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

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

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	MIN	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
2	2	Apr 16	MIN	@	WSA	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
3	3	Apr 17	MIN	@	WSA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.2	5	1	1	7	0	C
4	4	Apr 18	MIN	@	WSA	W,8-6	GS	13	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
5	7 (2)	Apr 22	MIN		WSA	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
6	8	Apr 23	MIN		WSA	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
7	9	Apr 24	MIN		DET	L,0-5	GS	32	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
8	10	Apr 25	MIN		DET	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
9	11	Apr 26	MIN		DET	W,3-2	CG	43	11.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
10	12	Apr 28	MIN		CLE	W,9-8	CG	44	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
11	13	Apr 30	MIN		CLE	L,4-8	CG	40	9.0	11	3	0	14	1	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	14	May 1	MIN	@	KCA	W,10-5	GS	30	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
13	15	May 2	MIN	@	KCA	W,7-3	CG	44	11.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
14	16	May 3 (1)	MIN	@	KCA	L,4-7	GS	23	6.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
15	18 (1)	May 4	MIN	@	CHW	L,5-10	GS	42	7.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
16	19	May 6	MIN		LAA	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
17	20	May 7	MIN		LAA	W,9-1	GS	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
18	21	May 8	MIN		KCA	L,5-6	CG	48	10.0	13	1	0	14	0	C
19	22	May 9	MIN		KCA	W,10-8	CG	42	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	C
20	23	May 10	MIN		KCA	W,6-3	GS	26	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
21	27 (3)	May 15	MIN	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
22	28	May 16	MIN	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	44	9.2	7	0	1	8	0	C
23	29	May 17 (1)	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
24	30	May 17 (2)	MIN	@	BOS	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
25	31	May 19	MIN	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	54	13.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
26	32	May 20	MIN	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
27	33	May 22	MIN	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	35	8.2	9	0	0	9	0	C
28	34	May 23	MIN	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
29	35	May 24 (1)	MIN	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
30	37 (1)	May 25	MIN	@	LAA	W,8-1	GS	24	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
31	38	May 26	MIN	@	LAA	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
32	39	May 27 (1)	MIN	@	LAA	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
33	41 (1)	May 29	MIN		BOS	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
34	42	May 30	MIN		BOS	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
35	43	May 31	MIN		BOS	L,3-4	GS	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	44	Jun 1	MIN		NYY	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
37	45	Jun 2	MIN		NYY	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
38	46	Jun 3	MIN		NYY	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
39	47	Jun 4	MIN		NYY	L,7-9	CG	43	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
40	52 (4)	Jun 9	MIN	@	DET	L,1-16	CG	47	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
41	53	Jun 10	MIN	@	DET	L,4-5	GS	28	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
42	54	Jun 11	MIN	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
43	55	Jun 12	MIN	@	WSA	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
44	56	Jun 13	MIN	@	WSA	L,2-4	CG	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
45	57	Jun 14 (1)	MIN	@	WSA	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
46	59 (1)	Jun 16	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
47	60	Jun 17 (1)	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	10	0	0	10	0	C
48	62 (1)	Jun 19	MIN		DET	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
49	63	Jun 20	MIN		DET	L,7-8	GS	32	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
50	66 (2)	Jun 23	MIN		CLE	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
51	67	Jun 24 (1)	MIN		CLE	L,3-12	GS	26	5.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
52	68	Jun 24 (2)	MIN		CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	C
53	69	Jun 25	MIN		CLE	L,1-8	GS	33	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
54	70	Jun 26 (1)	MIN		CHW	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
55	75 (4)	Jun 30	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	76	Jul 1	MIN	@	BOS	W,14-3	GS	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
57	77	Jul 2	MIN	@	BOS	W,15-9	GS	32	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
58	78	Jul 3	MIN	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	32	10.0	5	3	0	8	1	C
59	79	Jul 4 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
60	81 (1)	Jul 5	MIN	@	NYY	W,9-2	GS	26	6.1	1	1	0	2	0	C
61	82	Jul 9	MIN	@	KCA	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
62	83	Jul 10	MIN	@	KCA	W,9-3	GS	29	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
63	84	Jul 11	MIN	@	KCA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
