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.

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	MIN		KCA	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
2	2	Apr 13	MIN		KCA	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
3	3	Apr 14	MIN		KCA	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
4	4	Apr 15	MIN		CAL	L,4-9	CG	46	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
5	5	Apr 16	MIN		CAL	L,2-3	GS	27	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
6	7 (1)	Apr 22	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
7	8	Apr 23	MIN	@	CAL	L,3-4	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	11 (2)	May 1 (1)	MIN	@	WSA	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
9	13 (1)	May 3	MIN	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
10	14	May 4	MIN	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
11	15	May 6	MIN		BOS	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	17	1	0	18	1	C
12	16	May 7	MIN		BOS	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
13	17	May 8 (1)	MIN		BOS	L,1-8	GS	38	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
14	18	May 8 (2)	MIN		BOS	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
15	19	May 9	MIN		NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
16	20	May 12	MIN		NYY	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
17	21	May 13	MIN		WSA	W,9-5	GS	27	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
18	22	May 14	MIN		WSA	L,4-5	GS	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
19	23	May 15	MIN		WSA	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
20	24	May 16	MIN		WSA	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
21	26 (1)	May 18	MIN		CHW	W,7-1	GS	27	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
22	27	May 19	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
23	28	May 20	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
24	29	May 21	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	30	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
25	30	May 22 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
26	32 (1)	May 24	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-11	CG	43	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
27	33	May 25	MIN	@	BOS	W,7-5	GS	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
28	35 (1)	May 27	MIN	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	40	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
29	36	May 28	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
30	37	May 29 (1)	MIN	@	CLE	W,5-1	GS	30	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
31	38	May 29 (2)	MIN	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
32	40 (1)	May 30 (2)	MIN		BAL	W,7-4	GS	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
33	41	May 31	MIN		BAL	L,5-14	GS	40	6.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	42	Jun 1	MIN		DET	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
35	43	Jun 2	MIN		DET	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
36	44	Jun 3	MIN		CLE	L,5-6	GS	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
37	46 (1)	Jun 5	MIN		CLE	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
38	47	Jun 7	MIN		KCA	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
39	48	Jun 8	MIN		KCA	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
40	49	Jun 9	MIN		KCA	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
41	50	Jun 10	MIN	@	CHW	W,6-2	GS	23	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
42	53 (2)	Jun 13 (1)	MIN	@	KCA	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
43	55 (1)	Jun 14	MIN	@	KCA	W,6-3	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
44	56	Jun 15 (1)	MIN		CAL	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
45	58 (1)	Jun 16	MIN		CAL	L,2-7	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
46	59	Jun 17	MIN		CHW	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
47	60	Jun 18	MIN		CHW	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	C
48	61	Jun 19	MIN		CHW	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
49	62	Jun 20	MIN	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
50	63	Jun 21	MIN	@	CAL	L,7-10	GS	24	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
51	65 (1)	Jun 24 (1)	MIN	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
52	67 (1)	Jun 25	MIN	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
53	68	Jun 26 (1)	MIN	@	DET	W,7-5	GS	4	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	83 (14)	Jul 8	MIN		DET	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
55	84	Jul 9	MIN		DET	L,1-8	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
56	85	Jul 10	MIN		DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
57	86	Jul 14	MIN		WSA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
58	87	Jul 15	MIN		WSA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
59	88	Jul 16	MIN		WSA	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
60	89	Jul 17 (1)	MIN		NYY	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
61	91 (1)	Jul 18	MIN		NYY	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
62	92	Jul 19 (1)	MIN	@	WSA	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
63	94 (1)	Jul 20	MIN	@	WSA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
64	95	Jul 21	MIN	@	WSA	W,1-0	GS	20	5.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
65	96	Jul 22	MIN	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS	38	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
66	97	Jul 23	MIN	@	BOS	W,10-4	GS	14	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
67	98	Jul 24	MIN	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
68	99	Jul 26	MIN	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
69	100	Jul 27	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-6	GS	27	5.0	1	1	0	2	1	C
70	101	Jul 29	MIN		BAL	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
71	102	Jul 30	MIN		BAL	W,7-0	GS	27	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
72	103	Jul 31	MIN		BAL	L,0-4	GS	18	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	104	Aug 1	MIN		BOS	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
74	105	Aug 2	MIN		BOS	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
75	106	Aug 3	MIN		BOS	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
76	107	Aug 4	MIN		BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
77	108	Aug 5	MIN	@	KCA	L,2-4	GS	27	6.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
78	113 (4)	Aug 9	MIN	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
79	114	Aug 10	MIN	@	CAL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
80	115	Aug 11	MIN	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	13	3	0	16	3	C
81	116	Aug 12	MIN		KCA	W,6-2	GS	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
82	117	Aug 14 (1)	MIN		KCA	L,0-5	GS	30	7.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
83	118	Aug 14 (2)	MIN		KCA	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
84	119	Aug 15	MIN		CAL	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
85	120	Aug 16	MIN		CAL	W,8-1	GS	24	6.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
86	121	Aug 17	MIN		CAL	W,5-3	GS	32	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
87	122	Aug 18	MIN		CAL	W,6-2	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
88	123	Aug 19	MIN	@	BOS	W,2-1	GS	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
89	124	Aug 20	MIN	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	41	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
90	125	Aug 21	MIN	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
91	126	Aug 23 (1)	MIN	@	WSA	W,7-0	GS	19	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
92	127	Aug 23 (2)	MIN	@	WSA	L,3-4	CG	30	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
93	128	Aug 24	MIN	@	WSA	L,5-6	GS	46	10.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
94	129	Aug 26	MIN	@	CHW	W,7-4	GS	11	3.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
95	130	Aug 27	MIN	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
96	131	Aug 28 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	136 (4)	Sep 2	MIN		NYY	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
98	137	Sep 3 (1)	MIN		NYY	W,6-1	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
99	139 (1)	Sep 4	MIN		NYY	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
100	140	Sep 5	MIN		CHW	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
101	141	Sep 6	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	CG	43	12.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
102	142	Sep 7	MIN		CHW	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
103	143	Sep 9	MIN		BAL	W,6-1	GS	28	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
104	146 (2)	Sep 13	MIN	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	33	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
105	147	Sep 14	MIN	@	DET	L,2-3	GS	34	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
106	148	Sep 15	MIN	@	DET	L,5-8	GS	29	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
107	149	Sep 16	MIN	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
108	150	Sep 17	MIN	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
109	151	Sep 18	MIN	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	37	10.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
110	152	Sep 20	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-4	GS	27	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
111	156 (3)	Sep 25	MIN		DET	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
112	157	Sep 27	MIN		CLE	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
113	158	Sep 28	MIN		CLE	L,0-4	GS	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
							113gm		903.1	705	45	4	754	9