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Tony Batista
Leocadio Batista

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.

Debut June 3, 1996
  vs. KCR 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Born December 9, 1973 in Puerto Plata, D.R.

Signed by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1991. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1996 22 OAK AL  74  238   38   71  10  2   6   25   7  3  19  49  .298  .350  .433   96  103   0   2   0   1   2 RoY-7
 1997 23 OAK AL  68  188   22   38  10  1   4   18   2  2  14  31  .202  .265  .330   57   62   3   0   0   2   8
 1998 24 ARI NL 106  293   46   80  16  1  18   41   1  1  18  52  .273  .318  .519  116  152   0   4   0   3   7
 1999 25 TOT    142  519   77  144  30  1  31  100   4  0  38  96  .277  .330  .518  111  269   3   7   4   6  12
         ARI NL  44  144   16   37   5  0   5   21   2  0  16  17  .257  .335  .396   84   57   0   2   3   2   1
         TOR AL  98  375   61  107  25  1  26   79   2  0  22  79  .285  .328  .565  122  212   3   5   1   4  11
 2000 26 TOR AL 154  620   96  163  32  2  41  114   5  4  35 121  .263  .307  .519  102  322   0   3   1   6  15 AS
 2001 27 TOT AL 156  579   70  138  27  6  25   87   5  2  32 113  .238  .280  .435   87  252   0   7   2   4   9
         TOR AL  72  271   29   56  11  1  13   45   0  1  13  66  .207  .251  .399   67  108   0   3   1   4   2
         BAL AL  84  308   41   82  16  5  12   42   5  1  19  47  .266  .305  .468  105  144   0   4   1   0   7
 2002 28 BAL AL 161  615   90  150  36  1  31   87   5  4  50 107  .244  .309  .457  105  281   0   6   9  11  13 AS
 2003 29 BAL AL 161  631   76  148  20  1  26   99   4  3  28 102  .235  .270  .393   73  248   0   6   4   5  20
 2004 30 MON NL 157  606   76  146  30  2  32  110  14  6  26  78  .241  .272  .455   80  276   4  10   4   4  14
 2006 32 MIN AL  50  178   24   42  12  0   5   21   0  1  15  27  .236  .303  .388   79   69   0   0   1   2   5
 2007 33 WSN NL  80  101   10   26   3  0   2   16   0  0  12  14  .257  .347  .347   86   35   0   2   3   3   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons    1309 4568  625 1146 226 17 221  718  47 26 287 790  .251  .299  .453   92 2069  10  47  28  47 109
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        565   77  142  28  2  27   89   6  3  36  98  .251  .299  .453   92  256   1   6   3   6  13
 Career High    161  631   96  163  36  6  41  114  14  6  50 121  .298  .350  .519  116  322   4  10   9  11  20
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1996 22 OAK AL  260  174   37   5.7   117| .298  .278| .350  .352| .433  .447| .783  .799|  96  .509  -1.8  -0.2  70%
 1997 23 OAK AL  207  163   15   2.5   105| .202  .266| .265  .335| .330  .421| .595  .757|  57  .205 -12.1  -1.1  50%
 1998 24 ARI NL  318  225   47   5.6   107| .273  .269| .318  .339| .519  .424| .837  .764| 116  .565   5.4   0.5  50%
 1999 25 TOT     573  397   88   5.9   115| .277  .276| .330  .350| .518  .443| .848  .793| 111  .543   6.8   0.6 100%
         ARI NL  164  110   21   5.1   117| .257  .277| .335  .352| .396  .446| .731  .798|  84  .482  -3.6  -0.3 100%
         TOR AL  409  287   67   6.2   115| .285  .276| .328  .349| .565  .442| .893  .791| 122  .564  10.4   0.9 100%
 2000 26 TOR AL  664  479   94   5.2   118| .263  .280| .307  .353| .519  .450| .826  .803| 102  .475  -2.6  -0.2  55%
 2001 27 TOT AL  622  459   70   4.1   105| .238  .265| .280  .332| .435  .426| .715  .758|  87  .403 -13.5  -1.3  71%
         TOR AL  291  221   27   3.3   109| .207  .270| .251  .337| .399  .433| .650  .770|  67  .310 -14.7  -1.4   0%
         BAL AL  331  238   43   4.8   103| .266  .261| .305  .327| .468  .420| .773  .747| 105  .479   1.2   0.1  83%
 2002 28 BAL AL  682  488   85   4.6   101| .244  .258| .309  .325| .457  .416| .766  .741| 105  .472   4.1   0.4  55%
 2003 29 BAL AL  670  512   61   3.2   106| .235  .267| .270  .333| .393  .427| .663  .759|  73  .302 -27.0  -2.6  57%
 2004 30 MON NL  650  494   71   3.8   115| .241  .275| .272  .348| .455  .446| .727  .794|  80  .380 -21.5  -2.0  70%
 2006 32 MIN AL  195  142   20   3.8   109| .236  .273| .303  .337| .388  .434| .691  .771|  79  .354  -5.7  -0.5   0%
