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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	WSH		BOS	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	15	1	1	17	0	C
2	2	Apr 19	WSH	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
3	3	Apr 20	WSH	@	BAL	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
4	4	Apr 21	WSH	@	BAL	W,6-5	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
5	5	Apr 22	WSH		BOS	L,4-5	CG	43	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
6	6	Apr 23	WSH		BOS	L,3-8	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
7	7	Apr 24	WSH		BOS	W,11-10	CG	47	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
8	8	Apr 25	WSH		BAL	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
9	9	Apr 26	WSH		BAL	L,10-11	CG	48	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
10	10	Apr 27	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
11	11	Apr 30	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-2	GS	7	2.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	13 (1)	May 3	WSH		CLE	W,7-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
13	14	May 4	WSH		CLE	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
14	15	May 5	WSH		CHW	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
15	16	May 6	WSH		CHW	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
16	17	May 7	WSH		CHW	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
17	18	May 9	WSH		KCA	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
18	19	May 10	WSH		DET	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
19	20	May 11	WSH		DET	L,0-1	CG	41	11.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
20	21	May 13	WSH		NYY	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
21	22	May 14	WSH		NYY	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
22	23	May 15	WSH		NYY	L,2-11	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
23	24	May 17	WSH	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
24	25	May 18	WSH	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	41	11.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
25	26	May 21	WSH	@	KCA	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
26	27	May 22 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
27	28	May 22 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
28	29	May 24	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
29	30	May 25	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	40	10.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
30	31	May 26	WSH		BOS	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
31	33 (1)	May 28	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
32	34	May 29	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-6	GS	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
33	36 (1)	May 30 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
34	37	May 31	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	38	Jun 2 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
36	40 (1)	Jun 3	WSH		BAL	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
37	41	Jun 4	WSH	@	BAL	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
38	42	Jun 5	WSH		BAL	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
39	44 (1)	Jun 7	WSH		KCA	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
40	45	Jun 8	WSH		KCA	W,8-6	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
41	46	Jun 9	WSH		KCA	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
42	47	Jun 10	WSH		DET	L,4-7	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH C
43	48	Jun 11	WSH		DET	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	2	5	0	C
44	49	Jun 12 (1)	WSH		DET	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
45	51 (1)	Jun 15	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
46	52	Jun 16	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-10	CG	44	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
47	55 (2)	Jun 19	WSH	@	KCA	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
48	56	Jun 21	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
49	57	Jun 22	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
50	58	Jun 23	WSH	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
51	60 (1)	Jun 25	WSH	@	DET	W,6-4	GF	14	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	PH C
52	62 (1)	Jun 26 (2)	WSH	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
53	64 (1)	Jun 28	WSH		CHW	W,2-1	CG	56	14.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
54	65	Jun 30	WSH		CHW	L,2-4	CG	38	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	67 (1)	Jul 3 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
56	68	Jul 3 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,5-11	CG	45	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
57	69	Jul 4	WSH		NYY	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
58	70	Jul 5	WSH		NYY	W,5-3	GS	26	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
59	71	Jul 6	WSH	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
60	72	Jul 7 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
61	73	Jul 7 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
62	75 (1)	Jul 9	WSH	@	BAL	W,7-2	CG	42	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
63	76	Jul 10	WSH	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
64	77	Jul 15	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
65	78	Jul 16	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
66	79	Jul 17 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
67	80	Jul 17 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
68	81	Jul 19	WSH	@	DET	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
69	82	Jul 20	WSH	@	DET	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
70	83	Jul 21	WSH	@	DET	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
71	84	Jul 22	WSH		KCA	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
72	85	Jul 23	WSH		KCA	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
73	86	Jul 24 (1)	WSH		KCA	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
74	87	Jul 24 (2)	WSH		KCA	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
75	88	Jul 26	WSH		DET	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
76	89	Jul 27	WSH		DET	W,5-4	CG	62	15.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
77	91 (1)	Jul 29	WSH		CHW	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
78	92	Jul 30	WSH		CHW	L,2-3	CG	43	11.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
79	93	Jul 31 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
80	94	Jul 31 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	95	Aug 1	WSH		CLE	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
82	96	Aug 2	WSH		CLE	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
83	97	Aug 3	WSH		CLE	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	C
84	98	Aug 4	WSH	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	6	3	0	9	2	C
85	99	Aug 5	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
86	100	Aug 6	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-9	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
87	101	Aug 7 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,7-9	CG	43	8.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
88	102	Aug 7 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	40	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
89	103	Aug 8	WSH	@	KCA	W,10-7	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
90	104	Aug 9 (1)	WSH	@	KCA	W,3-1	CG	46	12.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
91	105	Aug 9 (2)	WSH	@	KCA	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
92	106	Aug 10	WSH	@	KCA	L,1-13	CG	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	C
93	108 (1)	Aug 12	WSH	@	NYY	W,12-7	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
94	109	Aug 13	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
95	110	Aug 14 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
96	111	Aug 14 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	W,6-3	GF	12	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
97	112	Aug 15	WSH		BOS	L,3-11	CG	46	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
98	114 (1)	Aug 17	WSH	@	BAL	W,11-7	CG	52	12.0	7	0	0	7	1	C
99	115	Aug 18	WSH	@	BAL	L,8-10	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
100	116	Aug 19	WSH		NYY	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
101	117	Aug 20	WSH		NYY	L,5-9	CG	46	11.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
102	118	Aug 21	WSH		NYY	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
103	119	Aug 23	WSH		KCA	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
104	120	Aug 24	WSH		KCA	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
105	121	Aug 25	WSH		KCA	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
106	122	Aug 26	WSH		DET	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
107	123	Aug 27	WSH		DET	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
108	124	Aug 28	WSH		CLE	L,1-9	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
109	125	Aug 29	WSH		CLE	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
110	126	Aug 30	WSH		CHW	L,10-11	CG	50	10.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
111	127	Aug 31	WSH		CHW	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	9	1	1	11	1	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
112	128	Sep 2 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
113	129	Sep 2 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
114	130	Sep 3	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
115	131	Sep 4	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
116	132	Sep 5 (1)	WSH		BAL	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
117	133	Sep 5 (2)	WSH		BAL	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
118	134	Sep 7	WSH	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
119	135	Sep 8	WSH	@	KCA	W,7-0	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
120	136	Sep 9	WSH	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
121	137	Sep 10	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
122	138	Sep 11 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
123	140 (1)	Sep 13	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS	23	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
124	141	Sep 14	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
125	142	Sep 16	WSH		BOS	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
126	143	Sep 17	WSH		BOS	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
127	144	Sep 18	WSH		BOS	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
128	145	Sep 20	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	44	10.1	2	1	1	4	0	C
129	146	Sep 21	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
130	147	Sep 23	WSH		BAL	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
131	148	Sep 24	WSH		BAL	L,9-10	GS	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
132	149	Sep 25	WSH		BAL	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
133	150	Sep 26	WSH		NYY	L,2-4	CG	44	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
134	151	Sep 27	WSH		NYY	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
135	152	Sep 28	WSH		NYY	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
136	153	Oct 1	WSH		BAL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
							136gm		1178.0	749	65	15	829	10