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.

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	MON	@	NYM	W,11-10	CG	47	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
2	2	Apr 9	MON	@	NYM	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
3	3	Apr 10	MON	@	NYM	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
4	4	Apr 11	MON	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	48	11.2	6	0	1	7	0	C
5	5	Apr 12	MON	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
6	6	Apr 13	MON	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	41	8.2	8	2	1	11	0	C
7	7	Apr 14	MON		STL	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
8	8	Apr 15	MON		STL	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
9	9	Apr 17	MON	@	PHI	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
10	10	Apr 19	MON		CHC	L,5-6	CG	53	11.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
11	11	Apr 20 (1)	MON		CHC	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
12	13 (1)	Apr 21	MON	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	42	8.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
13	14	Apr 22	MON	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
14	15	Apr 24	MON		PHI	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
15	16	Apr 25	MON	@	PIT	L,2-8	GS	27	4.2	2	0	0	2	0	C
16	17	Apr 26	MON	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS	27	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
17	18	Apr 27	MON	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
18	19	Apr 29	MON		NYM	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
19	20	Apr 30	MON		NYM	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	21	May 1	MON		NYM	W,3-2	GS	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
21	22	May 2	MON		PIT	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
22	23	May 3	MON		PIT	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
23	28 (4)	May 10	MON		CIN	W,7-6	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
24	30 (1)	May 14	MON		HOU	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
25	31	May 16	MON		ATL	L,5-7	GS	46	11.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
26	32	May 18	MON		ATL	L,3-8	CG	35	7.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
27	33	May 20	MON	@	HOU	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	6	1	1	8	1	C
28	34	May 21	MON	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	39	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
29	35	May 22	MON	@	HOU	L,4-7	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
30	36	May 23	MON	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
31	37	May 24	MON	@	CIN	L,2-11	CG	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
32	39 (1)	May 27	MON		LAD	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
33	40	May 28	MON		LAD	L,0-6	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
34	41	May 29	MON		LAD	L,3-5	GS	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	78 (36)	Jul 4 (2)	MON	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
36	84 (5)	Jul 9 (2)	MON	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
37	87 (2)	Jul 13 (1)	MON	@	NYM	L,3-4	GS	33	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
38	96 (8)	Jul 20 (2)	MON		NYM	L,3-4	CG	41	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	104 (7)	Aug 1	MON		HOU	L,3-5	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
40	106 (1)	Aug 3 (1)	MON		HOU	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	9	3	0	12	1	C
41	109 (2)	Aug 5 (1)	MON		ATL	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
42	114 (4)	Aug 10	MON	@	HOU	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
43	116 (1)	Aug 12 (2)	MON		CIN	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
44	120 (3)	Aug 16	MON		LAD	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
45	126 (5)	Aug 22 (2)	MON		SFG	L,2-10	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
46	133 (6)	Aug 31 (1)	MON	@	SDP	L,2-5	GS	29	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	135 (1)	Sep 1	MON	@	SFG	L,2-12	CG	48	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
48	142 (6)	Sep 10 (1)	MON	@	NYM	L,2-3	GF	34	7.2	13	0	0	13	0	C
49	143	Sep 10 (2)	MON	@	NYM	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
50	144	Sep 11	MON	@	NYM	L,0-4	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
51	145	Sep 12	MON	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
52	146	Sep 13	MON	@	PHI	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
53	147	Sep 14	MON	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
54	148	Sep 15	MON		CHC	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
55	149	Sep 16	MON		CHC	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
56	150	Sep 17	MON		NYM	L,0-5	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
57	151	Sep 18	MON		NYM	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
58	152	Sep 19 (1)	MON		PHI	W,10-6	GS	32	7.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
59	153	Sep 19 (2)	MON		PHI	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
60	154	Sep 20	MON		PHI	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
61	155	Sep 21	MON		PHI	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
62	156	Sep 23	MON	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
63	157	Sep 24	MON	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
64	158	Sep 26	MON		STL	L,1-12	GS	15	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
65	159	Sep 27	MON		STL	L,1-2	GS	28	7.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
66	161 (1)	Oct 1	MON	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
							66gm		544.1	433	26	7	466	5