John Bass (baseball)
John Elias Bass (July 22, 1848 – September 25, 1888) was an American professional baseball player who played shortstop in the major leagues from -. He played for the Cleveland Forest Citys, Brooklyn Atlantics, and Hartford Dark Blues.

In 1871, he led the National Association in triples with ten.

Bass served in Company F of the 1st New York Cavalry Regiment during the American Civil War. He is buried in Riverside Cemetery in Denver, Colorado.

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1848 births
1888 deaths
Major League Baseball shortstops
Morrisania Unions players
Cleveland Forest Citys players
Brooklyn Atlantics players
Hartford Dark Blues players
Baseball players from South Carolina
19th-century baseball players
Sportspeople from Charleston, South Carolina
19th-century deaths from tuberculosis
Tuberculosis deaths in Colorado
Union Army soldiers