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Matt Batts

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 200lb (180cm, 90kg)

Born: October 16, 1921 in San Antonio, TX us

Died: July 14, 2013 in Baton Rouge, LA

Buried: Cremated

High School: San Antonio Technology Academy (San Antonio, TX)

School: Baylor University (Waco, TX)

Debut: September 10, 1947 (Age 25-329d, 10,347th in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 8, 1956 (Age 34-205d)
vs. NYG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Matthew Daniel Batts

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Relatives: Uncle of Danny Heep

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.9

1605

432

.269

163

RBI

219

OBP

.329

SLG

.391

OPS

.720

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	26-33 / in Starts: 23-15
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	20 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 5 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 183 PAs	31
Actual Runners on Base	140 (65-44-31) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 183 PAs	20
Avg. Runners on Base	123 (64-39-19)

Most Driven In
B Doerr	6
B Goodman	5
A Zarilla	4
B Hitchcock	3
Self	3
T O'Brien	2
V Stephens	2
S Mele	0

Most Driven In By
J Pesky	6
D DiMaggio	5
Self	3
C Stobbs	1
B Tebbetts	1
M McDermott	1
S Spence	1
M Parnell	1

1949 Batting Game Log

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1949 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	54	1	Apr 19	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.82	-0.080	7.24	-0.12%	-0.24	PH
2	55	2	Apr 20	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8						C
3	56	4 (1)	Apr 22	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8						C
4	57	10 (5)	Apr 29	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-7	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.07	-0.002	.20	0.00%	-0.25	C
5	58	11	Apr 30	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	9	3.15	0.097	8.37	0.16%	0.67	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	59	13 (1)	May 3	BOS	@	DET	T,14-14	CG(13)	7	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.400	.143	.543	8	1.32	-0.037	3.19	-0.05%	0.42	C
7	60	14	May 4	BOS	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.385	.111	.496	8	.68	0.016	1.64	0.02%	0.03	C
8	61	15	May 5	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.412	.167	.578	8	.68	-0.064	1.49	-0.08%	-0.33	C
9	62	16	May 7	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG(12)	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.409	.294	.703	8	1.40	0.096	2.92	0.12%	0.09	C
10	63	17	May 8 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,10-6	CG(13)	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.182	.379	.227	.607	8	1.74	-0.195	2.84	-0.19%	-0.70	C
11	64	18	May 8 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-3	GS-8	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.394	.308	.702	8	1.63	0.241	2.82	0.25%	1.25	C
12	65	19	May 10	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.207	.378	.276	.654	8	1.59	-0.154	3.02	-0.18%	-0.96	C
13	66	22 (2)	May 14	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.368	.267	.635	8	3.34	-0.093	6.59	-0.11%	-0.37	C
14	67	33 (10)	May 26	BOS		SLB	W,7-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.368	.267	.635	8						C
15	68	37 (3)	May 30 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.212	.366	.273	.639	8	1.89	-0.051	5.38	-0.09%	-0.48	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	69	39 (1)	Jun 2	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-8	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.381	.294	.675	8	.24	0.010	.71	0.02%	0.66	C
17	70	41 (1)	Jun 4	BOS	@	DET	L,9-10	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.237	.383	.289	.672	8						C
18	71	42	Jun 5 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.392	.366	.758	8	.91	0.301	2.11	0.42%	1.84	C
19	72	43	Jun 5 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,5-11	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.238	.385	.357	.742	9	.74	-0.027	1.84	-0.04%	-0.94	PH C
20	73	44	Jun 6	BOS	@	DET	W,10-9	GS-8	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.411	.378	.788	8	1.35	0.060	2.93	0.08%	0.18	C
21	74	45	Jun 7	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.250	.390	.354	.744	8	1.01	0.037	2.01	0.04%	0.40	C
22	75	46	Jun 8	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.381	.346	.727	8	1.01	-0.047	2.09	-0.06%	-0.50	C
23	76	48 (1)	Jun 10	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.245	.375	.340	.715	9	3.98	-0.177	7.22	-0.19%	-1.19	PH
24	77	50 (1)	Jun 12 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0			0	0	0	.232	.368	.321	.689	8						C
25	78	52 (1)	Jun 15	BOS		CLE	L,5-8	8-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.377	.351	.728	8	3.07	0.217	5.33	0.23%	1.10	C
26	79	55 (2)	Jun 17 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,10-8	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.397	.417	.814	8	.33	0.149	.41	0.11%	2.46	C
