• Card series: Beginnings: 1880's
• City: Philadelphia
• Team: Quakers
• League: National League

Charles J. Bastian (1860-1932) was the model “good field, no hit” infielder, squeezing 4 different leagues and 6 teams into his 8 year career. He started in MLB with the Wilmington Quicksteps of the evanescent Union Assoc’s only year, 1884, and finished with a game in the Players’ League in 1891.

• Lifetime BA of .189 defeated his finesse in the field
• Led all NL second-basemen in fielding % in 1886
• His main club was the Quakers, who were the Phillies when Bastian returned for one game in ‘91