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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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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
1970 24 BAL AL 5 21 18 2 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 .278 .333 .389 .722 98 7 0 0 0 1 0 /2
1972 26 BAL AL 85 288 253 20 66 12 1 4 21 5 7 28 31 .261 .332 .364 .696 105 92 5 0 5 2 8 2
1973 27 ATL NL 93 351 322 27 80 6 0 4 27 1 4 22 31 .248 .299 .304 .603 63 98 8 1 6 0 4 2
1974 28 ATL NL 100 327 291 22 65 10 0 1 21 2 3 23 24 .223 .278 .268 .547 51 78 4 0 11 2 10 2
1975 29 TOT NL 98 329 287 28 81 15 0 1 25 1 0 34 33 .282 .354 .345 .699 92 99 6 0 4 4 10 2
1975 29 ATL NL 8 19 18 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .222 .263 .278 .541 49 5 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1975 29 PHI NL 90 310 269 28 77 14 0 1 25 1 0 33 29 .286 .359 .349 .709 95 94 6 0 4 4 10 2
1976 30 PHI NL 37 107 99 10 25 2 0 0 8 0 1 8 12 .253 .308 .273 .581 64 27 5 0 0 0 0 2
1977 31 LAD NL 60 171 156 18 42 4 0 3 11 1 0 11 11 .269 .314 .353 .666 79 55 3 0 2 2 4 2
1978 32 LAD NL 40 80 75 5 23 1 0 0 6 0 1 5 3 .307 .350 .320 .670 89 24 0 0 0 0 1 2
1979 33 LAD NL 26 51 46 4 6 2 0 0 2 0 1 4 1 .130 .200 .174 .374 4 8 0 0 1 0 1 2
1980 34 NYY AL 39 67 64 6 12 3 0 1 3 1 2 2 3 .188 .224 .281 .505 39 18 1 1 0 0 0 2
1981 35 NYY AL 10 28 26 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .192 .250 .231 .481 41 6 0 0 0 0 0 2
11 Seasons 593 1820 1637 146 410 56 2 14 126 11 19 141 149 .250 .309 .313 .622 73 512 32 2 29 11 38
162 Game Avg. 162 497 447 40 112 15 1 4 34 3 5 39 41 .250 .309 .313 .622 73 140 9 1 8 3 10
ATL (3 yrs) 201 697 631 49 149 17 0 5 48 3 7 46 59 .236 .288 .287 .575 57 181 12 1 17 2 14
LAD (3 yrs) 126 302 277 27 71 7 0 3 19 1 2 20 15 .256 .304 .314 .618 69 87 3 0 3 2 6
PHI (2 yrs) 127 417 368 38 102 16 0 1 33 1 1 41 41 .277 .346 .329 .675 87 121 11 0 4 4 10
NYY (2 yrs) 49 95 90 10 17 4 0 1 3 1 2 4 3 .189 .232 .267 .498 40 24 1 1 0 0 0
BAL (2 yrs) 90 309 271 22 71 12 2 4 23 5 7 30 31 .262 .332 .365 .698 104 99 5 0 5 3 8
NL (7 yrs) 454 1416 1276 114 322 40 0 9 100 5 10 107 115 .252 .309 .305 .614 68 389 26 1 24 8 30
AL (4 yrs) 139 404 361 32 88 16 2 5 26 6 9 34 34 .244 .308 .341 .649 88 123 6 1 5 3 8

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
1976 30 PHI NL NLCS CIN L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 31 LAD NL WS NYY L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 32 LAD NL WS NYY L 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 3 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 2 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 1 0 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
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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1996-AL-Mgr of the year

                                         

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Transactions

June 7, 1966: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 2nd round of the 1966 amateur draft, but did not sign.

January 28, 1967: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1967 amateur draft (January Secondary).

November 30, 1972: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Pat Dobson, Roric Harrison and Davey Johnson to the Atlanta Braves for Taylor Duncan and Earl Williams.

May 7, 1975: Traded by the Atlanta Braves with Dick Allen to the Philadelphia Phillies for Barry Bonnell, Jim Essian and $150,000.

December 20, 1976: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with a player to be named later to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Ted Sizemore. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Quency Hill (minors) (January 4, 1977) to the Los Angeles Dodgers to complete the trade.

March 27, 1980: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

April 4, 1980: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

November 13, 1980: Granted Free Agency.

April 6, 1981: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

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