27	80	57 (1)	Jun 19	BOS		CHW	W,9-2	CG	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.408	.410	.818	8	.80	0.020	1.33	0.02%	0.38	C
28	81	60 (2)	Jun 22	BOS		DET	L,4-13	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.403	.403	.806	9	1.90	-0.045	4.89	-0.07%	-0.51	PH
29	82	61	Jun 23	BOS		SLB	W,7-0	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.395	.409	.804	8	.39	0.076	.73	0.09%	1.17	C
30	83	64 (2)	Jun 26	BOS		SLB	W,5-3	CG	4	3	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.275	.412	.435	.847	8	1.23	0.229	3.15	0.35%	1.78	C
31	84	65	Jun 28	BOS		NYY	L,4-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.416	.458	.874	8	1.71	0.098	6.88	0.24%	0.82	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	85	69 (3)	Jul 2	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.402	.440	.842	8	.92	-0.070	1.37	-0.06%	-0.51	C
33	86	70	Jul 3	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.398	.434	.832	9	.07	-0.002	.08	0.00%	-0.16	PH
34	87	71	Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.394	.429	.822	9	5.00	-0.150	6.39	-0.12%	-0.62	PH
35	88	72	Jul 4 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG(8)	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.388	.413	.800	8	1.43	-0.102	1.54	-0.07%	-0.98	C
36	89	73	Jul 5	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.259	.388	.412	.800	8	.91	0.025	.68	0.01%	0.22	C
37	90	75 (1)	Jul 7 susp	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.398	.409	.807	8	.57	0.080	.45	0.04%	0.54	C
38	91	79 (3)	Jul 10 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,11-10	CG(8)	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.393	.413	.806	8	.48	0.074	.72	0.07%	0.95	C
39	92	84 (4)	Jul 17 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.383	.400	.783	8	1.46	-0.090	2.29	-0.09%	-0.77	C
40	93	85	Jul 18	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-1	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.378	.394	.772	8	1.98	-0.060	3.75	-0.07%	-0.91	C
41	94	87 (1)	Jul 20	BOS	@	CHW	L,7-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.378	.394	.772	8						C
42	95	89 (1)	Jul 23	BOS	@	SLB	W,16-5	CG	6	6	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.267	.384	.410	.794	8						C
43	96	91 (1)	Jul 24 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.266	.380	.404	.784	8						C
44	97	92	Jul 26	BOS		CHW	W,11-2	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.383	.396	.780	8	.84	-0.051	1.32	-0.05%	-0.16	C
45	98	96 (3)	Jul 29 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,3-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.380	.391	.771	8	.84	-0.061	2.44	-0.11%	-1.02	C
46	99	97	Jul 30	BOS		CLE	L,6-10	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.384	.397	.781	9	3.16	0.102	7.25	0.14%	1.00	PH
47	100	98	Jul 31	BOS		CLE	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.376	.387	.762	8	.73	-0.055	1.62	-0.07%	-0.83	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
48	101	100 (1)	Aug 2	BOS		SLB	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.260	.372	.407	.779	8	1.29	0.135	3.08	0.19%	1.34	C
49	102	105 (4)	Aug 7	BOS		DET	L,4-6	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.369	.402	.771	8	1.27	-0.051	4.35	-0.11%	-0.84	C
50	103	110 (4)	Aug 12 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,13-11	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.262	.377	.400	.777	8	1.28	0.091	4.71	0.20%	1.03	C
51	104	113 (2)	Aug 14 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,13-4	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.371	.400	.771	7	.46	-0.079	1.89	-0.20%	0.05	C
52	105	123 (9)	Aug 26 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,10-7	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.257	.366	.393	.759	8						C
53	106	124	Aug 27	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-2	4-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.252	.359	.385	.744	8	.95	-0.055	6.48	-0.23%	-1.21	C
54	107	126 (1)	Aug 29 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.357	.382	.739	9	1.27	-0.036	7.56	-0.13%	-0.51	PH
55	108	127	Aug 29 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.355	.374	.729	8	1.10	-0.024	6.04	-0.08%	-0.03	C
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
56	109	135 (7)	Sep 5 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,12-2	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.243	.350	.375	.725	8	.45	0.021	3.55	0.10%	-0.67	C
57	110	136	Sep 7	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.348	.373	.721	9	.43	-0.011	6.13	-0.10%	-0.17	PH
58	111	140 (3)	Sep 11 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-4	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.354	.374	.728	8	.91	0.060	7.55	0.30%	0.41	C
59	112	150 (9)	Sep 26	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.352	.372	.723	8	2.85	-0.073	89.41	-1.37%	-0.79	PH C
60	113	154 (3)	Oct 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.350	.369	.719	9	2.17	-0.055	98.07	-1.49%	-0.17	PH
							26-33		183	157	23	38	9	1	3	31	25	0	22	1	0		3	5	1	0	.242	.350	.369	.719		1.19	0.238	4.09	-2.31%	2.02

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