Tim Birtsas
Timothy Dean Birtsas
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 7" , Weight: 240 lb.

Born: September 5, 1960 in Pontiac, MI
School: Michigan State University
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 3, 1985
Final Game: October 3, 1990
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1988 27 CIN NL 36 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 28 CIN NL 42 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 236 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 29 CIN NL 29 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 3 0 0 1
5 Seasons 107 21 18 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 .056 .056 .222 .278 -26 4 0 0 3 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 32 27 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 5 .056 .056 .222 .278 -26 6 0 0 5 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1988 27 CIN NL 10 10 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .261 .000 .325 .000 .383 .000 .708 -100 .000 -2.6 -0.3 .000 .000 .000
1989 28 CIN NL 4 3 1 9.0 94 .000 .250 .258 .250 .326 1.000 .385 1.250 .711 236 .811 0.6 0.1 1.333 .750 .750 .0
1990 29 CIN NL 7 7 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .270 .000 .337 .000 .406 .000 .742 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
5 Seasons 21 20 1 1.4 95 .000 .056 .262 .056 .328 .222 .388 .278 .716 -26 .114 -3.2 -0.3 .235 .167 .167 .0
162 Game Avg. 32 30 2 1.4 95 .000 .056 .262 .056 .328 .222 .388 .278 .716 -26 .114 -3.2 -0.3 .235 .167 .167

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1988 27 CIN NL 10 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5.0 3.00 3.00 80% 0% 100%
1989 28 CIN NL 4 25.0% 25.0% 0.0% 25.0% 100% 4.0 4.0 4.0 1.00 0.50 50% 0% 100.0% 0%
1990 29 CIN NL 7 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.00 6.00 57% 0% 0.0% 0%
5 Seasons 21 4.8% 14.3% 0.0% 4.8% 100% 6.0 18.0 18.0 2.50 2.60 67% 0% 50.0% 50%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1988 27 CIN NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 28 CIN NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 29 CIN NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1988 27 CIN NL 10 70% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1989 28 CIN NL 4 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1990 29 CIN NL 7 57% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 4 0 0% 4 0 0% 7 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 21 62% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 75% 5 0 0% 5 0 0% 11 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 27 CIN NL 10 34 3.40 25 74% 36% 12% 20% 32% 64% 0% 47% 81% 50% 0% 0 0 10% 1 0 10% 1 0 50% 0 0 0
1989 28 CIN NL 4 17 4.25 12 71% 25% 0% 33% 25% 58% 0% 41% 78% 25% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 2
1990 29 CIN NL 7 15 2.14 13 87% 8% 31% 8% 54% 92% 0% 80% 67% 57% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 21 66 3.14 50 76% 26% 14% 20% 36% 70% 0% 53% 76% 48% 0% 0 0 5% 1 0 5% 1 0 67% 0 0 2
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1988 27 36 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 28 78 14 14 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 .071 .071 .286 .357 -4 4 0 0 0 0 0
1990 29 107 21 18 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 .056 .056 .222 .278 -26 4 0 0 3 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1988 27 36 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 36
1989 28 42 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 42
1990 29 29 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 29
3 Seasons 107 18 18 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 107
162 Game Avg. 162 27 27 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 107

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