Johnny Bassler

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-9, 170lb (175cm, 77kg)

Born: June 3, 1895 in Lancaster, PA us

Died: June 29, 1979 in Santa Monica, CA

Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, CA

Debut: July 11, 1913 (Age 18-038d, 3,945th in major league history)
vs. PHA 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1927 (Age 32-119d)
vs. CHW 5 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1921 season

Full Name: John Landis Bassler

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

21.0

2319

704

.304

250

RBI

319

OBP

.416

SLG

.361

OPS

.778

OPS+

104

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	32-32 / in Starts: 30-26
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	15 games
Most Games w/o HR	64 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 228 PAs	25
Actual Runners on Base	139 (65-41-33) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 228 PAs	25
Avg. Runners on Base	151 (75-47-28)

Most Driven In
H Heilmann	7
F O'Rourke	5
J Warner	3
C Gehringer	3
J Tavener	2
L Blue	2
H Manush	1
T Cobb	1

Most Driven In By
L Blue	4
E Whitehill	2
J Neun	2
C Gehringer	2
T Cobb	2
H Manush	1
A Wingo	1
B Fothergill	1

1926 Batting Game Log

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1926 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	665	1	Apr 13	DET		CLE	L,1-2	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	8	1.85	0.022	4.77	0.03%	0.53	C
2	666	3 (1)	Apr 17	DET		SLB	W,5-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	8	.46	-0.036	1.13	-0.05%	-0.81	C
3	667	4	Apr 18	DET		SLB	W,7-3	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.400	.333	.733	8	.59	0.075	1.57	0.12%	1.06	C
4	668	5	Apr 19	DET		SLB	L,1-4	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.385	.273	.657	8	1.47	-0.018	4.13	-0.03%	-0.35	C
5	669	6	Apr 20	DET		SLB	W,5-4	CG	5	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.357	.500	.357	.857	8	2.49	0.481	6.65	0.77%	1.94	C
6	670	8 (1)	Apr 23	DET	@	CLE	L,3-5	GS-8	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.545	.438	.983	8	1.27	0.042	3.65	0.07%	0.33	C
7	671	9	Apr 24	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS-9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.538	.450	.988	8	1.74	0.061	4.69	0.10%	-0.52	C
8	672	10	Apr 25	DET		CHW	L,2-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.381	.519	.429	.947	9	1.13	-0.030	2.48	-0.04%	-0.25	PH
9	673	11	Apr 26	DET		CHW	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.467	.375	.842	8	1.28	-0.108	2.66	-0.13%	-0.76	C
10	674	12	Apr 27	DET		CHW	W,8-7	CG	4	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.346	.500	.423	.923	8	.60	0.100	1.05	0.11%	1.44	C
11	675	13	Apr 28	DET		CHW	L,5-9	CG	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.321	.513	.393	.906	8	.76	-0.015	1.51	-0.02%	0.25	C
12	676	15 (1)	Apr 30	DET	@	SLB	W,7-6	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.355	.535	.419	.954	8	1.37	0.071	1.87	0.06%	1.14	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	677	16	May 1	DET	@	SLB	W,11-2	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.353	.532	.412	.944	8	.38	-0.037	.58	-0.03%	1.24	C
14	678	17	May 2	DET	@	SLB	L,6-9	CG	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.371	.551	.429	.980	8	1.65	0.056	2.67	0.05%	0.47	C
15	679	18	May 3	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.385	.547	.436	.983	8	.96	-0.005	1.77	-0.01%	0.12	C
16	680	19	May 4	DET	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.366	.544	.415	.958	8	1.48	-0.019	2.86	-0.02%	0.17	C
17	681	20	May 5	DET	@	CHW	W,14-7	CG	5	4	3	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.565	.444	1.009	8	1.01	0.155	1.82	0.17%	1.52	C
18	682	21	May 7	DET	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.380	.537	.420	.957	8	2.30	-0.243	4.96	-0.32%	-1.25	C
19	683	22	May 8	DET	@	NYY	W,7-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.377	.535	.415	.950	8	.59	0.081	1.10	0.09%	1.11	C
20	684	23	May 9	DET	@	NYY	W,14-10	CG	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.539	.400	.939	8	1.02	0.023	2.07	0.03%	-0.18	C
21	685	25 (1)	May 12	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.351	.532	.386	.918	8	1.79	-0.026	3.18	-0.03%	-0.03	C
22	686	26	May 13	DET	@	BOS	W,13-10	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.350	.536	.383	.919	8	.78	0.061	1.26	0.06%	0.57	C
23	687	27	May 14	DET	@	BOS	W,8-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.359	.534	.391	.925	8	.85	0.025	1.46	0.03%	0.39	C
24	688	29 (1)	May 16	DET		BOS	W,6-5	CG(11)	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0	0	.353	.527	.382	.909	8						C
25	689	30	May 17	DET	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.338	.510	.366	.877	8	.41	-0.034	.85	-0.04%	-0.83	C
26	690	31	May 18	DET	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.338	.505	.365	.870	8	.84	0.002	1.65	0.00%	-0.35	C
27	691	32	May 19	DET	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.346	.505	.372	.877	8	.51	-0.017	1.15	-0.02%	0.00	C
28	692	33	May 20	DET	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0				0	0	.338	.505	.363	.867	8						C
29	693	34	May 21	DET	@	WSH	L,10-13	GS-2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.338	.509	.363	.872	8	1.10	0.023	2.64	0.03%	0.24	C
30	694	35	May 22	DET	@	WSH	T,6-6	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.325	.500	.349	.849	8	.94	-0.047	2.03	-0.06%	-0.67	C
31	695	36	May 23	DET		SLB	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.314	.487	.337	.824	8	.65	-0.054	1.22	-0.06%	-0.70	C
