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.

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	MON	@	NYM	L,2-4	CG	23	4.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
2	2	Apr 8	MON	@	NYM	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
3	3	Apr 10	MON	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
4	4	Apr 11	MON	@	PHI	L,4-11	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
5	5	Apr 13	MON		NYM	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	C
6	6	Apr 17	MON		CIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
7	7	Apr 18 (1)	MON		CIN	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
8	8	Apr 18 (2)	MON		CIN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
9	9	Apr 20	MON		PHI	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
10	10	Apr 23	MON	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
11	11	Apr 24	MON	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
12	12	Apr 25	MON	@	HOU	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
13	13	Apr 28	MON	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
14	14	Apr 29	MON	@	CHC	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
15	15	Apr 30	MON	@	STL	L,2-4	GS	27	6.0	4	2	1	7	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	MON	@	STL	T,2-2	CG	24	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
17	17	May 2	MON	@	STL	L,0-1	GS	31	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
18	18	May 5	MON		HOU	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
19	19	May 6	MON		HOU	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
20	20	May 7	MON		CHC	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
21	21	May 8	MON		CHC	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
22	22	May 9	MON		CHC	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
23	23	May 10	MON		STL	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	8	4	0	12	1	C
24	24	May 11	MON		STL	L,4-10	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
25	25	May 14	MON	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
26	26	May 15	MON	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
27	27	May 16	MON	@	CIN	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
28	28	May 17	MON	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	39	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
29	29	May 18	MON	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	8	0	0	8	0	C
30	30	May 19	MON	@	ATL	L,4-10	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
31	31	May 20	MON	@	ATL	W,4-3	GS	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
32	32	May 21	MON		PIT	L,2-6	CG	53	13.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
33	33	May 22	MON		PIT	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	C
34	35 (1)	May 24	MON		ATL	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
35	36	May 25	MON		ATL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
36	37	May 26	MON		ATL	W,11-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	C
37	39 (1)	May 28	MON	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
38	40	May 29	MON	@	SFG	L,3-8	CG	44	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
39	41	May 30 (1)	MON	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
40	42	May 30 (2)	MON	@	SFG	L,7-8	CG	42	8.2	6	1	0	7	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	44 (1)	Jun 1	MON	@	LAD	W,5-2	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
42	45	Jun 2	MON	@	LAD	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
43	46	Jun 4	MON	@	SDP	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
44	47	Jun 5	MON	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
45	48	Jun 6 (1)	MON	@	SDP	L,0-8	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
46	49	Jun 6 (2)	MON	@	SDP	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
47	50	Jun 8	MON		SFG	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
48	51	Jun 9	MON		SFG	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
49	52	Jun 10	MON		SFG	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
50	53	Jun 11	MON		LAD	L,1-12	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
51	54	Jun 12	MON		LAD	L,3-5	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
52	55	Jun 13	MON		LAD	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
53	56	Jun 14	MON		SDP	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	C
54	57	Jun 15	MON		SDP	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
55	58	Jun 16	MON		SDP	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	C
56	59	Jun 18	MON	@	PIT	L,8-9	CG	46	10.1	9	0	0	9	0	C
57	60	Jun 19	MON	@	PIT	W,10-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
58	61	Jun 20 (1)	MON	@	PIT	L,1-7	GS	31	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
59	62	Jun 20 (2)	MON	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
60	63	Jun 21 (1)	MON	@	ATL	L,4-6	GS	28	7.1	5	1	0	6	0	C
61	64	Jun 21 (2)	MON	@	ATL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
62	65	Jun 22	MON	@	ATL	L,0-4	GS	19	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
63	66	Jun 23	MON	@	ATL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
64	67	Jun 24	MON		NYM	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
65	68	Jun 25 (1)	MON		NYM	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	C
66	69	Jun 25 (2)	MON		NYM	L,2-4	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
67	70	Jun 26	MON		NYM	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
68	71	Jun 27	MON		NYM	W,12-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
69	72	Jun 28 (1)	MON		CIN	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
