#58 Earl Battey, Catcher, 33 yrs, California Angels Thursday, 10/19/1968 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Earl Battey
1/5/1935 33 USA,CA,LOS ANGELES 6"1 215
Catcher R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Average Minimal None at all 4 / 6 (Popular) 2 / 6 (Fair) Very inconsistent Normal Normal 3.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 8,850,000 1970 12 Year(s), 0 Days (2064 total Days) 172 Day(s) 12 Year(s), 0 Days (2064 total Days) 13 Year(s) 3 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
Versus LHP | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
Versus RHP | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Talent | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 3 1 2 3 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings C : 8 (Range), .993 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 7 Infield Arm : 7 Outfield Arm : 2
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Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
9/16 | @OAK | W 5-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #8 | | |
9/17 | @OAK | W 5-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
9/19 | @WS2 | W 6-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #6 | | |
9/20 | @WS2 | W 8-5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | #7 | | |
9/21 | NYY | L 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #2 | | |
9/22 | NYY | W 6-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #6 | | |
9/24 | @CLE | L 3-4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | #8 | | |
10/3 | BAL | W 6-4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
10/5 | @BAL | W 6-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #8 | | |
10/8 | @OAK | W 11-3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #5 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 135 | 474 | 152 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 41 | 68 | 28 | 60 | .321 | .365 | .439 | .804 | .733 | .118 |
Projected | 135 | 474 | 152 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 41 | 68 | 28 | 60 | .321 | .365 | .439 | .804 | .733 | .118 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 111 | 522 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 208 | 34 | 0 | 2 | .0 | 78.4 | 6.2 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 207 | 65 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 33 | 15 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 3 | .314 | .356 | .425 | .781 |
vs. RHP | 267 | 87 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 35 | 13 | 37 | 1 | 5 | 3 | .326 | .363 | .449 | .812 |
Close/Late | 78 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .346 | .389 | .462 | .850 |
Scoring Position | 79 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .316 | .344 | .405 | .749 |
Pinch Hitting | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .227 | .250 | .227 | .477 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 66 | 237 | 80 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 34 | 20 | 25 | .338 | .377 | .422 | .799 |
Road | 69 | 237 | 72 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 34 | 8 | 35 | .304 | .335 | .456 | .790 |
March/April | 21 | 86 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 13 | .302 | .340 | .395 | .736 |
May | 24 | 83 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 9 | .337 | .378 | .446 | .824 |
June | 22 | 85 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 12 | .306 | .333 | .400 | .733 |
July | 21 | 86 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 9 | .302 | .344 | .430 | .774 |
August | 25 | 89 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 11 | .303 | .354 | .438 | .792 |
Sept/Oct | 22 | 45 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | .422 | .426 | .600 | 1.026 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1957 | 110 | 416 | 137 | 21 | 1 | 13 | 53 | 75 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 62 | 0 | 1 | .329 | .384 | .478 | .862 | BRO |
1958 | 124 | 506 | 165 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 74 | 118 | 53 | 7 | 3 | 68 | 0 | 2 | .326 | .395 | .447 | .842 | BRO,NL |
1959 | 121 | 491 | 165 | 26 | 2 | 17 | 65 | 95 | 64 | 4 | 3 | 56 | 2 | 1 | .336 | .415 | .501 | .916 | LA,NL |
1960 | 126 | 476 | 139 | 24 | 1 | 18 | 80 | 86 | 68 | 7 | 2 | 54 | 1 | 2 | .292 | .387 | .460 | .847 | LA |
1961 | 138 | 512 | 168 | 25 | 1 | 23 | 73 | 107 | 62 | 5 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 1 | .328 | .406 | .516 | .921 | LA,NL |
1962 | 145 | 542 | 173 | 21 | 4 | 28 | 85 | 103 | 63 | 8 | 2 | 56 | 0 | 2 | .319 | .397 | .528 | .924 | LAN,NL |
1963 | 147 | 514 | 163 | 16 | 5 | 20 | 85 | 84 | 57 | 8 | 7 | 38 | 0 | 0 | .317 | .389 | .484 | .874 | LAN,NL |
1964 | 146 | 501 | 191 | 24 | 0 | 21 | 100 | 89 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 1 | .381 | .441 | .555 | .996 | LAN,NL |
1965 | 139 | 464 | 149 | 19 | 1 | 19 | 78 | 79 | 64 | 3 | 8 | 41 | 0 | 1 | .321 | .401 | .489 | .890 | LAN |
1966 | 147 | 565 | 184 | 25 | 3 | 28 | 89 | 128 | 63 | 6 | 2 | 48 | 0 | 1 | .326 | .398 | .529 | .927 | LAN CAL,AL |
1967 | 141 | 547 | 159 | 32 | 4 | 20 | 78 | 93 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 64 | 0 | 1 | .291 | .347 | .473 | .821 | CAL |
1968 | 135 | 474 | 152 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 41 | 68 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 60 | 0 | 2 | .321 | .365 | .439 | .804 | CAL |
Total | 1619 | 6008 | 1945 | 271 | 24 | 232 | 901 | 1125 | 648 | 68 | 33 | 643 | 5 | 15 | .324 | .394 | .493 | .886 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1955, AAA | 135 | 500 | 157 | 18 | 2 | 34 | 95 | 112 | 82 | 65 | 4 | 3 | .314 | .398 | .562 | .960 |
1956, AAA | 131 | 486 | 173 | 28 | 3 | 40 | 130 | 122 | 86 | 63 | 6 | 10 | .356 | .443 | .673 | 1.116 |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1958 | 7 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .346 | .414 | .462 | .875 |
1961 | 6 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .435 | .536 | .565 | 1.101 |
1963 | 7 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .207 | .233 | .345 | .578 |
Total | 20 | 78 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .321 | .391 | .449 | .840 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Catcher | 125 | 111 | 782 | 48 | 1 | 838 | 8 | .990 | 1013.0 | 7.45 | 5 | 64 | 22 | 34.4 |
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Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game... Won World Series with Los Angeles (N) in 1963... Was selected to the 1964 Allstar game... Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 7/11/1964... Won Player of the Week award on 7/17/1964, hitting .423 with 3 HR, 12 RBI... 9/25/1964: Signed a contract extension with Los Angeles (N), $8,850,000 per year, for 6 years. Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 1965... Traded from Los Angeles (N) to California on 2/3/1966 (Going to LAN: LF Carl Yastrzemski. Going to CAL: C Earl Battey)... Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 9/25/1966, hitting .529 with 2 HR, 4 RBI...
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Batting Leader Boards Appearances |
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AVG 1958 - .326 - 9th 1959 - .336 - 6th 1961 - .328 - 10th 1962 - .319 - 10th 1964 - .381 - 1st
| OBP 1959 - .415 - 8th 1964 - .441 - 1st 1965 - .401 - 9th
| SLG 1964 - .555 - 9th
| OPS 1964 - .996 - 4th
| Hits 1964 - 191 - 9th
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Triples 1963 - 5 - 9th
| Runs 1958 - 118 - 6th 1966 - 128 - 9th
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