Earl Battey
Earl Jesse Battey Jr.
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: January 5, 1935 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Jordan (Watts, CA)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1955
Final Game: September 27, 1967
Died: November 15, 2003 in Ocala, FL
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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
1955 CHW AL 20 C 5 2 20.0 21 19 2 0 0 1.000 1.0 60.0 1 9.45 4.20 .986 5.58 4.74 0 0 0 2 100%
1956 CHW AL 21 C 3 1 11.1 5 4 0 1 0 .800 0.0 0.0 0 3.18 1.33 1.000 5.88 5.03 1 0 0 0
1957 CHW AL 22 C 43 31 289.2 186 165 19 2 2 .989 0.0 0.0 0 5.72 4.28 .991 5.92 5.11 3 10 8 10 56%
1958 CHW AL 23 C 49 41 380.1 250 220 27 3 6 .988 4.0 12.6 4 5.84 5.04 .990 6.01 5.34 5 5 8 15 65%
1959 CHW AL 24 C 20 16 141.2 103 92 10 1 1 .990 0.0 0.0 0 6.48 5.10 .989 6.08 5.31 1 5 5 4 44%
1960 WSH AL 25 C 136 131 1178.0 829 749 65 15 10 .982 8.0 8.1 8 6.22 5.99 .987 5.93 5.12 18 31 29 41 59% MVP-8,GG
1961 MIN AL 26 C 131 127 1119.2 878 812 60 6 9 .993 -1.0 -1.1 -1 7.01 6.66 .989 6.21 5.44 13 38 33 19 37% GG
1962 MIN AL 27 C 147 143 1241.0 963 872 82 9 9 .991 2.0 1.9 2 6.92 6.49 .989 6.30 5.57 13 51 34 27 44% AS,GG
1963 MIN AL 28 C 146 142 1236.2 933 861 66 6 11 .994 -3.0 -2.9 -3 6.75 6.35 .989 6.64 5.78 12 51 37 19 34% AS,MVP-7
1964 MIN AL 29 C 125 121 1022.2 874 813 52 9 4 .990 -6.0 -7.0 -6 7.61 6.92 .990 7.07 6.07 12 55 34 18 35%
1965 MIN AL 30 C 128 115 952.1 718 652 56 10 10 .986 4.0 5.0 4 6.69 5.53 .988 6.96 5.67 12 34 28 26 48% AS,MVP-10
1966 MIN AL 31 C 113 113 903.1 754 705 45 4 9 .995 4.0 5.3 4 7.47 6.64 .988 6.86 5.86 3 26 41 25 38% AS
1967 MIN AL 32 C 41 33 272.2 232 212 17 3 2 .987 -1.0 -4.4 -1 7.56 5.59 .989 7.22 6.15 3 5 19 8 30%
13 Seasons C 1087 1016 8769.1 6746 6176 501 69 73 .990 12.0 1.6 12 6.85 6.14 .989 6.50 5.61 96 311 276 214 44%
13 Seasons TOT 1087 1016 8769.1 6746 6176 501 69 73 .990 12.0 1.6 12 6.85 6.14 .979 6.50 5.61 96 311 276 214 44%

