Ron Kittle
Ronald Dale Kittle
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: January 5, 1958 in Gary, IN
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1977. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1982
Final Game: August 13, 1991
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1982 CHW AL 24 OF 5 5 29.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -41.4 -1.0 -0.5 -0.5 0 0.93 0.60 .967 2.48 2.16
1982 CHW AL 24 RF 5 5 29.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -41.4 -1.0 -0.5 -0.5 0 0.93 0.60 .967 2.27 1.90
1982 CHW AL 24 DH 3
1983 CHW AL 25 OF 139 137 1163.1 250 234 7 9 0 .964 -6.1 -6.3 -4.1 -3.6 -0.5 -2 1.86 1.73 .981 2.50 2.16 AS,RoY-1
1983 CHW AL 25 LF 138 137 1163.0 252 237 7 8 0 .968 -6.0 -6.2 -4.0 -3.5 -0.5 -2 1.89 1.77 .977 2.32 1.90 AS,RoY-1
1983 CHW AL 25 DH 2 AS,RoY-1
1983 CHW AL 25 CF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -360.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60 AS,RoY-1
1984 CHW AL 26 LF 124 118 1032.1 236 216 13 7 2 .970 -5.6 -6.5 -4.6 -2.3 -2.3 -1 2.00 1.85 .982 2.27 1.80
1984 CHW AL 26 OF 124 118 1032.1 247 226 14 7 2 .972 -5.6 -6.5 -4.6 -2.3 -2.3 -1 2.09 1.94 .983 2.51 2.17
1984 CHW AL 26 DH 7
1985 CHW AL 27 DH 57
1985 CHW AL 27 LF 57 55 418.2 94 90 3 1 1 .989 -3.6 -10.3 -3.6 -1.3 -2.3 0 2.00 1.63 .977 2.25 1.77
1985 CHW AL 27 OF 57 55 418.2 91 88 2 1 1 .989 -3.6 -10.3 -3.6 -1.3 -2.3 0 1.93 1.58 .982 2.44 2.10
1986 TOT AL 28 DH 86
1986 TOT AL 28 LF 21 21 169.0 43 39 4 0 0 1.000 -3.2 -22.7 -2.2 -1.9 -0.3 -1 2.29 2.05 .977 2.24 1.77
1986 TOT AL 28 OF 21 21 169.0 42 39 3 0 0 1.000 -3.2 -22.7 -2.2 -1.9 -0.3 -1 2.24 2.00 .981 2.39 2.06
1986 CHW AL 28 DH 62
1986 CHW AL 28 LF 20 20 161.0 41 37 4 0 0 1.000 -3.0 -22.4 -2.0 -1.7 -0.3 -1 2.29 2.05 .976 2.24 1.77
1986 CHW AL 28 OF 20 20 161.0 40 37 3 0 0 1.000 -3.0 -22.4 -2.0 -1.7 -0.3 -1 2.24 2.00 .980 2.39 2.06
1986 NYY AL 28 DH 24
1986 NYY AL 28 LF 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -30.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 2.25 2.00 1.000 2.25 1.80
1986 NYY AL 28 OF 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -30.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 2.25 2.00 1.000 2.36 2.10
1987 NYY AL 29 DH 49
1987 NYY AL 29 LF 2 1 9.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 0.5 66.7 0.5 -0.3 0.8 0 5.00 2.50 .980 2.10 1.75
1987 NYY AL 29 OF 2 1 9.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 0.5 66.7 0.5 -0.3 0.8 0 5.00 2.50 .980 2.30 2.00
1988 CLE AL 30 DH 63
1989 CHW AL 31 1B 27 27 205.0 223 208 11 4 28 .982 -2.2 -12.9 -2.2 0.2 -2.4 0 9.61 8.11 .993 9.79 8.35
1989 CHW AL 31 DH 17
1989 CHW AL 31 LF 5 3 25.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 0.7 33.6 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 1 3.24 1.80 .978 2.16 1.84
1989 CHW AL 31 OF 5 3 25.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 0.7 33.6 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 1 3.24 1.80 .978 2.41 2.12
1990 TOT AL 32 DH 67
1990 TOT AL 32 1B 30 26 192.2 184 176 6 2 19 .989 -4.1 -25.5 -4.1 -2.5 -1.6 0 8.50 6.07 .992 9.63 8.36
1990 CHW AL 32 DH 54
1990 CHW AL 32 1B 25 24 164.2 157 150 5 2 18 .987 -2.9 -21.1 -2.9 -1.8 -1.1 0 8.47 6.20 .992 9.63 8.36
1990 BAL AL 32 DH 13
1990 BAL AL 32 1B 5 2 28.0 27 26 1 0 1 1.000 -1.2 -51.4 -1.2 -0.7 -0.5 0 8.68 5.40 .993 9.64 8.36
1991 CHW AL 33 1B 15 14 99.0 109 101 6 2 8 .982 -0.3 -3.6 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 9.73 7.13 .992 9.75 8.30
7 Seasons OF 353 340 2846.1 647 602 28 17 3 .974 -18.3 -7.7 -15.3 -10.1 -5.2 -3 1.99 1.78 .982 2.49 2.15
9 Seasons DH 351
6 Seasons LF 347 335 2817.0 639 594 29 16 3 .975 -17.2 -7.3 -14.2 -9.5 -4.7 -3 1.99 1.80 .979 2.28 1.83
3 Seasons 1B 72 67 496.2 516 485 23 8 55 .984 -6.6 -15.9 -6.6 -2.5 -4.1 0 9.21 7.06 .993 9.72 8.34
