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.

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 21	CHW		KCA	W,1-0	CG	35	10.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
2	9 (4)	Apr 28	CHW	@	KCA	W,5-3	GS	26	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	16 (6)	May 5 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,0-3	GS	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
4	19 (2)	May 9	CHW		BOS	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
5	25 (5)	May 18	CHW	@	BAL	T,4-4	GS	33	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
6	32 (6)	May 26 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
7	36 (3)	May 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	40 (3)	Jun 2 (1)	CHW		DET	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
9	41	Jun 2 (2)	CHW		DET	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
10	44 (2)	Jun 6	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
11	47 (2)	Jun 9 (1)	CHW		BAL	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
12	49 (1)	Jun 11	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
13	52 (2)	Jun 14	CHW		WSH	W,10-4	GF	17	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	PR C
14	54 (1)	Jun 16 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
15	55	Jun 16 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,8-6	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
16	59 (3)	Jun 21	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
17	60	Jun 22	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS	32	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
18	62 (1)	Jun 23 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
19	65 (2)	Jun 27 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-8	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
20	67 (1)	Jun 28	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
21	69 (1)	Jun 30 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-6	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
22	70	Jun 30 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,9-11	GS	29	5.0	1	0	2	3	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	75 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	KCA	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
24	78 (2)	Jul 7 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,9-8	GF	39	11.0	4	1	0	5	0	PH C
25	81 (2)	Jul 13	CHW		WSH	W,7-4	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
26	89 (7)	Jul 21	CHW		BOS	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
27	92 (2)	Jul 25	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-2	GS	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
28	93	Jul 26 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-5	GF	10	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
29	94	Jul 26 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
30	96 (1)	Jul 28	CHW	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	100 (3)	Aug 1	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
32	101	Aug 2	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS	26	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	144 (42)	Sep 18	CHW	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
34	145	Sep 19	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-3	GS	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
35	146	Sep 20	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	4	2	0	6	1	C
36	148 (1)	Sep 22	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-5	GS	22	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
37	149	Sep 23	CHW	@	KCA	L,5-6	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
38	150	Sep 24	CHW	@	KCA	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
39	151	Sep 25	CHW		DET	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
40	152	Sep 26	CHW		DET	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
41	153	Sep 27	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
42	154	Sep 28	CHW		CLE	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
43	155	Sep 29	CHW		CLE	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
							43gm		289.2	165	19	2	186	2