Career
With the hometown Pirates down 3-0 in the bottom of the eighth to the Chicago Cubs, Batsch walked for pitcher Erv Kantlehner in his only plate appearance. The Pirates failed to bring Batsch round to score, and the final score of the game at the end of the ninth remained 3-0. Batsch is one of only five players to walk in his only major league plate appearance.
The most famous of the five is Eddie Gaedel.