Earl Battey

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 205lb (185cm, 92kg)

Born: January 5, 1935 in Los Angeles, CA us

Died: November 15, 2003 in Ocala, FL

Buried: Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA

High School: Jordan HS (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: September 10, 1955 (Age 20-248d, 11,292nd in major league history)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1967 (Age 32-265d)
vs. CAL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1957 season

Full Name: Earl Jesse Battey

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.8

3586

969

104

.270

393

RBI

449

OBP

.349

SLG

.409

OPS

.757

OPS+

106

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	MIN	@	KCA	L,2-4	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
2	2	Apr 11	MIN	@	KCA	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
3	3	Apr 12	MIN	@	KCA	W,9-5	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
4	4	Apr 14	MIN		LAA	L,5-12	CG	49	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	C
5	5	Apr 15	MIN		LAA	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
6	6	Apr 17	MIN		CHW	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	6	2	1	9	0	C
7	7	Apr 18	MIN		CHW	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
8	8	Apr 19	MIN		CHW	L,3-10	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
9	9	Apr 20	MIN	@	LAA	W,9-7	CG	46	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
10	10	Apr 21	MIN	@	LAA	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
11	11	Apr 22	MIN	@	LAA	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
12	12	Apr 24	MIN	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
13	13	Apr 25	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	C
14	14	Apr 26	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
15	15	Apr 27	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
16	16	Apr 28	MIN	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
17	17	Apr 29 (1)	MIN	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
18	18	Apr 29 (2)	MIN	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	19	May 1	MIN		BAL	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
20	20	May 2	MIN		BAL	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
21	21	May 3	MIN		BAL	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
22	22	May 4	MIN		DET	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
23	23	May 5	MIN		DET	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
24	24	May 6	MIN		DET	W,10-7	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
25	25	May 8	MIN		CLE	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
26	26	May 9	MIN		CLE	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
27	27	May 10	MIN		CLE	L,4-9	CG	49	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
28	28	May 11	MIN		KCA	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
29	29	May 12	MIN		KCA	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
30	30	May 13	MIN		KCA	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
31	31	May 15	MIN	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
32	32	May 16	MIN	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
33	33	May 18	MIN	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
34	34	May 19	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	35	May 20 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
36	36	May 20 (2)	MIN	@	NYY	W,4-2	GF	30	7.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
37	37	May 21	MIN	@	WSA	W,5-3	GS	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
38	41 (3)	May 25	MIN	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
39	42	May 26	MIN	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
40	43	May 27 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	W,5-4	GS	31	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	52 (8)	Jun 5	MIN		KCA	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
42	53	Jun 6	MIN		KCA	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	C
43	54	Jun 7	MIN		KCA	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
44	55	Jun 8	MIN		CHW	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
45	56	Jun 9	MIN		CHW	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
46	57	Jun 10 (1)	MIN		CHW	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
47	59 (1)	Jun 12	MIN	@	LAA	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
48	60	Jun 13	MIN	@	LAA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
49	61	Jun 14	MIN	@	LAA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
50	62	Jun 15	MIN	@	KCA	L,1-6	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
51	63	Jun 16	MIN	@	KCA	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
52	64	Jun 17	MIN	@	KCA	L,6-10	CG	43	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
53	65	Jun 18	MIN	@	KCA	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
54	66	Jun 19	MIN	@	CHW	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
55	67	Jun 20	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-5	GS	28	7.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
56	68	Jun 21	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
57	69	Jun 22 (1)	MIN		LAA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	6	2	1	9	0	C
58	70	Jun 22 (2)	MIN		LAA	W,8-3	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
59	71	Jun 23	MIN		LAA	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
60	72	Jun 24 (1)	MIN		LAA	L,2-3	CG	41	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
61	73	Jun 24 (2)	MIN		LAA	L,6-7	GF	23	4.0	5	3	0	8	0	C
62	74	Jun 26	MIN	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	13	0	1	14	0	C
63	75	Jun 27	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
64	76	Jun 28	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
65	77	Jun 29	MIN	@	WSA	L,3-6	CG	42	9.2	4	1	0	5	0	C
66	78	Jun 30	MIN	@	WSA	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	79	Jul 1	MIN	@	WSA	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
68	80	Jul 2	MIN	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
69	81	Jul 3	MIN	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
70	82	Jul 4 (1)	MIN	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
71	83	Jul 4 (2)	MIN	@	BOS	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
72	84	Jul 6	MIN		NYY	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	10	1	1	12	1	C
