Joe Bitker
Joseph Anthony Bitker
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: February 12, 1964 in Glendale, CA
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 2nd round of the 1984 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: July 31, 1990
Final Game: June 19, 1991
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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
1990 26 TOT AL 0 0 2.25 6 0 5 0 0 0 12.0 8 3 3 0 4 0 8 1 0 0 48 173 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
1990 26 OAK AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 10 0.667 3.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
1990 26 TEX AL 0 0 3.00 5 0 4 0 0 0 9.0 7 3 3 0 3 0 6 1 0 0 38 132 1.111 7.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
1991 27 TEX AL 1 0 1.000 6.75 9 0 2 0 0 0 14.2 17 11 11 4 8 3 16 0 0 2 70 60 1.705 10.4 2.5 4.9 9.8 2.00
2 Seasons 1 0 1.000 4.72 15 0 7 0 0 0 26.2 25 14 14 4 12 3 24 1 0 2 118 84 1.388 8.4 1.4 4.1 8.1 2.00
162 Game Avg. 5 0 1.000 4.72 68 0 32 0 0 0 121 113 63 63 18 54 14 109 5 0 9 535 84 1.388 8.4 1.4 4.1 8.1 2.00
TEX (2 yrs) 1 0 1.000 5.32 14 0 6 0 0 0 23.2 24 14 14 4 11 3 22 1 0 2 108 76 1.479 9.1 1.5 4.2 8.4 2.00
OAK (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 10 0.667 3.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00

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
1990 26 OAK AL 1 10 9 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .111 .200 .222 .422 .143 2 1 0 0 0 0
1990 26 TEX AL 5 38 33 3 7 1 2 0 0 0 3 6 .212 .289 .364 .653 .250 12 1 1 0 1 0
1990 26 TOT AL 6 48 42 3 8 2 2 0 0 0 4 8 .190 .271 .333 .604 .229 14 2 1 0 1 0
1991 27 TEX AL 9 70 62 11 17 4 0 4 1 0 8 16 .274 .357 .532 .889 .310 33 0 0 0 0 3
2 Seasons 15 118 104 14 25 6 2 4 1 0 12 24 .240 .322 .452 .774 .273 47 2 1 0 1 3
162 Game Avg. 68 535 471 63 113 27 9 18 5 0 54 109 .240 .322 .452 .774 .273 213 9 5 0 5 14
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
1990 26 TOT AL 6 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 0.080 0 0 6 2 0 4 2 4 5 0 5 0 6.0 31
1990 26 OAK AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 7 0.037 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 9.0 39
1990 26 TEX AL 5 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 8 0.091 0 0 5 2 0 3 1 4 4 0 4 0 5.4 29
1991 27 TEX AL 9 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 2 50% 5 0.889 3 2 4 3 2 4 2 7 5 1 5 2 4.9 28
2 Seasons 15 15 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 4 57% 0.560 3 2 10 5 2 8 4 11 10 1 10 2 5.3 29

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%
1990 26 TOT AL 48 63% 0.0% 16.7% 8.3% 8.3% 50% 0.75 0.87 73% 29% 0.0% 15% 12 2 17%
1990 26 OAK AL 10 70% 0.0% 20.0% 10.0% 10.0% 100% 0.75 1.33 70% 57% 0.0% 0% 2 1 50%
1990 26 TEX AL 38 61% 0.0% 15.8% 7.9% 7.9% 43% 0.75 0.75 74% 21% 0.0% 19% 10 1 10%
1991 27 TEX AL 70 41% 5.7% 22.9% 11.4% 11.4% 47% 0.70 0.93 60% 22% 17.4% 15% 12 0 0%
2 Seasons 118 50% 3.4% 20.3% 10.2% 10.2% 48% 0.72 0.90 65% 25% 10.0% 15% 24 2 8%
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
1990 26 TOT AL 48 183 3.81 117 64% 25% 18% 27% 30% 75% 0% 48% 76% 58% 6% 3 2 17% 8 2 0 38% 1 1 0 0 0
1990 26 OAK AL 10 39 3.90 25 64% 32% 8% 32% 28% 68% 0% 44% 88% 60% 0% 0 0 10% 1 0 0 50% 0 0 0 0 0
1990 26 TEX AL 38 144 3.79 92 64% 23% 21% 26% 30% 77% 0% 49% 73% 58% 8% 3 2 18% 7 2 0 33% 1 1 0 0 0
1991 27 TEX AL 70 253 3.61 153 60% 30% 24% 16% 30% 70% 12% 42% 66% 53% 9% 6 4 19% 13 8 1 19% 5 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 118 436 3.69 270 62% 28% 21% 21% 30% 72% 7% 45% 71% 55% 8% 9 6 18% 21 10 1 25% 6 1 0 0 0
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
1990 26 TOT AL 48 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 1 33% 1 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1990 26 OAK AL 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0% 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 26 TEX AL 38 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 50% 1 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1991 27 TEX AL 70 17 5 0 4 1 3 1 3 3 1 5 1 1 20% 0 2 0 29 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2 Seasons 118 25 6 0 4 1 3 1 3 3 1 11 3 2 27% 1 2 0 49 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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+
1990 26 0 0 2.25 6 0 5 0 0 0 12.0 8 3 3 0 4 0 8 1 0 0 48 173 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00 173
1991 27 1 0 1.000 4.72 15 0 7 0 0 0 26.2 25 14 14 4 12 3 24 1 0 2 118 84 1.388 8.4 1.4 4.1 8.1 2.00 84

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
1990 26 1 0 1.000 3.27 11.0 9 4 4 0 4 7 1 1.182 7.4 3.3 5.7 1.75 0.0 6
1991 27 0 1 .000 7.20 15.0 18 13 12 4 8 16 0 1.733 10.8 4.8 9.6 2.00 2.4 9
2 Seasons 1 1 .500 5.54 26.0 27 17 16 4 12 23 1 1.500 9.3 8.0 1.92 1.4 15

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