José Bautista

José Bautista — "Joey Bats" — is one of those players who had the most dramatic glow-up in baseball history and I will never stop being amazed by it. He bounced around six different organizations basically going nowhere, then landed in Toronto and suddenly became one of the most feared power hitters in the American League, slugging 54 home runs in 2010 alone. But honestly, the moment that defines him forever is that bat flip in the 2015 ALCS against Texas — a three-run homer in the seventh inning to flip the series, and then that slow, deliberate toss of the bat like he was saying "yeah, I meant to do that." It was cocky, it was electric, it was pure baseball theater, and whether you loved him or hated him for it, you absolutely could not look away. Six All-Star selections, a guy who reinvented himself in his late twenties — that's a career worth admiring.

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Name (English)

José Bautista

Name (Japanese)

ホセ・バティスタ

Reading

ほせ・ばてぃすた

Born

October 19, 1980 (age 45)

Origin

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Height

185 cm

Occupation

baseball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Monkey

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9%20Bautista
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9B%E3%82%BB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%20(%E5%A4%96%E9%87%8E%E6%89%8B)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1346122

Tags

• baseball player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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