John Bateman

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 210lb (190cm, 95kg)

Born: July 21, 1940 in Fort Sill, OK us

Died: December 3, 1996 in Sand Springs, OK

Buried: Woodland Memorial Park, Sand Springs, OK

Debut: April 19, 1963 (Age 22-272d, 12,095th in major league history)
vs. LAD 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1972 (Age 32-074d)
vs. CHC 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1963 season

Full Name: John Alvin Bateman

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.9

3330

765

.230

250

RBI

375

OBP

.271

SLG

.351

OPS

.621

OPS+

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

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	16 (15)	Apr 28 (2)	MON	@	SDP	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
2	17	Apr 29	MON	@	SDP	L,0-10	CG	38	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
3	18	Apr 30	MON	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	20 (1)	May 2	MON	@	LAD	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
5	21	May 3	MON	@	LAD	L,1-15	CG	48	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
6	25 (3)	May 8 (2)	MON		SDP	W,7-6	CG	47	11.0	12	1	0	13	1	C
7	26	May 9	MON		SDP	L,0-6	GS	32	7.1	10	2	0	12	1	C
8	27	May 10	MON		SDP	L,4-5	GS	40	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
9	28	May 11	MON	@	NYM	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
10	29	May 12	MON	@	NYM	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
11	30	May 13	MON	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	8	3	0	11	0	C
12	31	May 15	MON	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
13	32	May 16	MON	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	4	1	1	6	0	C
14	33	May 17	MON	@	PIT	W,8-7	CG	47	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
15	34	May 18	MON		NYM	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
16	35	May 19	MON		NYM	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
17	36	May 20	MON		NYM	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
18	37	May 21	MON		PIT	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
19	38	May 22	MON		PIT	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
20	39	May 23	MON		PIT	L,4-8	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
21	40	May 24	MON		PIT	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
22	41	May 26	MON		PHI	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
23	42	May 27	MON		PHI	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
24	43	May 28	MON		PHI	L,3-5	GS	42	10.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
25	44	May 29	MON	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	47	8.1	6	0	0	6	0	C
26	45	May 30	MON	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	44	9.1	11	1	0	12	0	C
27	46	May 31	MON	@	CIN	L,4-6	GS	31	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	47	Jun 2	MON	@	HOU	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	8	1	1	10	1	C
29	48	Jun 3	MON	@	HOU	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
30	49	Jun 4	MON	@	HOU	L,0-8	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
31	50	Jun 5	MON	@	ATL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
32	52 (1)	Jun 7	MON	@	ATL	W,10-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
33	53	Jun 9	MON		CIN	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
34	54	Jun 10	MON		CIN	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	55	Jun 11	MON		CIN	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	C
36	56	Jun 12	MON		HOU	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
37	57	Jun 13	MON		HOU	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
38	58	Jun 14	MON		HOU	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
39	59	Jun 16	MON		ATL	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
40	60	Jun 17	MON		ATL	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
41	61	Jun 18	MON		ATL	W,10-7	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
42	62	Jun 19	MON	@	PIT	L,4-8	GF	12	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	C
43	63	Jun 20	MON	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
44	64	Jun 21	MON	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
45	65	Jun 22 (1)	MON	@	PHI	L,0-6	CG	32	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
46	66	Jun 22 (2)	MON	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
47	67	Jun 23	MON	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
48	68	Jun 24	MON	@	PHI	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
49	69	Jun 25	MON	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
50	70	Jun 26	MON		NYM	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
51	71	Jun 27	MON		NYM	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	C
52	72	Jun 28	MON		NYM	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
53	73	Jun 30	MON		PHI	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	74	Jul 1 (1)	MON		PHI	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
55	75	Jul 1 (2)	MON		PHI	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
56	76	Jul 2	MON		STL	W,13-10	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	C
57	77	Jul 3	MON		STL	L,7-9	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
58	78	Jul 4	MON		STL	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
59	79	Jul 5	MON		STL	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
60	80	Jul 6 (1)	MON	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
61	82 (1)	Jul 7	MON	@	CHC	L,7-10	GS	28	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
62	83	Jul 8 (1)	MON	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
63	84	Jul 8 (2)	MON	@	CHC	W,5-4	GS	25	5.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
64	85	Jul 9	MON	@	NYM	L,1-7	GS	21	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
65	86	Jul 10	MON	@	NYM	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
