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+

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

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 20	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	GF	5	0.1	1	0	0	1	0
2	4 (1)	Apr 22	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	10 (5)	Apr 29	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-7	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	13 (2)	May 3	BOS	@	DET	T,14-14	CG	69	13.0	9	1	0	10	1
5	14	May 4	BOS	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	15	May 5	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
7	16	May 7	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	50	11.1	3	0	0	3	0
8	17	May 8 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,10-6	CG	51	13.0	3	0	0	3	0
9	18	May 8 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-3	GS	29	7.0	6	0	0	6	0
10	19	May 10	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
11	22 (2)	May 14	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	GF	11	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
12	33 (10)	May 26	BOS		SLB	W,7-5	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
13	37 (3)	May 30 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	39 (1)	Jun 2	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-8	GF	10	2.0	3	0	0	3	0
15	41 (1)	Jun 4	BOS	@	DET	L,9-10	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	42	Jun 5 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
17	43	Jun 5 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,5-11	GF	9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	44	Jun 6	BOS	@	DET	W,10-9	GS	32	7.0	7	1	0	8	0
19	45	Jun 7	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
20	46	Jun 8	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
21	50 (3)	Jun 12 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
22	52 (1)	Jun 15	BOS		CLE	L,5-8	GF	12	2.0	2	1	0	3	0
23	55 (2)	Jun 17 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,10-8	CG	47	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
24	57 (1)	Jun 19	BOS		CHW	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
25	61 (3)	Jun 23	BOS		SLB	W,7-0	CG	28	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
26	64 (2)	Jun 26	BOS		SLB	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
27	65	Jun 28	BOS		NYY	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	69 (3)	Jul 2	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	72 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	35	7.0	0	0	1	1	0
30	73	Jul 5	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
31	75 (1)	Jul 7 susp	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
32	79 (3)	Jul 10 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,11-10	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
33	84 (4)	Jul 17 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
34	85	Jul 18	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	5	3	0	8	0
35	87 (1)	Jul 20	BOS	@	CHW	L,7-8	GF	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
36	89 (1)	Jul 23	BOS	@	SLB	W,16-5	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
37	91 (1)	Jul 24 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	92	Jul 26	BOS		CHW	W,11-2	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
39	96 (3)	Jul 29 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
40	98 (1)	Jul 31	BOS		CLE	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	100 (1)	Aug 2	BOS		SLB	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
42	105 (4)	Aug 7	BOS		DET	L,4-6	GS	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
43	110 (4)	Aug 12 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,13-11	CG	50	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
44	113 (2)	Aug 14 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,13-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	123 (9)	Aug 26 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,10-7	CG	0	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
46	124	Aug 27	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-2	GF	20	5.1	2	0	0	2	0
47	127 (2)	Aug 29 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	44	9.2	4	0	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	135 (7)	Sep 5 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,12-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
49	140 (4)	Sep 11 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	150 (9)	Sep 26	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-6	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
							50gm		364.0	193	23	5	221	2