Matt Batts

Matt Batts
Catcher
Born: October 16, 1921 (1921-10-16) (age 90) San Antonio, Texas
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 10, 1947 for the Boston Red Sox
Last MLB appearance
May 8, 1956 for the Cincinnati Reds
Career statistics
Batting average	.269
Home runs	26
Runs batted in	219
Teams
Boston Red Sox (1947–1951) St. Louis Browns (1951) Detroit Tigers (1952–1954) Chicago White Sox (1954) Cincinnati Reds (1955–1956)

Matthew Daniel Batts (born: October 16, 1921 in San Antonio, Texas) was a Major League Baseball catcher who played from 1947 through 1956 for the Boston Red Sox (1947–1951), St. Louis Browns (1951), Detroit Tigers (1952–1954), Chicago White Sox (1954) and Cincinnati Reds (1955–1956). Batts batted and threw right-handed. He is the uncle of former major leaguer Danny Heep.

A slap hitter and competent defensive catcher, Batts played a backup role over the course of his career. He was the starting catcher for the Detroit Tigers in 1953, appearing in 116 games while hitting .278 with a .985 fielding percentage in 514 chances.

On August 25, 1952, Batts, playing for the Tigers, caught the second of Virgil Trucks' two no-hitters.^[1]

In a ten-season career, Batts was a .269 hitter with 26 home runs and 219 RBI in 546 games.

References

1. ^ Listing on Retrosheet

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
• Baseball Library
• Encyclopedia of Baseball Catchers

Persondata
Name	Batts, Matt
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball player
Date of birth	October 16, 1921
Place of birth	San Antonio, Texas
Date of death
Place of death