Johnny Oates

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 188lb (180cm, 85kg)

Born: January 21, 1946 in Sylva, NC us

Died: December 24, 2004 in Richmond, VA

Buried: Sunset Memorial Park, Chester, VA

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 2nd round of the 1966 MLB June Amateur Draft from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, VA) and the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (10th) of the 1967 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, VA).

High School: Prince George HS (Prince George, VA)

School: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, VA)

Debut: September 17, 1970 (Age 24-239d, 13,080th in major league history)
vs. WSA 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 24, 1981 (Age 35-123d)
vs. CLE 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1972 season

Agents: Jerry Kapstein

Full Name: Johnny Lane Oates

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.2

1637

410

.251

146

RBI

126

OBP

.309

SLG

.313

OPS

.622

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	19-18 / in Starts: 13-13
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	34 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 107 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	90 (44-31-15)
Avg. MLBer w/ 107 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	65 (32-22-11)

Most Driven In
G Maddox	2
J Johnstone	2
T Hutton	1
G Luzinski	1
D Allen	1
O Brown	1

Most Driven In By
D Cash	3
G Maddox	1
L Bowa	1
J Martin	1
L Christenson	0
T Underwood	0

1976 Batting Game Log

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1976 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	382	1	Apr 10	PHI		PIT	L,4-5	GS-9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	8	1.24	0.025	1.95	0.02%	-0.21	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
2	383	44 (42)	Jun 3	PHI	@	STL	L,1-7	7-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	.14	0.008	.30	0.01%	0.38	PH C
3	384	46 (1)	Jun 5	PHI	@	SFG	L,2-4	7-7	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.571	.571	.571	1.143	9	.86	0.040	1.86	0.05%	0.37	PH
4	385	53 (6)	Jun 12	PHI	@	SDP	W,3-2	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	4.76	-0.129	7.76	-0.13%	-0.55	PH
5	386	55 (1)	Jun 13 (2)	PHI	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.455	.500	.455	.955	8	1.85	0.160	3.12	0.16%	1.10	C
6	387	56	Jun 15	PHI		SFG	W,10-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.417	.462	.417	.878	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.12	PH C
7	388	64 (7)	Jun 23	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-2	7-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.385	.429	.385	.813	9	2.96	-0.074	4.67	-0.07%	-0.41	PH C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
8	389	75 (10)	Jul 5	PHI		LAD	L,0-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.400	.357	.757	9	.07	-0.002	.09	0.00%	-0.22	PH
9	390	88 (12)	Jul 21	PHI	@	SDP	W,5-1	3-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.313	.353	.313	.665	8	.53	-0.026	.48	-0.01%	-1.40	C
10	391	89	Jul 22	PHI		PIT	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.316	.350	.316	.666	8	.35	-0.021	.57	-0.02%	-0.53	C
11	392	90	Jul 23	PHI		PIT	W,11-1	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.348	.375	.348	.723	8	.46	0.007	.57	0.01%	0.94	C
12	393	91	Jul 24 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,5-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.308	.357	.308	.665	8	.75	-0.059	.68	-0.03%	-1.04	C
13	394	93 (1)	Jul 25	PHI		PIT	W,13-7	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.333	.267	.600	8	.74	-0.078	.70	-0.04%	-1.14	C
14	395	94	Jul 26	PHI		NYM	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.306	.242	.548	8	1.10	-0.083	.52	-0.02%	-0.70	C
15	396	95	Jul 27	PHI		NYM	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.243	.300	.243	.543	8	1.24	-0.165	.48	-0.04%	-1.50	C
16	397	96	Jul 28	PHI		CHC	L,2-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.225	.279	.225	.504	8	1.49	-0.198	.62	-0.05%	-1.37	C
17	398	98 (1)	Jul 30	PHI	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.304	.256	.560	8	.35	0.025	.21	0.01%	0.26	C
18	399	99	Jul 31	PHI	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.340	.304	.644	8	1.21	0.216	.87	0.09%	1.20	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	400	101 (1)	Aug 1 (2)	PHI	@	NYM	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.260	.315	.280	.595	8	.95	-0.060	.38	-0.01%	-0.42	C
20	401	102	Aug 2	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.293	.259	.552	8	1.29	-0.133	.30	-0.02%	-1.08	C
21	402	103	Aug 3 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.274	.241	.516	7	1.36	-0.131	.33	-0.02%	-1.04	C
22	403	107 (3)	Aug 6	PHI	@	STL	L,2-6	GS-8	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.308	.279	.586	7	1.16	0.139	.14	0.01%	0.95	C
23	404	109 (1)	Aug 8	PHI	@	STL	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.308	.279	.586	4		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR C
24	405	110	Aug 10	PHI		ATL	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.290	.262	.551	7	2.63	-0.227	.30	-0.02%	-1.36	C
25	406	111	Aug 11	PHI		ATL	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.301	.265	.566	7	.90	0.053	.10	0.00%	0.42	C
26	407	112	Aug 12	PHI		ATL	L,3-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.293	.257	.550	7	.58	-0.029	.05	0.00%	-0.36	C
27	408	116 (3)	Aug 17	PHI		MON	W,11-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.233	.291	.247	.538	8	.36	-0.039	.10	-0.01%	-1.47	C
28	409	117	Aug 18	PHI		MON	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.289	.237	.526	8	.62	-0.016	.10	0.00%	-0.26	C
29	410	119 (1)	Aug 20	PHI		HOU	L,3-8	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.279	.228	.507	8	1.18	-0.100	.16	-0.01%	-0.93	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	411	136 (16)	Sep 6 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.267	.217	.484	7	.66	-0.064	1.30	-0.08%	-0.69	C
31	412	141 (4)	Sep 12	PHI		CHC	W,8-0	CG	4	4	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.287	.253	.540	8	1.21	0.144	2.86	0.21%	2.67	C
32	413	146 (4)	Sep 17	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-4	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.230	.287	.253	.540	9						PH
33	414	149 (2)	Sep 21	PHI		STL	W,5-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.296	.256	.551	7	1.07	0.118	1.55	0.10%	0.87	C
34	415	152 (2)	Sep 24 (1)	PHI	@	MON	W,9-3	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.311	.274	.584	7	.56	0.020	.10	0.00%	0.63	C
35	416	153	Sep 24 (2)	PHI	@	MON	L,2-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.311	.274	.584	7						C
36	417	156 (2)	Sep 26 (2)	PHI	@	MON	W,2-1	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.305	.268	.573	6	1.74	-0.083	.00	0.00%	-0.76	C
37	418	157	Sep 27	PHI	@	STL	W,9-1	7-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.308	.273	.581	9	.03	-0.001	.00	0.00%	0.16	PH C
							19-18		107	99	10	25	2	0	0	8	8	0	12	0	0	0	2	5	0	1	.253	.308	.273	.581		1.01	-0.763	.81	0.10%	-7.36

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