Complex sentence: John Alvin Bateman (July 21,1940--December 3,1996) was a Major League Baseball catcher born in Killeen, Texas but grew up in Lawton, Oklahoma who signed with the expansion Houston Colt.45s as an amateur free agent in.
Split into simpler sentences: John Alvin Bateman (July 21,1940--December 3,1996) was an American Major League Baseball catcher. He signed with the expansion Houston Colt.45s as an amateur free agent in.