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Buddy Hassett
John Aloysius Hassett

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 11", Weight 180 lb.
School Manhattan College

Debut April 14, 1936
Final Game September 27, 1942
Born September 5, 1911 in New York, NY
Died August 23, 1997 in Westwood, NJ

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Batting Glossary /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1936 24 BRO NL 156  635   79  197  29 11   3   82   5     35  17  .310  .350  .405  102  257   9           4   9
 1937 25 BRO NL 137  556   71  169  31  6   1   53  13     20  19  .304  .334  .387   94  215  14           5  13
 1938 26 BRO NL 115  335   49   98  11  6   0   40   3     32  19  .293  .356  .361   96  121   8           1   9
 1939 27 BSN NL 147  590   72  182  15  3   2   60  13     29  14  .308  .342  .354   93  209  18           1  10 MVP-25
 1940 28 BSN NL 124  458   59  107  19  4   0   27   4     25  16  .234  .273  .293   59  134   2           0  14
 1941 29 BSN NL 118  405   59  120   9  4   1   33  10     36  15  .296  .354  .346  102  140   8           0   6
 1942 30 NYY AL 132  538   80  153  16  6   5   48   5  5  32  16  .284  .325  .364   95  196  11           0   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      929 3517  469 1026 130 40  12  343  53  5 209 116  .292  .333  .362   92 1272  70   0   0  11  67
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        613   82  179  23  7   2   60   9  1  36  20  .292  .333  .362   92  222  12   0   0   2  12
 Career High    156  635   80  197  31 11   5   82  13  5  36  19  .310  .356  .405  102  257  18   0   0   5  14

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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1936 24 BRO NL  683  456   89   5.2   104| .310  .287| .350  .346| .405  .402| .755  .748| 102  .551   0.4   0.0     
 1937 25 BRO NL  595  414   71   4.6   103| .304  .282| .334  .344| .387  .400| .721  .745|  94  .507  -5.9  -0.6     
 1938 26 BRO NL  376  254   43   4.5   100| .293  .277| .356  .341| .361  .394| .717  .736|  96  .514  -1.6  -0.2     
 1939 27 BSN NL  638  436   71   4.3    97| .308  .272| .342  .336| .354  .388| .696  .724|  93  .477  -5.7  -0.6     
 1940 28 BSN NL  485  367   37   2.7    94| .234  .266| .273  .330| .293  .382| .566  .712|  59  .296 -25.2  -2.6     
 1941 29 BSN NL  449  299   50   4.5    90| .296  .260| .354  .329| .346  .366| .700  .696| 102  .535   1.2   0.1     
 1942 30 NYY AL  581  407   63   4.2    93| .284  .263| .325  .337| .364  .368| .689  .706|  95  .503  -5.7  -0.6  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      3807 2633  424   4.3    98| .292  .273| .333  .338| .362  .387| .695  .725|  92  .488 -42.3  -4.5     

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1936 24 BRO NL  1B  156   1401  121   26   89  .983  .990  9.76  6.41            
 1937 25 BRO NL  1B  131   1125  116   20   96  .984  .989  9.47  7.63            
                 OF    7     15    0    1    0  .938  .974  2.14  2.13                1    6    1
 1938 26 BRO NL  OF   71    154    0    9    0  .945  .976  2.17  2.22               71    0    2
                 1B    8     61   13    2    6  .974  .992  9.25 10.16            
 1939 27 BSN NL  1B  123   1143  112   19  127  .985  .989 10.20  8.13            
                 OF   23     41    2    1    0  .977  .975  1.87  2.17                0    0   23
 1940 28 BSN NL  1B   98    877   91   21  102  .979  .990  9.88 10.08            
                 OF   13     22    0    0    0 1.000  .978  1.69  2.17                0    0   13
 1941 29 BSN NL  1B   99    895   78    9   92  .991  .989  9.83  9.73            
 1942 30 NYY AL  1B  132   1128  118   11  130  .991  .989  9.44  7.58            
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1936 24 BRO NL  1B  156   1401  121   26   89  .983  .990  9.76  6.41            
 1937 25 BRO NL  1B  131   1125  116   20   96  .984  .989  9.47  7.63            
 1938 26 BRO NL  1B    8     61   13    2    6  .974  .992  9.25 10.16            
 1939 27 BSN NL  1B  123   1143  112   19  127  .985  .989 10.20  8.13            
 1940 28 BSN NL  1B   98    877   91   21  102  .979  .990  9.88 10.08            
 1941 29 BSN NL  1B   99    895   78    9   92  .991  .989  9.83  9.73            
 1942 30 NYY AL  1B  132   1128  118   11  130  .991  .989  9.44  7.58            

