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Kevin Bass
Kevin Charles Bass
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 183 lb.

Born: May 12, 1959 in Redwood City, CA
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2nd round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1982
Final Game: October 1, 1995
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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
1982 23 TOT MLB 30 35 33 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .030 .059 .030 .089 -73 1 1 0 1 0 0 8/97D
1982 23 MIL AL 18 11 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .100 .000 .100 -69 0 0 0 1 0 0 /98D
1982 23 HOU NL 12 24 24 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .042 .042 .042 .083 -76 1 1 0 0 0 0 /87
1983 24 HOU NL 88 206 195 25 46 7 3 2 18 2 2 6 27 .236 .257 .333 .591 68 65 2 0 4 1 1 9/8
1984 25 HOU NL 121 342 331 33 86 17 5 2 29 5 5 6 57 .260 .279 .360 .639 85 119 2 3 2 0 1 98
1985 26 HOU NL 150 582 539 72 145 27 5 16 68 19 8 31 63 .269 .315 .427 .742 109 230 10 6 4 2 1 *897
1986 27 HOU NL 157 640 591 83 184 33 5 20 79 22 13 38 72 .311 .357 .486 .842 134 287 15 6 1 4 11 *98/7 AS,MVP-7
1987 28 HOU NL 157 654 592 83 168 31 5 19 85 21 8 53 77 .284 .344 .449 .793 112 266 15 4 0 5 13 *9
1988 29 HOU NL 157 595 541 57 138 27 2 14 72 31 6 42 65 .255 .314 .390 .704 105 211 16 6 3 3 10 *9
1989 30 HOU NL 87 348 313 42 94 19 4 5 44 11 4 29 44 .300 .357 .435 .792 129 136 2 1 1 4 3 97
1990 31 SFG NL 61 233 214 25 54 9 1 7 32 2 2 14 26 .252 .303 .402 .705 96 86 5 2 2 1 3 9
1991 32 SFG NL 124 406 361 43 84 10 4 10 40 7 4 36 56 .233 .307 .366 .673 92 132 12 4 2 3 8 97
1992 33 TOT NL 135 430 402 40 108 23 5 9 39 14 9 23 70 .269 .308 .418 .726 108 168 8 1 1 3 3 *79
1992 33 SFG NL 89 285 265 25 71 11 3 7 30 7 7 16 53 .268 .310 .411 .721 109 109 6 1 1 2 1 79
1992 33 NYM NL 46 145 137 15 37 12 2 2 9 7 2 7 17 .270 .303 .431 .734 107 59 2 0 0 1 2 79
1993 34 HOU NL 111 258 229 31 65 18 0 3 37 7 1 26 31 .284 .359 .402 .761 108 92 4 1 2 0 3 97/8
1994 35 HOU NL 82 235 203 37 63 15 1 6 35 2 3 28 24 .310 .393 .483 .876 133 98 5 1 1 2 6 97
1995 36 BAL AL 111 327 295 32 72 12 0 5 32 8 8 24 47 .244 .303 .336 .639 65 99 15 2 4 2 0 97D
14 Seasons 1571 5291 4839 609 1308 248 40 118 611 151 73 357 668 .270 .323 .411 .735 105 1990 112 37 28 30 63
162 Game Avg. 162 546 499 63 135 26 4 12 63 16 8 37 69 .270 .323 .411 .735 105 205 12 4 3 3 6
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
HOU (10 yrs) 1122 3884 3558 465 990 194 30 87 468 120 50 259 468 .278 .330 .423 .753 111 1505 72 28 18 21 49
SFG (3 yrs) 274 924 840 93 209 30 8 24 102 16 13 66 135 .249 .307 .389 .696 98 327 23 7 5 6 12
NYM (1 yr) 46 145 137 15 37 12 2 2 9 7 2 7 17 .270 .303 .431 .734 107 59 2 0 0 1 2
BAL (1 yr) 111 327 295 32 72 12 0 5 32 8 8 24 47 .244 .303 .336 .639 65 99 15 2 4 2 0
MIL (1 yr) 18 11 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .100 .000 .100 -69 0 0 0 1 0 0
NL (13 yrs) 1442 4953 4535 573 1236 236 40 113 579 143 65 332 620 .273 .325 .417 .742 109 1891 97 35 23 28 63
