John Bass (baseball)

John Bass
John Bass
	Shortstop
	Born: July 22, 1848; Charleston, South Carolina
	Died: September 25, 1888 (40); Denver, Colorado
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
	National Association of Base Ball Players Union of Morrisania (1870); National Association of Professional BBP Cleveland Forest Citys (1871); Brooklyn Atlantics (1872); Hartford Dark Blues (1877);

John Elias Bass (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]

He is buried in Riverside Cemetery in Denver, CO.

Grave stone in the Riverside cemetery in Denver Colorado.

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