Earl Battey
1955–1967 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Chicago White Sox, Minnesota Twins, Washington Senators (1901-60)
1,141G
.270AVG
.349OBP
.409SLG
More career statistics
969H
104HR
449RBI
13SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Doubles | 150 | 149 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 470 | 469 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,141 | 4,104 | 3,586 | 393 | 969 | 150 | 17 | 104 | 449 | 421 | 470 | 13 | 12 | 28 | 30 | 1,465 | .270 | .349 | .409 | .758 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1965-09-08 to 1965-09-19
25longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 2 triples | 1957-06-21 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 38 | 6 RBI | 1964-05-01 | 1 in 1,786 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 10 total bases | 1961-07-09 | 1 in 1,002 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 582 | 2077 | 489 | 52 | 222 | 217 | 218 | .271 | .340 | .405 |
| Away | 559 | 2027 | 480 | 52 | 227 | 204 | 251 | .269 | .337 | .412 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 106 | 404 | 95 | 11 | 50 | 41 | 51 | .272 | .337 | .413 |
| May | 199 | 712 | 166 | 18 | 83 | 73 | 78 | .268 | .336 | .385 |
| June | 208 | 711 | 157 | 20 | 77 | 63 | 86 | .248 | .309 | .410 |
| July | 215 | 783 | 184 | 25 | 85 | 81 | 95 | .270 | .338 | .429 |
| August | 210 | 774 | 193 | 12 | 87 | 84 | 75 | .286 | .358 | .409 |
| September | 197 | 699 | 167 | 18 | 67 | 77 | 82 | .275 | .349 | .405 |
| October | 6 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .368 | .429 | .368 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kansas-city-athletics | 149 | 552 | 133 | 16 | 74 | 54 | 69 | .275 | .339 | .430 |
| new-york-yankees | 136 | 478 | 105 | 6 | 47 | 40 | 52 | .246 | .303 | .361 |
| cleveland-guardians | 136 | 484 | 101 | 13 | 52 | 60 | 54 | .246 | .333 | .389 |
| boston-red-sox | 135 | 480 | 108 | 16 | 73 | 61 | 64 | .267 | .352 | .436 |
| baltimore-orioles | 129 | 462 | 99 | 10 | 36 | 44 | 60 | .245 | .310 | .366 |
| chicago-white-sox | 115 | 430 | 118 | 11 | 47 | 39 | 40 | .306 | .365 | .442 |
| detroit-tigers | 114 | 426 | 112 | 13 | 49 | 43 | 50 | .299 | .364 | .452 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 96 | 355 | 86 | 9 | 34 | 41 | 28 | .280 | .358 | .404 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 |  Chicago White Sox | 5 | 7 | 2 | – | – | – | .286 | – | – |
| 1956 | Chicago White Sox | 4 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | .250 | – | – |
| 1957 | Chicago White Sox | 48 | 115 | 20 | 3 | 6 | – | .174 | – | – |
| 1958 | Chicago White Sox | 68 | 168 | 38 | 8 | 26 | 1 | .226 | – | – |
| 1959 | Chicago White Sox | 26 | 64 | 14 | 2 | 7 | – | .219 | – | – |
| 1960 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 137 | 466 | 126 | 15 | 60 | 4 | .270 | – | – |
| 1961 |  Minnesota Twins | 133 | 460 | 139 | 17 | 55 | 3 | .302 | – | – |
| 1962 | Minnesota Twins | 148 | 522 | 146 | 11 | 57 | – | .280 | – | – |
| 1963 | Minnesota Twins | 147 | 508 | 145 | 26 | 84 | – | .285 | – | – |
| 1964 | Minnesota Twins | 131 | 405 | 110 | 12 | 52 | 1 | .272 | – | – |
| 1965 | Minnesota Twins | 131 | 394 | 117 | 6 | 60 | – | .297 | – | – |
| 1966 | Minnesota Twins | 115 | 364 | 93 | 4 | 34 | 4 | .255 | – | – |
| 1967 | Minnesota Twins | 48 | 109 | 18 | – | 8 | – | .165 | – | – |