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Earl Battey
Earl Jesse Battey Jr.

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 205 lb.

Debut September 10, 1955
Final Game September 27, 1967
Born January 5, 1935 in Los Angeles, CA
Died November 15, 2003 in Ocala, FL

Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)

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        Earl Battey was my first favorite Twins player. He was a great catcher in the early 1960s and a heck of a nice guy, too.

Batting  Glossary /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1955 20 CHW AL   5    7    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .286  .444  .286   98    2   0   0   0   1   1
 1956 21 CHW AL   4    4    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .250  .400  .250   74    1   0   0   0   0   2
 1957 22 CHW AL  48  115   12   20   2  3   3    6   0  2  11  38  .174  .246  .322   54   37   3   0   1   0   3
 1958 23 CHW AL  68  168   24   38   8  0   8   26   1  0  24  34  .226  .325  .417  104   70   1   3   1   2   3
 1959 24 CHW AL  26   64    9   14   1  2   2    7   0  0   8  13  .219  .306  .391   91   25   0   0   0   0   0
 1960 25 WSH AL 137  466   49  126  24  2  15   60   4  5  48  68  .270  .346  .427  108  199   4   4   5   8  15 MVP-8
 1961 26 MIN AL 133  460   70  139  24  1  17   55   3  3  53  66  .302  .377  .470  120  216   5   1   3   3  18
 1962 27 MIN AL 148  522   58  146  20  3  11   57   0  0  57  48  .280  .348  .393   96  205   8   4   3   0  20 AS
 1963 28 MIN AL 147  508   64  145  17  1  26   84   0  0  61  75  .285  .369  .476  134  242   6   3   8   8  16 MVP-7,AS
 1964 29 MIN AL 131  405   33  110  17  1  12   52   1  1  51  49  .272  .348  .407  109  165   6   8   6   1  23
 1965 30 MIN AL 131  394   36  117  22  2   6   60   0  0  50  23  .297  .375  .409  119  161   5   5   7   2   7 MVP-10,AS
 1966 31 MIN AL 115  364   30   93  12  1   4   34   4  1  43  30  .255  .337  .327   87  119   0   2   7   3  15 AS
 1967 32 MIN AL  48  109    6   18   3  1   0    8   0  0  13  24  .165  .254  .211   35   23   1   0   1   0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1141 3586  393  969 150 17 104  449  13 12 421 470  .270  .349  .409  106 1465  39  30  42  28 127
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        509   56  138  21  2  15   64   2  2  60  67  .270  .349  .409  106  208   6   4   6   4  18
 Career High    148  522   70  146  24  3  26   84   4  5  61  75  .302  .377  .476  134  242   8   8   8   8  23
Special Batting  Glossary 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1955 20 CHW AL    9    6    1   4.5   105| .286  .270| .444  .350| .286  .402| .730  .752|  98  .488   0.1   0.0   0%
 1956 21 CHW AL    5    5    0   0.0   108| .250  .270| .400  .352| .250  .412| .650  .764|  74  .000  -0.1   0.0   0%
 1957 22 CHW AL  129  103    8   2.1   100| .174  .264| .246  .336| .322  .399| .568  .735|  54  .205  -8.3  -0.9   0%
 1958 23 CHW AL  198  137   24   4.7    97| .226  .260| .325  .329| .417  .396| .742  .725| 104  .540   1.5   0.2 100%
 1959 24 CHW AL   72   50    8   4.3    98| .219  .259| .306  .330| .391  .396| .697  .726|  91  .489  -1.1  -0.1   0%
 1960 25 WSH AL  530  368   67   4.9   102| .270  .265| .346  .338| .427  .405| .773  .743| 108  .540   5.4   0.5  44%
 1961 26 MIN AL  522  348   78   6.0   109| .302  .271| .377  .347| .470  .421| .847  .768| 120  .613  13.7   1.3  50%
 1962 27 MIN AL  591  408   70   4.6   106| .280  .268| .348  .341| .393  .417| .741  .758|  96  .506  -2.4  -0.2   0%
 1963 28 MIN AL  586  388   89   6.2    96| .285  .258| .369  .324| .476  .398| .845  .722| 134  .671  23.9   2.5   0%
 1964 29 MIN AL  471  333   54   4.4    97| .272  .257| .348  .325| .407  .399| .755  .724| 109  .514   6.9   0.7  50%
 1965 30 MIN AL  456  294   63   5.8    96| .297  .256| .375  .327| .409  .393| .784  .720| 119  .659  12.1   1.3   0%
 1966 31 MIN AL  412  289   39   3.6    95| .255  .256| .337  .324| .327  .394| .664  .718|  87  .467  -5.0  -0.5  80%
 1967 32 MIN AL  123   96    6   1.7    91| .165  .252| .254  .322| .211  .377| .465  .699|  35  .189  -9.1  -1.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     4104 2825  507   4.8   100| .270  .261| .349  .332| .409  .403| .758  .735| 106  .553  37.6   3.8  52%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary 
 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 ------+

