#21 Johnny Bassler, Catcher, 35 yrs, Boston (N) Braves
Wednesday, 10/1/1930 |
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| Johnny Bassler
6/3/1895
35
USA,PA,MECHANICS
5"9
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| Big League Contract
$ 1,100,000
1931
14 Year(s), 146 Days (2554 total Days)
168 Day(s)
15 Year(s), 49 Days (2629 total Days)
17 Year(s)
Not eligible
1 Option Year(s) left
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 7 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| Versus LHP | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Versus RHP | 7 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| Talent | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
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| Fielding Ratings
C : 3 (Range), .965 (Fielding Pct.)
1B : 2 (Range), .995 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 7
Infield Arm : 5
Outfield Arm : 3
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| Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
| 8/23 | @PHI | L 4-5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #2 | | |
| 9/1 | @BRO | W 10-8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #7 | | |
| 9/1 | @BRO | W 13-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #7 | | |
| 9/11 | NY1 | W 6-3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #7 | | |
| 9/14 | PHI | L 3-5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #5 | | |
| 9/17 | SLN | W 10-9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
| 9/20 | PIT | L 6-9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #5 | | |
| 9/23 | CHN | L 5-6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #7 | | |
| 9/24 | @CIN | L 3-5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #7 | | |
| 9/28 | BRO | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #6 | | |
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| Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
| Overall | 49 | 148 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 4 | .338 | .372 | .419 | .791 | .686 | .081 |
| Projected | 49 | 148 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 4 | .338 | .372 | .419 | .791 | .686 | .081 |
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| Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
| Overall | 35 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 22.3 | 5.8 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHP | 44 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .318 | .311 | .409 | .720 |
| vs. RHP | 104 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .346 | .393 | .423 | .816 |
| Close/Late | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .357 | .333 | .690 |
| Scoring Position | 43 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .256 | .261 | .302 | .563 |
| Pinch Hitting | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .364 | .462 | .364 | .825 |
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| | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Home | 25 | 72 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 1 | .389 | .423 | .486 | .909 |
| Road | 24 | 76 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .289 | .313 | .355 | .668 |
| Last Week | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .286 | .375 | .286 | .661 |
| March/April | 7 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .294 | .294 | .294 | .588 |
| May | 8 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .292 | .320 | .333 | .653 |
| June | 9 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .444 | .414 | .519 | .932 |
| July | 9 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .321 | .424 | .429 | .853 |
| August | 7 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .241 | .241 | .379 | .621 |
| Sept/Oct | 9 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .435 | .480 | .522 | 1.002 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 1914 | 13 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .268 | .367 | .341 | .709 | BRO |
| 1915 | 126 | 446 | 114 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 46 | 48 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 1 | .256 | .327 | .303 | .629 | BRO SLN |
| 1916 | 137 | 521 | 153 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 93 | 57 | 64 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 2 | .294 | .368 | .357 | .725 | SLN |
| 1917 | 142 | 557 | 169 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 77 | 79 | 53 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .303 | .361 | .390 | .751 | SLN |
| 1918 | 120 | 438 | 158 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 72 | 65 | 49 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 0 | .361 | .423 | .411 | .834 | SLN |
| 1919 | 84 | 335 | 112 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 48 | 42 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .334 | .384 | .406 | .790 | SLN |
| 1920 | 127 | 486 | 178 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 75 | 65 | 46 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .366 | .418 | .449 | .867 | SLN |
| 1921 | 55 | 196 | 55 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 36 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .281 | .362 | .372 | .734 | WAS |
| 1922 | 101 | 335 | 124 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 64 | 62 | 49 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .370 | .445 | .475 | .919 | WAS |
| 1923 | 124 | 416 | 124 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 51 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .298 | .379 | .346 | .725 | WAS |
| 1924 | 118 | 455 | 143 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 77 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .314 | .388 | .374 | .762 | BOS |
