Johnny Bates (baseball)

John William Bates (August 21, 1882 – February 10, 1949) was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He played nine seasons in the majors from 1906 until 1914. Bates played for the Boston Beaneaters, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds, and Chicago Cubs in the National League, and finished his career with the Baltimore Terrapins of the Federal League.

Johnny Bates
Bates in 1913
Outfielder
Born: (1882-08-21)August 21, 1882
Steubenville, Ohio
Died: February 10, 1949(1949-02-10) (aged 66)
Steubenville, Ohio
Batted: Left Threw: Left
MLB debut
April 12, 1906, for the Boston Beaneaters
Last MLB appearance
October 10, 1914, for the Baltimore Terrapins
MLB statistics
Batting average.278
Home runs25
Runs batted in417
Teams

Career

Bates made his major league debut in April 1906 with the Boston Beaneaters. He hit a home run in that first major league game, one of only six home runs he hit that season and one of 25 major league home runs in his career. He became a regular outfielder for Boston right away, playing 140 games that first season. In July 1909, he was hitting .288, much higher than his previous season batting averages, when Boston traded him to the Philadelphia Phillies in a multiplayer deal. He then hit .293 for the Phillies that year.[1]

Bates was involved in another multiplayer trade after 1910 season, this time to the Cincinnati Reds. He had one of his best seasons with the 1911 Reds. He hit .292 that year and, largely because his walk total ballooned to 103, he had an on base percentage of .415. His last major league season was 1914, which he split between the Reds, the Chicago Cubs, and the Baltimore Terrapins of the Federal League.[1]

In 1154 games, Bates recorded 1087 hits, 25 home runs and 417 RBI with a .278 batting average.[1]

Later life

Bates was a glassworker after retiring from baseball, and then he became a deputy sheriff for Jefferson County, Ohio.[2] His stepson, Robert Dobbie Bates, was the county sheriff there in the late 1930s and 1940s.[3] In 1949, Bates had a heart attack while he was shoveling snow, and he died ten days later in his native Steubenville.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Johnny Bates Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
  2. Lee, Bill (2015). The Baseball Necrology: The Post-Baseball Lives and Deaths of More Than 7,600 Major League Players and Others. McFarland. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-4766-0930-0.
  3. Guy, Susan M. (2020). The Moonlight Mill Murders of Steubenville, Ohio. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4396-7067-5.

Achievements
Preceded by
Sam Mertes		 Hitting for the cycle
April 26, 1907		 Succeeded by
Otis Clymer
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