Jeff Bittiger

Jeffrey Scott Bittiger

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 13, 1962 in Jersey City, NJ
High School: Secaucus HS (Secaucus, NJ)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 7th round of the 1980 amateur draft.
Signed July 1, 1980. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1986
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Twins/Phillies 1986-1989

Final Game: May 30, 1989
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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
1980	18	NYM-min	A-	0	1	.000	1.04	7	2		0	0	1	26.0	10	6	3	0	20	0	33	1	0	0			1.154	3.5	0.0	6.9	11.4	1.65	LFA · NYPL
1981	19	NYM-min	A,AA	13	8	.619	3.39	28	28	0	4	2	0	170.0	145	76	64	13	87	0	195	1	0	6			1.365	7.7	0.7	4.6	10.3	2.24	LBG,JAC · CARL,TL
1982	20	NYM-min	AA	12	5	.706	2.96	25	25	0	3	1	0	164.0	106	59	54	14	94	0	190	3	1	5			1.220	5.8	0.8	5.2	10.4	2.02	JAC · TL
1983	21	NYM-min	AAA	12	10	.545	4.36	28	28	0	1	1	0	163.0	175	90	79	15	111	0	110	2	0	6			1.755	9.7	0.8	6.1	6.1	0.99	TID · IL
1984	22	NYM-min	AAA	8	8	.500	3.88	24	23	0	3	3	0	134.2	124	72	58	14	53	1	70	2	0	5			1.314	8.3	0.9	3.5	4.7	1.32	TID · IL
1985	23	NYM-min	AAA	11	7	.611	3.69	24	24	0	2	0	0	131.2	131	62	54	14	52	2	66	1	1	2			1.390	9.0	1.0	3.6	4.5	1.27	TID · IL
1986	24	PHI-min	AAA	13	8	.619	4.15	27	26	0	6	0	0	171.1	181	83	79	15	58	3	101	5	2	3			1.395	9.5	0.8	3.0	5.3	1.74	POR · PCL
1986	24	PHI	NL	1	1	.500	5.52	3	3	0	0	0	0	14.2	16	10	9	2	7	1	8	1	2	2	68	72	1.568	9.8	1.2	4.3	4.9	1.14
1987	25	MIN-min	AAA	12	10	.545	3.40	26	24	2	9	2	0	180.0	171	84	68	13	57	2	94	2	1	9			1.267	8.6	0.6	2.8	4.7	1.65	POR · PCL
1987	25	MIN	AL	1	0	1.000	5.40	3	1	0	0	0	0	8.1	11	5	5	2	0	0	5	1	0	0	36	89	1.320	11.9	2.2	0.0	5.4
1988	26	CHW-min	AAA	4	1	.800	1.04	7	7	0	5	2	0	52.0	35	9	6	2	6	0	49	1	1	0			0.788	6.1	0.3	1.0	8.5	8.17	VAN · PCL
1988	26	CHW	AL	2	4	.333	4.23	25	7	9	0	0	0	61.2	59	31	29	11	29	2	33	0	2	3	268	95	1.427	8.6	1.6	4.2	4.8	1.14
1989	27	CHW-min	AAA,Rk	10	6	.625	2.00	19	19	0	6	4	0	135.0	100	34	30	5	40	0	132	4	0	3			1.037	6.7	0.3	2.7	8.8	3.30	VAN,WHS · PCL,GULF
1989	27	CHW	AL	0	1	.000	6.52	2	1	1	0	0	0	9.2	9	7	7	2	6	0	7	0	0	1	41	61	1.552	8.4	1.9	5.6	6.5	1.17
1990	28	LAD-min	AAA	15	6	.714	4.15	28	26	2	2	0	0	154.0	162	78	71	15	62	3	125	2	0	9			1.455	9.5	0.9	3.6	7.3	2.02	ABQ · PCL
1991	29	CLE-min	AAA	9	12	.429	3.90	27	27	0	2	0	0	147.2	158	89	64	12	83	0	93	6	1	13	670		1.632	9.6	0.7	5.1	5.7	1.12	CSP · PCL
1992	30	OAK-min	AA,AAA	13	8	.619	2.97	26	26	0	0	0	0	148.1	140	57	49	4	72	1	118	4	1	7	636		1.429	8.5	0.2	4.4	7.2	1.64	HVL,TAC · SOUL,PCL
1993	31	KCR-min	AA	1	0	1.000	1.59	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.1	6	2	2	1	3	0	11	1	0	0	40		0.794	4.8	0.8	2.4	8.7	3.67	MEM · SOUL
1995	33	OAK-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	5.28	6	1	0	0	0	0	15.1	17	10	9	1	7	0	10	0	0	3	70		1.565	10.0	0.6	4.1	5.9	1.43	EDM · PCL
4 Yrs				4	6	.400	4.77	33	12	10	0	0	0	94.1	95	53	50	17	42	3	53	2	4	6	413	85	1.452	9.1	1.6	4.0	5.1	1.26
162 Game Avg.				6	9	.400	4.77	50	18	15	0	0	0	142	144	80	76	26	63	5	80	3	6	9	624	85	1.452	9.1	1.6	4.0	5.1	1.26

