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Chapters: Johnny Bassler, Earle Combs, Joe Schultz, Otto Williams, Frank Shellenback, Charley O'leary, Earle Brucker, Sr., Bob Scheffing, Bill Norman, Grover Hartley, Allen Sothoron. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 46. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: John Landis Bassler (June 3, 1895 June 29, 1979) was a Major League Baseball catcher. Born in Mechanics Grove, Pennsylvania. Bassler played professional baseball from 1913 to 1937, including 9 seasons in the major leagues with the Cleveland Naps (1913 - 1914) and Detroit Tigers (1921 - 1927). Bassler had a career on base percentage of .416 in his 9 major league seasons, the second highest all time among major league catchers. He was considered the best catcher in baseball from 1921-1925, finishing in the top 7 in the American Leagues Most Valuable Player voting three straight years: 6th in 1922, 7th in 1923, and 5th in 1924. In addition to his major league career, Bassler played 15 years in the Pacific Coast League and has been inducted into the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame. After his playing career ended, Bassler lived in Southern California. He died on June 29, 1979 in Santa Monica, California. Bassler was born in 1895 to a Mennonite family in Mechanics Grove, Pennsylvania. He was one of 13 children. He left the Mennonite community in 1912 at age 17 and moved, on his own, to California. Bassler worked as an usher at one of the big theaters in Los Angeles. When two major league teams held a series of exhibition games in Los Angeles, Bassler attended. One of the teams catchers was injured during the game. In a stroke of luck, Bassler later told his family that the manager of the team came to the theater that night, and Bassler asked him what he was going to do for a catcher. Bassler told the manager he was a catcher, and the ma...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=5021437 ... Read more

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