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Earl Battey


Earl Jesse Battey, Jr. (born January 5, 1935 in Los Angeles, California, died November 15, 2003 in Ocala, Florida) was a Major League Baseball catcher for the Chicago White Sox (1955-59), Washington Senators (1960) and Minnesota Twins (1961-67).

Battey was an All-Star in 1962, 1963, 1965, and 1966, and won the Gold Glove Award in 1960-1962.

Earl Battey was part of a wonderful charity program sponsored by Con Edison of NY whereby children were given free bleacher tickets to New York Yankee games. Battey talked baseball and was a "big brother" to all the kids who were lucky enough to benefit from the program.

He died of cancer at the age of 68.


External link

Earl Battey - Career Statistics

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