Ron Hassey

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: February 27, 1953 in Tucson, AZ us

Draft: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 23rd round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Tucson HS (Tucson, AZ), the Kansas City Royals in the 22nd round of the 1975 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) and the Cleveland Indians in the 18th round of the 1976 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ).

High School: Tucson HS (Tucson, AZ)

School: University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)

Debut: April 23, 1978 (Age 25-055d, 14,025th in major league history)
vs. BOS 6 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 3, 1991 (Age 38-188d)
vs. ATL 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1979 season

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Ronald William Hassey

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1989 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.7

3440

914

.266

348

RBI

438

OBP

.340

SLG

.382

OPS

.722

OPS+

100

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 71 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 4 tying, 24 go ahead

6 Tms
CLE	26
NYY	19
OAK	17
CHW	6
CHC	2
MON	1

Platoon
vs RHP	66
vs LHP	5

Home/Road
Away	39
Home	32

Outs
0	28
2	23
1	20

16 Opps
CAL	9
CHW	8
BAL	7
OAK	6
BOS	6
MIL	6
NYY	4
DET	4
TOR	4
MIN	3
TEX	3
SEA	3
CLE	3
KCR	2
PIT	2
MON	1

64 Pitchers
Dennis Lamp	2
Jack Morris	2
LaMarr Hoyt	2
Mike Witt	2
Gene Nelson	2
Al Nipper	2
Mike Boddicker	2
Rick Langford	1
Roger Clemens	1
Jim Palmer	1
Brian Kingman	1
Jeff Shaw	1
Doug Bird	1
Doyle Alexander	1
Jim Slaton	1
Bryan Clutterbuck	1
Jeff Jones	1
Mark Thurmond	1
Ray Burris	1
Doug Corbett	1
Oil Can Boyd	1
Mike Moore	1
Milt Wilcox	1
Bill Wegman	1
Don Aase	1
Mike Parrott	1
Steve Comer	1
Brad Havens	1
Bert Blyleven	1
John Montefusco	1
Bill Long	1
Don Hood	1
Glen Cook	1
Dave Lemanczyk	1
Dave Schmidt	1
José DeLeón	1
Roger Erickson	1
Mike Warren	1
Dan Spillner	1
Bill Travers	1
Storm Davis	1
Todd Stottlemyre	1
Mike Fetters	1
Phil Niekro	1
Brian Holman	1
Doug Drabek	1
Stew Cliburn	1
Joe Cowley	1
Ken Dixon	1
Luis Aponte	1
Nolan Ryan	1
Jeff Bittiger	1
Chris Bosio	1
Bob James	1
Rob Woodward	1
Dennis Martínez	1
Gorman Heimueller	1
Clay Parker	1
Donnie Moore	1
Steve Busby	1
Francisco Oliveras	1
Albert Williams	1
Jim Acker	1
Dave Stewart	1

16 Parks
ClevelandStd (CLE)	15
RingCentral Col (OAK)	11
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	8
Yankee Stad (NYC)	7
Memor. Stad (BAL)	6
Fenway Pk (BOS)	5
Tiger Stad (DET)	4
County Stad (MIL)	3
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	2
Arlington St (ARL)	2
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	2
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
9	40
8	9
7	4
89	1
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	53
2	5
1	4
3	3
7+	3
5	2
4	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	67
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	45
1--	12
12-	5
--3	3
-2-	3
-23	2
1-3	1

105 RBI
RISP	14
0 on	45
1 on	18
2 on	8
Any on	26

Inning
1	6
2	17
3	5
4	11
5	9
6	6
7	10
8	4
9	2
Extra	1

1-3	28
4-6	26
7-end	17

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	8
+2	8
+1	8
Tied	21
-1	5
-2	8
-3	1
-4..	6

Ahead	30
Tied	21
Behind	20

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	53
0-0	4
3-2	3
1-0	3
1-1	3
0-1	2
2-2	2
2-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	62
DH	5
PH	2
1B	2

