Matt Batts

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 200lb (180cm, 90kg)

Born: October 16, 1921 in San Antonio, TX us

Died: July 14, 2013 in Baton Rouge, LA

Buried: Cremated

High School: San Antonio Technology Academy (San Antonio, TX)

School: Baylor University (Waco, TX)

Debut: September 10, 1947 (Age 25-329d, 10,347th in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 8, 1956 (Age 34-205d)
vs. NYG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Matthew Daniel Batts

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Relatives: Uncle of Danny Heep

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.9

1605

432

.269

163

RBI

219

OBP

.329

SLG

.391

OPS

.720

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	31-36 / in Starts: 23-19
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	23 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 13 bases loaded PA and 11 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 203 PAs	24
Actual Runners on Base	154 (78-50-26)
Avg. MLBer w/ 203 PAs	22
Avg. Runners on Base	131 (68-41-20)

Most Driven In
M MiÃ±oso	6
N Fox	4
G Kell	3
Self	3
H Kuenn	1
J Rivera	1
W Dropo	1
B Tuttle	1

Most Driven In By
J Groth	5
J Rivera	3
Self	3
C Michaels	2
C Carrasquel	1
R Herbert	1
P Cavarretta	1
C Sawatski	1

1954 Batting Game Log

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1954 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	451	1	Apr 13	DET		BAL	W,3-0	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					8						C
2	452	3 (1)	Apr 15	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	6.04	0.131	15.34	0.20%	0.04	C
3	453	6 (2)	Apr 19	DET		CHW	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	8	.58	-0.004	1.87	-0.01%	-0.18	C
4	454	7	Apr 20	DET		CHW	L,2-7	7-GF	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.429	.714	8	.64	0.060	1.87	0.11%	0.12	C
5	455	10 (2)	Apr 25	DET		CLE	L,9-10	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.375	.625	8	7.10	-0.192	22.86	-0.37%	-0.48	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
6	456	13 (2)	May 2 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-12	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.273	.523	8	.76	0.046	2.62	0.10%	0.28	C
7	457	22 (8)	May 15	DET		NYY	L,5-7	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.231	.445	8	3.26	-0.158	11.83	-0.34%	-1.02	PH C
8	458	23	May 16 (1)	DET		BOS	W,7-6	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.267	.286	.552	9	3.46	0.288	9.93	0.50%	1.06	PH
9	459	24	May 16 (2)	DET		BOS	W,9-8	CG(14)	6	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.278	.333	.333	.667	8	2.01	0.015	5.99	0.03%	0.37	C
10	460	25	May 17	DET		BOS	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.318	.316	.634	9	1.71	-0.043	5.22	-0.08%	-0.10	PH
11	461	27 (1)	May 19	DET		PHA	W,4-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.304	.300	.604	5	2.45	0.099	7.36	0.18%	0.37	PH
12	462	29 (1)	May 22	DET		CHW	L,3-5	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.333	.333	.667	4	6.06	0.391	21.11	0.82%	1.62	PH
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
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to Chicago White Sox
13	463	45	Jun 2	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.320	.357	.360	.717	6	.96	0.027	4.37	0.07%	0.39	C
14	464	46	Jun 3	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.320	.357	.360	.717	6						C
15	465	48 (1)	Jun 5	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG(10)	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.276	.333	.310	.644	6	1.73	-0.019	8.11	-0.05%	-0.68	C
16	466	49	Jun 6 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.242	.297	.273	.570	6	.92	-0.130	4.34	-0.37%	-1.28	C
17	467	54 (4)	Jun 12	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.275	.250	.525	6	1.62	-0.119	10.50	-0.46%	-0.97	C
18	468	59 (4)	Jun 17	CHW		PHA	W,6-4	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.231	.279	.256	.535	6	.72	-0.067	3.06	-0.17%	-0.74	C
19	469	64 (4)	Jun 22	CHW		WSH	W,7-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.238	.298	.310	.607	6	.73	0.063	3.02	0.16%	1.81	C
20	470	73 (8)	Jun 30	CHW		DET	L,3-4	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.313	.326	.638	8	1.78	0.051	8.26	0.14%	0.12	PH
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
21	471	75 (1)	Jul 2 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.327	.341	.667	8	2.76	0.061	18.49	0.25%	0.20	PH
22	472	76	Jul 3	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG(15)	6	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.345	.347	.692	6	1.50	-0.046	9.13	-0.17%	0.05	C
23	473	77	Jul 4	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.345	.347	.692	5						C
24	474	78	Jul 5 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.264	.322	.321	.643	5	.81	0.065	2.02	0.10%	0.33	C
25	475	80 (1)	Jul 6	CHW	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.317	.316	.633	5	.55	-0.065	1.70	-0.12%	-0.38	C
26	476	83 (2)	Jul 9	CHW		CLE	W,8-3	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.328	.316	.644	8	2.72	0.038	11.61	0.10%	0.23	PH
27	477	84	Jul 10	CHW		CLE	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.246	.309	.295	.604	5	.87	-0.103	3.98	-0.28%	-2.30	C
28	478	85	Jul 11 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,3-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.319	.344	.663	5	.32	0.031	1.62	0.10%	0.78	C
29	479	87 (1)	Jul 15	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.315	.338	.654	9	2.90	-0.067	11.28	-0.16%	-0.27	PH
30	480	88	Jul 16	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.312	.333	.645	5	1.42	0.024	4.80	0.05%	0.63	C