 1955 20 CHW AL   C    5     19    2    0    0 1.000  .986  4.20  4.74                           0             
 1956 21 CHW AL   C    3      4    0    1    0  .800 1.000  1.33  5.03  3.19  5.89    1   11.3   1   0    0   0
 1957 22 CHW AL   C   43    165   19    2    2  .989  .991  4.28  5.11  5.72  5.92   31  289.7   3  10    8  10
 1958 23 CHW AL   C   49    220   27    3    6  .988  .990  5.04  5.34  5.85  6.01   41  380.3   5   5    8  15
 1959 24 CHW AL   C   20     92   10    1    1  .990  .989  5.10  5.31  6.48  6.08   16  141.7   1   5    5   4
 1960 25 WSH AL   C  136    749   65   15   10  .982  .987  5.99  5.12  6.22  5.93  131 1178.0  18  31   29  41 GG
 1961 26 MIN AL   C  131    812   60    6    9  .993  .989  6.66  5.44  7.01  6.21  127 1119.7  13  38   33  19 GG
 1962 27 MIN AL   C  147    872   82    9    9  .991  .989  6.49  5.57  6.92  6.30  143 1241.0  13  51   34  27 GG,AS
 1963 28 MIN AL   C  146    861   66    6   11  .994  .989  6.35  5.78  6.75  6.64  142 1236.7  12  51   37  19 AS
 1964 29 MIN AL   C  125    813   52    9    4  .990  .990  6.92  6.07  7.61  7.07  121 1022.7  12  55   34  18
 1965 30 MIN AL   C  128    652   56   10   10  .986  .988  5.53  5.67  6.69  6.96  115  952.3  12  34   28  26 AS
 1966 31 MIN AL   C  113    705   45    4    9  .995  .988  6.64  5.86  7.47  6.86  113  903.3   3  26   41  25 AS
 1967 32 MIN AL   C   41    212   17    3    2  .987  .989  5.59  6.15  7.56  7.22   33  272.7   3   5   19   8

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1955 20 CHW AL   C    5     19    2    0    0 1.000  .986  4.20  4.74                           0             
 1956 21 CHW AL   C    3      4    0    1    0  .800 1.000  1.33  5.03  3.19  5.89    1   11.3   1   0    0   0
 1957 22 CHW AL   C   43    165   19    2    2  .989  .991  4.28  5.11  5.72  5.92   31  289.7   3  10    8  10
 1958 23 CHW AL   C   49    220   27    3    6  .988  .990  5.04  5.34  5.85  6.01   41  380.3   5   5    8  15
 1959 24 CHW AL   C   20     92   10    1    1  .990  .989  5.10  5.31  6.48  6.08   16  141.7   1   5    5   4
 1960 25 WSH AL   C  136    749   65   15   10  .982  .987  5.99  5.12  6.22  5.93  131 1178.0  18  31   29  41
 1961 26 MIN AL   C  131    812   60    6    9  .993  .989  6.66  5.44  7.01  6.21  127 1119.7  13  38   33  19
 1962 27 MIN AL   C  147    872   82    9    9  .991  .989  6.49  5.57  6.92  6.30  143 1241.0  13  51   34  27
 1963 28 MIN AL   C  146    861   66    6   11  .994  .989  6.35  5.78  6.75  6.64  142 1236.7  12  51   37  19
 1964 29 MIN AL   C  125    813   52    9    4  .990  .990  6.92  6.07  7.61  7.07  121 1022.7  12  55   34  18
 1965 30 MIN AL   C  128    652   56   10   10  .986  .988  5.53  5.67  6.69  6.96  115  952.3  12  34   28  26
 1966 31 MIN AL   C  113    705   45    4    9  .995  .988  6.64  5.86  7.47  6.86  113  903.3   3  26   41  25
 1967 32 MIN AL   C   41    212   17    3    2  .987  .989  5.59  6.15  7.56  7.22   33  272.7   3   5   19   8

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
 Position Total   C*1087   6176  501   69   73  .990  .989  6.14  5.61             1014 8749.3  96 311  276 212
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
 Overall Total      1087   6176  501   69   73  .990  .989  6.14  5.61
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1965   WS    MIN LAD     L   7  25   1   3  0  1  0   2   0   5  .120  .120  .200   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1962-1 MIN AL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting C 
 1962-2 MIN AL   *   2   1   0  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting C 
 1963   MIN AL   *   2   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting C 
 1965   MIN AL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting C 
 1966   MIN AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   1   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 5/5      4   9   1   1  0  0  0   1   2   1   0  0   0   0   0  .111  .273  .111 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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.

All-Star
1962-1 (C)
1962-2 (C)
1963 (C)
1965 (C)
1966 *

Gold Gloves
1960-AL--C
1961-AL--C
1962-AL--C
All Multiple Winners

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1960-AL-8-0.17
1963-AL-7-0.20
1965-AL-10-0.08
Car-452-0.45 shares

Batting Average
1961 AL-.302-6
1963 AL-.285-10

On-base %
1961 AL-.377-10
1963 AL-.369-7

Slugging %
1963 AL-.476-9

OPS
1963 AL-.845-9

Home Runs
1963 AL-26-9

RBI
1963 AL-84-9

Adjusted OPS+
1963 AL-134-10

Batting Wins
1963 AL-2.5-9

Offensive Win%
1963 AL-.671-9

Hit By Pitch
1960 AL-8-4
1963 AL-8-4

Sac. Flies
1964 AL-8-2

Intentional Walks
1963 AL-8-6

Grounded into Double Plays
1961 AL-18-8
1962 AL-20-2
1963 AL-16-10
1964 AL-23-2

Caught Stealing
1960 AL-5-9

At Bats per Home Run
1963 AL-19.5-8

Gray Ink: Batting - 19 (1020) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 18.9 (692) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 28.5 (607) (Likely HOFer > 100)
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 1953 Season: Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent.

April 4, 1960: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Don Mincher and $150,000 to the Washington Senators for Roy Sievers.

November 20, 1967: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

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