Fletcher Bates
Fletcher Shannon Bates
Born: March 24, 1974
Wilmington, NC US
Primary Position: Outfield
All Position(s) Played: 1B, CF, LF, RF
Bats: Switch
Throws: Right
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 190
Draft: Round 5 (1993 June Amateur Draft, New York Mets)
School: New Hanover HS (Wilmington, NC)
Career: 1994-2003
Fletcher Bates compiled a career batting average of .264 with 101 home runs and 499 RBI in his 1552-game career with the Mets, St. Lucie Mets, Pittsfield Mets, Binghamton Mets, Capital City Bombers, Portland Sea Dogs, El Paso Diablos, Reading Phillies, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons, Norfolk Tides, Bowie Baysox and Ottawa Lynx. He began playing during the 1994 season and last took the field during the 2003 campaign.
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Batting:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Advanced A | FLOR | St. Lucie Mets | 7 | 25 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .250 | .280 | .500 | .780 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | R | GULF | Mets | 52 | 221 | 183 | 23 | 39 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 49 | .213 | .327 | .355 | .682 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | Short Season A | NYPL | Pittsfield Mets | 75 | 325 | 276 | 52 | 90 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 37 | 17 | 9 | 41 | 72 | .326 | .417 | .507 | .924 | 140 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | AA | EL | Binghamton Mets | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | A | SALL3 | Capital City Bombers | 132 | 565 | 491 | 84 | 127 | 21 | 13 | 15 | 72 | 16 | 6 | 64 | 162 | .259 | .346 | .446 | .792 | 219 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 1997 | AA | EL | Binghamton Mets | 68 | 275 | 245 | 44 | 63 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 26 | 71 | .257 | .328 | .478 | .806 | 117 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | Advanced A | FLOR | St. Lucie Mets | 70 | 292 | 253 | 49 | 76 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 38 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 66 | .300 | .387 | .593 | .980 | 150 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 1998 | AA | EL | Portland Sea Dogs | 140 | 587 | 537 | 67 | 147 | 23 | 5 | 11 | 60 | 19 | 6 | 46 | 118 | .274 | .333 | .397 | .729 | 213 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1999 | AA | EL | Portland Sea Dogs | 139 | 590 | 537 | 72 | 136 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 55 | 18 | 6 | 39 | 109 | .253 | .302 | .389 | .691 | 209 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| 2000 | AA | TL | El Paso Diablos | 109 | 395 | 355 | 52 | 98 | 24 | 5 | 10 | 62 | 13 | 9 | 35 | 73 | .276 | .340 | .456 | .796 | 162 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2001 | Advanced A | FLOR | St. Lucie Mets | 82 | 329 | 300 | 45 | 74 | 18 | 2 | 11 | 46 | 13 | 5 | 27 | 48 | .247 | .307 | .430 | .737 | 129 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | AAA | IL | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | AA | EL | Reading Phillies | 15 | 45 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | .135 | .273 | .270 | .543 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | AAA | IL | Norfolk Tides | 58 | 182 | 167 | 20 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 25 | .251 | .302 | .419 | .721 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | AA | EL | Binghamton Mets | 35 | 117 | 101 | 16 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 24 | .307 | .371 | .505 | .876 | 51 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 2003 | AA | EL | Bowie Baysox | 23 | 84 | 75 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14 | .240 | .310 | .360 | .670 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | AAA | IL | Ottawa Lynx | 24 | 79 | 74 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .216 | .256 | .338 | .594 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1034 | 4125 | 3668 | 553 | 968 | 196 | 66 | 101 | 499 | 123 | 58 | 387 | 863 | .264 | .335 | .436 | .771 | 1599 | 35 | 20 | 16 | 34 | 21 |
Fielding:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Advanced A | FLOR | St. Lucie Mets | OF | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .714 |
| 1994 | R | GULF | Mets | OF | 52 | 82 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .933 | 1.615 |
| 1995 | Short Season A | NYPL | Pittsfield Mets | OF | 70 | 119 | 6 | 12 | 1 | .912 | 1.786 |
| 1995 | Short Season A | NYPL | Pittsfield Mets | RF | 70 | .000 | |||||
| 1995 | AA | EL | Binghamton Mets | OF | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 |
