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	32-28 / in Starts: 24-14
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	25 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 7 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 171 PAs	11
Actual Runners on Base	110 (57-33-20)
Avg. MLBer w/ 171 PAs	19
Avg. Runners on Base	104 (51-34-18)

Most Driven In
Self	3
S Garvey	2
R Monday	2
L Lacy	1
R Cey	1
G Burke	1
J Hale	1
D Baker	0

Most Driven In By
D Lopes	5
B Russell	3
Self	3
R Smith	2
G Burke	1
R Rhoden	1
L Lacy	1
T MartÃnez	1

1977 Batting Game Log

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1977 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	419	3 (2)	Apr 10	LAD		SFG	L,4-8	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.63	-0.016	1.11	-0.02%	-0.16	PH
2	420	6 (2)	Apr 13	LAD		ATL	W,4-3	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.83	-0.045	1.35	-0.04%	-0.38	PH C
3	421	7	Apr 15	LAD	@	SFG	W,7-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	8	.22	-0.005	.40	-0.01%	0.21	C
4	422	18 (10)	Apr 28	LAD	@	SDP	W,7-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.200	.473	8	.40	0.004	1.02	0.01%	-0.07	C
5	423	19	Apr 29	LAD		MON	W,4-0	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.400	.308	.708	8	.93	0.033	2.06	0.04%	0.98	C
May		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
6	424	25 (5)	May 5	LAD		NYM	W,7-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.294	.368	.294	.663	8	.49	0.014	1.00	0.02%	0.01	C
7	425	26	May 6	LAD		PHI	W,9-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.364	.300	.664	8	.23	-0.009	.45	-0.01%	-0.10	C
8	426	33 (6)	May 15	LAD	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG(12)	6	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.321	.308	.629	8	2.30	-0.165	3.97	-0.17%	-1.24	C
9	427	34	May 16	LAD	@	PHI	L,6-10	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.321	.308	.629	8						C
10	428	36 (1)	May 18	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.313	.276	.588	8	1.06	0.012	1.59	0.01%	-0.17	C
11	429	40 (3)	May 22	LAD	@	PIT	L,4-11	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.333	.300	.633	8	.04	0.002	.05	0.00%	0.61	C
12	430	41	May 24	LAD		HOU	W,4-2	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.303	.636	8	.75	-0.025	1.26	-0.03%	-0.29	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
13	431	49 (7)	Jun 1	LAD	@	HOU	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.350	.306	.656	8	.69	-0.003	1.42	0.00%	0.12	C
14	432	50	Jun 3	LAD		SDP	L,0-1	10-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.341	.297	.639	7	2.58	-0.063	5.11	-0.08%	-0.16	C
15	433	53 (2)	Jun 6	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.333	.289	.623	9	1.50	-0.039	2.21	-0.04%	-0.25	C
16	434	54	Jun 7	LAD	@	CHC	L,4-10	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.370	.317	.687	8	.17	0.026	.28	0.03%	0.83	C
17	435	57 (2)	Jun 10	LAD	@	STL	L,7-8	11-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.362	.310	.671	8	2.30	-0.058	3.88	-0.06%	-0.23	PH C
18	436	60 (2)	Jun 14	LAD		PIT	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.362	.310	.671	9	5.30	0.178	9.27	0.19%	0.34	PR
19	437	63 (2)	Jun 17	LAD		CHC	L,3-7	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.347	.295	.642	8	1.72	-0.103	2.62	-0.09%	-0.78	C
20	438	64	Jun 18	LAD		CHC	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.327	.277	.604	8	1.71	-0.123	3.02	-0.13%	-1.38	C
21	439	65	Jun 19	LAD		CHC	W,3-1	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.345	.300	.645	8	1.03	0.082	1.82	0.09%	0.84	C
22	440	70 (4)	Jun 25	LAD	@	CIN	L,6-7	8-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.339	.294	.633	8	6.11	-0.118	12.18	-0.14%	-0.41	PR C
23	441	71	Jun 26 (1)	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.339	.294	.633	8						PR C
24	442	72	Jun 26 (2)	LAD	@	CIN	W,9-3	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.361	.339	.700	8	.42	0.059	1.07	0.09%	1.61	C
25	443	76 (3)	Jun 30	LAD	@	ATL	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.354	.350	.704	8	1.22	-0.023	1.16	-0.01%	-0.12	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
26	444	77	Jul 1	LAD	@	SFG	W,10-5	6-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.358	.355	.713	8	.16	-0.007	.19	-0.01%	0.28	C
27	445	78	Jul 2	LAD	@	SFG	W,10-3	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.308	.375	.354	.729	8	.22	0.021	.25	0.01%	0.84	C
28	446	79	Jul 3	LAD	@	SFG	W,10-7	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.364	.343	.706	8	.32	-0.035	.33	-0.02%	-0.74	C
29	447	80	Jul 4	LAD	@	SFG	W,4-0	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.324	.383	.405	.788	8	.65	0.162	.54	0.08%	1.43	C
