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Ron Kittle

Ronald Dale Kittle

Positions: Designated Hitter, Leftfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 200 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
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Yankees/Indians/Orioles 1982-1991
Agents: Bob Gilhooley,Jim Bronner [*]
Final Game: August 13, 1991
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 8:31AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1982 24 CHW AL 20 32 29 3 7 2 0 1 7 0 0 3 12 .241 .313 .414 .726 98 12 0 0 0 0 0 /9
1983 25 CHW AL 145 570 520 75 132 19 3 35 100 8 3 39 150 .254 .314 .504 .818 118 262 10 8 0 3 8 *7/8D AS,RoY-1
1984 26 CHW AL 139 525 466 67 100 15 0 32 74 3 6 49 137 .215 .295 .453 .748 100 211 7 6 0 4 5 *7/D
1985 27 CHW AL 116 417 379 51 87 12 0 26 58 1 4 31 92 .230 .295 .467 .762 102 177 12 5 0 2 1 7D
1986 28 TOT AL 116 422 376 42 82 13 0 21 60 4 1 35 110 .218 .284 .420 .705 87 158 10 3 0 8 1 D7
1986 28 CHW AL 86 333 296 34 63 11 0 17 48 2 1 28 87 .213 .282 .422 .705 86 125 10 3 0 6 0 D7
1986 28 NYY AL 30 89 80 8 19 2 0 4 12 2 0 7 23 .238 .292 .413 .705 91 33 0 0 0 2 1 D/7
1987 29 NYY AL 59 173 159 21 44 5 0 12 28 0 1 10 36 .277 .318 .535 .853 122 85 4 1 0 3 1 D/7
1988 30 CLE AL 75 254 225 31 58 8 0 18 43 0 0 16 65 .258 .323 .533 .856 134 120 0 8 0 5 1 D
1989 31 CHW AL 51 196 169 26 51 10 0 11 37 0 1 22 42 .302 .378 .556 .934 164 94 2 1 0 4 1 3D/7
1990 32 TOT AL 105 369 338 33 78 16 0 18 46 0 0 26 91 .231 .293 .438 .731 104 148 6 4 0 1 2 D3
1990 32 CHW AL 83 305 277 29 68 14 0 16 43 0 0 24 77 .245 .311 .469 .781 118 130 3 3 0 1 2 D3
1990 32 BAL AL 22 64 61 4 10 2 0 2 3 0 0 2 14 .164 .203 .295 .498 40 18 3 1 0 0 0 D/3
1991 33 CHW AL 17 55 47 7 9 0 0 2 7 0 0 5 9 .191 .291 .319 .610 71 15 2 2 0 1 0 3
10 Seasons 843 3013 2708 356 648 100 3 176 460 16 16 236 744 .239 .306 .473 .779 110 1282 53 38 0 31 20
162 Game Avg. 162 579 520 68 125 19 1 34 88 3 3 45 143 .239 .306 .473 .779 110 246 10 7 0 6 4
CHW (8 yrs) 657 2433 2183 292 517 83 3 140 374 14 15 201 606 .237 .307 .470 .777 109 1026 46 28 0 21 17
NYY (2 yrs) 89 262 239 29 63 7 0 16 40 2 1 17 59 .264 .309 .494 .803 112 118 4 1 0 5 2
CLE (1 yr) 75 254 225 31 58 8 0 18 43 0 0 16 65 .258 .323 .533 .856 134 120 0 8 0 5 1
BAL (1 yr) 22 64 61 4 10 2 0 2 3 0 0 2 14 .164 .203 .295 .498 40 18 3 1 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1982 24 CHW AL 32 0 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ /9
1983 25 CHW AL 570 10 1 2 -1 -6 -7 18 17 1.8 23 2.4 -0.6 $ *7/8D AS,RoY-1
1984 26 CHW AL 525 -4 -3 5 1 -6 -6 17 4 0.4 10 1.0 -0.6 $175,000 *7/D
1985 27 CHW AL 417 3 -2 4 -2 -4 -8 13 4 0.4 8 0.8 -0.4 $300,000 7D
1986 28 CHW AL 333 -4 -1 0 -2 -3 -7 10 -7 -0.7 -4 -0.4 -0.3 $400,000 D7
1986 28 NYY AL 89 -2 0 0 0 -0 -2 3 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ D/7
1987 29 NYY AL 173 6 -2 0 -1 0 -5 5 4 0.4 3 0.3 0.1 $425,000 D/7
1988 30 CLE AL 254 10 0 0 0 0 -6 8 12 1.3 12 1.3 0.0 $300,000 D
1989 31 CHW AL 196 16 -1 0 0 -2 -3 6 17 1.8 18 1.9 -0.1 $550,000 3D/7