OrderPos
6th	25
5th	16
7th	11
4th	8
9th	7
8th	4

Leverage
High Lev	11
Medium Lev	29
Low Lev	31

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1978-05-12	CLE		CAL	Nolan Ryan	ahead 3-2	b 8	1	---		1	9	2	0.077	94%		Home Run (Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	1978-06-04 (2)	CLE	@	MIL	Bill Travers	behind 2-6	t 7	1	---		1	9	2	0.036	7%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1979-08-12	CLE	@	TEX	Steve Comer	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---		1	7	2	0.106	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	2	1	1979-08-23	CLE		OAK	Rick Langford	ahead 5-3	b 1	1	---		1	7	2	0.076	79%		Home Run (Deep CF)
5	5	3	1	1979-09-12	CLE	@	DET	Milt Wilcox	behind 0-2	t 7	2	---		1	7	2	0.105	24%		Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	4	1	1979-09-28	CLE		BAL	Jim Palmer	behind 0-6	b 2	1	-2-		2	6	2	0.071	16%		Home Run (CF-RF); T. Harrah Scores
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1980-04-20	CLE		TOR	Dave Lemanczyk	behind 0-4	b 7	0	12-		3	7	2	0.203	36%		Home Run; J. Orta Scores; J. Charboneau Scores
8	8	2	1	1980-05-31	CLE		SEA	Mike Parrott	ahead 4-1	b 5	1	---		1	5	2	0.050	93%		Home Run (Deep CF)
9	9	3	1	1980-07-26	CLE		CAL	Don Aase	ahead 2-0	b 1	2	--3		2	6	2	0.123	85%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Charboneau Scores
10	10	4	1	1980-08-01	CLE		OAK	Brian Kingman	behind 0-2	b 5	0	---		1	6	2	0.128	41%		Home Run (Deep CF)
11	11	5	1	1980-08-21	CLE	@	KCR	Steve Busby	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1-3		3	4	2	0.188	75%		Home Run; M. Diloné Scores; M. Hargrove Scores
12	12	6	1	1980-09-01	CLE	@	MIN	Albert Williams	tied 0-0	t 2	1	1--		2	6	2	0.173	67%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Harrah Scores
13	13	7	1	1980-09-30	CLE		NYY	Doug Bird	ahead 6-2	b 2	2	-2-		2	4	2	0.069	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Manning Scores/unER; R. Hassey Scores/Team unER
14	14	8	1	1980-10-04 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	Mike Boddicker	behind 2-3	t 5	2	1--		2	4	2	0.279	60%		Home Run; M. Hargrove Scores
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1981-08-22	CLE	@	CAL	Mike Witt	tied 1-1	t 6	0	---		1	6	2	0.175	67%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1982-05-09	CLE	@	OAK	Jeff Jones	ahead 8-2	t 9	1	1--		2	6	2	0.002	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Craig Scores
17	17	2	1	1982-05-25	CLE	@	MIN	Brad Havens	ahead 4-0	t 4	0	---		1	8	2	0.044	92%		Home Run
18	18	3	1	1982-08-03 (1)	CLE		TEX	Dave Schmidt	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---		1	5	2	0.107	66%		Home Run (Deep CF)
19	19	4	1	1982-08-24	CLE		CHW	LaMarr Hoyt	ahead 2-1	b 1	2	1--		2	6	2	0.163	79%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Thornton Scores
20	20	5	1	1982-09-13 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	Luis Aponte	tied 3-3	t 11	1	---		1	8	3	0.374	81%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1983-07-01	CLE		MIL	Jim Slaton	behind 7-11	b 9	2	12-		3	9	2	0.034	5%		Home Run; P. Tabler Scores; J. Franco Scores
22	22	2	1	1983-07-16	CLE		KCR	Don Hood	ahead 6-0	b 3	2	-2-		2	9	2	0.027	98%		Home Run (Deep CF); G. Vukovich Scores
23	23	3	1	1983-07-18	CLE		CHW	LaMarr Hoyt	behind 0-5	b 5	2	1--		2	9	2	0.089	15%		Home Run; B. Perkins Scores
24	24	4	1	1983-09-02	CLE	@	OAK	Gorman Heimueller	ahead 2-0	t 4	2	---		1	8	2	0.094	81%		Home Run (Deep RF)
