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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1985 24 OAK AL 10 6 .625 4.01 29 25 4 2 0 0 141.1 124 72 63 18 91 0 94 3 0 6 624 95 1.521 7.9 1.1 5.8 6.0 1.03
1986 25 OAK AL 0 0 22.50 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 2 5 5 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 12 17 3.000 9.0 4.5 18.0 4.5 0.25
1988 27 CIN NL 1 3 .250 4.20 36 4 8 0 0 0 64.1 61 34 30 6 24 5 38 3 3 0 277 86 1.321 8.5 0.8 3.4 5.3 1.58
1989 28 CIN NL 2 2 .500 3.75 42 1 12 0 0 1 69.2 68 33 29 5 27 8 57 3 3 3 300 96 1.364 8.8 0.6 3.5 7.4 2.11
1990 29 CIN NL 1 3 .250 3.86 29 0 8 0 0 0 51.1 69 24 22 7 24 6 41 1 0 4 239 103 1.812 12.1 1.2 4.2 7.2 1.71
5 Seasons 14 14 .500 4.08 138 30 34 2 0 1 328.2 324 168 149 37 170 20 231 10 6 13 1452 92 1.503 8.9 1.0 4.7 6.3 1.36
162 Game Avg. 6 6 .500 4.08 56 12 14 1 0 0 133 131 68 60 15 69 8 94 4 2 5 588 92 1.503 8.9 1.0 4.7 6.3 1.36
CIN (3 yrs) 4 8 .333 3.93 107 5 28 0 0 1 185.1 198 91 81 18 75 19 136 7 6 7 816 94 1.473 9.6 0.9 3.6 6.6 1.81
OAK (2 yrs) 10 6 .625 4.27 31 25 6 2 0 0 143.1 126 77 68 19 95 1 95 3 0 6 636 89 1.542 7.9 1.2 6.0 6.0 1.00
NL (3 yrs) 4 8 .333 3.93 107 5 28 0 0 1 185.1 198 91 81 18 75 19 136 7 6 7 816 94 1.473 9.6 0.9 3.6 6.6 1.81
AL (2 yrs) 10 6 .625 4.27 31 25 6 2 0 0 143.1 126 77 68 19 95 1 95 3 0 6 636 89 1.542 7.9 1.2 6.0 6.0 1.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1985 24 OAK AL 29 624 521 72 124 24 7 18 10 7 91 94 .238 .352 .415 .766 .256 216 14 3 4 5 0
1986 25 OAK AL 2 12 7 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 .286 .545 .714 1.260 .200 5 0 0 1 0 1
1988 27 CIN NL 36 277 244 34 61 10 1 6 9 3 24 38 .250 .321 .373 .694 .271 91 5 3 3 3 5
1989 28 CIN NL 42 300 261 33 68 13 3 5 8 4 27 57 .261 .330 .391 .721 .307 102 5 3 3 6 8
1990 29 CIN NL 29 239 212 24 69 13 1 7 4 5 24 41 .325 .395 .495 .890 .376 105 1 1 1 1 6
5 Seasons 138 1452 1245 168 324 60 12 37 31 19 170 231 .260 .350 .417 .767 .289 519 25 10 12 15 20
162 Game Avg. 56 588 504 68 131 24 5 15 13 8 69 94 .260 .350 .417 .767 .289 210 10 4 5 6 8
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1985 24 OAK AL 29 25 10 6 9 4 1 13 12 .520 1 6 2 0 8 32% 50 72 23 26 4 5 8 4.8 5.5 5.4
1988 27 CIN NL 36 4 0 3 1 0 1 0 4 .000 0 1 0 0 1 25% 42 58 25 15 6 2 1 2.2 1.2 3.8 69 2 2 0 0 97
1989 28 CIN NL 42 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35 35 35 10 4 0 1 3.0 9.0 2.3 67 1 0 0 0 67
3 Seasons 107 30 10 10 10 4 2 13 17 .433 1 7 2 0 9 30% 48 72 23 51 14 7 10 4.3 5.2 5.1 68 3 2 0 0 97
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1985 24 OAK AL 29 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.875 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 3 0 3 0 5.3
1986 25 OAK AL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.231 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 3.0
1988 27 CIN NL 36 32 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 19 3 16% 8 0.602 3 6 23 4 2 26 9 23 20 8 21 10 4.6 25
1989 28 CIN NL 42 41 12 2 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 23 13 57% 5 0.460 3 7 30 2 3 36 15 26 23 10 23 9 4.9 28
1990 29 CIN NL 29 29 8 1 3 0 0 0 2 2 19 5 26% 7 0.624 6 7 16 3 5 21 10 19 19 5 20 3 5.3 32
5 Seasons 138 108 34 4 4 1 1 0 100% 4 3 61 21 34% 0.691 12 20 71 9 10 89 34 74 65 23 67 23 4.9 28