| 1995 | AA | EL | Binghamton Mets | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||
| 1996 | A | SALL3 | Capital City Bombers | OF | 132 | 229 | 11 | 8 | 2 | .968 | 1.818 |
| 1997 | Advanced A | FLOR | St. Lucie Mets | OF | 63 | 100 | 4 | 6 | 1 | .945 | 1.651 |
| 1997 | AA | EL | Binghamton Mets | OF | 62 | 96 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .963 | 1.661 |
| 1997 | Advanced A | FLOR | St. Lucie Mets | CF | 5 | .000 | |||||
| 1997 | AA | EL | Binghamton Mets | RF | 47 | .000 | |||||
| 1997 | Advanced A | FLOR | St. Lucie Mets | RF | 37 | .000 | |||||
| 1997 | Advanced A | FLOR | St. Lucie Mets | LF | 23 | .000 | |||||
| 1997 | AA | EL | Binghamton Mets | LF | 16 | .000 | |||||
| 1998 | AA | EL | Portland Sea Dogs | OF | 139 | 266 | 9 | 11 | 2 | .962 | 1.978 |
| 1999 | AA | EL | Portland Sea Dogs | LF | 69 | .000 | |||||
| 1999 | AA | EL | Portland Sea Dogs | RF | 67 | .000 | |||||
| 1999 | AA | EL | Portland Sea Dogs | OF | 139 | 208 | 14 | 7 | 2 | .969 | 1.597 |
| 1999 | AA | EL | Portland Sea Dogs | CF | 10 | .000 | |||||
| 2000 | AA | TL | El Paso Diablos | OF | 95 | 147 | 5 | 8 | 1 | .950 | 1.600 |
| 2000 | AA | TL | El Paso Diablos | RF | 72 | .000 | |||||
| 2000 | AA | TL | El Paso Diablos | LF | 6 | .000 | |||||
| 2000 | AA | TL | El Paso Diablos | CF | 19 | .000 | |||||
| 2001 | Advanced A | FLOR | St. Lucie Mets | OF | 57 | 102 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .991 | 1.877 |
| 2001 | Advanced A | FLOR | St. Lucie Mets | RF | 57 | .000 | |||||
| 2001 | Advanced A | FLOR | St. Lucie Mets | 1B | 4 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 |
| 2001 | AA | EL | Reading Phillies | CF | 3 | .000 | |||||
| 2001 | AAA | IL | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
| 2001 | AAA | IL | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||
| 2001 | AA | EL | Reading Phillies | OF | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .857 |
| 2001 | AA | EL | Reading Phillies | RF | 10 | .000 | |||||
| 2001 | AA | EL | Reading Phillies | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||
| 2002 | AAA | IL | Norfolk Tides | OF | 43 | 67 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .931 | 1.558 |
| 2002 | AAA | IL | Norfolk Tides | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||
| 2002 | AAA | IL | Norfolk Tides | RF | 38 | .000 | |||||
| 2002 | AA | EL | Binghamton Mets | OF | 21 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.143 |
| 2002 | AA | EL | Binghamton Mets | RF | 21 | .000 | |||||
| 2002 | AAA | IL | Norfolk Tides | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||
| 2003 | AA | EL | Bowie Baysox | LF | 6 | .000 | |||||
| 2003 | AA | EL | Bowie Baysox | RF | 5 | .000 | |||||
| 2003 | AA | EL | Bowie Baysox | 1B | 4 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .962 | 6.250 |
| 2003 | AAA | IL | Ottawa Lynx | CF | 4 | .000 | |||||
| 2003 | AAA | IL | Ottawa Lynx | OF | 20 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .975 | 1.950 |
| 2003 | AAA | IL | Ottawa Lynx | 1B | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| 2003 | AAA | IL | Ottawa Lynx | RF | 17 | .000 | |||||
| 2003 | AA | EL | Bowie Baysox | OF | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.200 |
| Totals | 1552 | 1560 | 78 | 74 | 12 | .957 | 1.055 |
Minor League Service:
| Year | Level | League | Team | Affiliation | First Appearance | Final Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | R | Gulf Coast League | Mets | NYN | ||
| 1994 | Advanced A | Florida State League | St. Lucie Mets | NYN | ||
| 1995 | Short Season A | New York-Pennsylvania League | Pittsfield Mets | NYN | ||
| 1995 | AA | Eastern League | Binghamton Mets | NYN | ||
| 1996 | A | South Atlantic League | Capital City Bombers | NYN | ||
| 1997 | Advanced A | Florida State League | St. Lucie Mets | NYN | ||
| 1997 | AA | Eastern League | Binghamton Mets | NYN | ||
| 1998 | AA | Eastern League | Portland Sea Dogs | FLO | ||
| 1999 | AA | Eastern League | Portland Sea Dogs | FLO | ||
| 2000 | AA | Texas League | El Paso Diablos | ARI | ||
| 2001 | Advanced A | Florida State League | St. Lucie Mets | NYN | ||
| 2001 | AA | Eastern League | Reading Phillies | PHI | ||
| 2001 | AAA | International League | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons | PHI | ||
| 2002 | AA | Eastern League | Binghamton Mets | NYN | ||
| 2002 | AAA | International League | Norfolk Tides | NYN | ||
| 2003 | AA | Eastern League | Bowie Baysox | BAL | ||
| 2003 | AAA | International League | Ottawa Lynx | BAL |
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