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.

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	MIN		CLE	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	C
2	2	Apr 10	MIN		CLE	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
3	3	Apr 12	MIN	@	KCA	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
4	4	Apr 13	MIN	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
5	5	Apr 14	MIN	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
6	6	Apr 16	MIN		LAA	W,11-10	GS	48	10.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
7	8 (1)	Apr 18	MIN		LAA	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
8	9	Apr 19	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	C
9	10	Apr 20	MIN	@	CHW	L,7-10	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
10	11	Apr 21 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	W,7-0	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
11	13 (1)	Apr 23	MIN	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	C
12	14	Apr 24	MIN	@	WSA	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
13	15	Apr 25	MIN	@	WSA	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
14	16	Apr 26	MIN	@	DET	W,7-5	GS	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
15	17	Apr 27	MIN	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
16	18	Apr 28	MIN	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
17	19	Apr 30	MIN		BAL	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	20	May 1	MIN		BOS	L,5-14	CG	47	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
19	21	May 3	MIN		NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
20	22	May 4	MIN		NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
21	23	May 5	MIN		NYY	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
22	24	May 6	MIN	@	LAA	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
23	25	May 7	MIN	@	LAA	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
24	26	May 8	MIN	@	LAA	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
25	27	May 10	MIN		KCA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
26	28	May 11	MIN		KCA	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
27	29	May 12	MIN		KCA	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
28	30	May 14	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
29	31	May 15	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS	28	7.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
30	32	May 17	MIN	@	CLE	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
31	33	May 18	MIN	@	CLE	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
32	34	May 19 (1)	MIN	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
33	35	May 19 (2)	MIN	@	CLE	W,7-6	GS	17	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
34	36	May 20	MIN	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
35	37	May 21	MIN	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
36	38	May 22	MIN	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
37	39	May 24	MIN		CHW	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
38	40	May 25	MIN		CHW	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
39	41	May 26	MIN		CHW	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
40	42	May 28	MIN		WSA	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	C
41	43	May 29	MIN		WSA	W,10-1	CG	31	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
42	44	May 30	MIN		WSA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	C
43	45	May 31	MIN		DET	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	46	Jun 1	MIN		DET	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
45	47	Jun 2	MIN		DET	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
46	48	Jun 3	MIN	@	KCA	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
47	49	Jun 4	MIN	@	KCA	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
48	50	Jun 5	MIN	@	KCA	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
49	51	Jun 7	MIN	@	LAA	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
50	52	Jun 8	MIN	@	LAA	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
51	53	Jun 9	MIN	@	LAA	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	C
52	54	Jun 11	MIN	@	CHW	W,8-6	CG	46	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
53	55	Jun 12 (1)	MIN		KCA	L,4-12	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
54	56	Jun 12 (2)	MIN		KCA	W,8-1	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
55	57	Jun 13	MIN		KCA	W,6-3	GS	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
56	58	Jun 14	MIN		LAA	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
57	59	Jun 15	MIN		LAA	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
58	60	Jun 16 (1)	MIN		LAA	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
59	61	Jun 16 (2)	MIN		LAA	L,4-5	GF	18	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
60	62	Jun 18	MIN		CHW	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
61	63	Jun 19	MIN		CHW	L,4-12	CG	48	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
62	64	Jun 20	MIN		CHW	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
63	65	Jun 21 (1)	MIN		BAL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
64	66	Jun 21 (2)	MIN		BAL	L,2-10	GS	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
65	67	Jun 22	MIN		BAL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
66	68	Jun 23	MIN		BAL	L,1-4	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
67	69	Jun 24	MIN		BAL	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
68	70	Jun 25	MIN		DET	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
69	71	Jun 26	MIN		DET	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
70	72	Jun 27	MIN		DET	W,10-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
71	73	Jun 28 (1)	MIN	@	WSA	W,11-4	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
72	75 (1)	Jun 30	MIN	@	WSA	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	76	Jul 2	MIN	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
74	77	Jul 3	MIN	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
