Earl Jesse Battey, Jr. was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher from 1955 to 1967, most prominently for the Minnesota Twins where he was a five-time All-Star player and was an integral member of the 1965 American League pennant-winning team.
Battey in 1950 as a member of the Jordan High School men's basketball team.
Battey, circa 1965
The Minnesota Twins are an American professional baseball team based in Minneapolis. The Twins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central Division. The team is named after the Twin Cities moniker for the two adjacent cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul.
Washington's Bucky Harris scores on his home run in the fourth inning of Game 7 of the 1924 World Series.
President Calvin Coolidge (left) and Washington Senators pitcher Walter Johnson (right) shake hands following the Senators' 1924 championship.
The Minneapolis Millers (1884–1960) and St. Paul Saints (1901–1960; team photo of 1920 pictured) of AAA played in Minnesota before the arrival of the Twins in 1961
Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota, 1964