John Bateman

Catcher

1963—1972

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Player LeveL
Utility Player
Top 100 Rank
NR
Catcher RANK
NR

Player Detail

John Alvin
GIVEN NAME
Bateman
SURNAME
July 21, 1940, in Fort Sill, OK
BORN
December 3, 1996, in Sand Springs, OK, USA
DIED
1963—1972
Playing Career
Played from 22-31
PLAYING AGE
Houston Astros
Montreal Expos
Teams Played For
Catcher
PRIMARY POSITION
Houston Colt 45s
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
NONE
NICKNAME
NA
UNIFORM NUMBER
UNKNOWN
BATTING ORDER
6-3 / 210
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
April 19, 1963
Major League Debut
October 3, 1972
FINAL GAME

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In 1966, Bateman set a Houston franchise record for homers by a catcher, with 16. That mark stood for 47 years.
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40

HITTING

40

POWER

30

RUNNING

55

FIELDING

60

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1017
765
81
375
.230

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
NR
43.9

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.621
.676
92.3

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.230
.271
.350

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Jerry Grote
Johnny Edwards
Randy Hundley

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
UNK
UNK
UNK

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
COMING SOON

John Bateman Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Bateman
557
128
42
21
3
14
63
29
102
2
195
161
.230
.271
.350
621
AVG C
538
132
51
20
3
12
51
86
2
195
186
.246
.313
.363
.676

John Bateman Rankings

AT Catcher BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Catcher BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
NR
NR
NR
NR
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

John Bateman PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
0.9
NA
NA
NA
0.14
53.0
34.7
25.3
17.3
4.40
BLUE = John Bateman
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME C

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
56.3
UNK
UNK
UNK
8.9
307.6
181.0
130.7
87.6
24.8
BLUE = John Bateman
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME C