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Tim Birtsas
Timothy Dean Birtsas

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 7", Weight 240 lb.
School Michigan State University

Debut May 3, 1985
  vs. BOS 2.0 IP, 1 H, 3 SO, 5 BB, 0 ER
Final Game October 3, 1990
Born September 5, 1960 in Pontiac, MI

Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1985 24 OAK AL  10   6  29  25   2   0   4  0  141.3  124   72   63  18   91   94   3   6   624   0   0  4.01  3.82   95 1.521
 1986 25 OAK AL   0   0   2   0   0   0   2  0    2.0    2    5    5   1    4    1   0   0    12   1   0 22.50  3.85   17 3.000
 1988 27 CIN NL   1   3  36   4   0   0   8  0   64.3   61   34   30   6   24   38   3   0   277   5   3  4.20  3.59   86 1.321
 1989 28 CIN NL   2   2  42   1   0   0  12  1   69.7   68   33   29   5   27   57   3   3   300   8   3  3.75  3.61   96 1.364
 1990 29 CIN NL   1   3  29   0   0   0   8  0   51.3   69   24   22   7   24   41   1   4   239   6   0  3.86  3.99  103 1.812
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .500  14  14 138  30   2   0  34  1  328.7  324  168  149  37  170  231  10  13  1452  20   6  4.08  3.76   92 1.503
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     5   5  55  12   0   0  13  0  133.0  131   68   60  14   68   93   4   5   587   8   2  4.08  3.76   92 1.503
 Career High     10   6  42  25   2   0  12  1  141.3  124   72   63  18   91   94   3   6   624   8   3  3.75  3.99  103 1.321

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1988 27 CIN NL  36   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1989 28 CIN NL  42    4    1    1   0  0   1    1   0  0   0   1  .250  .250 1.000  236    4   0   0   0   0   0
 1990 29 CIN NL  29    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   3   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      138   18    1    1   0  0   1    1   0  0   0   3  .056  .056  .222  -26    4   3   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         21    1    1   0  0   1    1   0  0   0   4  .056  .056  .222  -26    5   4   0   0   0   0
 Career High     42   10    1    1   0  0   1    1   0  0   0   2                           4   3   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1988 27 CIN NL   10   10    0   0.0    93| .000  .261| .000  .325| .000  .383| .000  .708|-100  .000  -2.6  -0.3   0%
 1989 28 CIN NL    4    3    1   9.0    94| .250  .258| .250  .326|1.000  .385|1.250  .711| 236  .811   0.6   0.1   0%
 1990 29 CIN NL    7    7    0   0.0   102| .000  .270| .000  .337| .000  .406| .000  .742|-100  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons        21   20    1   1.4    95| .056  .262| .056  .328| .222  .388| .278  .716| -26  .114  -3.2  -0.3   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1985 24 OAK AL P 29 0 11 1 1 .917 .957 0.38 0.70 0.70 1.86 25 141.3 1986 25 OAK AL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.70 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 1988 27 CIN NL P 36 2 8 2 0 .833 .952 0.28 0.69 1.40 1.96 4 64.3 1989 28 CIN NL P 42 0 9 1 0 .900 .947 0.21 0.63 1.16 1.87 1 69.7 1990 29 CIN NL P 29 3 8 0 0 1.000 .957 0.38 0.58 1.93 1.81 0 51.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1985 24 OAK AL P 29 0 11 1 1 .917 .957 0.38 0.70 0.70 1.86 25 141.3 1986 25 OAK AL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.70 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 1988 27 CIN NL P 36 2 8 2 0 .833 .952 0.28 0.69 1.40 1.96 4 64.3 1989 28 CIN NL P 42 0 9 1 0 .900 .947 0.21 0.63 1.16 1.87 1 69.7 1990 29 CIN NL P 29 3 8 0 0 1.000 .957 0.38 0.58 1.93 1.81 0 51.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 138 5 36 4 1 .911 .953 0.30 0.65 1.12 1.87 30 328.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 138 5 36 4 1 .911 .953 0.30 0.65 1.12 1.87 30 329
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Won-Loss %
1985 AL-.625-10

Bases On Balls Allow.
1985 AL-91-8

Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2081) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft.

December 5, 1984: Traded by the New York Yankees with Jay Howell, Stan Javier, Eric Plunk, and Jose Rijo to the Oakland Athletics for Rickey Henderson, Bert Bradley, and cash.

December 8, 1987: Traded by the Oakland Athletics with Jose Rijo to the Cincinnati Reds for Dave Parker.

December 11, 1990: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Oakland Athletics$60,000
1989Cincinnati Reds$85,000
1990Cincinnati Reds$120,500
Career (may be incomplete)$265,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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