What years did Chris Bassitt play?

Chris Bassitt played in Major League Baseball from 2014 to 2026.

Was Chris Bassitt a pitcher?

Yes. Chris Bassitt pitched in the major leagues, recording 92 wins and 1265 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Chris Bassitt hit?

Chris Bassitt hit 0 career home runs.

What teams has Chris Bassitt played for?

Chris Bassitt has played for 5 teams: the Chicago White Sox (2014), the Oakland Athletics (2015–2016, 2018–2021), the New York Mets (2022), the Toronto Blue Jays (2023–2025), and the Baltimore Orioles (2026).

Has Chris Bassitt won a Cy Young Award?

No. Chris Bassitt has not won the Cy Young Award through the 2025 season, the latest in the site's award records.

What awards has Chris Bassitt won?

Chris Bassitt has been selected to 1 All-Star Game.

What are Chris Bassitt's career stats?

In 252 games, Chris Bassitt has gone 92-70 with a 3.70 ERA, 1,265 strikeouts, and 1,380.2 innings pitched.

What was Chris Bassitt's salary?

Chris Bassitt's recorded salary was $510,000 in 2016.

What position does Chris Bassitt play?

Chris Bassitt plays primarily as a pitcher, the position where he has appeared in the most games.

How tall is Chris Bassitt and how much does he weigh?

Chris Bassitt is listed at 6 feet 5 inches and 215 pounds.

What number does Chris Bassitt wear?

Chris Bassitt wears number 40, according to MLB's 2026 roster data.

What was Chris Bassitt's career ERA?

Chris Bassitt finished with a 3.70 career ERA, going 92-70 with 1,265 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Chris Bassitt have?

Chris Bassitt recorded 1,265 career strikeouts.

Chris Bassitt

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2014-2026)

Chris Bassitt is a pitcher who has played in Major League Baseball since 2014 for 5 teams, including the Chicago White Sox, a span of 13 seasons. Across 252 career appearances, he has gone 92-70 with a 3.70 ERA and 1,265 strikeouts. Chris Bassitt is an All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 8051.9.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 17, 2026

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W–L 92–70

ERA 3.70

WHIP 1.27

SO 1,265

Pitcher PIV thru 2025 8051.9

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'5" / 215 lb
Born: 2/22/1989 in Toledo, OH, USA
MLB Debut: 2014-08-30
Awards: All-Star
Jersey: #40

Full name: Christopher Michael Bassitt

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Career Pitching Statistics

Chris Bassitt — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
92	70	252	236	3	2	0	1380.2	1,304	567	153	447	1,265	3.70	8051.9

Career ERA 3.70 vs. league average 4.15 across their career seasons — 10.9% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Chris Bassitt Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2014	CHA	AL	1	1	6	5	0	0	29.2	34	13	13	21	3.94	3.74 (-5%)	303.1
2015	OAK	AL	1	8	18	13	0	0	86.0	78	34	30	64	3.56	3.96 (+10%)	437.6
2016	OAK	AL	0	2	5	5	0	0	28.0	35	19	14	23	6.11	4.19 (-46%)	-794.7
2018	OAK	AL	2	3	11	7	0	0	47.2	40	16	19	41	3.02	4.15 (+27%)	204.6
2019	OAK	AL	10	5	28	25	0	0	144.0	125	61	47	141	3.81	4.51 (+15%)	383.5
2020	OAK	AL	5	2	11	11	0	0	63.0	56	16	17	55	2.29	4.45 (+49%)	1380.1
2021	OAK	AL	12	4	27	27	1	1	157.1	127	55	39	159	3.15	4.27 (+26%)	3751.6
2022	NYN	NL	15	9	30	30	0	0	181.2	159	69	49	167	3.42	3.97 (+14%)	1465.0
2023	TOR	AL	16	8	33	33	1	1	200.0	176	80	59	186	3.60	4.33 (+17%)	269.0
2024	TOR	AL	10	14	31	31	0	0	171.0	180	79	70	168	4.16	4.08 (-2%)	-2.9
2025	TOR	AL	11	9	32	31	1	0	170.1	174	75	52	166	3.96	4.16 (+5%)	655.0
2026	BAL	AL	9	5	20	18	0	0	102.0	120	50	38	74	4.41	4.18 (-6%)	-
Career · 12 seasons			92	70	252	236	3	2	1,380.2	1,304	567	447	1,265	3.70	—	8,052

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Chris Bassitt — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
232	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

Career AVG .000 vs. league average .248 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OBP .000 vs. league average .317 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career SLG .000 vs. league average .408 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OPS .000 vs. league average .725 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Chris Bassitt Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2014	CHA	AL	6	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	OAK	AL	18	2	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	OAK	AL	5	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	OAK	AL	11	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	OAK	AL	28	4	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	OAK	AL	11	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	OAK	AL	27	2	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2022	NYN	NL	30	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2023	TOR	AL	33	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2024	TOR	AL	31	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2025	TOR	AL	32	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 11 seasons			232	8	5	.000	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Chris Bassitt — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Chris Bassitt — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2025	ALCS	TOR	2	.000
2025	WS	TOR	5	.000
2022	NLWC1	NYN	1	.000
2020	ALDS2	OAK	1	.000
2020	ALWC4	OAK	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Chris Bassitt — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	1	10	3	0	23.2	21	8	6	21	3.04

Playoff Pitching by Year

Chris Bassitt — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2025	ALCS	TOR	0	0	2	0	2.2	0	0	0	3	0.00
2025	WS	TOR	0	0	5	0	6.0	3	1	2	7	1.50
2022	NLWC1	NYN	0	1	1	1	4.0	3	3	3	2	6.75
2020	ALDS2	OAK	0	0	1	1	4.0	9	3	0	4	6.75
2020	ALWC4	OAK	1	0	1	1	7.0	6	1	1	5	1.29

