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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
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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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
1982	21	NYY-min	A-	1	1	.500	3.86	6	5	1	0	0	1	16.1	19	13	7	2	17	0	24	0	0	4			2.204	10.5	1.1	9.4	13.2	1.41	ONE · NYPL
1983	22	NYY-min	A	12	8	.600	2.36	23	22	0	9	3	0	167.2	120	57	44	0	88	0	160	10	0	15			1.241	6.4	0.0	4.7	8.6	1.82	FTL · FLOR
1984	23	NYY-min	A	5	1	.833	3.59	11	10					57.2	51	23	23	0	37								1.526	8.0	0.0	5.8			FTL · FLOR
1985	24	OAK-min	AAA	2	2	.500	3.04	4	4	0	1	0	0	26.2	21	10	9	3	14	0	25	0	0	0			1.312	7.1	1.0	4.7	8.4	1.79	TAC · PCL
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-min	AAA	3	7	.300	5.07	19	15	1	2	1	0	92.1	94	59	52	6	71	1	75	0	1	8			1.787	9.2	0.6	6.9	7.3	1.06	TAC · PCL
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	21	3.000	9.0	4.5	18.0	4.5	0.25

1988	27	CIN-min	AAA	1	3	.250	3.08	8	8	0	1	0	0	49.2	33	20	17	4	21	0	48	1	2	2			1.087	6.0	0.7	3.8	8.7	2.29	NVL · AA
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	97	1.364	8.8	0.6	3.5	7.4	2.11
1990	29	CIN-min	AAA	2	4	.333	4.37	8	5	2	2	2	0	35.0	33	21	17	0	16	1	34	0	0	3			1.400	8.5	0.0	4.1	8.7	2.13	NVL · AA
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	104	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	93	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	93	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	95	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	90	1.542	7.9	1.2	6.0	6.0	1.00

NL (3 yrs)			NL	4	8	.333	3.93	107	5	28	0	0	1	185.1	198	91	81	18	75	19	136	7	6	7	816	95	1.473	9.6	0.9	3.6	6.6	1.81
AL (2 yrs)			AL	10	6	.625	4.27	31	25	6	2	0	0	143.1	126	77	68	19	95	1	95	3	0	6	636	90	1.542	7.9	1.2	6.0	6.0	1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1985	24	OAK	AL	141.1	25	72	79	0	.9	7	0.7	$60,000
1986	25	OAK	AL	2.0	0	5	1	0	.2	-4	-0.2	$

1988	27	CIN	NL	64.1	4	34	31	3	.6	-3	-0.5	$
1989	28	CIN	NL	69.2	1	33	40	-2	.4	7	0.2	$85,000
1990	29	CIN	NL	51.1	0	24	30	-1	.6	6	0.2	$120,500
5 Seasons				328.2	30	168	181	0	.7	13	0.4	$265,500

CIN (3 yrs)				185.1	5	91	101	0	.5	10	-0.1	$205,500
OAK (2 yrs)				143.1	25	77	80	0	.9	3	0.5	$60,000

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1982	21	NYY-min	A-	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	ONE · NYPL
1983	22	NYY-min	A	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	FTL · FLOR
1984	23	NYY-min	A	11																								FTL · FLOR
1985	24	OAK-min	AAA	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	TAC · PCL
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-min	AAA	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	TAC · PCL
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-min	AAA	8	19	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.067	.067	.067	.133		1		0	4	0	0	NVL · AA
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-min	AAA	8	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0	NVL · AA
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				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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rpos	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	Salary	Pos
1988	27	CIN	NL	10	-2	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	$70,000	1
1989	28	CIN	NL	4	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	$85,000	1
1990	29	CIN	NL	7	-1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	$120,500	1
3 Seasons				21	-2	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	$275,500

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1985	OAK	AL	24	P	29	25	2	141.1	12	0	11	1	1	.917	0.70	0.38	.953	1.86	1.84	10	7	41%	1
1986	OAK	AL	25	P	2	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.80	1.80	0	0		0
1988	CIN	NL	27	P	36	4	0	64.1	12	2	8	2	0	.833	1.40	0.28	.955	1.96	1.96	9	3	25%	1
1989	CIN	NL	28	P	42	1	0	69.2	10	0	9	1	0	.900	1.16	0.21	.947	1.87	1.87	8	4	33%	2
1990	CIN	NL	29	P	29	0	0	51.1	11	3	8	0	0	1.000	1.93	0.38	.957	1.81	1.79	4	5	56%	3
	5 Seasons			P	138	30	2	328.2	45	5	36	4	1	.911	1.12	0.30	.953	1.87	1.87	31	19	38%	7
	5 Seasons			TOT	138	30	2	328.2	45	5	36	4	1	.911	1.12	0.30	.953	1.87	1.87	31	19	38%	7

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y 1985 AL .625 (10th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1985 AL 91 (8th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1985 AL .625 (10th)

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Pitching - 3 (2106), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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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 Bert Bradley, Rickey Henderson 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.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1985	24	Oakland Athletics	$60,000	3/3/86 TSN

1988	27	Cincinnati Reds	$70,000	12/13/88 NYT
1989	28	Cincinnati Reds	$85,000	1989 USA Today survey
1990	29	Cincinnati Reds	$120,500*

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$335,500

Disputed Salaries
*1990 - $120,000 - Larry Grasso changes -

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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