 2007 33 WSN NL  118   81   12   4.0   106| .257  .265| .347  .334| .347  .424| .694  .758|  86  .390  -1.4  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     4959 3614  600   4.4   110| .251  .270| .299  .340| .453  .434| .752  .774|  92  .432 -69.2  -6.5  64%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1996 22 OAK AL 2B 52 83 162 3 36 .988 .980 4.71 4.33 5.44 5.05 46 405.3 3B 18 9 18 2 3 .931 .957 1.50 2.18 3.57 2.55 5 68.0 SS 4 4 11 0 1 1.000 .974 3.75 4.20 5.00 4.67 3 27.0 DH 4 1997 23 OAK AL SS 61 91 169 8 38 .970 .974 4.26 4.05 4.99 4.55 54 468.7 3B 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 2.33 3.27 2.70 0 11.0 2B 1 2 4 0 0 1.000 .984 6.00 4.30 9.00 4.95 1 6.0 DH 1 1998 24 ARI NL 2B 41 71 84 1 23 .994 .982 3.78 4.38 4.97 5.09 31 280.7 SS 34 43 93 4 13 .971 .968 4.00 3.88 4.96 4.52 26 246.7 3B 15 9 28 1 1 .974 .956 2.47 2.37 3.00 2.73 12 111.0 1999 25 TOT SS 141 225 438 16 99 .976 .969 4.70 4.07 4.94 4.64 136 1207.7 ARI NL SS 43 60 130 4 27 .979 .967 4.42 3.80 4.93 4.42 38 347.0 TOR AL SS 98 165 308 12 72 .975 .970 4.83 4.19 4.95 4.73 98 860.7 2000 26 TOR AL 3B 154 120 317 17 35 .963 .947 2.84 2.31 2.88 2.67 154 1367.0 AS 2001 27 TOT AL 3B 101 74 198 15 26 .948 .947 2.69 2.41 2.83 2.73 97 865.7 TOR AL 3B 72 56 145 10 21 .953 .947 2.79 2.41 2.93 2.73 68 618.0 BAL AL DH 33 3B 29 18 53 5 5 .934 .947 2.45 2.41 2.58 2.73 29 247.7 SS 20 33 63 1 11 .990 .973 4.80 4.03 4.87 4.49 19 177.3 2002 28 BAL AL 3B 154 111 289 16 35 .962 .951 2.60 2.40 2.62 2.68 154 1373.7 AS DH 7 AS 2003 29 BAL AL 3B 154 92 292 20 33 .950 .955 2.49 2.35 2.53 2.67 154 1364.3 DH 7 2004 30 MON NL 3B 155 82 309 19 35 .954 .956 2.52 2.35 2.65 2.76 149 1326.0 2006 32 MIN AL 3B 50 27 97 6 6 .954 .960 2.48 2.54 2.57 2.84 50 434.0 2007 33 WSN NL 1B 27 121 3 1 16 .992 .993 4.59 7.85 8.79 9.21 12 127.0 3B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.25 3.00 2.70 0 3.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2007 33 WSN NL 1B 27 121 3 1 16 .992 .993 4.59 7.85 8.79 9.21 12 127.0 1996 22 OAK AL 2B 52 83 162 3 36 .988 .980 4.71 4.33 5.44 5.05 46 405.3 1997 23 OAK AL 2B 1 2 4 0 0 1.000 .984 6.00 4.30 9.00 4.95 1 6.0 1998 24 ARI NL 2B 41 71 84 1 23 .994 .982 3.78 4.38 4.97 5.09 31 280.7 1996 22 OAK AL 3B 18 9 18 2 3 .931 .957 1.50 2.18 3.57 2.55 5 68.0 1997 23 OAK AL 3B 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 2.33 3.27 2.70 0 11.0 1998 24 ARI NL 3B 15 9 28 1 1 .974 .956 2.47 2.37 3.00 2.73 12 111.0 2000 26 TOR AL 3B 154 120 317 17 35 .963 .947 2.84 2.31 2.88 2.67 154 1367.0 2001 27 TOT AL 3B 101 74 198 15 26 .948 .947 2.69 2.41 2.83 2.73 97 865.7 TOR AL 3B 72 56 145 10 21 .953 .947 2.79 2.41 2.93 2.73 68 618.0 BAL AL 3B 29 18 53 5 5 .934 .947 2.45 2.41 2.58 2.73 29 247.7 2002 28 BAL AL 3B 154 111 289 16 35 .962 .951 2.60 2.40 2.62 2.68 154 1373.7 2003 29 BAL AL 3B 154 92 292 20 33 .950 .955 2.49 2.35 2.53 2.67 154 1364.3 2004 30 MON NL 3B 155 82 309 19 35 .954 .956 2.52 2.35 2.65 2.76 149 1326.0 2006 32 MIN AL 3B 50 27 97 6 6 .954 .960 2.48 2.54 2.57 2.84 50 434.0 2007 33 WSN NL 3B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.25 3.00 2.70 0 3.0 1996 22 OAK AL DH 4 1997 23 OAK AL DH 1 2001 27 BAL AL DH 33 2002 28 BAL AL DH 7 2003 29 BAL AL DH 7 1996 22 OAK AL SS 4 4 11 0 1 1.000 .974 3.75 4.20 5.00 4.67 3 27.0 1997 23 OAK AL SS 61 91 169 8 38 .970 .974 4.26 4.05 4.99 4.55 54 468.7 1998 24 ARI NL SS 34 43 93 4 13 .971 .968 4.00 3.88 4.96 4.52 26 246.7 1999 25 TOT SS 141 225 438 16 99 .976 .969 4.70 4.07 4.94 4.64 136 1207.7 ARI NL SS 43 60 130 4 27 .979 .967 4.42 3.80 4.93 4.42 38 347.0 TOR AL SS 98 165 308 12 72 .975 .970 4.83 4.19 4.95 4.73 98 860.7 2001 27 BAL AL SS 20 33 63 1 11 .990 .973 4.80 4.03 4.87 4.49 19 177.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B* 807 527 1550 96 174 .956 .952 2.57 2.37 2.70 2.71 775 6923.7 SS* 260 396 774 29 162 .976 .970 4.50 4.04 4.95 4.59 238 2127.3 2B* 94 156 250 4 59 .990 .981 4.32 4.35 5.28 5.07 78 692.0 DH 52 Games not counted in Overall Total below 1B* 27 121 3 1 16 .992 .993 4.59 7.85 8.79 9.21 12 127.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1188 1200 2577 130 411 .967 .962 3.18 3.01 3.44 3.36 1103 9870
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2000   TOR AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 2002   BAL AL       3   1   1  0  0  0   1   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      0   4   1   1  0  0  0   1   0   2   0  0   0   0   0  .250  .250  .250 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
2000 *
2002 *

