{{short description|American baseball player (1940-2009)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Del Bates |position=Catcher |image=Del Bates.JPG |bats=Left |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1940|6|12}} |birth_place=Kirkland, Washington, US |death_date={{death date and age|2009|9|24|1940|6|12}} |death_place=Spokane, Washington, US |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=May 6 |debutyear=1970 |debutteam=Philadelphia Phillies |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=June 5 |finalyear=1970 |finalteam=Philadelphia Phillies |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.133 |stat2label=At bats |stat2value=60 |stat3label=Hits |stat3value=8 |teams= *Philadelphia Phillies ({{mlby|1970}}) }}
'''Delbert Oakley "Del" (or "Butch") Bates Jr.''' (June 12, 1940 – September 24, 2009), was an American professional baseball catcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies, in {{by|1970}}. In 22 career games, he had 8 hits, in 60 at-bats. Bates batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
Bates was born in Kirkland, Washington, in 1940. After graduating from Bothell High School, he served four years in the U.S. Navy, as a submariner, stationed in Honolulu, Hawaii. After being discharged, Bates was signed by the Los Angeles Angels, as an amateur free agent, in 1963.
After retiring from baseball, Bates was a longshoreman at the Port of Seattle. He was active in the International Longshore Union, Local 19, until retiring, in 2004. Bates died on September 24, 2009.
==External links== {{baseballstats|mlb=110674|espn=18976|br=b/batesde01|fangraphs=1000657|brm=bates-002del|retro=B/Pbated101}} *[http://thedeadballera.com/Obits/Obits_B/Bates.Del.Obit.html Del Bates] at The Deadball Era *[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/seattletimes/obituary.aspx?n=delbert-o-bates-butch&pid=133703503 Del Bates] Seattle Times Obituary from ''Legacy.com''
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