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Earl Battey
Earl Jesse (Jr.) Battey

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 205 lb.

MLB Debut September 10, 1955
Final Game September 27, 1967
Born January 5, 1935 in Los Angeles, CA
Died November 15, 2003 (age 68)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1957 22 SLN NL   45   32    3    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    5   17  .125  .256  .156  .413    56     5   0   1   0   1   0  
 1958 23 SLN NL   94  182   22   37   9   0   9   24   2   4   29   54  .203  .315  .401  .716    96    73   1   3   4   2   4  
 1959 24 SLN NL    2    4    0    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .250  .250  .500  .750   102     2   0   0   0   0   1  
 1960 25 WAA AL  134  499   79  143  29   4  23   87   4   2   54   73  .287  .366  .499  .865   118   249   1   4   4  11  20  
 1961 26 MNA AL  133  488   79  147  30   2  16   63   0   0   61   68  .301  .381  .469  .850   117   229   0   2   2   3  12  
 1962 27 MNA AL  121  434   59  126  19   0   5   36   0   0   52   31  .290  .366  .369  .734   102   160   9   1   0   0   9  
 1963 28 MNA AL  150  561   64  155  22   1  22   71   0   0   48   81  .276  .342  .437  .779   109   245   2   1   2   9  13  
 1964 29 MNA AL  125  454   44  125  23   3   7   54   1   1   48   65  .275  .343  .385  .729   104   175   4   2   8   0  17  
 1965 30 MNA AL  127  433   49  132  26   2   7   54   0   0   50   32  .305  .377  .423  .800   112   183   0   3   6   2   8  
 1966 31 MNA AL  126  404   30  109  15   2   3   34   4   4   40   35  .270  .342  .339  .681    98   137   0   0   4   4  14  
 1967 32 MNA AL    1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000  .000     0     0   0   0   0   0   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     1058 3492  429  979 175  14  92  427  11  11  387  456  .280  .356  .418  .773        1458  17  17  30  32  98
 Per 600 PA           531   65  149  27   2  14   65   2   2   59   69                                 222   3   3   5   5  15
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With MNA      917 3274  404  937 164  14  83  399   9   7  353  385  .286  .359  .421  .780        1378  16  13  26  29  93
   With SLN      141  218   25   42  11   0   9   28   2   4   34   71  .193  .305  .367  .672          80   1   4   4   3   5
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1141 3586  393  969 150  17 104  449  13  12  421  470  .270  .349  .409  .757        1465  39  30  42  28 127
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1957 22 SLN NL  41    1   1.7   2   0   0  .000   0    4    3  .750    1    2  .333  C    2(-1)e4  -155   
 1958 23 SLN NL  10   22   4.0   7   2   1  .286   3   21   17  .810   15   11  .577  C    2(-1)e4   -26   
 1959 24 SLN NL 100    0    .0   1   1   0 1.000   0    1    1 1.000    0    0  .000  C    2(-1)e4    54   
 1960 25 WAA AL  33   88   6.2   8   1   0  .125   8   67   54  .806   13    9  .591  C    1(-3)e8    92   
 1961 26 MNA AL  31   88   6.7   8   2   0  .250   3   68   56  .824    7   10  .412  C    1(-3)e3     3   
 1962 27 MNA AL  10   60   5.0   6   2   0  .333   6   64   46  .719   12    2  .857  C    1(-3)e5    -7   
 1963 28 MNA AL  25   83   5.3   2   0   0  .000   6   74   62  .838   14    8  .636  C    1(-3)e3   -66   
 1964 29 MNA AL  30   57   4.4   0   0   0  .000  15   68   44  .647   19   15  .559  C    2(-1)e6   -27   
 1965 30 MNA AL  41   70   6.1   6   1   0  .167   8   59   46  .780   24   10  .706  C    2(-3)e6    16   
 1966 31 MNA AL   8   45   3.9   9   1   0  .111   0   31   27  .871   38   18  .679  C    2(0)e2     16   
 1967 32 MNA AL   0    0    .0   1   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  PH            -465   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 11 Seasons          519   5.3  50  10   1  .200  49  457  356  .779  143   85  .627                   0   4
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 30.8 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 21.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1957 22 SLN NL  C     43    50     4    0    0  1.000     1    99.2   4.88
 1958 23 SLN NL  C     85   350    16    3    1   .992    44   467.2   7.04
 1959 24 SLN NL  C      1     5     1    0    0  1.000     1     8.2   6.23
 1960 25 WAA AL  C    127   774    32    8    5   .990   121  1113.1   6.52  GG
 1961 26 MNA AL  C    131   820    28    3    5   .996   120  1115.2   6.84  GG
 1962 27 MNA AL  C    114   700    24    6    5   .992   108   959.1   6.79
 1963 28 MNA AL  C    149   876    45    6    3   .994   145  1293.1   6.41
 1964 29 MNA AL  C    125   834    41   15    4   .983   125  1127.0   6.99
 1965 30 MNA AL  C    123   647    38    8    6   .988   113  1008.1   6.11
 1966 31 MNA AL  C    121   725    23    0    0  1.000   108   981.1   6.86
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 C   1019  5781   252   49   29   .992   886  8174.1   6.64
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1957  SLN   68-86   Mike Rescigno
 1958  SLN   70-84   Mike Rescigno
 1959  SLN   59-95   Mike Rescigno
 1960  WAA   83-71   Rick Field
 1961  MNA   69-85   Larry Cupp, Rick Field
 1962  MNA   61-101  Dan Gural, Tom Austad
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