Matt Batts

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 200lb (180cm, 90kg)

Born: October 16, 1921 in San Antonio, TX us

Died: July 14, 2013 in Baton Rouge, LA

Buried: Cremated

High School: San Antonio Technology Academy (San Antonio, TX)

School: Baylor University (Waco, TX)

Debut: September 10, 1947 (Age 25-329d, 10,347th in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 8, 1956 (Age 34-205d)
vs. NYG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Matthew Daniel Batts

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Relatives: Uncle of Danny Heep

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.9

1605

432

.269

163

RBI

219

OBP

.329

SLG

.391

OPS

.720

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	23-23 / in Starts: 20-11
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	30 games
Most Games w/o RBI	4 games
Grand Slams	0 in 8 bases loaded PA and 8 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 137 PAs	24
Actual Runners on Base	100 (45-34-21) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 137 PAs	15
Avg. Runners on Base	92 (47-29-15)

Most Driven In
S Mele	5
B Doerr	3
T Williams	3
S Spence	2
B Goodman	2
V Stephens	2
W Moses	1
D DiMaggio	1

Most Driven In By
J Pesky	3
D DiMaggio	3
M Parnell	2
Self	1
T Williams	1

1948 Batting Game Log

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1948 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	8	5 (4)	Apr 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					8						C
2	9	7 (1)	Apr 26	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	8	1.06	0.142	1.89	0.15%	-0.15	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	10	14 (6)	May 6	BOS		DET	L,3-8	4-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	8	.55	-0.020	1.43	-0.03%	-0.25	C
4	11	17 (2)	May 9 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,5-9	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.400	.333	.733	8	.62	0.074	1.23	0.09%	0.47	C
5	12	20 (2)	May 12	BOS		CHW	W,6-5	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.364	.300	.664	8	2.31	-0.061	3.08	-0.05%	-0.26	C
6	13	26 (5)	May 21	BOS	@	CLE	W,11-5	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.357	.438	.357	.795	7	1.06	0.174	1.62	0.16%	1.54	C
7	14	27	May 22	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-7	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.400	.389	.789	7	.77	-0.082	1.35	-0.09%	-0.50	C
8	15	28	May 23 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.400	.389	.789	7						C
9	16	29	May 23 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.333	.708	7	1.06	-0.122	1.24	-0.09%	-1.09	C
10	17	32 (2)	May 28	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.321	.280	.601	8	1.91	-0.195	1.68	-0.10%	-1.44	C
11	18	34 (1)	May 29 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	5	2	1	2	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.296	.424	.333	.758	8	.67	0.102	.45	0.04%	2.06	C
12	19	37 (2)	May 31 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.417	.333	.750	8	1.02	-0.047	.77	-0.02%	-0.56	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	20	42 (4)	Jun 4 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,7-2	CG	4	3	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.450	.424	.874	8	.32	0.095	.22	0.04%	2.38	C
14	21	43	Jun 6 (1)	BOS		DET	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.351	.455	.432	.887	8	1.73	0.082	1.22	0.04%	0.19	C
15	22	45 (1)	Jun 8	BOS		CLE	L,0-2	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.342	.444	.421	.865	7	1.80	-0.048	2.00	-0.03%	-0.26	PH
16	23	48 (2)	Jun 12	BOS		CHW	L,3-5	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.342	.444	.421	.865	8						C
17	24	54 (5)	Jun 22	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-6	5-GF	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.359	.468	.436	.904	8	1.95	0.147	3.02	0.14%	1.69	C
18	25	55	Jun 24 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-3	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.375	.479	.450	.929	9	1.03	0.059	2.07	0.07%	0.87	PH
19	26	56	Jun 24 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,8-5	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.341	.442	.409	.851	8	1.01	0.051	1.71	0.05%	0.16	C
20	27	59 (2)	Jun 27 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG(7)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			1	0	0	.333	.429	.396	.824	8						C
