NAME     : Tony Batista
  NICKNAME : 
  ORIGIN   : Dominican Republic
 
  BIRTHDAY : 12/9/1973
  AGE      : 29
  HEIGHT   : 6"1
  WEIGHT   : 205
 
  POSITION : Third Base
  BATS     : Right
  THROWS   : Right
 
  CONTRACT : $4,280,000 through 2004
  DESIRE TO PLAY FOR WINNER: Minimal
  LOYALTY                  : Minimal
  TEAM LEADER              : None at all
  CONSISTENCY              : Inconsistent at times
  CLUTCH PERFORMANCE       : Suffers
  INJURY RATING            : Normal

  DEFENSIVE RATINGS :
 
  Range at Third Base : C  (Fielding Pct. : .948)

  OFFENSIVE RATINGS :
  (Rated by an average league scout)
 
  Speed            : D
  Stealing Ability : B
  Sacrifice Bunt   : C
  Bunt for Hit     : E
  Hitter Type      : Pull Hitter
 
  Getting Hits         : 4  (VS. RHP : 4, VS. LHP : 4, Talent Average)
  Hitting Doubles      : 6  (VS. RHP : 6, VS. LHP : 7, Talent Average)
  Hitting Homeruns     : 7  (VS. RHP : 6, VS. LHP : 9, Talent Good)
  Getting BB's         : 2  (VS. RHP : 2, VS. LHP : 2, Talent Fair)
  Avoiding Strikeouts  : 5  (VS. RHP : 6, VS. LHP : 5, Talent Average)

  BATTING STATS :
 
  Category       AVG HR RBI  AB   H 2B 3B   R SB CS  BB   K  OBP  SLG
  Overall       .296 19  61 287  85 15  3  40  1  1  24  41 .350 .568 
  vs RHP        .270 11  39 226  61 11  2  25  0  1  15  34 .316 .482 
  vs LHP        .393  8  22  61  24  4  1  15  1  0   9   7 .471 .885 
  At Home       .279 11  28 154  43 11  1  22  0  0  11  24 .325 .578 
  Away          .316  8  33 133  42  4  2  18  1  1  13  17 .377 .556 
  R.I.S.P.      .313  1  30  64  20  5  2   0  0  0   8   7 .378 .500 
  Pinch Hitting .500  1   3   6   3  2  0   3  0  0   3   1 .667 1.333 
  Close/Late    .263  1  10  38  10  2  0   4  0  0   6  12 .364 .395 
  This Week     .000  0   0   0   0  0  0   0  0  0   0   0 .000 .000 
  Last Week     .375  2   5  24   9  2  0   4  0  0   1   3 .400 .708 
  Apr/Mar       .304  3   9  23   7  0  1   3  0  0   1   4 .308 .783 
  May           .193  4  11  57  11  2  1   6  0  0   6   8 .270 .474 
  June          .314  5  11  70  22  4  1  13  1  1   9  13 .400 .614 
  July          .330  4  20  97  32  5  0  12  0  0   7  12 .371 .505 
  August        .325  3  10  40  13  4  0   6  0  0   1   4 .341 .650 
 

  CAREER STATS :
 
  YEAR   AVG HR RBI   G  AB   H 2B 3B   R SB CS  BB   K  OBP  SLG   TEAMS
  1996  .298  6  25  74 238  71 10  2  38  7  3  19  49 .350 .433   OAK
  1997  .202  4  18  68 188  38 10  1  22  2  2  14  31 .257 .330   OAK
  1998  .273 18  41 106 293  80 16  1  46  1  1  18  52 .315 .519   ARI
  1999  .285 26  79  98 375 107 25  1  61  2  0  22  79 .325 .565   TOR
  1999  .257  5  21  44 144  37  5  0  16  2  0  16  17 .331 .396   ARI
  2000  .263 41 114 154 620 163 32  2  96  5  4  35 121 .302 .519   TOR
  2001  .238 25  87 156 579 138 27  6  70  5  2  32 113 .278 .435   BAL
  2002  .224 22  77 157 607 136 29  6  76 13  1  32 133 .263 .400   BAL
 
  Total AB  : 3331
  Total AVG : .257
  Total Hits: 855
  Total HR  : 166
  Total RBI : 523
  Total Runs: 465
  Total SB  : 38
 
 
  
PLAYER HISTORY
Injured on 4/10/2003 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 5 weeks...