70	74 (1)	Jun 29	MON		CIN	L,0-14	GS	36	6.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
71	75	Jun 30	MON		ATL	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	76	Jul 1	MON		ATL	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
73	77	Jul 2 (1)	MON		PHI	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
74	78	Jul 2 (2)	MON		PHI	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
75	80 (1)	Jul 4	MON		PHI	L,6-10	CG	42	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
76	81	Jul 5 (1)	MON	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
77	82	Jul 5 (2)	MON	@	NYM	L,0-8	GS	24	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
78	83	Jul 6	MON	@	NYM	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
79	84	Jul 7	MON	@	NYM	W,12-7	CG	44	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
80	85	Jul 8	MON	@	PHI	L,5-7	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
81	86	Jul 9	MON	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
82	87	Jul 10 (1)	MON	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
83	88	Jul 10 (2)	MON	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
84	89	Jul 11	MON	@	PHI	L,5-11	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
85	90	Jul 15 (1)	MON	@	STL	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	1	C
86	92 (1)	Jul 16	MON	@	STL	L,0-6	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
87	94 (1)	Jul 18	MON	@	CHC	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
88	100 (5)	Jul 24 (1)	MON		STL	L,7-8	GS	52	12.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
89	102 (1)	Jul 25	MON		STL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
90	103	Jul 26	MON		CHC	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
91	104	Jul 27	MON		CHC	W,6-1	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
92	105	Jul 28	MON		CHC	L,2-10	CG	48	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
93	106	Jul 30 (1)	MON		HOU	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
94	108 (1)	Jul 31	MON		HOU	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	109	Aug 1	MON		HOU	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
96	110	Aug 3	MON		PIT	L,6-10	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
97	111	Aug 4	MON		PIT	W,4-3	CG	44	11.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
98	112	Aug 5	MON		PIT	L,2-7	GS	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
99	113	Aug 6	MON	@	CIN	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
100	114	Aug 7	MON	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
101	115	Aug 8	MON	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	39	8.1	3	1	0	4	0	C
102	116	Aug 10	MON	@	SFG	L,0-1	CG	38	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
103	117	Aug 11	MON	@	SFG	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
104	118	Aug 13	MON	@	LAD	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
105	119	Aug 14	MON	@	LAD	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
106	120	Aug 15	MON	@	LAD	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
107	121	Aug 17	MON	@	SDP	W,11-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
108	122	Aug 18	MON	@	SDP	W,4-3	GS	27	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
109	123	Aug 20	MON		SFG	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	12	2	1	15	1	C
110	124	Aug 21	MON		SFG	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
111	125	Aug 22	MON		SFG	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
112	126	Aug 23	MON		LAD	W,12-6	GS	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
113	127	Aug 24	MON		LAD	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
114	128	Aug 25	MON		LAD	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
115	129	Aug 29 (1)	MON		SDP	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
116	130	Aug 29 (2)	MON		SDP	L,3-13	GS	44	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
117	131	Aug 30	MON	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
118	132	Aug 31 (1)	MON	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	46	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
119	134 (1)	Sep 1	MON	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
120	135	Sep 2	MON	@	CHC	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
121	136	Sep 3	MON	@	PIT	W,6-4	GS	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
122	137	Sep 4	MON	@	PIT	L,6-7	GS	36	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
123	139 (1)	Sep 6	MON		NYM	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
124	140	Sep 7	MON		NYM	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
125	141	Sep 8	MON		NYM	W,10-2	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
126	142	Sep 10	MON		PIT	W,3-2	GS	26	7.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
127	143	Sep 11	MON		PIT	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
128	144	Sep 12	MON		PIT	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
129	145	Sep 13	MON	@	NYM	L,2-4	CG	27	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
130	146	Sep 14 (1)	MON	@	NYM	W,12-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
131	148 (1)	Sep 15	MON	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
132	149	Sep 16	MON	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
133	150	Sep 17	MON		STL	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
134	158 (7)	Sep 25	MON	@	STL	L,6-8	GF	14	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
135	159	Sep 26	MON	@	STL	L,1-7	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
136	161 (1)	Sep 29	MON		CHC	W,6-5	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
							137gm		1139.0	726	56	12	794	12