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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1963 HOU NL 22 C 115 111 963.2 794 690 81 23 7 .971 -2.0 -2.5 -2 7.20 6.70 .986 7.07 6.02 16 26 54 37 41%
1964 HOU NL 23 C 72 67 580.2 449 400 43 6 4 .987 -4.0 -8.3 -4 6.87 6.15 .988 6.81 5.91 10 14 38 11 22%
1965 HOU NL 24 C 39 38 347.1 264 234 26 4 3 .985 1.0 3.5 1 6.74 6.67 .988 6.96 5.80 4 13 12 10 45%
1966 HOU NL 25 C 121 120 1023.0 809 731 63 15 14 .981 -6.0 -7.0 -6 6.99 6.56 .987 6.84 5.81 21 46 49 26 35%
1967 HOU NL 26 C 71 70 604.2 535 483 46 6 5 .989 -3.0 -6.0 -3 7.87 7.45 .990 6.89 5.85 10 27 27 17 39%
1968 HOU NL 27 C 108 105 881.0 750 690 49 11 6 .985 -10.0 -13.6 -10 7.55 6.84 .990 6.87 6.12 9 37 42 11 21%
1969 MON NL 28 C 66 64 544.1 466 433 26 7 5 .985 -8.0 -17.6 -8 7.59 6.95 .989 7.06 6.25 11 27 36 13 27%
1970 MON NL 29 C 137 136 1181.1 901 824 62 15 19 .983 10.0 10.2 10 6.75 6.47 .987 6.85 5.94 9 37 51 40 44%
1971 MON NL 30 C 137 133 1139.0 794 726 56 12 12 .985 -4.0 -4.2 -4 6.18 5.71 .988 6.34 5.63 8 45 72 34 32%
1972 TOT NL 31 C 87 79 676.0 528 475 39 14 6 .973 -5.0 -8.9 -5 6.84 5.91 .987 6.61 5.87 6 26 44 23 34%
1972 MON NL 31 C 7 5 49.0 29 28 1 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -24.5 -1 5.33 4.14 .986 6.61 5.87 0 5 1 0 0%
1972 PHI NL 31 C 80 74 627.0 499 447 38 14 6 .972 -4.0 -7.7 -4 6.96 6.06 .987 6.61 5.87 6 21 43 23 35%
10 Seasons C 953 923 7941.0 6290 5686 491 113 81 .982 -31.0 -4.7 -31 7.00 6.48 .988 6.80 5.91 104 298 425 222 34%
10 Seasons TOT 953 923 7941.0 6290 5686 491 113 81 .982 -31.0 -4.7 -31 7.00 6.48 .970 6.80 5.91 104 298 425 222 34%

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1963 HOU NL 22 128 111 128 128 0 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1964 HOU NL 23 74 67 74 74 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1965 HOU NL 24 45 38 45 45 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1966 HOU NL 25 131 120 131 131 0 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1967 HOU NL 26 76 70 76 76 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1968 HOU NL 27 111 105 111 111 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1969 MON NL 28 74 64 74 74 0 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1970 MON NL 29 139 136 139 139 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1971 MON NL 30 139 133 139 139 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1972 PHI NL 31 82 74 82 82 0 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1972 MON NL 31 18 5 18 18 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
10 Seasons 1017 923 1017 1017 0 953 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1963 HOU NL 22 4122 3.30 3.83 79 89% 2 0 691 44 7 14 626 79 27 0 0 9 23 2 12 9 3 8 0 1 1 18 94%
1964 HOU NL 23 2501 3.50 4.09 60 97% 1 0 395 42 3 10 340 42 15 1 0 8 6 0 4 2 0 5 1 0 1 6 100%
1965 HOU NL 24 1477 3.29 3.83 24 92% 0 1 234 12 1 8 212 26 9 1 0 2 4 0 1 3 0 3 0 1 1 3 67%
1966 HOU NL 25 4478 3.77 4.39 82 96% 4 0 730 62 3 22 643 62 15 0 1 6 15 0 7 8 1 14 0 1 2 7 86%
1967 HOU NL 26 2576 3.72 4.29 39 95% 0 0 463 20 1 12 429 44 13 0 0 11 6 0 2 4 1 5 0 0 0 6 83%
1968 HOU NL 27 3290 2.94 3.35 64 97% 0 0 613 44 6 17 546 35 14 0 0 6 7 0 2 5 1 5 0 1 1 5 100%
1969 MON NL 28 2509 4.07 4.91 41 95% 0 0 433 30 6 12 385 26 8 2 0 3 7 1 2 4 1 5 0 1 1 3 67%
1970 MON NL 29 5320 4.27 4.78 71 96% 1 1 818 46 7 28 735 63 14 2 0 2 15 5 2 8 0 19 0 4 6 5 80%
1971 MON NL 30 5017 4.07 4.49 54 98% 0 0 725 37 9 26 652 56 14 0 0 3 12 1 2 9 0 12 0 2 2 4 100%
1972 PHI NL 31 2748 3.47 3.96 43 93% 4 1 453 15 2 28 408 36 11 1 1 2 14 1 7 6 0 6 0 1 1 7 100%
1972 MON NL 31 240 7.71 7.90 4 100% 0 0 28 3 0 1 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 34278 3.73 4.26 561 95% 12 3 5583 355 45 178 5000 471 140 7 2 52 109 10 41 58 7 82 1 12 16 64 91%
MLB Averages 3.47 3.94 95% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1963 HOU NL 22 16 26 1399 54 37 35 41% 50 31 4 4 0 2 3 0 130 44 1.37 1.40
1964 HOU NL 23 10 14 902 38 11 10 22% 35 9 3 1 0 1 3 0 69 19 1.15 1.37
1965 HOU NL 24 4 13 510 12 10 8 45% 12 9 0 1 0 0 1 0 37 17 1.18 0.93
1966 HOU NL 25 21 46 1607 49 26 25 35% 45 22 3 1 1 3 7 1 145 40 1.14 1.26
1967 HOU NL 26 8 27 925 27 17 15 39% 26 15 0 1 1 1 4 0 76 23 1.03 0.97
1968 HOU NL 27 6 37 1142 42 11 11 21% 37 8 4 2 1 1 2 1 112 16 1.60 1.17
1969 MON NL 28 11 27 915 36 13 11 27% 29 11 6 2 1 0 1 0 106 17 1.15 1.16
1970 MON NL 29 9 37 1969 51 40 37 44% 49 29 2 7 0 4 5 2 146 46 1.41 1.31
1971 MON NL 30 8 45 1874 72 34 32 32% 69 29 3 3 0 2 0 0 158 40 1.24 1.42
1972 PHI NL 31 6 21 975 43 23 18 35% 37 18 6 3 0 2 1 0 96 27 1.03 1.22
1972 MON NL 31 0 5 92 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 1 1.79
10 Seasons 99 298 12310 425 222 202 34% 390 181 31 25 4 16 28 4 1084 290 1.25 1.27
MLB Averages 38% 1.28 1.23

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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