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John
Bateman		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 235
 
Born: July 21, 1940 in Usa, TX, KILLEEN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1965   
All-Star Selections 1973   
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
1963 22 CLE AL     5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6
1964 23 WOR AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6
1965 24 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6
1966 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6
1967 26 CLE AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1968 27 CLE AL $ 364,286   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1969 28 CLE AL $ 928,571   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1970 29 WAS NL $ 2,030,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1971 30 WAS NL $ 2,030,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1972 31 WAS NL $ 2,100,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1973 32 WAS NL $ 2,100,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1974 33 WAS NL $ 2,100,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
1975 34 WAS NL $ 2,100,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
1976 35 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,100,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
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
1963 22 AAA   125 420 54 119 16 9 22 64 1 1 26 76 .283 .325 .521 .847 68.4  
1964 23 WOR AL 124 380 28 92 10 1 12 35 1 0 15 76 .242 .272 .368 .640 33.9 2.5
1965 24 CLE AL 117 399 37 85 13 4 10 50 3 1 9 72 .213 .229 .341 .570 32.6 2.2
1966 25 CLE AL 137 484 50 106 26 4 5 38 3 4 18 95 .219 .250 .320 .570 29.4 0.0
1967 26 CLE AL 128 439 48 100 15 4 14 67 1 1 33 87 .228 .282 .376 .658 47.4 4.6
1968 27 CLE AL 122 404 41 95 19 4 10 50 1 0 23 74 .235 .275 .376 .651 40.3 5.6
1969 28 CLE AL 93 269 25 66 9 1 7 34 2 3 21 50 .245 .299 .364 .663 26.6 3.6
1970 29 CLE AL 95 340 42 97 20 0 14 52 1 3 18 57 .285 .324 .468 .792 48.5 11.0
  WAS NL 44 161 15 42 1 1 3 23 1 1 10 29 .261 .305 .335 .640 16.4 1.8
  TOT   139 501 57 139 21 1 17 75 2 4 28 86 .277 .318 .425 .743 64.9 12.8
1971 30 WAS NL 132 478 60 122 19 1 9 58 2 3 26 70 .255 .294 .356 .650 46.5 5.3
1972 31 WAS NL 97 337 52 102 24 1 8 53 3 1 20 52 .303 .339 .451 .790 49.4 10.0
1973 32 WAS NL 140 484 63 159 22 5 9 74 3 4 33 56 .329 .368 .450 .818 73.3 15.1
1974 33 WAS NL 81 290 39 70 8 2 8 40 1 0 13 39 .241 .279 .366 .644 26.4 1.9
1975 34 WAS NL 31 83 7 16 4 0 1 8 0 0 7 20 .193 .264 .277 .541 5.2 0.0
    AAA   72 172 23 58 8 0 3 20 0 2 20 31 .337 .406 .436 .842 28.8  
1976 35 AAA   118 367 30 90 15 1 6 57 1 3 26 96 .245 .295 .341 .636 35.9  
12 Years Sim 1341 4548 507 1152 190 28 110 582 22 21 246 777 .253 .292 .380 .672 475.9 63.6
3 Years AAA 315 959 107 267 39 10 31 141 2 6 72 203 .278 .334 .437 .771 133.1  
162 Game Average 549 61 139 22 3 13 70 2 2 29 93 .253 .292 .380 .672 57.5  
Career Highs 140 501 63 159 26 5 17 75 3 4 33 95 .329 .368 .451 .818 73.3  
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   2624 279 648 92 18 57 346 14 13 136 445 .247 .286 .361 .646 262.4
vs LH   1924 228 504 98 10 53 236 8 8 110 332 .262 .300 .406 .706 228.7
Home 681 2267 274 602 93 16 64 301 11 12 115 371 .266 .303 .405 .708 267.7
Away 660 2281 233 550 97 12 46 281 11 9 131 406 .241 .281 .355 .636 223.5
RISP   1107 0 287 46 8 31 449 0 0 69 185 .259 .294 .399 .694 131.8
Pinch Hitting   117 14 37 1 2 3 29 0 0 7 18 .316 .346 .436 .782 17.3
Close/Late   634 63 149 15 6 20 93 0 0 36 102 .235 .277 .372 .649 65.5
Mar/Apr 225 775 77 185 43 5 12 93 3 2 48 130 .239 .284 .354 .638 75.5
May 258 872 98 225 33 2 21 102 3 4 53 140 .258 .301 .373 .674 95.7
June 234 813 103 223 36 4 30 138 5 3 37 137 .274 .304 .439 .743 105.7
July 218 758 97 207 29 4 24 89 3 4 41 143 .273 .312 .417 .729 94.9
August 208 690 69 176 23 6 14 85 5 4 35 106 .255 .290 .367 .657 71.6
Sep/Oct 198 640 63 136 26 7 9 75 3 4 32 121 .213 .250 .317 .568 47.7
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
1964 23 WOR AL C 109 91 848.0 494 47 9 2 .984 5.74 73 26 .356 2 4.9
    2B 1 0 10.7 1 4 0 0 1.000 4.22 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1965 24 CLE AL C 116 114 1012.3 711 73 8 2 .990 6.97 91 44 .484 1 7.7