AL (2 yrs) 129 338 304 36 72 12 0 5 32 8 8 25 48 .237 .297 .326 .623 62 99 15 2 5 2 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1986 27 HOU NL NLCS NYM L 6 28 24 0 7 2 0 0 0 2 3 4 4 .292 .393 .375 .768 9 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 6 28 24 0 7 2 0 0 0 2 3 4 4 .292 .393 .375 .768 9 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1982 TOT MLB 23 OF 21 8 95.2 19 18 0 1 0 .947 -3.9 -48.9 -2.9 -1.6 -1.3 -1 1.69 0.86 .984 2.33 2.07
1982 TOT MLB 23 CF 10 4 45.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -2.3 -61.3 -1.3 -0.3 -1.0 -1 2.00 1.00 .990 2.70 2.41
1982 MIL AL 23 OF 14 1 35.2 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -37.0 -1.1 -0.7 -0.4 0 1.77 0.50 .986 2.47 2.15
1982 MIL AL 23 RF 9 1 24.2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -38.9 -0.8 -0.4 -0.4 0 1.46 0.44 .975 2.26 1.90
1982 MIL AL 23 CF 6 0 11.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -32.7 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 2.45 0.50 1.000 2.86 2.48
1982 MIL AL 23 DH 2
1982 HOU NL 23 OF 7 7 60.0 12 11 0 1 0 .917 -2.8 -56.0 -1.8 -0.9 -0.9 -1 1.65 1.57 .983 2.25 1.91
1982 HOU NL 23 CF 4 4 34.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -2.0 -70.6 -1.0 0.0 -1.0 -1 1.85 1.75 .986 2.65 2.30
1982 HOU NL 23 LF 4 3 26.0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 -0.8 -36.9 -0.8 -0.9 0.1 0 1.38 1.00 .980 2.08 1.60
1983 HOU NL 24 OF 52 34 335.1 73 68 1 4 1 .945 1.6 5.7 0.6 -0.8 1.3 1 1.85 1.33 .981 2.27 1.92
1983 HOU NL 24 RF 47 34 324.1 69 65 1 3 1 .957 1.0 3.7 1.0 -0.2 1.2 0 1.83 1.40 .980 2.01 1.64
1983 HOU NL 24 CF 6 0 11.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 0.6 65.5 -0.4 -0.6 0.1 1 1.64 0.33 1.000 2.78 2.38
1984 HOU NL 25 OF 81 64 608.0 157 149 4 4 2 .975 -0.8 -1.6 -0.8 1.7 -2.7 0 2.26 1.89 .979 2.27 1.91
1984 HOU NL 25 RF 52 40 374.1 90 83 4 3 2 .967 0.5 1.6 0.5 -0.3 0.7 0 2.09 1.67 .979 2.07 1.69
1984 HOU NL 25 CF 31 24 233.2 66 65 0 1 0 .985 -1.3 -6.7 -1.3 2.0 -3.4 0 2.50 2.10 .986 2.71 2.41
1985 HOU NL 26 OF 141 130 1189.0 339 328 10 1 1 .997 -5.2 -5.2 -3.2 -3.9 0.7 -2 2.56 2.40 .978 2.20 1.88
1985 HOU NL 26 CF 105 98 872.0 255 246 8 1 1 .996 -6.4 -8.8 -5.4 -4.9 -0.4 -1 2.62 2.42 .981 2.66 2.26
1985 HOU NL 26 RF 39 25 253.0 65 64 1 0 0 1.000 1.4 6.6 2.4 0.6 1.8 -1 2.31 1.67 .977 2.02 1.68
1985 HOU NL 26 LF 10 7 64.0 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -3.8 -0.2 0.4 -0.7 0 1.97 1.40 .979 1.93 1.50
1986 HOU NL 27 OF 155 154 1366.2 320 303 12 5 4 .984 11.2 9.8 9.2 -3.3 12.5 2 2.07 2.03 .979 2.19 1.82 AS,MVP-7
1986 HOU NL 27 RF 133 117 1062.0 238 225 10 3 4 .987 12.7 14.4 9.7 -1.3 11.0 3 1.99 1.77 .977 1.99 1.63 AS,MVP-7
1986 HOU NL 27 CF 41 37 300.2 82 78 2 2 0 .976 -1.5 -6.0 -0.5 -2.0 1.5 -1 2.39 1.95 .984 2.59 2.05 AS,MVP-7
1986 HOU NL 27 LF 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.25 0.50 1.000 2.02 1.45 AS,MVP-7
1987 HOU NL 28 OF 155 154 1359.1 302 287 11 4 2 .987 3.5 3.1 1.5 3.8 -2.3 2 1.97 1.92 .981 2.19 1.83
1987 HOU NL 28 RF 155 154 1359.1 299 284 11 4 2 .987 3.5 3.1 1.5 3.8 -2.3 2 1.95 1.90 .976 2.00 1.68
1988 HOU NL 29 OF 147 137 1225.0 280 267 7 6 2 .979 -3.2 -3.1 -4.2 0.2 -4.4 1 2.01 1.86 .982 2.28 1.98
1988 HOU NL 29 RF 147 137 1225.0 278 265 7 6 1 .978 -3.2 -3.1 -4.2 0.2 -4.4 1 2.00 1.85 .979 2.05 1.75
1989 HOU NL 30 OF 84 81 731.2 195 186 6 3 0 .985 9.9 16.2 14.9 9.8 5.1 -5 2.36 2.29 .981 2.32 1.96
1989 HOU NL 30 RF 53 50 466.1 125 119 4 2 0 .984 1.8 4.6 5.8 3.8 2.0 -4 2.37 2.32 .978 2.12 1.70