1990 32 CHW AL 305 6 0 0 1 -3 -7 11 8 0.8 11 1.1 -0.3 $550,000 D3
1990 32 BAL AL 64 -5 0 0 -1 -1 -2 2 -7 -0.7 -6 -0.6 -0.1 $ D/3
1991 33 CHW AL 55 -2 1 0 0 -0 -1 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 3
10 Seasons 3013 34 -7 11 -5 -25 -54 96 51 5.4 75 7.8 -2.4 $2,700,000
CHW (8 yrs) 2433 25 -5 11 -3 -24 -39 78 43 4.5 67 6.9 -2.4 $1,975,000
NYY (2 yrs) 262 4 -2 0 -1 0 -7 8 3 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $425,000
CLE (1 yr) 254 10 0 0 0 0 -6 8 12 1.3 12 1.3 0.0 $300,000
BAL (1 yr) 64 -5 0 0 -1 -1 -2 2 -7 -0.7 -6 -0.6 -0.1 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1983 25 CHW AL ALCS BAL L 3 9 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .286 .444 .429 .873 3 1 1 0 0 0
1 ALCS 3 9 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .286 .444 .429 .873 3 1 1 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1982 CHW AL 24 OF 5 5 0 29.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -41 0.93 0.60 .983 2.48 2.46
1982 CHW AL 24 RF 5 5 0 29.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -41 0.93 0.60 .980 2.27 2.26
1983 CHW AL 25 OF 139 137 111 1163.1 250 234 7 9 0 .964 -6 -6 1.86 1.73 .981 2.50 2.48 AS,RoY-1
1983 CHW AL 25 LF 138 137 111 1163.0 252 237 7 8 0 .968 -6 -6 1.89 1.77 .977 2.32 2.30 AS,RoY-1
1983 CHW AL 25 CF 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -360 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.90 AS,RoY-1
1983 CHW AL 25 DH 1 1 AS,RoY-1
1984 CHW AL 26 LF 124 118 106 1032.1 236 216 13 7 2 .970 -6 -7 2.00 1.85 .982 2.27 2.26
1984 CHW AL 26 OF 124 118 106 1032.1 247 226 14 7 2 .972 -6 -7 2.09 1.94 .983 2.51 2.49
1984 CHW AL 26 DH 7 7
1985 CHW AL 27 LF 57 55 22 418.2 94 90 3 1 1 .989 -4 -10 2.00 1.63 .977 2.25 2.23
1985 CHW AL 27 OF 57 55 22 418.2 91 88 2 1 1 .989 -4 -10 1.93 1.58 .982 2.44 2.42
1985 CHW AL 27 DH 51 51
1986 TOT AL 28 DH 81 81
1986 TOT AL 28 LF 21 21 16 169.0 43 39 4 0 0 1.000 -3 -23 2.29 2.05 .977 2.24 2.22
1986 TOT AL 28 OF 21 21 16 169.0 42 39 3 0 0 1.000 -3 -23 2.24 2.00 .980 2.39 2.37
1986 CHW AL 28 DH 61 61
1986 CHW AL 28 LF 20 20 15 161.0 41 37 4 0 0 1.000 -3 -22 2.29 2.05 .977 2.24 2.22
1986 CHW AL 28 OF 20 20 15 161.0 40 37 3 0 0 1.000 -3 -22 2.24 2.00 .980 2.39 2.37
1986 NYY AL 28 DH 20 20
1986 NYY AL 28 LF 1 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -30 2.25 2.00 .975 2.25 2.20
1986 NYY AL 28 OF 1 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -30 2.25 2.00 .980 2.36 2.40
1987 NYY AL 29 DH 39 39
1987 NYY AL 29 LF 2 1 0 9.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 0 67 5.00 2.50 .974 2.10 2.10
1987 NYY AL 29 OF 2 1 0 9.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 0 67 5.00 2.50 .980 2.30 2.30
1988 CLE AL 30 DH 58 58
1989 CHW AL 31 1B 27 27 17 205.0 223 208 11 4 28 .982 -2 -13 9.61 8.11 .993 9.79 9.69
1989 CHW AL 31 DH 17 17
1989 CHW AL 31 LF 5 3 1 25.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 1 34 3.24 1.80 .977 2.16 2.14