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Chris Bassitt — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	116	0	0	0	0	0	—
Away	116	8	0	0	0	0	.000

Pitching — Home / Away

Chris Bassitt — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	116	680.0	576	226	198	660	2.99
Away	116	598.2	608	291	211	531	4.37

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Chris Bassitt — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2025-09-18	TOR	TBR	L	4.1	8	3	3	2	3	0
2025-09-12	TOR	BAL	—	5.0	2	1	1	1	6	0
2025-09-06	TOR	NYY	L	5.0	3	2	0	3	3	0
2025-09-01	TOR	CIN	—	6.0	5	2	2	2	6	0
2025-08-26	TOR	MIN	—	5.2	4	2	2	3	6	1
2025-08-20	TOR	PIT	L	5.2	6	2	2	2	10	0
2025-08-15	TOR	TEX	—	5.0	4	3	3	4	4	1
2025-08-09	TOR	LAD	L	4.2	6	3	3	2	2	2
2025-08-03	TOR	KCR	—	6.0	1	1	1	3	5	0
2025-07-28	TOR	BAL	L	2.1	7	6	6	1	4	2

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Chris Bassitt — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	232	218	74	107	8	12

Season-by-Season Fielding

Chris Bassitt — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2014	CHA	P	6	5	1	4	0	0
2015	OAK	P	18	13	5	9	1	1
2016	OAK	P	5	5	1	0	0	0
2018	OAK	P	11	7	4	3	1	0
2019	OAK	P	28	25	5	14	0	3
2020	OAK	P	11	11	3	4	1	1
2021	OAK	P	27	27	4	11	1	0
2022	NYN	P	30	30	16	16	0	3
2023	TOR	P	33	33	13	19	1	1
2024	TOR	P	31	31	12	16	1	3
2025	TOR	P	32	31	10	11	2	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Chris Bassitt Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	232

Awards & Honors

Chris Bassitt — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2020	Pitcher of the Month	September

Salary History

Chris Bassitt's recorded salaries total $510,000 over 1 season, in 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Bassitt's career ran from 2014 to 2026. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2014 and 2015.

Chris Bassitt — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	OAK	AL	$510,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$510,000

Award Voting History

Chris Bassitt — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max
2023	Cy Young Award	AL	10th	4.0	210
2021	Cy Young Award	AL	10th	2.0	210
2020	Cy Young Award	AL	8th	10.0	210

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Chris Bassitt: the record in brief

Chris Bassitt's major league record starts with the debut on August 30, 2014 and remains open, because the career is ongoing. The season rows list, in order, the Chicago White Sox (2014), the Oakland Athletics (2015 to 2021), the New York Mets (2022), and the Toronto Blue Jays (2023 to 2025). Bassitt, born on February 22, 1989, in Toledo, OH, USA, is listed as a pitcher and batted and threw right-handed. Bassitt's listed size is 6 feet, 5 inches and 215 pounds. The given name on file is Christopher Michael Bassitt.

Bassitt has pitched in 252 games, starting 236, and owns a 92-70 record and 3.70 ERA. Also on Bassitt's record: 1,265 strikeouts. Against a 4.15 league ERA for the same years, Bassitt was 10.9% better. No season topped the 16 wins of 2023. 2021 was Bassitt's sharpest full season, a 3.15 ERA against the league's 4.27. Bassitt's career Pitcher PIV, which scores run prevention against each season's league, is 8,051.9.

Frequently Asked Questions about Chris Bassitt

What years did Chris Bassitt play?: Chris Bassitt played in Major League Baseball from 2014 to 2026.
Was Chris Bassitt a pitcher?: Yes. Chris Bassitt pitched in the major leagues, recording 92 wins and 1265 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Chris Bassitt hit?: Chris Bassitt hit 0 career home runs.
What teams has Chris Bassitt played for?: Chris Bassitt has played for 5 teams: the Chicago White Sox (2014), the Oakland Athletics (2015–2016, 2018–2021), the New York Mets (2022), the Toronto Blue Jays (2023–2025), and the Baltimore Orioles (2026).
Has Chris Bassitt won a Cy Young Award?: No. Chris Bassitt has not won the Cy Young Award through the 2025 season, the latest in the site's award records.
What awards has Chris Bassitt won?: Chris Bassitt has been selected to 1 All-Star Game.
What are Chris Bassitt's career stats?: In 252 games, Chris Bassitt has gone 92-70 with a 3.70 ERA, 1,265 strikeouts, and 1,380.2 innings pitched.
How much has Chris Bassitt earned in his career?: Chris Bassitt's recorded salaries total $510,000 over 1 season, in 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Bassitt's career ran from 2014 to 2026. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2014 and 2015.
What was Chris Bassitt's salary?: Chris Bassitt's recorded salary was $510,000 in 2016.
What position does Chris Bassitt play?: Chris Bassitt plays primarily as a pitcher, the position where he has appeared in the most games.
How tall is Chris Bassitt and how much does he weigh?: Chris Bassitt is listed at 6 feet 5 inches and 215 pounds.
What number does Chris Bassitt wear?: Chris Bassitt wears number 40, according to MLB's 2026 roster data.
What was Chris Bassitt's career ERA?: Chris Bassitt finished with a 3.70 career ERA, going 92-70 with 1,265 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Chris Bassitt have?: Chris Bassitt recorded 1,265 career strikeouts.