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Joe Pittman

Joseph Wayne Pittman

Positions: Second Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 1, 1954 in Houston, TX
School: Southern University and A&M College (Baton Rouge, LA)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 5th round of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1981
Teams (by GP): Astros/Padres/Giants 1981-1984

Final Game: May 30, 1984
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Standard Batting

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
1975	21	HOU-min	AA	21	73	71	8	19	2	0	0	1	2	2	1	11	.268	.278	.296	.574		21	0	0	1	0	0		CBS · SOUL
1976	22	HOU-min	A	109	442	442		123	19	6	2						.278	.278	.362	.640		160							DBQ · MIDW
1977	23	HOU-min	AA,A	84	261	229	24	51	6	0	0	11	17	8	21	32	.223	.283	.249	.532		57		0	7	4			CBS,COC · SOUL,FLOR
1978	24	HOU-min	AA	92	334	306	44	78	6	1	1	17	17	9	20	32	.255	.300	.291	.591		89		1	4	3			CBS · SOUL
1979	25	HOU-min	AA,AAA	105	426	383	57	108	13	2	5	27	15	6	29	36	.282	.341	.366	.706		140		5	9	0			CBS,CHL · SOUL,IL
1980	26	HOU-min	AAA	126	555	490	93	154	23	10	1	61	54	13	54	75	.314	.381	.408	.790		200		1	7	3			TUC · PCL
1981	27	HOU-min	AAA	6	29	23	4	8	0	1	1	5	3	1	6	2	.348	.483	.565	1.048		13		0	0	0	0		TUC · PCL
1981	27	HOU	NL	52	149	135	11	38	4	2	0	7	4	4	11	16	.281	.333	.341	.674	96	46	3	0	2	1	3	4/5
1982	28	HOU-min	AAA	8	33	30	6	12	2	0	0	4	3	2	1	1	.400	.419	.467	.886		14		0	2	0	0		TUC · PCL
1982	28	TOT	NL	70	140	128	16	32	3	0	0	7	8	3	9	15	.250	.299	.273	.573	65	35	3	0	3	0	2	46/59
1982	28	HOU	NL	15	11	10	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.300	.500	44	3	0	0	1	0	0	/59
1982	28	SDP	NL	55	129	118	16	30	2	0	0	7	8	3	9	13	.254	.307	.271	.578	67	32	3	0	2	0	2	46

1983	29	SDP-min	AAA	129	612	550	92	155	27	7	3	52	38	18	53	73	.282	.347	.373	.719		205		2	6	1	0		LVG · PCL
1984	30	SFG-min	AAA	95	403	357	69	102	14	1	3	28	16	10	36	35	.286	.351	.356	.707		127		2	4	4	2		PHX · PCL
1984	30	SFG	NL	17	23	22	2	5	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	6	.227	.217	.227	.445	27	5	1	0	0	1	0	/645
1985	31	DET-min	AAA	107	405	374	41	100	19	1	3	26	18	9	26	49	.267	.313	.348	.661		130		0	3	2	1		NVL · AA
3 Yrs				139	312	285	29	75	7	2	0	16	13	8	20	37	.263	.309	.302	.611	77	86	7	0	5	2	5
162 Game Avg.				162	364	332	34	87	8	2	0	19	15	9	23	43	.263	.309	.302	.611	77	100	8	0	6	2	6

HOU (2 yrs)				67	160	145	11	40	5	2	0	7	4	4	11	18	.276	.325	.338	.663	93	49	3	0	3	1	3
SFG (1 yr)				17	23	22	2	5	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	6	.227	.217	.227	.445	27	5	1	0	0	1	0
SDP (1 yr)				55	129	118	16	30	2	0	0	7	8	3	9	13	.254	.307	.271	.578	67	32	3	0	2	0	2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1981	27	HOU	NL	52	149	-2	-2	-0	-3	1	-7	-0.7	4	-2	-0.2	.485	.495	0.0	-0.2	1	$	4/5
1982	28	HOU	NL	15	11	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/59
1982	28	SDP	NL	55	129	-3	1	0	5	2	4	0.5	4	8	0.9	.509	.503	0.4	0.7	4	$	46

