Larry Biittner

Positions: Outfielder, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: July 27, 1946 in Pocahontas, IA us

Died: January 2, 2022 in Pocahontas, IA

Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Pocahontas, IA

Draft: Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 10th round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from Buena Vista University (Storm Lake, IA).

High School: Catholic HS (Pocahontas, IA)

Schools: Drake University (Des Moines, IA), Buena Vista University (Storm Lake, IA)

Debut: July 17, 1970 (Age 23-355d, 13,021st in major league history)
vs. CAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1983 (Age 37-064d)
vs. MIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1971 season

Full Name: Lawrence David Biittner

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.2

3151

861

.273

310

RBI

354

OBP

.324

SLG

.359

OPS

.683

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	TEX	@	CAL	L,0-1	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF LF
2	2	Apr 16	TEX	@	CAL	W,5-1	GF	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
3	4 (1)	Apr 19	TEX	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	RF
4	5	Apr 21	TEX		CAL	W,7-6	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
5	6	Apr 22	TEX		CAL	W,5-0	GS	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF LF
6	7	Apr 23	TEX		CAL	W,5-2	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
7	8	Apr 24	TEX		CAL	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
8	10 (1)	Apr 26	TEX		DET	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
9	11	Apr 28	TEX		BOS	W,9-6	GS	30	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
10	12	Apr 29	TEX		BOS	W,7-6	GS	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
11	13	Apr 30	TEX		BOS	L,0-3	CG	41	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	14	May 2	TEX		CLE	L,2-4	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
13	15	May 3	TEX		CLE	L,1-2	GF	5	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	RF
14	16	May 5	TEX	@	DET	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
15	20 (3)	May 11	TEX	@	BAL	W,3-1	GF	11	2.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF 1B
16	22 (1)	May 13	TEX	@	CLE	L,3-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
17	24 (1)	May 15	TEX	@	KCR	L,4-5		26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
18	26 (1)	May 17	TEX	@	KCR	W,4-3	GS	70	18.0	14	2	0	16	2	LF 1B
19	33 (6)	May 24	TEX		CHW	L,1-5	GF	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
20	36 (2)	May 27	TEX	@	MIN	W,16-2	GF	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
21	38 (1)	May 29 (1)	TEX		OAK	L,1-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
22	40 (1)	May 30	TEX		OAK	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	1B
23	41	May 31	TEX		OAK	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	42	Jun 2	TEX	@	MIL	L,5-7	GS	22	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
25	44 (1)	Jun 4	TEX	@	MIL	W,10-0	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
26	45	Jun 6	TEX		NYY	W,6-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 1B
27	46	Jun 7	TEX		NYY	L,5-7	GS	25	5.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
28	47	Jun 8	TEX		NYY	W,6-2	GS	28	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
29	50 (2)	Jun 11	TEX		BAL	L,1-3	GF	10	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
30	51	Jun 12	TEX		MIL	W,7-1	GS	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF 1B
31	52	Jun 13	TEX		MIL	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
32	53	Jun 14	TEX		MIL	W,7-1	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
33	54	Jun 17 (1)	TEX	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
34	55	Jun 17 (2)	TEX	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
35	56	Jun 19	TEX	@	BOS	L,0-12	CG	45	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
36	57	Jun 20	TEX	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
37	58	Jun 21	TEX	@	BOS	L,9-10	GS	52	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF 1B
38	59	Jun 23	TEX		CHW	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
39	60	Jun 24	TEX		CHW	W,6-1	GS	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF LF
40	61	Jun 25	TEX		CHW	L,5-10	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
41	62	Jun 26	TEX		OAK	L,0-3	GS	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
42	63	Jun 27	TEX		OAK	L,3-9	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
43	65 (1)	Jun 30	TEX		CAL	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	66	Jul 1	TEX	@	KCR	L,2-3	GF	12	2.1	1	0	0	1	0	PR 1B LF
45	67	Jul 2 (1)	TEX	@	KCR	W,7-5	CG	43	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
46	69 (1)	Jul 3	TEX	@	KCR	W,2-1	GF	23	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
47	70	Jul 4	TEX	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
48	71	Jul 6 (1)	TEX	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
49	72	Jul 6 (2)	TEX	@	CLE	L,5-6	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
50	75 (2)	Jul 8 (2)	TEX	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
51	76	Jul 9	TEX	@	BAL	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
52	78 (1)	Jul 11	TEX	@	DET	L,5-6	GS	21	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
53	79	Jul 12	TEX	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
54	80	Jul 13	TEX		CLE	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
