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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 (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
Teams (by GP): Braves/Phillies/Dodgers/Orioles/Yankees 1970-1981
Agents: Jerry Kapstein [*]
Final Game: May 24, 1981
Died: December 24, 2004 in Richmond, VA
Buried: Sunset Memorial Park, Chester, VA
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

Standard Batting

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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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1970 24 BAL AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /2
1972 26 BAL AL 288 2 -3 -1 1 2 5 9 15 1.5 13 1.3 0.2 $13,500 2
1973 27 ATL NL 351 -16 -3 -1 1 4 5 10 0 -0.1 -4 -0.4 0.3 $ 2
1974 28 ATL NL 327 -21 -1 0 2 4 5 10 -1 -0.4 -5 -0.5 0.1 $ 2
1975 29 ATL NL 19 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ /2
1975 29 PHI NL 310 -3 -1 0 0 5 5 9 15 1.5 10 1.0 0.5 $ 2
1976 30 PHI NL 107 -4 -2 0 0 1 2 3 0 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 2
1977 31 LAD NL 171 -5 0 1 0 -1 3 5 3 0.3 4 0.4 -0.1 $ 2
1978 32 LAD NL 80 -1 -1 1 1 -1 1 2 2 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $80,000 2
1979 33 LAD NL 51 -6 0 0 0 0 1 2 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ 2
1980 34 NYY AL 67 -6 -1 0 1 3 1 2 0 0.0 -3 -0.3 0.3 $ 2
1981 35 NYY AL 28 -2 0 1 0 -2 1 1 -1 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $ 2
11 Seasons 1820 -63 -12 1 6 15 29 55 31 2.4 16 1.6 0.8 $93,500
ATL (3 yrs) 697 -38 -4 -1 3 8 10 21 -1 -0.6 -9 -0.9 0.3 $
LAD (3 yrs) 302 -12 -1 2 1 -2 5 9 2 0.1 4 0.4 -0.3 $80,000
PHI (2 yrs) 417 -7 -3 0 0 6 7 12 15 1.4 9 0.9 0.5 $
NYY (2 yrs) 95 -8 -1 1 1 1 2 3 -1 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $
BAL (2 yrs) 309 2 -3 -1 1 2 5 10 16 1.6 14 1.4 0.2 $13,500

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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

Standard Fielding

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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% PO Awards
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% 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% 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% 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% 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% 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% 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% 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% 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% 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% 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% 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% 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% 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% 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% 13
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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

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 (77th)

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

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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 Notes
197226Baltimore Orioles$13,500Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197832Los Angeles Dodgers$80,0002/10/79 TSN
Career to date (may be incomplete)$93,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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