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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 HS (Vallejo, CA)
School: University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA)
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 Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1961 22 KCA AL 11 11 .500 4.69 40 23 9 6 2 0 170.2 164 98 89 17 82 0 74 4 0 5 744 89 1.441 8.6 0.9 4.3 3.9 0.90
1962 23 KCA AL 2 6 .250 6.09 22 10 4 0 0 0 75.1 96 55 51 7 46 2 33 0 0 5 358 69 1.885 11.5 0.8 5.5 3.9 0.72
1963 24 KCA AL 0 0 11.74 3 1 0 0 0 0 7.2 11 11 10 2 9 0 4 0 0 0 44 35 2.609 12.9 2.3 10.6 4.7 0.44
3 Yrs 13 17 .433 5.32 65 34 13 6 2 0 253.2 271 164 150 26 137 2 111 4 0 10 1146 78 1.608 9.6 0.9 4.9 3.9 0.81
162 Game Avg. 9 12 .433 5.32 45 23 9 4 1 0 174 186 113 103 18 94 1 76 3 0 7 787 78 1.608 9.6 0.9 4.9 3.9 0.81

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1961 22 KCA AL 170.2 40 23 98 5.17 4.49 -0.27 0.04 102.0 4.90 -4 -0.4 .5 -0.1 0.8 11 .490 .498 $
1962 23 KCA AL 75.1 22 10 55 6.57 4.35 0.00 -0.01 107.2 4.65 -15 -1.5 .9 -0.0 -1.0 -9 .432 .491 $
1963 24 KCA AL 7.2 3 1 11 12.91 3.99 -0.09 -0.15 110.8 4.36 -7 -0.6 .7 0.1 -0.5 -7 .288 .496 $
3 Seasons 253.2 65 34 164 5.82 4.44 -0.18 0.02 103.8 4.81 -26 -2.5 .6 -0.0 -0.7 -4 .461 .495 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1961 22 KCA AL 40 699 643 98 164 23 4 17 6 5 82 74 .255 .340 .383 .722 .263 246 17 4 7 7 0 11
1962 23 KCA AL 22 336 303 55 96 21 3 7 5 0 46 33 .317 .402 .475 .878 .333 144 3 0 5 4 2 1
1963 24 KCA AL 3 44 33 11 11 6 0 2 2 0 9 4 .333 .465 .697 1.162 .321 23 0 0 1 1 0 2
3 Yrs 65 1079 979 164 271 50 7 26 13 5 137 111 .277 .364 .422 .786 .287 413 20 4 13 12 2 14
162 Game Avg. 45 741 672 113 186 34 5 18 9 3 94 76 .277 .364 .422 .786 .287 284 14 3 9 8 1 10
MLB Averages .254 .321 .388 .708 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1961 22 KCA AL -8.5 -0.8 760 -1.1 11.3 -12.4 .89 -0.4 -0.8 -8.0 -0.8 0.90 -5.2 1 3 12
1962 23 KCA AL -13.8 -1.3 350 -2.1 5.3 -7.4 1.02 -1.8 -0.2 -18.7 -1.8 1.02 -19.8 1 5 4
1963 24 KCA AL -5.9 -0.6 47 -0.6 0.3 -0.9 .69 -0.5 -0.3 -7.9 -0.7 0.69 -7.2 0 1 1
3 Yrs -28.2 -2.7 1157 -3.7 17.0 -20.7 .92 -2.8 -1.2 -34.7 -3.2 0.93 -32.1 2 9 17

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1961 22 KCA AL 40 23 11 10 2 5 3 12 11 .522 0 1 6 2 10 43% 48.9 83 21 27 15 7 9 5.5 6.0 6.4
1962 23 KCA AL 22 10 1 5 4 0 2 3 7 .300 1 3 0 0 3 30% 39.1 62 24 13 7 3 6 4.7 4.7 5.1
1963 24 KCA AL 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 23.0 23 23 2 0 0 1 6.2 0.7
3 Yrs 65 34 12 15 7 5 5 16 18 .471 1 5 6 2 13 38% 45 83 21 42 22 10 16 5.3 5.7 5.9
MLB Averages .500 52% 52 115 -14 4.3 4.2 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1961 22 KCA AL 40 17 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 56% 7 .894 1 3 12 2 1 14 6 11 7 3 9 6 4.1
1962 23 KCA AL 22 12 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 4 36% 1.023 1 5 4 2 1 7 6 4 7 3 7 4 6.0
1963 24 KCA AL 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 .692 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 10.5
3 Yrs 65 31 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 21 10 48% .926 2 9 17 4 2 23 13 16 16 6 18 10 5.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1961 22 KCA AL 743 64% 2.4% 10.6% 11.7% 6.3% 27% 0.89 80% 169 17 10%
1962 23 KCA AL 358 61% 2.1% 9.8% 13.7% 9.2% 32% 1.03 79% 61 3 5%
1963 24 KCA AL 44 59% 4.6% 9.1% 20.5% 18.2% 73% 0.50 64% 10 0 0%
3 Yrs 1145 62% 2.4% 10.3% 12.7% 7.7% 31% 0.91 79% 240 20 8%
MLB Averages 49% 2.4% 14.4% 8.6% 6.5% 29% 1.05 73% 10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1961 22 KCA AL 699 164 17 0 14 11 6 7 10 37 24 6 65% 11 5 2 284 6 5 55% 6 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 13 44
1962 23 KCA AL 336 96 7 0 8 4 3 5 2 20 10 1 50% 1 5 2 150 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 22
1963 24 KCA AL 44 11 2 0 6 1 1 1 1 7 4 1 57% 2 0 0 18 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
3 Yrs 1079 271 26 0 28 16 10 13 13 64 38 8 59% 14 10 4 452 13 5 72% 13 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 26 66
MLB Averages 51% 63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1961 22 11 11 .500 4.69 40 23 9 6 2 0 170.2 164 98 89 17 82 0 74 4 0 5 744 89 1.441 8.6 0.9 4.3 3.9 0.90 89
1962 23 13 17 .433 5.12 62 33 13 6 2 0 246.0 260 153 140 24 128 2 107 4 0 10 1102 82 1.577 9.5 0.9 4.7 3.9 0.84 82
1963 24 13 17 .433 5.32 65 34 13 6 2 0 253.2 271 164 150 26 137 2 111 4 0 10 1146 78 1.608 9.6 0.9 4.9 3.9 0.81 78

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1961 22 8 10 .444 4.53 167.0 159 93 84 16 80 72 4 1.431 8.6 4.3 3.9 0.90 0.9 40
1962 23 3 5 .375 5.92 73.0 93 53 48 7 45 32 0 1.890 11.5 5.5 3.9 0.71 0.9 22
1963 24 0 0 11.25 8.0 11 11 10 2 9 4 0 2.500 12.4 10.1 4.5 0.44 2.3 3
3 Yrs 11 15 .423 5.15 248.0 263 157 142 25 134 108 4 1.601 9.5 3.9 0.81 0.9 65

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