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Buddy Hassett

John Aloysius Hassett

Positions: First Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 5, 1911 in New York, NY
School: Manhattan College (New York, NY)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1936
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Bees/Yankees/Braves 1936-1942

Final Game: September 27, 1942
Died: August 23, 1997 in Westwood, NJ
Buried: Garden of Memories, Washington, NJ
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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 Awards
1936 24 BRO NL 156 683 635 79 197 29 11 3 82 5 35 17 .310 .350 .405 .755 102 257 9 4 9 *3
1937 25 BRO NL 137 595 556 71 169 31 6 1 53 13 20 19 .304 .334 .387 .721 94 215 13 5 14 *3/O879
1938 26 BRO NL 115 376 335 49 98 11 6 0 40 3 32 19 .293 .356 .361 .717 95 121 9 1 8 7O/39
1939 27 BSN NL 147 638 590 72 182 15 3 2 60 13 29 14 .308 .342 .354 .696 94 209 10 1 18 *3O9 MVP-25
1940 28 BSN NL 124 485 458 59 107 19 4 0 27 4 25 16 .234 .273 .293 .566 61 134 14 0 2 3O9
1941 29 BSN NL 118 449 405 59 120 9 4 1 33 10 36 15 .296 .354 .346 .699 103 140 6 0 8 3
1942 30 NYY AL 132 581 538 80 153 16 6 5 48 5 5 32 16 .284 .325 .364 .689 95 196 6 0 11 *3
7 Yrs 929 3807 3517 469 1026 130 40 12 343 53 5 209 116 .292 .333 .362 .695 93 1272 67 11 70
162 Game Avg. 162 664 613 82 179 23 7 2 60 9 36 20 .292 .333 .362 .695 93 222 12 2 12
BSN (3 yrs) 389 1572 1453 190 409 43 11 3 120 27 90 45 .281 .324 .332 .656 86 483 30 1 28
BRO (3 yrs) 408 1654 1526 199 464 71 23 4 175 21 87 55 .304 .346 .389 .734 98 593 31 10 31
NYY (1 yr) 132 581 538 80 153 16 6 5 48 5 5 32 16 .284 .325 .364 .689 95 196 6 0 11
NL (6 yrs) 797 3226 2979 389 873 114 34 7 295 48 177 100 .293 .335 .361 .696 92 1076 61 11 59
AL (1 yr) 132 581 538 80 153 16 6 5 48 5 5 32 16 .284 .325 .364 .689 95 196 6 0 11

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1936 24 BRO NL 156 683 3 -0 0 8 -7 3 0.3 19 22 2.2 .502 .502 1.3 0.1 14 $ *3
1937 25 BRO NL 137 595 -3 -0 0 5 -6 -5 -0.6 17 12 1.1 .496 .497 0.6 -0.2 7 $ *3/O879
1938 26 BRO NL 115 376 -1 -0 0 0 -4 -5 -0.7 11 6 0.4 .495 .497 0.5 -0.5 6 $ 7O/39
1939 27 BSN NL 147 638 -2 -1 0 3 -7 -7 -0.9 18 11 0.9 .495 .495 0.7 -0.5 8 $ *3O9 MVP-25
1940 28 BSN NL 124 485 -21 -0 0 0 -5 -27 -3.0 17 -10 -1.3 .477 .482 -1.3 -0.6 -10 $ 3O9
1941 29 BSN NL 118 449 3 -1 0 2 -5 -0 -0.1 16 15 1.4 .500 .500 1.2 -0.3 13 $ 3
1942 30 NYY AL 132 581 -3 -0 0 7 -6 -3 -0.2 12 10 1.0 .498 .498 0.2 0.1 3 $ *3
7 Seasons 929 3807 -25 -4 0 25 -40 -44 -5.2 110 67 5.7 .495 .496 3.2 -1.8 42 $
BSN (3 yrs) 389 1572 -20 -2 0 5 -17 -34 -4.0 51 17 1.0 .491 .492 0.6 -1.4 12 $
BRO (3 yrs) 408 1654 -2 -1 0 13 -17 -7 -1.0 47 40 3.7 .498 .498 2.4 -0.6 27 $
NYY (1 yr) 132 581 -3 -0 0 7 -6 -3 -0.2 12 10 1.0 .498 .498 0.2 0.1 3 $

