Jeff Bittiger
Jeffrey Scott Bittiger
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 13, 1962 in Jersey City, NJ
High School: Secaucus (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
Final Game: May 30, 1989
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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
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 70 1.568 9.8 1.2 4.3 4.9 1.14
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 85 1.320 11.9 2.2 0.0 5.4
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 94 1.427 8.6 1.6 4.2 4.8 1.14
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 59 1.552 8.4 1.9 5.6 6.5 1.17
4 Seasons 4 6 .400 4.77 33 12 10 0 0 0 94.1 95 53 50 17 42 3 53 2 4 6 413 84 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 84 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 87 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 85 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 70 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 87 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 70 1.568 9.8 1.2 4.3 4.9 1.14

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
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
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
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
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
4 Seasons 33 413 360 53 95 18 4 17 6 3 42 53 .264 .341 .478 .818 .265 172 6 2 5 4 3
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
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
1986 24 PHI NL 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 .667 0 1 0 0 1 33% 44 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 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 1 0 0 0 3 43% 47 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 39 39 1 1 0 1 3.0 0.0 5.0 96 0 1 0 0 96
4 Seasons 33 12 3 6 3 1 1 4 8 .333 1 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

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
1987 25 MIN AL 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.717 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 2.0
1988 26 CHW AL 25 18 9 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 14 4 29% 7 0.818 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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 0.601 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 14.0 88
3 Seasons 30 21 10 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 15 4 27% 0.782 3 2 16 4 1 16 10 11 11 5 12 4 5.0 31

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%
1986 24 PHI NL 68 66% 2.9% 11.8% 10.3% 11.8% 50% 1.12 72% 14 0 0%
1987 25 MIN AL 36 39% 5.6% 13.9% 0.0% 8.3% 27% 1.00 78% 8 1 13%
1988 26 CHW AL 268 43% 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 41% 4.9% 17.1% 14.6% 4.9% 22% 0.87 1.63 63% 11% 14.3% 7% 7 3 43%
4 Seasons 413 46% 4.1% 12.8% 10.2% 9.4% 41% 0.51 0.79 71% 25% 11.6% 25% 74 6 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
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 Seasons 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

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
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 Seasons 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

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+
1986 24 1 1 .500 5.52 3 3 0 0 0 0 14.2 16 10 9 2 7 1 8 1 2 2 68 70 1.568 9.8 1.2 4.3 4.9 1.14 70
1987 25 2 1 .667 5.48 6 4 0 0 0 0 23.0 27 15 14 4 7 1 13 2 2 2 104 76 1.478 10.6 1.6 2.7 5.1 1.86 76
1988 26 4 5 .444 4.57 31 11 9 0 0 0 84.2 86 46 43 15 36 3 46 2 4 5 372 88 1.441 9.1 1.6 3.8 4.9 1.28 88
1989 27 4 6 .400 4.77 33 12 10 0 0 0 94.1 95 53 50 17 42 3 53 2 4 6 413 84 1.452 9.1 1.6 4.0 5.1 1.26 84

Neutralized Pitching

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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
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 1 0 1.000 3.00 12.0 0 4 4 0 0 7 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 5.3 0.0 3
1988 26 3 3 .500 4.73 59.0 62 34 31 12 30 32 0 1.559 9.5 4.6 4.9 1.07 1.8 25
1989 27 0 0 8.00 9.0 9 9 8 2 6 6 0 1.667 9.0 6.0 6.0 1.00 2.0 2
4 Seasons 4 4 .500 4.93 95.0 87 57 52 16 43 53 2 1.368 8.2 5.0 1.23 1.5 33

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