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Johnny Oates

Johnny Lane Oates

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 188 lb.

Born: January 21, 1946 in Sylva, NC
High School: Prince George HS (Prince George, VA)
School: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, VA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1967 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1970 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Braves/Phillies/Dodgers/Orioles/Yankees 1970-1981
Agents: Jerry Kapstein [*]
Final Game: May 24, 1981 (Age 35)
Died: December 24, 2004 in Richmond, VA
Buried: Sunset Memorial Park, Chester, 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
1967	21	BAL-min	A,Rk	53	192	168	22	50	6	2	4	19	2	2	24	13	.298	.385	.429	.814		72							MIA,BLD · FLOR,APPY
1968	22	BAL-min	A	70	194	194		51	9	3	0						.263	.263	.340	.603		66							MIA · FLOR
1969	23	BAL-min	AA,WRk	93	286	256	31	75	14	2	1	24	2	2	28	13	.293	.360	.375	.735		96		0	0	2			DFW,ORI · TL,FLIN
1970	24	BAL-min	AAA	9	20	16	1	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	2	.375	.500	.438	.938		7		0	0	0			ROC · IL
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

1971	25	BAL-min	AAA	114	399	346	49	96	16	3	7	44	10	4	49	31	.277	.364	.402	.766		139		0	1	3			ROC · IL
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	65	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	80	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	90	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 Yrs				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	70	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	69	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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1970	24	BAL	AL	5	21	-0	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.1	.497	.500	0.1	0.0	1		/2

1972	26	BAL	AL	85	288	-1	-2	1	2	4	4	0.4	10	14	1.5	.506	.503	1.3	0.7	12	$13,500	2
1973	27	ATL	NL	93	351	-16	-2	1	4	5	-8	-1.0	11	3	0.1	.490	.494	-0.3	1.0	-1		2
1974	28	ATL	NL	100	327	-21	-1	2	4	5	-11	-1.2	11	0	-0.2	.488	.493	-0.7	1.0	-4		2
1975	29	ATL	NL	8	19	-1	-0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.487	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0		/2
1975	29	PHI	NL	90	310	-3	-1	-0	5	5	6	0.6	10	16	1.6	.507	.504	1.0	1.1	11		2
1976	30	PHI	NL	37	107	-4	-1	-0	1	2	-2	-0.3	3	1	0.1	.493	.498	-0.1	0.3	0		2
1977	31	LAD	NL	60	171	-5	0	-0	-1	3	-3	-0.3	6	3	0.2	.495	.498	0.3	0.2	4		2
1978	32	LAD	NL	40	80	-0	-1	1	-1	1	-0	-0.0	3	2	0.2	.499	.500	0.3	0.0	3	$80,000	2
1979	33	LAD	NL	26	51	-6	-0	0	0	1	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.4	.479	.497	-0.4	0.1	-3		2
1980	34	NYY	AL	39	67	-5	-1	1	3	2	-0	-0.0	2	2	0.2	.499	.500	-0.1	0.5	-1		2
1981	35	NYY	AL	10	28	-1	-0	0	-2	1	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.476	.499	0.1	-0.2	1		2
11 Seasons				593	1820	-62	-9	4	15	29	-23	-2.7	60	38	3.3	.496	.499	1.5	4.8	22	$93,500

ATL (3 yrs)				201	697	-39	-3	3	8	11	-20	-2.3	23	3	-0.1	.489	.495	-1.1	2.0	-5
LAD (3 yrs)				126	302	-11	-1	1	-2	5	-8	-0.9	10	2	0.1	.493	.498	0.3	0.3	4	$80,000
PHI (2 yrs)				127	417	-6	-2	-1	6	7	4	0.4	14	17	1.7	.503	.501	0.9	1.4	11
NYY (2 yrs)				49	95	-6	-1	1	1	2	-3	-0.2	3	1	0.0	.494	.499	-0.0	0.3	-0
BAL (2 yrs)				90	309	-1	-3	1	2	5	4	0.4	11	15	1.6	.505	.501	1.4	0.8	13	$13,500

