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John Bateman
John Alvin Bateman

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 220 lb.

Debut April 19, 1963
  vs. LAD 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 3, 1972
Born July 21, 1940 in Killeen, TX
Died December 3, 1996 in Sand Springs, OK

Signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1963 22 HOU NL 128  404   23   85   8  6  10   59   0  0  13 103  .210  .249  .334   71  135   4   4   1   9   9
 1964 23 HOU NL  74  221   18   42   8  0   5   19   0  1  17  48  .190  .249  .294   56   65   0   2   5   1   9
 1965 24 HOU NL  45  142   15   28   3  1   7   14   0  1  12  37  .197  .256  .380   84   54   1   2   3   0   9
 1966 25 HOU NL 131  433   39  121  24  3  17   70   0  0  20  74  .279  .315  .467  121  202   4   6   9   5  17
 1967 26 HOU NL  76  252   16   48   9  0   2   17   0  0  17  53  .190  .245  .250   45   63   0   2  11   2   9
 1968 27 HOU NL 111  350   28   87  19  0   4   33   1  1  23  46  .249  .297  .337   93  118   3   4  16   3  16
 1969 28 MON NL  74  235   16   49   4  0   8   19   0  2  12  44  .209  .250  .328   61   77   1   0   6   1   7
 1970 29 MON NL 139  520   51  123  21  5  15   68   8  4  28  75  .237  .275  .383   76  199   5   3   9   1  15
 1971 30 MON NL 139  492   34  119  17  3  10   56   1  0  19  87  .242  .273  .350   76  172   6   5   3   4  27
 1972 31 TOT NL 100  281   10   63  10  0   3   20   0  1  11  43  .224  .253  .292   54   82   1   3   6   1   5
         MON NL  18   29    0    7   1  0   0    3   0  0   3   4  .241  .313  .276   68    8   0   0   0   0   1
         PHI NL  82  252   10   56   9  0   3   17   0  1   8  39  .222  .246  .294   52   74   1   3   6   1   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons    1017 3330  250  765 123 18  81  375  10 10 172 610  .230  .271  .350   77 1167  25  31  69  27 123
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        530   40  122  20  3  13   60   2  2  27  97  .230  .271  .350   77  186   4   5  11   4  20
 Career High    139  520   51  123  24  6  17   70   8  4  28 103  .279  .315  .467  121  202   6   6  16   9  27
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1963 22 HOU NL  434  336   33   2.6    84| .210  .247| .249  .308| .334  .370| .583  .678|  71  .328 -16.0  -1.7   0%
 1964 23 HOU NL  241  191   14   2.0    89| .190  .258| .249  .314| .294  .382| .543  .697|  56  .208 -12.6  -1.3   0%
 1965 24 HOU NL  157  127   11   2.3    87| .197  .249| .256  .311| .380  .376| .636  .687|  84  .260  -3.4  -0.4   0%
 1966 25 HOU NL  468  339   58   4.6    90| .279  .256| .315  .314| .467  .386| .782  .700| 121  .540  11.8   1.2   0%
 1967 26 HOU NL  273  215   14   1.8    87| .190  .253| .245  .315| .250  .372| .495  .687|  45  .184 -17.6  -1.9   0%
 1968 27 HOU NL  383  287   31   2.9    79| .249  .249| .297  .306| .337  .350| .634  .657|  93  .408  -2.3  -0.3  50%
 1969 28 MON NL  249  196   17   2.3    94| .209  .259| .250  .330| .328  .384| .578  .714|  61  .255 -13.6  -1.4   0%
 1970 29 MON NL  557  424   51   3.2   103| .237  .266| .275  .338| .383  .406| .658  .744|  76  .339 -20.6  -2.0  66%
 1971 30 MON NL  526  411   40   2.6    92| .242  .260| .273  .326| .350  .380| .623  .706|  76  .308 -17.5  -1.8 100%
 1972 31 TOT NL  297  228   19   2.3    93| .224  .259| .253  .327| .292  .382| .545  .709|  54  .254 -17.7  -1.9   0%
