Norm Bass

Norman Delaney Bass

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: January 21, 1939 in Laurel, MS
High School: Vallejo (Vallejo, CA)
School: University of the Pacific
Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1961
Team: Athletics 1961-1963

Final Game: April 26, 1963
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1958	19	OAK-min	C	49	71	71		14	1	1						.197	.197	.254	.451		18						PCT · PION
1959	20	OAK-min	A	15	26	22	3	2	0	0	1	0		3	12	.091	.200	.091	.291		2		0	1	0	0	ALB · EL
1960	21	NYY-OAK-min	B,AA,AAA	31	64	61	6	9	1	4	13	0		3	36	.148	.188	.361	.548		22						SXC,AMA,DFW · IIIL,TL,AA
1961	22	KCA	AL	41	63	59	4	7	0	1	6	0	0	1	34	.119	.133	.169	.303	-20	10	0	0	3	0	0	1
1962	23	OAK-min	AAA	14	31	23	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	14	.087	.276	.087	.363		2		0	2	0		POR · PCL
1962	23	KCA	AL	22	25	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	13	.045	.125	.045	.170	-52	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1963	24	OAK-TEX-min	AAA	3	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200		0						POR,TTO · PCL,IL
1963	24	KCA	AL	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1964	25	OAK-min	AAA	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0		DAL · PCL
1965	26	ANA-min	AA	1	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833		1						ELP · TL
3 Seasons				66	89	82	5	8	0	1	6	0	0	3	48	.098	.129	.134	.264	-30	11	0	0	4	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	218	201	12	20	0	2	15	0	0	7	118	.098	.129	.134	.264	-30	27	0	0	10	0	0

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rroe	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1961	22	KCA	AL	63	-11	2	6	2	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	1
1962	23	KCA	AL	25	-5	1	2	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	1
1963	24	KCA	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
3 Seasons				89	-16	3	8	3	-2	-0.4	-2	-0.2	-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
1961	22	KCA	AL	63	55	2	1.0	105	.250	.119	.265	.133	.340	.169	.413	.303	.753	-20	.054	-10.4	-1.0	.212	.068	.051	.0
1962	23	KCA	AL	25	22	0	0.0	106	.111	.045	.268	.125	.341	.045	.417	.170	.758	-52	.000	-4.9	-0.5	.143	.091	.000
1963	24	KCA	AL	1	1	0	0.0	99		.000	.262	.000	.329	.000	.405	.000	.734	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
3 Seasons				89	78	2	0.7	105	.212	.098	.266	.129	.340	.134	.414	.264	.754	-30	.030	-15.6	-1.6	.189	.073	.037	.0
162 Game Avg.				218	191	5	0.7	105	.212	.098	.266	.129	.340	.134	.414	.264	.754	-30	.030	-15.6	-1.6	.189	.073	.037

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1961	22	KCA	AL	63	1.6%	54.0%	1.6%	1.6%	14%	34.00	1.7	59.0	9.8	4.00	38%
1962	23	KCA	AL	25	0.0%	52.0%	8.0%	0.0%	0%	6.50	1.7			1.67	36%
1963	24	KCA	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
3 Seasons				89	1.1%	53.9%	3.4%	1.1%	13%	16.00	1.7	82.0	13.7	2.83	37%
MLB Averages					2.4%	14.4%	8.5%	6.5%	29%	1.69	6.2	37.6	8.5	1.05	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1961	22	KCA	AL	-10.4	-1.0	63	-0.2	0.7	-1.0	.77	-0.7	0.4	-6.8	-0.7	0.95	-8.4
1962	23	KCA	AL	-4.9	-0.5	24	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	1.05	-0.4	-0.0	-4.3	-0.4	0.97	-4.1
1963	24	KCA	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.57	-0.0	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	1.07	-0.3
3 Seasons				-15.7	-1.6	88	-0.7	0.9	-1.5	.84	-1.1	0.3	-11.4	-1.1	0.95	-12.8

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1961	22	KCA	AL	3	43%	11	0	29%	3	3	2	1	1	2	1	1
1962	23	KCA	AL	1	33%	10	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	24	KCA	AL	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Seasons				4	40%	21	1	29%	3	3	2	1	1	2	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1961	22	KCA	AL	59	31%	7			0	0	0	0		1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	4	3	75%	10	0	0%	11	1	9%	44	5	11%	4	1	25%	3	1	33%	4
1962	23	KCA	AL	24	33%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	7	0	0%	9	1	11%	14	0	0%	3	0	0%	2	1	50%	1
1963	24	KCA	AL	1	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
3 Seasons				84	32%	8			0	0	0	0		1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	5	4	80%	17	0	0%	20	2	10%	59	5	8%	7	1	14%	5	2	40%	5
MLB Averages					51%																			75%			10%			31%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1961	22	41	63	59	4	7	1	6	1	34	.119	.133	.169	.303	-20	10	3
1962	23	63	88	81	5	8	1	6	3	47	.099	.131	.136	.267	-29	11	4
1963	24	66	89	82	5	8	1	6	3	48	.098	.129	.134	.264	-30	11	4

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	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1961	22	41	59	58	3	6	1	5	1	34	.103	.119	.155	.274	1	41
1962	23	22	24	22	0	0	0	0	2	13	.000	.083	.000	.083	0	22
1963	24	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
3 Seasons		66	84	81	3	6	1	5	3	48	.074	.107	.111	.218	1	66
162 Game Avg.		162	206	199	7	15	2	12	7	118	.074	.107	.111	.218	2	66

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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