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Matt Batts

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Full Name: Matthew Daniel Batts Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/200 First Game: September 10, 1947
Birthdate: October 16, 1921 Final Game: May 8, 1956
Birthplace: San Antonio, Texas MLB Experience: 9 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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  • 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

[edit] Biography

Matt Batts (Matthew Daniel Batts) was born on October 16, 1921 in San Antonio, Texas. He made his Major League debut on September 10, 1947 for the Boston Red Sox. In 1949, his rookie year, he hit .242 with 3 home runs and 31 RBI. Batts played for the Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 9 year career.

Most people believe that Matt Batts's best season was 1953, when he hit for a .278 average.

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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
1947 BOS A 7 16 3 8 1 5 .500 .529 .750 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1948 BOS A 46 118 13 37 1 24 .314 .391 .441 12 0 15 9 0 4 0 0 4
1949 BOS A 60 157 23 38 3 31 .242 .350 .369 9 1 25 22 1 0 1 0 4
1950 BOS A 75 238 27 65 4 34 .273 .327 .412 15 3 18 19 1 1 0 0 8
1951 STL A 79 248 26 75 5 31 .302 .357 .440 17 1 21 21 0 5 2 0 9
1951 BOS A 11 29 1 4 0 2 .138 .167 .172 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1
1951 TOT A 90 277 27 79 5 33 .285 .338 .412 18 1 22 23 0 5 2 0 10
1952 DET A 56 173 11 41 3 13 .237 .298 .324 4 1 14 22 1 2 1 0 5
1953 DET A 116 374 38 104 6 43 .278 .322 .406 24 3 24 36 0 1 2 0 9
1954 DET A 12 21 1 6 0 5 .286 .333 .333 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CHI A 55 158 16 36 3 19 .228 .299 .342 7 1 17 15 0 2 0 0 9
1954 TOT A 67 179 17 42 3 24 .235 .303 .341 8 1 19 19 0 2 0 0 9
1955 CIN N 26 71 4 18 0 13 .254 .286 .338 4 1 4 11 0 1 0 0 3
1956 CIN N 3 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 29 73 4 18 0 13 .247 .287 .329 4 1 5 12 0 1 0 0 3
Total AL 517 1532 159 414 26 207 .270 .331 .394 91 10 138 151 3 15 6 0 49
Total 546 1605 163 432 26 220 .269 .329 .391 95 11 143 163 3 16 6 0 52

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1947 BOS A C 6 0 0 15 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1.000
1948 BOS A C 41 0 0 118 18 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1949 BOS A C 50 0 0 193 23 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 .977
1950 BOS A C 73 0 0 306 29 2 3 0 4 0 0 0 .994
1951 STL A C 64 0 0 259 30 12 6 0 9 0 0 0 .960
1951 BOS A C 11 0 0 32 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 .975
1951 TOT A C 75 0 0 291 37 13 6 0 11 0 0 0 .962
1952 DET A C 55 0 0 262 36 5 4 0 4 0 0 0 .983
1953 DET A C 103 0 0 463 44 7 7 0 13 0 0 0 .986
1954 DET A C 8 0 0 24 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .967
1954 CHI A C 42 0 0 225 19 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 .992
1954 TOT A C 50 0 0 249 24 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 .989
1955 CIN N C 21 0 0 65 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .986
Total C 474 0 0 1962 221 38 32 0 37 0 0 0 .983

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1942).
  • Traded by Boston Red Sox with Jim Suchecki, $100000 and a player to be named later to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Les Moss (May 17, 1951); St. Louis Browns received Jim McDonald (July 18, 1951).
  • Traded by St. Louis Browns with Dick Littlefield, Ben Taylor and Cliff Mapes to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Gene Bearden, Bob Cain and Dick Kryhoski (February 14, 1952).
  • Traded by Detroit Tigers to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Red Wilson (May 29, 1954).
  • Traded by Chicago White Sox with Don Ferrarese, Don Johnson and Fred Marsh to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Jim Brideweser, Bob Chakales and Clint Courtney (December 6, 1954).
  • Sold by Baltimore Orioles to Cleveland Indians (April 12, 1955).
  • Sold by Cleveland Indians to Cincinnati Reds (July 3, 1955).

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