| 1925 | 136 | 548 | 169 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 58 | 96 | 61 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .308 | .376 | .418 | .794 | BOS |
| 1926 | 96 | 340 | 99 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 42 | 37 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .291 | .357 | .362 | .719 | BOS |
| 1927 | 80 | 265 | 64 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 42 | 28 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .242 | .315 | .328 | .644 | BOS |
| 1928 | 29 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .478 | .520 | .609 | 1.129 | BOS |
| 1929 | 11 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .194 | .267 | .461 | CHN |
| 1930 | 49 | 148 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .338 | .372 | .419 | .791 | PHA BSN |
| Total | 1548 | 5580 | 1737 | 263 | 34 | 29 | 767 | 782 | 614 | 7 | 38 | 124 | 12 | 8 | .311 | .378 | .386 | .764 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 1913, A | 133 | 474 | 127 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 65 | 123 | 55 | 6 | 6 | .268 | .415 | .333 | .749 |
| 1914, AA | 55 | 190 | 58 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 40 | 9 | 6 | 6 | .305 | .421 | .395 | .815 |
| 1914, AAA | 74 | 274 | 70 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 30 | 58 | 24 | 3 | 3 | .255 | .382 | .292 | .674 |
| 1921, AAA | 69 | 257 | 114 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 47 | 45 | 62 | 5 | 2 | 4 | .444 | .550 | .599 | 1.149 |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 1915 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .429 | .500 | .429 | .929 |
| 1916 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .467 | .500 | .667 | 1.167 |
| 1917 | 4 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .368 | .400 | .526 | .926 |
| 1918 | 7 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .304 | .429 | .609 | 1.037 |
| 1921 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .444 | .333 | .778 |
| 1922 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .440 | .316 | .756 |
| 1923 | 9 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .313 | .353 | .313 | .665 |
| Total | 38 | 130 | 44 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .338 | .423 | .446 | .869 |
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
| Catcher | 30 | 30 | 82 | 15 | 0 | 99 | 2 | .980 | 250.2 | 3.55 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 41.7 |
| First Base | 8 | 5 | 59 | 6 | 2 | 65 | 0 | 1.000 | 41.0 | 14.27 | | | | |
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Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1913...
Had first career hit on 9/17/1914, off George Ferguson (SLN)...
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Philadelphia (N) on 4/22/1915...
Hit first career homerun on 5/24/1915, off Gene Dale (CHN)...
Traded from Brooklyn to St. Louis (N) on 6/1/1915 (Going to SLN: C Johnny Bassler. Going to BRO: C Ted Easterly, 2B Amby McConnell)...
Injured on 10/13/1915 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 9 weeks...
Won World Series with St. Louis (N) in 1915...
Won World Series with St. Louis (N) in 1916...
Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 1916...
Won World Series with St. Louis (N) in 1917...
Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 1917...
2/10/1918: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,421,429 through salary arbitration...
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 5/16/1918...
Drove in 7 runs against Boston (N) on 7/29/1918...
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against New York (N) on 9/17/1918...
Won World Series with St. Louis (N) in 1918...
2/14/1919: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,235,714 through salary arbitration...
2/18/1920: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,235,714 through salary arbitration...
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Boston (N) on 5/30/1920...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/6/1920, hitting .600 with 0 HR, 3 RBI...
Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 8/13/1920...
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1920, hitting .427 with 1 HR, 24 RBI...
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/11/1921 to a 3-year deal worth $12,000,000 per year...
Won World Series with Washington in 1921...
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 9/2/1922...
Won World Series with Washington in 1922...
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 3/7/1924 to a 5-year deal worth $11,420,000 per year...
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 8/27/1926...
Injured on 7/6/1927 with a Fractured Cheekbone, out for 6 weeks...
Injured on 9/25/1927 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for 5 weeks...
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (N) on 4/16/1929 to a 1-year deal worth $736,000 per year...
Released by Chicago (N) on 6/1/1929...
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia (A) on 2/18/1930 to a 2-year deal worth $1,100,000 per year...
Traded from Philadelphia (A) to Boston (N) on 3/17/1930 (Going to BSN: C Johnny Bassler, RF Curt Walker. Going to PHA: C Bill Dickey, RF Bevo Lebourveau)...
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AVG
1917 - .303 - 10th
1918 - .361 - 2nd
1920 - .366 - 1st
| OBP
1918 - .423 - 2nd
1920 - .418 - 1st
1924 - .388 - 6th
| SLG
1918 - .411 - 6th
1920 - .449 - 10th
| OPS
1918 - .834 - 3rd
1920 - .867 - 6th
| Hits
1917 - 169 - 10th
1920 - 178 - 10th
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Doubles
1917 - 31 - 4th
| RBI
1916 - 93 - 6th
| BB
1923 - 54 - 7th
1925 - 61 - 10th
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