1989 HOU NL 30 LF 31 31 265.1 70 68 2 0 0 1.000 8.1 36.6 9.1 6.0 3.1 -1 2.37 2.26 .980 2.15 1.72
1990 SFG NL 31 OF 55 54 457.0 93 88 2 3 0 .968 -6.2 -16.3 -4.2 0.9 -5.1 -2 1.77 1.64 .982 2.39 2.01
1990 SFG NL 31 RF 55 54 457.0 97 92 2 3 0 .969 -6.2 -16.3 -4.2 0.9 -5.1 -2 1.85 1.71 .981 2.22 1.82
1991 SFG NL 32 OF 101 90 769.2 172 159 9 4 2 .977 1.6 2.5 3.6 4.7 -1.1 -2 1.96 1.66 .983 2.28 1.88
1991 SFG NL 32 RF 79 72 606.0 131 124 4 3 2 .977 -2.4 -4.8 -0.4 0.7 -1.1 -2 1.90 1.62 .980 2.06 1.65
1991 SFG NL 32 LF 23 18 163.2 41 35 5 1 0 .976 4.0 29.3 4.0 4.0 0.0 0 2.20 1.74 .983 2.18 1.67
1992 TOT NL 33 OF 111 90 831.4 196 191 2 3 0 .985 -6.9 -10.0 -4.9 -4.4 -0.5 -2 2.09 1.74 .983 2.34 1.96
1992 TOT NL 33 LF 84 68 603.2 140 137 1 2 0 .986 -6.1 -12.1 -6.1 -5.4 -0.7 0 2.06 1.64 .979 2.16 1.65
1992 TOT NL 33 RF 34 22 227.2 57 55 1 1 0 .982 -0.8 -4.2 1.2 1.0 0.2 -2 2.21 1.65 .979 2.08 1.66
1992 SFG NL 33 OF 72 59 540.2 119 116 1 2 0 .983 -3.1 -6.9 -2.1 -1.0 -1.1 -1 1.95 1.63 .983 2.34 1.96
1992 SFG NL 33 LF 56 45 396.0 83 81 1 1 0 .988 -4.3 -13.0 -4.3 -2.0 -2.3 0 1.86 1.46 .978 2.16 1.65
1992 SFG NL 33 RF 21 14 144.2 37 36 0 1 0 .973 1.2 10.0 2.2 1.0 1.2 -1 2.24 1.71 .978 2.08 1.66
1992 NYM NL 33 OF 39 31 290.2 77 75 1 1 0 .987 -3.8 -15.7 -2.8 -3.4 0.6 -1 2.35 1.95 .983 2.34 1.96
1992 NYM NL 33 LF 28 23 207.2 57 56 0 1 0 .982 -1.8 -10.4 -1.8 -3.4 1.6 0 2.43 2.00 .979 2.16 1.65
1992 NYM NL 33 RF 13 8 83.0 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 -2.0 -28.9 -1.0 0.0 -1.0 -1 2.17 1.54 .980 2.08 1.66
1993 HOU NL 34 OF 64 43 420.1 87 83 3 1 0 .989 -1.9 -5.4 -2.9 -5.5 2.6 1 1.84 1.34 .979 2.34 2.00
1993 HOU NL 34 RF 51 38 359.0 72 68 3 1 0 .986 -0.3 -1.0 -2.3 -5.0 2.7 2 1.78 1.39 .976 2.17 1.78
1993 HOU NL 34 LF 12 4 51.1 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -25.7 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 -1 1.75 0.83 .970 2.10 1.69
1993 HOU NL 34 CF 2 1 10.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -60.0 -0.5 -0.8 0.3 0 3.60 2.00 .975 2.79 2.35
1994 HOU NL 35 OF 57 48 388.2 87 82 3 2 1 .977 1.4 4.3 0.4 -0.1 0.5 1 1.97 1.49 .980 2.24 1.90
1994 HOU NL 35 RF 47 38 311.2 74 71 3 0 1 1.000 3.5 13.5 1.5 0.6 0.9 2 2.14 1.57 .974 2.18 1.82
1994 HOU NL 35 LF 11 10 77.0 13 11 0 2 0 .846 -2.1 -32.7 -1.1 -0.7 -0.4 -1 1.29 1.00 .985 1.91 1.44
1995 BAL AL 36 OF 77 61 554.2 128 123 3 2 1 .984 -5.5 -11.9 -3.5 -4.8 1.3 -2 2.04 1.64 .983 2.33 1.99
1995 BAL AL 36 RF 53 37 340.1 66 63 2 1 1 .985 -4.9 -17.3 -2.9 -3.8 0.9 -2 1.72 1.23 .979 2.05 1.63
1995 BAL AL 36 LF 32 24 214.1 62 60 1 1 0 .984 -0.6 -3.4 -0.6 -1.0 0.4 0 2.56 1.91 .982 2.22 1.75
1995 BAL AL 36 DH 19
14 Seasons OF 1301 1148 10332.1 2448 2332 73 43 16 .982 -4.4 -0.5 3.6 -3.3 6.6 -8 2.09 1.85 .981 2.26 1.92
14 Seasons RF 954 819 7390.2 1665 1582 53 30 14 .982 5.8 0.9 8.8 0.6 8.1 -3 1.99 1.71 .978 2.06 1.70
9 Seasons LF 209 165 1469.1 356 339 10 7 0 .980 1.2 1.0 4.2 2.7 1.4 -3 2.14 1.67 .980 2.14 1.66
6 Seasons CF 195 164 1472.1 420 405 10 5 1 .988 -11.4 -9.3 -9.4 -6.6 -2.9 -2 2.54 2.13 .983 2.66 2.25
2 Seasons DH 21
14 Seasons TOT 1309 1148 10332.1 2448 2332 73 43 16 .982 -4.4 -0.5 3.6 -3.3 6.6 -8 2.09 1.84 .963 2.25 1.90
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1986 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1986-NL-7-22%
0.22 Career Shares (691st)