25	25	5	1	1983-09-18 (1)	CLE		NYY	Roger Erickson	ahead 6-3	b 4	0	---		1	8	2	0.052	91%		Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	6	1	1983-09-25	CLE	@	NYY	John Montefusco	behind 1-6	t 7	2	---		1	7	2	0.016	3%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	1984-09-12	CHC		MON	Bob James	ahead 7-5	b 7	1	--3		2	9	PH	0.052	97%		Home Run; J. Davis Scores/unER
28	28	2	1	1984-09-25	CHC	@	PIT	José DeLeón	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---		1	4	3	0.139	61%		Home Run
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1985-05-25	NYY	@	OAK	Mike Warren	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---		1	6	2	0.099	71%		Home Run (Deep RF)
30	30	2	1	1985-06-19	NYY	@	BAL	Dennis Martínez	ahead 2-0	t 2	0	---		1	7	2	0.081	78%		Home Run
31	31	3	2	1985-06-19	NYY	@	BAL	Ken Dixon	ahead 6-0	t 3	0	---		1	7	2	0.022	96%		Home Run
32	32	4	1	1985-06-20	NYY	@	DET	Jack Morris	behind 1-4	t 4	0	---		1	6	2	0.085	27%		Home Run
33	33	5	1	1985-07-27	NYY	@	TEX	Glen Cook	ahead 3-1	t 4	1	---		1	6	2	0.089	80%		Home Run
34	34	6	1	1985-08-03	NYY		CHW	Bill Long	ahead 3-0	b 1	2	---		1	6	2	0.063	85%		Home Run (Deep RF)
35	35	7	1	1985-08-12	NYY	@	CHW	Gene Nelson	tied 0-0	t 5	0	1--		2	6	2	0.200	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Baylor Scores
36	36	8	2	1985-08-12	NYY	@	CHW	Gene Nelson	tied 3-3	t 7	0	---		1	6	2	0.188	69%		Home Run (Deep RF)
37	37	9	1	1985-08-14	NYY	@	CHW	Dan Spillner	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---		1	6	2	0.101	60%		Home Run (Deep RF)
38	38	10	1	1985-08-31	NYY		CAL	Doug Corbett	ahead 7-4	b 6	1	12-		3	5	2	0.060	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Mattingly Scores; D. Winfield Scores
39	39	11	1	1985-09-10	NYY	@	MIL	Ray Burris	tied 3-3	t 5	2	12-		3	5	2	0.327	82%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Mattingly Scores; D. Winfield Scores
40	40	12	1	1985-09-12	NYY		TOR	Dennis Lamp	tied 4-4	b 7	2	-23		3	5	2	0.335	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Mattingly Scores/Team unER; D. Winfield Scores/Team unER; R. Hassey Scores/Team unER
41	41	13	1	1985-09-21	NYY	@	BAL	Storm Davis	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---		1	5	2	0.106	61%		Home Run
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
42	42	1	1	1986-04-27	NYY		CLE	Phil Niekro	ahead 3-0	b 3	0	---		1	4	2	0.055	90%		Home Run (Deep RF)
43	43	2	1	1986-05-26	NYY		CAL	Mike Witt	behind 4-6	b 7	2	1--		2	6	DH	0.345	52%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Easler Scores
44	44	3	1	1986-06-09	NYY	@	DET	Jack Morris	tied 2-2	t 2	0	---		1	6	2	0.103	60%		Home Run (Deep RF)
45	45	4	1	1986-06-20	NYY	@	TOR	Jim Acker	ahead 3-1	t 8	2	-23		3	9	PH	0.116	98%		Home Run (Deep RF); K. Griffey Scores; M. Easler Scores
46	46	5	1	1986-06-24	NYY	@	BOS	Rob Woodward	ahead 4-1	t 6	2	1--		2	7	2	0.096	95%		Home Run; M. Pagliarulo Scores
47	47	6	1	1986-07-05	NYY	@	CHW	Joe Cowley	ahead 3-0	t 3	2	1--		2	4	2	0.116	89%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Easler Scores/unER; R. Hassey Scores/unER
48	48	7	1	1986-08-15	CHW		MIL	Bill Wegman	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---		1	5	DH	0.089	74%		Home Run (Deep RF)
49	49	8	1	1986-08-17	CHW		MIL	Bryan Clutterbuck	tied 3-3	b 5	0	---		1	5	DH	0.137	71%		Home Run (Deep RF)
50	50	9	1	1986-09-30 (1)	CHW		SEA	Mike Moore	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---		1	4	2	0.106	55%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
51	51	1	1	1987-05-03	CHW	@	BAL	Mike Boddicker	behind 2-3	t 6	2	---		1	4	DH	0.160	44%		Home Run (Deep CF)
52	52	2	1	1987-08-25	CHW	@	BOS	Al Nipper	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---		1	5	2	0.100	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
