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Joe Bitker

Joseph Anthony Bitker

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: February 12, 1964 in Glendale, CA
School: Sacramento City College (Sacramento, CA)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 2nd round of the 1984 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: July 31, 1990
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Athletics 1990-1991

Final Game: June 19, 1991
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Standard Pitching

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 48 183 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 38 136 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 62 1.705 10.4 2.5 4.9 9.8 2.00
2 Yrs 1 0 1.000 4.73 15 0 7 0 0 0 26.2 25 14 14 4 12 3 24 1 0 2 118 88 1.388 8.4 1.4 4.1 8.1 2.00
162 Game Avg. 5 0 1.000 4.73 68 0 32 0 0 0 121 113 63 63 18 54 14 109 5 0 9 535 88 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 78 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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1990 26 OAK AL 3.0 1 0 0 0.00 3.98 0.48 -0.31 88.0 2.81 1 0.1 .1 -0.1 0.1 1 .610 .501 $
1990 26 TEX AL 9.0 5 0 3 3.00 4.46 0.14 -0.34 99.8 3.97 1 0.1 .1 -0.1 0.1 2 .522 .501 $
1991 27 TEX AL 14.2 9 0 11 6.75 4.43 -0.22 -0.34 98.9 4.26 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .455 .497 $
2 Seasons 26.2 15 0 14 4.73 4.39 -0.02 -0.33 98.0 4.00 -2 -0.2 .6 -0.2 -0.1 1 .488 .500 $
TEX (2 yrs) 23.2 14 0 14 5.32 4.44 -0.08 -0.34 99.2 4.15 -3 -0.3 .7 -0.1 -0.2 -0 .479 .499 $
OAK (1 yr) 3.0 1 0 0 0.00 3.98 0.48 -0.31 88.0 2.81 1 0.1 .1 -0.1 0.1 1 .610 .501 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
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 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 1
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 1
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 0
2 Yrs 15 118 104 14 25 6 2 4 1 0 12 24 .240 .322 .452 .774 .273 47 2 1 0 1 3 1
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 5
MLB Averages .257 .324 .385 .709 .286

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1990 26 TOT AL 2.7 0.3 48 0.0 0.1 -0.1 .06 0.2 -0.1 2.3 0.3 0.06 1.8 0 0 5
1990 26 OAK AL 1.5 0.2 10 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .03 0.0 -0.0 1.4 0.2 0.03 1.6 0 0 1
1990 26 TEX AL 1.3 0.1 38 0.0 0.1 -0.0 .07 0.2 -0.1 1.0 0.1 0.07 0.3 0 0 4
1991 27 TEX AL -3.8 -0.4 73 0.3 1.1 -0.8 .86 -0.3 0.7 -5.2 -0.5 0.86 -5.9 3 1 4
2 Yrs -1.0 -0.1 121 0.3 1.1 -0.8 .54 -0.2 0.7 -2.9 -0.3 0.54 -4.1 3 1 9

Reliever Pitching*

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% .062 0 0 5 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 .033 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 .069 0 0 4 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 .855 3 1 4 3 2 4 2 7 5 1 5 2 4.9 28
2 Yrs 15 15 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 4 57% .532 3 1 9 5 2 8 4 11 10 1 10 2 5.3 29

Ratio Pitching*

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 38% 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 30% 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 39% 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 59% 5.7% 22.9% 11.4% 11.4% 47% 0.70 0.93 60% 22% 17.4% 15% 12 0 0%
2 Yrs 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 39% 2.1% 15.0% 8.7% 6.7% 29% 0.80 1.06 73% 20% 6.2% 18% 10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 Yrs 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 3.64 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 56% 6% 18% 27%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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 Yrs 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 54% 68%

Cumulative Pitching

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 48 183 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00 183
1991 27 1 0 1.000 4.73 15 0 7 0 0 0 26.2 25 14 14 4 12 3 24 1 0 2 118 88 1.388 8.4 1.4 4.1 8.1 2.00 88

Neutralized Pitching

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 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 2.25 12.0 8 3 3 0 4 8 1 1.000 6.0 3.0 6.0 2.00 0.0 6
1991 27 0 1 .000 6.60 15.0 17 12 11 4 8 16 0 1.667 10.2 4.8 9.6 2.00 2.4 9
2 Yrs 1 1 .500 4.67 27.0 25 15 14 4 12 24 1 1.370 8.3 8.0 2.00 1.3 15

* 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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