Ron Kittle

Positions: Designated Hitter, Leftfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 200lb (193cm, 90kg)

Born: January 5, 1958 in Gary, IN us

High School: William A. Wirt HS (Gary, IN)

Debut: September 2, 1982 (Age 24-240d, 14,648th in major league history)
vs. TEX 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 13, 1991 (Age 33-220d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1983 season

Agents: Bob Gilhooley, Jim Bronner

Full Name: Ronald Dale Kittle

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Rookie of the Year
1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.7

2708

648

176

.239

356

RBI

460

OBP

.306

SLG

.473

OPS

.779

OPS+

110

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	34-25 / in Starts: 24-16
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	7 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	7

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 173 PAs	28
Actual Runners on Base	109 (58-33-18)
Avg. MLBer w/ 173 PAs	20
Avg. Runners on Base	106 (51-35-18)

Most Driven In
Self	12
G Ward	5
D Winfield	5
W Randolph	3
M Easler	1
R Henderson	1
H Cotto	1
M Pagliarulo	0

Most Driven In By
Self	12
M Pagliarulo	4
W Tolleson	2
R Cerone	1
D Pasqua	1
R Velarde	1

1987 Batting Game Log

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1987 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	537	2 (1)	Apr 8	NYY	@	DET	W,6-5	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.000			8	1.45	0.044	2.24	0.04%	0.13	PH
2	538	5 (2)	Apr 11	NYY	@	KCR	W,15-2	CG	6	5	2	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.600	.714	.800	1.514	5	.59	0.133	.75	0.10%	2.16	DH
3	539	6	Apr 12	NYY	@	KCR	L,2-8	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.600	.625	1.225	6	1.00	0.091	1.31	0.07%	0.56	DH
4	540	7	Apr 13	NYY		CLE	W,11-3	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.417	.467	.500	.967	6	.79	0.126	1.01	0.10%	0.51	DH
5	541	9 (1)	Apr 15	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.357	.389	.429	.817	6	2.02	-0.135	2.86	-0.12%	-1.07	DH
6	542	10	Apr 18	NYY		KCR	W,7-6	GS-9	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.364	.444	.808	6	.75	0.047	1.02	0.04%	0.05	DH
7	543	11	Apr 19 (1)	NYY		KCR	W,5-0	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.333	.400	.733	6	.46	-0.026	.62	-0.02%	-0.55	DH
8	544	15 (3)	Apr 22	NYY		DET	W,4-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.333	.522	.855	6	.86	0.123	1.68	0.15%	1.16	DH
9	545	16	Apr 23	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.300	.462	.762	6	1.18	-0.093	2.13	-0.10%	-0.77	DH
10	546	17	Apr 24	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-6	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.290	.444	.735	8	2.21	-0.057	4.15	-0.06%	-0.18	PH
11	547	18	Apr 25	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.323	.343	.516	.859	6	1.03	0.128	1.89	0.14%	0.78	DH
12	548	21 (2)	Apr 29	NYY	@	TEX	L,7-8	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.324	.485	.809	6	.92	-0.046	1.57	-0.05%	-0.50	DH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	549	23 (1)	May 2	NYY	@	MIN	W,6-4	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.333	.579	.912	5	.80	0.090	1.15	0.08%	0.58	DH
14	550	27 (3)	May 6	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.304	.524	.828	5	.66	-0.085	1.04	-0.08%	-1.36	DH
15	551	31 (3)	May 11	NYY		CHW	W,3-2	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.306	.511	.817	5	.83	-0.033	1.56	-0.04%	-0.30	DH
16	552	32	May 12	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.300	.500	.800	4	2.30	-0.060	4.39	-0.07%	-0.25	PH
17	553	35 (2)	May 15	NYY	@	SEA	W,7-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.294	.489	.783	6	.45	-0.012	.92	-0.01%	-0.19	PH
18	554	36	May 16	NYY	@	SEA	L,8-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.288	.479	.768	8	1.38	-0.042	2.92	-0.05%	-0.35	PH
19	555	38 (1)	May 18	NYY	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.273	.451	.724	6	.85	-0.062	1.84	-0.08%	-0.69	DH
20	556	39	May 19	NYY	@	OAK	L,2-4	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.286	.462	.747	9	2.11	0.078	4.76	0.11%	0.39	PH
21	557	45 (5)	May 27	NYY		SEA	L,5-6	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.298	.462	.760	6	1.29	0.037	3.05	0.05%	0.13	PH
22	558	47 (1)	May 29	NYY		OAK	L,5-13	CG	4	3	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.328	.545	.873	6	.16	0.020	.38	0.03%	0.80	DH
23	559	48	May 30	NYY		OAK	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.323	.525	.849	7	1.31	-0.105	3.08	-0.15%	-0.04	DH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	560	52 (3)	Jun 3	NYY		CAL	W,9-3	4-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.328	.517	.845	7	.12	0.000	.28	0.00%	-0.14	PH
25	561	53	Jun 4	NYY	@	MIL	L,3-9	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.338	.516	.854	6	.34	0.024	1.05	0.04%	0.25	DH
26	562	54	Jun 5	NYY	@	MIL	W,13-1	CG	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.338	.500	.838	4	.53	0.079	1.59	0.14%	0.05	DH
