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  NAME     : Tony Batista
  NICKNAME : 
  ORIGIN   : Dominican Republic
 
  BIRTHDAY : 12/9/1973
  AGE      : 31
  HEIGHT   : 6"1
  WEIGHT   : 205
 
  POSITION : Third Base
  BATS     : Right
  THROWS   : Right
 
  CONTRACT : $2,900,000 through 2006
  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) Range at Shortstop : C (Fielding Pct. : .971)
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 : 3 (VS. RHP : 4, VS. LHP : 3, Talent Average) Hitting Doubles : 6 (VS. RHP : 6, VS. LHP : 7, Talent Average) Hitting Homeruns : 7 (VS. RHP : 9, VS. LHP : 5, Talent Good) Getting BB's : 3 (VS. RHP : 3, VS. LHP : 3, Talent Fair) Avoiding Strikeouts : 5 (VS. RHP : 5, VS. LHP : 6, Talent Average)
BATTING STATS : Category AVG HR RBI AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG Overall .234 3 11 111 26 9 0 13 1 0 5 18 .274 .396 vs RHP .247 3 7 77 19 6 0 8 1 0 2 12 .275 .442 vs LHP .206 0 4 34 7 3 0 5 0 0 3 6 .270 .294 At Home .109 0 3 46 5 3 0 3 1 0 3 8 .163 .174 Away .323 3 8 65 21 6 0 10 0 0 2 10 .353 .554 R.I.S.P. .200 0 4 20 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 .200 .300 Pinch Hitting 1.000 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 2.000 Close/Late .167 2 2 24 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 .167 .417 This Week .263 2 3 19 5 2 0 4 0 0 0 1 .263 .684 Last Week .261 0 2 23 6 3 0 3 0 0 1 4 .292 .391 Apr/Mar .234 3 11 111 26 9 0 13 1 0 5 18 .274 .396 May .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
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 .324 .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 .244 31 87 161 615 150 36 1 90 5 4 50 107 .309 .457 BAL 2003 .260 21 96 158 601 156 36 5 68 4 4 25 98 .289 .441 BAL,MIN 2004 .267 29 97 157 554 148 28 1 75 4 0 37 95 .313 .478 MIN Total AB : 4318 Total AVG : .258 Total Hits: 1114 Total HR : 209 Total RBI : 676 Total Runs: 595 Total SB : 38
PLAYER HISTORY
Traded from Baltimore to Minnesota on 3/31/2003 (Going to BAL: C T. Prince, 3B C. Koskie. Going to MIN: C J. Mathis, 3B T. Batista, 1B D. Mccarty)... Drove in 6 runs against Seattle on 9/17/2003... Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/19/2004 to a 3-year deal worth $2,900,000 per year...