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Anthony Bass was a three-year baseball letterwinner (2006-08), who was the 2007-08 WSU Male Student-Athlete of the Year after helping the baseball squad to the NCAA Regional Championship game.
He finished his career ranked third all-time at Wayne State in victories (21), second in strikeout/walk ratio (3.38), tied for third in winning percentage (.700), fourth in strikeouts (206), seventh in starts (33), eighth in innings pitched (213.0), and tied for 10th in complete games (14).
Bass was named to the Rawlings/ABCA All-America First Team and the NCBWA All-America Third Team after his junior campaign in which he was voted Rawlings/ABCA All-North Central Region Pitcher of the Year following his selection as GLIAC Pitcher of the Year. He went 10-3 with a 2.10 ERA and 100 strikeouts in 85. 2 innings and tied the single-season school record for victories. Bass also totaled the fourth-most strikeouts and fifth-most innings in WSU history, while compiling seven complete games and two shutouts.
A team co-captain in 2008, he posted back-to-back complete game postseason victories against Findlay in the GLIAC Tournament and versus St. Joseph's in the first round of the NCAA Regional. Bass was named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team.
In 2007, Bass led the Warrior pitching staff (and tied for GLIAC lead) with eight victories and finished second in the GLIAC in innings pitched (77.1), while ranking sixth in strikeouts (64) during the regular season. His 3.38 ERA was third-best in the conference. Bass made a team-high 15 appearances (12 starts) and posted five complete games along with an 8-3 record. He was selected to the ALL-GLIAC First Team as a starting pitcher.
In his freshman campaign, Bass made 11 appearances (9 starts) and finished third on the team in innings pitched (50.0), while compiling a 3-3 record with a save.
A native of Trenton, Bass earned his degree in management information systems. He was on the Academic Honor Roll twice, including his last full-time semester when he had over a 3.75 GPA.
He was the highest-drafted baseball player in school history going in the fifth round of the 2008 Major League Draft to the San Diego Padres. Over the last 11 years, he has pitched in 147 major league games plus another 180 in the minor leagues. Bass has a career MLB ERA of 4.51 in 299.1 innings. He has made 18 starts with one complete game, 202 strikeouts and three saves. Bass pitched for the San Diego Padres from 2011-2013. He spent the 2014 season with the Houston Astros, then pitched for the Texas Rangers in 2015 before playing in Japan with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He was an integral part of the Fighters winning the Japan Series championship for the first time since 2006. He was named Outstanding Player in the Nippon Championship Series earning three wins without giving up a run. Bass appeared in 37 contests, making 14 starts for the Fighters and won eight games, while posting a 3.65 ERA and striking out 71 batters in 103 and 2/3 innings. After pitching for the Rangers in 2017, Bass saw action in 16 games for the Chicago Cubs last summer and struck out 14 while recording three holds.
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