Johnny Oates
Johnny Lane Oates
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 188 lb.

Born: January 21, 1946 in Sylva, NC
High School: Prince George (Prince George, VA)
School: Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1967 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1970
Final Game: May 24, 1981
Died: December 24, 2004 in Richmond, VA
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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
1970 BAL AL 24 C 4 4 47.0 33 30 1 2 1 .939 0.0 0.0 0 5.94 7.75 .988 6.64 5.82 0 2 1 1 50%
1972 BAL AL 26 C 82 69 633.0 424 391 31 2 4 .995 2.0 3.8 2 6.00 5.15 .985 6.48 5.66 4 18 24 18 43%
1973 ATL NL 27 C 86 79 715.0 475 409 57 9 6 .981 4.0 6.7 4 5.87 5.42 .987 6.34 5.58 10 21 43 29 40%
1974 ATL NL 28 C 91 77 728.0 493 434 55 4 4 .992 4.0 6.6 4 6.05 5.37 .985 6.12 5.37 15 14 50 27 35%
1975 TOT NL 29 C 88 76 686.2 500 450 45 5 10 .990 5.0 8.7 5 6.49 5.63 .985 6.03 5.24 4 28 29 23 44%
1975 ATL NL 29 C 6 5 42.0 22 21 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 4.71 3.67 .986 6.02 5.23 1 0 3 1 25%
1975 PHI NL 29 C 82 71 644.2 478 429 44 5 10 .990 5.0 9.3 5 6.60 5.77 .985 6.03 5.24 3 28 26 22 46%
1976 PHI NL 30 C 33 26 235.2 171 155 15 1 1 .994 1.0 5.1 1 6.49 5.15 .986 5.96 5.16 0 9 15 9 38%
1977 LAD NL 31 C 56 38 387.0 299 258 37 4 3 .987 -1.0 -3.1 -1 6.86 5.27 .985 6.49 5.54 5 12 40 20 33%
1978 LAD NL 32 C 24 18 147.2 91 77 10 4 1 .956 -1.0 -8.1 -1 5.30 3.63 .986 6.17 5.11 0 5 13 6 32%
1979 LAD NL 33 C 20 12 108.2 79 64 13 2 2 .975 0.0 0.0 0 6.38 3.85 .985 6.13 5.27 4 1 12 7 37%
1980 NYY AL 34 C 39 15 191.0 110 99 10 1 1 .991 3.0 18.8 3 5.14 2.79 .986 5.48 4.60 1 4 11 12 52%
1981 NYY AL 35 C 10 9 76.0 54 49 3 2 0 .963 -2.0 -31.6 -2 6.16 5.20 .987 5.51 4.76 0 1 10 2 17%
11 Seasons C 533 423 3955.2 2729 2416 277 36 33 .987 15.0 4.6 15 6.13 5.05 .986 6.19 5.35 43 115 248 154 38%
11 Seasons TOT 533 423 3955.2 2729 2416 277 36 33 .987 15.0 4.6 15 6.13 5.05 .972 6.19 5.35 43 115 248 154 38%

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
1970 BAL AL 24 5 4 5 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1972 BAL AL 26 85 69 85 85 0 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1973 ATL NL 27 93 79 93 93 0 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
1974 ATL NL 28 100 77 100 91 0 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1
1975 PHI NL 29 90 71 90 82 0 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1975 ATL NL 29 8 5 8 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1976 PHI NL 30 37 26 37 33 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
1977 LAD NL 31 60 38 60 56 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3
1978 LAD NL 32 40 18 40 24 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1
1979 LAD NL 33 26 12 26 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1980 NYY AL 34 39 15 39 39 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1981 NYY AL 35 10 9 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 593 423 593 544 0 533 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 9
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%
1970 BAL AL 24 200 2.87 2.87 2 50% 0 0 30 1 0 0 29 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
1972 BAL AL 26 2622 2.86 3.11 37 97% 0 0 393 27 1 5 360 30 7 0 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 9 100%
1973 ATL NL 27 3032 4.00 4.44 38 97% 1 0 395 26 4 10 355 59 10 0 0 9 8 0 4 4 0 6 0 1 1 5 100%
1974 ATL NL 28 3176 3.16 3.65 54 100% 0 0 430 38 4 12 376 51 10 1 0 8 4 0 1 3 0 4 0 2 3 4 100%
1975 PHI NL 29 2788 3.69 4.12 32 88% 0 0 427 18 3 8 398 44 9 1 0 4 5 2 1 2 1 10 1 1 2 9 56%
1975 ATL NL 29 189 4.29 5.14 4 100% 0 0 22 3 0 1 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1976 PHI NL 30 994 2.60 3.13 12 100% 0 0 154 3 1 7 143 18 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 100%
1977 LAD NL 31 1700 3.14 3.56 26 96% 0 0 257 19 4 4 230 35 7 0 1 5 4 0 2 2 0 3 0 1 2 4 100%
1978 LAD NL 32 630 2.86 3.11 12 92% 0 0 77 6 1 3 67 10 4 1 0 1 4 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 100%
1979 LAD NL 33 486 3.73 4.22 9 100% 0 0 63 5 0 3 55 14 4 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 100%
1980 NYY AL 34 839 3.72 4.34 4 75% 0 0 99 3 1 2 93 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1981 NYY AL 35 327 2.61 3.55 3 67% 0 0 49 1 0 2 46 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
11 Seasons 16983 3.34 3.77 233 95% 1 0 2396 150 19 57 2170 276 59 3 1 34 35 2 14 19 2 33 1 5 8 44 91%
MLB Averages 3.70 4.18 95% 90%

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
1970 BAL AL 24 0 2 76 1 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 1.50 3.41
1972 BAL AL 26 4 18 867 24 18 15 43% 23 16 1 0 0 2 2 0 57 23 1.36 1.30
1973 ATL NL 27 10 21 1084 43 29 27 40% 40 24 2 4 1 1 3 0 99 42 1.19 1.16
1974 ATL NL 28 15 14 1171 50 27 24 35% 50 23 0 3 0 1 3 0 101 35 1.41 1.22
1975 PHI NL 29 3 28 1011 26 22 22 46% 24 17 1 2 1 3 3 0 80 28 1.26 1.44
1975 ATL NL 29 1 0 67 3 1 1 25% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0.94 0.67
1976 PHI NL 30 0 9 339 15 9 8 38% 13 7 2 2 0 0 1 0 29 11 1.14 1.18
1977 LAD NL 31 5 12 606 40 20 19 33% 35 16 5 3 0 1 1 0 67 23 1.33 1.53
1978 LAD NL 32 0 5 221 13 6 4 32% 12 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 24 6 1.40 0.96
1979 LAD NL 33 4 1 182 12 7 7 37% 12 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 21 8 1.11 1.32
1980 NYY AL 34 2 4 307 11 12 10 52% 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 21 13 1.14 1.57
1981 NYY AL 35 0 1 122 10 2 2 17% 8 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 13 2 1.26 0.26
11 Seasons 44 115 6053 248 154 140 38% 232 127 12 16 4 11 13 0 523 194 1.28 1.31
MLB Averages 35% 1.29 1.26

* 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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