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Kevin Brown League
3-28-2195
Jim Batsch Center Field
Retired (1964, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .246 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .674 Status Deceased (2009) Option Years 0  
H 961 Age at Death 82 Date of Birth 04-25-1927
HR 72 Drafted Round 2, Pick 19
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 11 years
(42 games)
RBI 369
SB 91 Salary $0.50M Final Contract Year 1964
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B  Contact vs. L A  Endurance B-   Ldrship A-
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L C- Velocity F    Mentor vR B-
Speed B+ Bunt B- Control D-   Mentor vL B-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range A+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm D+ WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health B- LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 1
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1950 Minors 23 64.00 4 / 7 6 / 6 6 / 9 7 / 8 0 / 10 6 / 6 17 / 18 46 / 64
1951 Minors 24 30.00 2 / 4 4 / 5 5 / 5 1 / 4 0 / 2 7 / 7 1 / 3 20 / 30
1951 Majors 24 6.64 41 3 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 3 / 4 5 / 6
1952 Minors 25 42.00 3 / 4 6 / 10 4 / 6 1 / 1 2 / 11 4 / 6 3 / 4 23 / 42
1953 Majors 26 54.76 127 102 35 4 / 10 2 / 8 4 / 6 4 / 5 0 / 5 7 / 12 8 / 8 29 / 54
1954 Majors 27 31.52 162 25 0 2 / 4 2 / 6 2 / 4 1 / 2 0 / 6 0 / 0 3 / 9 10 / 31
1955 Majors 28 33.08 162 40 0 2 / 4 3 / 6 3 / 4 1 / 4 0 / 4 3 / 7 0 / 4 12 / 33
1956 Majors 29 28.53 147 21 15 0 / 2 1 / 3 1 / 4 1 / 3 0 / 3 1 / 10 0 / 3 4 / 28
1957 Majors 30 40.40 162 57 0 0 / 6 0 / 2 1 / 5 1 / 6 0 / 6 1 / 8 0 / 7 3 / 40
1958 Majors 31 49.63 150 66 12 2 / 11 1 / 4 0 / 7 0 / 3 0 / 6 0 / 4 0 / 14 3 / 49
1959 Majors 32 47.05 137 73 25 0 / 7 0 / 10 0 / 4 1 / 7 0 / 5 1 / 8 0 / 6 2 / 47
1960 Majors 33 65.25 162 144 0 0 / 11 0 / 6 0 / 11 1 / 9 0 / 9 0 / 5 0 / 14 1 / 65
1961 Majors 34 65.78 162 144 0 -1 / 10 -3 / 13 -3 / 8 -6 / 7 -6 / 8 -4 / 8 -2 / 11 -25 / 65
1962 Majors 35 63.96 156 140 7 -3 / 1 0 / 7 -1 / 13 -2 / 10 -10 / 7 -1 / 12 -1 / 13 -18 / 63
1963 Majors 36 65.78 162 144 0 -4 / 8 -7 / 12 1 / 13 -6 / 9 -7 / 9 -1 / 9 -1 / 5 -25 / 65
1964 Majors 37 17.00 0 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 5 0 / 17
Total 1730 959 94 11 / 93 16 / 99 23 / 103 6 / 81 -21 / 92 24 / 103 31 / 128 90 / 699
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1964-11-01Jim Batsch has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1962-07-29Jim Batsch of the Boston Red Sox is injured and is expected to be out 8 days.
1959-05-20Jim Batsch of the Boston Red Sox is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
1958-09-18Jim Batsch of the Boston Red Sox is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1956-07-10Jim Batsch of the Boston Red Sox is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1956-03-29The Boston Red Sox have promoted Jorge Swigart to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have promoted Evan Pickrel to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have promoted Kenny Gallagher to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have promoted Jim Batsch to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have promoted Barney Tobin to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have promoted Denny Heffner to the major league team.
1956-03-29Jim Batsch has signed with the Boston Red Sox for $0.55M per year for 8 years.
1953-06-25Jim Batsch of the Boston Red Sox is injured and is expected to be out 41 days.
1953-03-31The Boston Red Sox have promoted Herman Thomas to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have promoted Tom Ewing to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have promoted Nestor Kravec to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have promoted Cecil Rambert to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have promoted Jim Batsch to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have promoted Bob Willis to the major league team.
1952-04-04The Boston Red Sox have promoted Charlie Flynn to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have sent Jim Batsch to the minors.
1952-04-04The Boston Red Sox have promoted Jim Batsch to the major league team.
1951-09-07The Boston Red Sox have sent Jim Batsch to the minors. The Boston Red Sox have designated Eddie Moskiman for assignment. The Boston Red Sox have sent Kenny Gallagher to the minors.
1951-07-23The Boston Red Sox have promoted Charlie Flynn to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have promoted Eddie Moskiman to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have promoted Jim Batsch to the major league team.