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.

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 12	HOU		PHI	W,5-2	GS	24	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
2	4	Apr 13	HOU		PHI	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
3	8 (3)	Apr 19	HOU	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
4	10 (1)	Apr 21	HOU	@	PHI	L,0-8	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
5	11	Apr 23	HOU	@	NYM	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
6	13 (1)	Apr 27	HOU	@	CHC	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
7	14	Apr 28 (1)	HOU	@	CHC	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
8	15	Apr 28 (2)	HOU	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
9	16	Apr 29	HOU		CIN	L,2-17	GS	41	6.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
10	17	Apr 30	HOU		CIN	W,3-0	GS	25	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	18	May 1	HOU		STL	L,1-3	GF	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
12	19	May 2	HOU		STL	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
13	20	May 3	HOU		ATL	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
14	21	May 4	HOU		ATL	L,2-5	GS	0	7.0	7	0	0	7	0
15	23 (1)	May 6	HOU		SFG	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
16	24	May 7	HOU		SFG	W,7-1	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
17	25	May 8	HOU		SFG	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
18	26	May 9	HOU		SFG	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
19	27	May 11	HOU	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	53	12.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
20	29 (1)	May 14	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
21	30	May 15	HOU	@	SFG	L,3-7	GS	22	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
22	42 (11)	May 27	HOU		LAD	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
23	43	May 28	HOU	@	ATL	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
24	44	May 30	HOU	@	ATL	W,11-0	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
25	45	May 31	HOU		CHC	W,3-1	GS	16	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	50 (4)	Jun 5	HOU		STL	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
27	51	Jun 6	HOU		STL	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
28	52	Jun 7	HOU		PIT	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
29	53	Jun 8	HOU		PIT	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
30	55 (1)	Jun 11	HOU	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
31	56	Jun 13	HOU	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
32	57	Jun 14	HOU	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	9	0	2	11	0	C
33	60 (2)	Jun 16 (2)	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-11	CG	43	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
34	61	Jun 17	HOU	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS	21	4.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
35	66 (4)	Jun 21	HOU		PHI	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
36	67	Jun 22	HOU		PHI	L,6-7	GS	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
37	68	Jun 23	HOU		PHI	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
38	69	Jun 24	HOU		CHC	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
39	70	Jun 25	HOU		CHC	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
40	71	Jun 26	HOU		CHC	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
41	72	Jun 27	HOU		NYM	L,1-3	GS	30	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
42	73	Jun 28	HOU		NYM	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
43	74	Jun 29	HOU		NYM	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
44	75	Jun 30	HOU		NYM	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	76	Jul 1	HOU		CIN	L,2-3	CG	45	11.0	10	0	1	11	0	C
46	77	Jul 2	HOU		CIN	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
47	78	Jul 3	HOU		CIN	L,7-9	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
48	79	Jul 4	HOU		CIN	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
49	80	Jul 5	HOU	@	ATL	W,13-9	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
50	81	Jul 6 (1)	HOU	@	ATL	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	82	Jul 6 (2)	HOU	@	ATL	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	8	2	1	11	1
52	83	Jul 7	HOU	@	ATL	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	C
53	84	Jul 11 (1)	HOU	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
54	85	Jul 11 (2)	HOU	@	STL	L,7-8	GS	28	6.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
55	86	Jul 12	HOU	@	STL	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
56	87	Jul 13	HOU	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
57	89 (1)	Jul 14 (2)	HOU	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	18	0	1	19	0	C
58	90	Jul 16	HOU		ATL	L,2-6	CG	46	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
59	91	Jul 17	HOU		ATL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
60	92	Jul 18	HOU		ATL	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
61	93	Jul 19	HOU	@	SFG	W,3-1	GS	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
62	100 (6)	Jul 26	HOU		SFG	W,4-1	GF	6	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
63	101	Jul 27	HOU		SFG	L,3-4	GS	29	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
64	102	Jul 28	HOU		SFG	L,2-4	GS	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
65	103	Jul 29	HOU		LAD	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
66	104	Jul 30	HOU		LAD	L,2-3	GS	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
67	105	Jul 31	HOU	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	106	Aug 1	HOU	@	CHC	L,1-4	GS	27	6.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
69	107	Aug 2	HOU		PHI	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
70	108	Aug 3	HOU		PHI	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
71	109	Aug 4	HOU		PHI	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
72	110	Aug 5	HOU		NYM	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
73	111	Aug 6	HOU		NYM	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
74	112	Aug 7	HOU		NYM	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
75	113	Aug 8	HOU		PIT	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
76	114	Aug 9	HOU		PIT	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
77	115	Aug 10 (1)	HOU		PIT	W,16-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
78	116	Aug 10 (2)	HOU		PIT	L,4-7	GS	22	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	117	Aug 11	HOU		PIT	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
80	118	Aug 13 (1)	HOU	@	PHI	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
81	119	Aug 13 (2)	HOU	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
82	120	Aug 14	HOU	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
83	121	Aug 15	HOU	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
84	122	Aug 16	HOU	@	NYM	W,3-1	CG	48	12.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
85	123	Aug 17	HOU	@	NYM	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
86	124	Aug 18 (1)	HOU	@	NYM	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	8	2	1	11	0	C
87	126 (1)	Aug 19	HOU		LAD	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
88	127	Aug 20	HOU		LAD	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
89	128	Aug 21	HOU		LAD	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
90	129	Aug 23	HOU		CHC	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
91	130	Aug 24	HOU		CHC	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
92	131	Aug 25	HOU		CHC	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
93	132	Aug 26	HOU	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	43	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
94	133	Aug 27	HOU	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
95	134	Aug 28	HOU	@	SFG	L,3-4	GS	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
96	135	Aug 29	HOU	@	SFG	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
97	136	Aug 30	HOU	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
98	137	Aug 31	HOU	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	138	Sep 1	HOU	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
100	139	Sep 2 (1)	HOU	@	PIT	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
101	141 (1)	Sep 3	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS	0	5.0	2	1	0	3	0
102	142	Sep 6	HOU	@	ATL	L,1-7	GS	0	4.0	2	1	1	4	0
103	143	Sep 7	HOU	@	ATL	W,6-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
104	145 (1)	Sep 10 (1)	HOU	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	17	1	0	18	1	C
105	146	Sep 10 (2)	HOU	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	8	0	0	8	0	C
106	147	Sep 11 (1)	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-5	GS	33	7.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
107	151 (3)	Sep 15	HOU		STL	L,4-7	GS	39	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
108	152	Sep 17	HOU		ATL	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
							108gm		881.0	690	49	11	750	6