Batting Average s c a p y
1986 NL--.311--4th

Slugging % s c a p y
1986 NL--.486--6th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1986 NL--.842--9th

Games Played s c a p y
1986 NL--157--9th
1987 NL--157--7th
1988 NL--157--5th

At Bats s c a p y
1986 NL--591--8th
1987 NL--592--9th

Hits s c a p y
1986 NL--184--5th

Total Bases s c a p y
1986 NL--287--6th

Doubles s c a p y
1986 NL--33--9th

Singles s c a p y
1986 NL--126--6th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1986 NL--134--8th

Runs Created s c a p y
1986 NL--97--10th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1986 NL--25--9th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1986 NL--2.6--9th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1986 NL--58--10th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1986 NL--.643--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1985 NL--6--6th
1986 NL--6--6th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1987 NL--13--10th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1988 NL--16--10th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1986 NL--13--10th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1985 NL--17.4--9th
1986 NL--21.0--6th
1988 NL--19.3--10th
Career--132.5--228th

Outs Made s c a p y
1987 NL--452--10th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 17 (1096), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1472), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1500), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 7, 1977: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2nd round of the 1977 amateur draft.

September 3, 1982: Sent by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Houston Astros to complete an earlier deal made on August 30, 1982. The Milwaukee Brewers sent players to be named later and cash to the Houston Astros for players to be named later and Don Sutton. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Kevin Bass (September 3, 1982), Frank DiPino (September 3, 1982) and Mike Madden (September 3, 1982) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

November 13, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

November 16, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

August 8, 1992: Traded by the San Francisco Giants to the New York Mets for . The New York Mets sent Rob Katzaroff (minors) (October 1, 1992) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.

November 3, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

January 5, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

November 1, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

October 26, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

April 18, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

November 3, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Houston Astros$155,000
1986Houston Astros$310,000
1987Houston Astros$630,000
1988Houston Astros$880,000
1989Houston Astros$940,000
1990San Francisco Giants$1,250,000
1991San Francisco Giants$1,333,333
1992San Francisco Giants$2,000,000
1993Houston Astros$650,000
1994Houston Astros$400,000
1995Baltimore Orioles$415,000
Career (may be incomplete)$8,963,333
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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