64	85	Jul 12 (1)	MIN	@	LAA	L,1-2	CG	28	8.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
65	87 (1)	Jul 14	MIN		WSA	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	C
66	88	Jul 15	MIN		WSA	W,6-0	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
67	89	Jul 16	MIN		WSA	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
68	90	Jul 17	MIN		LAA	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
69	91	Jul 18	MIN		LAA	L,2-3	GS	39	10.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
70	92	Jul 19 (1)	MIN		LAA	L,6-8	GS	24	4.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
71	94 (1)	Jul 21	MIN		KCA	L,4-5	GS	33	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
72	95	Jul 22	MIN		KCA	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
73	96	Jul 23	MIN		KCA	L,3-4	CG	45	11.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
74	97	Jul 24	MIN	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
75	99 (1)	Jul 26 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS	44	10.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
76	100	Jul 26 (2)	MIN	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
77	101	Jul 28	MIN		BAL	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
78	102	Jul 29	MIN		BAL	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
79	103	Jul 30	MIN		BAL	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	106 (2)	Aug 2	MIN		NYY	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
81	107	Aug 4	MIN		BOS	W,12-4	GS	30	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
82	108	Aug 5	MIN		BOS	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
83	109	Aug 6	MIN		BOS	W,6-5	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
84	110	Aug 7 (1)	MIN	@	CLE	L,4-10	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
85	112 (1)	Aug 8	MIN	@	CLE	L,8-16	GS	38	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
86	113	Aug 9 (1)	MIN	@	CLE	L,0-7	GS	31	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
87	114	Aug 9 (2)	MIN	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
88	115	Aug 11	MIN		DET	W,5-3	GS	30	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
89	116	Aug 12	MIN		DET	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
90	121 (4)	Aug 18	MIN	@	WSA	W,6-1	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
91	124 (2)	Aug 23 (1)	MIN	@	DET	W,6-5	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
92	125	Aug 23 (2)	MIN	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
93	128 (2)	Aug 26	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-2	GF	23	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	PH C
94	129	Aug 27	MIN	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
95	130	Aug 28	MIN		WSA	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
96	131	Aug 29	MIN		WSA	L,4-5	CG	42	10.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
97	132	Aug 30	MIN		WSA	W,5-4	GS	28	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
98	133	Aug 31	MIN		WSA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	134	Sep 1	MIN		BAL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
100	135	Sep 2	MIN		BAL	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
101	137 (1)	Sep 4	MIN		BOS	W,14-3	GS	25	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
102	138	Sep 5	MIN		BOS	W,10-4	GS	34	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
103	139	Sep 6	MIN		BOS	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
104	140	Sep 7	MIN		NYY	L,4-5	GS	41	9.0	8	3	0	11	0	C
105	141	Sep 8	MIN		NYY	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
106	142	Sep 9	MIN		CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
107	143	Sep 10	MIN		CHW	L,1-2	CG	40	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
108	144	Sep 11	MIN	@	NYY	W,5-3	GS	26	6.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
109	146 (1)	Sep 13	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
110	147	Sep 14	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS	22	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
111	148	Sep 15	MIN	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
112	149	Sep 16	MIN	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
113	150	Sep 18	MIN	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	45	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	C
114	152 (1)	Sep 20	MIN	@	BOS	W,12-4	GS	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
115	153	Sep 22	MIN	@	KCA	L,9-10	CG	43	8.1	8	0	0	8	0	C
116	154	Sep 23	MIN	@	KCA	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
117	155	Sep 25	MIN	@	LAA	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
118	156	Sep 26	MIN	@	LAA	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
119	157	Sep 27	MIN	@	LAA	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
120	158	Sep 29	MIN		KCA	L,6-7	GS	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
121	159	Sep 30	MIN		KCA	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
122	160	Oct 1	MIN		KCA	L,4-5	GS	37	8.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
123	161	Oct 2	MIN		LAA	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
124	162	Oct 3	MIN		LAA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
125	163	Oct 4	MIN		LAA	L,0-3	CG	26	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
							125gm		1022.2	813	52	9	874	4