Johnny Bassler
1913–1930 · bats L / throws R · Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, KLK, PIR
811G
.304AVG
.416OBP
.361SLG
More career statistics
704H
1HR
318RBI
13SB
4Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 2,319 | 2,320 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 8 | 9 |
| Batting · Hits | 704 | 707 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 10 | 12 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 81 | 80 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,858 | 2,867 |
| Batting · RBI | 318 | 329 |
| Batting · Walks | 437 | 441 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 811 | 2,858 | 2,319 | 249 | 704 | 99 | 16 | 1 | 318 | 437 | 81 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 838 | .304 | .416 | .361 | .777 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1924-09-01 to 1924-09-20
24longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Three Intentional Walks | 1923-08-05 | 1 in 1,129 games | box score ↗ |
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1921-04-26 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1924-07-10 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 404 | 1365 | 328 | 0 | 170 | 229 | 37 | .302 | .408 | .372 |
| Away | 407 | 1502 | 379 | 1 | 159 | 212 | 43 | .307 | .393 | .354 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 82 | 278 | 59 | 0 | 27 | 43 | 6 | .260 | .367 | .317 |
| May | 163 | 589 | 153 | 0 | 62 | 79 | 14 | .316 | .394 | .360 |
| June | 131 | 481 | 116 | 0 | 58 | 87 | 14 | .311 | .422 | .367 |
| July | 132 | 465 | 125 | 1 | 54 | 67 | 8 | .326 | .413 | .415 |
| August | 153 | 519 | 118 | 0 | 57 | 83 | 22 | .282 | .387 | .330 |
| September | 139 | 488 | 127 | 0 | 66 | 74 | 16 | .320 | .412 | .383 |
| October | 11 | 47 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | .237 | .362 | .237 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 121 | 425 | 117 | 0 | 57 | 62 | 4 | .337 | .421 | .409 |
| new-york-yankees | 118 | 419 | 110 | 1 | 49 | 68 | 14 | .322 | .425 | .377 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 116 | 412 | 94 | 0 | 53 | 44 | 19 | .265 | .335 | .321 |
| boston-red-sox | 114 | 413 | 96 | 0 | 47 | 73 | 8 | .298 | .409 | .351 |
| st-louis-browns | 114 | 396 | 86 | 0 | 44 | 74 | 11 | .282 | .404 | .315 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 112 | 385 | 95 | 0 | 34 | 64 | 15 | .308 | .413 | .380 |
| cleveland-guardians | 108 | 400 | 107 | 0 | 44 | 54 | 9 | .327 | .403 | .391 |
| detroit-tigers | 8 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .143 | .235 | .143 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 |  Cleveland Guardians | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1914 | Cleveland Guardians | 43 | 78 | 15 | – | 6 | 3 | .192 | – | – |
| 1921 |  Detroit Tigers | 119 | 388 | 120 | – | 58 | 2 | .309 | – | – |
| 1922 | Detroit Tigers | 121 | 372 | 120 | – | 43 | 2 | .323 | – | – |
| 1923 | Detroit Tigers | 135 | 383 | 114 | – | 50 | 2 | .298 | – | – |
| 1924 | Detroit Tigers | 124 | 378 | 131 | 1 | 69 | 2 | .347 | – | – |
| 1925 | Detroit Tigers | 121 | 344 | 97 | – | 53 | 1 | .282 | – | – |
| 1926 | Detroit Tigers | 66 | 174 | 53 | – | 25 | – | .305 | – | – |
| 1927 | Detroit Tigers | 81 | 201 | 57 | – | 25 | 1 | .284 | – | – |