1966 25 CLE AL C 135 128 1157.0 788 66 11 1 .987 6.64 109 39 .358 1 6.3
1967 26 CLE AL C 127 123 1107.3 681 81 4 0 .995 6.19 104 50 .481 3 7.9
1968 27 CLE AL C 116 114 999.7 681 64 10 4 .987 6.71 100 45 .450 2 5.6
1969 28 CLE AL C 87 71 661.3 397 43 3 0 .993 5.99 80 36 .450 2 4.2
    RF 1 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 .500 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1970 29 CLE AL C 94 88 779.6 468 42 6 1 .988 5.89 82 32 .390 2 4.8
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.4 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.43 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  WAS NL C 44 41 372.7 224 20 3 0 .988 5.89 39 16 .410 1 1.3
    CF 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 0 0 0.6 1 0 0 0 1.000 15.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 138 129 1152.3 692 62 9 1 .988 5.89 121 48 .397 3 6.1
      CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
      SS 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1971 30 WAS NL C 127 126 1064.3 611 70 10 1 .986 5.76 92 43 .467 2 6.1
    SS 1 0 3.0 2 2 0 2 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1972 31 WAS NL C 69 67 594.0 371 34 4 0 .990 6.14 47 20 .426 2 3.6
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 1 0 .500 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1973 32 WAS NL C 137 122 1146.7 688 68 2 1 .997 5.93 87 43 .494 1 9.7
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1974 33 WAS NL C 76 71 627.3 372 42 3 0 .993 5.94 56 26 .464 1 6.9
1975 34 WAS NL C 20 14 131.7 54 3 2 1 .966 3.90 5 1 .200 0 0.4
    SS 1 0 2.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1257 1170 10501.9 6540 653 75 13 .990 6.16 965 421 .436 20 69.4
  2B 1 0 10.7 1 4 0 0 1.000 4.22 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 4 0 9.0 6 4 1 2 .909 10.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  RF 1 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 .500 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1265 1170 10529.6 6549 661 77 15 .989 6.16 965 421 .436 20 69.6
Career Highs   140 129 1157.3 788 81 11 4 .997 6.97 121 50 .494 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
1965 24 CLE AL 4 12 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 .083 .077 .333 .410
1970 29 WAS NL 12 45 6 16 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 6 .356 .396 .444 .840
1971 30 WAS NL 6 20 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .250 .286 .250 .536
1972 31 WAS NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1973 32 WAS NL 4 18 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .389 .389 .444 .833
Career Post-Season Batting 27 96 11 29 2 0 2 8 0 0 3 14 .302 .327 .385 .712
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
1973-1-.329
 Singles
1973-8-123
 Triples
1973-10-5
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 47th overall pick, by Cleveland (A) in 1963
Injured on 4/2/1963 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Worcester on 2/13/1964 (Going to WOR: C John Bateman. Going to CLE: 2B Marv Breeding)
Had first career hit (double) on 4/2/1964, off Gary Peters (CLN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/6/1964, off Cholly Naranjo (OAK)
Traded from Kansas City to Cleveland (A) on 3/3/1965 (Going to KCR: RF George Spriggs, C Paul Casanova. Going to CLE: C John Bateman)
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1965
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $364,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $928,571 through salary arbitration
9/22/1969: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (A), $2,030,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Washington on 7/31/1970 (Going to CLE: LF Nate Colbert, LF Norm Siebern. Going to WAS: C John Bateman, P Jack Billingham)
6/1/1971: Signed a contract extension with Washington , $2,100,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1973, hitting .591 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game
Injured on 7/15/1974 with a Broken Wrist, out for full season
Injured on 6/1/1975 with a Inflamed Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 4/2/1976 to a minor league deal
 
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