John Bateman

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Full Name: John Alvin Bateman	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/210	First Game: April 19, 1963
Birthdate: July 21, 1940	Final Game: October 3, 1972
Birthplace: Killeen, Texas	MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: December 3, 1996
Deathplace: Sand Springs, Oklahoma
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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7 See Also
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John Bateman (John Alvin Bateman) was born on July 21, 1940 in Killeen, Texas. He made his Major League debut on April 19, 1963 for the Houston Colt .45s. In 1963, his rookie year, he hit .210 with 10 home runs and 59 RBI. Bateman played for the Houston Colt .45s, Houston Astros, Montreal Expos and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 10 year career.

Most people believe that John Bateman's best season was 1970, when he slugged 15 home runs and knocked in 68 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1963	HOU	N	128	404	23	85	10	59	.210	.249	.334	8	6	13	103	9	4	0	1	9
1964	HOU	N	74	221	18	42	5	19	.190	.249	.294	8	0	17	48	1	0	0	5	9
1965	HOU	N	45	142	15	28	7	14	.197	.256	.380	3	1	12	37	0	1	0	3	9
1966	HOU	N	131	433	39	121	17	70	.279	.315	.467	24	3	20	74	5	4	0	9	17
1967	HOU	N	76	252	16	48	2	17	.190	.245	.250	9	0	17	53	2	0	0	11	9
1968	HOU	N	111	350	28	87	4	33	.249	.297	.337	19	0	23	46	3	3	1	16	16
1969	MON	N	74	235	16	49	8	19	.209	.250	.328	4	0	12	44	1	1	0	6	7
1970	MON	N	139	520	51	123	15	68	.237	.275	.383	21	5	28	75	1	5	8	9	15
1971	MON	N	139	492	34	119	10	56	.242	.273	.350	17	3	19	87	4	6	1	3	27
1972	PHI	N	82	252	10	56	3	17	.222	.246	.294	9	0	8	39	1	1	0	6	4
1972	MON	N	18	29	0	7	0	3	.241	.313	.276	1	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	1
1972	TOT	N	100	281	10	63	3	20	.224	.253	.292	10	0	11	43	1	1	0	6	5
Total			1017	3330	250	765	81	375	.230	.271	.350	123	18	172	610	27	25	10	69	123

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1963	HOU	N	C	115	111	963.2	690	81	23	7	0	16	54	37	3	.971
1964	HOU	N	C	72	67	580.2	400	43	6	4	0	10	38	11	3	.987
1965	HOU	N	C	39	38	347.1	234	26	4	3	0	4	12	10	1	.985
1966	HOU	N	C	121	120	1023	731	63	15	14	0	21	49	26	7	.981
1967	HOU	N	C	71	70	604.2	483	46	6	5	0	10	27	17	4	.989
1968	HOU	N	C	108	105	881	690	49	11	6	0	9	42	11	2	.985
1969	MON	N	C	66	64	544.1	433	26	7	5	0	11	36	13	1	.985
1970	MON	N	C	137	136	1181.1	824	62	15	19	0	9	51	40	5	.983
1971	MON	N	C	136	133	1139	726	56	12	12	0	8	72	34	0	.985
1972	PHI	N	C	80	74	627	447	38	14	6	0	6	43	23	1	.972
1972	MON	N	C	7	5	49	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.000
1972	TOT	N	C	87	79	676	475	39	14	6	0	6	44	23	2	.973
Total			C	952	923	7941	5686	491	113	81	0	104	425	222	28	.982

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Houston Colt .45s (1962).
Selected by Montreal Expos from Houston Astros (6th pick overall) in the expansion draft (October 14, 1968).
Traded by Montreal Expos to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Tim McCarver (June 14, 1972).
Released by Philadelphia Phillies (January 15, 1973).

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