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Tim Birtsas

Timothy Dean Birtsas

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 7", Weight: 240 lb.

Born: September 5, 1960 in Pontiac, MI
School: Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 3, 1985
Teams (by GP): Reds/Athletics 1985-1990

Final Game: October 3, 1990
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Standard Batting

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
1985 24 OAK AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 25 OAK AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
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 Yrs 138 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 25 21 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 .056 .056 .222 .278 -26 5 0 0 4 0 0
CIN (3 yrs) 107 21 18 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 .056 .056 .222 .278 -26 4 0 0 3 0 0
OAK (2 yrs) 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (3 yrs) 107 21 18 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 .056 .056 .222 .278 -26 4 0 0 3 0 0
AL (2 yrs) 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1985 24 OAK AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $60,000 1
1986 25 OAK AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1988 27 CIN NL 36 10 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $70,000 1
1989 28 CIN NL 42 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $85,000 1
1990 29 CIN NL 29 7 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $120,500 1
5 Seasons 138 21 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.1 -1 $335,500
CIN (3 yrs) 107 21 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $275,500
OAK (2 yrs) 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $60,000

Advanced Batting

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 .712 236 .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 Yrs 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. 25 23 1 1.4 95 .000 .056 .262 .056 .328 .222 .388 .278 .716 -26 .114 -3.2 -0.3 .235 .167 .167

Ratio Batting*

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 Yrs 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 2.2% 14.9% 8.6% 6.8% 30% 1.73 6.0 40.0 8.4 0.80 1.06 73% 20% 6.6% 26%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1985 24 OAK AL 0.0 0.0
1986 25 OAK AL 0.0 0.0
1988 27 CIN NL -2.6 -0.3 10 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .57 -0.2 -0.0 -1.8 -0.2 0.73 -2.4 0
1989 28 CIN NL 0.6 0.1 4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .72 0.0 -0.1 -0.3 -0.0 1.01 0.6 0
1990 29 CIN NL -1.1 -0.1 7 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .93 -0.2 0.0 -1.9 -0.2 1.18 -1.6 0
5 Yrs -3.2 -0.3 21 -0.3 0.0 -0.4 .72 -0.3 -0.1 -3.9 -0.4 0.93 -3.4 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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 Yrs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

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 Yrs 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 60% 73% 11% 35% 15% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 Yrs 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 3.60 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 47% 81% 32% 6% 16% 9% 26%

Cumulative Batting

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 67 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 28 109 14 14 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 .071 .071 .286 .357 -4 4 0 0 0 0 0
1990 29 138 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

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 1 42
1990 29 29 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 29
3 Yrs 107 21 18 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 .056 .056 .222 .278 1 107
162 Game Avg. 162 32 27 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 5 .056 .056 .222 .278 2 107

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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