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
1955 CHW AL 20 5 2 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1956 CHW AL 21 4 1 4 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1957 CHW AL 22 48 31 48 48 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
1958 CHW AL 23 68 41 68 68 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 1
1959 CHW AL 24 26 16 26 26 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1960 WSH AL 25 137 131 137 137 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1961 MIN AL 26 133 127 133 133 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1962 MIN AL 27 148 143 148 148 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1963 MIN AL 28 147 142 147 147 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1964 MIN AL 29 131 121 131 131 0 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1965 MIN AL 30 131 115 131 131 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1966 MIN AL 31 115 113 115 115 0 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1967 MIN AL 32 48 33 48 48 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
13 Seasons 1141 1016 1141 1141 0 1087 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71 3
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%
1955 CHW AL 20 74 0.45 0.90 1 100% 0 0 18 1 0 0 17 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CHW AL 21 50 3.97 4.76 2 100% 0 0 6 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 CHW AL 22 1230 3.23 3.39 19 89% 0 0 165 13 0 6 146 18 4 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 3 67%
1958 CHW AL 23 1633 3.79 4.12 32 100% 0 0 218 24 1 5 188 28 6 1 1 4 3 0 0 3 0 6 0 0 0 5 100%
1959 CHW AL 24 620 3.62 4.45 9 89% 0 0 91 5 0 4 82 10 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1960 WSH AL 25 5169 3.72 4.45 93 88% 0 1 752 64 0 17 671 66 13 0 0 5 15 2 8 5 2 10 0 0 2 8 63%
1961 MIN AL 26 5003 4.35 4.95 86 99% 0 0 813 69 1 11 731 60 14 2 1 12 6 0 1 5 0 9 0 1 1 8 100%
1962 MIN AL 27 5376 3.83 4.33 93 91% 0 0 868 56 4 25 783 79 19 0 0 17 9 0 5 4 4 9 0 1 3 9 67%
1963 MIN AL 28 5273 3.19 3.61 79 100% 0 0 860 54 4 19 782 65 18 0 1 13 6 0 1 5 0 10 0 2 3 6 100%
1964 MIN AL 29 4476 3.49 4.06 71 92% 0 0 810 50 5 13 742 49 7 2 0 15 9 1 6 2 0 4 0 2 2 6 83%
1965 MIN AL 30 4085 3.04 3.70 59 95% 0 2 653 41 4 17 589 56 14 0 0 4 10 1 4 5 2 12 0 2 2 4 100%
1966 MIN AL 31 3774 3.12 3.65 53 98% 1 0 702 48 1 20 633 44 4 1 0 7 4 0 2 2 1 10 0 0 1 1 100%
1967 MIN AL 32 1159 3.47 3.80 18 94% 0 0 209 12 1 7 189 15 2 0 0 3 3 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 100%
13 Seasons 37922 3.55 4.09 615 94% 1 3 6165 438 21 145 5557 493 102 6 4 86 69 4 31 34 10 76 0 8 14 51 84%
MLB Averages 3.73 4.23 95% 88%

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
1955 CHW AL 20 0 0 17 0 2 2 100% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.20
1956 CHW AL 21 1 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1957 CHW AL 22 3 10 423 8 10 10 56% 7 9 1 0 0 1 2 0 25 12 1.27 1.42
1958 CHW AL 23 5 5 594 8 15 13 65% 8 13 0 0 0 2 1 0 26 19 1.19 1.60
1959 CHW AL 24 1 5 223 5 4 4 44% 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 4 1.38 1.73
1960 WSH AL 25 18 31 1909 29 41 39 59% 25 35 4 4 0 2 6 0 102 48 1.09 1.21
1961 MIN AL 26 12 38 1890 33 19 17 37% 28 15 5 3 0 1 5 0 115 29 1.24 1.23
1962 MIN AL 27 13 51 1949 34 27 25 44% 29 25 4 1 1 1 15 1 121 44 1.37 0.95
1963 MIN AL 28 12 51 1854 37 19 19 34% 33 17 3 2 1 0 5 0 124 35 1.12 1.31
1964 MIN AL 29 12 55 1665 34 18 16 35% 30 16 4 2 0 0 5 0 131 24 1.45 1.38
1965 MIN AL 30 12 34 1404 28 26 24 48% 25 23 2 2 1 1 1 0 102 38 1.39 1.23
1966 MIN AL 31 3 26 1232 41 25 25 38% 34 22 6 2 1 1 2 0 84 37 1.14 1.19
1967 MIN AL 32 3 5 396 19 8 7 30% 17 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 30 12 1.08 0.85
13 Seasons 95 311 13579 276 214 201 44% 241 188 31 16 4 10 42 1 873 304 1.24 1.23
MLB Averages 39% 1.22 1.20

* 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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