21	28	60	Jun 29	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-7	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.327	.421	.388	.809	9	.43	-0.011	1.01	-0.02%	-0.25	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	29	63 (2)	Jul 2	BOS		PHA	L,2-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.320	.414	.380	.794	9	1.40	-0.041	2.73	-0.05%	-0.25	PH
23	30	65 (1)	Jul 4	BOS		PHA	W,19-5	CG	5	3	3	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1			0	0	0	.340	.435	.415	.851	8						C
24	31	67 (1)	Jul 5 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,8-7	GS-9	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.351	.439	.439	.878	8	1.40	0.241	1.99	0.21%	1.78	C
25	32	71 (3)	Jul 9	BOS	@	PHA	L,7-8	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.345	.433	.431	.864	8	.55	-0.014	1.13	-0.02%	-0.17	C
26	33	74 (2)	Jul 11 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-7	CG(8)	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.350	.443	.450	.893	8	.56	0.051	1.38	0.07%	1.51	C
27	34	76 (1)	Jul 15 (2)	BOS		DET	W,3-1	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.349	.438	.460	.899	8	.80	0.084	1.46	0.09%	0.73	C
28	35	78 (1)	Jul 17	BOS		DET	L,1-3	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.348	.434	.455	.889	8	.97	0.013	2.22	0.02%	-0.09	C
29	36	80 (1)	Jul 18 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,7-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			1	0	0	.343	.425	.443	.868	8						C
30	37	84 (3)	Jul 21 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,10-9	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.347	.424	.453	.877	8	2.03	0.304	5.95	0.54%	0.91	C
31	38	86 (1)	Jul 22 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.342	.416	.443	.859	8	.88	-0.055	3.15	-0.12%	-0.25	C
32	39	92 (5)	Jul 28	BOS	@	DET	L,0-13	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.338	.411	.438	.849	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.25	PR C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	40	97 (4)	Aug 1 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.345	.415	.464	.879	8	.65	0.109	4.98	0.50%	0.36	C
34	41	103 (5)	Aug 8 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,8-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.352	.418	.500	.918	8	.39	0.032	1.68	0.08%	0.78	C
35	42	104	Aug 8 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	11-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.348	.414	.494	.909	9	5.91	-0.354	27.71	-1.00%	-1.59	PH C
36	43	105	Aug 10	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.348	.414	.494	.909	3						C
37	44	106	Aug 11	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.351	.413	.489	.903	8	1.13	0.053	6.53	0.18%	0.52	C
38	45	107	Aug 13	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.344	.411	.479	.890	8	.57	-0.006	2.94	-0.02%	-0.04	C
39	46	108	Aug 14	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.337	.414	.469	.884	8	1.95	-0.044	10.89	-0.15%	-0.27	C
40	47	110 (1)	Aug 15 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.409	.461	.869	8	.93	0.085	4.93	0.27%	1.07	C
41	48	113 (2)	Aug 20 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	CG(10)	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.412	.467	.878	8	.56	-0.021	2.65	-0.06%	-0.24	C
42	49	123 (9)	Aug 29 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,4-12	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			2	0	0	.330	.407	.468	.874	8						C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
43	50	129 (5)	Sep 6 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,14-6	CG	6	5	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.325	.398	.456	.855	7	.46	0.049	4.00	0.26%	-0.42	C
44	51	135 (5)	Sep 11 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,2-1	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.319	.397	.448	.845	7	1.06	-0.048	9.11	-0.25%	-0.68	C
45	52	142 (6)	Sep 19 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,3-4	10-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.316	.394	.444	.838	9	5.00	-0.183	55.90	-1.23%	-0.70	PH
46	53	143	Sep 19 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,6-8	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.314	.391	.441	.832	8	.97	-0.016	11.46	-0.12%	-0.36	C
							23-23		137	118	13	37	12	0	1	24	15	4	9	0	4		1	5	0	0	.314	.391	.441	.832		1.08	0.579	3.70	-0.43%	6.96

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