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Earl
Battey		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 210
 
Born: January 5, 1935 in Usa, CA, LOS ANGELES
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1961   
All-Star Selections 1960    1961    1963    1964   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1955 20 NYA AL     5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 7 6 6 7 7 7
1956 21 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 5 5 6 5 5 7 6 6 8 7 7
1957 22 BRK NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 7 7
1958 23 BRK NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 5 5 5 6 5 5 7 6 6 8 7 7
1959 24 BRK NL $ 928,571   6 6 6 6 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8
1960 25 BRK NL $ 1,450,000   6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 8 8 8
1961 26 BRK NL $ 1,892,857   6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 8 8 8
1962 27 BRK NL $ 3,200,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 5 6 8 7 8
1963 28 BRK NL $ 3,200,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 5 6 8 7 7
1964 29 NYA AL $ 3,200,000   6 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 5 6 5 6 8 7 8
1965 30 NYA AL $ 3,200,000   5 5 6 7 6 7 5 5 5 6 5 6 8 7 7
1966 31 NYA AL $ 3,300,000   5 5 5 7 6 7 5 4 5 6 5 5 7 7 7
1967 32 NYA AL $ 3,300,000   4 4 5 7 6 6 4 4 4 6 5 5 7 6 7
1968 33 TAM AL $ 3,300,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 5 5 7 6 6
1969 34 NYA AL $ 3,300,000   4 4 4 6 5 5 5 4 4 6 5 5 7 6 6
1970 35 NYA AL $ 300,000   2 2 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,300,000   6 6 7 7 6 7 6 6 6 7 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
1955 20 AAA   111 434 79 109 19 2 21 63 1 8 58 67 .251 .339 .449 .789 65.6  
    AA   26 94 14 25 2 1 4 15 2 1 15 8 .266 .367 .436 .803 15.8  
1956 21 NYA AL 102 318 49 86 11 2 15 54 0 0 30 46 .270 .331 .459 .791 48.2 6.9
1957 22 BRK NL 154 519 72 137 16 2 16 73 0 0 42 79 .264 .319 .395 .714 63.5 9.7
1958 23 BRK NL 139 463 55 112 22 2 12 69 0 0 49 59 .242 .319 .376 .694 54.7 7.6
1959 24 BRK NL 135 446 54 115 22 4 9 54 0 0 55 64 .258 .340 .386 .726 58.5 10.0
1960 25 BRK NL 143 511 66 144 21 3 13 75 0 0 50 81 .282 .344 .411 .755 70.3 13.1
1961 26 BRK NL 140 535 74 152 23 7 12 65 0 0 51 65 .284 .348 .421 .769 73.3 12.1
1962 27 BRK NL 140 466 57 118 13 1 19 54 0 0 44 52 .253 .317 .408 .725 58.0 9.0
1963 28 BRK NL 148 521 64 158 22 3 19 71 1 0 46 67 .303 .361 .466 .827 81.6 17.5
1964 29 NYA AL 135 383 45 103 16 1 7 44 1 0 27 50 .269 .318 .371 .689 42.1 6.8
1965 30 NYA AL 134 344 34 86 18 2 8 46 0 2 36 33 .250 .319 .384 .703 40.5 6.4
1966 31 NYA AL 121 356 39 85 10 0 12 60 0 1 19 54 .239 .277 .368 .645 34.7 4.0
1967 32 NYA AL 69 151 22 43 8 1 5 27 0 0 10 20 .285 .325 .450 .775 20.2 3.8
1968 33 NYA AL 50 110 8 23 4 0 2 9 0 0 9 17 .209 .273 .300 .573 9.5 0.4
  TAM AL 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 0.4 0.0
  TOT   56 116 9 24 4 0 2 9 0 0 10 18 .207 .273 .293 .567 9.9 0.4
    AA   23 33 6 9 3 0 1 3 0 0 6 5 .273 .385 .455 .839 5.8  
1969 34 NYA AL 37 88 6 18 4 1 2 13 0 0 7 20 .205 .268 .341 .609 8.2 0.5
    AA   52 176 24 43 7 0 10 26 1 1 30 19 .244 .354 .455 .809 29.7  
    A   53 211 38 61 5 0 13 45 0 0 37 26 .289 .395 .498 .893 42.0  
1970 35 NYA AL 96 296 17 54 11 3 2 29 0 0 16 92 .182 .231 .260 .491 15.8 0.0
15 Years Sim 1749 5513 663 1435 221 32 153 743 2 3 492 800 .260 .322 .395 .717 679.4 107.8
1 Years AAA 111 434 79 109 19 2 21 63 1 8 58 67 .251 .346 .449 .795 65.6  
