Member of the Oklahoma Senate from the 32nd district
In office January 4, 2005 – January 3, 2019
Preceded by
Jim Maddox
Succeeded by
John Montgomery
Personal details
Born
(1954-03-13) March 13, 1954 (age 70) Lawton, Oklahoma, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouses
Linda Bass
(m. 1976, divorced)
Kelley Bass
(m. 2002)
Children
3
Baseball player
Baseball career
First baseman
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
Professional debut
MLB: September 3, 1977, for the Minnesota Twins
NPB: April 9, 1983, for the Hanshin Tigers
Last appearance
MLB: June 7, 1982, for the Texas Rangers
NPB: November 30, 1988, for the Hanshin Tigers
MLB statistics
Batting average
.212
Home runs
9
Runs batted in
42
NPB statistics
Batting average
.337
Home runs
202
Runs batted in
486
Teams
Minnesota Twins (1977)
Kansas City Royals (1978)
Montreal Expos (1979)
San Diego Padres (1980–1982)
Texas Rangers (1982)
Hanshin Tigers (1983–1988)
Career highlights and awards
2x Japanese Triple Crown (1985, 1986)
Central League MVP (1985)
Japan Series champion (1985)
Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize (1985)
Member of the Japanese
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction
2023
Vote
78.6%
Election method
Experts Division
Randy William Bass (born March 13, 1954) is an American politician and former baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) and Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), and served in the Oklahoma Senate.
Bass made his MLB debut in 1977, playing with five different teams over six seasons. He moved to NPB in 1983, signing with the Hanshin Tigers, whom he led to a Japan Series title in 1985. Bass twice won the batting Triple Crown in NPB and still holds the highest single-season batting average. He is considered one of the greatest American players in Japanese baseball history, and was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 2023.[1]
From 2005 to 2019, Bass represented the 32nd district in the Oklahoma Senate as a member of the Democratic Party.
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