Randy Bass

Randy William Bass

Positions: First Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: March 13, 1954 in Lawton, OK
High School: Lawton (Lawton, OK)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 7th round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1977
Teams (by GP): Padres/Rangers/Twins/Royals/Expos 1977-1982
Agents: Alan Meersand [*]
Final Game: June 7, 1982
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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
1972	18	-min	Rk	59	199	199		61	15	0	10						.307	.307	.533	.839		106						MBT · FECR
1973	19	MIN-min	A	114	483	388	83	112	23	1	21	86	1	0	95	101	.289	.429	.515	.944		200						WRA · MIDW
1974	20	MIN-min	A	133	567	461	89	118	17	1	30	112	1	1	96	105	.256	.386	.492	.879		227	12	5	0	5	7	LBG · CARL
1975	21	MIN-min	AAA	120	482	397	64	102	14	5	18	80	0	0	73	89	.257	.380	.453	.833		180		8	0	4		TAC · PCL
1976	22	MIN-min	AAA	141	567	451	73	126	15	3	21	76	3	0	107	91	.279	.417	.466	.883		210		3	1	5		TAC · PCL
1977	23	MIN-min	AAA	134	578	455	79	146	26	4	25	117	1	0	114	73	.321	.456	.560	1.016		255		3	1	5		TAC · PCL
1977	23	MIN	AL	9	19	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.105	.105	.105	.211	-42	2	0	0	0	0	0	/D
1978	24	KCR-min	AAA	127	528	423	78	118	26	0	22	78	1	3	100	99	.279	.417	.496	.913		210		2	0	3		OMA · AA
1978	24	KCR	AL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	25	WSN-min	AAA	122	530	421	91	140	28	1	36	105	2	0	97	67	.333	.454	.660	1.114		278		3	1	8		DEN · AA
1979	25	MON	NL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/3
1980	26	WSN-min	AAA	123	549	450	106	150	25	2	37	143	3	2	85	64	.333	.437	.644	1.082		290		5	0	9		DEN · AA
1980	26	SDP	NL	19	57	49	5	14	0	1	3	8	0	0	7	7	.286	.386	.510	.896	156	25	0	1	0	0	1	3
1981	27	SDP	NL	69	201	176	13	37	4	1	4	20	0	1	20	28	.210	.293	.313	.605	78	55	7	1	3	1	1	3
1982	28	TEX-min	AAA	68	268	214	43	62	10	1	18	45	0	1	49	47	.290	.429	.598	1.027		128		4	0	1	4	DEN · AA
1982	28	TOT	MLB	29	86	78	6	16	2	0	2	14	0	0	3	11	.205	.244	.308	.552	55	24	1	2	0	3	0	3/D
1982	28	SDP	NL	13	34	30	1	6	0	0	1	8	0	0	2	4	.200	.265	.300	.565	61	9	0	1	0	1	0	/3
1982	28	TEX	AL	16	52	48	5	10	2	0	1	6	0	0	1	7	.208	.231	.313	.543	51	15	1	1	0	2	0	/D3
6 Seasons				130	366	325	24	69	6	2	9	42	0	1	30	51	.212	.284	.326	.610	76	106	8	4	3	4	2
162 Game Avg.				162	456	405	30	86	7	2	11	52	0	1	37	64	.212	.284	.326	.610	76	132	10	5	4	5	2

SDP (3 yrs)				101	292	255	19	57	4	2	8	36	0	1	29	39	.224	.308	.349	.657	91	89	7	3	3	2	2
KCR (1 yr)				2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
MIN (1 yr)				9	19	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.105	.105	.105	.211	-42	2	0	0	0	0	0
TEX (1 yr)				16	52	48	5	10	2	0	1	6	0	0	1	7	.208	.231	.313	.543	51	15	1	1	0	2	0
MON (1 yr)				2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (4 yrs)				103	293	256	19	57	4	2	8	36	0	1	29	39	.223	.307	.348	.655	90	89	7	3	3	2	2
AL (3 yrs)				27	73	69	5	12	2	0	1	6	0	0	1	12	.174	.192	.246	.438	21	17	1	1	0	2	0

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1977	23	MIN	AL	19	-4	0	0	0	0	-1	1	-4	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$	/D
1978	24	KCR	AL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
1979	25	MON	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/3
1980	26	SDP	NL	57	3	-2	0	0	-1	-1	2	1	0.1	2	0.2	-0.1	$	3
1981	27	SDP	NL	201	-5	-1	0	-1	-1	-3	6	-5	-0.6	-4	-0.4	-0.2	$	3
1982	28	SDP	NL	34	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/3
1982	28	TEX	AL	52	-3	0	0	0	-1	-1	2	-3	-0.4	-2	-0.2	-0.2	$	/D3
6 Seasons				366	-11	-4	0	-1	-2	-6	12	-13	-1.6	-10	-1.0	-0.6	$