55	81	Jul 14	TEX		CLE	L,0-2	GS	35	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
56	82	Jul 15	TEX		CLE	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
57	84 (1)	Jul 17	TEX		BAL	L,1-3	GS	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF 1B
58	87 (2)	Jul 20	TEX		DET	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	RF
59	89 (1)	Jul 22	TEX		DET	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	14	1	0	15	3	1B
60	90	Jul 23	TEX		DET	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
61	91	Jul 27	TEX	@	CAL	L,0-5	CG	41	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
62	94 (2)	Jul 30 (1)	TEX	@	OAK	W,2-1	GS	28	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
63	95	Jul 30 (2)	TEX	@	OAK	W,4-2	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	97 (1)	Aug 1	TEX		MIN	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
65	98	Aug 2	TEX		MIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
66	99	Aug 3	TEX		MIN	L,1-9	CG	42	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
67	100	Aug 4	TEX	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	39	8.1	5	1	0	6	0	1B
68	101	Aug 5	TEX	@	CHW	W,11-5	GS	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	LF 1B
69	102	Aug 6 (1)	TEX	@	CHW	L,1-10	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
70	103	Aug 6 (2)	TEX	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
71	104	Aug 7	TEX	@	MIN	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
72	105	Aug 8	TEX	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	45	9.2	9	0	1	10	2	1B
73	106	Aug 9	TEX	@	MIN	W,3-2	GS	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF 1B
74	107	Aug 11	TEX		KCR	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
75	108	Aug 12	TEX		KCR	W,3-0	CG	23	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
76	109	Aug 13	TEX		KCR	W,13-4	GS	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF 1B
77	110	Aug 15	TEX		BOS	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
78	111	Aug 16	TEX		BOS	W,9-8	GS	46	10.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF 1B
79	112	Aug 17	TEX		BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
80	113	Aug 18	TEX		NYY	W,11-2	GS	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF 1B
81	114	Aug 19	TEX		NYY	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
82	115	Aug 20	TEX		NYY	L,0-2	CG	43	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
83	116	Aug 22	TEX	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
84	117	Aug 24 (1)	TEX	@	MIL	W,4-1	GF	12	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	PR 1B
85	118	Aug 24 (2)	TEX	@	MIL	L,3-4	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
86	120 (1)	Aug 26	TEX	@	BOS	L,6-7	GF	14	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
87	121	Aug 27	TEX	@	BOS	L,3-10	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
88	122	Aug 29 (1)	TEX	@	NYY	L,6-7	GS	52	10.0	4	0	1	5	0	LF 1B
89	123	Aug 29 (2)	TEX	@	NYY	W,7-4	GF	13	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH 1B
90	125 (1)	Aug 31	TEX	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	126	Sep 1	TEX		MIL	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
92	127	Sep 2	TEX		MIL	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
93	128	Sep 3	TEX		MIL	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
94	129	Sep 4	TEX		KCR	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
95	130	Sep 5	TEX		KCR	L,2-7	CG	47	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	1B
96	131	Sep 6	TEX		MIN	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
97	132	Sep 7	TEX		MIN	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
98	133	Sep 8	TEX		OAK	L,3-6	CG	45	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
99	134	Sep 9	TEX		OAK	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
100	135	Sep 10	TEX		OAK	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
101	136	Sep 12	TEX	@	CAL	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
102	137	Sep 13	TEX	@	CAL	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	3	1B
103	138	Sep 14	TEX	@	CAL	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
104	139	Sep 15	TEX	@	OAK	L,3-12	CG	47	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
105	140	Sep 16	TEX	@	OAK	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
106	141	Sep 17	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
107	142	Sep 19	TEX	@	MIN	L,3-5	CG	37	8.2	4	0	0	4	1	1B
108	143	Sep 20	TEX	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
109	144	Sep 22	TEX	@	CHW	L,4-8	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
110	145	Sep 23	TEX	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
111	146	Sep 24	TEX	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
112	147	Sep 25	TEX		CAL	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	10	2	1	13	1	1B
113	148	Sep 26	TEX		CAL	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
114	149	Sep 27	TEX		CAL	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
115	150	Sep 29	TEX		CHW	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
116	151	Sep 30	TEX		CHW	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
117	152	Oct 1	TEX		CHW	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
118	153	Oct 3	TEX	@	KCR	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
119	154	Oct 4	TEX	@	KCR	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
							135gm		895.2	507	41	8	556	37