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.

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 13 (1)	ATL	@	SFG	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
2	21 (14)	Apr 27 (2)	ATL	@	SDP	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
3	22	Apr 28	ATL	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
4	23	Apr 29	ATL	@	LAD	L,0-8	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	26 (2)	May 3	ATL	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
6	27	May 4	ATL	@	CIN	L,2-3	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
				Player went from Atlanta Braves to Philadelphia Phillies
7	31	May 15 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
8	32	May 16	PHI		ATL	W,12-8	GF	9	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
9	39 (6)	May 24	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	GS	32	7.2	9	1	0	10	1	C
10	41 (1)	May 26	PHI		SFG	W,1-0	GF	13	3.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
11	45 (3)	May 31	PHI		HOU	L,3-15	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	54 (8)	Jun 10	PHI	@	SDP	W,7-0	GS	25	7.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
13	56 (1)	Jun 12	PHI	@	SFG	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
14	57	Jun 13	PHI	@	LAD	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
15	58	Jun 14	PHI	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
16	60 (1)	Jun 16	PHI	@	CHC	L,7-9	GS	27	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
17	61	Jun 17	PHI	@	CHC	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
18	62	Jun 18	PHI	@	CHC	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
19	63	Jun 19	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	53	14.0	11	1	0	12	1	C
20	64	Jun 20	PHI		MON	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	7	3	0	10	0	C
21	65	Jun 21	PHI		MON	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
22	66	Jun 22 (1)	PHI		MON	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	C
23	67	Jun 22 (2)	PHI		MON	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
24	70 (2)	Jun 24 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,8-1	GS	24	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
25	71	Jun 25	PHI		PIT	W,7-6	CG	49	13.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
26	73 (1)	Jun 28	PHI	@	NYM	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
27	75 (1)	Jun 29 (2)	PHI	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	46	12.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
28	76	Jun 30	PHI		STL	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	78 (1)	Jul 2	PHI		STL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
30	80 (1)	Jul 4	PHI		NYM	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
31	81	Jul 5 (1)	PHI		NYM	W,8-2	CG	31	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
32	84 (2)	Jul 7	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
33	85	Jul 8	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
34	89 (3)	Jul 13	PHI	@	HOU	L,5-9	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
35	91 (1)	Jul 18	PHI		HOU	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
36	92	Jul 19	PHI		HOU	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
37	93	Jul 20	PHI		CIN	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
38	94	Jul 21	PHI		CIN	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
39	97 (2)	Jul 24	PHI		ATL	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
40	98	Jul 25 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
41	101 (2)	Jul 27	PHI	@	STL	L,6-9	GF	13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
42	102	Jul 28	PHI	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
43	103	Jul 29	PHI	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	106 (2)	Aug 1 (1)	PHI	@	MON	W,8-6	CG	41	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
45	108 (1)	Aug 2	PHI	@	MON	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
46	109	Aug 3	PHI	@	MON	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
47	110	Aug 4	PHI		CHC	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
48	111	Aug 5	PHI		CHC	W,13-5	GS	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
49	112	Aug 7	PHI		CHC	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
50	113	Aug 8	PHI		SFG	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
51	115 (1)	Aug 10	PHI		SFG	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
52	119 (3)	Aug 15	PHI		SDP	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
53	121 (1)	Aug 17	PHI		SDP	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
54	123 (1)	Aug 19	PHI	@	ATL	L,4-6	CG	36	8.1	2	1	0	3	0	C
55	124	Aug 20	PHI	@	ATL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
56	125	Aug 22	PHI	@	SDP	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
57	126	Aug 23	PHI	@	SDP	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
58	128 (1)	Aug 24 (2)	PHI	@	SDP	L,6-7	CG	55	11.2	9	1	0	10	0	C
59	129	Aug 25	PHI	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
60	131 (1)	Aug 27	PHI	@	LAD	L,0-10	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
61	132	Aug 28	PHI	@	SFG	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
62	133	Aug 29	PHI	@	SFG	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
63	135 (1)	Aug 31	PHI	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	136	Sep 1	PHI		MON	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
65	137	Sep 2	PHI		MON	L,3-4	GS	28	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
66	138	Sep 3	PHI		MON	W,6-3	GS	30	7.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
67	139	Sep 5 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
68	140	Sep 5 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,6-3	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
69	141	Sep 6	PHI		CHC	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
70	142	Sep 7	PHI		CHC	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	C
71	143	Sep 8	PHI		STL	W,6-3	GS	28	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
72	144	Sep 9	PHI		STL	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
73	145	Sep 10	PHI	@	MON	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
74	146	Sep 11	PHI	@	MON	W,5-0	CG	21	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
75	147	Sep 13	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
76	148	Sep 14	PHI	@	CHC	W,13-7	GS	29	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
77	149	Sep 15	PHI	@	STL	L,6-7	GS	29	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
78	150	Sep 16	PHI	@	STL	W,4-3	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
79	151	Sep 17	PHI		PIT	L,1-9	CG	47	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
80	152	Sep 18	PHI		PIT	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
81	153	Sep 19	PHI	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
82	154	Sep 20	PHI	@	NYM	L,7-9	GF	18	4.2	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
83	156 (1)	Sep 22	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-11	CG	43	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
84	157	Sep 23	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
85	158	Sep 24	PHI	@	PIT	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
86	159	Sep 26 (1)	PHI		NYM	W,4-3	GF	19	5.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
87	161 (1)	Sep 27	PHI		NYM	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
88	162	Sep 28	PHI		NYM	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
							88gm		686.2	450	45	5	500	10