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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Relatives: Uncle of Danny Heep

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.9

1605

432

.269

163

RBI

219

OBP

.329

SLG

.391

OPS

.720

OPS+

Feel like you're looking for a needle in a haystack?

Unleash the power of our game logs database by becoming a Stathead. Subscribers gain access to Player and Team Game Finders, which pros use to easily run customizable searches through over 100 years worth of game logs.

Become a Stathead

Summary

Team Record in Appearances	42-33 / in Starts: 36-23
Longest Hitting Streak	9 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	28 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 10 bases loaded PA and 8 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	6

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 258 PAs	34
Actual Runners on Base	194 (100-62-32) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 258 PAs	30
Avg. Runners on Base	172 (90-54-28)

Most Driven In
B Doerr	10
A Zarilla	7
W Dropo	6
Self	4
T Wright	2
V Stephens	2
B Goodman	2
C Vollmer	1

Most Driven In By
B Goodman	7
Self	4
J Pesky	3
D DiMaggio	3
T Williams	1
C Vollmer	1
C Stobbs	1
A Zarilla	1

1950 Batting Game Log

Click two rows to sum games (Clear)

1950 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	114	1	Apr 18	BOS		NYY	L,10-15	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.39	-0.054	1.01	-0.08%	-2.52	C
2	115	2	Apr 19 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	8						C
3	116	3	Apr 19 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,7-16	CG(8)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	8	.64	-0.067	1.68	-0.11%	-1.13	C
4	117	4	Apr 21	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.176	.176	.235	.412	8	1.38	-0.002	3.13	0.00%	-0.65	C
5	118	5	Apr 22	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG(15)	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.174	.208	.217	.426	8	1.81	-0.140	4.45	-0.21%	-1.33	C
6	119	6	Apr 23 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-9	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.200	.208	.408	7	.06	-0.002	.15	0.00%	-0.25	C
7	120	7	Apr 23 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,12-2	CG(6)	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.192	.276	.231	.507	8	.55	0.041	1.16	0.05%	2.14	C
8	121	8	Apr 24	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.172	.250	.207	.457	8	1.32	-0.125	3.16	-0.18%	-0.99	C
9	122	9	Apr 26	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-10	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.278	.219	.497	8	.22	-0.003	.47	0.00%	0.24	C
10	123	13 (3)	Apr 30 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,6-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.250	.550	8	.82	-0.014	2.04	-0.02%	-0.04	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
11	124	20 (6)	May 7 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.318	.282	.600	8	.72	-0.001	2.61	0.00%	0.37	C
12	125	23 (2)	May 11 (2)	BOS		DET	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.333	.326	.659	8	.67	0.073	2.83	0.19%	0.19	C
13	126	27 (3)	May 14 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,5-10	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.327	.319	.646	8	.92	-0.075	3.76	-0.19%	-0.57	C
14	127	31 (3)	May 19	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.309	.300	.609	8	1.33	-0.102	5.35	-0.25%	-0.83	C
15	128	36 (4)	May 24	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.322	.302	.624	8	.80	0.003	2.19	0.01%	0.00	C
16	129	38 (1)	May 27 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-3	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.317	.296	.613	8	2.36	-0.062	8.33	-0.13%	-0.25	C
17	130	39	May 27 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.328	.328	.656	8	.38	0.060	1.41	0.13%	1.10	C
18	131	40	May 28	BOS	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.324	.311	.635	8	1.28	-0.080	5.11	-0.19%	-0.49	C
19	132	42 (1)	May 30 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.319	.354	.673	8	1.44	-0.035	6.05	-0.09%	0.11	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
20	133	47 (4)	Jun 6	BOS		CHW	L,4-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.232	.303	.333	.636	8	1.36	-0.203	4.00	-0.36%	-1.99	C
21	134	49 (1)	Jun 8	BOS		SLB	W,29-4	CG	7	6	2	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.240	.313	.347	.660	8	.26	0.116	.78	0.21%	1.98	C
22	135	53 (3)	Jun 11 (2)	BOS		DET	L,6-9	CG(14)	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.303	.333	.637	8	1.96	-0.320	6.82	-0.67%	-2.29	C
23	136	54	Jun 13	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-1	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.221	.287	.314	.601	8	.50	-0.048	1.03	-0.06%	-1.43	C
24	137	55	Jun 14	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.278	.303	.582	8	.88	-0.074	1.98	-0.10%	-0.75	C
25	138	57 (1)	Jun 16	BOS	@	DET	L,1-4	0-GF	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.220	.283	.330	.612	8						C
26	139	58	Jun 17	BOS	@	DET	L,1-2	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.213	.275	.319	.594	8						C
27	140	61 (2)	Jun 21	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.272	.316	.588	8	3.52	-0.083	4.19	-0.06%	-0.50	C
28	141	62	Jun 22	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.272	.316	.588	8						C
29	142	63	Jun 23	BOS	@	SLB	W,12-9	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.210	.269	.320	.589	8						C
30	143	65 (1)	Jun 25 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,11-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.210	.269	.320	.589	8						C
31	144	66	Jun 25 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.202	.259	.308	.567	8						C
32	145	69 (2)	Jun 29	BOS	@	PHA	W,22-14	CG	6	5	2	2	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.271	.321	.592	8	.50	0.119	1.00	0.14%	2.35	C
33	146	71 (1)	Jun 30 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,10-2	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.221	.279	.354	.633	8	.77	0.076	2.05	0.12%	1.97	C
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
34	147	72	Jul 1	BOS		NYY	W,13-4	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.283	.350	.634	8	.21	-0.004	.60	-0.01%	-1.08	C
