Matt Batts

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 200lb (180cm, 90kg)

Born: October 16, 1921 in San Antonio, TX us

Died: July 14, 2013 in Baton Rouge, LA

Buried: Cremated

High School: San Antonio Technology Academy (San Antonio, TX)

School: Baylor University (Waco, TX)

Debut: September 10, 1947 (Age 25-329d, 10,347th in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 8, 1956 (Age 34-205d)
vs. NYG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Matthew Daniel Batts

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Relatives: Uncle of Danny Heep

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.9

1605

432

.269

163

RBI

219

OBP

.329

SLG

.391

OPS

.720

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	12-43 / in Starts: 10-40
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	28 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 190 PAs	14
Actual Runners on Base	106 (60-29-17) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 190 PAs	19
Avg. Runners on Base	119 (63-37-18)

Most Driven In
B Souchock	3
J Groth	2
Self	2
P Mullin	1
C Mapes	1
F Hatfield	1
J Delsing	1
W Dropo	1

Most Driven In By
J Groth	3
D Kolloway	2
Self	2
J Lipon	1
J Priddy	1
V Trucks	1
M Stuart	0
T Gray	0

1952 Batting Game Log

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1952 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	279	1	Apr 15	DET		SLB	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	1.43	-0.101	3.60	-0.15%	-0.82	C
2	280	2	Apr 16	DET		SLB	L,4-5	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	7	1.73	-0.110	3.58	-0.14%	-0.35	C
3	281	3	Apr 17	DET		SLB	L,1-3	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	7	1.21	-0.123	2.38	-0.15%	-1.22	C
4	282	4	Apr 18	DET	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.286	.231	.516	7	.74	-0.009	1.30	-0.01%	0.10	C
5	283	5	Apr 19	DET	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.278	.235	.513	7	.62	0.005	1.04	0.01%	-0.01	C
6	284	7 (1)	Apr 20 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-7	GS-6	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.350	.278	.628	7	.82	0.027	1.04	0.02%	0.34	C
7	285	8	Apr 22	DET	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.304	.238	.542	7	.89	-0.067	.93	-0.04%	-0.47	C
8	286	11 (2)	Apr 30	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.250	.333	.250	.583	7	.99	0.067	1.30	0.05%	0.50	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
9	287	13 (1)	May 2	DET	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.290	.214	.505	7	.79	-0.077	.95	-0.06%	-0.82	C
10	288	15 (1)	May 4 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,6-10	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.219	.286	.250	.536	7	.76	-0.038	.95	-0.03%	-0.09	C
11	289	19 (3)	May 8	DET	@	WSH	T,4-4	9-GF(11)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.219	.306	.250	.556	7	3.62	0.010	2.64	0.00%	0.11	C
12	290	20	May 9	DET		CHW	L,5-8	GS-13	6	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	.243	.317	.270	.587	7	1.54	0.042	1.06	0.02%	0.64	C
13	291	22 (1)	May 11 (1)	DET		CHW	L,5-6	GS-9	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.333	.317	.650	6	1.68	0.099	.95	0.03%	0.67	C
14	292	28 (5)	May 18	DET		BOS	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.289	.347	.333	.680	7	.58	0.048	.26	0.01%	0.48	C
15	293	29	May 19	DET		BOS	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.298	.353	.340	.693	7	1.26	0.013	.48	0.00%	0.16	C
16	294	34 (4)	May 27	DET	@	CLE	W,6-4	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.340	.327	.666	7	.42	-0.016	.14	0.00%	-0.38	PH C
17	295	38 (3)	May 30 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,8-5	CG(12)	7	7	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.304	.350	.375	.725	7	1.23	0.118	.30	0.02%	0.73	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
18	296	39	Jun 1 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.305	.349	.373	.722	7	1.44	-0.066	.63	-0.02%	-0.38	C
19	297	42 (2)	Jun 3	DET	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.302	.343	.381	.724	7	.77	-0.047	.24	-0.01%	0.46	C
20	298	43	Jun 4	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.288	.338	.364	.702	7	1.07	0.021	.27	0.00%	-0.11	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
21	299	92 (48)	Jul 24	DET		WSH	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.333	.371	.705	7	.89	0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.04	C
22	300	93	Jul 25	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.288	.333	.370	.703	7	1.54	-0.076	.00	0.00%	-0.46	C
23	301	96 (2)	Jul 27 (2)	DET		NYY	L,0-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.276	.321	.355	.676	7						C
24	302	97	Jul 28	DET		NYY	W,12-2	CG	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.296	.337	.370	.708	7	.55	0.155	.00	0.00%	1.68	C
