Earl Battey

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 205lb (185cm, 92kg)

Born: January 5, 1935 in Los Angeles, CA us

Died: November 15, 2003 in Ocala, FL

Buried: Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA

High School: Jordan HS (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: September 10, 1955 (Age 20-248d, 11,292nd in major league history)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1967 (Age 32-265d)
vs. CAL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1957 season

Full Name: Earl Jesse Battey

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.8

3586

969

104

.270

393

RBI

449

OBP

.349

SLG

.409

OPS

.757

OPS+

106

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	26-21 / in Starts: 18-12
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	26 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 129 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	93 (40-36-17)
Avg. MLBer w/ 129 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	79 (41-25-12)

Most Driven In
Self	3
J Landis	1
J Rivera	1
R Jackson	1
L Aparicio	0
S Esposito	0
M MiÃ±oso	0
T Beard	0

Most Driven In By
N Fox	3
Self	3
L Aparicio	1
M MiÃ±oso	1
S Esposito	1
J Harshman	1
F Hatfield	0
J Rivera	0

1957 Batting Game Log

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1957 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	10	4 (3)	Apr 21	CHW		KCA	W,1-0	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	1.38	-0.109	4.38	-0.21%	-0.69	C
2	11	9 (4)	Apr 28	CHW	@	KCA	W,5-3	GS-8	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	6	.90	0.041	3.10	0.08%	0.41	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
3	12	16 (6)	May 5 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	8	.85	-0.080	3.71	-0.21%	-0.75	C
4	13	19 (2)	May 9	CHW		BOS	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.182	.000	.182	7	.96	-0.114	3.09	-0.22%	-1.29	C
5	14	24 (4)	May 17	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-2	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.250	.100	.350	9	1.51	0.061	6.25	0.15%	0.24	PH
6	15	25	May 18	CHW	@	BAL	T,4-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.214	.083	.298	6	2.30	-0.110	9.03	-0.26%	-1.00	C
7	16	32 (6)	May 26 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.313	.535	6	1.78	-0.051	10.29	-0.18%	-0.04	C
8	17	36 (3)	May 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,6-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.105	.190	.263	.454	4	.82	-0.068	4.75	-0.24%	-0.97	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
9	18	39 (2)	Jun 1	CHW		DET	W,12-4	2-3	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.227	.300	.527	9	2.04	0.066	11.44	0.22%	0.66	PH
10	19	40	Jun 2 (1)	CHW		DET	L,1-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.150	.227	.300	.527	4						C
11	20	41	Jun 2 (2)	CHW		DET	W,4-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.174	.269	.304	.574	7	.64	0.069	3.62	0.24%	0.33	C
12	21	44 (2)	Jun 6	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.267	.296	.563	4	1.37	-0.077	7.53	-0.26%	-0.78	C
13	22	47 (2)	Jun 9 (1)	CHW		BAL	L,5-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.235	.258	.493	6	2.07	-0.234	10.71	-0.73%	-1.73	C
14	23	48	Jun 9 (2)	CHW		BAL	L,0-5	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.257	.258	.515	7	.10	0.003	.53	0.01%	0.20	PH
15	24	49	Jun 11	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.161	.257	.258	.515	4						C
16	25	52 (2)	Jun 14	CHW		WSH	W,10-4	6-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.188	.278	.281	.559	4	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.57	PR C
17	26	53	Jun 15	CHW		WSH	L,1-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.270	.273	.543	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.15	PH
18	27	54	Jun 16 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.162	.244	.243	.487	6	.52	-0.063	2.56	-0.19%	-1.17	C
19	28	55	Jun 16 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,8-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.162	.244	.243	.487	8						C
20	29	59 (3)	Jun 21	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.267	.366	.633	6	1.03	0.093	8.07	0.44%	0.94	C
