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.

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	11 (10)	Apr 20	HOU	@	LAD	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
2	12	Apr 21 (1)	HOU	@	LAD	L,3-11	CG	42	8.0	8	1	1	10	0	C
3	13	Apr 21 (2)	HOU	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	41	8.2	8	0	0	8	0	C
4	14	Apr 22	HOU		STL	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
5	15	Apr 23	HOU		STL	L,0-15	CG	52	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
6	17 (1)	Apr 25	HOU		MLN	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
7	18	Apr 26	HOU		CIN	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
8	19	Apr 27	HOU		CIN	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	5	4	1	10	0	C
9	20	Apr 28	HOU		CIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	7	2	1	10	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	21	May 2	HOU	@	NYM	L,3-10	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
11	22	May 3	HOU	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
12	23	May 4	HOU	@	PHI	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
13	24	May 5 (1)	HOU	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	38	8.1	6	0	1	7	0	C
14	28 (3)	May 9	HOU	@	CIN	L,3-13	GF	16	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
15	29	May 10	HOU		CHC	W,4-1	CG	29	9.0	13	2	2	17	0	C
16	30	May 11 (1)	HOU		CHC	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
17	31	May 11 (2)	HOU		CHC	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
18	32	May 12	HOU		CHC	W,2-1	GS	28	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
19	33	May 13	HOU		NYM	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
20	34	May 14	HOU		NYM	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	8	1	1	10	0	C
21	35	May 15	HOU		NYM	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
22	36	May 16	HOU		PHI	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
23	37	May 17	HOU		PHI	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
24	38	May 18	HOU		PHI	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
25	39	May 19	HOU		PIT	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
26	40	May 20	HOU		PIT	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	7	1	1	9	1	C
27	41	May 21	HOU		PIT	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
28	42	May 22	HOU		PIT	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
29	43	May 24	HOU	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	58	12.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
30	44	May 25	HOU	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
31	45	May 26	HOU	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
32	46	May 28	HOU	@	STL	L,7-8	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
33	49 (2)	May 31	HOU	@	MLN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	50	Jun 1	HOU	@	MLN	L,1-4	GS	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
35	56 (5)	Jun 8	HOU		SFG	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
36	57	Jun 9	HOU		SFG	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
37	58	Jun 10	HOU		CHC	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
38	59	Jun 11	HOU		CHC	W,6-2	CG	43	10.0	10	0	0	10	1	C
39	60	Jun 12	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
40	61	Jun 13	HOU	@	LAD	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
41	62	Jun 14	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	27	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
42	63	Jun 15	HOU	@	SFG	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
43	69 (5)	Jun 21	HOU	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
44	70	Jun 22	HOU	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
45	71	Jun 23 (1)	HOU	@	CIN	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
46	73 (1)	Jun 24	HOU	@	MLN	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
47	74	Jun 25	HOU	@	MLN	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
48	76 (1)	Jun 28	HOU		STL	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	C
49	77	Jun 29	HOU		STL	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
50	78	Jun 30	HOU		STL	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	79	Jul 1	HOU		STL	W,4-3	GF	13	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH C
52	80	Jul 2	HOU		CIN	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
53	81	Jul 3	HOU		CIN	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	8	1	1	10	0	C
54	82	Jul 4 (1)	HOU		CIN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
55	86 (3)	Jul 6 (2)	HOU		MLN	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	C
56	88 (1)	Jul 10	HOU	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
57	90 (1)	Jul 12	HOU	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	6	3	0	9	0	C
58	92 (1)	Jul 14	HOU	@	NYM	W,8-3	CG	32	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
59	93	Jul 15 (1)	HOU	@	NYM	L,5-14	CG	48	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
60	97 (3)	Jul 18	HOU	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	10	1	1	12	0	C
61	100 (2)	Jul 21	HOU	@	STL	L,4-9	GS	32	6.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
62	101	Jul 23	HOU		PHI	W,6-5	CG	63	15.0	18	0	0	18	0	C
63	102	Jul 24	HOU		PHI	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
64	103	Jul 25	HOU		PHI	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
65	104	Jul 26	HOU		NYM	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
66	105	Jul 27	HOU		NYM	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
67	106	Jul 28	HOU		NYM	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
68	107	Jul 30	HOU		PIT	L,1-8	GS	13	2.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	109 (1)	Aug 2	HOU		LAD	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
70	110	Aug 3	HOU		LAD	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
71	111	Aug 4	HOU		LAD	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
72	112	Aug 5	HOU		SFG	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
73	113	Aug 6	HOU		SFG	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	C
74	114	Aug 7	HOU		SFG	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
75	115	Aug 9 (1)	HOU	@	PIT	W,7-6	CG	63	15.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
76	117 (1)	Aug 10	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
77	118	Aug 11	HOU	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	31	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
78	119	Aug 12	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
79	120	Aug 13	HOU	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
80	121	Aug 14	HOU	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
81	122	Aug 15	HOU	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
82	123	Aug 16	HOU	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	41	8.2	8	1	0	9	0	C
83	124	Aug 17	HOU	@	MLN	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
84	125	Aug 18	HOU	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
85	126	Aug 20	HOU		CIN	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
86	127	Aug 21	HOU		CIN	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
87	128	Aug 23	HOU		STL	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
88	129	Aug 24	HOU		STL	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
89	130	Aug 25	HOU		STL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
90	131	Aug 26	HOU		MLN	L,7-11	CG	50	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
91	132	Aug 27	HOU		MLN	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
92	133	Aug 28	HOU		MLN	L,1-9	CG	40	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
93	134	Aug 30	HOU	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
94	135	Aug 31	HOU	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	39	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	137 (1)	Sep 2 (1)	HOU	@	LAD	L,3-7	GF	25	5.0	4	1	0	5	0	PH C
96	138	Sep 2 (2)	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-7	GS	21	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
97	139	Sep 3	HOU	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	39	9.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
98	140	Sep 4	HOU	@	SFG	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
99	141	Sep 5	HOU	@	SFG	W,5-2	CG	34	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
100	145 (3)	Sep 10	HOU	@	PHI	L,0-16	GS	21	3.0	2	0	2	4	0	C
101	146	Sep 11	HOU	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
102	147	Sep 12	HOU	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
103	148	Sep 13	HOU	@	NYM	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
104	149	Sep 14	HOU	@	NYM	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
105	150	Sep 15 (1)	HOU	@	NYM	W,5-4	CG	32	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
106	152 (1)	Sep 17	HOU	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
107	153	Sep 18	HOU	@	CIN	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
108	154	Sep 20	HOU		PHI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
109	155	Sep 21	HOU		PHI	L,3-4	GS	19	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
110	156	Sep 22	HOU		PHI	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
111	157	Sep 24	HOU		PIT	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
112	158	Sep 25	HOU		PIT	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
113	159	Sep 26	HOU		PIT	W,5-4	GF	12	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
114	161 (1)	Sep 28	HOU		NYM	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
115	162	Sep 29	HOU		NYM	W,13-4	GS	34	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
							115gm		963.2	690	81	23	794	7