3 Years AA 101 303 44 77 12 1 15 44 3 2 51 32 .254 .371 .449 .820 51.3  
1 Years A 53 211 38 61 5 0 13 45 0 0 37 26 .289 .390 .498 .888 42.0  
5 Years Minors 265 948 161 247 36 3 49 152 4 10 146 125 .261 .364 .460 .824 159.0  
162 Game Average 510 61 132 20 2 14 68 0 0 45 74 .260 .322 .395 .717 62.9  
Career Highs 154 535 74 158 23 7 19 75 1 2 55 92 .303 .361 .466 .827 81.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3076 365 777 119 14 90 418 1 1 229 455 .253 .304 .388 .692 363.9
vs LH   2437 298 658 102 18 63 325 1 2 263 345 .270 .343 .404 .747 338.6
Home 874 2750 329 709 91 18 76 372 2 1 239 400 .258 .318 .387 .705 341.0
Away 875 2763 334 726 130 14 77 371 0 2 253 400 .263 .325 .404 .729 361.4
RISP   1331 0 368 57 7 35 551 0 0 144 185 .276 .338 .409 .747 189.7
Pinch Hitting   305 46 78 11 2 13 53 0 0 33 38 .256 .326 .433 .758 44.1
Close/Late   686 88 197 21 2 30 110 0 0 67 80 .287 .350 .455 .805 108.2
Mar/Apr 295 889 103 229 39 8 15 110 0 0 69 139 .258 .310 .370 .680 101.6
May 300 927 123 259 42 7 37 133 0 1 82 138 .279 .340 .460 .799 140.7
June 285 920 123 244 37 6 23 143 1 0 83 121 .265 .326 .393 .720 118.5
July 270 882 107 236 38 1 22 125 1 1 83 127 .268 .333 .388 .720 113.6
August 299 964 98 253 36 4 32 131 0 1 92 146 .262 .327 .408 .735 129.4
Sep/Oct 299 931 109 214 29 6 24 101 0 0 83 129 .230 .294 .351 .645 98.6
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
1956 21 NYA AL C 81 75 643.7 453 18 1 3 .998 6.59 13 3 .231 2 3.6
    3B 9 0 18.0 0 6 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 2 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1957 22 BRK NL 3B 151 140 1212.7 90 288 14 25 .964 2.81 0 0 .000 0 3.9
    LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1958 23 BRK NL 3B 132 126 1098.3 70 258 8 18 .976 2.69 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    C 3 0 4.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.79 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 2 0 2 0 .500 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1959 24 BRK NL C 95 95 830.7 659 23 4 0 .994 7.39 19 8 .421 0 1.6
    3B 26 26 218.3 12 42 1 2 .982 2.23 0 0 .000 0 0.7
1960 25 BRK NL C 135 132 1186.0 755 37 4 0 .995 6.01 33 11 .333 1 4.2
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1961 26 BRK NL C 133 132 1179.7 777 37 0 0 1.000 6.21 34 14 .412 4 10.3
    3B 5 1 12.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.73 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1962 27 BRK NL C 110 89 829.0 459 28 2 1 .996 5.29 25 8 .320 3 6.6
    3B 17 15 134.0 5 29 1 4 .971 2.28 0 0 .000 0 0.4
1963 28 BRK NL C 130 129 1156.3 635 47 5 1 .993 5.31 74 24 .324 4 6.0
    3B 16 3 45.7 3 10 0 2 1.000 2.56 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1964 29 NYA AL C 91 69 660.0 505 31 3 0 .994 7.31 57 17 .298 0 3.0
    3B 26 14 144.3 12 40 2 7 .963 3.24 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1965 30 NYA AL C 71 62 557.0 464 26 5 1 .990 7.92 41 12 .293 1 1.3
    3B 23 19 161.3 7 32 1 2 .975 2.18 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1966 31 NYA AL C 73 71 597.0 502 33 5 2 .991 8.07 66 14 .212 2 2.7
    3B 14 10 84.0 5 23 1 3 .966 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1967 32 NYA AL C 26 26 216.0 149 15 2 0 .988 6.83 17 5 .294 0 0.0
    3B 13 7 65.0 3 17 0 2 1.000 2.77 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1968 33 NYA AL C 19 19 169.5 118 15 2 0 .985 7.06 19 9 .474 0 0.7