75	78	Jul 4 (1)	MIN	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
76	79	Jul 4 (2)	MIN	@	DET	L,1-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
77	80	Jul 5 (1)	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
78	82 (1)	Jul 6	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
79	83	Jul 7	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
80	84	Jul 10	MIN		BOS	L,4-7	GS	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
81	85	Jul 11	MIN		BOS	L,0-2	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
82	86	Jul 12	MIN		BOS	L,2-3	CG	52	12.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
83	87	Jul 13	MIN		BOS	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
84	88	Jul 14 (1)	MIN		CLE	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
85	90 (1)	Jul 15	MIN		CLE	W,13-1	GS	30	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
86	91	Jul 17	MIN		NYY	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
87	92	Jul 18	MIN		NYY	W,9-3	GS	35	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
88	93	Jul 19	MIN		WSA	L,5-6	CG	60	13.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
89	94	Jul 20	MIN		WSA	W,11-3	GS	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
90	95	Jul 21	MIN		WSA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
91	96	Jul 23	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	46	12.2	11	0	0	11	0	C
92	97	Jul 24 (1)	MIN	@	CLE	W,9-0	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
93	98	Jul 24 (2)	MIN	@	CLE	W,5-0	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
94	99	Jul 25	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
95	100	Jul 26	MIN	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
96	101	Jul 27	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
97	102	Jul 28 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
98	104 (1)	Jul 29	MIN	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
99	105	Jul 30	MIN	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
100	106	Jul 31	MIN	@	BOS	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	107	Aug 2	MIN	@	KCA	W,10-3	GS	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
102	108	Aug 3	MIN	@	KCA	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
103	109	Aug 4	MIN	@	KCA	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
104	110	Aug 6	MIN	@	LAA	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
105	111	Aug 7	MIN	@	LAA	W,9-4	GS	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
106	112	Aug 8	MIN	@	LAA	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
107	113	Aug 9	MIN		BOS	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
108	114	Aug 10	MIN		BOS	W,5-3	GS	28	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
109	116 (1)	Aug 12	MIN		BOS	L,4-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
110	117	Aug 13	MIN		BAL	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
111	118	Aug 14	MIN		BAL	W,2-1	CG	47	13.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
112	119	Aug 15	MIN		BAL	W,13-3	GS	31	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
113	120	Aug 16	MIN		WSA	W,7-5	GS	30	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
114	121	Aug 17	MIN		WSA	L,0-10	GS	35	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
115	122	Aug 18	MIN		WSA	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
116	123	Aug 20	MIN	@	DET	L,0-6	GS	27	6.2	9	2	0	11	0	C
117	124	Aug 21	MIN	@	DET	W,12-1	GS	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
118	125	Aug 23 (1)	MIN	@	BAL	L,4-14	CG	45	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
119	127 (1)	Aug 24	MIN	@	BAL	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
120	128	Aug 25	MIN	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	45	10.0	9	2	0	11	1	C
121	129	Aug 26 (1)	MIN	@	WSA	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
122	130	Aug 26 (2)	MIN	@	WSA	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
123	131	Aug 29 (1)	MIN	@	WSA	W,14-2	GS	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
124	132	Aug 29 (2)	MIN	@	WSA	W,10-1	GS	25	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
125	133	Aug 30	MIN		CHW	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
126	134	Aug 31	MIN		CHW	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
127	135	Sep 1	MIN		CHW	L,3-8	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
128	136	Sep 2 (1)	MIN		KCA	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
129	138 (1)	Sep 3	MIN		KCA	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
130	139	Sep 4	MIN		LAA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
131	140	Sep 5	MIN		LAA	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
132	141	Sep 6	MIN	@	CHW	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
133	142	Sep 7	MIN	@	CHW	W,4-2	GS	41	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
134	143	Sep 8 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
135	145 (1)	Sep 9	MIN		CLE	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
136	146	Sep 10	MIN		CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
137	147	Sep 11	MIN		CLE	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
138	148	Sep 12	MIN		CLE	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
139	149	Sep 13	MIN		NYY	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
140	150	Sep 14 (1)	MIN		NYY	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
141	151	Sep 14 (2)	MIN		NYY	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
142	152	Sep 15	MIN		NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
143	153	Sep 17	MIN		DET	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
144	154	Sep 18	MIN		DET	W,10-0	GS	28	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
145	156 (1)	Sep 21 (1)	MIN	@	BOS	W,13-4	GS	18	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
146	160 (3)	Sep 27	MIN	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
147	161	Sep 28	MIN	@	NYY	W,6-3	GS	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
							146gm		1236.2	861	66	6	933	11