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John Bateman

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 210lb (190cm, 95kg)

Born: July 21, 1940 in Fort Sill, OK us

Died: December 3, 1996 in Sand Springs, OK

Buried: Woodland Memorial Park, Sand Springs, OK

Debut: April 19, 1963 (Age 22-272d, 12,095th in major league history)
vs. LAD 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1972 (Age 32-074d)
vs. CHC 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1963 season

Full Name: John Alvin Bateman

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.9

3330

765

.230

250

RBI

375

OBP

.271

SLG

.351

OPS

.621

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	HOU	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
2	2	Apr 13	HOU	@	LAD	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
3	3	Apr 14	HOU	@	LAD	W,4-2	GS	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
4	4	Apr 15	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
5	5	Apr 16	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
6	6	Apr 17	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
7	7	Apr 18	HOU		LAD	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
8	8	Apr 19	HOU		LAD	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
9	9	Apr 20	HOU		LAD	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
10	10	Apr 22	HOU		SFG	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
11	11	Apr 23 (1)	HOU		SFG	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
12	13 (1)	Apr 24	HOU		SFG	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
13	14	Apr 25	HOU		CIN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
14	15	Apr 27	HOU		STL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
15	16	Apr 28	HOU		STL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
16	17	Apr 29	HOU	@	ATL	L,3-4	GS	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
17	18	Apr 30	HOU	@	ATL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	19	May 1	HOU	@	ATL	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
19	20	May 3	HOU		CHC	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
20	21	May 4	HOU		CHC	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
21	22	May 5	HOU		CHC	W,4-3	GS	23	6.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
22	23	May 6	HOU		ATL	L,0-6	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
23	24	May 7	HOU		ATL	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
24	25	May 8	HOU		ATL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
25	26	May 10	HOU	@	NYM	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
26	27	May 11	HOU	@	NYM	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
27	28	May 13	HOU	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
28	29	May 14	HOU	@	PHI	W,6-5	GS	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
29	31 (1)	May 18 (1)	HOU	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
30	32	May 18 (2)	HOU	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
31	33	May 19	HOU	@	CHC	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
32	34	May 20	HOU		PHI	L,5-6	CG	46	10.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
33	35	May 21	HOU		PHI	W,4-3	GS	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
34	36	May 22	HOU		PHI	L,1-6	CG	47	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
35	37	May 23	HOU		PHI	L,0-9	CG	45	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
36	38	May 24	HOU		NYM	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
37	39	May 25	HOU		NYM	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
38	40	May 26	HOU		PIT	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
39	41	May 27	HOU		PIT	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
40	42	May 28 (1)	HOU		PIT	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
41	43	May 28 (2)	HOU		PIT	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
42	44	May 29	HOU		PIT	W,3-2	GS	36	9.0	3	0	2	5	0	C
43	45	May 30	HOU	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
44	46	May 31	HOU	@	STL	L,0-3	GS	15	4.0	4	1	1	6	1	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	50 (3)	Jun 4	HOU	@	PIT	L,6-9	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
46	51	Jun 5	HOU	@	PIT	L,5-10	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
47	52	Jun 7	HOU		SFG	W,10-9	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
48	53	Jun 8	HOU		SFG	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
49	54	Jun 9	HOU		SFG	L,1-3	CG	45	11.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
50	55	Jun 10	HOU		CHC	W,1-0	CG	38	10.0	10	2	0	12	1	C
51	56	Jun 11	HOU		CHC	L,2-8	GS	37	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
52	57	Jun 12	HOU		CHC	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	8	3	0	11	1	C
53	58	Jun 13	HOU	@	LAD	W,9-6	GS	44	10.0	5	3	1	9	1	C
54	59	Jun 14	HOU	@	LAD	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
55	60	Jun 15	HOU	@	SFG	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
56	61	Jun 16	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
57	62	Jun 18	HOU	@	CHC	W,13-5	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
58	63	Jun 19 (1)	HOU	@	CHC	L,8-9	CG	39	8.0	6	2	1	9	0	C
59	65 (1)	Jun 20	HOU		LAD	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
