Dick Bates

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Charles Richard Bates (born October 7, 1945 in McArthur, Ohio) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. The right-hander was signed by the Kansas City Athletics before the 1964 season, also spent time in the Washington Senators organization, and was later drafted by the Seattle Pilots from the Senators as the 30th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.^[1] (October 15, 1968)

His major league career was extremely short, relieving in one game for the expansion Pilots against the Oakland Athletics.^[2] (April 27, 1969 at Sick's Stadium) Bates gave up 6 baserunners (3 hits and 3 walks) and 5 earned runs in just 1.2 innings, and became a part of the revolving door the Pilots had between the big club and the minor leagues.

His career totals include a 0-0 record, 3 strikeouts (Dick Green, Dave Duncan, and Tommie Reynolds), and an ERA of 27.00.

As of 2006, Bates was living in Glendale, Arizona, and working as the general manager of the Arizona Biltmore Golf & Country Club in nearby Phoenix.^[3]

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• "Dick Bates was sent back down to make room for Darrell Brandon. I'm not sure what they think they're doing, but at a guess front offices are more interested in players who are far than those who are near. They were more interested in Bates than in Brandon and Bouton, but only until they saw Bates up close." -- Jim Bouton in Ball Four (May 1, 1969)

[edit] External links

• Baseball-Reference.com - career statistics and analysis
• Retrosheet

[edit] References

1. ^ "Rating Drafts of the Past", the St. Petersburg Times, published November 18, 1997, accessed January 28, 2007.
2. ^ "Fly by night", Les Carpenter, The Seattle Times, published March 26, 2000, accessed January 28, 2007.
3. ^ "Seattle Pilots ... Where are they now?", Bill Reader, The Seattle Times, published July 9, 2006, accessed January 28, 2007.