Batting

Taj Bates

Southern University Baton Rouge

C

Age: 21

Class: SR

Bats/Throws: R/R

5'10" / 200

DOB: 7/22/2003

(21 years, 10 months, 8 days)

C

Stats

College

Season	Team	Level	Age	G G - Games Played	PA PA - Plate Appearances	HR HR - Home Runs	R R - Runs	RBI RBI - Runs Batted In	SB SB - Stolen Bases	divider	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/PA)	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/PA)	ISO ISO - Isolated Power (SLG-AVG)	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	divider	AVG AVG - Batting Average (H/AB)	OBP OBP - On Base Percentage	SLG SLG - Slugging Percentage	wOBA wOBA - Weighted On Base Average (Linear Weights)	xwOBA xwOBA - Expected weighted on-base average	wRC+ wRC+ - Runs per PA scaled where 100 is average; both league and park adjusted; based on wOBA	divider	BsR Base Running - Base running runs above average, includes SB or CS	divider	Off Offense - Batting and Base Running combined (above average)	Def Defense - Fielding and Positional Adjustment combined (above average)	WAR WAR - Wins Above Replacement
2025	SOU	NCAA	21	44	209	11	35	65	10		9.6%	13.4%	.267	.371		.358	.445	.625	.469		138

Season	Team	Level	Age	G G - Games Played	PA PA - Plate Appearances	HR HR - Home Runs	R R - Runs	RBI RBI - Runs Batted In	SB SB - Stolen Bases	divider	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/PA)	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/PA)	ISO ISO - Isolated Power (SLG-AVG)	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	divider	AVG AVG - Batting Average (H/AB)	OBP OBP - On Base Percentage	SLG SLG - Slugging Percentage	wOBA wOBA - Weighted On Base Average (Linear Weights)	xwOBA xwOBA - Expected weighted on-base average	wRC+ wRC+ - Runs per PA scaled where 100 is average; both league and park adjusted; based on wOBA	divider	BsR Base Running - Base running runs above average, includes SB or CS	divider	Off Offense - Batting and Base Running combined (above average)	Def Defense - Fielding and Positional Adjustment combined (above average)	WAR WAR - Wins Above Replacement
2025	SOU	NCAA	21	44	209	11	35	65	10		9.6%	13.4%	.267	.371		.358	.445	.625	.469		138

College

Season	Team	Level	G G - Games Played	AB AB - At Bats	PA PA - Plate Appearances	H H - Hits	1B 1B - Singles	2B 2B - Doubles	3B 3B - Triples	HR HR - Home Runs	R R - Runs	RBI RBI - Runs Batted In	BB BB - Walks	IBB IBB - Intentional Walks	SO SO - Strike Outs	HBP HBP - Hit by Pitch	SF SF - Sacrifice Fly	SH SH - Sacrifice Hit	GDP GDP - Ground into Double Play	SB SB - Stolen Bases	CS CS - Caught Stealing	AVG AVG - Batting Average (H/AB)
2025	SOU	NCAA	44	176	209	63	39	12	1	11	35	65	20		28	10	3	0	1	10	0	.358

Season	Team	Level	G G - Games Played	AB AB - At Bats	PA PA - Plate Appearances	H H - Hits	1B 1B - Singles	2B 2B - Doubles	3B 3B - Triples	HR HR - Home Runs	R R - Runs	RBI RBI - Runs Batted In	BB BB - Walks	IBB IBB - Intentional Walks	SO SO - Strike Outs	HBP HBP - Hit by Pitch	SF SF - Sacrifice Fly	SH SH - Sacrifice Hit	GDP GDP - Ground into Double Play	SB SB - Stolen Bases	CS CS - Caught Stealing	AVG AVG - Batting Average (H/AB)
2025	SOU	NCAA	44	176	209	63	39	12	1	11	35	65	20		28	10	3	0	1	10	0	.358

AveragesCollege

Season	Team	Level	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/PA)	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/PA)	BB/K BB/K - Walk to Strikeout Ratio (BB/SO)	divider	AVG AVG - Batting Average (H/AB)	OBP OBP - On Base Percentage	SLG SLG - Slugging Percentage	OPS OPS - On Base + Slugging Percentage	divider	ISO ISO - Isolated Power (SLG-AVG)	Spd Spd - Speed Score (4 Component Version)	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	divider	UBR UBR - Ultimate Base Running in runs above average, does not include SB or CS	wGDP wGDP - Ground into Double Play Runs above average	XBR XBR - Statcast baserunning above average	wSB wSB - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing runs above average	divider	wRC wRC - Runs Created based wOBA	wRAA wRAA - Runs Above Average based on wOBA	wOBA wOBA - Weighted On Base Average (Linear Weights)	wRC+ wRC+ - Runs per PA scaled where 100 is average; both league and park adjusted; based on wOBA
2025	SOU	NCAA	9.6%	13.4%	0.71		.358	.445	.625	1.070		.267	6.4	.371					1.6		53	14.6	.469	138

Season	Team	Level	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/PA)	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/PA)	BB/K BB/K - Walk to Strikeout Ratio (BB/SO)	divider	AVG AVG - Batting Average (H/AB)	OBP OBP - On Base Percentage	SLG SLG - Slugging Percentage	OPS OPS - On Base + Slugging Percentage	divider	ISO ISO - Isolated Power (SLG-AVG)	Spd Spd - Speed Score (4 Component Version)	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	divider	UBR UBR - Ultimate Base Running in runs above average, does not include SB or CS	wGDP wGDP - Ground into Double Play Runs above average	XBR XBR - Statcast baserunning above average	wSB wSB - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing runs above average	divider	wRC wRC - Runs Created based wOBA	wRAA wRAA - Runs Above Average based on wOBA	wOBA wOBA - Weighted On Base Average (Linear Weights)	wRC+ wRC+ - Runs per PA scaled where 100 is average; both league and park adjusted; based on wOBA
2025	SOU	NCAA	9.6%	13.4%	0.71		.358	.445	.625	1.070		.267	6.4	.371					1.6		53	14.6	.469	138