John Bass (baseball)
Appearance
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John Bass | |
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Shortstop | |
Born: Charleston, South Carolina | July 22, 1848|
Died: September 25, 1888 Denver, Colorado | (aged 40)|
Batted: Switch Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
May 4, 1871, for the Cleveland Forest Citys | |
Last MLB appearance | |
August 20, 1877, for the Hartford Dark Blues | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .290 |
Home runs | 3 |
Runs batted in | 19 |
Teams | |
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John Elias Bass (July 22, 1848 – September 25, 1888) was an American professional baseball player who played shortstop in the major leagues from 1871-1877. He played for the Cleveland Forest Citys, Brooklyn Atlantics, and Hartford Dark Blues.
In 1871, he led the National Association in triples with ten.[1]
Bass served in Company F of the 1st New York Cavalry Regiment during the American Civil War.[2] He is buried in Riverside Cemetery in Denver, Colorado.
![Grave stone in the Riverside cemetery in Denver Colorado.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/MAP9711.jpg/220px-MAP9711.jpg)
References
[edit]- ^ "John Bass". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 25, 2011.
- ^ "Those Who Served – Civil War". TheDeadballEra.com. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference
Categories:
- 1848 births
- 1888 deaths
- Major League Baseball shortstops
- Morrisania Unions players
- Cleveland Forest Citys players
- Brooklyn Atlantics players
- Hartford Dark Blues players
- 19th-century baseball players
- Baseball players from Charleston, South Carolina
- 19th-century deaths from tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis deaths in Colorado
- Union Army soldiers
- Burials at Riverside Cemetery (Denver, Colorado)
- American baseball shortstop stubs