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
1936 24 BRO NL 683 456 89 5.2 104 .315 .310 .287 .350 .346 .405 .402 .755 .748 102 .551 0.4 0.0 .673 .157 .094 3.8
1937 25 BRO NL 595 414 71 4.6 102 .313 .304 .281 .334 .343 .387 .399 .721 .742 94 .507 -5.2 -0.5 .633 .142 .083 1.9
1938 26 BRO NL 376 254 43 4.5 101 .310 .293 .278 .356 .343 .361 .396 .717 .739 95 .514 -2.0 -0.2 .638 .173 .069 .0
1939 27 BSN NL 638 436 71 4.3 96 .314 .308 .270 .342 .335 .354 .386 .696 .721 94 .477 -4.8 -0.5 .603 .117 .046 3.5
1940 28 BSN NL 485 367 37 2.7 92 .242 .234 .263 .273 .327 .293 .379 .566 .706 61 .296 -24.0 -2.5 .447 .122 .059 .0
1941 29 BSN NL 449 299 50 4.5 89 .306 .296 .259 .354 .328 .346 .364 .699 .692 103 .535 1.8 0.2 .639 .163 .049 1.8
1942 30 NYY AL 581 407 63 4.2 93 .286 .284 .263 .325 .337 .364 .369 .689 .706 95 .504 -5.7 -0.6 .576 .139 .080 5.0
7 Yrs 3807 2633 424 4.3 97 .299 .292 .273 .333 .337 .362 .386 .695 .723 93 .490 -39.6 -4.0 .601 .143 .070 19.6
162 Game Avg. 664 459 74 4.3 97 .299 .292 .273 .333 .337 .362 .386 .695 .723 93 .490 -39.6 -4.0 .601 .143 .070 3
BSN (3 yrs) 1572 1102 158 3.8 93 .289 .281 .265 .324 .330 .332 .378 .656 .708 86 .440 -27.0 -2.8 .560 .131 .051 5.4
BRO (3 yrs) 1654 1124 203 4.8 103 .314 .304 .283 .346 .344 .389 .400 .734 .744 98 .527 -6.9 -0.7 .651 .155 .085 6.7
NYY (1 yr) 581 407 63 4.2 93 .286 .284 .263 .325 .337 .364 .369 .689 .706 95 .504 -5.7 -0.6 .576 .139 .080 5.0
NL (6 yrs) 3226 2226 361 4.3 98 .302 .293 .274 .335 .338 .361 .389 .696 .726 92 .487 -33.9 -3.4 .605 .144 .068 12.2
AL (1 yr) 581 407 63 4.2 93 .286 .284 .263 .325 .337 .364 .369 .689 .706 95 .504 -5.7 -0.6 .576 .139 .080 5.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1942 30 NYY AL WS STL L 3 9 9 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .444 .778 4 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 9 9 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .444 .778 4 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1936 24 BRO NL 683 0.4% 2.5% 5.1% 6.3% 22% 0.49 37.4 211.7 7.7 90%
1937 25 BRO NL 595 0.2% 3.2% 3.4% 6.4% 23% 0.95 29.3 556.0 10.5 90%
1938 26 BRO NL 376 0.0% 5.1% 8.5% 4.5% 17% 0.59 17.6 8.4 84%
1939 27 BSN NL 638 0.3% 2.2% 4.6% 3.1% 11% 0.48 42.1 295.0 9.8 90%
1940 28 BSN NL 485 0.0% 3.3% 5.2% 4.7% 22% 0.64 28.6 17.0 91%
1941 29 BSN NL 449 0.2% 3.3% 8.0% 3.1% 12% 0.42 27.0 405.0 12.3 87%
1942 30 NYY AL 581 0.9% 2.8% 5.5% 4.7% 18% 0.50 33.6 107.6 11.2 89%
7 Yrs 3807 0.3% 3.1% 5.5% 4.8% 18% 0.56 30.3 293.1 10.3 89%
MLB Averages 1.4% 9.0% 8.9% 6.6% 27% 1.01 9.9 61.8 7.9 79%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1936 24 156 683 635 79 197 29 11 3 82 5 35 17 .310 .350 .405 .755 102 257 9 4 9
1937 25 293 1278 1191 150 366 60 17 4 135 18 55 36 .307 .343 .396 .739 98 472 22 9 23
1938 26 408 1654 1526 199 464 71 23 4 175 21 87 55 .304 .346 .389 .734 98 593 31 10 31
1939 27 555 2292 2116 271 646 86 26 6 235 34 116 69 .305 .345 .379 .724 97 802 41 11 49
1940 28 679 2777 2574 330 753 105 30 6 262 38 141 85 .293 .332 .364 .696 90 936 55 11 51
1941 29 797 3226 2979 389 873 114 34 7 295 48 177 100 .293 .335 .361 .696 92 1076 61 11 59
1942 30 929 3807 3517 469 1026 130 40 12 343 53 5 209 116 .292 .333 .362 .695 93 1272 67 11 70

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1936 24 163 703 655 77 197 29 11 3 80 5 35 18 .301 .340 .392 .732 87 156
1937 25 144 622 581 72 174 32 6 1 54 13 21 20 .299 .329 .380 .710 72 137
1938 26 122 395 353 51 102 11 6 0 42 3 33 20 .289 .351 .354 .706 44 115
1939 27 155 682 630 82 201 17 3 2 68 14 32 15 .319 .353 .365 .718 81 147
1940 28 130 517 487 68 118 21 4 0 31 4 28 17 .242 .283 .302 .585 42 124
1941 29 123 477 429 68 133 10 4 1 38 11 40 16 .310 .369 .359 .728 57 118
1942 30 140 622 575 89 167 17 7 5 54 5 35 17 .290 .331 .370 .702 71 132
7 Yrs 977 4018 3710 507 1092 137 41 12 367 55 224 123 .294 .336 .363 .699 454 929
162 Game Avg. 162 666 615 84 181 23 7 2 61 9 37 20 .294 .336 .363 .699 75 929

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1939 NL (25, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

Games Played s c a p y
1936 NL  156 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
1936 NL  635 (5th)
1939 NL  590 (9th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1936 NL  683 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1936 NL  197 (6th)
1937 NL  169 (9th)
1939 NL  182 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1937 NL  31 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
1936 NL  11 (7th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1937 NL  13 (3rd)
1939 NL  13 (5th)
1941 NL  10 (8th)

Singles s c a p y
1936 NL  154 (3rd)
1937 NL  131 (10th)
1939 NL  162 (1st)
1942 AL  126 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1937 NL  5 (4th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1937 NL  14 (3rd)
1939 NL  18 (7th)
1942 AL  11 (9th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1936 NL  37.4 (2nd)
1937 NL  29.3 (3rd)
1939 NL  42.1 (2nd)
1940 NL  28.6 (5th)
1941 NL  27.0 (9th)
1942 AL  33.6 (5th)
Career  30.3 (22nd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1936 NL  456 (5th)
1939 NL  436 (8th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 21 (996), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1326), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1691), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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