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.

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	ATL	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	47	10.2	12	1	0	13	0	C
2	2	Apr 6	ATL	@	CIN	L,5-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
3	3	Apr 7	ATL	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
4	5 (1)	Apr 9	ATL		LAD	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
5	7 (1)	Apr 11	ATL		LAD	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
6	8	Apr 12	ATL		CIN	L,2-14	CG	51	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
7	9	Apr 13	ATL		CIN	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
8	10	Apr 15	ATL		SDP	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	C
9	11	Apr 16	ATL		SDP	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
10	12	Apr 17	ATL		SDP	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
11	13	Apr 18	ATL		SDP	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
12	14	Apr 19	ATL	@	HOU	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
13	15	Apr 20	ATL	@	HOU	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
14	17 (1)	Apr 22	ATL	@	HOU	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
15	18	Apr 24	ATL		PIT	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
16	19	Apr 25	ATL		PIT	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
17	20	Apr 26	ATL		CHC	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
18	21	Apr 27	ATL		CHC	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
19	22	Apr 28	ATL		CHC	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	7	3	0	10	0	C
20	23	Apr 30	ATL	@	STL	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	26 (2)	May 4	ATL	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
22	27	May 5	ATL	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
23	28	May 7	ATL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
24	29	May 9	ATL	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
25	30	May 10	ATL		SFG	L,4-5	GF	17	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	PH C
26	31	May 11	ATL		SFG	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
27	32	May 12 (1)	ATL		SFG	W,5-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
28	33	May 12 (2)	ATL		SFG	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
29	34	May 13	ATL	@	SDP	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
30	35	May 14	ATL	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
31	36	May 15	ATL	@	SDP	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
32	38 (1)	May 17	ATL	@	LAD	W,5-3	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
33	39	May 18	ATL	@	LAD	L,0-1	CG	49	12.2	11	1	0	12	0	C
34	40	May 19	ATL	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
35	42 (1)	May 21 (2)	ATL	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
36	43	May 22	ATL	@	SFG	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
37	44	May 24	ATL		HOU	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
38	46 (1)	May 27	ATL		PHI	W,9-1	CG	31	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
39	47	May 28	ATL		PHI	W,2-1	GS	27	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	49 (1)	Jun 1	ATL	@	MON	L,6-7	GS	31	7.0	3	3	0	6	0	C
41	54 (4)	Jun 7	ATL		MON	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
42	55	Jun 8	ATL		MON	W,5-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
43	56	Jun 9 (1)	ATL		MON	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
44	57	Jun 9 (2)	ATL		MON	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
45	58	Jun 11	ATL		NYM	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
46	60 (1)	Jun 14	ATL		STL	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
47	61	Jun 15	ATL		STL	W,7-1	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
48	62	Jun 16	ATL		STL	L,3-6	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
49	63	Jun 17	ATL	@	NYM	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
50	64	Jun 18	ATL	@	NYM	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
51	65	Jun 19	ATL	@	NYM	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
52	66	Jun 21	ATL	@	CIN	W,1-0	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
53	67	Jun 22	ATL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
54	68	Jun 23 (1)	ATL	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
55	69	Jun 23 (2)	ATL	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	41	11.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
56	70	Jun 24	ATL	@	LAD	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
57	71	Jun 25	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
58	72	Jun 26	ATL	@	LAD	L,4-5	GF	10	1.2	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
59	73	Jun 27	ATL		CIN	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
60	74	Jun 28 (1)	ATL		CIN	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
61	76 (1)	Jun 29	ATL		CIN	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	78 (1)	Jul 1	ATL		HOU	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
63	80 (1)	Jul 3	ATL		HOU	W,5-4	CG	45	11.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
64	81	Jul 4	ATL		HOU	L,3-4		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
65	83 (1)	Jul 5 (2)	ATL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
66	84	Jul 6	ATL	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
67	85	Jul 7	ATL	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
68	89 (3)	Jul 12 (1)	ATL	@	STL	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	C
69	90	Jul 12 (2)	ATL	@	STL	L,0-10	GS	37	7.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
70	91	Jul 13	ATL	@	STL	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
71	92	Jul 14	ATL	@	STL	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
72	93	Jul 15	ATL		CHC	L,3-7	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
73	94	Jul 16	ATL		CHC	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
74	95	Jul 17	ATL		CHC	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
75	96	Jul 18	ATL		PIT	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
76	97	Jul 19	ATL		PIT	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
77	98	Jul 20	ATL		PIT	L,6-7	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
78	99	Jul 21	ATL		PIT	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
79	103 (3)	Jul 29	ATL		LAD	L,2-10	CG	47	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
80	104	Jul 30	ATL		SFG	L,3-6	GF	18	4.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	107 (2)	Aug 4 (1)	ATL	@	SFG	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
82	113 (5)	Aug 9	ATL	@	PHI	W,3-2	GF	14	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	PR C
83	125 (11)	Aug 23 (2)	ATL		NYM	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	134 (8)	Sep 1	ATL	@	NYM	L,0-3	GF	26	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
85	136 (1)	Sep 2 (2)	ATL		SDP	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
86	146 (9)	Sep 12 (2)	ATL	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
87	155 (8)	Sep 22	ATL	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	55	13.1	5	1	0	6	0	C
88	156	Sep 23	ATL	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
89	157	Sep 24	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	36	9.2	7	1	0	8	0	C
90	159 (1)	Sep 28 (1)	ATL		HOU	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
91	161 (1)	Sep 29	ATL		HOU	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
							91gm		728.0	434	55	4	493	4