Johnny Oates was born on Monday, January 21, 1946, in Sylva, North Carolina. Oates was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 17, 1970, with the Baltimore Orioles. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Johnny Oates baseball stats page.
"The biggest thrill was that I was able to put on a major league uniform for thirty years and to know the players I played with and against. I often have said that my biggest disappointment was that I didn't enjoy it more while I was doing it. I should have enjoyed it more. I had a career that many wanted to have, but I let too many things bother me." - Oates, Johnny. The Baptist Standard. Druin, Toby. Writer. 3 September 2001.
Johnny OatesJohnny Oates Autograph on a 1981 Fleer Baseball Card (#99) |
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Johnny OatesJohnny Oates Pitching Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
- | - | Did Not Pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
Johnny OatesJohnny Oates Hitting Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
1970 | 24 | Orioles | 5 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .278 | .333 | .389 |
1972 | 26 | Orioles | 85 | 253 | 20 | 66 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 28 | 8 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | .261 | .332 | .364 |
1973 | 27 | Braves | 93 | 322 | 27 | 80 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 22 | 4 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .248 | .299 | .304 |
1974 | 28 | Braves | 100 | 291 | 22 | 65 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 23 | 10 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 4 | .223 | .278 | .268 |
1975 | 29 | Braves | 8 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .263 | .278 |
1975 | 29 | Phillies | 90 | 269 | 28 | 77 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 33 | 10 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | .286 | .359 | .349 |
1976 | 30 | Phillies | 37 | 99 | 10 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .253 | .308 | .273 |
1977 | 31 | Dodgers | 60 | 156 | 18 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .269 | .314 | .353 |
1978 | 32 | Dodgers | 40 | 75 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .307 | .350 | .320 |
1979 | 33 | Dodgers | 26 | 46 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .130 | .200 | .174 |
1980 | 34 | Yankees | 39 | 64 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .188 | .224 | .281 |
1981 | 35 | Yankees | 10 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .192 | .250 | .231 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
11 Years | 593 | 1,637 | 146 | 410 | 56 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 126 | 141 | 38 | 149 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 32 | .250 | .309 | .313 |
Johnny OatesJohnny Oates Fielding Stats |
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Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
1970 Orioles | C | 4 | 4 | 141 | 33 | 8.3 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .939 | 5.94 |
1972 Orioles | C | 82 | 69 | 1,899 | 424 | 5.2 | 422 | 391 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 18 | .995 | 6.00 |
1973 Braves | C | 86 | 79 | 2,145 | 475 | 5.5 | 466 | 409 | 57 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 46 | 28 | .981 | 5.87 |
1974 Braves | C | 91 | 77 | 2,184 | 493 | 5.4 | 489 | 434 | 55 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 50 | 27 | .992 | 6.05 |
1975 Braves | C | 6 | 5 | 126 | 22 | 3.7 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.71 |
1975 Phillies | C | 82 | 71 | 1,934 | 478 | 5.8 | 473 | 429 | 44 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 26 | 22 | .990 | 6.60 |
1976 Phillies | C | 33 | 26 | 707 | 171 | 5.2 | 170 | 155 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 9 | .994 | 6.49 |
1977 Dodgers | C | 56 | 38 | 1,161 | 299 | 5.3 | 295 | 258 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 40 | 20 | .987 | 6.86 |
1978 Dodgers | C | 24 | 18 | 443 | 91 | 3.8 | 87 | 77 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | .956 | 5.30 |
1979 Dodgers | C | 20 | 12 | 326 | 79 | 4.0 | 77 | 64 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 7 | .975 | 6.38 |
