Matt Batts
1947–1956 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns
546G
.269AVG
.329OBP
.391SLG
More career statistics
432H
26HR
219RBI
6SB
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 · Caught stealing | 4 | 3 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 163 | 165 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,772 | 1,771 |
| Batting · RBI | 219 | 220 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 6 | 7 |
| Batting · Walks | 143 | 142 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 546 | 1,772 | 1,605 | 163 | 432 | 95 | 11 | 26 | 219 | 143 | 163 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 627 | .269 | .329 | .391 | .720 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1951-08-16 to 1951-08-31
11longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1954-09-06 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1951-08-18 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 10 total bases | 1953-08-08 | 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 | 252 | 847 | 227 | 13 | 119 | 55 | 75 | .291 | .333 | .415 |
| Away | 294 | 924 | 205 | 13 | 101 | 87 | 90 | .248 | .316 | .367 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 47 | 141 | 32 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 14 | .248 | .305 | .333 |
| May | 80 | 258 | 67 | 4 | 30 | 23 | 25 | .289 | .349 | .409 |
| June | 89 | 277 | 68 | 4 | 35 | 26 | 22 | .275 | .339 | .429 |
| July | 121 | 407 | 100 | 6 | 56 | 33 | 39 | .271 | .327 | .379 |
| August | 119 | 425 | 105 | 6 | 56 | 33 | 35 | .272 | .325 | .399 |
| September | 89 | 262 | 60 | 5 | 32 | 16 | 30 | .249 | .290 | .369 |
| October | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 78 | 247 | 59 | 3 | 22 | 22 | 19 | .265 | .328 | .359 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 75 | 258 | 61 | 3 | 46 | 20 | 23 | .261 | .314 | .419 |
| chicago-white-sox | 68 | 206 | 47 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 18 | .253 | .320 | .366 |
| new-york-yankees | 68 | 203 | 54 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 24 | .283 | .315 | .382 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 66 | 219 | 51 | 5 | 36 | 22 | 20 | .264 | .333 | .409 |
| st-louis-browns | 53 | 192 | 43 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 17 | .249 | .307 | .370 |
| detroit-tigers | 52 | 172 | 46 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 12 | .295 | .337 | .468 |
| boston-red-sox | 48 | 172 | 52 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 17 | .333 | .390 | .429 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 |  Boston Red Sox | 7 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 5 | – | .500 | – | – |
| 1948 | Boston Red Sox | 46 | 118 | 37 | 1 | 24 | – | .314 | – | – |
| 1949 | Boston Red Sox | 60 | 157 | 38 | 3 | 31 | 1 | .242 | – | – |
| 1950 | Boston Red Sox | 75 | 238 | 65 | 4 | 34 | – | .273 | – | – |
| 1951 | Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns | 90 | 277 | 79 | 5 | 33 | 3 | .285 | – | – |
| 1952 |  Detroit Tigers | 56 | 173 | 41 | 3 | 14 | 1 | .237 | – | – |
| 1953 | Detroit Tigers | 116 | 374 | 104 | 6 | 42 | 2 | .278 | – | – |
| 1954 | Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers | 67 | 179 | 42 | 3 | 24 | – | .235 | – | – |
| 1955 |  Cincinnati Reds | 26 | 71 | 18 | – | 13 | – | .254 | – | – |
| 1956 | Cincinnati Reds | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |