John Bateman
John Alvin Bateman
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: July 21, 1940 in Killeen, TX
Signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1963
Final Game: October 3, 1972
Died: December 3, 1996 in Sand Springs, OK
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1963 22 HOU NL 128 434 404 23 85 8 6 10 59 0 0 13 103 .210 .249 .334 .583 71 135 9 9 4 4 1 *2
1964 23 HOU NL 74 241 221 18 42 8 0 5 19 0 1 17 48 .190 .249 .294 .543 56 65 9 1 0 2 5 2
1965 24 HOU NL 45 157 142 15 28 3 1 7 14 0 1 12 37 .197 .256 .380 .637 84 54 9 0 1 2 3 2
1966 25 HOU NL 131 468 433 39 121 24 3 17 70 0 0 20 74 .279 .315 .467 .781 121 202 17 5 4 6 9 *2
1967 26 HOU NL 76 273 252 16 48 9 0 2 17 0 0 17 53 .190 .245 .250 .495 45 63 9 2 0 2 11 2
1968 27 HOU NL 111 383 350 28 87 19 0 4 33 1 1 23 46 .249 .297 .337 .635 93 118 16 3 3 4 16 2
1969 28 MON NL 74 249 235 16 49 4 0 8 19 0 2 12 44 .209 .250 .328 .578 61 77 7 1 1 0 6 2
1970 29 MON NL 139 557 520 51 123 21 5 15 68 8 4 28 75 .237 .275 .383 .658 76 199 15 1 5 3 9 *2
1971 30 MON NL 139 526 492 34 119 17 3 10 56 1 0 19 87 .242 .273 .350 .623 76 172 27 4 6 5 3 *2
1972 31 TOT NL 100 297 281 10 63 10 0 3 20 0 1 11 43 .224 .253 .292 .545 54 82 5 1 1 3 6 2
1972 31 MON NL 18 32 29 0 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 4 .241 .313 .276 .588 68 8 1 0 0 0 0 /2
1972 31 PHI NL 82 265 252 10 56 9 0 3 17 0 1 8 39 .222 .246 .294 .540 52 74 4 1 1 3 6 2
10 Seasons 1017 3585 3330 250 765 123 18 81 375 10 10 172 610 .230 .271 .350 .621 77 1167 123 27 25 31 69
162 Game Avg. 162 571 530 40 122 20 3 13 60 2 2 27 97 .230 .271 .350 .621 77 186 20 4 4 5 11
HOU (6 yrs) 565 1956 1802 139 411 71 10 45 212 1 3 102 361 .228 .274 .353 .628 83 637 69 20 12 20 45
MON (4 yrs) 370 1364 1276 101 298 43 8 33 146 9 6 62 210 .234 .271 .357 .628 73 456 50 6 12 8 18
PHI (1 yr) 82 265 252 10 56 9 0 3 17 0 1 8 39 .222 .246 .294 .540 52 74 4 1 1 3 6

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1963 22 HOU NL 434 336 33 2.6 84 .254 .210 .247 .249 .308 .334 .370 .583 .678 71 .328 -16.0 -1.7 .479 .156 .124 .0
1964 23 HOU NL 241 191 14 2.0 89 .218 .190 .258 .249 .314 .294 .382 .543 .697 56 .208 -12.6 -1.3 .434 .176 .104 .0
1965 24 HOU NL 157 127 11 2.3 87 .210 .197 .249 .256 .311 .380 .376 .637 .687 84 .260 -3.4 -0.4 .524 .261 .183 .0
1966 25 HOU NL 468 339 58 4.6 90 .299 .279 .256 .315 .314 .467 .386 .781 .700 121 .540 11.8 1.2 .690 .233 .187 .0
1967 26 HOU NL 273 215 14 1.8 87 .231 .190 .253 .245 .315 .250 .372 .495 .687 45 .184 -17.6 -1.9 .385 .127 .060 .0
1968 27 HOU NL 383 287 31 2.9 79 .273 .249 .249 .297 .306 .337 .350 .635 .657 93 .408 -2.3 -0.3 .514 .154 .089 1.6
1969 28 MON NL 249 196 17 2.3 94 .224 .209 .259 .250 .330 .328 .384 .578 .714 61 .255 -13.6 -1.4 .451 .162 .119 .0
1970 29 MON NL 557 424 51 3.2 103 .249 .237 .266 .275 .338 .383 .406 .658 .744 76 .339 -20.6 -2.0 .558 .208 .146 10.4
1971 30 MON NL 526 411 40 2.6 92 .273 .242 .260 .273 .326 .350 .380 .623 .706 76 .308 -17.5 -1.8 .490 .148 .108 1.8
1972 31 TOT NL 297 228 19 2.3 93 .252 .224 .259 .253 .327 .292 .382 .545 .709 54 .254 -17.7 -1.9 .415 .103 .068 .0
1972 31 MON NL 32 23 2 2.4 92 .280 .241 .258 .313 .326 .276 .381 .588 .707 68 .269 -1.2 -0.1 .478 .138 .034
1972 31 PHI NL 265 205 17 2.2 93 .249 .222 .259 .246 .327 .294 .382 .540 .710 52 .253 -16.6 -1.8 .408 .099 .071 .0
10 Seasons 3585 2754 288 2.8 91 .256 .230 .256 .271 .320 .350 .380 .621 .701 77 .334 -109.4 -11.5 .506 .172 .121 17.8
162 Game Avg. 571 439 46 2.8 91 .256 .230 .256 .271 .320 .350 .380 .621 .701 77 .334 -109.4 -11.5 .506 .172 .121 3
HOU (6 yrs) 1956 1495 161 2.9 86 .258 .228 .252 .274 .311 .353 .372 .628 .683 83 .361 -40.0 -4.4 .517 .181 .125 2.0
MON (4 yrs) 1364 1054 110 2.8 97 .255 .234 .262 .271 .332 .357 .391 .628 .723 73 .312 -52.8 -5.3 .510 .175 .124 14.1
PHI (1 yr) 265 205 17 2.2 93 .249 .222 .259 .246 .327 .294 .382 .540 .710 52 .252 -16.6 -1.8 .408 .099 .071 .0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1963 22 HOU NL 434 2.3% 23.7% 3.0% 5.5% 28% 7.92 3.9 40.4 6.8 0.70 68%
1964 23 HOU NL 241 2.1% 19.9% 7.1% 5.4% 31% 2.82 4.6 44.2 11.6 0.85 71%
1965 24 HOU NL 157 4.5% 23.6% 7.6% 7.0% 39% 3.08 3.8 20.3 10.1 0.96 64%
1966 25 HOU NL 468 3.6% 15.8% 4.3% 9.4% 36% 3.70 5.9 25.5 6.2 1.32 74%
1967 26 HOU NL 273 0.7% 19.4% 6.2% 4.0% 23% 3.12 4.8 126.0 14.8 1.50 73%
1968 27 HOU NL 383 1.0% 12.0% 6.0% 6.0% 26% 2.00 7.6 87.5 10.6 1.49 79%
1969 28 MON NL 249 3.2% 17.7% 4.8% 4.8% 25% 3.67 5.3 29.4 12.4 1.13 73%
1970 29 MON NL 557 2.7% 13.5% 5.0% 7.4% 33% 2.68 6.9 34.7 7.6 1.23 78%
1971 30 MON NL 526 1.9% 16.5% 3.6% 5.7% 25% 4.58 5.7 49.2 8.8 1.51 76%
1972 31 TOT NL 297 1.0% 14.5% 3.7% 4.4% 21% 3.91 6.5 93.7 14.1 1.21 80%
1972 31 MON NL 32 0.0% 12.5% 9.4% 3.1% 14% 1.33 7.3 9.7 3.75 78%
1972 31 PHI NL 265 1.1% 14.7% 3.0% 4.5% 21% 4.88 6.5 84.0 14.8 1.08 80%
10 Seasons 3585 2.3% 17.0% 4.8% 6.2% 29% 3.55 5.5 41.1 8.9 1.19 74%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1963 22 HOU NL 8 0 13% 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 4 41% 14 9 5 2 2 0 6 1 4
1964 23 HOU NL 6 0 24% 59 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 33% 6 5 1 1 1 0 11 6 5
1965 24 HOU NL 2 0 24% 39 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 21% 11 9 2 0 0 0 3 2 1
1966 25 HOU NL 5 0 17% 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 19% 18 16 2 0 0 0 14 10 4
1967 26 HOU NL 2 0 22% 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 29% 7 7 0 3 1 1 4 1 3
1968 27 HOU NL 5 0 22% 86 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 8 41% 10 5 4 2 2 0 10 3 5
1969 28 MON NL 6 0 15% 68 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 24% 9 7 2 5 4 0 3 1 2
1970 29 MON NL 12 0 26% 167 8 4 67% 7 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 11 29% 25 20 4 13 9 4 17 8 8
1971 30 MON NL 6 0 18% 164 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 9 28% 28 24 4 0 0 0 11 3 7
1972 31 TOT NL 2 0 10% 81 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 14% 8 8 0 1 1 0 5 3 2
1972 31 MON NL 0 0 0% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 31 PHI NL 2 0 11% 71 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 15% 7 7 0 1 1 0 5 3 2
10 Seasons 54 0 19% 1013 10 10 50% 8 6 2 2 0 2 1 0 34 58 28% 136 110 24 27 20 5 84 38 41
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1963 22 HOU NL 434 25% 85 13 2 0 0 1.42 10 0 12 7 3 5 5 0 4 4 100% 80 9 11% 36 7 19% 279 50 18% 24 12 50% 24 6 25% 0
1964 23 HOU NL 241 36% 42 2 0 0 1 3.08 5 0 5 3 2 1 4 0 1 0 0% 46 9 20% 15 7 47% 145 15 10% 6 3 50% 9 3 33% 0
1965 24 HOU NL 157 38% 28 5 0 0 0 2.01 7 0 6 6 1 3 4 0 1 1 100% 42 9 21% 18 3 17% 94 8 9% 6 4 67% 2 1 50% 0
1966 25 HOU NL 468 38% 121 11 2 1 1 1.71 17 0 15 10 7 8 9 0 5 4 80% 102 17 17% 50 16 32% 339 54 16% 38 20 53% 29 10 34% 0
1967 26 HOU NL 266 32% 48 4 1 0 2 1.89 2 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 51 9 18% 25 4 16% 179 16 9% 15 5 33% 14 3 21% 7
1968 27 HOU NL 331 32% 87 0 0 0 0 3.98 4 0 6 1 3 1 3 0 3 3 100% 67 16 24% 31 10 32% 228 27 12% 19 7 37% 20 8 40% 52
1969 28 MON NL 248 30% 49 6 2 0 0 0.66 8 0 4 6 2 6 2 0 1 1 100% 39 7 18% 22 4 18% 138 12 9% 18 5 28% 25 7 28% 1
1970 29 MON NL 557 38% 123 2 0 0 0 1.50 15 1 17 10 5 11 4 0 6 5 83% 114 15 13% 52 19 37% 396 56 14% 34 16 47% 34 11 32% 0
1971 30 MON NL 519 34% 119 4 1 0 0 1.59 10 2 23 7 3 6 4 0 7 6 86% 109 27 25% 58 22 38% 354 49 14% 28 16 57% 25 9 36% 7
1972 31 TOT NL 297 25% 63 14 2 0 3 1.85 3 0 7 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 100% 46 5 11% 23 8 35% 173 17 10% 17 7 41% 14 4 29% 0
1972 31 MON NL 32 44% 7 11 2 0 3 1.59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 4 2 50% 21 3 14% 3 2 67% 3 2 67% 0
1972 31 PHI NL 265 23% 56 3 0 0 0 2.80 3 0 7 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 100% 44 4 9% 19 6 32% 152 14 9% 14 5 36% 11 2 18% 0
10 Seasons 3518 33% 765 61 10 1 7 1.64 81 3 100 54 27 42 39 0 29 25 86% 696 123 18% 330 100 30% 2325 304 13% 205 95 46% 196 62 32% 67
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1963 22 128 434 404 23 85 8 6 10 59 0 0 13 103 .210 .249 .334 .583 71 135 9 9 4 4 1
1964 23 202 675 625 41 127 16 6 15 78 0 1 30 151 .203 .249 .320 .569 66 200 18 10 4 6 6
1965 24 247 832 767 56 155 19 7 22 92 0 2 42 188 .202 .250 .331 .581 69 254 27 10 5 8 9
1966 25 378 1300 1200 95 276 43 10 39 162 0 2 62 262 .230 .273 .380 .653 88 456 44 15 9 14 18
1967 26 454 1573 1452 111 324 52 10 41 179 0 2 79 315 .223 .269 .357 .626 81 519 53 17 9 16 29
1968 27 565 1956 1802 139 411 71 10 45 212 1 3 102 361 .228 .274 .353 .628 83 637 69 20 12 20 45
1969 28 639 2205 2037 155 460 75 10 53 231 1 5 114 405 .226 .271 .351 .622 80 714 76 21 13 20 51
1970 29 778 2762 2557 206 583 96 15 68 299 9 9 142 480 .228 .272 .357 .629 79 913 91 22 18 23 60
1971 30 917 3288 3049 240 702 113 18 78 355 10 9 161 567 .230 .272 .356 .628 79 1085 118 26 24 28 63
1972 31 1017 3585 3330 250 765 123 18 81 375 10 10 172 610 .230 .271 .350 .621 77 1167 123 27 25 31 69

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1963 22 128 445 416 28 97 9 7 11 72 0 15 103 .233 .274 .368 .642 40 128
1964 23 74 242 222 21 43 8 0 5 22 0 17 48 .194 .252 .297 .549 17 74
1965 24 45 154 140 18 27 3 1 7 16 0 12 37 .193 .253 .379 .632 13 45
1966 25 131 471 439 46 127 25 3 18 82 0 21 74 .289 .325 .483 .808 68 131
1967 26 76 277 255 19 51 10 0 2 21 0 18 53 .200 .256 .263 .519 17 76
1968 27 110 391 358 37 97 21 0 4 44 1 26 46 .271 .322 .363 .685 42 111
1969 28 74 246 233 17 47 4 0 8 20 0 12 44 .202 .244 .322 .566 18 74
1970 29 139 545 514 50 117 20 5 14 67 8 27 75 .228 .266 .368 .634 50 139
1971 30 139 518 490 38 117 17 3 10 63 1 19 87 .239 .270 .347 .617 45 139
1972 31 105 312 296 12 68 11 0 3 23 0 12 45 .230 .260 .297 .557 23 100
10 Seasons 1021 3601 3363 286 791 128 19 82 430 10 179 612 .235 .277 .358 .635 333 1017
162 Game Avg. 162 571 534 45 126 20 3 13 68 2 28 97 .235 .277 .358 .635 53 1017

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Strikeouts s c a p y
1963 NL--103--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1963 NL--9--5th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1966 NL--6--9th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1968 NL--16--7th
Career--69--213th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1966 NL--17--7th
1971 NL--27--1st

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1289), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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