CHW (2 yrs)				2	5	.286	4.54	27	8	10	0	0	0	71.1	68	38	36	13	35	2	40	0	2	4	309	88	1.444	8.6	1.6	4.4	5.0	1.14
MIN (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	5.40	3	1	0	0	0	0	8.1	11	5	5	2	0	0	5	1	0	0	36	89	1.320	11.9	2.2	0.0	5.4
PHI (1 yr)				1	1	.500	5.52	3	3	0	0	0	0	14.2	16	10	9	2	7	1	8	1	2	2	68	72	1.568	9.8	1.2	4.3	4.9	1.14

AL (3 yrs)				3	5	.375	4.63	30	9	10	0	0	0	79.2	79	43	41	15	35	2	45	1	2	4	345	88	1.431	8.9	1.7	4.0	5.1	1.29
NL (1 yr)				1	1	.500	5.52	3	3	0	0	0	0	14.2	16	10	9	2	7	1	8	1	2	2	68	72	1.568	9.8	1.2	4.3	4.9	1.14

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
1986	24	PHI	NL	14.2	3	3	10	6.14	4.02	-0.14	0.14	107.1	4.61	-3	-0.3		-0.0	-0.1	-1	.413	.498	$
1987	25	MIN	AL	8.1	3	1	5	5.40	4.54	0.09	0.08	105.3	4.76	-1	-0.1	.1	-0.0	0.0	0	.481	.500	$
1988	26	CHW	AL	61.2	25	7	31	4.52	4.57	0.04	-0.10	99.2	4.41	-1	-0.1	.7	-0.1	0.4	6	.496	.499	$62,500
1989	27	CHW	AL	9.2	2	1	7	6.52	4.24	-0.17	-0.08	96.0	4.16	-3	-0.2	.6	0.0	-0.2	-2	.377	.498	$
4 Seasons				94.1	33	12	53	5.06	4.45	-0.01	-0.04	100.7	4.45	-7	-0.7	.6	-0.1	0.1	3	.480	.499	$62,500

CHW (2 yrs)				71.1	27	8	38	4.79	4.53	0.01	-0.09	98.8	4.37	-3	-0.3	.7	-0.1	0.2	4	.488	.499	$62,500
MIN (1 yr)				8.1	3	1	5	5.40	4.54	0.09	0.08	105.3	4.76	-1	-0.1	.1	-0.0	0.0	0	.481	.500	$
PHI (1 yr)				14.2	3	3	10	6.14	4.02	-0.14	0.14	107.1	4.61	-3	-0.3		-0.0	-0.1	-1	.413	.498	$

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
1986	24	PHI	NL	3	68	59	10	16	6	0	2	1	0	7	8	.271	.358	.475	.833	.286	28	0	1	1	0	1	1
1987	25	MIN	AL	3	36	35	5	11	0	1	2	1	0	0	5	.314	.333	.543	.876	.321	19	1	1	0	0	0	0
1988	26	CHW	AL	25	268	231	31	59	12	3	11	2	2	29	33	.255	.333	.476	.810	.251	110	2	0	4	4	2	3
1989	27	CHW	AL	2	41	35	7	9	0	0	2	2	1	6	7	.257	.366	.429	.794	.269	15	3	0	0	0	0	1
4 Yrs				33	413	360	53	95	18	4	17	6	3	42	53	.264	.341	.478	.818	.265	172	6	2	5	4	3	5
162 Game Avg.				50	624	544	80	144	27	6	26	9	5	63	80	.264	.341	.478	.818	.265	260	9	3	8	6	5	8
MLB Averages																.257	.324	.391	.715	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1986	24	PHI	NL	-2.4	-0.2	73	-0.2	0.9	-1.1	.83	-0.5	0.2	-3.6	-0.3	0.83	-5.2	0	0	0
1987	25	MIN	AL	-0.3	-0.0	37	0.2	0.5	-0.4	.72	-0.2	0.4	-0.4	-0.0	0.72	-2.3	0	0	2
1988	26	CHW	AL	-1.1	-0.1	277	-0.1	3.8	-3.9	.81	-0.6	0.5	-1.5	-0.1	0.81	-8.9	3	1	14
1989	27	CHW	AL	-2.4	-0.2	44	-0.2	0.4	-0.6	.56	-0.3	-0.0	-1.5	-0.1	0.56	-3.4	0	0	1
4 Yrs				-6.2	-0.6	431	-0.4	5.6	-6.0	.78	-1.6	1.2	-6.9	-0.7	0.78	-19.8	3	1	17

