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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,in Santa Monica, CA
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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
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 121 453 372 41 120 14 0 0 41 2 1 62 12 .323 .422 .360 .782 109 134 2 17 *2 MVP-6
1923 28 DET AL 135 477 383 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 66 227 174 20 53 8 1 0 22 0 0 45 6 .305 .447 .362 .810 112 63 0 8 2
1927 32 DET AL 81 254 200 19 57 7 0 0 24 1 0 45 9 .285 .416 .320 .736 92 64 0 9 2
9 Seasons 811 2858 2319 250 704 99 16 1 318 13 8 437 81 .304 .416 .361 .777 104 838 10 92
162 Game Avg. 162 571 463 50 141 20 3 0 64 3 87 16 .304 .416 .361 .777 104 167 2 18
DET (7 yrs) 767 2763 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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1913 CLE AL 18 C 1 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00 1.000 5.60 1 1 0 0%
1914 CLE AL 19 C 25 149 99 42 8 3 .946 5.64 .968 5.70 4 31 29 48%
1914 CLE AL 19 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.10
1914 CLE AL 19 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0-0-1
1921 DET AL 26 C 114 560 433 113 14 7 .975 4.79 .971 4.33 10 70 57 45%
1922 DET AL 27 C 118 545 421 113 11 12 .980 4.53 .977 4.24 7 80 52 39% MVP-6
1923 DET AL 28 C 128 587 447 133 7 8 .988 4.53 .975 4.20 9 62 82 57% MVP-7
1924 DET AL 29 C 122 516 402 103 11 11 .979 4.14 .972 4.02 2 71 55 44% MVP-5
1925 DET AL 30 C 118 470 375 87 8 14 .983 3.92 .977 3.82 3 70 45 39%
1926 DET AL 31 C 63 284 223 61 0 6 1.000 4.51 .979 3.95 1 37 29 44%
1927 DET AL 32 C 67 269 206 56 7 8 .974 3.91 .974 3.91 1 39 24 38%
9 Seasons C 756 3382 2607 708 67 69 .980 4.38 .974 4.14 38 461 373 45%
1 Season 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.10
1 Season OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0-0-1
9 Seasons TOT 758 3382 2607 708 67 69 .980 4.37 .954 4.14 0-0-1 38 461 373 45%

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 (292nd)

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 (1496), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 16 (922), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (852), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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