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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Apr 26)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	PIT	@	CHC	W,1-0	GF	14	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 17	PIT	@	CHC	W,7-1	GF	14	3.0	1	3	0	4	1
3	3	Apr 18	PIT		CIN	W,12-11	CG	49	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
4	4	Apr 19	PIT		CIN	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 20 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,5-13	CG	47	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
6	6	Apr 20 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,7-3	CG	24	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 23	PIT	@	STL	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	8	Apr 24	PIT		CHC	L,5-6	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 26	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	5	0	8	2
10	10	Apr 27 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
11	11	Apr 27 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	46	11.2	2	5	0	7	1
12	12	Apr 29	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-2	GF	0		2	1	0	3	0
13	13	Apr 30	PIT	@	PHI	W,11-4	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 6	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	2
15	15	May 7	PIT	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	16	May 8	PIT	@	BSN	L,5-12	CG	45	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
17	17	May 10	PIT		STL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
18	18	May 11 (1)	PIT		STL	L,6-10	CG	44	10.0	4	5	0	9	2
19	19	May 11 (2)	PIT		STL	T,3-3	CG	32	7.0	2	2	1	5	0
20	20	May 15	PIT		BRO	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	1	5	1	7	2
21	21	May 16	PIT		BRO	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	22	May 17	PIT		BRO	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	7	7	0	14	4
23	23	May 18 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
24	24	May 18 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,6-11	CG	36	7.0	1	1	0	2	1
25	25	May 20	PIT		BSN	W,4-3	CG	44	10.0	4	5	0	9	1
26	27 (1)	May 23	PIT	@	STL	L,0-2	GS	29	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	28	May 25 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,5-10	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
28	29	May 25 (2)	PIT	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
29	30	May 26	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-1	GS	16	4.2	2	3	0	5	0
30	31	May 27	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
31	32	May 28	PIT		CHC	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
32	33	May 30 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,2-1	CG	41	10.0	0	1	0	1	1
33	34	May 30 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	35	May 31	PIT	@	NYG	L,9-10	CG	43	8.1	1	1	1	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	36	Jun 1 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	0	6	0	6	0
36	37	Jun 1 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,7-8	CG	43	9.1	4	5	0	9	2
37	40 (2)	Jun 3 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,7-8	GF	15	4.0	0	3	0	3	0
38	41	Jun 4	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-9	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
39	42	Jun 5	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
40	44 (1)	Jun 8 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	45	Jun 8 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
42	46	Jun 9	PIT	@	NYG	L,10-13	CG	42	8.1	2	2	0	4	1
43	47	Jun 10	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-3	GS	28	7.0	1	2	0	3	1
44	54 (6)	Jun 19	PIT		NYG	W,12-2	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	55	Jun 20	PIT		PHI	W,6-0	GF	9	3.0	2	1	0	3	1
46	57 (1)	Jun 22	PIT		PHI	L,3-4	GF	18	4.0	1	1	0	2	1
47	59 (1)	Jun 25	PIT		BRO	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
48	60	Jun 26	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
49	61	Jun 27	PIT	@	CHC	W,12-8	CG	44	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
50	62	Jun 28 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
51	63	Jun 28 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	5	2	0	7	1
52	64	Jun 29	PIT	@	CHC	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	65	Jul 1	PIT		STL	L,1-2	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
54	66	Jul 2	PIT		CIN	L,6-8	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
55	67	Jul 3	PIT		CIN	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
56	68	Jul 4 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-8	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
							56gm		423.0	116	130	7	253	34