31	481	90 (1)	Jul 18 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,10-2	CG	5	3	2	2	1	0	1	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.341	.403	.744	5	.58	0.287	1.58	0.47%	3.68	C
32	482	91	Jul 18 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-3	3-GF(7)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.257	.329	.392	.721	5	2.31	-0.200	7.35	-0.38%	-1.40	C
33	483	92	Jul 20	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.337	.397	.735	5	.83	0.042	4.01	0.12%	0.21	C
34	484	93	Jul 21	CHW	@	NYY	W,15-3	CG	6	5	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.265	.326	.398	.724	5	.25	0.085	.95	0.20%	-0.36	C
35	485	95 (1)	Jul 22 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-11	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.333	.402	.736	6	1.02	-0.034	3.97	-0.08%	-0.21	C
36	486	96	Jul 23	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.337	.396	.732	5	.89	-0.031	1.66	-0.04%	0.60	C
37	487	97	Jul 24	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.272	.333	.391	.725	9	.91	-0.023	1.94	-0.03%	-0.24	PH
38	488	98	Jul 25 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.330	.379	.709	6	1.06	-0.076	1.84	-0.08%	-0.93	C
39	489	101 (2)	Jul 28	CHW		NYY	L,5-7	GS-6	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.339	.375	.714	5	.50	0.019	1.81	0.04%	0.52	C
40	490	102	Jul 29	CHW		NYY	L,0-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.328	.360	.688	5	.61	-0.062	1.65	-0.10%	-0.99	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
41	491	106 (3)	Aug 1 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,12-1	CG	5	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.347	.369	.716	6	.18	0.022	.39	0.03%	0.96	C
42	492	108 (1)	Aug 4	CHW		BOS	W,6-5	CG(10)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.349	.364	.714	6	1.39	0.183	2.97	0.23%	1.51	C
43	493	111 (2)	Aug 7	CHW		WSH	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.261	.346	.369	.716	6	.94	-0.025	2.70	-0.04%	-0.51	C
44	494	112	Aug 8 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,6-7	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.336	.357	.692	6	1.05	-0.120	2.46	-0.17%	-0.99	C
45	495	114 (1)	Aug 10	CHW		BAL	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.353	.687	8	4.66	-0.106	8.56	-0.12%	-0.47	PH
46	496	116 (1)	Aug 13	CHW		DET	W,1-0	GS-12	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.338	.358	.696	5	1.52	0.005	1.68	0.00%	0.02	C
47	497	117	Aug 14	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.336	.355	.691	5	1.16	-0.102	1.27	-0.07%	-0.75	C
48	498	118	Aug 15 (1)	CHW		DET	L,1-2	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.333	.352	.685	9	2.47	-0.063	2.61	-0.04%	-0.23	PH
49	499	119	Aug 15 (2)	CHW		DET	L,7-8	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.256	.331	.372	.703	6	1.69	0.177	1.34	0.08%	2.28	C
50	500	120	Aug 17 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.333	.368	.702	6	1.03	0.007	.42	0.00%	0.20	C
51	501	122 (1)	Aug 18	CHW	@	BAL	W,4-1	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.331	.366	.697	9	.57	-0.014	.30	0.00%	-0.40	PH
52	502	123	Aug 19	CHW	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.246	.323	.355	.678	6	1.01	-0.124	.53	-0.04%	-1.32	C
53	503	126 (2)	Aug 22	CHW	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.321	.359	.680	5	.94	-0.028	.80	-0.02%	-0.31	C
54	504	128 (1)	Aug 25	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.241	.319	.352	.671	5	.40	0.027	.33	0.01%	0.18	C
55	505	131 (2)	Aug 27	CHW	@	PHA	W,11-0	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.235	.316	.342	.658	5	.28	-0.012	.14	0.00%	-0.67	C
56	506	133 (1)	Aug 29	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.314	.340	.654	9	.36	-0.009	.36	-0.01%	-0.15	PH
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
57	507	134	Sep 1 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.313	.338	.650	6	.33	-0.011	.04	0.00%	-0.37	C
58	508	136 (1)	Sep 3	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.306	.329	.635	6	2.69	-0.293	.73	-0.05%	-2.02	C
59	509	138 (1)	Sep 5	CHW		CLE	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.228	.304	.327	.632	6	.80	-0.114	.08	-0.01%	-1.16	C
60	510	140 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	CHW		DET	L,2-3	GS-10	5	5	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.317	.359	.677	6	1.96	0.425	.01	0.00%	1.60	C
61	511	142 (1)	Sep 9	CHW		WSH	L,0-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.316	.357	.673	9	1.79	-0.045	.00	0.00%	-0.23	PH
62	512	143	Sep 10	CHW		NYY	L,3-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.314	.355	.669	6	1.17	-0.086	.00	0.00%	-0.60	C
63	513	144	Sep 11	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.313	.353	.665	9	2.23	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.35	PH
64	514	148 (3)	Sep 17	CHW		BAL	L,1-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.311	.351	.662	9	.06	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.10	PH
65	515	150 (1)	Sep 19	CHW		BAL	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.305	.343	.648	6	.96	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.14	C
66	516	151	Sep 20	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.236	.305	.343	.648	8						C
67	517	154 (2)	Sep 24	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.303	.341	.644	8	2.12	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-0.21	PH
							31-36		203	179	17	42	8	1	3	24	19	2	19	0	2	3	5	9	0	0	.235	.303	.341	.644		1.20	-0.038	3.09	0.22%	-3.33

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Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

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