30	448	84 (3)	Jul 9	LAD		SDP	L,1-2	CG(10)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.325	.381	.403	.784	8	1.10	-0.038	.91	-0.02%	-0.07	C
31	449	85	Jul 10 (1)	LAD		SDP	L,5-7	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.386	.444	.831	8	1.26	0.167	1.25	0.10%	1.29	C
32	450	89 (3)	Jul 14	LAD	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.321	.374	.429	.802	8	1.06	-0.092	.92	-0.05%	-0.83	C
33	451	93 (3)	Jul 21	LAD		MON	L,0-4	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.329	.380	.435	.816	9	.42	0.021	.31	0.01%	0.38	C
34	452	99 (5)	Jul 26 (2)	LAD		PHI	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.318	.368	.420	.789	8	.88	-0.066	.50	-0.02%	-0.48	C
35	453	100	Jul 27	LAD		PHI	W,7-5	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.319	.367	.418	.785	8	1.45	-0.063	.81	-0.02%	-0.35	C
36	454	104 (3)	Jul 31	LAD	@	MON	W,8-2	CG(10)	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.309	.363	.404	.767	8	1.29	0.099	.21	0.01%	0.40	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
37	455	105	Aug 1	LAD	@	NYM	L,7-8	GS-10	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.349	.388	.737	8	.94	-0.092	.13	-0.01%	-0.80	C
38	456	107 (1)	Aug 3	LAD	@	NYM	L,3-4	7-GF(14)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.339	.376	.716	8	1.61	-0.177	.21	-0.01%	-0.77	C
39	457	108	Aug 5	LAD	@	PHI	L,3-8	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.291	.345	.379	.724	8	1.37	0.012	.27	0.00%	-0.11	C
40	458	114 (5)	Aug 11	LAD		CIN	L,4-5	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.339	.371	.711	9	.90	-0.044	.24	-0.01%	-0.44	PH C
41	459	115	Aug 12	LAD		ATL	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.336	.368	.704	8	1.14	-0.028	.26	0.00%	-0.29	PH
42	460	118 (2)	Aug 15	LAD		SFG	L,3-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.328	.358	.686	8	.96	-0.071	.17	-0.01%	-0.75	C
43	461	123 (4)	Aug 21	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.268	.317	.348	.665	8	.66	-0.008	.27	0.00%	-0.64	C
44	462	126 (2)	Aug 24	LAD	@	PIT	W,2-1	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.315	.345	.660	8	2.32	-0.059	.77	-0.01%	-0.24	C
45	463	127	Aug 25	LAD	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.307	.336	.643	8	1.23	-0.113	.36	-0.02%	-0.95	C
46	464	128	Aug 26	LAD		STL	W,5-4	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.315	.370	.685	8	.75	0.134	.37	0.04%	1.09	C
47	465	129	Aug 27	LAD		STL	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.313	.366	.679	8	2.22	0.026	1.07	0.01%	0.14	C
48	466	130	Aug 28	LAD		STL	W,11-0	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.276	.324	.370	.694	8	.58	-0.008	.24	0.00%	-0.84	C
49	467	131	Aug 29	LAD		CHC	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.322	.374	.696	8	.53	-0.041	.23	-0.01%	0.07	C
50	468	132	Aug 30	LAD		CHC	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.315	.366	.681	8	.82	-0.062	.20	-0.01%	-0.48	C
Sep/Oct		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
51	469	139 (6)	Sep 7	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.313	.362	.676	8	.42	-0.019	.01	0.00%	-0.56	C
52	470	142 (2)	Sep 10	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-7	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.309	.357	.666	9	.18	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.47	C
53	471	145 (2)	Sep 13	LAD		SDP	W,18-4	3-GF	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.314	.361	.675	8	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.54	C
54	472	149 (3)	Sep 17	LAD		ATL	W,7-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.272	.319	.361	.679	8	.61	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.83	C
55	473	152 (2)	Sep 21	LAD	@	SFG	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.319	.360	.679	8	.46	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.06	C
56	474	156 (3)	Sep 26	LAD		SFG	L,1-9	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.272	.317	.358	.675	8	1.05	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.23	C
57	475	157	Sep 27	LAD		SFG	W,5-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.272	.317	.358	.675	8						C
58	476	158	Sep 28	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	6-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.321	.362	.683	9	1.17	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.32	C
59	477	160 (1)	Sep 30	LAD		HOU	W,6-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.319	.359	.679	2	2.14	-0.050	.00	0.00%	-0.31	PH
60	478	162 (1)	Oct 2	LAD		HOU	L,3-6	1-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.314	.353	.666	8	1.19	-0.092	.00	0.00%	-0.74	C
							32-28		171	156	18	42	4	0	3	11	11	4	11	0	2	2	3	3	1	0	.269	.314	.353	.666		.95	-0.973	.96	-0.33%	-4.37

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