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Earl Battey played 13 major-league seasons (1955-1967) as a C (1,087). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 13 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 20 | CHA | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .286 | .730 | 106 |
| 1956 | 21 | CHA | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .650 | 80 |
| 1957 | 22 | CHA | 48 | 115 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 38 | .174 | .568 | 59 |
| 1958 | 23 | CHA | 68 | 168 | 24 | 38 | 8 | 26 | 1 | 24 | 34 | .226 | .742 | 109 |
| 1959 | 24 | CHA | 26 | 64 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 13 | .219 | .696 | 96 |
| 1960 | 25 | WS1 | 137 | 466 | 49 | 126 | 15 | 60 | 4 | 48 | 68 | .270 | .773 | 115 |
| 1961 | 26 | MIN | 133 | 460 | 70 | 139 | 17 | 55 | 3 | 53 | 66 | .302 | .847 | 133 |
| 1962 | 27 | MIN | 148 | 522 | 58 | 146 | 11 | 57 | 0 | 57 | 48 | .280 | .741 | 106 |
| 1963 | 28 | MIN | 147 | 508 | 64 | 145 | 26 | 84 | 0 | 61 | 75 | .285 | .845 | 143 |
| 1964 | 29 | MIN | 131 | 405 | 33 | 110 | 12 | 52 | 1 | 51 | 49 | .272 | .756 | 117 |
| 1965 | 30 | MIN | 131 | 394 | 36 | 117 | 6 | 60 | 0 | 50 | 23 | .297 | .783 | 130 |
| 1966 | 31 | MIN | 115 | 364 | 30 | 93 | 4 | 34 | 4 | 43 | 30 | .255 | .664 | 98 |
| 1967 | 32 | MIN | 48 | 109 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 24 | .165 | .465 | 43 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | C | 5 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | C | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1957 | C | 43 | 31 | 165 | 19 | 2 | 2 |
| 1958 | C | 49 | 41 | 220 | 27 | 3 | 6 |
| 1959 | C | 20 | 16 | 92 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 1960 | C | 136 | 131 | 749 | 65 | 15 | 10 |
| 1961 | C | 131 | 127 | 812 | 60 | 6 | 9 |
| 1962 | C | 147 | 143 | 872 | 82 | 9 | 9 |
| 1963 | C | 146 | 142 | 861 | 66 | 6 | 11 |
| 1964 | C | 125 | 121 | 813 | 52 | 9 | 4 |
| 1965 | C | 128 | 115 | 652 | 56 | 10 | 10 |
| 1966 | C | 113 | 113 | 705 | 45 | 4 | 9 |
| 1967 | C | 41 | 33 | 212 | 17 | 3 | 2 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Earl Battey won: Gold Glove 1960 (AL), Gold Glove 1961 (AL), Gold Glove 1962 (AL), TSN All-Star 1962 (AL), TSN All-Star 1965 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (3 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1965, 1963, 1960.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 8 | 57 / 336 | 0 |
| 1963 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 7 | 57 / 280 | 0 |
| 1965 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 10 | 22 / 280 | 0 |
Earl Battey ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #83 | catchers | 1963 | 143 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.