Johnny Bates

Center Field

1906—1914

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Player LeveL
Regular
Top 100 Rank
#890
Center Field RANK
NR

Player Detail

John William
GIVEN NAME
Bates
SURNAME
January 10, 1884, in Steubenville, OH
BORN
February 10, 1949, in Steubenville, OH, USA
DIED
1906—1914
Playing Career
Played from 23-31
PLAYING AGE
Boston Braves
Philadelphia Phillies
Cincinnati Reds
Baltimore Orioles
Teams Played For
Center Field
PRIMARY POSITION
Boston Braves
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
NONE
NICKNAME
none
UNIFORM NUMBER
#2 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-7 / 168
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Left / Left
BATTED / THREW
April 12, 1906
Major League Debut
October 10, 1914
FINAL GAME

Related Content

Following his professional baseball career, Bates became a deputy sheriff for Jefferson County in Ohio.
  • Johnny Bates Scouting Report

60

HITTING

55

POWER

60

RUNNING

35

FIELDING

40

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
1154
1087
25
417
.278

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
19.9
60.2

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

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.744
.687
108.3

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

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.278
.367
.377

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Dode Paskert
Fred Snodgrass

Teammate Team

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

Johnny Bates 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
Bates
511
142
74
22
10
3
54
66
56
24
193
214
.278
.367
.377
744
AVG CF
527
140
71
19
8
3
51
57
25
185
196
.266
.336
.351
.687

Johnny Bates Rankings

AT Center Field BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
NR
NR
NR
NR
78
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Center Field BY VALUE

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

Johnny Bates PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
20.8
19.1
15.8
11.1
2.91
74.6
45.7
33.5
22.8
5.28
BLUE = Johnny Bates
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME CF

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
145.0
121.9
UNK
64.3
20.3
373.6
214.5
156.7
102.8
28.1
BLUE = Johnny Bates
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME CF