League Leaders Who Led?
Earl Battey

Earl Battey

1955–1967  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  6'1", 205 lb  ·  b. 1935 Los Angeles, CA

Career 1,141 G · 969 H · 104 HR · 449 RBI · .270 AVG

Seasons leading his league
13
1 best in baseball 12 league only
29 Top-5 finishes
5 Title seasons
4 Categories led
1961 Best season

Spanning 1960–1965, peaking at 4 titles in 1961.

Led in Catcher Assists for 4 straight seasons (1960–1963) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 330th League titles 13
  • 1,845th Best in baseball 1
  • 973rd Top-5 finishes 29

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Catcher Assists 4 1st 4 yrs (1960–1963) 1960 AL 65 1961 AL 60 1962 AL 82 1963 AL 66 1965 #3
Catcher Putouts 4 1st 4 yrs (1960–1963) 1962 872 1960 AL 749 1961 AL 812 1963 AL 861 1966 #3
Catcher Range Factor 3 1st 3 yrs (1960–1962) 1960 AL 5.99 1961 AL 6.66 1962 AL 6.49 1963 #3 1966 #3
Catcher Double Plays 2 1st — 1961 AL 9 1965 AL 10 1960 #2 1962 #3 1963 #2 1966 #3
Catcher Fielding Percentage — #2 — 1961 #2 1963 #3 1966 #2

Title Seasons

5 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1965 1 C DP 10
1963 2 C PO 861 C A 66
1962 3 C PO 872 C A 82 C RF 6.49
1961 4 C PO 812 C A 60 C DP 9 C RF 6.66
1960 3 C PO 749 C A 65 C RF 5.99

Batting

13 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1955 CHA AL 5 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .286 .444 .286 .730
1956 CHA AL 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .250 .400 .250 .650
1957 CHA AL 48 115 12 20 2 3 3 6 11 38 0 .174 .246 .322 .568
1958 CHA AL 68 168 24 38 8 0 8 26 24 34 1 .226 .325 .417 .742
1959 CHA AL 26 64 9 14 1 2 2 7 8 13 0 .219 .306 .391 .696
1960 WS1 AL 137 466 49 126 24 2 15 60 48 68 4 .270 .346 .427 .773
1961 MIN AL 133 460 70 139 24 1 17 55 53 66 3 .302 .377 .470 .847
1962 MIN AL 148 522 58 146 20 3 11 57 57 48 0 .280 .348 .393 .741
1963 MIN AL 147 508 64 145 17 1 26 84 61 75 0 .285 .369 .476 .845
1964 MIN AL 131 405 33 110 17 1 12 52 51 49 1 .272 .348 .407 .756
1965 MIN AL 131 394 36 117 22 2 6 60 50 23 0 .297 .375 .409 .783
1966 MIN AL 115 364 30 93 12 1 4 34 43 30 4 .256 .337 .327 .664
1967 MIN AL 48 109 6 18 3 1 0 8 13 24 0 .165 .254 .211 .465
Career — — 1,141 3,586 393 969 150 17 104 449 421 470 13 .270 .349 .409 .757

Fielding

1 position
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1955 CHA AL C 5 2 20.0 19 2 0 0 21 1.000 4.20
1956 CHA AL C 3 1 11.1 4 0 1 0 5 .800 1.33
1957 CHA AL C 43 31 289.2 165 19 2 2 186 .989 4.28
1958 CHA AL C 49 41 380.1 220 27 3 6 250 .988 5.04
1959 CHA AL C 20 16 141.2 92 10 1 1 103 .990 5.10
1960 WS1 AL C 136 131 1178.0 749 65 15 10 829 .982 5.99
1961 MIN AL C 131 127 1119.2 812 60 6 9 878 .993 6.66
1962 MIN AL C 147 143 1241.0 872 82 9 9 963 .991 6.49
1963 MIN AL C 146 142 1236.2 861 66 6 11 933 .994 6.35
1964 MIN AL C 125 121 1022.2 813 52 9 4 874 .990 6.92
1965 MIN AL C 128 115 952.1 652 56 10 10 718 .986 5.53
1966 MIN AL C 113 113 903.1 705 45 4 9 754 .995 6.64
1967 MIN AL C 41 33 272.2 212 17 3 2 232 .987 5.59
Career — — C 1,087 1,016 8769.1 6,176 501 69 73 6,746 .990 6.14