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Kevin Brown League
3-28-2195
John Bateman Catcher
Retired (1958, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .219 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .562 Status Deceased (2010) Option Years 0  
H 185 Age at Death 86 Date of Birth 08-08-1924
HR 11 Drafted Round 1, Pick 16
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 6 years
(53 games)
RBI 74
SB 0 Salary $0.53M Final Contract Year 1958
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C  Contact vs. L B  Endurance B-   Ldrship B-
Power vs. R B  Power vs. L B  Velocity D    Mentor vR C+
Speed C  Bunt D+ Control D-   Mentor vL C+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * A+ (100%) SS --- Range C- WS Rings 1
1B D- (7.0%) LF --- Arm A+ WS Appearances 3
2B --- CF ---   Health B+ LCS Appearances 4
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1950 LHP 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
1950 RHP 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
1952 LHP 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
1952 RHP 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .143 .143 .000 .000 .000
1953 LHP 39 95 23 4 0 0 7 3 18 .554 .270 .284 .042 .242
1953 RHP 100 271 59 11 0 2 16 18 73 .549 .269 .280 .063 .218
1954 LHP 37 75 20 3 0 2 14 7 15 .716 .329 .387 .120 .267
1954 RHP 48 134 21 3 0 1 9 7 24 .400 .199 .201 .045 .157
1955 LHP 34 78 17 1 1 3 10 5 18 .637 .265 .372 .154 .218
1955 RHP 32 89 24 5 0 1 7 4 19 .657 .298 .360 .090 .270
1956 LHP 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
1957 LHP 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
1957 RHP 5 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 .400 .200 .200 .000 .200
1958 LHP 10 20 8 1 0 2 6 2 6 1.205 .455 .750 .350 .400
1958 RHP 25 65 12 2 0 0 3 5 19 .465 .250 .215 .031 .185
Total LHP 125 273 68 9 1 7 37 17 59 .661 .295 .366 .117 .249
Total RHP 218 571 117 21 0 4 37 35 137 .515 .252 .263 .058 .205
Total 281 844 185 30 1 11 74 52 196 .562 .266 .296 .077 .219
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1958-11-01John Bateman has retired from the Pittsburgh Pounders
1954-03-29The Pittsburgh Pounders have promoted John Bateman to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pounders have promoted Dylan Burke to the major league team.
1954-03-29John Bateman has signed with the Pittsburgh Pounders for $0.53M per year for 5 years.
1953-03-31The Los Angeles Mudd Soxs have promoted John Bateman to the major league team.
1953-03-30John Bateman has signed with the Los Angeles Mudd Soxs for $0.5M per year for 1 year.
1952-08-26The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Kid Gleason to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have designated John Bateman for assignment.
1952-08-23The Philadelphia Thunder have re-claimed John Bateman from the waiver wire.
1952-08-23The Philadelphia Thunder have designated John Bateman for assignment.
1952-07-16The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted John Bateman to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have sent Cleatus Mattern to the minors.
1951-03-28The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Vern Land to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Steve Barber to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Harry Leonard to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have sent John Bateman to the minors. The Philadelphia Thunder have sent Joel Pendleton to the minors. The Philadelphia Thunder have sent Puchy McCann to the minors.
1951-03-28The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Mike Ryan to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Roy Church to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Greg Marlowe to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Cleatus Mattern to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Rod Barone to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Charlie Lawrence to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Doc Swentor to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted John Bateman to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Andy Whited to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Puchy McCann to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted George Urban to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Bernie Stewart to the major league team.
1950-06-05The Philadelphia Thunder have sent Mike Ryan to the minors. The Philadelphia Thunder have sent John Bateman to the minors.
1950-05-16The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Tomokazu Martinez to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted John Bateman to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Mike Ryan to the major league team.
1950-03-30The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Bunny Scoffic to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have sent John Bateman to the minors.
1950-03-27The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted John Bateman to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have sent Carlos Montgomery to the minors.
1950-03-27The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Pat Thomas to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Jeff Ardell to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Miguel Cole to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have sent Jim McKinney to the minors. The Philadelphia Thunder have sent Rod Barone to the minors. The Philadelphia Thunder have sent John Bateman to the minors.
1950-03-27The Philadelphia Thunder have renamed Hub DeTore to John Bateman.
1950-03-25The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Rip Castillo to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Whitey Heimueller to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Ollie Warwick to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Billy Knode to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Carl Giusti to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Jack Morales to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Charlie Mee to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Roy Church to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Bernie Stewart to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Greg Marlowe to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Bob Long to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Tommy Flood to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Rod Barone to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Dan Beazley to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted George Drew to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Harry Bragan to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Jim McKinney to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Puchy McCann to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Andy Whited to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Charlie Lawrence to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Carlos Montgomery to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Cleatus Mattern to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Hub DeTore to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Bill Breitenstein to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Al Solters to the major league team.