Pepper Bassett
1935–1953 · bats B / throws R · ASE, ASW, Birmingham Black Barons, Chicago American Giants, CI2, Cincinnati Clowns, Homestead Grays, KCR
214G
.249AVG
.285OBP
.330SLG
More career statistics
167H
8HR
94RBI
4SB
1–2W–L
21.1IP
11K
6.75ERA
2GS
2Rare 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 · Games | 214 | 385 |
| Batting · At bats | 672 | 644 |
| Batting · Doubles | 27 | 45 |
| Batting · Hits | 167 | 220 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 2 | 3 |
| Batting · Home runs | 8 | 27 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 718 | 690 |
| Batting · Runs | 65 | 96 |
| Batting · RBI | 94 | 107 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 4 | 5 |
| Batting · Triples | 2 | 4 |
| Batting · Walks | 32 | 38 |
| Pitching · Games | 4 | 5 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 103 | 83 |
| Pitching · p er | 16 | 4 |
| Pitching · p gs | 2 | 3 |
| Pitching · p h | 33 | 27 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 64 | 65 |
| Pitching · p k | 11 | 6 |
| Pitching · p w | 5 | 3 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 214 | 718 | 672 | 65 | 167 | 27 | 2 | 8 | 94 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 222 | .249 | .285 | .330 | .615 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21.3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1.781 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1937-06-27 to 1937-08-21
9longest on-base streak
The two rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | Four Extra-Base Hits | 1947-08-31 | 1 in 450 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1944-06-05 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 202 | 334 | 131 | 15 | 59 | 16 | 10 | .419 | .440 | .661 |
| Away | 183 | 356 | 89 | 12 | 48 | 22 | 1 | .269 | .312 | .444 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 5 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .056 | .105 | .056 |
| May | 86 | 132 | 46 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 3 | .365 | .371 | .484 |
| June | 92 | 167 | 62 | 10 | 33 | 10 | 3 | .395 | .431 | .701 |
| July | 103 | 212 | 52 | 7 | 29 | 16 | 3 | .267 | .321 | .405 |
| August | 75 | 116 | 44 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 2 | .415 | .440 | .726 |
| September | 22 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .361 | .368 | .639 |
| October | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .500 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kansas-city-monarchs | 68 | 151 | 35 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 3 | .254 | .305 | .355 |
| memphis-red-sox | 65 | 61 | 30 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 3 | .545 | .574 | .982 |
| cleveland-buckeyes | 44 | 56 | 21 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .404 | .411 | .788 |
| chicago-american-giants | 39 | 42 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | .381 | .381 | .595 |
| homestead-grays | 25 | 61 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .241 | .279 | .379 |
| philadelphia-stars | 24 | 72 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .313 | .347 | .493 |
| new-york-cubans | 16 | 44 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .364 | .364 | .409 |
| indianapolis-clowns | 16 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .750 | .750 | 1.875 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 |  Philadelphia Stars | 17 | 45 | 11 | – | 3 | – | .244 | – | – |
| 1936 | Homestead Grays, NNS | 24 | 67 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 1 | .358 | – | – |
| 1937 | PCPittsburgh Crawfords | 26 | 73 | 26 | 2 | 3 | – | .356 | – | – |
| 1938 | PCPittsburgh Crawfords | 24 | 57 | 16 | 3 | 8 | – | .281 | – | – |
| 1939 | Chicago American Giants, NAS | 42 | 98 | 26 | 1 | 12 | 1 | .265 | – | – |
| 1941 | CGChicago American Giants | 12 | 22 | 8 | – | 2 | – | .364 | – | – |
| 1943 | CI2 | 13 | 20 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .250 | 5 | – |
| 1944 | Birmingham Black Barons, Cincinnati Clowns, KCR | 38 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 11 | – | .214 | 16 | 6 |
| 1945 | BBBirmingham Black Barons | 32 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 6 | – | .355 | – | – |
| 1946 | BBBirmingham Black Barons | 35 | 37 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 1 | .514 | – | – |
| 1947 | BBBirmingham Black Barons | 43 | 39 | 22 | 4 | 16 | – | .564 | – | – |
| 1948 | BBBirmingham Black Barons | 32 | 52 | 20 | 4 | 12 | 1 | .385 | – | – |
| 1949 | BBBirmingham Black Barons | 47 | 61 | 23 | 5 | 15 | 1 | .377 | – | – |