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.

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	BOS		NYY	L,10-15	CG	51	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
2	2	Apr 19 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 19 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,7-16	CG	50	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
4	4	Apr 21	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
5	5	Apr 22	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	63	14.0	11	2	0	13	0	C
6	6	Apr 23 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-9	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
7	7	Apr 23 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,12-2	CG	24	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
8	8	Apr 24	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
9	9	Apr 26	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
10	13 (3)	Apr 30 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	20 (6)	May 7 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
12	23 (2)	May 11 (2)	BOS		DET	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
13	27 (3)	May 14 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,5-10	CG	47	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
14	31 (3)	May 19	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
15	36 (4)	May 24	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
16	38 (1)	May 27 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-3	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
17	39	May 27 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
18	40	May 28	BOS	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
19	42 (1)	May 30 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	6	0	1	7	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	47 (4)	Jun 6	BOS		CHW	L,4-8	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
21	49 (1)	Jun 8	BOS		SLB	W,29-4	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
22	53 (3)	Jun 11 (2)	BOS		DET	L,6-9	CG	62	14.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
23	54	Jun 13	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
24	55	Jun 14	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
25	57 (1)	Jun 16	BOS	@	DET	L,1-4	GF	0	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	58	Jun 17	BOS	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
27	61 (2)	Jun 21	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
28	62	Jun 22	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
29	63	Jun 23	BOS	@	SLB	W,12-9	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
30	65 (1)	Jun 25 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,11-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
31	66	Jun 25 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
32	69 (2)	Jun 29	BOS	@	PHA	W,22-14	CG	52	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
33	71 (1)	Jun 30 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	72	Jul 1	BOS		NYY	W,13-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
35	74 (1)	Jul 5	BOS		WSH	L,7-9	CG	37	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
36	75	Jul 7	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
37	77 (1)	Jul 9	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	78	Jul 13	BOS		CHW	W,8-7	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
39	81 (2)	Jul 16 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,13-10	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
40	84 (2)	Jul 17 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
41	85	Jul 18	BOS		DET	W,12-9	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
42	87 (1)	Jul 20	BOS		DET	W,6-5	CG	43	11.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
43	89 (1)	Jul 22	BOS		SLB	W,11-2	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
44	91 (1)	Jul 25	BOS	@	DET	W,7-6	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	92	Jul 26	BOS	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
46	93	Jul 27	BOS	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
47	94	Jul 28	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-13	CG	43	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
48	95	Jul 29	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
49	96	Jul 30 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	39	9.2	6	1	0	7	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	98 (1)	Aug 1	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
51	107 (8)	Aug 10 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
52	109 (1)	Aug 12	BOS	@	WSH	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
53	110	Aug 13	BOS	@	WSH	L,5-6	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
54	111	Aug 15 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
55	113 (1)	Aug 16 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,11-3	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
56	115 (1)	Aug 17	BOS		PHA	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
57	116	Aug 18	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	CG	41	10.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
58	117	Aug 19	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	GS	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
59	119 (1)	Aug 23	BOS		SLB	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
60	121 (1)	Aug 25	BOS		DET	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
61	122	Aug 26	BOS		DET	L,6-8	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	129 (6)	Sep 2	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	130	Sep 4 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
64	131	Sep 4 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
65	137 (5)	Sep 12	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
66	138	Sep 14	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-6	GS	31	7.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
67	140 (1)	Sep 16	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-5	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
68	142 (1)	Sep 18	BOS	@	DET	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
69	143	Sep 20 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-6	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
70	147 (3)	Sep 25 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
71	149 (1)	Sep 27 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,0-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
72	151 (1)	Sep 28	BOS		WSH	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
73	152	Sep 29	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
							73gm		545.2	306	29	2	337	3