Miguel Batista

Full Name: Miguel Jerez (Decartes) Batista	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/160	First Game: April 11, 1992
Birthdate: February 19, 1971	MLB Experience: 12 years
Birthplace: Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional (Dominican Republic)
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on February 19, 1971 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional (Dominican Republic), Miguel Batista (Miguel Jerez (Decartes) Batista) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Florida Marlins, Chicago Cubs, Montreal Expos, Kansas City Royals, Arizona Diamondbacks and Toronto Blue Jays over the course of his 12 year career. Batista broke into the bigs on April 11, 1992 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 3.80 ERA in 135 innings pitched in 1998, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Miguel Batista's most productive season. Some believe that it was 2005, when he posted a 4.10 ERA, notched 31 saves and struck out 54 batters. However, others believe that it was 2003, when he posted a 3.54 ERA, won 10 games and struck out 142 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1992	PIT	N	1	0	0	0	9.00	1	2	2	0	0	0	2	4	1	3	0	0	0
1996	FLA	N	9	0	0	0	5.56	6	8	7	0	0	0	11.1	9	0	7	2	1	0
1997	CHI	N	11	6	0	5	5.70	27	24	23	0	0	0	36.1	36	4	24	2	2	1
1998	MON	N	56	13	3	5	3.80	92	66	57	0	0	0	135	141	12	65	7	6	6
1999	MON	N	39	17	8	7	4.88	95	88	73	2	1	1	134.2	146	10	58	2	6	7
2000	MON	N	4	0	0	1	14.04	7	14	13	0	0	0	8.1	19	2	3	0	0	2
2000	KC	A	14	9	2	6	7.74	30	54	49	0	0	0	57	66	17	34	2	4	0
2000	Total		18	9	2	7	8.54	37	68	62	0	0	0	65.1	85	19	37	2	4	2
2001	ARI	N	48	18	11	8	3.36	90	57	52	0	0	0	139.1	113	13	60	2	6	10
2002	ARI	N	36	29	8	9	4.29	112	99	88	1	0	0	184.2	172	12	70	3	9	6
2003	ARI	N	36	29	10	9	3.54	142	85	76	2	1	0	193.1	197	13	60	3	7	8
2004	TOR	A	38	31	10	13	4.80	104	115	106	2	1	5	198.2	206	22	96	1	12	3
2005	TOR	A	71	0	5	8	4.10	54	39	34	0	0	31	74.2	80	9	27	5	3	2
2006	ARI	N	34	33	11	8	4.58	110	116	105	3	1	0	206.1	231	18	84	5	14	6
2007	SEA	A	33	32	16	11	4.29	133	101	92	0	0	0	193	209	18	85	3	15	8
Total	NL		274	145	51	52	4.25	682	559	496	8	3	1	1051.1	1068	85	434	26	51	46
Total	AL		156	72	33	38	4.83	321	309	281	2	1	36	523.1	561	66	242	11	34	13
Total			430	217	84	90	4.44	1003	868	777	10	4	37	1574.2	1629	151	676	37	85	59

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1992	PIT	N	P	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1996	FLA	N	P	9	0	11.1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
1997	CHI	N	P	11	6	36.1	2	6	0	0	0	4	2	0	1.000
1998	MON	N	P	56	13	135	10	21	1	1	5	10	7	1	.969
1999	MON	N	P	39	17	134.2	5	20	2	1	3	20	4	1	.926
2000	MON	N	P	4	0	8.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2000	KC	A	P	14	9	57	3	4	1	0	0	6	4	0	.875
2000	Total		P	18	9	65.1	4	4	1	0	0	6	4	0	.889
2001	ARI	N	P	48	18	139.1	7	17	1	1	2	24	6	1	.960
2002	ARI	N	P	36	29	184.2	8	33	1	2	3	12	2	0	.976
2003	ARI	N	P	36	29	193.1	10	31	3	2	2	8	8	1	.932
2004	TOR	A	P	38	31	198.2	18	30	1	5	1	9	11	0	.980
2005	TOR	A	P	71	0	74.2	2	6	1	0	1	2	0	0	.889
2006	ARI	N	P	34	33	206.1	12	34	4	2	2	15	7	2	.920
2007	SEA	A	P	33	32	193	14	27	2	2	2	14	9	0	.953
Total			P	430	217	1574.2	92	230	17	16	21	125	60	6	.950

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1992	PIT	N	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1996	FLA	N	9	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1997	CHI	N	11	8	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	0	0
1998	MON	N	56	32	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	21	2	0
1999	MON	N	39	35	6	7	1	3	.200	.243	.314	1	2	19	4	0
2000	MON	N	4	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	0	1	0	0	0
2000	KC	A	14	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	0	0
2000	Total		18	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	0	1	3	0	0
2001	ARI	N	48	32	2	2	0	0	.063	.118	.063	0	2	17	2	0
2002	ARI	N	36	51	5	8	1	2	.157	.204	.255	2	3	28	2	2
2003	ARI	N	36	57	3	4	0	0	.070	.086	.088	1	1	33	4	2
2004	TOR	A	38	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	0	0
2005	TOR	A	71	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2006	ARI	N	34	60	3	6	0	4	.100	.127	.117	1	2	31	9	2
2007	SEA	A	33	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0
Total	NL		274	276	19	27	2	9	.098	.132	.138	5	11	154	23	6
Total	AL		129	14	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	7	0	0
Total			430	290	19	27	2	9	.093	.126	.131	5	11	161	23	6

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Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Montreal Expos (February 29, 1988).
Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates from Montreal Expos in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 9, 1991).
Returned to Montreal Expos (April 23, 1992).
Released by Montreal Expos (November 18, 1994).
Signed by Florida Marlins (December 9, 1994).
Claimed on waivers by Chicago Cubs from Florida Marlins (December 17, 1996).
Traded by Chicago Cubs to Montreal Expos in exchange for Henry Rodriguez (December 12, 1997).
Traded by Montreal Expos to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Brad Rigby (April 25, 2000).
Granted free agency (October 2, 2000).
Signed by Arizona Diamondbacks (November 3, 2000).
Granted free agency (November 7, 2003).
Signed by Toronto Blue Jays (December 18, 2003).
Traded by Toronto Blue Jays with Orlando Hudson to Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for Troy Glaus and Sergio Santos (December 27, 2005).
Granted free agency (October 31, 2006).
Signed by Seattle Mariners (December 14, 2006).