SDP (3 yrs)				292	-3	-4	0	-1	-2	-4	9	-5	-0.6	-3	-0.3	-0.3	$
KCR (1 yr)				2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
MIN (1 yr)				19	-4	0	0	0	0	-1	1	-4	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$
TEX (1 yr)				52	-3	0	0	0	-1	-1	2	-3	-0.4	-2	-0.2	-0.2	$
MON (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

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
1977	23	MIN	AL	19	17	0	0.0	99	.143	.105	.265	.105	.329	.105	.403	.211	.732	-42	.000	-3.8	-0.4	.118	.000	.000
1978	24	KCR	AL	2	2	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.264	.000	.330	.000	.390	.000	.720	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1979	25	MON	NL	1	1	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.268	.000	.333	.000	.397	.000	.730	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1980	26	SDP	NL	57	35	10	7.7	90	.282	.286	.260	.386	.321	.510	.377	.896	.698	156	.750	3.6	0.4	.943	.367	.224	.0
1981	27	SDP	NL	201	151	15	2.7	86	.228	.210	.254	.293	.318	.313	.364	.605	.683	78	.314	-4.9	-0.5	.510	.210	.102	.0
1982	28	TOT	MLB	86	66	7	2.9	93	.206	.205	.259	.244	.322	.308	.388	.552	.710	55	.308	-4.6	-0.5	.460	.141	.103	.0
1982	28	SDP	NL	34	25	3	3.2	91	.192	.200	.261	.265	.323	.300	.379	.565	.702	61	.382	-1.5	-0.2	.500	.167	.100	.0
1982	28	TEX	AL	52	41	4	2.6	94	.214	.208	.258	.231	.321	.313	.394	.543	.715	51	.264	-3.1	-0.3	.436	.125	.104	.0
6 Seasons				366	272	32	3.2	89	.223	.212	.257	.284	.320	.326	.374	.610	.695	76	.371	-10.6	-1.1	.525	.203	.114	.0
162 Game Avg.				456	339	40	3.2	89	.223	.212	.257	.284	.320	.326	.374	.610	.695	76	.371	-10.6	-1.1	.525	.203	.114

SDP (3 yrs)				292	211	28	3.6	87	.233	.224	.256	.308	.319	.349	.368	.657	.688	91	.434	-2.9	-0.3	.583	.235	.125	.0
KCR (1 yr)				2	2	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.264	.000	.330	.000	.390	.000	.720	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
MIN (1 yr)				19	17	0	0.0	99	.143	.105	.265	.105	.329	.105	.403	.211	.732	-42	.000	-3.8	-0.4	.118	.000	.000
TEX (1 yr)				52	41	4	2.6	94	.214	.208	.258	.231	.321	.313	.394	.543	.715	51	.264	-3.1	-0.3	.436	.125	.104	.0
MON (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.268	.000	.333	.000	.397	.000	.730	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

NL (4 yrs)				293	212	28	3.6	88	.232	.223	.256	.307	.320	.348	.369	.655	.688	90	.432	-3.2	-0.4	.580	.234	.125	.0
AL (3 yrs)				73	60	4	1.8	96	.190	.174	.260	.192	.324	.246	.396	.438	.720	21	.151	-7.4	-0.8	.328	.087	.072	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1977	23	MIN	AL	19	0.0%	26.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.8			1.20	74%
1978	24	KCR	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
1979	25	MON	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
1980	26	SDP	NL	57	5.3%	12.3%	12.3%	7.0%	29%	1.00	7.0	16.3	6.1	0.61	68%
1981	27	SDP	NL	201	2.0%	13.9%	10.0%	4.5%	24%	1.40	6.3	44.0	8.8	1.00	72%
1982	28	TOT	MLB	86	2.3%	12.8%	3.5%	4.7%	25%	3.67	7.1	39.0	5.6	0.96	79%
1982	28	SDP	NL	34	2.9%	11.8%	5.9%	2.9%	17%	2.00	7.5	30.0	3.8	0.91	76%
1982	28	TEX	AL	52	1.9%	13.5%	1.9%	5.8%	30%	7.00	6.9	48.0	8.0	1.00	81%
6 Seasons				366	2.5%	13.9%	8.2%	4.6%	25%	1.70	6.4	36.1	7.7	0.96	74%
MLB Averages					2.0%	12.8%	8.4%	6.6%	28%	1.53	7.0	44.4	8.5	1.10	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1977	23	MIN	AL	-3.8	-0.4	19	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	1.05	-0.3	0.1	-2.7	-0.3	0.97	-3.0	1.37	4
1978	24	KCR	AL	-0.5	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.70	-0.1	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.50	-0.5	0.70	2
1979	25	MON	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.00	0.0		-0.2	-0.0	0.74	-0.3	0.00	1
1980	26	SDP	NL	3.6	0.4	57	0.1	1.2	-1.1	1.04	0.6	-0.5	4.6	0.5	0.96	6.5	1.43	3
1981	27	SDP	NL	-4.9	-0.5	202	-0.4	3.8	-4.3	1.18	-0.4	0.0	-2.3	-0.3	0.96	-4.9	1.94	19
1982	28	TOT	MLB	-4.6	-0.5	87	-0.1	1.3	-1.4	1.04	-0.4	0.2	-1.4	-0.1	1.01	-4.2	1.41	5
1982	28	SDP	NL	-1.5	-0.2	34	0.2	0.7	-0.5	1.04	-0.1	0.2	1.9	0.2	1.03	-0.6	1.08	4
1982	28	TEX	AL	-3.1	-0.3	53	-0.3	0.6	-0.9	1.04	-0.3	0.0	-3.3	-0.3	1.00	-3.6	2.74	1
6 Seasons				-10.6	-1.1	368	-0.7	6.4	-7.2	1.12	-0.5	-0.1	-2.4	-0.2	0.97	-6.5	1.62	34

