Earl Battey

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 205lb (185cm, 92kg)

Born: January 5, 1935 in Los Angeles, CA us

Died: November 15, 2003 in Ocala, FL

Buried: Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA

High School: Jordan HS (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: September 10, 1955 (Age 20-248d, 11,292nd in major league history)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1967 (Age 32-265d)
vs. CAL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1957 season

Full Name: Earl Jesse Battey

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.8

3586

969

104

.270

393

RBI

449

OBP

.349

SLG

.409

OPS

.757

OPS+

106

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	29-38 / in Starts: 23-18
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	17 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	5

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 198 PAs	26
Actual Runners on Base	132 (60-49-23)
Avg. MLBer w/ 198 PAs	21
Avg. Runners on Base	121 (64-37-19)

Most Driven In
Self	8
J Landis	5
A Smith	3
B Phillips	2
R Jackson	2
J Rivera	1
E Torgeson	1
B Goodman	1

Most Driven In By
Self	8
L Aparicio	4
B Goodman	3
A Smith	3
J Rivera	2
J Landis	2
D Mueller	1
B Phillips	1

1958 Batting Game Log

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1958 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	58	4 (3)	Apr 18	CHW	@	KCA	W,11-7	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	8	.13	-0.015	.30	-0.02%	-0.60	C
2	59	8 (3)	Apr 23	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	4						C
3	60	9	Apr 24	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-6	GS-7	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.375	.167	.542	8	1.29	0.023	2.14	0.02%	1.03	C
4	61	10	Apr 25	CHW		KCA	W,6-5	10-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.333	.143	.476	6	1.32	-0.033	2.23	-0.03%	-0.10	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	62	19 (8)	May 11 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.308	.182	.490	7	.83	0.079	1.13	0.06%	0.02	C
6	63	27 (7)	May 18 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,6-10	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.294	.200	.494	7	.56	-0.052	1.02	-0.06%	0.04	C
7	64	29 (1)	May 21	CHW		NYY	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.278	.188	.465	9	1.09	-0.027	1.52	-0.02%	-0.28	PH
8	65	30	May 22	CHW		BAL	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.200	.473	8	.49	-0.082	.48	-0.05%	-1.19	C
9	66	33 (2)	May 25 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,3-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.261	.190	.451	9	2.00	-0.047	2.46	-0.04%	-0.57	PH
10	67	36 (2)	May 28	CHW		WSH	W,13-3	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.182	.432	4	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.22	C
11	68	38 (1)	May 30 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.286	.231	.516	7	.80	0.016	1.28	0.02%	0.04	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	69	41 (2)	Jun 3	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-13	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.276	.222	.498	4	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.21	C
13	70	43 (1)	Jun 5 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-12	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.267	.214	.481	3	.06	-0.002	.12	0.00%	-0.46	C
14	71	46 (2)	Jun 7	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.258	.207	.465	5	4.05	-0.113	5.39	-0.09%	-0.36	PH
15	72	48 (1)	Jun 8 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.242	.194	.436	8	.51	-0.026	.50	-0.02%	-0.26	C
16	73	50 (1)	Jun 10 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.270	.314	.585	6	.60	0.050	.58	0.03%	1.14	C
17	74	52 (1)	Jun 12	CHW	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.293	.342	.635	6	1.12	0.061	.78	0.03%	0.85	C
18	75	53	Jun 13	CHW	@	BAL	T,5-5	9-GF(14)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.279	.325	.604	9	2.92	-0.153	1.77	-0.06%	-0.51	PR C
19	76	54	Jun 14	CHW	@	BAL	W,9-1	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.292	.400	.692	6	.80	0.184	.56	0.08%	1.51	C
20	77	55	Jun 15 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.269	.367	.637	4	1.14	-0.114	1.11	-0.07%	-0.91	C
21	78	58 (2)	Jun 18	CHW		BOS	L,9-13	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.264	.360	.624	9	1.80	-0.036	2.55	-0.03%	-0.29	PH
22	79	62 (3)	Jun 22	CHW		BAL	L,0-2	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.268	.358	.626	5	1.14	0.033	1.91	0.03%	0.06	C
23	80	65 (2)	Jun 26	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.263	.352	.615	9	1.38	-0.034	2.59	-0.04%	-0.15	PH
24	81	67 (1)	Jun 28	CHW		WSH	W,8-4	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.241	.279	.379	.658	5	1.04	0.114	.99	0.07%	0.03	C
25	82	69 (1)	Jun 29 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,12-11	CG(11)	7	4	2	2	2	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.258	.313	.419	.733	5	1.46	0.152	1.30	0.08%	1.73	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	83	72 (2)	Jul 3	CHW		KCA	W,7-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.324	.462	.785	6	.96	0.154	.96	0.09%	1.03	C
27	84	73	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		KCA	L,5-6	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.333	.500	.833	6	1.07	0.047	1.18	0.03%	1.35	C
28	85	74	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		KCA	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.329	.493	.822	7	2.50	-0.061	2.12	-0.03%	-0.15	PH
29	86	77 (2)	Jul 10	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-11	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.321	.479	.799	8	.01	0.000	.01	0.00%	-0.76	PH C
30	87	78	Jul 11	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.317	.459	.777	5	.64	-0.010	.29	0.00%	-0.11	C