73	85	Jul 7	MIN		NYY	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
74	86	Jul 8	MIN		NYY	L,8-9	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
75	87	Jul 12	MIN		WSA	L,4-7	CG	43	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
76	88	Jul 13	MIN		WSA	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
77	89	Jul 14	MIN		WSA	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
78	90	Jul 15	MIN		BOS	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
79	91	Jul 17	MIN		CLE	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
80	92	Jul 18	MIN		CLE	W,14-3	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
81	93	Jul 19	MIN		CLE	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
82	94	Jul 20	MIN		BAL	W,7-5	CG	39	10.0	9	2	1	12	0	C
83	95	Jul 21	MIN		BAL	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
84	96	Jul 22	MIN		BAL	L,6-8	CG	45	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	C
85	97	Jul 23	MIN		DET	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
86	98	Jul 24	MIN		DET	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
87	99	Jul 25	MIN		DET	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
88	100	Jul 27	MIN	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
89	101	Jul 28	MIN	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
90	102	Jul 29 (1)	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
91	103	Jul 29 (2)	MIN	@	CLE	W,7-5	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
92	104	Jul 31	MIN	@	BAL	L,7-8	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	105	Aug 1	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	47	11.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
94	106	Aug 2	MIN	@	BAL	W,6-3	GS	22	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
95	107	Aug 3	MIN	@	DET	W,7-4	GS	27	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
96	108	Aug 4	MIN	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
97	109	Aug 5 (1)	MIN	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	42	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
98	111 (1)	Aug 6	MIN	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
99	112	Aug 7	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-14	GS	9	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	C
100	114 (1)	Aug 9	MIN	@	KCA	W,12-10	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
101	115	Aug 10	MIN	@	LAA	L,0-1	CG	42	10.1	9	1	0	10	0	C
102	116	Aug 11	MIN	@	LAA	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
103	117	Aug 12	MIN	@	LAA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
104	118	Aug 13	MIN		NYY	W,6-4	GS	32	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
105	119	Aug 14	MIN		NYY	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
106	120	Aug 15	MIN		NYY	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
107	121	Aug 16	MIN		NYY	W,9-8	CG	43	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
108	122	Aug 17 (1)	MIN		BOS	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
109	123	Aug 17 (2)	MIN		BOS	L,4-9	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
110	124	Aug 18	MIN		BOS	L,4-12	GS	38	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
111	125	Aug 19 (1)	MIN		BOS	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
112	127 (1)	Aug 20	MIN		BOS	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
113	128	Aug 21	MIN		WSA	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
114	129	Aug 22	MIN		WSA	T,8-8	GS	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
115	130	Aug 23 (1)	MIN		WSA	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	8	3	1	12	0	C
116	131	Aug 23 (2)	MIN		WSA	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
117	132	Aug 24	MIN		KCA	L,1-12	GS	44	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
118	133	Aug 25	MIN		KCA	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
119	134	Aug 26	MIN		KCA	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
120	135	Aug 28	MIN	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
121	136	Aug 29	MIN	@	CHW	W,5-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
122	137	Aug 31	MIN	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
123	138	Sep 1	MIN	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
124	139	Sep 2	MIN	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
125	140	Sep 3 (1)	MIN	@	WSA	W,9-3	GS	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
126	142 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	MIN	@	WSA	W,9-7	GS	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
127	143	Sep 5 (2)	MIN	@	WSA	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
128	144	Sep 7	MIN	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
129	145	Sep 8	MIN	@	DET	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
130	146	Sep 9	MIN	@	DET	L,9-10	GS	27	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
131	147	Sep 10	MIN		LAA	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
132	148	Sep 11	MIN		LAA	L,0-9	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
133	149	Sep 12	MIN		CHW	L,1-2	CG	47	12.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
134	150	Sep 13	MIN		CHW	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
135	151	Sep 14	MIN		CLE	W,11-1	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
136	152	Sep 15	MIN		CLE	W,12-2	GS	27	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
137	153	Sep 16	MIN		CLE	W,4-3	GS	34	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
138	154	Sep 18	MIN		DET	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
139	155	Sep 19	MIN		DET	W,12-5	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
140	156	Sep 20	MIN		DET	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
141	157	Sep 21	MIN	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
142	158	Sep 22	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
143	159	Sep 23	MIN	@	BAL	W,9-2	GS	28	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
144	160	Sep 25	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
145	161	Sep 28	MIN		BAL	W,11-5	GS	22	7.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
146	162	Sep 29	MIN		BAL	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
147	163	Sep 30	MIN		BAL	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
							147gm		1241.0	872	82	9	963	9