 1937 25 BRO NL  OF    7     15    0    1    0  .938  .974  2.14  2.13                1    6    1
 1938 26 BRO NL  OF   71    154    0    9    0  .945  .976  2.17  2.22               71    0    2
 1939 27 BSN NL  OF   23     41    2    1    0  .977  .975  1.87  2.17                0    0   23
 1940 28 BSN NL  OF   13     22    0    0    0 1.000  .978  1.69  2.17                0    0   13
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  1B  747   6630  649  108  642  .985  .989  9.74  8.07            
                 OF  114    232    2   11    0  .955  .976  2.05  2.20               72    6   39
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       861   6862  651  119  642  .984  .989  8.73  7.30

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1942   WS    NYY STL     L   3   9   1   3  1  0  0   2   0   1  .333  .333  .444   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

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)
1939-NL-25-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

Games
1936 NL-156-1

At Bats
1936 NL-635-5
1939 NL-590-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1936 NL-683-8

Hits
1936 NL-197-6
1937 NL-169-9
1939 NL-182-8

Doubles
1937 NL-31-10

Triples
1936 NL-11-7

Stolen Bases
1937 NL-13-3
1939 NL-13-5
1941 NL-10-8

Singles
1936 NL-154-3
1937 NL-131-10
1939 NL-162-1
1942 AL-126-7

Hit By Pitch
1937 NL-5-4

Sac. Hits
1937 NL-14-3
1939 NL-18-7
1942 AL-11-9

At Bats per Strikeout
1936 NL-37.4-2
1937 NL-29.3-3
1939 NL-42.1-2
1940 NL-28.6-5
1941 NL-27.0-9
1942 AL-33.6-5
Car-30.3-22

Outs
1936 NL-456-5
1939 NL-436-8

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 21 (964) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 9.0 (1781) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 7.5 (1261) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
February 20, 1936: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Johnny McCarthy, Buzz Boyle, and $40,000.
December 13, 1938: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers with Jimmy Outlaw to the Boston Bees for Gene Moore and Ira Hutchinson.
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 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.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Buddy Hassett's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1939-NL-25-0.01 Car-1440-0.01 shares	Games 1936 NL-156-1	At Bats 1936 NL-635-5 1939 NL-590-9	Plate Appearances (approx.) 1936 NL-683-8	Hits 1936 NL-197-6 1937 NL-169-9 1939 NL-182-8	Doubles 1937 NL-31-10
Triples 1936 NL-11-7	Stolen Bases 1937 NL-13-3 1939 NL-13-5 1941 NL-10-8	Singles 1936 NL-154-3 1937 NL-131-10 1939 NL-162-1 1942 AL-126-7	Hit By Pitch 1937 NL-5-4	Sac. Hits 1937 NL-14-3 1939 NL-18-7 1942 AL-11-9	At Bats per Strikeout 1936 NL-37.4-2 1937 NL-29.3-3 1939 NL-42.1-2 1940 NL-28.6-5 1941 NL-27.0-9 1942 AL-33.6-5 Car-30.3-22
Outs 1936 NL-456-5 1939 NL-436-8