31	88	80 (1)	Jul 12 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,13-5	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.333	.544	.878	6	.62	0.169	.23	0.04%	3.81	C
32	89	82 (1)	Jul 13 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	5-5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.341	.544	.885	9	1.11	0.049	.95	0.03%	0.37	PH
33	90	84 (1)	Jul 15	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS-11	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.256	.326	.524	.850	4	1.26	-0.075	.32	-0.01%	-0.44	C
34	91	86 (1)	Jul 16 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.313	.500	.813	6	1.08	-0.102	.32	-0.02%	-0.86	C
35	92	87	Jul 17	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.309	.494	.804	7	.84	-0.021	.17	0.00%	-0.27	PH
36	93	88	Jul 18	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-2	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.324	.489	.812	5	.54	0.012	.07	0.00%	0.51	C
37	94	89	Jul 19	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.237	.318	.473	.791	5	.83	-0.011	.14	0.00%	-0.54	C
38	95	91 (1)	Jul 20 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.313	.454	.766	6	1.84	-0.162	.65	-0.03%	-0.65	C
39	96	93 (1)	Jul 23	CHW		BAL	L,4-6	4-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.224	.310	.449	.759	7	2.16	0.015	.41	0.00%	0.17	PH
40	97	94	Jul 24	CHW		BAL	L,3-7	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.316	.446	.762	6	.71	0.012	.09	0.00%	0.26	C
41	98	98 (3)	Jul 28	CHW		WSH	W,6-5	2-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.322	.446	.768	9	2.58	0.087	.16	0.00%	1.00	PH
42	99	99	Jul 29	CHW		WSH	W,2-1	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.319	.441	.761	1	3.36	-0.084	.20	0.00%	-0.22	PH
43	100	100	Jul 30	CHW		WSH	W,11-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.309	.425	.733	6	.68	-0.067	.06	0.00%	-1.26	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
44	101	103 (2)	Aug 3 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,3-1	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.323	.426	.749	6	.77	-0.007	.02	0.00%	0.13	C
45	102	105 (1)	Aug 5	CHW	@	KCA	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.313	.411	.724	7	.59	-0.061	.03	0.00%	-0.75	C
46	103	106	Aug 6	CHW	@	KCA	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.319	.409	.727	7	.85	-0.058	.03	0.00%	-0.16	C
47	104	110 (3)	Aug 10 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,3-4	CG(12)	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.319	.405	.724	7	1.91	-0.241	.07	-0.01%	-0.95	C
48	105	113 (2)	Aug 13 (1)	CHW		KCA	L,1-2	11-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.317	.402	.719	9	2.50	-0.061	.12	0.00%	-0.15	PH
49	106	114	Aug 13 (2)	CHW		KCA	W,6-5	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.232	.329	.432	.761	7	1.52	0.325	.06	0.01%	2.05	C
50	107	118 (3)	Aug 17	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.333	.453	.786	7	1.24	0.296	.23	0.03%	0.39	C
51	108	123 (4)	Aug 23	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.325	.439	.764	6	.62	-0.058	.13	-0.01%	-1.16	C
52	109	125 (1)	Aug 25	CHW	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	4	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.329	.456	.785	6	1.37	0.075	.18	0.01%	0.65	C
53	110	129 (3)	Aug 30	CHW		DET	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.333	.460	.793	9	.46	0.028	.12	0.00%	0.26	PH
54	111	130	Aug 31	CHW		DET	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.331	.454	.785	7	.65	0.040	.14	0.01%	0.16	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
55	112	131	Sep 1 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,5-6	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.329	.451	.780	9	.64	-0.016	.10	0.00%	-0.22	PH
56	113	132	Sep 1 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,1-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.327	.448	.775	9	.11	-0.003	.01	0.00%	-0.15	PH
57	114	134 (1)	Sep 4	CHW	@	DET	L,4-11	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.325	.444	.770	9	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.23	PH
58	115	135	Sep 5	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.324	.446	.769	5	.69	-0.014	.01	0.00%	-0.05	C
59	116	137 (1)	Sep 7	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.322	.443	.765	9	1.36	-0.034	.06	0.00%	-0.10	PH
60	117	139 (1)	Sep 10	CHW		BOS	W,7-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.322	.443	.765	7						C
61	118	141 (1)	Sep 12	CHW		NYY	L,0-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.320	.440	.760	9	.02	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.10	PH
62	119	142	Sep 13	CHW		NYY	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.324	.438	.762	7	.83	-0.019	.00	0.00%	0.00	C
63	120	143	Sep 14 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,7-1	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.322	.439	.762	8	.58	0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.26	C
64	121	148 (4)	Sep 20	CHW	@	KCA	L,2-3	GS-9	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.332	.440	.772	6	1.38	0.138	.00	0.00%	0.64	C
65	122	149	Sep 21	CHW	@	KCA	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.330	.432	.762	5	1.00	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.99	C
66	123	152 (2)	Sep 25	CHW		DET	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.229	.323	.422	.745	4	.65	-0.100	.00	0.00%	-1.41	C
67	124	154 (1)	Sep 27	CHW		KCA	L,1-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.327	.417	.743	4	2.49	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.03	C
68	125	155	Sep 28	CHW		KCA	W,11-4	4-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.226	.325	.417	.742	9	1.80	0.024	.00	0.00%	0.07	PH
							29-38		198	168	24	38	8	0	8	26	24	1	34	2	1	3	1	3	1	0	.226	.325	.417	.742		1.03	0.153	.52	0.02%	1.29

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