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Name Team Age
Sam Batton Retired (1991, Age 39) Died (2027, Age 75)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 2
(1970)		 2B R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Reggie Smith League 0 18 years (47 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
70 53 85
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
69 64 67
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
77 79 12
Endurance Velocity Control
55 2 15
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
58 100 100
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
35 0 8/24/1952
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
1 2 6
Alt Pos (SS) Alt Pos (1B) Alt Pos (---)
3 (3.4 %) 2 (2.9 %) 0 (0.0 %)

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Year Type   Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1970 Minors 74.00 11 / 14 5 / 7 2 / 9 8 / 20 6 / 12 8 / 8 4 / 4 44 / 74
1971 Minors 72.00 5 / 11 4 / 10 0 / 7 3 / 14 6 / 10 11 / 11 8 / 9 37 / 72
1972 Minors 62.00 3 / 11 7 / 13 2 / 6 3 / 4 3 / 8 8 / 12 7 / 8 33 / 62
1973 Minors 60.00 4 / 9 5 / 10 5 / 14 0 / 5 7 / 8 6 / 9 3 / 5 30 / 60
1973 Majors 3.45 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 2 1 / 3
1974 Majors 64.04 3 / 16 2 / 9 1 / 7 1 / 9 3 / 8 3 / 6 3 / 9 16 / 64
1975 Majors 65.01 1 / 3 3 / 11 1 / 10 1 / 7 4 / 11 1 / 9 7 / 14 18 / 65
1976 Majors 53.07 1 / 7 1 / 3 0 / 11 1 / 7 5 / 11 3 / 7 4 / 7 15 / 53
1977 Majors 64.24 1 / 7 2 / 10 0 / 7 0 / 13 1 / 9 3 / 9 4 / 9 11 / 64
1978 Majors 64.85 1 / 7 2 / 11 3 / 9 0 / 13 2 / 9 0 / 8 3 / 7 11 / 64
1979 Majors 66.07 159 140 3 1 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 11 0 / 4 1 / 12 2 / 10 2 / 13 6 / 66
1980 Majors 65.17 162 142 0 0 / 10 1 / 11 1 / 7 0 / 8 2 / 6 1 / 13 0 / 10 5 / 65
1981 Majors 64.54 162 142 0 0 / 12 0 / 12 0 / 11 0 / 10 0 / 5 1 / 9 0 / 5 1 / 64
1982 Majors 55.99 141 124 21 0 / 7 0 / 11 0 / 6 0 / 10 0 / 4 0 / 6 0 / 11 0 / 55
1983 Majors 64.54 162 142 0 0 / 14 0 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 11 0 / 6 0 / 9 0 / 9 0 / 64
1984 Majors 59.37 148 131 14 0 / 13 0 / 11 0 / 5 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 4 0 / 59
1985 Majors 66.26 162 142 0 1 / 9 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 11 0 / 10 0 / 12 0 / 7 1 / 66
1986 Majors 61.26 150 131 10 -2 / 9 -6 / 10 -2 / 8 -1 / 10 -2 / 7 -2 / 9 -4 / 8 -19 / 61
1987 Majors 65.98 162 142 0 -4 / 10 -3 / 10 -2 / 9 0 / 10 -6 / 13 -1 / 5 -3 / 8 -19 / 65
1988 Majors 65.61 162 139 0 -1 / 11 -2 / 17 -1 / 6 -3 / 6 -1 / 9 -1 / 7 -1 / 9 -10 / 65
1989 Majors 66.28 162 139 0 -1 / 11 -2 / 15 -2 / 10 -7 / 6 0 / 5 -2 / 15 0 / 4 -14 / 66
1990 Majors 66.28 162 139 0 -1 / 10 -3 / 6 -3 / 12 -4 / 7 -8 / 10 -1 / 11 -2 / 10 -22 / 66
1991 Majors 47.19 162 56 0 -1 / 15 -2 / 6 -3 / 1 -6 / 7 -6 / 8 -3 / 4 -2 / 6 -23 / 47
Total 2056 1709 48 22 / 223 14 / 220 2 / 181 -4 / 201 17 / 189 37 / 198 34 / 178 122 / 1390
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1991-11-01Sam Batton has retired from the Chicago Werebears
1991-04-01The Chicago Werebears have removed Sam Batton from the trade block.
1990-08-24Sam Batton collected his 3000th career hit.
1989-05-02The Chicago Werebears have placed Sam Batton on the trade block.
1986-06-28Sam Batton of the Chicago Werebears is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
1986-04-25A trade has been completed between the Chicago Werebears and the New York Mess. The New York Mess receive Draft Pick 1987 Round 1 MIL (Don Gately), Draft Pick 1987 Round 1 CHA (Michael Pemulis) from the Chicago Werebears in exchange for Joe Grover, Sam Batton, Damian Golden.
1984-07-16Sam Batton of the New York JazzHeads is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1982-06-21Sam Batton of the New York Mets is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1979-09-21Sam Batton of the New York Mets is injured and is expected to be out 3 days.
1976-06-30Sam Batton of the New York Mets is injured and is expected to be out 38 days.
1973-09-22The New York Mets have promoted Sam Batton to the major league team.