| Pepper Bassett | |
| Position: | Catcher |
| Birth Date: | August 5, 1910 Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Death Date: | Los Angeles, California[1] |
| Bats: | Both |
| Throws: | Right |
| Debutleague: | Negro league baseball |
| Debutyear: | 1934 |
| Debutteam: | New Orleans Crescent Stars |
| Finalleague: | Negro league baseball |
| Finalyear: | 1954 |
| Finalteam: | Detroit Stars |
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Lloyd "Pepper" Bassett (August 5, 1910 – December 28, 1980) was an American baseball catcher in the Negro leagues and the Mexican League. He played professionally from 1934 to 1954, playing mainly with the Birmingham Black Barons; he was All-Star seven times.[3]
Bassett was 15 years old when began his career in 1934 with the minor league New Orleans Crescent Stars; while playing for New Orleans, he suggested to the team owner that as a stunt to draw a larger audience, he should catch some games while sitting in a rocking chair; the stunt was a success, and he would occasionally resort to that stunt throughout his career.
During the 1944 Negro World Series, Bassett was injured in a car accident, along with Tommy Sampson, John Britton, and Leandy Young.[4]
and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
. Black Baseball's National Showcase: The East-West All-Star Game, 1933-1953. Larry Lester. University of Nebraska Press. 412. 2001. 9780803280007.