Johnny Oates

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 188lb (180cm, 85kg)

Born: January 21, 1946 in Sylva, NC us

Died: December 24, 2004 in Richmond, VA

Buried: Sunset Memorial Park, Chester, VA

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 2nd round of the 1966 MLB June Amateur Draft from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, VA) and the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (10th) of the 1967 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, VA).

High School: Prince George HS (Prince George, VA)

School: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, VA)

Debut: September 17, 1970 (Age 24-239d, 13,080th in major league history)
vs. WSA 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 24, 1981 (Age 35-123d)
vs. CLE 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1972 season

Agents: Jerry Kapstein

Full Name: Johnny Lane Oates

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.2

1637

410

.251

146

RBI

126

OBP

.309

SLG

.313

OPS

.622

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	19-21 / in Starts: 12-6
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	36 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 80 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	51 (28-16-7)
Avg. MLBer w/ 80 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	48 (23-16-8)

Most Driven In
D Baker	2
S Garvey	2
R Monday	1
R Cey	1
B North	0

Most Driven In By
D Lopes	2
B Russell	1
D Sutton	0

1978 Batting Game Log

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1978 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	479	9 (8)	Apr 17	LAD		CIN	L,2-8	7-9	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	8	.07	0.003	.15	0.00%	0.37	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
2	480	21 (11)	May 2	LAD	@	CHC	L,4-5	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	1.34	-0.034	2.62	-0.04%	-0.23	PH
3	481	28 (6)	May 10	LAD		STL	L,5-6	6-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	9	1.13	0.045	2.27	0.05%	0.24	PH
4	482	29	May 11	LAD		STL	L,0-2	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	9	1.60	-0.039	3.20	-0.05%	-0.21	PH
5	483	30	May 12	LAD		CHC	L,7-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	9	1.53	-0.042	2.96	-0.05%	-0.30	PH
6	484	32 (1)	May 14	LAD		CHC	L,7-10	GS-8	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.500	.429	.929	8	.41	0.013	.74	0.01%	0.22	C
7	485	33	May 15	LAD		PIT	W,7-6	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.444	.375	.819	9	.67	-0.018	1.14	-0.02%	-0.42	PH
8	486	37 (3)	May 20	LAD		SFG	W,3-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.273	.606	8	1.96	-0.177	4.64	-0.25%	-1.09	C
9	487	41 (3)	May 24	LAD	@	SDP	L,3-9	5-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.385	.333	.718	9	1.09	0.050	2.25	0.06%	0.36	PH
10	488	44 (2)	May 28	LAD	@	SFG	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.438	.471	.500	.971	8	1.16	0.083	2.87	0.12%	1.59	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
11	489	48 (3)	Jun 2	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.471	.500	.529	1.029	8	1.40	0.073	2.24	0.07%	0.37	PH
12	490	57 (8)	Jun 11	LAD	@	MON	W,11-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.444	.474	.500	.974	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.21	C
13	491	65 (7)	Jun 20	LAD		HOU	L,3-5	5-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.444	.500	.500	1.000	9	.18	0.006	.26	0.01%	0.12	PH
14	492	71 (5)	Jun 26	LAD	@	ATL	L,2-5	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.450	.522	.500	1.022	8	.79	0.010	1.02	0.01%	0.16	C
15	493	73 (1)	Jun 28	LAD	@	ATL	W,3-2	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.500	.476	.976	9	.72	-0.018	.95	-0.01%	-0.16	PH
16	494	74	Jun 29	LAD	@	ATL	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.464	.440	.904	8	.48	-0.045	.72	-0.04%	-0.95	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
17	495	82 (7)	Jul 6	LAD		ATL	W,5-1	9-GF(11)	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.370	.433	.407	.841	8	4.46	0.001	9.49	0.00%	0.09	C
18	496	85 (2)	Jul 8 (2)	LAD	@	HOU	W,7-5	GS-6	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.455	.433	.888	8	2.23	0.286	5.61	0.43%	1.81	C
19	497	86	Jul 9	LAD	@	HOU	L,1-5	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.419	.471	.452	.922	9	.66	0.034	1.65	0.05%	0.59	PH
20	498	90 (3)	Jul 16 (1)	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.412	.459	.441	.901	8	1.52	-0.050	3.31	-0.07%	-0.36	C
21	499	97 (6)	Jul 22	LAD		STL	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.405	.463	.432	.896	7	1.54	-0.047	3.63	-0.07%	-0.21	C
22	500	98	Jul 23	LAD		STL	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.366	.422	.390	.812	7	1.21	-0.119	2.85	-0.17%	-0.77	C
23	501	104 (5)	Jul 30	LAD		PIT	L,3-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.413	.381	.794	9	.66	-0.019	1.96	-0.03%	-0.21	PH
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
24	502	110 (5)	Aug 5	LAD	@	SFG	W,2-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.348	.400	.370	.770	8	1.13	0.006	3.39	0.01%	-0.19	C
25	503	114 (3)	Aug 9	LAD		SDP	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.347	.396	.367	.764	8	1.16	0.103	3.33	0.18%	1.48	C
26	504	116 (1)	Aug 11	LAD		SFG	W,4-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.346	.393	.365	.758	7	1.19	0.118	6.21	0.37%	0.93	C
27	505	118 (1)	Aug 13	LAD		SFG	L,6-7	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.379	.352	.731	8	1.17	-0.057	6.21	-0.18%	-0.47	C
28	506	126 (7)	Aug 23	LAD	@	MON	W,4-2	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.316	.361	.333	.694	8	.80	-0.052	3.15	-0.12%	-0.71	C
29	507	127	Aug 24	LAD		PHI	W,5-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.361	.333	.694	7						C
30	508	128	Aug 25	LAD		PHI	W,6-5	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.305	.359	.322	.681	8	.87	-0.030	3.50	-0.07%	-0.11	C
31	509	131 (2)	Aug 28	LAD		MON	W,4-0	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.358	.323	.681	8	1.59	0.006	6.63	0.02%	0.17	C
32	510	132	Aug 29	LAD		MON	W,4-1	GS-7	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.323	.371	.338	.710	8	.78	0.139	3.11	0.34%	1.07	C
33	511	133	Aug 30	LAD		MON	W,4-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.318	.366	.333	.700	9	2.20	-0.054	8.75	-0.13%	-0.21	PH
Sep/Oct		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	512	134	Sep 1	LAD		NYM	W,4-3	9-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.318	.366	.333	.700	7						PR
35	513	137 (2)	Sep 3	LAD		NYM	L,5-8	3-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.319	.365	.333	.698	8	.48	-0.011	1.83	-0.03%	-0.15	C
36	514	138	Sep 4	LAD		SFG	W,5-4	GS-5	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.324	.368	.338	.706	8	1.28	0.003	10.80	0.02%	-0.04	C
37	515	141 (2)	Sep 8	LAD	@	HOU	L,0-5	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.319	.364	.333	.697	9	.51	-0.012	1.42	-0.02%	-0.13	PH
38	516	150 (8)	Sep 17	LAD		ATL	L,2-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.315	.359	.329	.688	9	3.32	-0.076	.14	0.00%	-0.27	PH C
39	517	151	Sep 18	LAD		CIN	L,0-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.311	.354	.324	.679	9	.79	-0.019	.09	0.00%	-0.27	PH
40	518	162 (10)	Oct 1	LAD	@	SDP	L,3-4	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.307	.350	.320	.670	9	.76	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.08	PH
							19-21		80	75	5	23	1	0	0	6	5	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	.307	.350	.320	.670		1.20	0.041	3.35	0.40%	1.85

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