Starting Pitching*

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
1986	24	PHI	NL	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	.667	0	1	0	0	1	33%	43.7	55	36	3	0	0	3	4.3	5.5	4.9
1987	25	MIN	AL	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	1	100%	66.0	66	66	0	0	0	1	9.0	7.5	7.0
1988	26	CHW	AL	25	7	1	4	2	1	1	1	6	.143	2	0	0	0	3	43%	46.9	60	34	12	2	0	5	2.1	2.3	4.6	70	5	2	0	0	83
1989	27	CHW	AL	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	39.0	39	39	1	1	0	1	3.0	0.0	5.0	96	0	1	0	0	96
4 Yrs				33	12	3	6	3	1	1	4	8	.333	2	1	0	0	5	42%	47	66	34	16	3	0	10	3.3	3.4	4.9	73	5	3	0	0	96
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	103	-3					4.4	4.4	6.2	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1987	25	MIN	AL	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	.719	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	2.0
1988	26	CHW	AL	25	18	9	1	2	2	14	4	29%	7	.806	3	1	14	4	1	13	9	9	10	4	11	4	4.9	28
1989	27	CHW	AL	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0%	5	.565	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	14.0	88
3 Yrs				30	21	10	1	2	2	15	4	27%		.768	3	1	17	4	1	16	10	11	11	5	12	4	5.0	31

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%
1986	24	PHI	NL	68	34%	2.9%	11.8%	10.3%	11.8%	50%		1.12	72%				14	0	0%
1987	25	MIN	AL	36	61%	5.6%	13.9%	0.0%	8.3%	27%		1.00	78%				8	1	13%
1988	26	CHW	AL	268	57%	4.1%	12.3%	10.8%	9.7%	44%	0.47	0.64	71%	27%	11.2%	27%	45	2	4%
1989	27	CHW	AL	41	59%	4.9%	17.1%	14.6%	4.9%	22%	0.87	1.63	63%	11%	14.3%	7%	7	3	43%
4 Yrs				413	54%	4.1%	12.8%	10.2%	9.4%	41%	0.51	0.79	71%	25%	11.6%	25%	74	6	8%
MLB Averages					40%	2.3%	15.1%	8.6%	6.9%	30%	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.8%	29%			11%

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
1988	26	CHW	AL	268	985	3.68	616	63%	27%	13%	27%	33%	73%	1%	46%	82%	55%	5%	14	9	21%	55	35	4	27%	5	3	0	0	0
1989	27	CHW	AL	41	184	4.49	92	50%	30%	12%	27%	30%	70%	0%	35%	83%	37%	12%	5	2	15%	6	4	1	29%	1	3	0	0	0
2 Yrs				309	1169	3.78	708	61%	28%	13%	27%	33%	72%	1%	44%	82%	52%	6%	19	11	20%	61	39	5	28%	6	6	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	57%	6%			19%				26%

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
1986	24	PHI	NL	68	16			2	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	2	0	100%	1	2	0	34	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1987	25	MIN	AL	36	11			2	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	14	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	26	CHW	AL	268	59	3	1	11	0	7	6	5	4	7	15	8	1	53%	3	3	0	91	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	12	0
1989	27	CHW	AL	41	9	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0%	1	1	0	14	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4 Yrs				413	95	3	1	17	0	7	7	10	9	8	18	10	1	56%	5	6	0	153	6	3	67%	5	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	18	0
MLB Averages																		53%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
1986	24	1	1	.500	5.52	3	3	0	14.2	16	10	9	2	7	1	8	1	2	2	68	72	1.568	9.8	1.2	4.3	4.9	1.14	72
1987	25	2	1	.667	5.48	6	4	0	23.0	27	15	14	4	7	1	13	2	2	2	104	78	1.478	10.6	1.6	2.7	5.1	1.86	78
1988	26	4	5	.444	4.57	31	11	9	84.2	86	46	43	15	36	3	46	2	4	5	372	89	1.441	9.1	1.6	3.8	4.9	1.28	89
1989	27	4	6	.400	4.77	33	12	10	94.1	95	53	50	17	42	3	53	2	4	6	413	85	1.452	9.1	1.6	4.0	5.1	1.26	85

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1986	24	0	1	.000	5.40	15.0	16	10	9	2	7	8	1	1.533	9.6	4.2	4.8	1.14	1.2	3
1987	25	0	1	.000	3.75	12.0	0	6	5	0	0	7	1	0.000	0.0	0.0	5.3		0.0	3
1988	26	3	3	.500	4.73	59.0	61	34	31	11	30	32	0	1.542	9.3	4.6	4.9	1.07	1.7	25
1989	27	0	0		9.00	8.0	10	9	8	2	7	6	0	2.125	11.3	7.9	6.8	0.86	2.3	2
4 Yrs		3	5	.375	5.07	94.0	87	59	53	15	44	53	2	1.394	8.3		5.1	1.20	1.4	33

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