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+

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

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	ATL		HOU	L,1-2	CG	49	13.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
2	2	Apr 8 (1)	ATL		HOU	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
3	3	Apr 8 (2)	ATL		HOU	W,4-3	CG	36	10.0	5	3	0	8	1	C
4	4	Apr 9	ATL		CIN	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
5	5	Apr 11	ATL	@	SDP	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
6	6	Apr 12	ATL	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
7	7	Apr 13	ATL	@	LAD	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
8	8	Apr 14	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	32	8.2	6	1	0	7	0	C
9	9	Apr 15	ATL	@	LAD	L,2-6	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
10	10	Apr 17 (1)	ATL	@	SFG	L,2-15	CG	50	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
11	12 (1)	Apr 18	ATL	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	46	10.1	6	0	0	6	0	C
12	13	Apr 20	ATL	@	CIN	L,2-4	GS	30	7.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
13	14	Apr 21	ATL	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
14	15	Apr 22	ATL	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	7	3	0	10	0	C
15	16	Apr 24	ATL		PHI	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
16	17	Apr 25	ATL		PHI	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
17	18	Apr 27	ATL		NYM	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
18	19	Apr 28	ATL		NYM	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	21 (1)	May 1	ATL		MON	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
20	22	May 2	ATL		MON	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
21	23	May 4	ATL	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	74	19.1	11	1	0	12	0	C
22	25 (1)	May 6	ATL	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
23	26	May 7	ATL	@	NYM	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
24	27	May 8	ATL	@	NYM	W,10-6	GF	14	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR C
25	28	May 9	ATL	@	NYM	L,1-8	GF	22	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
26	29	May 12	ATL		SDP	W,14-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
27	30	May 13 (1)	ATL		SDP	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
28	31	May 13 (2)	ATL		SDP	W,6-2	GS	9	2.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
29	32	May 14	ATL	@	HOU	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
30	33	May 15	ATL	@	HOU	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
31	34	May 16	ATL	@	HOU	W,5-2	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
32	35	May 17	ATL	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
33	36	May 18	ATL		LAD	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
34	37	May 19	ATL		LAD	T,7-7	GS	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
35	38	May 20 (1)	ATL		LAD	W,3-2	CG	35	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
36	40 (1)	May 22	ATL		SFG	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
37	41	May 24	ATL		SFG	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
38	42	May 25	ATL	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
39	43	May 26	ATL	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	28	7.0	3	4	1	8	2	C
40	44	May 27	ATL	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	5	0	1	6	1	C
41	45	May 28	ATL	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
42	47 (1)	May 30	ATL	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
43	48	May 31	ATL	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	49	Jun 1	ATL	@	CHC	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
45	50	Jun 2	ATL	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
46	51	Jun 3	ATL	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	29	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
47	53 (1)	Jun 6	ATL	@	MON	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	C
48	54	Jun 7	ATL	@	MON	W,3-2	GF	11	3.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
49	55	Jun 8	ATL		STL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
50	56	Jun 9	ATL		STL	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
51	57	Jun 10 (1)	ATL		STL	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
52	58	Jun 10 (2)	ATL		STL	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
53	59	Jun 11	ATL		PIT	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
54	60	Jun 12	ATL		PIT	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
55	61	Jun 13	ATL		PIT	W,18-3	GS	26	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
56	62	Jun 15	ATL		CHC	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
57	63	Jun 16	ATL		CHC	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
58	64	Jun 17 (1)	ATL		CHC	L,3-9	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
59	65	Jun 17 (2)	ATL		CHC	W,8-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
60	66	Jun 18	ATL	@	LAD	L,3-13	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
61	67	Jun 19	ATL	@	LAD	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
62	68	Jun 20	ATL	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	49	10.2	3	1	0	4	0	C
63	70 (1)	Jun 22	ATL	@	SDP	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
64	71	Jun 23 (1)	ATL	@	SDP	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	5	2	1	8	0	C
65	73 (1)	Jun 24	ATL	@	SDP	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
66	74	Jun 26	ATL	@	SFG	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
67	75	Jun 27	ATL	@	SFG	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
68	76	Jun 28 (1)	ATL		LAD	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
69	78 (1)	Jun 29	ATL		LAD	L,9-12	CG	54	12.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
70	79	Jun 30	ATL		SFG	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	81 (1)	Jul 1 (2)	ATL		SFG	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
72	82	Jul 2	ATL		SFG	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
73	83	Jul 3	ATL		HOU	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
74	85 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	ATL		HOU	L,8-12	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
75	86	Jul 5	ATL		HOU	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
76	88 (1)	Jul 7	ATL	@	NYM	W,9-8	GF	15	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH C
77	89	Jul 8	ATL	@	NYM	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
78	90	Jul 9	ATL	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	39	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
79	91	Jul 10	ATL	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
80	92	Jul 11	ATL	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
81	93	Jul 13 (1)	ATL		MON	L,7-11	CG	46	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
82	94	Jul 13 (2)	ATL		MON	W,15-6	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
83	95	Jul 14	ATL		MON	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
84	96	Jul 15	ATL		MON	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	1	9	0
85	97	Jul 16	ATL		NYM	W,8-6	GS	18	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	147 (49)	Sep 10	ATL		SFG	W,10-4	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
							86gm		715.0	409	57	9	475	6