Tony Batista

Full Name: Leocadio Francisco Batista	Primary Position: 3B,SS
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/180	First Game: June 3, 1996
Birthdate: December 9, 1973	MLB Experience: 10 years
Birthplace: Puerto Plata, Puerto Plata (Dominican Republic)
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Scouting Report
3 Statistics
- 3.1 Batting Stats
- 3.2 Fielding Stats
4 Transactions
5 Trivia
6 Video Gallery
7 Picture Gallery
8 See Also
- 8.1 Recent Tony Batista ArmchairGM Stories
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[edit] Biography

Tony Batista (Leocadio Francisco Batista) was born on December 9, 1973 in Puerto Plata, Puerto Plata (Dominican Republic). He made his Major League debut on June 3, 1996 for the Oakland Athletics. In 1996, his rookie year, he hit .298 with 6 home runs and 25 RBI. Batista played for the Oakland Athletics, Arizona Diamondbacks, Toronto Blue Jays, Baltimore Orioles, Montreal Expos, Minnesota Twins, and Washington Nationals over the course of his 11 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Tony Batista's most productive season. Some believe that it was 2000, when he slugged 41 home runs and knocked in 114 runs. However, others believe that it was 2004, when he slugged 32 home runs and knocked in 110 runs.

[edit] Scouting Report

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1996	OAK	A	74	238	38	71	6	25	.298	.350	.433	10	2	19	49	1	0	7	0	2
1997	OAK	A	68	188	22	38	4	18	.202	.265	.330	10	1	14	31	2	3	2	0	8
1998	ARI	N	106	293	46	80	18	41	.273	.318	.519	16	1	18	52	3	0	1	0	7
1999	TOR	A	98	375	61	107	26	79	.285	.328	.565	25	1	22	79	4	3	2	1	11
1999	ARI	N	44	144	16	37	5	21	.257	.335	.396	5	0	16	17	2	0	2	3	1
1999	Total		142	519	77	144	31	100	.277	.330	.518	30	1	38	96	6	3	4	4	12
2000	TOR	A	154	620	96	163	41	114	.263	.307	.519	32	2	35	121	6	0	5	1	15
2001	TOR	A	72	271	29	56	13	45	.207	.251	.399	11	1	13	66	4	0	0	1	2
2001	BAL	A	84	308	41	82	12	42	.266	.305	.468	16	5	19	47	0	0	5	1	7
2001	TOT	A	156	579	70	138	25	87	.238	.280	.435	27	6	32	113	4	0	5	2	9
2002	BAL	A	161	615	90	150	31	87	.244	.309	.457	36	1	50	107	11	0	5	9	13
2003	BAL	A	161	631	76	148	26	99	.235	.270	.393	20	1	28	102	5	0	4	4	20
2004	MON	N	157	606	76	146	32	110	.241	.272	.455	30	2	26	78	4	4	14	4	14
2006	MIN	A	50	178	24	42	5	21	.236	.303	.388	12	0	15	27	2	0	0	1	5
2007	WSN	N	80	101	10	26	2	16	.257	.347	.347	3	0	12	14	3	0	0	3	4
Total	NL		387	1144	148	289	57	188	.253	?	?	54	3	72	161	12	4	17	10	26
Total	AL		922	3424	477	857	164	530	.250	.299	.452	172	14	215	629	35	6	30	18	83
Total			1309	4568	625	1146	221	718	.251	.299	.453	226	17	287	790	47	10	47	28	109

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1996	OAK	A	3B	18	5	68	9	18	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.931
1996	OAK	A	SS	4	3	27	4	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1996	OAK	A	2B	52	46	405.1	83	162	3	36	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1996	OAK	A	DH	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1997	OAK	A	SS	61	54	468.2	91	169	8	38	0	0	0	0	0	.970
1997	OAK	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1997	OAK	A	3B	4	0	11	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1997	OAK	A	2B	1	1	6	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1998	ARI	N	3B	15	12	111	9	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.974
1998	ARI	N	2B	41	31	280.2	71	84	1	23	0	0	0	0	0	.994
1998	ARI	N	SS	34	26	246.2	43	93	4	13	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1999	TOR	A	SS	98	98	860.2	165	308	12	72	0	0	0	0	0	.975
1999	ARI	N	SS	43	38	347	60	130	4	27	0	0	0	0	0	.979
1999	Total		SS	141	136	1207.2	225	438	16	99	0	0	0	0	0	.976
2000	TOR	A	3B	154	154	1367	120	317	17	35	0	0	0	0	0	.963
2001	TOR	A	3B	72	68	618	56	145	10	21	0	0	0	0	0	.953
2001	BAL	A	DH	33	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2001	BAL	A	3B	29	29	247.2	18	53	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	.934
2001	BAL	A	SS	20	19	177.1	33	63	1	11	0	0	0	0	0	.990
2001	TOT	A	3B	101	97	865.2	74	198	15	26	0	0	0	0	0	.948
2002	BAL	A	3B	154	154	1374.2	111	289	16	35	0	0	0	0	0	.962
2002	BAL	A	DH	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2003	BAL	A	DH	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2003	BAL	A	3B	154	154	1364.1	92	292	20	33	0	0	0	0	0	.950
2004	MON	N	3B	155	149	1326	82	309	19	35	0	0	0	0	0	.954
2006	MIN	A	3B	50	50	434	27	97	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	.954
2007	WSN	N	1B
2007	WSN	N	3B
Total			2B	94	78	692	156	250	4	59	0	0	0	0	0	.990
Total			SS	260	238	2127.1	396	774	29	162	0	0	0	0	0	.976
Total			3B	805	775	6921.2	527	1549	96	174	1	0	0	0	0	.956
Total			DH	52	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

[edit] Transactions

Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Oakland Athletics (February 8, 1991).
Selected by Arizona Diamondbacks from Oakland Athletics (27th pick overall) in the expansion draft (November 18, 1997).
Traded by Arizona Diamondbacks with John Frascatore to Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Dan Plesac (June 12, 1999).
Claimed on waivers by Baltimore Orioles from Toronto Blue Jays (June 25, 2001).
Granted free agency (October 30, 2003).
Signed by Montreal Expos (January 6, 2004).
Granted free agency (November 4, 2004).
Signed by Minnesota Twins (December 15, 2005).
Released by Minnesota Twins (June 14, 2006).