21	30	60	Jun 22	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS-8	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.178	.245	.333	.578	6	1.02	-0.044	8.00	-0.21%	-1.07	C
22	31	62 (1)	Jun 23 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.226	.306	.533	7	.63	-0.063	4.48	-0.27%	-1.05	C
23	32	65 (2)	Jun 27 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-8	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.222	.300	.522	7	.15	-0.004	.82	-0.01%	-0.23	C
24	33	67 (1)	Jun 28	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.160	.222	.300	.522	7						C
25	34	69 (1)	Jun 30 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.160	.222	.300	.522	7						C
26	35	70	Jun 30 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,9-11	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.288	.503	7	.43	-0.023	2.25	-0.07%	-0.40	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
27	36	75 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	KCA	W,8-3	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.213	.281	.494	8	.47	-0.052	1.96	-0.13%	-0.48	C
28	37	78 (2)	Jul 7 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,9-8	2-GF(13)	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.145	.209	.258	.467	9	1.88	-0.201	9.17	-0.59%	-1.23	PH C
29	38	81 (2)	Jul 13	CHW		WSH	W,7-4	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.206	.254	.460	7	.37	-0.010	1.47	-0.03%	-0.22	C
30	39	89 (7)	Jul 21	CHW		BOS	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.149	.208	.269	.477	8	.64	-0.047	2.18	-0.10%	-0.63	C
31	40	92 (2)	Jul 25	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-2	GS-9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.147	.227	.265	.491	8	.74	0.070	5.17	0.29%	0.53	C
32	41	93	Jul 26 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-5	6-GF	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.159	.237	.290	.527	9	.31	0.020	1.32	0.05%	1.10	C
33	42	94	Jul 26 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.153	.228	.278	.506	7	1.56	-0.122	6.25	-0.29%	-1.24	C
34	43	95	Jul 27	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-5	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.164	.238	.288	.525	9	.52	-0.013	2.47	-0.04%	-0.14	PH
35	44	96	Jul 28	CHW	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.226	.273	.499	8	1.08	-0.166	4.46	-0.41%	-1.21	C
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
36	45	100 (3)	Aug 1	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.235	.282	.517	8	1.35	0.041	6.27	0.11%	0.12	C
37	46	101	Aug 2	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.230	.275	.505	8	.69	-0.034	3.14	-0.10%	-0.47	C
Sept		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
38	47	144 (42)	Sep 18	CHW	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.233	.277	.510	8	.49	-0.001	.10	0.00%	-0.30	C
39	48	145	Sep 19	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.226	.267	.493	8	1.27	-0.116	.16	-0.01%	-1.01	C
40	49	146	Sep 20	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.227	.300	.527	8	1.08	0.031	.24	0.00%	0.24	C
41	50	148 (1)	Sep 22	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-5	GS-6	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.230	.301	.531	7	1.56	0.086	.14	0.00%	0.48	C
42	51	149	Sep 23	CHW	@	KCA	L,5-6	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.170	.228	.298	.526	5	1.37	-0.035	.04	0.00%	-0.10	C
43	52	150	Sep 24	CHW	@	KCA	W,7-6	CG	5	4	2	3	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.255	.367	.622	5	.70	0.246	.00	0.00%	2.28	C
44	53	151	Sep 25	CHW		DET	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.245	.353	.598	5	.66	-0.069	.00	0.00%	-1.10	C
45	54	152	Sep 26	CHW		DET	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.246	.349	.595	5	1.56	-0.074	.00	0.00%	-0.35	C
46	55	153	Sep 27	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.182	.237	.336	.574	5	1.28	-0.196	.00	0.00%	-2.15	C
47	56	154	Sep 28	CHW		CLE	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.175	.230	.325	.554	5	1.20	-0.077	.00	0.00%	-0.80	C
48	57	155	Sep 29	CHW		CLE	L,3-5	CG	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.246	.322	.568	5	.97	0.080	.00	0.00%	0.48	C
							26-21		129	115	12	20	2	3	3	6	11	1	38	0	3	0	2	3	0	2	.174	.246	.322	.568		1.03	-1.346	3.60	-3.12%	-15.30

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