Games
2002 AL-161-5
2003 AL-161-4

At Bats
2000 AL-620-6
2003 AL-631-10

Home Runs
2000 AL-41-4

RBI
2004 NL-110-7

Extra-Base Hits
2000 AL-75-8

Hit By Pitch
2002 AL-11-9

Sac. Flies
2004 NL-10-3

Intentional Walks
2002 AL-9-10

Grounded into Double Plays
2003 AL-20-6

Power/Speed Number
2004 NL-19.5-7

Outs
2000 AL-479-5
2002 AL-488-4
2003 AL-512-1
2004 NL-494-5

Gray Ink: Batting - 12 (1259) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 17.3 (802) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 26.0 (648) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

February 8, 1991: Signed by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent.

November 18, 1997: Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks from the Oakland Athletics as the 27th pick in the 1997 expansion draft.

June 12, 1999: Traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks with John Frascatore to the Toronto Blue Jays for Dan Plesac.

June 25, 2001: Selected off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles from the Toronto Blue Jays.

October 30, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

January 6, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.

November 4, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

December 15, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

June 14, 2006: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

Before 2007 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals.

February 20, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals.

October 15, 2007: Granted Free Agency.

March 10, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1996Oakland Athletics$109,000
1997Oakland Athletics$162,500
1998Arizona Diamondbacks$210,000
1999Arizona Diamondbacks$375,000
2001Toronto Blue Jays$3,300,000
2002Baltimore Orioles$4,900,000
2003Baltimore Orioles$6,400,000
2004Montreal Expos$1,500,000
2006Minnesota Twins$1,250,000
Career (may be incomplete)$18,206,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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