60	66	Jun 21	HOU		LAD	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
61	67	Jun 22	HOU		LAD	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
62	68	Jun 23	HOU		STL	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
63	69	Jun 24	HOU		STL	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
64	70	Jun 25	HOU		STL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	17	0	1	18	1	C
65	71	Jun 26	HOU		STL	W,6-3	CG	49	11.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
66	72	Jun 27	HOU	@	PIT	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
67	73	Jun 28	HOU	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
68	74	Jun 29	HOU	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	39	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
69	75	Jun 30	HOU	@	PIT	L,0-9	GS	26	5.1	6	3	1	10	1	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	79 (3)	Jul 3	HOU		CIN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	C
71	80	Jul 4	HOU		ATL	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
72	81	Jul 5	HOU		ATL	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
73	82	Jul 6	HOU		ATL	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
74	83	Jul 8	HOU	@	STL	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
75	84	Jul 9	HOU	@	STL	L,1-7	GS	25	5.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
76	86 (1)	Jul 14	HOU	@	ATL	L,6-7	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
77	87	Jul 16	HOU	@	ATL	T,1-1	CG	17	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
78	88	Jul 17 (1)	HOU	@	NYM	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
79	93 (4)	Jul 20	HOU		PHI	L,9-13	CG	52	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
80	94	Jul 21	HOU		PHI	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
81	95	Jul 22	HOU		PIT	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
82	96	Jul 23	HOU		PIT	L,3-4	GS	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
83	97	Jul 24	HOU		PIT	L,6-11	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
84	98	Jul 25	HOU		NYM	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
85	99	Jul 26	HOU		NYM	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
86	100	Jul 27	HOU		NYM	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
87	101	Jul 29	HOU	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	109 (7)	Aug 5	HOU		LAD	L,1-12	CG	47	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
89	110	Aug 6	HOU		LAD	L,3-4	GS	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
90	112 (1)	Aug 9	HOU	@	CHC	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
91	113	Aug 11 (1)	HOU	@	CHC	L,8-9	CG	45	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
92	114	Aug 11 susp	HOU	@	CHC	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
93	115	Aug 12	HOU	@	SFG	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
94	116	Aug 13	HOU	@	SFG	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
95	118 (1)	Aug 14 (2)	HOU	@	SFG	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
96	119	Aug 15	HOU		ATL	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
97	120	Aug 16	HOU		ATL	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
98	121	Aug 17	HOU		ATL	L,1-6	GS	32	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
99	129 (7)	Aug 26	HOU		CHC	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
100	130	Aug 27	HOU		CHC	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
101	131	Aug 28	HOU		CHC	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
102	132	Aug 29	HOU	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
103	133	Aug 30	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
104	134	Aug 31	HOU	@	PHI	L,5-10	CG	41	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	135	Sep 1	HOU	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
106	136	Sep 2 (1)	HOU	@	ATL	L,5-6	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
107	137	Sep 2 (2)	HOU	@	ATL	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
108	138	Sep 3 (1)	HOU	@	ATL	L,2-12	CG	45	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
109	142 (3)	Sep 5 (2)	HOU	@	STL	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
110	143	Sep 6	HOU	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
111	144	Sep 7	HOU	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
112	145	Sep 9	HOU	@	LAD	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
113	147 (1)	Sep 11 (1)	HOU	@	LAD	L,0-4	CG	31	8.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
114	149 (1)	Sep 13	HOU		PIT	L,3-9	GS	35	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
115	150	Sep 16	HOU		PHI	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
116	153 (2)	Sep 18 (2)	HOU		NYM	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
117	154	Sep 19	HOU		NYM	L,0-1	CG	34	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
118	156 (1)	Sep 24	HOU		SFG	L,5-9	CG	54	13.0	9	2	0	11	1	C
119	159 (2)	Sep 28 (2)	HOU	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS	25	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
120	160	Sep 29	HOU	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
121	163 (2)	Oct 2 (2)	HOU	@	NYM	W,8-2	GS	20	5.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
							121gm		1023.0	731	63	15	809	14