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1977	23	MIN	AL	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	24	KCR	AL	0		0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	25	MON	NL	0		0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	26	SDP	NL	0	11%	19	0		0	3	0	33%	4	3	1	0	0	2	0	1
1981	27	SDP	NL	2	17%	48	1	0%	1	0	1	30%	4	4	0	1	1	5	2	3
1982	28	TOT	MLB	0	21%	22	0		0	2	1	33%	3	3	0	1	0	2	0	2
1982	28	SDP	NL	0	0%	4	0		0	2	0	0%	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
1982	28	TEX	AL	0	36%	18	0		0	0	1	50%	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	2
6 Seasons				2	16%	89	1	0%	1	5	2	32%	11	10	1	2	1	9	2	6

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
1977	23	MIN	AL	19	100%	2			4	0	0	0	1.37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	2	2	100%	10	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1978	24	KCR	AL	2	100%	0			2	0	0	0	0.70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1979	25	MON	NL	1	100%	0			1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1980	26	SDP	NL	57	79%	14			3	0	0	0	1.43	3	0	2	3	0	2	1	0	0	0		8	0	0%	2	0	0%	40	6	15%	4	1	25%	2	1	50%	0
1981	27	SDP	NL	201	75%	37			19	5	0	2	1.94	4	1	5	4	0	1	3	0	3	3	100%	34	7	21%	17	9	53%	125	17	14%	8	3	38%	6	3	50%	0
1982	28	TOT	MLB	86	92%	16			5	1	0	3	1.41	2	0	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		20	1	5%	9	6	67%	65	12	18%	7	5	71%	6	3	50%	0
1982	28	SDP	NL	34	85%	6			4	1	0	1	1.08	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		8	0	0%	4	3	75%	25	7	28%	4	3	75%	4	2	50%	0
1982	28	TEX	AL	52	96%	10			1	0	0	2	2.74	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		12	1	8%	5	3	60%	40	5	13%	3	2	67%	2	1	50%	0
6 Seasons				366	81%	69			34	6	0	5	1.62	9	1	10	9	0	3	6	0	3	3	100%	67	8	12%	30	17	57%	241	35	15%	19	9	47%	15	8	53%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			80%			11%			36%			15%			51%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1977	23	9	19	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.105	.105	.105	.211	-42	2	0	0	0	0	0
1978	24	11	21	21	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.095	.095	.095	.190	-47	2	0	0	0	0	0
1979	25	13	22	22	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.091	.091	.091	.182	-50	2	0	0	0	0	0
1980	26	32	79	71	5	16	0	1	3	8	0	7	12	.225	.304	.380	.684	93	27	0	1	0	0	1
1981	27	101	280	247	18	53	4	2	7	28	1	27	40	.215	.296	.332	.628	82	82	7	2	3	1	2
1982	28	130	366	325	24	69	6	2	9	42	1	30	51	.212	.284	.326	.610	76	106	8	4	3	4	2

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1977	23	9	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	9
1978	24	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1979	25	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1980	26	19	59	50	6	15	0	1	3	9	8	7	.300	.407	.520	.927	11	19
1981	27	104	310	272	23	62	7	2	7	36	34	42	.228	.316	.346	.662	29	69
1982	28	29	87	79	6	17	2	0	2	15	3	11	.215	.253	.316	.569	6	29
6 Seasons		165	478	423	35	94	9	3	12	60	45	65	.222	.301	.343	.644	46	130
162 Game Avg.		162	469	415	34	92	9	3	12	59	44	64	.222	.301	.343	.644	45	130

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