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Johnny Bassler
John Landis Bassler

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 170 lb.

Debut July 11, 1913
Final Game September 30, 1927
Born June 3, 1895 in Mechanics Grove, PA
Died June 29, 1979 in Santa Monica, CA

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1913 18 CLE AL   1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1914 19 CLE AL  43   77    5   14   1  1   0    6   3  2  15   8  .182  .323  .221   61   17   0           1    
 1921 26 DET AL 119  388   37  119  18  5   0   56   2  1  58  16  .307  .401  .379  101  147  14           3    
 1922 27 DET AL 121  372   41  120  14  0   0   41   2  1  62  12  .323  .422  .360  108  134  17           2     MVP-6
 1923 28 DET AL 135  383   45  114  12  3   0   49   2  2  76  13  .298  .414  .345  103  132  18           0     MVP-7
 1924 29 DET AL 124  379   43  131  20  3   1   68   2  1  62  11  .346  .441  .422  124  160  12           3     MVP-5
 1925 30 DET AL 121  344   40   96  19  3   0   52   1  1  74   6  .279  .408  .352   95  121  14           1    
 1926 31 DET AL  66  174   20   53   8  1   0   22   0  0  45   6  .305  .447  .362  112   63   8           0    
 1927 32 DET AL  81  200   19   57   7  0   0   24   1  0  45   9  .285  .416  .320   92   64   9           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      811 2319  250  704  99 16   1  318  13  8 437  81  .304  .416  .361  104  838  92   0   0  10   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        463   50  141  20  3   0   64   3  2  87  16  .304  .416  .361  104  167  18   0   0   2   0
 Career High    135  388   45  131  20  5   1   68   3  2  76  16  .346  .441  .422  124  160  18   0   0   3   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1913 18 CLE AL    2    2    0   0.0    89| .000  .268| .000  .340| .000  .352| .000  .692|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1     
 1914 19 CLE AL   93   65    5   2.1    85| .182  .261| .323  .335| .221  .342| .544  .677|  61  .300  -3.0  -0.4  60%
 1921 26 DET AL  463  284   58   5.5   113| .307  .298| .401  .364| .379  .419| .780  .783| 101  .534   3.7   0.3  66%
 1922 27 DET AL  453  270   56   5.6   107| .323  .289| .422  .354| .360  .406| .782  .760| 108  .571   9.7   0.9  66%
 1923 28 DET AL  477  289   55   5.1   106| .298  .287| .414  .357| .345  .397| .759  .755| 103  .538   6.8   0.7  50%
 1924 29 DET AL  456  261   70   7.1   111| .346  .297| .441  .366| .422  .407| .863  .773| 124  .668  18.4   1.7  66%
 1925 30 DET AL  433  263   49   5.0   115| .279  .298| .408  .369| .352  .418| .760  .787|  95  .488   2.2   0.2  50%
 1926 31 DET AL  227  129   28   5.8   110| .305  .291| .447  .363| .362  .408| .809  .771| 112  .594   6.9   0.7   0%
 1927 32 DET AL  254  152   27   4.7   111| .285  .294| .416  .362| .320  .413| .736  .776|  92  .490   1.0   0.1 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      2858 1715  348   5.4   110| .304  .293| .416  .361| .361  .407| .777  .768| 104  .553  45.1   4.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1913 18 CLE AL C 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 1.00 5.60 0 1914 19 CLE AL C 25 99 42 8 3 .946 .967 5.64 5.70 4 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.10 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0 0 1 1921 26 DET AL C 114 433 113 14 7 .975 .971 4.79 4.33 10 1922 27 DET AL C 118 421 113 11 12 .980 .977 4.53 4.24 7 1923 28 DET AL C 128 447 133 7 8 .988 .975 4.53 4.20 9 1924 29 DET AL C 122 402 103 11 11 .979 .972 4.14 4.02 2 1925 30 DET AL C 118 375 87 8 14 .983 .977 3.92 3.82 3 1926 31 DET AL C 63 223 61 0 6 1.000 .979 4.51 3.95 1 1927 32 DET AL C 67 206 56 7 8 .974 .974 3.91 3.91 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1914 19 CLE AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.10 1913 18 CLE AL C 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 1.00 5.60 0 1914 19 CLE AL C 25 99 42 8 3 .946 .967 5.64 5.70 4 1921 26 DET AL C 114 433 113 14 7 .975 .971 4.79 4.33 10 1922 27 DET AL C 118 421 113 11 12 .980 .977 4.53 4.24 7 1923 28 DET AL C 128 447 133 7 8 .988 .975 4.53 4.20 9 1924 29 DET AL C 122 402 103 11 11 .979 .972 4.14 4.02 2 1925 30 DET AL C 118 375 87 8 14 .983 .977 3.92 3.82 3 1926 31 DET AL C 63 223 61 0 6 1.000 .979 4.51 3.95 1 1927 32 DET AL C 67 206 56 7 8 .974 .974 3.91 3.91 1 1914 19 CLE AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0 0 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total C 756 2607 708 67 69 .980 .974 4.38 4.14 37 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.10 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0 0 1 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 758 2607 708 67 69 .980 .974 4.37 4.14
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1922-AL-6-0.20
1923-AL-7-0.27
1924-AL-5-0.34
Car-286-0.81 shares

Batting Average
1924 AL-.346-5

On-base %
1922 AL-.422-7
1923 AL-.414-8
1924 AL-.441-2

Bases on Balls
1923 AL-76-9
1925 AL-74-7

Offensive Win%
1924 AL-.668-10

At Bats per Strikeout
1922 AL-31.0-8
1923 AL-29.5-9
1924 AL-34.5-9
1925 AL-57.3-3

Youngest Player
1913 AL-18-4
1914 AL-19-4

         

Gray Ink: Batting - 8 (1481) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 18.0 (730) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 15.5 (910) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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