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.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 18	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-6	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
2	3	Apr 20	BOS		PHA	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
3	7 (3)	Apr 24	BOS		WSH	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	13 (5)	May 2	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
5	16 (2)	May 5	BOS	@	DET	L,7-8		8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
6	18 (1)	May 6 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
7	20 (1)	May 12	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	GF	7	1.2	0	1	1	2	0	C
8	21	May 13	BOS	@	WSH	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
9	22	May 14	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-7	CG	54	11.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
10	23	May 15	BOS		CHW	L,7-9	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
11	24	May 16	BOS		CHW	L,5-9	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
				Player went from Boston Red Sox to St. Louis Browns
12	31	May 21	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
13	33 (1)	May 23	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-12	CG	49	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
14	34	May 25	SLB	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
15	35	May 26	SLB	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
16	36	May 27 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
17	40 (3)	May 30 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-8	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	42 (1)	Jun 2	SLB		BOS	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
19	44 (1)	Jun 3 (2)	SLB		PHA	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
20	45	Jun 4	SLB		PHA	L,6-7	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
21	47 (1)	Jun 6	SLB		NYY	W,5-4	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	51 (3)	Jun 10 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,2-3	GS	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
23	55 (3)	Jun 17 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
24	59 (3)	Jun 22	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
25	62 (2)	Jun 24 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
26	64 (1)	Jun 27	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	68 (3)	Jul 1 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
28	70 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,3-4	CG	67	15.0	9	2	1	12	0	C
29	72 (1)	Jul 6 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
30	74 (1)	Jul 8	SLB		CHW	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
31	76 (1)	Jul 12 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,0-13	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
32	80 (3)	Jul 15 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
33	83 (2)	Jul 17 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
34	89 (5)	Jul 22 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
35	91 (1)	Jul 26	SLB	@	PHA	W,6-4	GF	31	6.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
36	92	Jul 27	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
37	93	Jul 29 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	5	0	1	6	1	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	97 (3)	Aug 2 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-12	CG	44	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
39	100 (2)	Aug 3 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	W,10-2	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
40	101	Aug 4	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	47	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
41	103 (1)	Aug 5 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
42	104	Aug 7	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
43	106 (1)	Aug 9	SLB	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
44	107	Aug 10	SLB	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	109 (1)	Aug 12	SLB	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	0	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
46	111 (1)	Aug 16	SLB		CLE	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
47	112	Aug 17	SLB		DET	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	5	2	1	8	0
48	113	Aug 18	SLB		DET	W,20-9	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
49	114	Aug 19 (1)	SLB		DET	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
50	116 (1)	Aug 21	SLB		BOS	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
51	117	Aug 22	SLB		BOS	L,1-3	CG	64	13.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
52	118	Aug 23	SLB		BOS	L,3-9	CG	50	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
53	120 (1)	Aug 25	SLB		PHA	L,1-9	GF	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	121	Aug 26 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
55	123 (1)	Aug 28	SLB		NYY	L,5-7	CG	51	10.0	9	2	0	11	0
56	125 (1)	Aug 31	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	127 (1)	Sep 2	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
58	129 (1)	Sep 3 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	130	Sep 6	SLB		CHW	L,4-9	CG	47	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
60	131	Sep 7 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
61	133 (1)	Sep 8	SLB		CLE	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
62	135 (1)	Sep 11 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
63	137 (1)	Sep 13	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	38	9.2	3	1	0	4	1	C
64	138	Sep 14	SLB	@	BOS	L,6-9	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
65	141 (2)	Sep 16 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
66	143 (1)	Sep 18 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
67	145 (1)	Sep 20	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-3	GF	8	2.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
68	146	Sep 22	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
69	147	Sep 23	SLB	@	CHW	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
70	148	Sep 25	SLB		DET	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
71	149	Sep 26	SLB		DET	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
72	150	Sep 27	SLB		DET	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
73	151	Sep 28 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
74	152	Sep 28 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	10.0	6	2	0	8	0
75	153	Sep 29	SLB		CHW	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	11	0	2	13	0
							75gm		620.1	291	37	13	341	6