What years did Miguel Batista play?

Miguel Batista played in Major League Baseball from 1992 to 2012.

Was Miguel Batista a pitcher?

Yes. Miguel Batista pitched in the major leagues, recording 102 wins and 1250 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Miguel Batista hit?

Miguel Batista hit 2 career home runs with 28 hits.

What were Miguel Batista's career stats?

In 658 games, Miguel Batista went 102-115 with a 4.48 ERA, 1,250 strikeouts, 1,956.1 innings pitched, and 41 saves. At the plate he had 28 hits and 2 home runs.

What was Miguel Batista's salary?

Miguel Batista's last recorded salary was $750,000, in 2012. His highest recorded salary was $9,500,000, in 2008, and his lowest was $109,000, in 1992. The Salary History table lists each season from 1992 to 2012.

What position did Miguel Batista play?

Miguel Batista played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Miguel Batista and how much did he weigh?

Miguel Batista was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 210 pounds.

What was Miguel Batista's career ERA?

Miguel Batista finished with a 4.48 career ERA, going 102-115 with 1,250 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Miguel Batista have?

Miguel Batista recorded 1,250 career strikeouts.

Is Miguel Batista in the Hall of Fame?

No. Miguel Batista has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Miguel Batista

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1992-2012)

Miguel Batista was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1992 to 2012 for 12 teams, including the Pittsburgh Pirates, a span of 21 seasons. Across 658 career appearances, he went 102-115 with a 4.48 ERA, 1,250 strikeouts, and 41 saves. He also batted .090 with 2 home runs.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 17, 2026

W–L 102–115

ERA 4.48

WHIP 1.49

SO 1,250

Pitcher PIV -8421.1

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 210 lb
Born: 2/19/1971 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, D.R.
MLB Debut: 1992-04-11
Last Game: 2012-09-11

Full name: Miguel Jerez Batista

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Career Pitching Statistics

Miguel Batista — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
102	115	658	248	11	5	41	1956.1	2,021	974	194	899	1,250	4.48	-8421.1

Career ERA 4.48 vs. league average 4.35 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Miguel Batista Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1992	PIT	NL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	2	3	1	9.00	—	0.0
1996	FLO	NL	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	11.1	9	7	7	6	5.56	4.61 (-21%)	183.2
1997	CHN	NL	0	5	11	6	0	0	0	36.1	36	23	24	27	5.70	4.39 (-30%)	-662.1
1998	MON	NL	3	5	56	13	0	0	0	135.0	141	57	65	92	3.80	4.43 (+14%)	-262.8
1999	MON	NL	8	7	39	17	2	1	1	134.2	146	73	58	95	4.88	4.71 (-4%)	1979.2
2000	MON	NL	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	8.1	19	13	3	7	14.04	—	0.0
2000	KCA	AL	2	6	14	9	0	0	0	57.0	66	49	34	30	7.74	4.77 (-62%)	-4244.6
2001	ARI	NL	11	8	48	18	0	0	0	139.1	113	52	60	90	3.36	4.42 (+24%)	-208.4
2002	ARI	NL	8	9	36	29	1	0	0	184.2	172	88	70	112	4.29	4.28 (avg)	2154.4
2003	ARI	NL	10	9	36	29	2	1	0	193.1	197	76	60	142	3.54	4.40 (+20%)	4562.5
2004	TOR	AL	10	13	38	31	2	1	5	198.2	206	106	96	104	4.80	4.46 (-8%)	-2345.2
2005	TOR	AL	5	8	71	0	0	0	31	74.2	80	34	27	54	4.10	4.29 (+4%)	-27.6
2006	ARI	NL	11	8	34	33	3	1	0	206.1	231	105	84	110	4.58	4.53 (-1%)	19.8
2007	SEA	AL	16	11	33	32	0	0	0	193.0	209	92	85	133	4.29	4.47 (+4%)	-223.4
2008	SEA	AL	4	14	44	20	0	0	1	115.0	135	80	79	73	6.26	4.32 (-45%)	-5473.6
2009	SEA	AL	7	4	56	0	0	0	1	71.1	79	32	39	52	4.04	4.32 (+7%)	-566.0
2010	WAS	NL	1	2	58	1	0	0	2	82.2	71	34	39	55	3.70	4.08 (+9%)	-1406.8
2011	SLN	NL	3	2	26	1	0	0	0	29.1	27	15	19	16	4.60	3.94 (-17%)	-902.5
2011	NYN	NL	2	0	9	4	1	1	0	30.2	22	9	14	15	2.64	3.94 (+33%)	254.7
2012	NYN	NL	1	3	30	5	0	0	0	46.2	53	25	31	34	4.82	4.01 (-20%)	-1251.8
2012	ATL	NL	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	6.0	5	2	2	2	3.00	—	0.0
Career · 21 seasons			102	115	658	248	11	5	41	1,956.1	2,021	974	899	1,250	4.48	—	-8,421

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Miguel Batista — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
658	311	20	28	5	0	2	9	0	11	173	.090	.121	.125	.246	-1,757

Career AVG .090 vs. league average .264 across their career seasons — 65.9% below league average.