53	53	3	1	1987-10-04	CHW		OAK	Dave Stewart	behind 0-1	b 2	0	1--		2	5	2	0.162	65%		Home Run (Deep CF); G. Walker Scores
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
54	54	1	1	1988-04-20	OAK		CAL	Donnie Moore	behind 6-8	b 8	2	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	6	2	0.700	85%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Jennings Scores; J. Canseco Scores
55	55	2	1	1988-04-28	OAK	@	TOR	Todd Stottlemyre	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	2	0.128	63%		Home Run
56	56	3	1	1988-05-02	OAK	@	DET	Doyle Alexander	tied 0-0	t 4	1	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	6	2	0.164	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Parker Scores/unER
57	57	4	1	1988-06-21	OAK	@	MIL	Chris Bosio	behind 0-1	t 2	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	2	0.108	46%		Home Run
58	58	5	1	1988-08-09	OAK		CHW	Jeff Bittiger	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	5	2	0.095	76%		Home Run (Deep RF)
59	59	6	1	1988-08-13	OAK		CAL	Stew Cliburn	ahead 1-0	b 3	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	5	2	0.180	83%		Home Run (Deep CF); C. Lansford Scores/unER; R. Hassey Scores/unER
60	60	7	1	1988-08-20	OAK	@	BOS	Oil Can Boyd	behind 2-4	t 2	0	---	5,(2-2) BFBSX	1	7	2	0.095	40%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
61	61	1	1	1989-05-21	OAK		BOS	Roger Clemens	behind 1-3	b 4	1	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	6	2	0.120	39%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
62	62	2	1	1989-05-28	OAK	@	NYY	Clay Parker	ahead 3-2	t 7	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	7	2	0.133	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
63	63	3	1	1989-06-05	OAK		MIN	Francisco Oliveras	behind 0-2	b 8	0	---	7,(3-2) CSBBFBX	1	6	2	0.139	29%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
64	64	4	1	1989-06-16 (1)	OAK	@	BAL	Mark Thurmond	ahead 5-3	t 7	2	1--	7,(3-2) BBFFFBX	2	5	2	0.128	94%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); M. McGwire Scores
65	65	5	1	1989-07-30	OAK		SEA	Brian Holman	tied 3-3	b 6	0	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	6	2	0.175	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
66	66	1	1	1990-04-27	OAK	@	BOS	Dennis Lamp	tied 4-4	t 6	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	6	2	0.178	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
67	67	2	1	1990-05-16	OAK	@	CLE	Jeff Shaw	behind 2-4	t 4	1	---	5,(2-2) BFSBX	1	5	2	0.107	34%		Home Run (Deep RF Line)
68	68	3	1	1990-07-16	OAK		CLE	Al Nipper	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	2	0.105	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
69	69	4	1	1990-07-25	OAK		CAL	Bert Blyleven	ahead 3-0	b 1	1	---	9,(3-2) BBBCFFFFX	1	5	DH	0.061	87%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
70	70	5	1	1990-08-02	OAK	@	CAL	Mike Fetters	ahead 6-0	t 5	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	2	0.014	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
71	71	1	1	1991-07-07	MON	@	PIT	Doug Drabek	tied 0-0	t 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	2	0.151	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Hassey Scores

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CAL	9
CHW	8
BAL	7
OAK	6
BOS	6
MIL	6
NYY	4
DET	4
TOR	4
MIN	3
TEX	3
SEA	3
CLE	3
KCR	2
PIT	2
MON	1

CAL	9
CHW	8
BAL	7
OAK	6
BOS	6
MIL	6
NYY	4
DET	4
TOR	4
MIN	3
TEX	3
SEA	3
CLE	3
KCR	2
PIT	2
MON	1

CAL	9
CHW	8
BAL	7
OAK	6
BOS	6
MIL	6
NYY	4
DET	4
TOR	4
MIN	3
TEX	3
SEA	3
CLE	3
KCR	2
PIT	2
MON	1