         MON NL   32   23    2   2.4    92| .241  .258| .313  .326| .276  .381| .589  .707|  68  .269  -1.2  -0.1   0%
         PHI NL  265  205   17   2.2    93| .222  .259| .246  .327| .294  .382| .540  .710|  52  .253 -16.6  -1.8   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     3585 2754  288   2.8    91| .230  .256| .271  .320| .350  .380| .621  .701|  77  .334 -109.4 -11.5  50%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1963 22 HOU NL C 115 690 81 23 7 .971 .986 6.70 6.02 7.20 7.07 111 963.7 16 26 54 37 1964 23 HOU NL C 72 400 43 6 4 .987 .988 6.15 5.91 6.87 6.81 67 580.7 10 14 38 11 1965 24 HOU NL C 39 234 26 4 3 .985 .988 6.67 5.80 6.74 6.96 38 347.3 4 13 12 10 1966 25 HOU NL C 121 731 63 15 14 .981 .987 6.56 5.81 6.99 6.84 120 1023.0 21 46 49 26 1967 26 HOU NL C 71 483 46 6 5 .989 .990 7.45 5.85 7.87 6.89 70 604.7 10 27 27 17 1968 27 HOU NL C 108 690 49 11 6 .985 .990 6.84 6.12 7.55 6.87 105 881.0 9 37 42 11 1969 28 MON NL C 66 433 26 7 5 .985 .989 6.95 6.25 7.59 7.06 64 544.3 11 27 36 13 1970 29 MON NL C 137 824 62 15 19 .983 .987 6.47 5.94 6.75 6.85 136 1181.3 9 37 51 40 1971 30 MON NL C 137 726 56 12 12 .985 .988 5.71 5.63 6.18 6.34 133 1139.0 8 45 72 34 1972 31 TOT NL C 87 475 39 14 6 .973 .987 5.91 5.87 6.84 6.61 79 676.0 6 26 44 23 MON NL C 7 28 1 0 0 1.000 .986 4.14 5.87 5.33 6.61 5 49.0 0 5 1 0 PHI NL C 80 447 38 14 6 .972 .987 6.06 5.87 6.96 6.61 74 627.0 6 21 43 23
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1963 22 HOU NL C 115 690 81 23 7 .971 .986 6.70 6.02 7.20 7.07 111 963.7 16 26 54 37 1964 23 HOU NL C 72 400 43 6 4 .987 .988 6.15 5.91 6.87 6.81 67 580.7 10 14 38 11 1965 24 HOU NL C 39 234 26 4 3 .985 .988 6.67 5.80 6.74 6.96 38 347.3 4 13 12 10 1966 25 HOU NL C 121 731 63 15 14 .981 .987 6.56 5.81 6.99 6.84 120 1023.0 21 46 49 26 1967 26 HOU NL C 71 483 46 6 5 .989 .990 7.45 5.85 7.87 6.89 70 604.7 10 27 27 17 1968 27 HOU NL C 108 690 49 11 6 .985 .990 6.84 6.12 7.55 6.87 105 881.0 9 37 42 11 1969 28 MON NL C 66 433 26 7 5 .985 .989 6.95 6.25 7.59 7.06 64 544.3 11 27 36 13 1970 29 MON NL C 137 824 62 15 19 .983 .987 6.47 5.94 6.75 6.85 136 1181.3 9 37 51 40 1971 30 MON NL C 137 726 56 12 12 .985 .988 5.71 5.63 6.18 6.34 133 1139.0 8 45 72 34 1972 31 TOT NL C 87 475 39 14 6 .973 .987 5.91 5.87 6.84 6.61 79 676.0 6 26 44 23 MON NL C 7 28 1 0 0 1.000 .986 4.14 5.87 5.33 6.61 5 49.0 0 5 1 0 PHI NL C 80 447 38 14 6 .972 .987 6.06 5.87 6.96 6.61 74 627.0 6 21 43 23
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 953 5686 491 113 81 .982 .988 6.48 5.91 7.00 6.80 923 7941.0 104 298 425 222 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 953 5686 491 113 81 .982 .988 6.48 5.91 7.00 6.80 923 7941
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Strikeouts
1963 NL-103-10

Hit By Pitch
1963 NL-9-5

Sac. Flies
1966 NL-6-9

Intentional Walks
1968 NL-16-7

Grounded into Double Plays
1966 NL-17-7
1971 NL-27-1

HOF Standards: Batting - 12.9 (1255) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1962 Season: Signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent.

October 14, 1968: Drafted by the Montreal Expos from the Houston Astros as the 6th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

June 14, 1972: Traded by the Montreal Expos to the Philadelphia Phillies for Tim McCarver.

January 15, 1973: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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