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1985 24 OAK AL 624 81% 2.9% 15.1% 14.6% 7.9% 40% 0.68 66% 128 14 11%
1986 25 OAK AL 12 67% 8.3% 8.3% 33.3% 8.3% 50% 0.67 42% 6 0 0%
1988 27 CIN NL 277 66% 2.2% 13.7% 8.7% 6.1% 28% 0.91 1.00 73% 18% 12.0% 53% 45 5 11%
1989 28 CIN NL 300 70% 1.7% 19.0% 9.0% 7.0% 31% 0.71 0.89 68% 23% 5.9% 30% 52 5 10%
1990 29 CIN NL 239 64% 2.9% 17.2% 10.0% 8.8% 30% 1.23 1.55 69% 18% 11.5% 19% 40 1 3%
5 Seasons 1452 73% 2.6% 15.9% 11.7% 7.5% 34% 0.91 0.88 68% 20% 9.2% 35% 271 25 9%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 27 CIN NL 270 1056 3.91 628 60% 28% 12% 28% 33% 72% 4% 43% 84% 52% 7% 20 12 19% 50 19 4 42% 5 3 7 1 0
1989 28 CIN NL 300 1222 4.07 736 60% 27% 13% 31% 29% 73% 7% 44% 81% 59% 5% 15 5 23% 70 31 7 33% 6 3 0 1 5
1990 29 CIN NL 228 883 3.87 534 60% 29% 13% 27% 31% 70% 5% 43% 81% 60% 7% 15 9 22% 51 21 5 45% 8 1 11 0 3
3 Seasons 798 3161 3.96 1898 60% 28% 13% 29% 31% 72% 5% 43% 82% 57% 6% 50 26 21% 171 71 16 39% 19 7 18 2 8
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1985 24 OAK AL 624 124 18 0 23 15 3 8 10 32 17 8 53% 7 6 2 233 10 7 59% 9 6 1 1 0 0 2 0 18 0
1986 25 OAK AL 12 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 27 CIN NL 277 61 7 1 6 0 13 4 2 3 3 16 5 6 31% 5 0 0 88 9 3 75% 5 2 4 0 0 1 1 1 7 0
1989 28 CIN NL 300 68 7 0 5 0 10 3 2 5 0 23 15 4 65% 1 3 0 110 8 4 67% 5 1 2 2 1 1 3 2 15 0
1990 29 CIN NL 239 69 9 0 7 0 9 4 3 4 3 7 2 2 29% 2 4 0 109 4 5 44% 4 5 0 0 0 0 4 2 4 0
5 Seasons 1452 324 23 1 37 1 56 27 10 21 16 79 40 20 51% 15 13 2 547 31 19 62% 23 14 7 3 1 2 10 5 44 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1985 24 10 6 .625 4.01 29 25 4 2 0 0 141.1 124 72 63 18 91 0 94 3 0 6 624 95 1.521 7.9 1.1 5.8 6.0 1.03 95
1986 25 10 6 .625 4.27 31 25 6 2 0 0 143.1 126 77 68 19 95 1 95 3 0 6 636 89 1.542 7.9 1.2 6.0 6.0 1.00 89
1987 26 10 6 .625 4.27 31 25 6 2 0 0 143.1 126 77 68 19 95 1 95 3 0 6 636 89 1.542 7.9 1.2 6.0 6.0 1.00 89
1988 27 11 9 .550 4.25 67 29 14 2 0 0 207.2 187 111 98 25 119 6 133 6 3 6 913 88 1.474 8.1 1.1 5.2 5.8 1.12 88
1989 28 13 11 .542 4.12 109 30 26 2 0 1 277.1 255 144 127 30 146 14 190 9 6 9 1213 90 1.446 8.3 1.0 4.7 6.2 1.30 90
1990 29 14 14 .500 4.08 138 30 34 2 0 1 328.2 324 168 149 37 170 20 231 10 6 13 1452 92 1.503 8.9 1.0 4.7 6.3 1.36 92

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1985 24 6 8 .429 4.92 130.0 133 79 71 19 98 86 3 1.777 9.2 6.8 6.0 0.88 1.3 29
1986 25 0 0 27.00 2.0 2 7 6 1 4 1 0 3.000 9.0 18.0 4.5 0.25 4.5 2
1988 27 2 4 .333 4.79 62.0 64 37 33 6 25 37 3 1.435 9.3 3.6 5.4 1.48 0.9 36
1989 28 3 4 .429 4.23 66.0 71 34 31 5 28 54 3 1.500 9.7 3.8 7.4 1.93 0.7 42
1990 29 2 3 .400 4.12 48.0 69 24 22 7 24 38 1 1.938 12.9 4.5 7.1 1.58 1.3 29
5 Seasons 13 19 .406 4.76 308.0 339 181 163 38 179 216 10 1.682 9.9 6.3 1.21 1.1 138

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1985 AL--91--8th

                                         

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