John Bateman

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 210lb (190cm, 95kg)

Born: July 21, 1940 in Fort Sill, OK us

Died: December 3, 1996 in Sand Springs, OK

Buried: Woodland Memorial Park, Sand Springs, OK

Debut: April 19, 1963 (Age 22-272d, 12,095th in major league history)
vs. LAD 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1972 (Age 32-074d)
vs. CHC 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1963 season

Full Name: John Alvin Bateman

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.9

3330

765

.230

250

RBI

375

OBP

.271

SLG

.351

OPS

.621

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	HOU		PHI	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
2	3 (1)	Apr 15	HOU	@	NYM	L,4-5	GS	36	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
3	5 (1)	Apr 18 (1)	HOU	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
4	7 (1)	Apr 19	HOU	@	PHI	L,0-8	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
5	9 (1)	Apr 21	HOU	@	PHI	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
6	10	Apr 23	HOU		PIT	W,4-3	CG	48	12.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
7	11	Apr 24	HOU		PIT	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
8	12	Apr 25	HOU		PIT	W,5-4	GS	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
9	13	Apr 26	HOU		PIT	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	C
10	14	Apr 27	HOU		NYM	W,3-2	GS	28	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
11	15	Apr 28	HOU		NYM	W,12-9	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
12	16	Apr 30	HOU		CHC	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	17	May 1 (1)	HOU		CHC	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
14	19 (1)	May 2	HOU		CHC	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
15	21 (1)	May 5	HOU	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	49	13.2	8	1	0	9	0	C
16	22	May 7	HOU	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
17	24 (1)	May 9 (1)	HOU	@	CHC	W,11-5	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
18	26 (1)	May 10	HOU	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	42	9.2	8	0	1	9	0	C
19	28 (1)	May 12	HOU	@	LAD	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
20	33 (4)	May 16 (2)	HOU	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	C
21	35 (1)	May 18	HOU		LAD	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
22	36	May 19	HOU		LAD	L,2-4	CG	59	14.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
23	37	May 21	HOU		SFG	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
24	39 (1)	May 22 (2)	HOU		SFG	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
25	40	May 23	HOU		SFG	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
26	41	May 24	HOU		CIN	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	51 (9)	Jun 3	HOU	@	CIN	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
28	56 (4)	Jun 9	HOU	@	PIT	L,3-11	CG	45	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	149 (92)	Sep 17	HOU	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	6	3	0	9	1	C
30	151 (1)	Sep 19 (2)	HOU	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
31	152	Sep 21	HOU	@	STL	L,0-3	GS	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
32	153	Sep 22	HOU	@	STL	L,1-4	GF	10	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
33	154	Sep 25	HOU		CIN	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
34	155	Sep 26	HOU		CIN	W,4-2	GS	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
35	156	Sep 27	HOU		MLN	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	10	2	1	13	0	C
36	157	Sep 28	HOU		MLN	L,1-7	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
37	158	Sep 29	HOU		MLN	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	7	3	0	10	0	C
38	160 (1)	Oct 1	HOU		STL	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
39	161	Oct 2	HOU		STL	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
							39gm		347.1	234	26	4	264	3