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Earl Battey Golden Glove Winner 1960-1962 All-Star Selection 1962-63, 1965-66 |
| Full Name: Earl Jesse Battey Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6-1 Weight: 205 lbs. Born: Jan 05, 1935 in Los Angeles, CA Major League Debut: Sep 10, 1955 Died: Nov 15, 2003 in Ocala, Florida |
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CAREER STATISTICS - BATTING TOTALS
| BATTING | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YR 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 |
TM Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Was Min Min Min Min Min Min Min |
LG AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL |
POS C C C C C C C C C C C C C |
G 5 4 48 68 26 137 133 148 147 131 131 115 48 |
AB 7 4 115 168 64 466 460 522 508 405 394 364 109 |
R 1 1 12 24 9 49 70 58 64 33 36 30 6 |
H 2 1 20 38 14 126 139 146 145 110 117 93 18 |
2B 0 0 2 8 1 24 24 20 17 17 22 12 3 |
3B 0 0 3 0 2 2 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 |
HR 0 0 3 8 2 15 17 11 26 12 6 4 0 |
RBI 0 0 6 26 7 60 55 57 84 52 60 34 8 |
TB 2 1 37 70 25 199 216 205 242 165 161 119 23 |
BB 1 1 11 24 8 48 53 57 61 51 50 43 13 |
IBB 0 0 1 1 0 5 3 3 8 6 7 7 1 |
| Totals | G 1141 |
AB 3586 |
R 393 |
H 969 |
2B 150 |
3B 17 |
HR 104 |
RBI 449 |
TB 1465 |
BB 421 |
IBB 42 |
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| BATTING | BASERUNNING | PERCENTAGES | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YR 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 |
TM Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Was Min Min Min Min Min Min Min |
LG AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL |
K 1 1 38 34 13 68 66 48 75 49 23 30 24 |
HBP 1 0 0 2 0 8 3 0 8 1 2 3 0 |
SH 0 0 3 1 0 4 5 8 6 6 5 0 1 |
SF 0 0 0 3 0 4 1 4 3 8 5 2 0 |
GDP 1 2 3 3 0 15 18 20 16 23 7 15 4 |
SB 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 0 0 1 0 4 0 |
CS 0 0 2 0 0 5 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 |
SB% -.--- -.--- .000 1.000 -.--- .444 .500 -.--- -.--- .500 -.--- .800 -.--- |
AVG .286 .250 .174 .226 .219 .270 .302 .280 .285 .272 .297 .255 .165 |
OBP .444 .400 .246 .325 .306 .346 .377 .348 .369 .348 .375 .337 .254 |
SLG .286 .250 .322 .417 .391 .427 .470 .393 .476 .407 .409 .327 .211 |
AB/HR --.- --.- 38.3 21.0 32.0 31.1 27.1 47.5 19.5 33.8 65.7 91.0 --.- |
AB/K 7.0 4.0 3.0 4.9 4.9 6.9 7.0 10.9 6.8 8.3 17.1 12.1 4.5 |
| Totals | K 470 |
HBP 28 |
SH 39 |
SF 30 |
GDP 127 |
SB 13 |
CS 12 |
SB% .520 |
BAVG .270 |
OBP .349 |
SLG .409 |
AB/HR 34.5 |
AB/K 7.6 |
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CAREER FIELDING STATISTICS
| Year | Team | POS | G | PO | A | E | DP | FPCT |
| 1955 | CWS | C | 5 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1956 | CWS | C | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .800 |
| 1957 | CWS | C | 43 | 165 | 19 | 2 | 2 | .989 |
| 1958 | CWS | C | 49 | 220 | 27 | 3 | 6 | .988 |
| 1959 | CWS | C | 20 | 92 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .990 |
| 1960 | WAS | C | 136 | 749 | 65 | 15 | 10 | .982 |
| 1961 | MIN | C | 131 | 812 | 60 | 6 | 9 | .993 |
| 1962 | MIN | C | 147 | 872 | 82 | 9 | 9 | .991 |
| 1963 | MIN | C | 146 | 861 | 66 | 6 | 11 | .994 |
| 1964 | MIN | C | 125 | 813 | 52 | 9 | 4 | .990 |
| 1965 | MIN | C | 128 | 652 | 56 | 10 | 10 | .986 |
| 1966 | MIN | C | 113 | 705 | 45 | 4 | 9 | .995 |
| 1967 | MIN | C | 41 | 212 | 17 | 3 | 2 | .987 |
| G | PO | A | E | DP | FPCT | |||
| Totals | 1087 | 6176 | 501 | 69 | 73 | .990 | ||
| BATTING | PERCENTAGES | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YR 1962 1962 1963 1965 1966 |
TM Min Min Min Min Min |
LG AL AL AL AL AL |
G 1 1 1 1 1 |
AB 2 2 2 2 1 |
R 0 1 0 0 0 |
H 0 0 1 0 0 |
2B 0 0 0 0 0 |
3B 0 0 0 0 0 |
HR 0 0 0 0 0 |
RBI 0 0 1 0 0 |
TB 0 0 1 0 0 |
BB 0 1 0 0 1 |
K 0 0 0 0 1 |
SB 0 0 0 0 0 |
BAVG .000 .000 .500 .000 .000 |
SLG .000 .000 .500 .000 .000 |
AB/HR --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- |
AB/K --.- --.- --.- --.- 1.0 |
| Totals | G 5 |
AB 9 |
R 1 |
H 1 |
2B 0 |
3B 0 |
HR 0 |
RBI 1 |
TB 1 |
BB 2 |
K 1 |
SB 0 |
AVG .111 |
SLG .111 |
AB/HR --.- |
AB/K 9.0 |
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WORLD SERIES STATISTICS - BATTING
TOTALS
| BATTING | PERCENTAGES | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YR 1965 |
TM Min |
LG AL |
G 7 |
AB 25 |
R 1 |
H 3 |
2B 0 |
3B 1 |
HR 0 |
RBI 2 |
TB 5 |
BB 0 |
K 5 |
SB 0 |
BAVG .120 |
SLG .200 |
AB/HR --.- |
AB/K 5.0 |
| Totals | G 7 |
AB 25 |
R 1 |
H 3 |
2B 0 |
3B 1 |
HR 0 |
RBI 2 |
TB 5 |
BB 0 |
K 5 |
SB 0 |
AVG .120 |
SLG .200 |
AB/HR --.- |
AB/K 5.0 |
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| TEAM ABBREVIATION KEY | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YEARS 1955-1959 1960 1961-1967 |
TM Chi Was Min |
LG AL AL AL |
TEAM NAME Chicago White Sox Washington Senators Minnesota Twins |
LEAGUE NAME American League American League American League |
From 1961 through 1966 the durable Battey played in 805 of the Twins' first 970 games
despite injuries. Besides a perennial bad knee, several dislocated fingers, and a
goiter problem (at times he ballooned to 60 pounds over his listed weight), he twice
had cheekbones broken by pitched balls and wore a special helmet after 1962. In Game
Three of the 1965 WS, he ran into a neck-high crossbar in Dodger Stadium while
chasing a foul pop. He played the remainder of the series even though he could barely speak
or turn his head.
After his Twins career, he lived in a working class area of New York and was involved with the
Con Edison Yankees program for
underprivileged kids in the Yankee Stadium bleachers, till he moved
to Florida. He was a gentleman. He died of cancer at age 68 in Ocala, Florida.