Earl Battey
| Earl Battey | |||
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Battey in 1961.
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| Catcher | |||
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Born: January 5, 1935 Los Angeles, California |
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Died: November 15, 2003 (aged 68) Ocala, Florida |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 10, 1955, for the Chicago White Sox | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 27, 1967, for the Minnesota Twins | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .270 | ||
| Home runs | 104 | ||
| Runs batted in | 449 | ||
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Earl Jesse Battey, Jr. (January 5, 1935 – November 15, 2003) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Chicago White Sox (1955–1959), the Washington Senators (1960) and the Minnesota Twins (1961–1967). In the early 1960s, Battey was one of the top catchers in the American League, winning three consecutive Gold Glove Awards between 1960 and 1962.
Born in Los Angeles, Battey attended Jordan High School in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. He was signed as an amateur free agent by the Chicago White Sox prior to the 1953 season. Battey was assigned to the Colorado Springs Sky Sox in the Single-A Western League where he began his baseball career by hitting only a .158 batting average in 26 games. The White Sox demoted him to the Waterloo White Hawks in the B-level Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League and Battey responded with a .292 average and 11 home runs in 129 games. In 1955, Battey was promoted to the Triple-A Charleston Senators in the American Association where, he hit for a .269 batting average along with 8 home runs and 71 runs batted in. His performance earned him a promotion to the major leagues where he made his debut with the White Sox on September 10, 1955 at the age of 20.
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