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+

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

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	9 (8)	Apr 25	BAL	@	KCR	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	16 (6)	May 6	BAL		KCR	L,1-9	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
3	19 (2)	May 11	BAL		TEX	L,1-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
4	21 (1)	May 13	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-9	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
5	24 (2)	May 16	BAL	@	DET	W,8-3	GS	21	5.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
6	35 (10)	May 29	BAL		CLE	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	37 (1)	Jun 1	BAL		BOS	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
8	41 (3)	Jun 4 (2)	BAL		OAK	L,0-2	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
9	42	Jun 5	BAL		MIN	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
10	43	Jun 6	BAL		MIN	L,4-5	GF	15	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH C
11	44	Jun 7	BAL		MIN	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
12	46 (1)	Jun 10	BAL	@	TEX	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
13	47	Jun 11	BAL	@	TEX	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
14	50 (2)	Jun 14	BAL	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	34	10.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
15	52 (1)	Jun 17	BAL	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
16	53	Jun 18	BAL	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
17	55 (1)	Jun 20	BAL	@	CAL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
18	58 (2)	Jun 24 (2)	BAL		DET	L,1-2	GF	16	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
19	59	Jun 25	BAL		DET	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
20	60	Jun 26	BAL		MIL	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
21	64 (3)	Jun 30	BAL	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	67 (2)	Jul 3	BAL	@	DET	W,15-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
23	68	Jul 4	BAL	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
24	71 (2)	Jul 7	BAL		TEX	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
25	72	Jul 8 (1)	BAL		TEX	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
26	73	Jul 8 (2)	BAL		TEX	L,1-3	GS	28	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
27	74	Jul 9	BAL		TEX	L,2-3	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
28	76 (1)	Jul 11	BAL		KCR	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
29	77	Jul 12	BAL		KCR	L,4-11	GS	29	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
30	78	Jul 14 (1)	BAL		CHW	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
31	82 (3)	Jul 17	BAL	@	TEX	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
32	83	Jul 18	BAL	@	TEX	W,2-1	CG	54	15.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
33	85 (1)	Jul 20	BAL	@	KCR	W,8-5	CG	42	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
34	86	Jul 21	BAL	@	KCR	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
35	87	Jul 22	BAL	@	KCR	L,5-8	GF	3	0.2	2	0	0	2	0	C
36	89 (1)	Jul 27	BAL		CLE	L,3-4	GS	27	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
37	90	Jul 28	BAL		CLE	L,1-4	CG	39	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
38	94 (3)	Jul 31 (2)	BAL		NYY	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	95	Aug 1	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
40	96	Aug 2 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
41	97	Aug 2 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
42	99 (1)	Aug 4	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
43	100	Aug 5	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
44	103 (2)	Aug 8	BAL	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
45	104	Aug 9	BAL	@	MIL	W,10-0	GS	17	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
46	108 (3)	Aug 12 (2)	BAL		BOS	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
47	109	Aug 13	BAL		BOS	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
48	110	Aug 14	BAL		OAK	L,2-5	GF	12	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
49	111	Aug 16	BAL		OAK	L,3-4		8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH C
50	112	Aug 17	BAL		CHW	L,1-6	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH C
51	113	Aug 18	BAL		MIN	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
52	114	Aug 19	BAL		MIN	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
53	115	Aug 20	BAL		MIN	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
54	116	Aug 21	BAL		CAL	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
55	117	Aug 22	BAL		CAL	L,0-2	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
56	119 (1)	Aug 25	BAL	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
57	120	Aug 26	BAL	@	OAK	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
58	122 (1)	Aug 28	BAL	@	MIN	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
59	123	Aug 29	BAL	@	MIN	W,9-4	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
60	124	Aug 30	BAL	@	MIN	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	127 (2)	Sep 3	BAL	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	38	9.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
62	130 (2)	Sep 5	BAL		NYY	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
63	131	Sep 6	BAL		DET	L,3-4	GF	9	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
64	134 (2)	Sep 9 (1)	BAL		MIL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
65	136 (1)	Sep 10	BAL		MIL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
66	137	Sep 11	BAL		MIL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
67	139 (1)	Sep 13	BAL	@	DET	L,5-6	GS	29	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
68	140	Sep 15	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
69	141	Sep 16	BAL	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
70	142	Sep 17	BAL	@	NYY	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
71	143	Sep 18	BAL	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
72	144	Sep 20 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-9	CG	42	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	C
73	145	Sep 20 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-4	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
74	146	Sep 23	BAL	@	MIL	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
75	147	Sep 24	BAL	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
76	148	Sep 26	BAL		CLE	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
77	149	Sep 27	BAL		CLE	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
78	150	Sep 29	BAL		BOS	L,2-4	CG	40	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
79	151	Sep 30	BAL		BOS	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
80	152	Oct 1	BAL		BOS	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
81	153	Oct 3 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,5-6	GS	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
82	154	Oct 3 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-3	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
							82gm		633.0	391	31	2	424	4