Rafael Batista

Rafael (Sanchez) Batista (El Gallo (The Rooster))

Positions: Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 25, 1945 in San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 17, 1973
Team: Astros 1973-1975

Final Game: April 27, 1975
Died: October 25, 2008 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, D.R.
Buried: Cementerio Municipal, San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.
About biographical information

View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

Like this page? Sponsor it for $10. Your message will replace this ad.

Standard Batting

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
1965	19	ATL-min	Rk,A	37	111	111		46	4	3	1						.414	.414	.532	.946		59							BVS,WPB · FLRL,FLOR
1966	20	ATL-min	A	132	471	471		118	19	5	5						.251	.251	.344	.594		162							WPB · FLOR
1967	21	ATL-min	A	109	403	371	39	94	12	3	0	42	1	0	32	60	.253	.313	.302	.615		112							WPB,KIN · FLOR,CARL
1968	22	HOU-min	AA	111	362	344	32	86	19	3	4	38	2	3	18	85	.250	.287	.358	.645		123							DFW · TL
1969	23	SAV	AA	119	439	400	40	112	22	4	8	49	2	3	39	88	.280	.344	.415	.759		166							SAV · SOUL
1970	24	HOU-min	AAA	90	267	234	33	72	8	6	4	36	5	3	29	49	.308	.385	.444	.829		104		1	2	1			OKC · AA
1971	25	HOU-min	AA,AAA	106	380	344	47	98	16	6	4	41	2	2	31	71	.285	.347	.401	.749		138		3	0	2			CBS,OKC · SOUL,AA
1972	26	HOU-min	AAA	126	462	416	57	129	35	7	9	84	3	1	35	79	.310	.367	.493	.859		205		5	1	5			OKC · AA
1973	27	HOU-min	AAA	100	385	385		122	26	2	9						.317	.317	.465	.782		179							DEN · AA
1973	27	HOU	NL	12	16	15	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	.267	.313	.267	.579	63	4	0	0	0	0	1	/3

1974	28	HOU-min	AAA	122	487	413	69	131	25	8	15	75	3	4	60	72	.317	.398	.525	.923		217		1	4	9			DEN · AA
1975	29	HOU-min	AAA	23	96	87	10	19	7	0	1	4	0	0	9	17	.218	.292	.333	.625		29		0	0	0			IWA · AA
1975	29	HOU	NL	10	10	10	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.300	.300	.400	.700	100	4	1	0	0	0	0
1976	30	CDB	AAA																										CDB · MEX
1977	31	CDB	AAA																										CDB · MEX
1978	32	CDB	AAA																										CDB · MEX
1979	33	CDB	AAA																										CDB · MEX
1980	34	UNL	AAA																										UNL · MEX
1981	35	UNL	AAA																										UNL · MEX
1982	36	MVA	AAA																										MVA · MEX
1983	37	TPC	AAA																										TPC · MEX
1984	38	CDB	AAA																										CDB · MEX
2 Yrs				22	26	25	2	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	10	.280	.308	.320	.628	78	8	1	0	0	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	191	184	15	52	7	0	0	15	0	0	7	74	.280	.308	.320	.628	78	59	7	0	0	0	7

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1973	27	HOU	NL	12	16	-0	-0	0	0	-0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/3

1975	29	HOU	NL	10	10	-0	0	-0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
2 Seasons				22	26	-1	0	-0	0	-0	-1	-0.0	1	0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

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
1973	27	HOU	NL	16	11	1	2.5	96	.444	.267	.261	.313	.330	.267	.389	.579	.719	63	.266	-0.8	-0.1	.455	.067	.000

1975	29	HOU	NL	10	8	1	3.4	89	.500	.300	.256	.300	.325	.400	.370	.700	.695	100	.388	-0.0	0.0	.500	.100	.100
2 Yrs				26	19	2	2.8	93	.467	.280	.259	.308	.328	.320	.381	.628	.709	78	.319	-0.8	-0.1	.474	.080	.040
162 Game Avg.				191	140	15	2.8	93	.467	.280	.259	.308	.328	.320	.381	.628	.709	78	.319	-0.8	-0.1	.474	.080	.040

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1973	27	HOU	NL	16	0.0%	37.5%	6.3%	0.0%	0%	6.00	2.5		7.5	0.33	56%

1975	29	HOU	NL	10	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	10.0%	33%		2.5			3.00	60%
2 Yrs				26	0.0%	38.5%	3.9%	3.9%	14%	10.00	2.5		12.5	1.00	58%
MLB Averages					1.9%	13.3%	8.8%	6.0%	26%	1.50	6.7	46.9	8.8	1.09	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1973	27	HOU	NL	-0.8	-0.1	17	-0.0	0.2	-0.2	.98	0.0	-0.0	1.4	0.1	1.22	0.2	0.75	5

1975	29	HOU	NL	-0.0	0.0	11	-0.0	0.1	-0.2	1.07	-0.0	0.0	-1.0	-0.1	0.95	-0.7	1.02	10
2 Yrs				-0.8	-0.1	28	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	1.01	-0.0	-0.0	0.5	0.0	1.12	-0.5	0.93	15

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1973	27	HOU	NL	1	0	40%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	25%	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	0

1975	29	HOU	NL	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				1	0	25%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	40%	3	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	0

Situational Hitting*

						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
1973	27	HOU	NL	16	94%	4			5	0	0	0	0.75	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	0	0%	1	0	0%	19	3	16%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0

1975	29	HOU	NL	10	90%	3			10	3	0	0	1.02	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	1	20%	1	0	0%	6	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
2 Yrs				26	92%	7			15	3	0	0	0.93	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		11	1	9%	2	0	0%	25	3	12%	2	1	50%	2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			76%			11%			33%			14%			48%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	IBB
1973	27	12	16	15	2	4	0	2	1	6	.267	.313	.267	.579	63	4	0	1
1974	28	12	16	15	2	4	0	2	1	6	.267	.313	.267	.579	63	4	0	1
1975	29	22	26	25	2	7	1	2	1	10	.280	.308	.320	.628	78	8	1	1

Neutralized Batting

Change to: / / / or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1973	27	12	16	15	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	6	.267	.313	.267	.579	1	12

1975	29	10	10	10	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.300	.300	.400	.700	1	10
2 Yrs		22	26	25	2	7	1	0	0	2	0	1	10	.280	.308	.320	.628	2	22
162 Game Avg.		162	191	184	15	52	7	0	0	15	0	7	74	.280	.308	.320	.628	15	22

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Other Resources & Links

Error? Compare Search SABR's Baseball Index Other Links@google.com Baseball-Almanac.com Retrosheet The Baseball Cube The Baseball Page

Viewed 3,894 times through May 31, 2012.
Name and misspellings: El Gallo Rafael (The raphael raffael rafeal Rafael (Sanchez) Rooster) bautista Batista

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.