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Buddy Hassett
John Aloysius Hassett
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 5, 1911 in New York, NY
Schools: Manhattan College (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1936
Final Game: September 27, 1942
Died: August 23, 1997 in Westwood, NJ
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Standard Batting

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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/O
1938 26 BRO NL 115 376 335 49 98 11 6 0 40 3 32 19 .293 .356 .361 .717 96 121 9 1 8 O/3
1939 27 BSN NL 147 638 590 72 182 15 3 2 60 13 29 14 .308 .342 .354 .696 93 209 10 1 18 *3O MVP-25
1940 28 BSN NL 124 485 458 59 107 19 4 0 27 4 25 16 .234 .273 .293 .566 59 134 14 0 2 3O
1941 29 BSN NL 118 449 405 59 120 9 4 1 33 10 36 15 .296 .354 .346 .699 102 140 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 Seasons 929 3807 3517 469 1026 130 40 12 343 53 5 209 116 .292 .333 .362 .695 92 1272 67 11 70
162 Game Avg. 162 664 613 82 179 23 7 2 60 9 36 20 .292 .333 .362 .695 92 222 12 2 12
BSN (3 yrs) 389 1572 1453 190 409 43 11 3 120 27 90 45 .281 .324 .332 .656 85 483 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

Postseason Batting

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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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1936 BRO NL 24 1B 156 1548 1401 121 26 89 .983 9.76 .990 6.41
1937 BRO NL 25 1B 131 1261 1125 116 20 96 .984 9.47 .989 7.63
1937 BRO NL 25 OF 7 16 15 0 1 0 .938 2.14 .975 2.13 1-6-1
1938 BRO NL 26 OF 71 163 154 0 9 0 .945 2.17 .977 2.22 71-0-2
1938 BRO NL 26 1B 8 76 61 13 2 6 .974 9.25 .992 10.16
1939 BSN NL 27 1B 123 1274 1143 112 19 127 .985 10.20 .989 8.13 MVP-25
1939 BSN NL 27 OF 23 44 41 2 1 0 .977 1.87 .975 2.17 0-0-23 MVP-25
1940 BSN NL 28 1B 98 989 877 91 21 102 .979 9.88 .990 10.08
1940 BSN NL 28 OF 13 22 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 .977 2.17 0-0-13
1941 BSN NL 29 1B 99 982 895 78 9 92 .991 9.83 .989 9.73
1942 NYY AL 30 1B 132 1257 1128 118 11 130 .991 9.44 .989 7.58
7 Seasons 1B 747 7387 6630 649 108 642 .985 9.74 .989 8.07
4 Seasons OF 114 245 232 2 11 0 .955 2.05 .976 2.20 72-6-39
7 Seasons TOT 861 7632 6862 651 119 642 .984 8.73 .973 7.30 72-6-39

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 (1456th)

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--37.353--2nd
1937 NL--29.263--3rd
1939 NL--42.143--2nd
1940 NL--28.625--5th
1941 NL--27.000--9th
1942 AL--33.625--5th
Career--30.320--22nd

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkBatting - 1 (984), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 21 (975), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 7 (1284), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1790), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

February 20, 1936: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Buzz Boyle, Johnny McCarthy and $40,000.

December 13, 1938: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers with Jimmy Outlaw to the Boston Bees for Ira Hutchinson and Gene Moore.

December 16, 1941: Sent by the Boston Braves to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on December 9, 1941. The Boston Braves sent players to be named later to the New York Yankees for players to be named later and Tommy Holmes. The Boston Braves sent Buddy Hassett (December 16, 1941) and Gene Moore (February 5, 1942) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

May 1, 1946: Released by the New York Yankees.

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