27	563	55	Jun 6	NYY	@	MIL	L,6-7	GS-9	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.324	.358	.554	.912	7	1.17	0.260	3.48	0.47%	2.14	DH
28	564	56	Jun 7	NYY	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321	.353	.538	.891	5	.80	-0.039	2.40	-0.07%	-0.29	DH
29	565	58 (1)	Jun 9	NYY		TOR	L,2-7	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.321	.360	.568	.927	5	.72	-0.090	2.56	-0.19%	0.19	DH
30	566	59	Jun 10	NYY		TOR	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.344	.541	.885	5	1.75	-0.202	5.97	-0.41%	-1.58	DH
31	567	60	Jun 12	NYY		MIL	W,8-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.307	.340	.568	.908	5	.68	-0.004	1.62	-0.01%	0.59	DH
32	568	61	Jun 13	NYY		MIL	W,4-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.308	.347	.593	.940	4	.54	0.038	1.32	0.06%	0.52	DH
33	569	62	Jun 14	NYY		MIL	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.305	.343	.579	.922	4	1.95	-0.145	4.64	-0.21%	-0.81	DH
34	570	63	Jun 15	NYY		BAL	W,9-2	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.303	.345	.566	.911	5	.67	0.051	1.41	0.06%	0.63	DH
35	571	66 (2)	Jun 18	NYY		BAL	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.320	.360	.573	.932	5	.59	0.101	1.39	0.14%	1.58	DH
36	572	67	Jun 19	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-5	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321	.359	.566	.925	5	1.25	0.091	3.14	0.14%	0.39	LF
37	573	70 (2)	Jun 22	NYY	@	BAL	W,7-3	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.315	.353	.556	.908	3	.84	-0.051	2.00	-0.07%	-0.93	PH
38	574	73 (2)	Jun 26	NYY		BOS	W,12-11	5-GF(10)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.315	.352	.550	.902	5	1.55	-0.054	3.94	-0.08%	-0.28	PH
39	575	76 (2)	Jun 29	NYY	@	TOR	W,15-14	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.352	.570	.922	6	.41	0.124	1.77	0.32%	1.34	DH
40	576	77	Jun 30	NYY	@	TOR	W,4-0	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310	.346	.560	.907	6	.87	-0.047	3.85	-0.12%	-0.59	DH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
41	577	79 (1)	Jul 3 (1)	NYY		TEX	L,0-9	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.344	.556	.899	4	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.46	LF
42	578	82 (2)	Jul 5	NYY		TEX	L,4-10	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.305	.341	.551	.892	6	1.53	-0.042	4.12	-0.07%	-0.80	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
43	579	118 (35)	Aug 16	NYY		CLE	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.341	.545	.886	6	1.50	0.047	3.96	0.07%	-0.04	DH
44	580	119	Aug 18	NYY	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.331	.528	.859	4	1.02	-0.113	2.30	-0.15%	-1.10	DH
45	581	120	Aug 19	NYY	@	SEA	W,8-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.295	.329	.543	.871	6	.36	-0.044	.79	-0.06%	-0.28	DH
46	582	121	Aug 20	NYY	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG(12)	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.324	.552	.876	6	1.10	0.041	2.85	0.06%	0.11	DH
47	583	122	Aug 21	NYY	@	OAK	L,4-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.322	.543	.866	7	.90	-0.065	1.78	-0.08%	-0.38	DH
48	584	123	Aug 22	NYY	@	OAK	L,0-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.320	.540	.860	6	.85	-0.021	1.84	-0.03%	-0.77	PH
49	585	125 (1)	Aug 24	NYY	@	CAL	W,3-2	11-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.318	.536	.854	6	1.32	-0.035	2.49	-0.04%	-0.46	PH
50	586	126	Aug 25	NYY	@	CAL	L,1-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.316	.524	.841	5	1.19	-0.038	2.55	-0.05%	-1.02	DH
51	587	127	Aug 28	NYY		SEA	L,4-10	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.318	.524	.843	6	1.05	0.005	1.38	0.00%	-0.07	DH
52	588	128	Aug 29 (1)	NYY		SEA	L,1-7	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.323	.544	.867	6	.52	0.023	.67	0.02%	0.62	DH
53	589	129	Aug 29 (2)	NYY		SEA	W,4-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.287	.321	.540	.861	6	.35	-0.016	.36	-0.01%	-0.56	PH
54	590	130	Aug 30	NYY		SEA	W,4-1	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.285	.319	.536	.855	7	.10	-0.003	.12	0.00%	-0.18	PH
55	591	131	Aug 31	NYY		OAK	W,4-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.286	.319	.552	.871	6	1.19	0.148	1.39	0.10%	0.91	DH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
56	592	132	Sep 1	NYY		OAK	L,3-8	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.323	.552	.875	8	.11	0.004	.19	0.00%	0.40	PH
57	593	134 (1)	Sep 4	NYY		CAL	W,8-4	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.320	.545	.864	5	.39	-0.020	.38	-0.01%	-0.72	PH
58	594	137 (2)	Sep 7	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.314	.535	.849	6	.99	-0.096	.95	-0.06%	-1.29	DH
59	595	140 (2)	Sep 11	NYY	@	TOR	L,5-6	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.318	.535	.853	5	2.96	0.079	1.87	0.03%	0.50	PH
							34-25		173	159	21	44	5	0	12	28	10	1	36	1	0	3	1	4	0	1	.277	.318	.535	.853		.91	0.151	1.96	0.02%	-1.51

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