Charlie Batch is a career quality starter — a quarterback whose body of work places Batch in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Batch's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yds | TD | Int | TD% | Int% | Y/A | AdjY/A | TD:INT | Rate | Sk | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb | |||||
| 1998 | 23–24 | DET | 12 | — | 173 | 303 | 57.1% | 2,178 | 11 | 6 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 1.8 | 83.5 | 37 | 41 | 229 | 1 | 5.6 | 2.4 | — | — | — |
| 1999 | 24–25 | DET | 11 | — | 149 | 267 | 55.8% | 1,908 | 13 | 7 | 4.9 | 2.6 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 1.9 | 83.7 | 36 | 28 | 87 | 2 | 3.1 | 7.1 | 8 | 28.6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 25–26 | DET | 15 | — | 219 | 407 | 53.8% | 2,469 | 13 | 14 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 6.1 | 5.2 | 0.9 | 68.5 | 38 | 44 | 199 | 2 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 12 | 27.3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 26–27 | DET | 10 | — | 198 | 341 | 58.1% | 2,392 | 12 | 12 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 7.0 | 6.1 | 1.0 | 76.8 | 33 | 12 | 45 | 0 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 5 | 41.7 | 1 |
| 2003 | 28–29 | PIT | 2 | — | 4 | 8 | 50.0% | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 5.9 | — | 68.2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 30–31 | PIT | 3 | — | 23 | 36 | 63.9% | 246 | 1 | 1 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 6.8 | 6.1 | 1.0 | 81.5 | 1 | 11 | 30 | 1 | 2.7 | 9.1 | 3 | 27.3 | 0 |
| 2006 | 31–32 | PIT | 7 | — | 30 | 52 | 57.7% | 477 | 5 | 0 | 9.6 | 0.0 | 9.2 | 11.1 | — | 120.4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 1 | 7.7 | 1 |
| 2007 | 32–33 | PIT | 7 | — | 17 | 36 | 47.2% | 232 | 2 | 3 | 5.6 | 8.3 | 6.4 | 3.8 | 0.7 | 52.1 | 0 | 12 | -7 | 0 | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 34–35 | PIT | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 50.0% | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | — | 79.2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 35–36 | PIT | 3 | — | 29 | 49 | 59.2% | 352 | 3 | 3 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 7.2 | 5.7 | 1.0 | 76.2 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 |
| 2011 | 36–37 | PIT | 3 | — | 15 | 24 | 62.5% | 208 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 8.7 | 6.8 | 0.0 | 72.9 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 0 | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 37–38 | PIT | 2 | — | 45 | 70 | 64.3% | 475 | 1 | 4 | 1.4 | 5.7 | 6.8 | 4.5 | 0.3 | 64.9 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 76 | — | 903 | 1,595 | 56.6% | 11,001 | 61 | 51 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 6.9 | 6.2 | 1.2 | 77.4 | 158 | 172 | 634 | 6 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 32 | 18.6 | 2 | |
Career Value · VORP
72 career value over replacement — #1606 all-time of 4,695. 12/season above a replacement-level QB.
Pick #60 (Rd 2) · DET · 1998 · +2.9 vs expected KV-H
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A quality quarterback with a above-average career — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.
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