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Matt
Batts		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 215
 
Born: October 16, 1921 in Usa, TX, SAN ANTONIO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1949   
All-Star Selections 1949   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1947 25 STL NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1948 26 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 8 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1949 27 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1950 28 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1951 29 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1952 30 STL NL $ 1,068,571   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 5 6 8 8 8
1953 31 STL NL $ 1,068,571   5 5 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8
1954 32 STL NL $ 1,068,571   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
1955 33 STL NL $ 1,500,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 7 7
1956 34 STL NL $ 1,500,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
1957 35 STL NL $ 1,500,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1958 36 STL NL $ 1,500,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4
1959 37 STL NL     2 2 2 2 2 2 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,500,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 8 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1947 25 AAA   31 108 14 35 6 0 5 29 0 1 12 9 .324 .392 .519 .910 20.3  
    AA   106 374 51 99 24 2 12 61 3 3 51 33 .265 .353 .436 .789 57.7  
1948 26 STL NL 70 261 38 68 11 1 7 33 0 0 29 19 .261 .333 .391 .724 31.7 3.6
    AAA   81 312 49 88 18 1 6 57 3 4 31 32 .282 .347 .404 .751 42.4  
1949 27 STL NL 134 476 64 132 28 2 10 62 0 0 39 46 .277 .329 .408 .736 62.4 7.6
1950 28 STL NL 94 213 32 67 11 2 3 33 0 0 20 21 .315 .369 .427 .796 32.3 5.5
1951 29 STL NL 110 286 39 92 27 1 4 55 0 0 24 29 .322 .371 .465 .836 43.7 6.8
1952 30 STL NL 117 293 42 80 22 0 3 44 0 0 29 30 .273 .333 .379 .712 38.1 5.2
1953 31 STL NL 108 239 34 67 14 1 8 35 0 0 28 31 .280 .351 .448 .798 38.1 6.7
1954 32 STL NL 102 229 27 55 19 0 4 23 0 0 28 24 .240 .322 .376 .697 27.0 3.1
1955 33 STL NL 70 152 16 31 7 0 2 20 0 0 17 14 .204 .282 .289 .572 11.2 0.0
1956 34 STL NL 136 438 52 99 32 1 2 23 0 1 56 86 .226 .313 .317 .630 40.2 2.3
1957 35 STL NL 149 514 46 105 21 0 8 63 0 0 53 110 .204 .279 .292 .571 38.3 0.0
1958 36 STL NL 33 74 6 13 5 0 1 10 0 0 2 20 .176 .195 .284 .479 2.9 0.0
1959 37 AAA   119 428 45 68 10 1 7 30 1 0 29 143 .159 .212 .236 .448 18.8  
11 Years Sim 1123 3175 396 809 197 8 52 401 0 1 325 430 .255 .322 .371 .693 365.8 40.8
3 Years AAA 231 848 108 191 34 2 18 116 4 5 72 184 .225 .285 .334 .619 81.5  
1 Years AA 106 374 51 99 24 2 12 61 3 3 51 33 .265 .351 .436 .787 57.7  
4 Years Minors 337 1222 159 290 58 4 30 177 7 8 123 217 .237 .306 .365 .671 139.2  
162 Game Average 458 57 116 28 1 7 57 0 0 46 62 .255 .322 .371 .693 52.8  
Career Highs 149 514 64 132 32 2 10 63 0 1 56 110 .322 .371 .465 .836 62.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1843 235 477 115 3 25 222 0 1 185 244 .259 .325 .365 .690 220.4
vs LH   1332 161 332 82 5 27 179 0 0 140 186 .249 .318 .379 .697 163.7
Home 556 1570 210 398 95 3 33 199 0 1 160 225 .254 .320 .381 .701 194.1
Away 567 1605 186 411 102 5 19 202 0 0 165 205 .256 .323 .361 .684 190.0
RISP   866 0 201 47 3 13 327 0 0 104 121 .232 .305 .338 .644 96.2
Pinch Hitting   285 41 87 16 0 7 38 0 0 33 32 .305 .374 .435 .809 45.8
Close/Late   409 32 104 20 1 1 40 0 0 39 57 .254 .316 .315 .632 41.9
Mar/Apr 161 404 51 108 27 1 9 64 0 0 49 53 .267 .343 .406 .749 57.2
