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.

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	HOU	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
2	2	Apr 16	HOU		MLN	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	C
3	3	Apr 17	HOU		MLN	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
4	4	Apr 18	HOU		MLN	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
5	5	Apr 19	HOU		STL	L,1-6	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
6	6	Apr 20	HOU		STL	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
7	7	Apr 21	HOU		CIN	L,5-10	CG	49	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
8	11 (3)	Apr 25	HOU	@	STL	W,4-2	GS	29	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
9	13 (1)	Apr 27	HOU		LAD	L,0-6	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
10	15 (1)	Apr 29	HOU		LAD	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
11	16	Apr 30	HOU		LAD	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	17	May 1	HOU		CHC	L,3-11	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
13	18	May 2	HOU		CHC	L,0-9	CG	46	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
14	19	May 3	HOU		CHC	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
15	21 (1)	May 5	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
16	22	May 6	HOU	@	LAD	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
17	23	May 7	HOU	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
18	24	May 9	HOU	@	CHC	L,1-9	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
19	25	May 10 (1)	HOU	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
20	26	May 10 (2)	HOU	@	CHC	W,4-1	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
21	27	May 11	HOU		SFG	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
22	28	May 12	HOU		SFG	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
23	29	May 13	HOU		SFG	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
24	30	May 14	HOU		SFG	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
25	31	May 15	HOU		PHI	L,0-4	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
26	35 (3)	May 19	HOU		PIT	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
27	36	May 20	HOU		PIT	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
28	37	May 21	HOU		PIT	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
29	38	May 22	HOU		NYM	L,1-2	GS	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
30	39	May 23 (1)	HOU		NYM	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
31	41 (1)	May 24	HOU		NYM	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
32	42	May 26	HOU	@	MLN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
33	43	May 27	HOU	@	MLN	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
34	44	May 28	HOU	@	MLN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
35	45	May 29	HOU	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
36	46	May 30	HOU	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
37	47	May 31	HOU	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	49 (1)	Jun 4	HOU	@	NYM	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
39	50	Jun 5	HOU	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	4	1	0	5	1	C
40	51	Jun 7 (1)	HOU	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
41	52	Jun 7 (2)	HOU	@	PIT	L,1-6	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
42	53	Jun 8	HOU		MLN	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
43	54	Jun 9 (1)	HOU		MLN	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	C
44	56 (1)	Jun 11	HOU		CIN	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
45	58 (1)	Jun 13	HOU		CIN	L,1-6	GS	20	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
46	59	Jun 14	HOU		STL	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
47	62 (2)	Jun 17	HOU		STL	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
48	63	Jun 19	HOU	@	MLN	W,9-7	CG	41	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
49	64	Jun 20	HOU	@	MLN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
50	66 (1)	Jun 21 (2)	HOU	@	MLN	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
51	67	Jun 23	HOU	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	5	2	1	8	1	C
52	71 (3)	Jun 27	HOU	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
53	72	Jun 28 (1)	HOU	@	CHC	L,2-10	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	76 (3)	Jul 1	HOU		NYM	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
55	80 (3)	Jul 5	HOU		PIT	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
56	82 (1)	Jul 10	HOU		LAD	L,3-4	GS	31	8.0	2	1	2	5	0	C
57	86 (3)	Jul 14 (1)	HOU	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	46	10.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
58	88 (1)	Jul 15	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
59	89	Jul 16	HOU	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
60	92 (2)	Jul 19 (1)	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
61	96 (3)	Jul 22	HOU	@	LAD	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
62	97	Jul 23	HOU	@	LAD	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	4	1	0	5	1	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	146 (48)	Sep 14	HOU		PHI	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
64	147	Sep 15	HOU		PHI	L,0-1	GS	30	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
65	148	Sep 16	HOU		PHI	W,6-5	GS	22	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
66	149	Sep 18	HOU		NYM	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
67	150	Sep 19	HOU		NYM	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
68	152 (1)	Sep 21	HOU		SFG	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
69	153	Sep 22	HOU		SFG	L,1-7	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
70	154	Sep 23	HOU		SFG	L,1-4	GS	25	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
71	158 (3)	Sep 30	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-2		8	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
72	161 (2)	Oct 3	HOU	@	LAD	L,0-7	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
							72gm		580.2	400	43	6	449	4