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Johnny Bassler

John Landis Bassler

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: June 3, 1895 in Lancaster, PA(All Transactions)
Debut: July 11, 1913
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Naps 1913-1927

Final Game: September 30, 1927
Died: June 29, 1979 in Santa Monica, CA
Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, CA
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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 SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1913 18 CLE AL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /2
1914 19 CLE AL 43 93 77 5 14 1 1 0 6 3 2 15 8 .182 .323 .221 .543 61 17 1 0 2/5O
1921 26 DET AL 119 463 388 37 119 18 5 0 56 2 1 58 16 .307 .401 .379 .780 101 147 3 14 *2
1922 27 DET AL 121 454 372 41 120 14 0 0 41 2 1 62 12 .323 .422 .360 .782 108 134 2 17 *2 MVP-6
1923 28 DET AL 135 478 383 45 114 12 3 0 49 2 2 76 13 .298 .414 .345 .759 103 132 0 18 *2 MVP-7
1924 29 DET AL 124 456 379 43 131 20 3 1 68 2 1 62 11 .346 .441 .422 .864 125 160 3 12 *2 MVP-5
1925 30 DET AL 121 433 344 40 96 19 3 0 52 1 1 74 6 .279 .408 .352 .760 96 121 1 14 *2
1926 31 DET AL 66 228 174 20 53 8 1 0 22 0 0 45 6 .305 .447 .362 .810 112 63 0 8 2
1927 32 DET AL 81 256 200 19 57 7 0 0 24 1 0 45 9 .285 .416 .320 .736 92 64 0 9 2
9 Yrs 811 2863 2319 250 704 99 16 1 318 13 8 437 81 .304 .416 .361 .777 104 838 10 92
162 Game Avg. 162 572 463 50 141 20 3 0 64 3 87 16 .304 .416 .361 .777 104 167 2 18
DET (7 yrs) 767 2768 2240 245 690 98 15 1 312 10 6 422 73 .308 .420 .367 .786 106 821 9 92
CLE (2 yrs) 44 95 79 5 14 1 1 0 6 3 2 15 8 .177 .316 .215 .531 57 17 1 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
1913 18 CLE AL 1 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .440 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ /2
1914 19 CLE AL 43 93 -3 0 0 -1 2 -2 -0.3 3 1 0.0 .494 .498 0.2 0.0 2 $ 2/5O
1921 26 DET AL 119 463 5 1 0 -1 5 10 1.0 14 24 2.4 .508 .506 2.5 0.4 25 $ *2
1922 27 DET AL 121 454 10 1 0 1 4 16 1.5 14 31 3.0 .513 .510 2.9 0.4 30 $ *2 MVP-6
1923 28 DET AL 135 478 8 1 0 2 4 14 1.4 15 29 2.9 .511 .509 2.7 0.6 27 $ *2 MVP-7
1924 29 DET AL 124 456 20 1 0 3 4 28 2.7 14 42 4.2 .521 .516 3.8 0.7 39 $ *2 MVP-5
1925 30 DET AL 121 433 4 1 0 2 4 10 0.9 14 24 2.3 .508 .506 2.1 0.5 22 $ *2
1926 31 DET AL 66 228 7 0 0 2 2 12 1.1 7 19 1.9 .517 .507 1.7 0.4 17 $ 2
1927 32 DET AL 81 256 1 1 0 1 2 5 0.5 8 13 1.3 .506 .503 1.2 0.3 12 $ 2
9 Seasons 811 2863 52 5 0 9 26 92 8.9 90 183 17.9 .511 .506 17.0 3.4 173 $
DET (7 yrs) 767 2768 55 5 0 10 24 95 9.2 87 182 18.0 .512 .508 16.9 3.4 172 $
CLE (2 yrs) 44 95 -3 0 0 -1 2 -3 -0.3 3 1 -0.1 .493 .499 0.1 0.0 2 $