25	303	98	Jul 29 (1)	DET		PHA	L,0-5	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.289	.337	.361	.699	7						C
26	304	99	Jul 29 (2)	DET		PHA	W,10-8	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.282	.330	.353	.683	7	2.10	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.21	PH C
27	305	101 (1)	Jul 31 (1)	DET		PHA	L,1-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.326	.349	.675	8	2.45	-0.061	.00	0.00%	-0.22	PH C
28	306	102	Jul 31 (2)	DET		PHA	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.316	.337	.653	7	.74	-0.057	.00	0.00%	-0.66	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
29	307	103	Aug 1	DET		BOS	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.323	.344	.667	7	1.74	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.34	C
30	308	105 (1)	Aug 3	DET		BOS	W,6-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.278	.320	.371	.692	7	.30	0.060	.00	0.00%	-0.36	C
31	309	106	Aug 5	DET	@	SLB	L,1-5	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.280	.321	.370	.691	7						C
32	310	108 (1)	Aug 7	DET	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG(12)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.306	.352	.659	7	1.66	-0.207	.00	0.00%	-1.12	C
33	311	109	Aug 8 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.275	.313	.358	.671	7	.84	-0.080	.00	0.00%	-1.06	C
34	312	110	Aug 8 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.313	.358	.671	9						PH
35	313	112 (1)	Aug 10 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.319	.351	.671	7	.84	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.18	C
36	314	115 (2)	Aug 14	DET		CHW	L,0-2	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.311	.342	.654	7	1.14	-0.091	.00	0.00%	-0.67	C
37	315	116	Aug 16	DET		SLB	W,5-2	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.267	.325	.345	.670	7						C
38	316	117	Aug 17 (1)	DET		SLB	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.318	.336	.654	7	1.81	-0.149	.00	0.00%	-1.15	C
39	317	120 (2)	Aug 19 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,5-6	GS-9	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.311	.328	.638	7	1.53	-0.128	.00	0.00%	-0.97	C
40	318	124 (3)	Aug 24	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.301	.317	.619	7	1.06	-0.105	.00	0.00%	-0.89	C
41	319	125	Aug 25	DET	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.309	.320	.630	7	.70	0.012	.00	0.00%	0.17	C
42	320	127 (1)	Aug 27	DET	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.315	.326	.640	7	.30	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.50	C
43	321	129 (1)	Aug 28 (2)	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.272	.327	.338	.665	7	.57	0.069	.00	0.00%	1.53	C
44	322	130	Aug 29	DET		CLE	L,2-4	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.329	.336	.665	7	1.01	-0.008	.00	0.00%	0.03	C
45	323	132 (1)	Aug 31	DET	@	SLB	L,4-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.264	.322	.329	.651	7	.68	-0.053	.00	0.00%	-0.59	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
46	324	133	Sep 2 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.264	.321	.347	.668	7	.72	0.138	.00	0.00%	1.27	C
47	325	137 (3)	Sep 6	DET		CHW	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.316	.342	.659	7	.86	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-0.36	C
48	326	140 (2)	Sep 10	DET		BOS	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.315	.336	.650	7	.93	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.54	C
49	327	141	Sep 11	DET		BOS	W,5-4	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.255	.313	.333	.647	7	1.07	0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.06	C
50	328	144 (2)	Sep 14	DET		WSH	L,2-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.308	.327	.635	7	.76	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.58	C
51	329	146 (1)	Sep 16	DET		NYY	L,0-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.302	.321	.623	7	.61	-0.045	.00	0.00%	-0.65	C
52	330	147	Sep 17	DET		NYY	L,3-12	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.301	.319	.620	7	.47	0.027	.00	0.00%	-0.03	C
53	331	151 (3)	Sep 22	DET	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.300	.313	.613	7	1.84	-0.094	.00	0.00%	-0.64	C
54	332	152	Sep 23	DET		SLB	L,1-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0			1	0	0	.241	.299	.329	.628	7						C
55	333	153	Sep 24	DET		SLB	L,4-7	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.299	.329	.628	7						C
56	334	156 (2)	Sep 28	DET		CLE	L,2-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.237	.298	.324	.622	7	1.35	-0.204	.00	0.00%	-1.72	C
							12-43		190	173	11	41	4	1	3	14	14	0	22	1	2		4	5	1	0	.237	.298	.324	.622		1.06	-1.254	.46	-0.43%	-9.10

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