Randy Bass

Okay, Randy Bass is one of those names that means almost nothing in the States and absolutely everything in Osaka, and I love that split-screen life. Six up-and-down seasons across five MLB teams, then he crosses the Pacific in 1983, joins the Hanshin Tigers, and basically becomes a god. The 1985 Japan Series title, the .389 monster season, that bushy beard, that compact left-handed swing tearing through NPB pitching — Tigers fans still talk about him like he descended from the heavens. What gets me, though, is the second act: he goes home, runs for office, and ends up in the Oklahoma Senate. From foreign-import folk hero to small-town state senator is such an unexpected, oddly grounded arc. Genuinely one of the great gaijin legends.

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Name (English)

Randy Bass

Name (Japanese)

ランディ・バース

Reading

らんでぃ・ばーす

Born

March 13, 1954 (age 72)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Horse

Origin

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States

Height

184 cm

Occupation

baseball player / politician

High school

Lawton High School

University

University of Oklahoma

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy%20Bass
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1074120

Tags

• Oklahoma
• baseball player
• politician

Last updated

2026-06-02

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