Eddie Basinski

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 172lb (185cm, 78kg)

Born: November 4, 1922 in Buffalo, NY us

Died: January 8, 2022 in Gladstone, OR

High School: East HS (Buffalo, NY)

School: University at Buffalo, State University of New York (Buffalo, NY)

Debut: May 20, 1944 (Age 21-198d, 9,724th in major league history)
vs. CIN 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 4, 1947 (Age 24-242d)
vs. CIN 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1944 season

Full Name: Edwin Frank Basinski

Nicknames: Bazooka or Fiddler

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.1

602

147

.244

RBI

OBP

.292

SLG

.319

OPS

.611

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 20	BRO	@	NYG	L,6-10	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	5	Apr 21	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
3	6	Apr 22	BRO	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	4	4	2	10	2
4	7	Apr 24	BRO	@	BSN	L,6-8	CG	39	8.1	4	4	1	9	0
5	8	Apr 27	BRO		NYG	L,0-5	GS	32	7.0	1	0	2	3	0
6	9	Apr 28	BRO		NYG	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	10	Apr 29	BRO		NYG	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	11	May 2	BRO		BSN	L,1-3	GS	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
9	12	May 5 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,10-1	CG	31	9.0	1	5	1	7	2
10	13	May 5 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	W,12-8	CG	43	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
11	14	May 6 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
12	15	May 6 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
13	16	May 9	BRO		STL	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
14	17	May 11	BRO		STL	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
15	18	May 12	BRO		CIN	W,6-3	GS	33	8.0	0	1	1	2	1
16	19	May 13	BRO		CIN	W,10-3	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
17	20	May 14	BRO		PIT	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
18	21	May 15	BRO		PIT	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
19	22	May 16	BRO		PIT	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
20	23	May 17	BRO		PIT	L,3-12	GS	21	4.0	4	2	0	6	0
21	24	May 18	BRO		CHC	W,15-12	GS	38	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	25	May 20 (1)	BRO		CHC	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
23	26	May 20 (2)	BRO		CHC	L,1-4	GS	31	7.0	3	4	0	7	2
24	27	May 21	BRO		STL	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
25	28	May 23	BRO	@	STL	L,1-11	CG	44	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
26	30 (1)	May 25	BRO	@	STL	L,7-9	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	32 (1)	May 27 (1)	BRO	@	CHC	L,1-6	GS	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
28	33	May 27 (2)	BRO	@	CHC	T,2-2	GS	13	3.0	1	2	0	3	0
29	35 (1)	May 29	BRO	@	CHC	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	3
30	36	May 30 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	L,5-13	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	37	May 30 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	W,14-10	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
32	38	May 31	BRO	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	52	13.0	3	4	2	9	3
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	39	Jun 1	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-6	GS	28	7.0	1	2	0	3	1
34	40	Jun 3 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	0	6	0	6	1
35	41	Jun 3 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	39	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
36	42	Jun 5	BRO	@	NYG	W,6-3	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	43	Jun 7	BRO	@	NYG	L,5-10	GS	34	6.0	1	3	2	6	1
38	44	Jun 8	BRO		PHI	W,9-1	GS	26	7.0	2	1	1	4	0
39	45	Jun 9	BRO		PHI	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
40	46	Jun 10	BRO		PHI	W,10-4	CG	33	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
41	47	Jun 12	BRO		NYG	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
42	48	Jun 13	BRO		NYG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
43	49	Jun 14	BRO		NYG	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
44	50	Jun 15	BRO	@	BSN	W,9-8	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
45	51	Jun 16	BRO	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	53	11.1	1	3	1	5	0
46	52	Jun 17 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
47	53	Jun 17 susp	BRO	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
48	54	Jun 18	BRO		NYG	W,2-1	CG	52	13.0	2	6	1	9	1
49	55	Jun 20 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
50	56	Jun 20 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
51	57	Jun 21	BRO	@	PHI	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
52	58	Jun 22	BRO		BSN	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
53	59	Jun 23	BRO		BSN	W,14-12	CG	50	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
54	60	Jun 24 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
55	61	Jun 24 (2)	BRO		BSN	L,1-3	GS	4	1.1	1	2	0	3	1
56	62	Jun 27	BRO		CHC	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
57	63	Jun 28	BRO		CHC	L,8-11	CG	49	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
58	64	Jun 29 (1)	BRO		CHC	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
59	65	Jun 29 (2)	BRO		CHC	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
60	66	Jun 30	BRO		PIT	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	67	Jul 1 (1)	BRO		PIT	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	3
62	68	Jul 1 (2)	BRO		PIT	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	2	2	1	5	2
63	69	Jul 3	BRO		CIN	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
64	70	Jul 4 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
65	71	Jul 4 (2)	BRO		CIN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
66	72	Jul 5	BRO		CIN	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
67	73	Jul 6	BRO		STL	L,3-15	CG	49	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
68	74	Jul 7	BRO		STL	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
69	75	Jul 8 (1)	BRO		STL	L,4-6	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
70	76	Jul 8 (2)	BRO		STL	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
71	77	Jul 12 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
72	80 (2)	Jul 15 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
73	81	Jul 15 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	L,3-15	CG	46	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
74	82	Jul 16	BRO	@	PIT	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
75	83	Jul 17	BRO	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	3
76	84	Jul 18 (1)	BRO	@	CHC	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	1	5	2	8	1
77	85	Jul 18 (2)	BRO	@	CHC	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
78	86	Jul 19	BRO	@	CHC	L,1-3	GS	31	7.0	1	2	0	3	1
79	87	Jul 20 susp	BRO	@	CHC	W,12-5	GS	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
80	88	Jul 21	BRO	@	STL	L,7-8	GS	30	6.0	1	0	1	2	0
81	89	Jul 22 (1)	BRO	@	STL	W,3-1	GS	17	4.0	2	2	0	4	0
82	90	Jul 22 (2)	BRO	@	STL	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	3	3	2	8	0
83	91	Jul 24	BRO	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	37	8.1	2	4	1	7	2
84	92	Jul 27	BRO		BSN	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	5	2	0	7	2
85	93	Jul 28	BRO		BSN	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	2
86	94	Jul 29 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
87	95	Jul 29 (2)	BRO		BSN	W,15-4	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	96	Aug 3 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
89	97	Aug 3 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
90	98	Aug 4	BRO	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
91	101 (2)	Aug 8	BRO		CIN	W,1-0	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
92	104 (2)	Aug 10	BRO		CIN	W,9-4	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
93	106 (1)	Aug 12 (1)	BRO		STL	W,7-3	GS	30	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
94	107	Aug 12 (2)	BRO		STL	L,0-3	GS	26	7.0	2	1	0	3	1
95	108	Aug 13	BRO		STL	L,10-11	GF	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
96	110 (1)	Aug 15	BRO		CHC	L,6-20	GF	14	3.0	2	1	1	4	1
97	111	Aug 16	BRO		CHC	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
98	112	Aug 17	BRO		CHC	L,3-4	GF	13	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
99	113	Aug 18	BRO		CHC	L,3-7	GF	14	3.0	2	1	0	3	1
100	118 (4)	Aug 23	BRO	@	NYG	W,4-1	GF	29	8.0	4	3	0	7	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	143 (24)	Sep 16 (2)	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-4	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
102	144	Sep 17	BRO	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
103	145	Sep 19	BRO		NYG	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
104	146	Sep 20	BRO		BSN	L,2-3	GS	37	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
105	155 (8)	Sep 30	BRO	@	PHI	W,4-1	GF	28	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
							107gm		806.0	177	267	35	479	62