1980 Yankees | C | 39 | 15 | 573 | 110 | 2.8 | 109 | 99 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 12 | .991 | 5.14 |
1981 Yankees | C | 10 | 9 | 228 | 54 | 5.4 | 52 | 49 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | .963 | 6.16 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
C Totals | 533 | 423 | 11,867 | 2,729 | 5.1 | 2,693 | 2,416 | 277 | 36 | 33 | 43 | 251 | 153 | .987 | 6.13 | |
11 Years | 533 | 423 | 11,867 | 2,729 | 5.1 | 2,693 | 2,416 | 277 | 36 | 33 | 43 | 251 | 153 | .987 | 6.13 |
Johnny OatesJohnny Oates Miscellaneous Stats |
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Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
1970 Orioles | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | - | - | - |
1972 Orioles | 5 | 7 | .417 | 10 | 0 | n/a | 63.3 | 8.2 | 12.0 | - | - | - |
1973 Braves | 1 | 4 | .200 | 10 | 1 | n/a | 80.5 | 10.4 | 11.9 | - | - | - |
1974 Braves | 2 | 3 | .400 | 16 | 1 | n/a | 291.0 | 12.1 | 13.9 | - | - | - |
1975 Braves | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | - | - | - |
1975 Phillies | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 12 | 0 | n/a | 269.0 | 9.3 | 10.8 | - | - | - |
1976 Phillies | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8 | 1 | n/a | 0.0 | 8.3 | 12.4 | - | - | - |
1977 Dodgers | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 3 | n/a | 52.0 | 14.2 | 14.2 | - | - | - |
1978 Dodgers | 0 | 1 | .000 | 16 | 1 | n/a | 0.0 | 25.0 | 12.5 | - | - | - |
1979 Dodgers | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 46.0 | 23.0 | - | - | - |
1980 Yankees | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 64.0 | 21.3 | 21.3 | - | - | - |
1981 Yankees | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | - | - |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
11 Years | 11 | 19 | .367 | 88 | 9 | 0 | 116.9 | 11.0 | 13.0 | - | - | - |
Johnny OatesJohnny Oates Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
1970 Baltimore Orioles | 12 | $12,000.00 | - | - |
1972 Baltimore Orioles | 12 | $13,500.00 | - | - |
1973 Atlanta Braves | 15 | $15,750.00 | - | - |
1974 Atlanta Braves | 15 | $25,000.00 | - | - |
1975 Atlanta Braves | 15 | $35,000.00 | - | - |
1975 Philadelphia Phillies | 6 | $40,000.00 | - | - |
1976 Philadelphia Phillies | 6 | $62,500.00 | - | - |
1977 Los Angeles Dodgers | 5 | $70,000.00 | - | Stats |
1978 Los Angeles Dodgers | 5 | $80,000.00 | - | Stats |
1979 Los Angeles Dodgers | 5 | $80,000.00 | - | - |
1980 New York Yankees | 26 | $75,000.00 | - | - |
1981 New York Yankees | 26 | $75,000.00 | - | - |
Johnny Oates Stats by Baseball Almanac |
Johnny Lane Oates was a Major League Baseball player with the Baltimore Orioles (1970, 1972), Atlanta Braves (1973-1975), Philadelphia Phillies (1975-1976), Los Angeles Dodgers (1977-1979), and New York Yankees (1980-1981). When Oates made his big league debut on September 17, 1970, he became the first former student out of Prince George High School (Prince George, VA) to play in the majors. What future All-Star (2016) was second? [Answer]
Johnny Oates Rookie Card | 1972 Topps Baseball Card (#474 | Checklist)
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Toby Atwell (1952-1956) hit nine career home runs. Leo Burke (1958-1965) hit nine career home runs. Why did we share this here? Because they were tied for the most home runs hit by a player who played college baseball at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, a mark broken by Johnny Oates, who finished his big league career with 14 homers (since broken by Franklin Stubbs).
Johnny Oates, just two years after he finished playing in the majors, replaced Frank Robinson as manager of the 1981 Baltimore Orioles. After that season, he never had a losing record with the Orioles. In 1996, he became the manager of the Texas Rangers, where he won the American League Manager of the Year Award (1996) and guided them to three Division Series titles (1996, 1998, 1999), the latter two being the first back-to-back titles in franchise history. On August 5, 2005, the Rangers retired his number (#26), on August 7, 2010, he was inducted into the Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame. On Christmas Eve 2004, Johnny Oates died at the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center. He was 58-years-old.