Career OBP .121 vs. league average .333 across their career seasons — 63.7% below league average.

Career SLG .125 vs. league average .418 across their career seasons — 70.0% below league average.

Career OPS .246 vs. league average .751 across their career seasons — 67.2% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Miguel Batista Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1992	PIT	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1996	FLO	NL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	CHN	NL	11	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	MON	NL	56	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	MON	NL	39	35	6	7	1	1	3	2	19	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	MON	NL	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	KCA	AL	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	ARI	NL	48	32	2	2	0	0	0	2	17	.062	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	ARI	NL	36	51	5	8	2	1	2	3	28	.157	.261 (-40%)	.331 (-38%)	.416 (-39%)	.747 (-39%)	-329.8
2003	ARI	NL	36	57	3	4	1	0	0	1	33	.070	.264 (-73%)	.332 (-74%)	.422 (-79%)	.754 (-77%)	-725.5
2004	TOR	AL	38	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	TOR	AL	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	ARI	NL	34	60	3	6	1	0	4	2	31	.100	.269 (-63%)	.336 (-62%)	.431 (-73%)	.768 (-68%)	-701.9
2007	SEA	AL	33	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	SEA	AL	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	SEA	AL	56	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	WAS	NL	58	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	.125	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	SLN	NL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	NYN	NL	9	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	NYN	NL	30	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	ATL	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 21 seasons			658	311	20	28	5	2	9	11	173	.090	—	—	—	—	-1,757

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Miguel Batista — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Miguel Batista — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	SO	AVG
2002	NLDS2	ARI	1	1	1	.000
2001	NLCS	ARI	2	2	1	.000
2001	NLDS2	ARI	2	1	0	.000
2001	WS	ARI	2	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Miguel Batista — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	2	7	4	0	25.1	18	10	11	14	3.55

Playoff Pitching by Year

Miguel Batista — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2002	NLDS2	ARI	0	1	1	1	3.2	5	4	3	1	9.82
2001	NLCS	ARI	0	1	2	1	7.0	5	4	2	3	5.14
2001	NLDS2	ARI	1	0	2	1	6.2	3	2	1	4	2.70
2001	WS	ARI	0	0	2	1	8.0	5	0	5	6	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Miguel Batista — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	328	146	12	19	0	3	.130
Away	330	165	8	9	2	6	.055

Pitching — Home / Away

Miguel Batista — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	328	988.0	1040	516	447	602	4.70
Away	330	968.1	981	458	452	648	4.26

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Miguel Batista — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2012-09-11	ATL	MIL	—	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1
2012-09-04	ATL	COL	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2012-09-02	ATL	PHI	—	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2012-09-01	ATL	PHI	—	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0
2012-08-27	ATL	SDP	—	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0
2012-07-21	NYN	LAD	L	3.0	5	4	4	3	2	0
2012-07-18	NYN	WAS	—	0.2	3	2	2	0	1	0
2012-07-15	NYN	ATL	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2012-07-13	NYN	ATL	—	1.1	1	0	0	4	0	0
2012-07-06	NYN	CHC	—	2.0	4	1	1	1	2	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Miguel Batista — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	658	248	119	272	19	17

Season-by-Season Fielding

Miguel Batista — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1992	PIT	P	1	0	0	0	0	0
1996	FLO	P	9	0	0	1	0	0
1997	CHN	P	11	6	2	6	0	0
1998	MON	P	56	13	10	21	1	1
1999	MON	P	39	17	5	20	2	1
2000	MON	P	4	0	1	0	0	0
2000	KCA	P	14	9	3	4	1	0
2001	ARI	P	48	18	7	17	1	1
2002	ARI	P	36	29	8	33	1	2
2003	ARI	P	36	29	10	31	3	2
2004	TOR	P	38	31	18	30	1	5
2005	TOR	P	71	0	2	6	1	0
2006	ARI	P	34	33	12	34	4	2
2007	SEA	P	33	32	14	27	2	2
2008	SEA	P	44	20	10	14	1	0
2009	SEA	P	56	0	4	8	0	0
2010	WAS	P	58	1	5	9	0	1
2011	SLN	P	26	1	3	0	0	0
2011	NYN	P	9	4	5	4	0	0
2012	NYN	P	30	5	0	7	1	0
2012	ATL	P	5	0	0	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Miguel Batista Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	658

