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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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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
1955 20 CHW AL 5 9 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .286 .444 .286 .730 98 2 1 1 0 0 0 /2
1956 21 CHW AL 4 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 75 1 2 0 0 0 0 /2
1957 22 CHW AL 48 129 115 12 20 2 3 3 6 0 2 11 38 .174 .246 .322 .568 54 37 3 0 3 0 1 2
1958 23 CHW AL 68 198 168 24 38 8 0 8 26 1 0 24 34 .226 .325 .417 .742 104 70 3 2 1 3 1 2
1959 24 CHW AL 26 72 64 9 14 1 2 2 7 0 0 8 13 .219 .306 .391 .696 91 25 0 0 0 0 0 2
1960 25 WSH AL 137 530 466 49 126 24 2 15 60 4 5 48 68 .270 .346 .427 .773 108 199 15 8 4 4 5 *2 MVP-8,GG
1961 26 MIN AL 133 522 460 70 139 24 1 17 55 3 3 53 66 .302 .377 .470 .847 120 216 18 3 5 1 3 *2 GG
1962 27 MIN AL 148 591 522 58 146 20 3 11 57 0 0 57 48 .280 .348 .393 .741 96 205 20 0 8 4 3 *2 AS,GG
1963 28 MIN AL 147 586 508 64 145 17 1 26 84 0 0 61 75 .285 .369 .476 .845 134 242 16 8 6 3 8 *2 AS,MVP-7
1964 29 MIN AL 131 471 405 33 110 17 1 12 52 1 1 51 49 .272 .348 .407 .756 109 165 23 1 6 8 6 *2
1965 30 MIN AL 131 456 394 36 117 22 2 6 60 0 0 50 23 .297 .375 .409 .783 119 161 7 2 5 5 7 *2 AS,MVP-10
1966 31 MIN AL 115 412 364 30 93 12 1 4 34 4 1 43 30 .255 .337 .327 .664 87 119 15 3 0 2 7 *2 AS
1967 32 MIN AL 48 123 109 6 18 3 1 0 8 0 0 13 24 .165 .254 .211 .465 35 23 4 0 1 0 1 2
13 Seasons 1141 4104 3586 393 969 150 17 104 449 13 12 421 470 .270 .349 .409 .757 106 1465 127 28 39 30 42
162 Game Avg. 162 583 509 56 138 21 2 15 64 2 2 60 67 .270 .349 .409 .757 106 208 18 4 6 4 6
MIN (8 yrs) 990 3691 3228 346 894 139 12 91 410 12 10 376 383 .277 .354 .412 .766 109 1330 118 25 35 27 40
CHW (5 yrs) 151 413 358 47 75 11 5 13 39 1 2 45 87 .209 .301 .377 .678 85 135 9 3 4 3 2

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1965 30 MIN AL WS LAD L 7 25 25 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 .120 .120 .200 .320 5 2 0 0 0 0
1 WS 7 25 25 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 .120 .120 .200 .320 5 2 0 0 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
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 (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1960-AL-8-17%
1963-AL-7-20%
1965-AL-10-8%
0.45 Career Shares (455th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1961 AL--.302--6th
1963 AL--.285--10th

On-Base% s c a p y
1961 AL--.377--10th
1963 AL--.369--7th

Slugging % s c a p y
1963 AL--.476--9th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1963 AL--.845--9th

Home Runs s c a p y
1963 AL--26--9th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1963 AL--84--9th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1963 AL--134--10th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1963 AL--2.5--9th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1963 AL--.671--9th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1960 AL--8--4th
1963 AL--8--4th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1964 AL--8--2nd

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1963 AL--8--6th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1961 AL--18--8th
1962 AL--20--2nd
1963 AL--16--10th
1964 AL--23--2nd

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1960 AL--5--9th

AB per HR s c a p y
1963 AL--19.5--8th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 19 (1027), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 28 (614), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 19 (697), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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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.

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