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	H	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
1976	30	PHI	NL	NLCS	CIN	L	1	1	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1977	31	LAD	NL	WS	NYY	L	1	1	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1978	32	LAD	NL	WS	NYY	L	1	2	1	1	1	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
3 Yrs (3 Series)							3	4	3	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	1
1 NLCS							1	1	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2 WS							2	3	2	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
1970	BAL	AL	24	C	4	4	4	47.0	33	30	1	2	1	.939	0	0	5.94	7.75	.988	6.64	6.62	0	2	1	1	50%	40%	0
1972	BAL	AL	26	C	82	69	62	633.0	424	391	31	2	4	.995	2	4	6.00	5.15	.985	6.48	6.46	4	18	24	18	43%	39%	2
1973	ATL	NL	27	C	86	79	74	715.0	475	409	57	9	6	.981	4	7	5.87	5.42	.987	6.34	6.34	10	23	46	28	38%	36%	3
1974	ATL	NL	28	C	91	77	74	728.0	493	434	55	4	4	.992	4	7	6.05	5.37	.985	6.12	6.11	15	14	50	27	35%	33%	3
1975	TOT	NL	29	C	88	76	66	686.2	500	450	45	5	10	.990	5	9	6.49	5.63	.985	6.03	6.02	4	28	29	23	44%	32%	3
1975	ATL	NL	29	C	6	5	5	42.0	22	21	1	0	0	1.000	0	0	4.71	3.67	.985	6.02	6.02	1	0	3	1	25%	32%	0
1975	PHI	NL	29	C	82	71	61	644.2	478	429	44	5	10	.990	5	9	6.60	5.77	.985	6.03	6.02	3	28	26	22	46%	32%	3
1976	PHI	NL	30	C	33	26	21	235.2	171	155	15	1	1	.994	1	5	6.49	5.15	.986	5.96	5.94	0	9	15	9	38%	33%	1
1977	LAD	NL	31	C	56	38	34	387.0	299	258	37	4	3	.987	-1	-3	6.86	5.27	.985	6.49	6.49	5	12	40	20	33%	35%	1
1978	LAD	NL	32	C	24	18	8	147.2	91	77	10	4	1	.956	-1	-8	5.30	3.63	.985	6.17	6.12	0	5	13	6	32%	32%	0
1979	LAD	NL	33	C	20	12	6	108.2	79	64	13	2	2	.975	0	0	6.38	3.85	.985	6.13	6.11	4	1	12	7	37%	34%	0
1980	NYY	AL	34	C	39	15	11	191.0	110	99	10	1	1	.991	3	19	5.14	2.79	.986	5.48	5.47	1	4	11	12	52%	35%	0
1981	NYY	AL	35	C	10	9	7	76.0	54	49	3	2	0	.963	-2	-32	6.16	5.20	.987	5.51	5.49	0	1	10	2	17%	38%	0
	11 Seasons			C	533	423	367	3955.2	2729	2416	277	36	33	.987	15	5	6.13	5.05	.986	6.19	6.16	43	117	251	153	38%	35%	13
	11 Seasons			TOT	533	423	367	3955.2	2729	2416	277	36	33	.987	15	5	6.13	5.05	.986	6.19	6.16	43	117	251	153	38%	35%	13

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Awards (yr lg award) 1996 AL Mgr of the year	Double Plays Turned as C s c a p y 1975 NL 10 (1st)	Passed Balls s c a p y 1974 NL 15 (1st)	Caught Stealing %† s c a p y 1972 AL 42.9 (4th) 1975 NL 44.2 (4th)
Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y 1972 AL 2 (4th) 1973 NL 4 (5th) 1974 NL 4 (5th) Career 15 (76th)	Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y 1975 NL 6.49 (4th)	Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y 1975 NL 5.63 (4th)	Fielding % as C s c a p y 1972 AL .995 (1st) 1974 NL .992 (3rd) 1975 NL .990 (4th)

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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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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1972	26	Baltimore Orioles	$13,500	Noll/Fort/Hylan database

1978	32	Los Angeles Dodgers	$80,000	2/10/79 TSN

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$93,500

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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