May 172 454 51 124 25 2 4 46 0 0 51 59 .273 .345 .363 .709 58.0
June 163 459 61 104 27 0 6 59 0 0 51 77 .227 .301 .325 .626 46.8
July 194 545 73 159 35 2 11 73 0 0 49 65 .292 .348 .424 .772 78.2
August 228 661 77 159 44 1 11 84 0 0 57 96 .241 .299 .360 .659 71.2
Sep/Oct 205 652 83 155 39 2 11 75 0 1 68 80 .238 .308 .354 .662 72.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1948 26 STL NL C 69 67 590.3 319 21 4 0 .988 5.18 18 8 .444 3 4.9
1949 27 STL NL C 130 130 1144.7 561 43 5 1 .992 4.75 41 19 .463 3 8.2
1950 28 STL NL C 38 34 313.7 181 15 0 1 1.000 5.62 13 4 .308 3 1.4
    1B 9 8 63.0 71 8 1 9 .988 11.29 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1951 29 STL NL C 43 39 348.3 188 16 2 0 .990 5.27 22 7 .318 2 1.0
    1B 23 23 179.0 223 14 2 29 .992 11.92 0 0 .000 0 0.4
1952 30 STL NL C 54 50 454.0 240 21 4 1 .985 5.17 24 9 .375 1 1.2
    1B 15 15 123.0 147 10 2 13 .987 11.49 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1953 31 STL NL C 43 38 332.7 200 14 1 0 .995 5.79 9 5 .556 1 2.2
    1B 19 17 144.0 146 18 0 20 1.000 10.25 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1954 32 STL NL C 31 28 251.0 154 10 2 1 .988 5.88 13 3 .231 0 0.9
    1B 22 22 175.0 190 17 0 23 1.000 10.65 0 0 .000 0 0.5
1955 33 STL NL C 31 28 254.7 169 10 1 1 .994 6.33 10 7 .700 2 1.3
    1B 7 4 38.0 40 1 0 6 1.000 9.71 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1956 34 STL NL C 102 95 877.0 708 41 8 1 .989 7.69 17 9 .529 2 8.2
    1B 17 13 115.7 116 8 1 14 .992 9.65 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1957 35 STL NL C 142 137 1220.7 823 42 7 1 .992 6.38 30 8 .267 2 3.2
1958 36 STL NL C 25 18 169.7 105 4 0 0 1.000 5.78 2 1 .500 1 1.3
  C 708 664 5956.6 3648 237 34 7 .991 5.87 199 80 .402 20 33.9
  1B 112 102 837.7 933 76 6 114 .994 10.84 0 0 .000 0 2.0
  RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   823 766 6798.3 4581 313 40 121 .992 6.48 199 80 .402 20 35.9
Career Highs   142 137 1220.7 824 49 9 29 1.000 7.92 41 19 .700 3  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1953 31 STL NL 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667
1954 32 STL NL 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286
1955 33 STL NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 12 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .182 .182 .182 .364
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Doubles
1956-9-32
 Strikeouts
1957-7-110
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Gus Suhr (948)
  5. Harry Danning (944)
  6. John Ellis (937)
  7. Sammy Taylor (934)
  8. Charlie Lau (934)
  9. Frankie Hayes (934)
  10. Rick Ferrell (934)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 42nd overall pick, by St. Louis in 1947
Injured on 6/28/1948 with a Swollen Ear, out for 6 days
Had first career hit (homerun) on 7/4/1948, off Cliff Fannin (SEM)
Injured on 9/29/1948 with a Inflamed Hamstring Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1949
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,068,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,068,571 through salary arbitration
Drove in 7 runs against Pittsburgh on 9/8/1953
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,068,571 through salary arbitration
7/1/1954: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $1,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Series with St. Louis in 1954
Drove in 6 runs against Brooklyn on 8/10/1957
3/3/1958: Signed a minor league contract extension with St. Louis
Injured on 5/17/1958 with a Fractured Hip, out for 5-6 weeks
 
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