66	87	Jul 11	MON	@	NYM	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
67	88	Jul 12	MON	@	NYM	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
68	89	Jul 17	MON	@	SFG	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
69	90	Jul 18	MON	@	SFG	L,1-10	CG	41	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
70	91	Jul 19 (1)	MON	@	SDP	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
71	92	Jul 19 (2)	MON	@	SDP	W,6-5	GS	39	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
72	93	Jul 20	MON	@	SDP	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
73	94	Jul 21	MON	@	LAD	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
74	95	Jul 22	MON	@	LAD	L,10-12	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
75	96	Jul 24 (1)	MON		SFG	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
76	97	Jul 24 (2)	MON		SFG	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
77	98	Jul 25	MON		SFG	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
78	99	Jul 26	MON		SFG	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
79	100	Jul 28	MON		SDP	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
80	101	Jul 29	MON		SDP	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
81	102	Jul 30	MON		LAD	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	104 (1)	Aug 1 (1)	MON		LAD	W,11-6	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
83	106 (1)	Aug 2	MON		LAD	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
84	107	Aug 3	MON		PIT	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
85	108	Aug 4	MON		PIT	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
86	109	Aug 5 (1)	MON		CHC	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
87	110	Aug 5 (2)	MON		CHC	L,3-11	CG	50	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
88	111	Aug 6	MON		CHC	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
89	112	Aug 7	MON	@	STL	L,1-2	GS	16	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
90	113	Aug 8	MON	@	STL	L,10-11	CG	48	8.1	2	2	0	4	0	C
91	114	Aug 9 (1)	MON	@	STL	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
92	115	Aug 9 (2)	MON	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
93	116	Aug 11	MON	@	ATL	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
94	117	Aug 12	MON	@	ATL	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
95	118	Aug 13	MON	@	ATL	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
96	119	Aug 14	MON	@	HOU	W,10-2	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
97	120	Aug 15	MON	@	HOU	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	7	1	2	10	0	C
98	122 (1)	Aug 18	MON	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
99	123	Aug 19	MON	@	CIN	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
100	124	Aug 21	MON		ATL	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
101	125	Aug 22	MON		ATL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
102	126	Aug 24	MON		ATL	L,0-6	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
103	127	Aug 25	MON		HOU	L,3-6	CG	62	13.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
104	128	Aug 26	MON		HOU	L,4-5	GS	25	7.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
105	129	Aug 27	MON		HOU	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
106	130	Aug 28	MON		CIN	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	10	0	1	11	0	C
107	131	Aug 29	MON		CIN	L,3-4	CG	45	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
108	132	Aug 30	MON		CIN	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
109	133	Sep 1	MON		PIT	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
110	134	Sep 2	MON		PIT	W,10-7	GS	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
111	135	Sep 4	MON	@	STL	W,9-7	CG	57	13.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
112	136	Sep 5	MON	@	STL	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
113	137	Sep 6	MON	@	STL	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
114	138	Sep 7 (1)	MON	@	NYM	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
115	140 (1)	Sep 8	MON	@	NYM	L,5-10	CG	46	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
116	141	Sep 9	MON	@	CHC	W,3-2	GS	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
117	142	Sep 10	MON	@	CHC	L,3-9	CG	43	8.0	7	3	0	10	1	C
118	143	Sep 11	MON		PHI	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
119	144	Sep 12	MON		PHI	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
120	145	Sep 13	MON		PHI	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
121	146	Sep 14	MON		NYM	L,5-9	CG	51	10.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
122	147	Sep 15	MON		NYM	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	10	2	0	12	1	C
123	148	Sep 16	MON		NYM	W,4-2	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
124	149	Sep 18 (1)	MON		CHC	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
125	150	Sep 18 (2)	MON		CHC	L,4-5	CG	41	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
126	151	Sep 19	MON		CHC	L,4-8	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
127	152	Sep 20	MON		CHC	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
128	153	Sep 22 (1)	MON	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
129	154	Sep 22 (2)	MON	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
130	155	Sep 23	MON	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
131	156	Sep 24	MON	@	PIT	L,0-8	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
132	157	Sep 25	MON		STL	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	2	7	1	C
133	158	Sep 26	MON		STL	L,2-7	GS	20	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
134	159	Sep 27	MON		STL	W,1-0	CG	42	11.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
135	160	Sep 29	MON	@	PHI	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
136	161	Sep 30	MON	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
137	162	Oct 1	MON	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
							137gm		1181.1	824	62	15	901	19