1989 CHW AL 31 OF 5 3 1 25.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 1 34 3.24 1.80 .980 2.41 2.40
1990 TOT AL 32 DH 61 61
1990 TOT AL 32 1B 30 26 7 192.2 184 176 6 2 19 .989 -4 -26 8.50 6.07 .992 9.63 9.53
1990 CHW AL 32 DH 51 51
1990 CHW AL 32 1B 25 24 6 164.2 157 150 5 2 18 .987 -3 -21 8.47 6.20 .992 9.63 9.53
1990 BAL AL 32 DH 10 10
1990 BAL AL 32 1B 5 2 1 28.0 27 26 1 0 1 1.000 -1 -51 8.68 5.40 .992 9.64 9.52
1991 CHW AL 33 1B 15 14 4 99.0 109 101 6 2 8 .982 -0 -4 9.73 7.13 .992 9.75 9.74
7 Seasons OF 353 340 256 2846.1 647 602 28 17 3 .974 -18 -8 1.99 1.78 .982 2.49 2.46
6 Seasons LF 347 335 256 2817.0 639 594 29 16 3 .975 -17 -7 1.99 1.80 .979 2.28 2.27
3 Seasons 1B 72 67 28 496.2 516 485 23 8 55 .984 -7 -16 9.21 7.06 .992 9.72 9.63
1 Season RF 5 5 0 29.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -41 0.93 0.60 .980 2.27 2.26
1 Season CF 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -360 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.90
10 Seasons TOT 425 407 284 3343.0 1163 1087 51 25 58 .979 -25 -9 3.06 2.68 .987 3.56 3.68
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1983 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1983 AL Rookie of the Year

Slugging % s c a p y
1983 AL  .504 (9th)
Career  .473 (223rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1983 AL  35 (3rd)
1984 AL  32 (6th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1983 AL  100 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1983 AL  150 (1st)
1984 AL  137 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1983 AL  8 (5th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1986 AL  8 (6th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1983 AL  14.9 (1st)
1984 AL  14.6 (1st)
1985 AL  14.6 (7th)**
Career  15.4 (23rd)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1984 AL  14 (2nd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1983 AL  9 (3rd)

             
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 15 (1179), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 11 (1112), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1684), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Bo Jackson (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bo Jackson (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Steve Balboni (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Russell Branyan (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198426Chicago White Sox$175,0003/19/84 TSN
198527Chicago White Sox$300,000Scully, Business of MLB, p. 163
198628Chicago White Sox$400,000G. Scully, Business of MLB, p. 163Arbitration loss; $500,000 request
198729New York Yankees$425,0001987 USA Today survey
198830Cleveland Indians$300,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198931Chicago White Sox$550,0001989 USA Today survey
199032Chicago White Sox$550,000*
Career to date (may be incomplete)$2,700,000
Disputed Salaries
*1990 - $575,000 - 11/21/90 NYT -
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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