32	696	37	May 24	DET		CHW	L,4-10	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.315	.483	.337	.820	8	.95	-0.023	2.13	-0.03%	-0.21	C
33	697	38	May 25	DET		CHW	W,9-2	CG	5	5	0	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.340	.496	.383	.879	8	.51	0.145	1.02	0.17%	2.24	C
34	698	39	May 26	DET	@	CLE	W,7-6	GS-6	3	2	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.354	.508	.406	.914	8	1.15	0.189	2.50	0.25%	2.09	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
35	699	102 (62)	Jul 30	DET		BOS	L,3-4	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.354	.504	.404	.908	8						C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	700	104 (1)	Aug 2 (1)	DET		PHA	L,0-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.343	.492	.392	.885	8	.96	-0.076	.13	-0.01%	-1.17	C
37	701	106 (1)	Aug 3	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.349	.493	.396	.889	8	1.83	0.351	.11	0.01%	0.75	C
38	702	107	Aug 4 (1)	DET		WSH	W,5-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.345	.486	.391	.877	8	.69	-0.051	.08	0.00%	-0.27	C
39	703	108	Aug 4 (2)	DET		WSH	L,7-11	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.345	.489	.391	.880	8	1.77	0.080	.17	0.01%	0.39	PH
40	704	109	Aug 5	DET		WSH	W,6-4	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.345	.490	.398	.888	8	.88	-0.025	.07	0.00%	-0.05	C
41	705	110	Aug 6	DET		WSH	L,8-12	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.339	.483	.391	.874	8	.67	-0.034	.07	0.00%	-0.35	PH C
42	706	112 (1)	Aug 8	DET		NYY	W,8-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.336	.477	.387	.863	8	.52	-0.004	.05	0.00%	-1.04	C
43	707	113	Aug 9	DET		NYY	L,8-9	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.328	.471	.377	.848	8	.90	-0.102	.14	-0.01%	-1.19	C
44	708	114	Aug 10	DET		NYY	W,5-3	5-GF(7)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.325	.471	.374	.845	8	.90	-0.026	.05	0.00%	-0.06	C
45	709	116 (1)	Aug 12	DET	@	SLB	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.323	.466	.378	.844	8	.96	0.043	.11	0.00%	0.07	C
46	710	117	Aug 14	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	4	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.331	.473	.392	.865	8	1.04	0.093	.07	0.00%	0.87	C
47	711	119 (1)	Aug 16	DET		CHW	T,0-0	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.328	.470	.389	.859	8	1.45	-0.038	.22	0.00%	-0.11	C
48	712	120	Aug 19	DET	@	PHA	L,1-9	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.323	.467	.383	.851	8	.65	0.008	.15	0.00%	-0.02	C
49	713	121	Aug 20 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.314	.457	.372	.829	8	1.01	-0.150	.15	-0.01%	-1.54	C
50	714	122	Aug 20 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,5-4	3-GF	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.309	.455	.367	.821	8	.68	-0.011	.15	0.00%	-0.17	C
51	715	125 (2)	Aug 25 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	1				0	0	.305	.453	.362	.814	8						C
52	716	126	Aug 27	DET	@	NYY	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.448	.357	.804	8	1.16	-0.108	.67	-0.04%	-0.92	C
53	717	127	Aug 28	DET	@	NYY	W,8-4	GS-8	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.454	.374	.828	8	.73	0.149	.19	0.02%	1.23	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
54	718	133 (5)	Sep 2	DET		SLB	W,6-3	CG	4	3	1	3	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.327	.466	.387	.852	8	1.59	0.304	.03	0.00%	3.15	C
55	719	134	Sep 3	DET	@	CLE	L,1-9	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.322	.464	.382	.845	8	.57	-0.043	.02	0.00%	-0.16	C
56	720	135	Sep 5 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,7-8	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.323	.464	.381	.845	8	1.14	0.025	.00	0.00%	0.39	C
57	721	137 (1)	Sep 6 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS-9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.321	.467	.378	.846	8	.79	0.028	.00	0.00%	0.23	C
58	722	139 (1)	Sep 7	DET	@	CHW	L,2-4	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.465	.373	.839	8	.82	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.04	C
59	723	143 (3)	Sep 13 (1)	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.319	.466	.375	.841	8	.70	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.12	C
60	724	145 (1)	Sep 15 (1)	DET		WSH	W,2-1	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.315	.464	.370	.834	8	1.48	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.31	C
61	725	146	Sep 15 (2)	DET		WSH	L,5-9	0-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	1				0	0	.313	.462	.368	.830	9						C
62	726	147	Sep 16 (1)	DET		WSH	L,2-3	GS-7	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.319	.464	.380	.844	8	.97	0.068	.00	0.00%	0.65	C
63	727	148	Sep 16 (2)	DET		WSH	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0	0	.314	.460	.373	.833	8						C
64	728	149	Sep 17	DET		WSH	L,4-5	GS-10	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.454	.366	.820	8	1.64	-0.153	.00	0.00%	-2.00	C
65	729	152 (2)	Sep 20 (1)	DET		PHA	L,0-8	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.306	.452	.364	.816	9	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.11	PH
66	730	154 (1)	Sep 21	DET		PHA	L,2-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.305	.450	.362	.812	8	5.13	-0.149	.00	0.00%	-0.34	C
							32-32		228	174	20	53	8	1	0	25	45	2	6	1	4		0		0	0	.305	.450	.362	.812		1.07	1.051	1.40	1.21%	7.74

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