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
1913 18 CLE AL 2 2 0 0.0 89 .000 .000 .268 .000 .340 .000 .352 .000 .692 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1914 19 CLE AL 93 65 5 2.1 85 .203 .182 .261 .323 .335 .221 .342 .543 .677 61 .300 -3.0 -0.4 .523 .247 .039 .0
1921 26 DET AL 463 284 58 5.5 113 .320 .307 .298 .401 .364 .379 .419 .780 .783 101 .534 3.6 0.3 .774 .224 .072 .0
1922 27 DET AL 454 270 56 5.6 107 .333 .323 .289 .422 .354 .360 .406 .782 .760 108 .571 9.6 0.9 .787 .207 .038 .0
1923 28 DET AL 478 289 55 5.1 106 .308 .298 .288 .414 .357 .345 .397 .759 .755 103 .538 6.8 0.7 .768 .245 .047 .0
1924 29 DET AL 456 261 70 7.1 110 .354 .346 .295 .441 .365 .422 .405 .864 .770 125 .668 19.0 1.8 .908 .243 .077 1.3
1925 30 DET AL 433 263 49 5.0 114 .284 .279 .297 .408 .367 .352 .416 .760 .784 96 .488 2.8 0.3 .787 .288 .073 .0
1926 31 DET AL 228 129 28 5.8 110 .315 .305 .291 .447 .363 .362 .408 .810 .771 112 .595 6.9 0.7 .893 .316 .057
1927 32 DET AL 256 152 27 4.7 111 .298 .285 .294 .416 .362 .320 .413 .736 .776 92 .490 1.0 0.1 .769 .265 .035 .0
9 Yrs 2863 1715 348 5.4 109 .314 .304 .292 .416 .361 .361 .407 .777 .768 104 .553 46.1 4.3 .795 .248 .058 1.9
162 Game Avg. 572 343 70 5.4 109 .314 .304 .292 .416 .361 .361 .407 .777 .768 104 .553 9 1 .795 .248 .058
DET (7 yrs) 2768 1648 343 5.6 110 .318 .308 .293 .420 .362 .367 .409 .786 .771 106 .560 49.7 4.8 .807 .249 .058 1.8
CLE (2 yrs) 95 67 5 2.0 85 .197 .177 .261 .316 .335 .215 .342 .531 .677 57 .288 -3.5 -0.4 .507 .241 .038 .0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1921 26 DET AL 463 0.0% 3.5% 12.5% 5.0% 19% 0.28 24.3 6.9 80%
1922 27 DET AL 454 0.0% 2.6% 13.7% 3.1% 12% 0.19 31.0 9.1 79%
1923 28 DET AL 478 0.0% 2.7% 15.9% 3.1% 13% 0.17 29.5 7.8 77%
1924 29 DET AL 456 0.2% 2.4% 13.6% 5.3% 18% 0.18 34.5 379.0 5.6 80%
1925 30 DET AL 433 0.0% 1.4% 17.1% 5.1% 23% 0.08 57.3 6.6 78%
1926 31 DET AL 228 0.0% 2.6% 19.7% 4.0% 17% 0.13 29.0 7.9 74%
1927 32 DET AL 256 0.0% 3.5% 17.6% 2.7% 12% 0.20 22.2 8.3 75%
9 Yrs 2768 0.0% 2.9% 15.8% 4.2% 17% 0.19 28.6 2319.0 7.3 81%
MLB Averages 1.2% 13.4% 12.3% 9.2% 24% 1.09 10.5 122.8 9.0 127%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1913 18 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
1914 19 44 95 79 5 14 1 1 0 6 3 2 15 8 .177 .316 .215 .531 57 17 1 0
1915 20 44 95 79 5 14 1 1 0 6 3 2 15 8 .177 .316 .215 .531 57 17 1 0
1916 21 44 95 79 5 14 1 1 0 6 3 2 15 8 .177 .316 .215 .531 57 17 1 0
1917 22 44 95 79 5 14 1 1 0 6 3 2 15 8 .177 .316 .215 .531 57 17 1 0
1918 23 44 95 79 5 14 1 1 0 6 3 2 15 8 .177 .316 .215 .531 57 17 1 0
1919 24 44 95 79 5 14 1 1 0 6 3 2 15 8 .177 .316 .215 .531 57 17 1 0
1920 25 44 95 79 5 14 1 1 0 6 3 2 15 8 .177 .316 .215 .531 57 17 1 0
1921 26 163 558 467 42 133 19 6 0 62 5 3 73 24 .285 .386 .351 .737 94 164 4 14
1922 27 284 1012 839 83 253 33 6 0 103 7 4 135 36 .302 .402 .355 .757 100 298 6 31
1923 28 419 1490 1222 128 367 45 9 0 152 9 6 211 49 .300 .406 .352 .758 101 430 6 49
1924 29 543 1946 1601 171 498 65 12 1 220 11 7 273 60 .311 .414 .369 .783 107 590 9 61
1925 30 664 2379 1945 211 594 84 15 1 272 12 8 347 66 .305 .413 .366 .779 105 711 10 75
1926 31 730 2607 2119 231 647 92 16 1 294 12 8 392 72 .305 .416 .365 .781 105 774 10 83
1927 32 811 2863 2319 250 704 99 16 1 318 13 8 437 81 .304 .416 .361 .777 104 838 10 92

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1913 18 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
1914 19 44 97 80 6 15 1 1 0 7 3 16 8 .188 .330 .225 .555 6 43
1921 26 125 472 398 34 115 17 5 0 51 2 56 17 .289 .381 .357 .738 54 119
1922 27 126 468 385 41 122 14 0 0 41 2 63 13 .317 .416 .353 .769 56 121
1923 28 142 495 399 45 116 12 3 0 49 2 77 14 .291 .405 .336 .741 55 135
1924 29 130 467 390 41 129 20 3 1 64 2 61 12 .331 .425 .405 .830 66 124
1925 30 127 442 354 37 93 18 3 0 48 1 72 6 .263 .389 .331 .719 45 121
1926 31 69 233 180 19 53 8 1 0 21 0 45 6 .294 .436 .350 .786 27 66
1927 32 85 258 205 18 56 7 0 0 23 1 44 9 .273 .402 .307 .709 25 81
9 Yrs 849 2934 2393 241 699 97 16 1 304 13 434 85 .292 .403 .347 .750 334 811
162 Game Avg. 162 560 457 46 133 19 3 0 58 2 83 16 .292 .403 .347 .750 64 811

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1922 AL (6, 20%)
1923 AL (7, 27%)
1924 AL (5, 34%)
0.81 Career Shares (302nd)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1924 AL  4.2 (8th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1924 AL  3.8 (9th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1924 AL  0.7 (7th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1924 AL  .346 (5th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1922 AL  .422 (7th)
1923 AL  .414 (8th)
1924 AL  .441 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1923 AL  76 (9th)
1925 AL  74 (7th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1924 AL  .668 (10th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1922 AL  31.0 (8th)
1923 AL  29.5 (9th)
1924 AL  34.5 (9th)
1925 AL  57.3 (3rd)

Youngest s c a p y
1913 AL  born 1895-06-03 (4th)
1914 AL  born 1895-06-03 (4th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 8 (1540), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 16 (945), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (840), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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