96	18	28	2	10	3	19	1	3	4	.292	.313	.615	.928	163	59
1876	28	24	99	96	18	28	2	10	3	19	1	3	4	.292	.313	.615	.928	163	59
1877	29	25	103	100	19	29	2	10	3	19	1	3	4	.290	.311	.600	.911	159	60

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1871	23	127	466	455	45	96	4	36	11	45	0	11	23	.211	.230	.451	.680	46	22
1872	24	10	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2

1877	29	3	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
3 Seasons		140	511	500	45	96	4	36	11	45	0	11	23	.192	.209	.410	.619	46	25
162 Game Avg.		162	591	579	52	111	5	42	13	52		13	27	.192	.209	.410	.619	53	25

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Slugging % s c a p y 1871 NA .640 (3rd)	On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y 1871 NA .967 (6th)	Triples s c a p y 1871 NA 10 (1st)	Home Runs s c a p y 1871 NA 3 (4th)
Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 1871 NA 174 (7th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1871 NA 14 (9th)	AB per HR s c a p y 1871 NA 29.7 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Batting - 1 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 8 (1522), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 1 (2218), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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