    3B 7 3 34.7 5 7 1 2 .923 3.11 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  TAM AL C 2 2 9.5 7 1 0 0 1.000 7.58 1 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 1 0 1.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 21 21 179.0 125 16 2 0 .986 7.09 20 9 .450 0 0.8
      3B 8 3 36.6 5 7 1 2 .923 2.95   0.1
1969 34 NYA AL 3B 33 23 215.0 18 50 2 5 .971 2.85 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    C 1 1 8.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.63 1 0 .000 0 0.0
1970 35 NYA AL C 58 56 476.3 219 26 4 0 .984 4.63 48 15 .313 2 1.7
    3B 11 5 63.0 2 16 1 3 .947 2.57 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 1030 958 8525.3 5710 337 37 8 .994 6.38 448 140 .313 19 41.7
  3B 485 392 3510.6 232 819 32 75 .970 2.69 0 0 .000 0 11.8
  CF 5 0 11.0 2 0 2 0 .500 1.64 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1525 1350 12053.9 5944 1157 71 84 .990 5.30 448 140 .313 19 53.6
Career Highs   155 140 1216.7 777 288 14 25 1.000 7.43 74 24 .450 4  
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
1964 29 NYA AL 10 14 4 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 .286 .313 .500 .813
1966 31 NYA AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1967 32 NYA AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 13 17 4 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .235 .263 .412 .675
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.
Batting Average
1963-5-.303
 On-Base Pct
1963-10-.361
 Triples
1961-2-7
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 30    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Harry Chiti (921)
  5. Del Crandall (909)
  6. Milt May (907)
  7. Billy Sullivan (890)
  8. Darrell Porter (888)
  9. Yogi Berra (883)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 20th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1955
Had first career hit on 4/5/1956, off Harvey Haddix (BSN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/25/1956, off Earl Johnson (MIN)
Drove in 7 runs against Tampa Bay on 8/23/1956
Traded from New York (A) to Brooklyn on 4/2/1957 (Going to BRK: C Earl Battey, SS Tony Kubek. Going to NYA: 3B Randy Jackson)
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Montreal on 7/19/1958
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $928,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,450,000 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,892,857 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/14/1961 with a Fractured Ankle, out for 2-3 weeks
Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game
9/22/1961: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $3,200,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1961
Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game
Traded from Brooklyn to New York (A) on 2/1/1964 (Going to NYA: 1B Eddie Mathews, C Earl Battey. Going to BRK: 1B Ed Bouchee)
Was selected to the 1964 Allstar game
10/22/1965: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $3,300,000 per year, for 4 years
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis on 6/26/1968
Traded from New York (A) to Tampa Bay on 7/31/1968 (Going to TAM: C Earl Battey, 2B Remy Hermoso, P Danny Lazar. Going to NYA: P Earl Wilson)
4/2/1969: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Traded from Tampa Bay to New York (A) on 6/1/1969 (Going to NYA: C Earl Battey, 2B Lee Walls, LF George Altman. Going to TAM: P Jerry Crider)
 
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