STATISTICS & HISTORY
John “Buddy” Hassett was the captain of both the baseball and basketball team at Manhattan College. After graduation in 1933, Hassett signed a contract with the New York Yankees. After three years in the Yankee’s farm system, Hassett was sold to the Br0oklyn Dodgers, where he batted .305 in three seasons. Hassett also played for Boston Braves before ending his seven year major league baseball career back with the Yankees. During his first year out of college, Hassett played major league professional basketball for the Union City club in the American Basketball League. In subsequent years, he played a handful of of pro basketball games, but mainly concentrated on his pro baseball career.
| BUDDY HASSETT | Height: | 5:11 | Weight: | 175 | College: | Manhattan’33 | |||||
| John Aloysius Hassett | Born: Sep 5, 1911 | Died: Aug 23, 1997 | Hometown: | New York, NY | |||||||
| (Brother of Bernard and William Hassett) | |||||||||||
| (Played Major League Baseball) | REGULAR SEASON RECORD | ||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | 9 |
| 1929-30 | Manhattan (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
| 1930-31 | Manhattan | College | |||||||||
| 1931-32 | Manhattan | College | |||||||||
| 1932-33 | Manhattan | College | |||||||||
| 1932–33 | Yonkers Caseys | Indep | |||||||||
| 1933-34 | Union City | ABL | 25 | 42 | 22 | 106 | 4.2 | ||||
| 1933-34 | Bronx Kingsbridge St.John’s Lyceum | Indep | |||||||||
| 1934-35 | Newark Cagle All Stars | Indep | |||||||||
| 1934-35 | Jersey | ABL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | ||||
| 1938-39 | New York Yankees | Indep | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 27 | 43 | 22 | 108 | 4.0 | ||||||