Salary History

Miguel Batista's recorded salaries total $47,630,000 over 18 seasons, 1992 to 2012. Batista's career, 1992 to 2012, falls within 1985 to 2016, the years the salary data covers.

Miguel Batista — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2012	NYN	NL	$750,000
2011	SLN	NL	$750,000
2010	WAS	NL	$1,000,000
2009	SEA	AL	$9,500,000
2008	SEA	AL	$9,500,000
2007	SEA	AL	$6,000,000
2006	ARI	NL	$4,750,000
2005	TOR	AL	$4,750,000
2004	TOR	AL	$3,600,000
2003	ARI	NL	$3,375,000
2002	ARI	NL	$2,125,000
2001	ARI	NL	$400,000
2000	MON	NL	$325,000
1999	MON	NL	$250,000
1998	MON	NL	$173,000
1997	CHN	NL	$153,000
1996	FLO	NL	$120,000
1992	PIT	NL	$109,000
Total recorded salary			$47,630,000

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Miguel Batista: the record in brief

April 11, 1992 and September 11, 2012 bracket Miguel Batista's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. Batista played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1992), the Florida Marlins (1996), the Chicago Cubs (1997), the Montreal Expos (1998 to 2000), the Kansas City Royals (2000), the Arizona Diamondbacks (2001 through 2006), the Toronto Blue Jays (2004 through 2005), and the Seattle Mariners (2007 to 2009), with further stops in the season rows. Born on February 19, 1971, in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, D.R., Batista is listed as a pitcher and batted and threw right-handed. The bio gives 210 pounds on a 6-foot-1 frame. Batista's full given name, per the bio, is Miguel Jerez Batista.

Across 658 games (248 starts), Batista recorded 102 wins against 115 losses with a 4.48 ERA. The totals include 1,250 strikeouts, 11 complete games, 5 shutouts, and 41 saves. Batista's 4.48 ERA was close to the 4.35 league figure for those seasons. 2007 brought Batista a season-high 16 wins.

Frequently Asked Questions about Miguel Batista

What years did Miguel Batista play?: Miguel Batista played in Major League Baseball from 1992 to 2012.
Was Miguel Batista a pitcher?: Yes. Miguel Batista pitched in the major leagues, recording 102 wins and 1250 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Miguel Batista hit?: Miguel Batista hit 2 career home runs with 28 hits.
What teams did Miguel Batista play for?: Miguel Batista played for 11 teams: the Pittsburgh Pirates (1992), the Florida Marlins (1996), the Chicago Cubs (1997), the Washington Nationals (1998–2000, 2010), the Kansas City Royals (2000), the Arizona Diamondbacks (2001–2003, 2006), the Toronto Blue Jays (2004–2005), the Seattle Mariners (2007–2009), the St. Louis Cardinals (2011), the New York Mets (2011–2012), and the Atlanta Braves (2012).
What were Miguel Batista's career stats?: In 658 games, Miguel Batista went 102-115 with a 4.48 ERA, 1,250 strikeouts, 1,956.1 innings pitched, and 41 saves. At the plate he had 28 hits and 2 home runs.
How much did Miguel Batista earn in his career?: Miguel Batista's recorded salaries total $47,630,000 over 18 seasons, 1992 to 2012. Batista's career, 1992 to 2012, falls within 1985 to 2016, the years the salary data covers.
What was Miguel Batista's salary?: Miguel Batista's last recorded salary was $750,000, in 2012. His highest recorded salary was $9,500,000, in 2008, and his lowest was $109,000, in 1992. The Salary History table lists each season from 1992 to 2012.
What position did Miguel Batista play?: Miguel Batista played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Miguel Batista and how much did he weigh?: Miguel Batista was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 210 pounds.
What was Miguel Batista's career ERA?: Miguel Batista finished with a 4.48 career ERA, going 102-115 with 1,250 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Miguel Batista have?: Miguel Batista recorded 1,250 career strikeouts.
Is Miguel Batista in the Hall of Fame?: No. Miguel Batista has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.