Johnny Oates

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Full Name: Johnny Lane Oates	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/188	First Game: September 17, 1970
Birthdate: January 21, 1946	Final Game: May 24, 1981
Birthplace: Sylva, North Carolina	MLB Experience: 11 years
Died: December 24, 2004
Deathplace: Richmond, Virginia
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
8 Categories

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Johnny Oates (Johnny Lane Oates) was born on January 21, 1946 in Sylva, North Carolina. He made his Major League debut on September 17, 1970 for the Baltimore Orioles. In 1972, his rookie year, he hit .261 with 4 home runs and 21 RBI. Oates played for the Baltimore Orioles, Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees over the course of his 11 year career.

Most people believe that Johnny Oates's best season was 1975, when he hit for a .282 average.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1970	BAL	A	5	18	2	5	0	2	.278	.333	.389	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	BAL	A	85	253	20	66	4	21	.261	.332	.364	12	1	28	31	0	5	5	8	5
1973	ATL	N	93	322	27	80	4	27	.248	.299	.304	6	0	22	31	1	6	1	4	8
1974	ATL	N	100	291	22	65	1	21	.223	.278	.268	10	0	23	24	0	11	2	10	4
1975	PHI	N	90	269	28	77	1	25	.286	.359	.349	14	0	33	29	0	4	1	10	6
1975	ATL	N	8	18	0	4	0	0	.222	.263	.278	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
1975	TOT	N	98	287	28	81	1	25	.282	.354	.345	15	0	34	33	0	4	1	10	6
1976	PHI	N	37	99	10	25	0	8	.253	.308	.273	2	0	8	12	0	0	0	0	5
1977	LA	N	60	156	18	42	3	11	.269	.314	.353	4	0	11	11	0	2	1	4	3
1978	LA	N	40	75	5	23	0	6	.307	.350	.320	1	0	5	3	0	0	0	1	0
1979	LA	N	26	46	4	6	0	2	.130	.200	.174	2	0	4	1	0	1	0	1	0
1980	NY	A	39	64	6	12	1	3	.188	.224	.281	3	0	2	3	1	0	1	0	1
1981	NY	A	10	26	4	5	0	0	.192	.250	.231	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		454	1276	114	322	9	100	.252	.309	.305	40	0	107	115	1	24	5	30	26
Total	AL		139	361	32	88	5	26	.244	.308	.341	16	2	34	34	1	5	6	8	6
Total			593	1637	146	410	14	126	.250	.309	.313	56	2	141	149	2	29	11	38	32

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1970	BAL	A	C	4	4	47	30	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	.939
1972	BAL	A	C	82	69	633	391	31	2	4	0	4	24	18	2	.995
1973	ATL	N	C	86	79	715	409	57	9	6	0	10	43	29	3	.981
1974	ATL	N	C	91	77	728	434	55	4	4	0	15	50	27	3	.992
1975	PHI	N	C	82	71	644.2	429	44	5	10	0	3	26	22	3	.990
1975	ATL	N	C	6	5	42	21	1	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	1.000
1975	TOT	N	C	88	76	686.2	450	45	5	10	0	4	29	23	3	.990
1976	PHI	N	C	33	26	235.2	155	15	1	1	0	0	15	9	1	.994
1977	LA	N	C	56	38	387	258	37	4	3	0	5	40	20	1	.987
1978	LA	N	C	24	18	147.2	77	10	4	1	0	0	13	6	0	.956
1979	LA	N	C	20	12	108.2	64	13	2	2	0	4	12	7	0	.975
1980	NY	A	C	39	15	191	99	10	1	1	0	1	11	12	0	.991
1981	NY	A	C	10	9	76	49	3	2	0	0	0	10	2	0	.963
Total			C	533	423	3955.2	2416	277	36	33	0	43	248	154	13	.987

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Chicago White Sox in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 7, 1966).
Selected by Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (10th pick overall) of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (January 28, 1967).
Traded by Baltimore Orioles with Davey Johnson, Pat Dobson and Roric Harrison to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Earl Williams and Taylor Duncan (November 30, 1972).
Traded by Atlanta Braves with Dick Allen to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Jim Essian, Barry Bonnell and $150000 (May 7, 1975).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with a player to be named later to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Ted Sizemore (December 20, 1976); Los Angeles Dodgers received Quency Hill (January 4, 1977).
Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (March 27, 1980).
Signed by New York Yankees (April 4, 1980).
Granted free agency (November 13, 1980).
Signed by New York Yankees (April 6, 1981).

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