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.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	7 (6)	Apr 25	MON	@	LAD	L,1-6	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
2	13 (5)	Apr 30 (2)	MON	@	SFG	L,2-13	GF	23	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	21 (7)	May 11	MON		SFG	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
4	22	May 12	MON		SDP	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
5	23	May 13	MON		SDP	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
6	27 (3)	May 17	MON	@	NYM	L,2-12	CG	49	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
7	32 (4)	May 21 (2)	MON	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Montreal Expos to Philadelphia Phillies
8	54	Jun 16	PHI	@	HOU	L,0-1	GS	38	10.0	13	2	0	15	0	C
9	55	Jun 17	PHI	@	HOU	L,5-10	CG	43	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
10	56	Jun 18	PHI	@	HOU	L,0-10	GF	27	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
11	57	Jun 21	PHI	@	ATL	W,9-7	GS	35	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
12	58	Jun 23	PHI	@	MON	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
13	59	Jun 24	PHI	@	MON	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
14	60	Jun 25	PHI	@	MON	W,1-0	GS	14	4.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
15	61	Jun 26	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-11	GS	39	7.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
16	62	Jun 27 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
17	64 (1)	Jun 28	PHI		NYM	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
18	65	Jun 29	PHI		NYM	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	13	2	0	15	0	C
19	66	Jun 30	PHI		STL	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	67	Jul 1 (1)	PHI		STL	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
21	68	Jul 1 (2)	PHI		STL	L,0-1	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
22	69	Jul 2	PHI		STL	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
23	70	Jul 3	PHI		SFG	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
24	71	Jul 4	PHI		SFG	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
25	72	Jul 6	PHI		SFG	L,4-6	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
26	73	Jul 7 (1)	PHI		SDP	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
27	74	Jul 7 (2)	PHI		SDP	L,1-6	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
28	75	Jul 8	PHI		SDP	L,5-8	GS	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
29	76	Jul 9	PHI		SDP	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
30	77	Jul 10 (1)	PHI		LAD	L,4-6	GS	31	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
31	78	Jul 10 (2)	PHI		LAD	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
32	79	Jul 11	PHI		LAD	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
33	80	Jul 12	PHI		LAD	L,5-9	GS	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
34	81	Jul 14	PHI	@	SFG	L,1-8	GS	26	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
35	82	Jul 15	PHI	@	SFG	W,11-4	GS	24	6.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
36	83	Jul 16	PHI	@	SFG	L,7-10	GS	34	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
37	84	Jul 18	PHI	@	SDP	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
38	85	Jul 19	PHI	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
39	86	Jul 21	PHI	@	LAD	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
40	87	Jul 22	PHI	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
41	88	Jul 23	PHI	@	LAD	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
42	90 (1)	Jul 27 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	1	1	6	1	C
43	91	Jul 28	PHI		CHC	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
44	92	Jul 29 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
45	93	Jul 29 (2)	PHI		PIT	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
46	94	Jul 30	PHI		PIT	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
47	95	Jul 31	PHI		PIT	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	97 (1)	Aug 1 (2)	PHI	@	NYM	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
49	98	Aug 2	PHI	@	NYM	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
50	99	Aug 3	PHI	@	NYM	W,4-1	GS	16	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
51	100	Aug 4	PHI	@	STL	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
52	101	Aug 5	PHI	@	STL	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
53	102	Aug 6	PHI	@	STL	L,0-6	GF	13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
54	103	Aug 8	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	4	0	2	6	0	C
55	104	Aug 9	PHI	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
56	105	Aug 11	PHI		MON	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
57	106	Aug 12	PHI		MON	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
58	107	Aug 13 (1)	PHI		MON	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
59	109 (1)	Aug 15	PHI		CIN	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
60	110	Aug 16	PHI		CIN	L,2-8	CG	48	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
61	111	Aug 17	PHI		CIN	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
62	112	Aug 18	PHI		HOU	L,3-4	GS	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
63	113	Aug 19	PHI		HOU	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
64	114	Aug 20	PHI		HOU	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
65	115	Aug 21	PHI		ATL	L,1-2	CG	43	11.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
66	116	Aug 22	PHI		ATL	L,7-11	CG	47	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
67	117	Aug 23	PHI		ATL	L,6-9	GS	24	5.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
68	118	Aug 25	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
69	119	Aug 26	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
70	120	Aug 27	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-7	GS	21	5.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
71	121	Aug 29	PHI	@	HOU	L,1-2	GS	22	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
72	122	Aug 30	PHI	@	HOU	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
73	123	Aug 31	PHI	@	HOU	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	125 (1)	Sep 1 (2)	PHI	@	ATL	L,5-11	CG	45	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
75	127 (1)	Sep 2 (2)	PHI	@	ATL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	C
76	128	Sep 3	PHI	@	ATL	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
77	129	Sep 4 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-10	CG	42	8.0	6	0	2	8	0	C
78	132 (2)	Sep 7	PHI		STL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
79	133	Sep 8	PHI		CHC	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
80	134	Sep 9	PHI		CHC	L,4-7	GS	21	5.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
81	136 (1)	Sep 11	PHI		NYM	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
82	139 (2)	Sep 15	PHI		MON	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
83	141 (1)	Sep 17	PHI		MON	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
84	143 (1)	Sep 20	PHI	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
85	147 (3)	Sep 24	PHI	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
86	150 (2)	Sep 28	PHI		PIT	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
87	155 (4)	Oct 3	PHI	@	CHC	W,11-1	CG	38	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
							87gm		676.0	475	39	14	528	6