Kevin Batiste
| Kevin Batiste | |
|---|---|
![]() Batiste in 1988 | |
| Outfielder | |
| Born: October 21, 1966 Galveston, Texas | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| June 13, 1989, for the Toronto Blue Jays | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| June 21, 1989, for the Toronto Blue Jays | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .250 |
| Home runs | 0 |
| Runs batted in | 0 |
| Teams | |
Kevin Wade Batiste (born October 21, 1966) is an American former professional baseball player. Batiste played for the Toronto Blue Jays in 1989.
He was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 2nd round of the 1985 amateur draft.
Brought up to the majors in June of 1989, he played in 6 games between June 13 and 21. On June 24, Batiste was sent back down to the minor leagues, but while making the journey to join the Knoxville Blue Jays, he was arrested at Oakland International Airport for carrying a loaded handgun in his checked luggage.[1] He spent about 12 hours in an Oakland city jail before the Jays paid his $13,000 bail.[2] He resumed his career in the minors, and never returned to the major leagues.
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
Categories:
- 1966 births
- Living people
- African-American baseball players
- American expatriate baseball players in Canada
- Baseball players from Texas
- Dunedin Blue Jays players
- Florence Blue Jays players
- Greenville Braves players
- Knoxville Blue Jays players
- Major League Baseball left fielders
- Major League Baseball right fielders
- Medicine Hat Blue Jays players
- Sportspeople from Galveston, Texas
- Syracuse Chiefs players
- Toronto Blue Jays players
- Ventura County Gulls players
- 21st-century African-American people
- 20th-century African-American sportspeople
- American baseball outfielder, 1960s birth stubs
