John Bateman (baseball)
John Alvin Bateman (July 21, 1940 – December 3, 1996) was a Major League Baseball catcher from Killeen, Texas who signed with the expansion Houston Colt .45s as an amateur free agent in 1962. In 10 seasons he compiled a .230 lifetime batting average, and ended his career with the Philadelphia Phillies.
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