1 Season RF 5 5 29.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -41.4 -1.0 -0.5 -0.5 0 0.93 0.60 .967 2.27 1.90
1 Season CF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -360.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
10 Seasons TOT 425 407 3343.0 1163 1087 51 25 58 .979 -24.9 -8.9 -21.9 -12.6 -9.3 -3 0 3.06 2.68 .965 3.56 3.20
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1982 CHW AL 24 20 5 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 14 1
1983 CHW AL 25 145 138 145 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 138 1 0 139 1 6 1
1984 CHW AL 26 139 125 139 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 124 0 0 124 7 13 1
1985 CHW AL 27 116 106 116 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 0 0 57 51 9 1
1986 CHW AL 28 86 81 86 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 20 61 5 0
1986 NYY AL 28 30 21 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 20 9 0
1987 NYY AL 29 59 40 59 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 39 18 0
1988 CLE AL 30 75 58 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 17 0
1989 CHW AL 31 51 47 51 31 0 0 27 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 17 4 0
1990 CHW AL 32 83 75 83 25 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 8 0
1990 BAL AL 32 22 12 22 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 0
1991 CHW AL 33 17 14 17 15 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
10 Seasons 843 722 843 424 0 0 72 0 0 0 347 1 5 353 315 112 5
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1983 CHW AL 25 8 0 8 0 2 7 0 2 1 2 53 46 0 43 8 3 19 9 0 11 3 0 22 21 0 148 87 58.8% 58 3 2.0% 4 5003 64% 78% 24% 560 44%
1984 CHW AL 26 7 0 7 0 2 13 0 4 2 7 4 4 0 7 2 1 6 1 1 8 1 2 17 13 0 42 21 50.0% 17 4 9.5% 9 4496 54% 79% 27% 263 83%
1985 CHW AL 27 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 1 0 8 8 0 18 10 55.6% 8 0 0.0% 3 1881 55% 76% 23% 101 89%
1986 CHW AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 10 5 0 4 1 0 4 1 1 7 2 0 5 4 0 30 13 43.3% 16 1 3.3% 3 750 50% 76% 25% 81 51%
1986 NYY AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 40 90% 85% 40% 5 40%
1987 NYY AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 40 65% 78% 43% 7 71%
1989 CHW AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 4 80.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 125 54% 78% 47% 15 60%
6 Seasons 16 0 16 0 4 29 0 10 4 12 72 60 0 54 11 4 31 11 2 34 7 2 53 47 0 244 136 55.7% 100 8 3.3% 21 12335 58% 78% 25% 1032 59%
MLB Averages 59.2% 2.7% 56% 77% 32% 55%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1989 CHW AL 31 985 59% 80% 32% 40 78% 1 208 11 195 3 11 10 7 2 0 0 4 1 3 0 3 28 1 0 0 28 1 0 0 0 3 33%
1990 CHW AL 32 731 64% 77% 31% 25 96% 0 151 7 142 2 13 5 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 18 0 0 0 17 0 1 0 1 1 0%
1990 BAL AL 32 125 62% 84% 30% 3 100% 0 26 0 26 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1991 CHW AL 33 428 47% 75% 30% 23 91% 0 101 6 90 5 10 6 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 2269 58% 78% 31% 91 87% 1 486 24 453 10 36 23 17 2 0 0 8 1 6 1 5 55 1 0 0 54 1 1 0 1 4 25%
MLB Averages 56% 77% 29% 94% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1982 CHW AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 124 66% 77% 18% 8 38%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 124 66% 77% 18% 8 38%
MLB Averages 43.9% 2.8% 56% 77% 32% 58%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1983 CHW AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 60% 80% 0% 0
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 60% 80% 0% 0
MLB Averages 42.0% 2.0% 56% 77% 32% 63%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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