35	148	74 (1)	Jul 5	BOS		WSH	L,7-9	CG(7)	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.290	.355	.645	8	.97	0.059	2.28	0.08%	-0.15	C
36	149	75	Jul 7	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.291	.355	.646	8	.58	-0.033	1.31	-0.05%	-0.24	C
37	150	77 (1)	Jul 9	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.291	.355	.646	8						C
38	151	78	Jul 13	BOS		CHW	W,8-7	CG(8)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.236	.297	.354	.651	8	.79	0.067	1.20	0.06%	0.68	C
39	152	81 (2)	Jul 16 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,13-10	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.308	.371	.679	8	.51	0.058	.79	0.06%	1.55	C
40	153	84 (2)	Jul 17 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,7-5	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.320	.396	.715	8	.57	0.088	.73	0.07%	1.33	C
41	154	85	Jul 18	BOS		DET	W,12-9	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.252	.316	.388	.704	8	.32	-0.028	.48	-0.03%	-1.43	C
42	155	87 (1)	Jul 20	BOS		DET	W,6-5	CG(11)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.306	.375	.681	8	1.65	-0.226	1.93	-0.16%	-1.55	C
43	156	89 (1)	Jul 22	BOS		SLB	W,11-2	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.315	.383	.697	8	.47	0.021	.50	0.01%	0.77	C
44	157	91 (1)	Jul 25	BOS	@	DET	W,7-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.315	.383	.697	8						C
45	158	92	Jul 26	BOS	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.319	.386	.705	8	.86	0.040	2.34	0.06%	0.34	C
46	159	93	Jul 27	BOS	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.314	.378	.692	8	.72	-0.058	2.17	-0.10%	-0.59	C
47	160	94	Jul 28	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-13	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.306	.369	.675	8	.17	-0.018	.40	-0.03%	-0.93	C
48	161	95	Jul 29	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.313	.380	.693	8	1.06	0.042	2.25	0.05%	0.52	C
49	162	96	Jul 30 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.309	.375	.684	8	1.64	-0.043	2.12	-0.03%	-0.51	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
50	163	98 (1)	Aug 1	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.250	.306	.366	.673	8						C
51	164	101 (2)	Aug 5	BOS	@	CHW	W,12-7	7-7	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.314	.370	.684	9	2.68	0.201	2.77	0.13%	1.40	PH
52	165	107 (5)	Aug 10 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.318	.384	.702	8	.71	-0.021	.95	-0.02%	-0.12	C
53	166	109 (1)	Aug 12	BOS	@	WSH	W,10-1	CG	5	5	0	3	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.325	.407	.731	8	.80	0.089	.68	0.05%	2.56	C
54	167	110	Aug 13	BOS	@	WSH	L,5-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.323	.404	.728	9	6.82	-0.177	7.83	-0.12%	-0.80	PH C
55	168	111	Aug 15 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,8-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.267	.322	.401	.723	8	.26	-0.017	.28	-0.01%	-1.51	C
56	169	113 (1)	Aug 16 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,11-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.320	.398	.718	8	.20	0.005	.31	0.01%	-0.64	C
57	170	115 (1)	Aug 17	BOS		PHA	W,10-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.268	.324	.397	.721	8	.44	0.080	.69	0.08%	1.10	C
58	171	116	Aug 18	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	CG(10)	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.327	.404	.731	8	.97	-0.043	1.56	-0.04%	-0.24	C
59	172	117	Aug 19	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.323	.398	.721	8	1.07	-0.086	1.95	-0.09%	-1.20	C
60	173	119 (1)	Aug 23	BOS		SLB	W,9-5	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.265	.321	.392	.713	8	.79	0.009	1.67	0.01%	-0.62	C
61	174	121 (1)	Aug 25	BOS		DET	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.261	.317	.386	.703	8	.67	-0.053	2.72	-0.13%	-1.21	C
62	175	122	Aug 26	BOS		DET	L,6-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	0	0	.256	.311	.379	.691	8	1.52	-0.258	6.74	-0.69%	-2.30	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
63	176	129 (6)	Sep 2	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-3	CG	5	4	2	4	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.326	.395	.722	8	.77	0.254	3.66	0.72%	5.07	C
64	177	130	Sep 4 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.326	.395	.722	8						C
65	178	131	Sep 4 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.321	.388	.709	8	1.07	-0.120	5.47	-0.37%	-0.91	C
66	179	137 (5)	Sep 12	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			1	0	0	.265	.320	.386	.705	8						C
67	180	138	Sep 14	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-6	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.320	.382	.702	8	1.05	-0.039	7.21	-0.16%	-0.30	C
68	181	140 (1)	Sep 16	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.320	.382	.702	8						C
69	182	142 (1)	Sep 18	BOS	@	DET	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.320	.382	.702	8						C
70	183	143	Sep 20 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-6	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.320	.382	.702	8						C
71	184	147 (3)	Sep 25 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-0	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.266	.323	.389	.711	8	.19	0.034	.49	0.05%	0.37	C
72	185	149 (1)	Sep 27 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,0-2	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.266	.323	.389	.711	8						C
73	186	150	Sep 27 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,3-6	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.321	.387	.708	9	1.44	-0.040	1.32	-0.02%	-0.50	PH
74	187	151	Sep 28	BOS		WSH	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.269	.324	.397	.722	8	.85	0.107	.00	0.00%	1.07	C
75	188	152	Sep 29	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.327	.412	.739	8	1.43	0.296	.00	0.00%	2.36	C
							42-33		258	238	27	65	15	3	4	34	18	5	19	1	1		4	8	0	0	.273	.327	.412	.739		.89	-0.816	2.23	-2.46%	-3.26

Player Page Tricks and Tips

More Batts Pages

Matt Batts Overview

Minor Lg Stats

Batting Splits

Batting Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

More Matt Batts Pages at Baseball Reference