Earl Battey

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 205lb (185cm, 92kg)

Born: January 5, 1935 in Los Angeles, CA us

Died: November 15, 2003 in Ocala, FL

Buried: Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA

High School: Jordan HS (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: September 10, 1955 (Age 20-248d, 11,292nd in major league history)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1967 (Age 32-265d)
vs. CAL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1957 season

Full Name: Earl Jesse Battey

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.8

3586

969

104

.270

393

RBI

449

OBP

.349

SLG

.409

OPS

.757

OPS+

106

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

1967 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1967 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
2	2	Apr 13	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
3	3	Apr 14	MIN		DET	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
4	4	Apr 15	MIN		DET	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
5	5	Apr 16	MIN		CLE	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
6	6	Apr 19	MIN		BAL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
7	14 (7)	Apr 30 (1)	MIN	@	WSA	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	18 (3)	May 5	MIN		BOS	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
9	19	May 6	MIN		BOS	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
10	25 (5)	May 13	MIN		KCA	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
11	26	May 14	MIN		KCA	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
12	27	May 16	MIN	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
13	28	May 17	MIN	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
14	39 (10)	May 28 (2)	MIN	@	KCA	L,2-7	GS	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
15	42 (2)	May 31	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS	17	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	47 (4)	Jun 5	MIN		CLE	W,5-4	GF	14	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
17	48	Jun 6 (1)	MIN		CLE	L,4-6	GS	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
18	50 (1)	Jun 8	MIN		CLE	L,5-7	GS	31	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
19	51	Jun 9	MIN		BAL	L,2-11	CG	45	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
20	55 (3)	Jun 12	MIN		DET	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
21	56	Jun 13	MIN		DET	L,10-15	GF	16	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
22	60 (3)	Jun 17	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
23	63 (2)	Jun 19 (2)	MIN	@	BAL	L,5-9	GS	18	3.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
24	67 (3)	Jun 24	MIN		CHW	L,2-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	80 (12)	Jul 8	MIN	@	CHW	L,0-1	GS	25	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
26	84 (3)	Jul 14	MIN		KCA	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH C
27	85	Jul 15	MIN		KCA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
28	86	Jul 16 (1)	MIN		CAL	W,5-1	GS	25	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
29	87	Jul 16 (2)	MIN		CAL	W,7-6	GF	22	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
30	88	Jul 17	MIN		CAL	L,0-2	GF	14	4.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
31	91 (2)	Jul 21	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
32	94 (2)	Jul 25	MIN	@	NYY	T,1-1	GS	27	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
33	100 (5)	Jul 29 (2)	MIN	@	BOS	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
34	101	Jul 30	MIN	@	BOS	W,7-5	GS	30	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	102	Jul 31	MIN	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	104 (1)	Aug 2	MIN	@	WSA	L,4-5	GF	3	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
37	109 (4)	Aug 8	MIN		WSA	W,3-2	GS	8	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	138 (28)	Sep 4 (1)	MIN		CLE	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
39	143 (4)	Sep 8 (1)	MIN	@	BAL	W,7-2	GS	28	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
40	148 (4)	Sep 12	MIN	@	WSA	L,4-5	GS	30	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
41	162 (13)	Sep 27	MIN		CAL	L,1-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
							41gm		272.2	212	17	3	232	2