Christopher Sean Batton (born August 24, 1954) is a former professional baseball pitcher. He played part of one season in Major League Baseball for the Oakland Athletics.

Batton was drafted by the Athletics in the 12th round of the 1972 Major League Baseball Draft, and pitched in their organization through his major league debut in September 1976. He pitched two games for the A's with no decisions. The following spring he was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates with Phil Garner and Tommy Helms to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Tony Armas, Rick Langford, Doug Bair, Dave Giusti, Doc Medich, and Mitchell Page. He never pitched in the major leagues again.

Chris Batton

Batton's twin brother John pitched briefly in the minor leagues in the Minnesota Twins organization in 1974.

Chris Batton

References

External links

Major League Baseball pitchers

Oakland Athletics players

Baseball players from Los Angeles

Coos Bay-North Bend A's players

Burlington Bees players

Birmingham A's players

Tucson Toros players

Santo Domingo Azucareros players

Shreveport Captains players

Columbus Clippers players

Bakersfield Outlaws players

1954 births

Living people

Chris Batton