1984	30	SFG	NL	17	23	-2	-0	0	-2	0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.477	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-1	$	/645
3 Seasons				139	312	-9	-1	0	0	3	-6	-0.6	10	3	0.4	.495	.499	0.2	0.5	3	$

HOU (2 yrs)				67	160	-3	-2	0	-3	1	-7	-0.8	5	-2	-0.2	.488	.497	0.0	-0.2	1	$
SFG (1 yr)				17	23	-2	-0	0	-2	0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.477	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-1	$
SDP (1 yr)				55	129	-3	1	0	5	2	4	0.5	4	8	0.9	.509	.503	0.4	0.7	4	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1981	27	HOU	NL	149	107	15	3.8	88	.317	.281	.257	.333	.321	.341	.368	.674	.689	96	.463	-0.6	-0.1	.548	.141	.059	.0
1982	28	TOT	NL	140	105	11	2.8	91	.283	.250	.261	.299	.323	.273	.379	.573	.701	65	.325	-5.9	-0.6	.480	.133	.023	.0
1982	28	HOU	NL	11	9	1	3.0	88	.250	.200	.256	.200	.318	.300	.372	.500	.690	44	.349	-0.7	-0.1	.375	.100	.100
1982	28	SDP	NL	129	96	10	2.8	91	.286	.254	.261	.307	.323	.271	.379	.578	.702	67	.323	-5.2	-0.5	.489	.136	.017	.0

1984	30	SFG	NL	23	20	1	1.4	91	.294	.227	.260	.217	.324	.227	.378	.445	.702	27	.112	-2.1	-0.2	.263	.000	.000	.0
3 Yrs				312	232	27	3.2	90	.300	.263	.259	.309	.322	.302	.373	.611	.696	77	.374	-8.7	-0.9	.493	.126	.039	.0
162 Game Avg.				364	270	31	3.2	90	.300	.263	.259	.309	.322	.302	.373	.611	.696	77	.374	-8.7	-0.9	.493	.126	.039

HOU (2 yrs)				160	116	16	3.7	88	.313	.276	.257	.325	.321	.338	.368	.663	.689	93	.455	-1.4	-0.1	.536	.138	.062	.0
SFG (1 yr)				23	20	1	1.3	91	.294	.227	.260	.217	.324	.227	.378	.445	.702	27	.112	-2.1	-0.2	.263	.000	.000	.0
SDP (1 yr)				129	96	10	2.8	91	.286	.254	.261	.307	.323	.271	.379	.578	.702	67	.323	-5.2	-0.5	.489	.136	.017	.0

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
1981	27	HOU	NL	NLDS	LAD	L	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1981	27	HOU	NL	149	0.0%	10.7%	7.4%	4.0%	16%	1.45	8.4		19.3	1.41	81%
1982	28	TOT	NL	140	0.0%	10.7%	6.4%	2.1%	9%	1.67	8.5		18.3	2.00	81%
1982	28	HOU	NL	11	0.0%	18.2%	0.0%	9.1%	50%		5.0			1.33	73%
1982	28	SDP	NL	129	0.0%	10.1%	7.0%	1.6%	7%	1.44	9.1		16.9	2.08	81%

1984	30	SFG	NL	23	0.0%	26.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.7		11.0	2.25	74%
3 Yrs				312	0.0%	11.9%	6.4%	2.9%	12%	1.85	7.7		17.8	1.70	80%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.4%	8.3%	6.5%	28%	1.61	6.7	44.9	8.6	1.08	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1981	27	HOU	NL	-0.6	-0.1	158	-0.5	2.3	-2.8	1.00	-0.5	-0.1	-7.2	-0.8	0.96	-4.4	1.37	16
1982	28	TOT	NL	-5.9	-0.6	152	0.1	2.8	-2.8	1.26	-0.6	0.6	-6.0	-0.6	0.93	-5.5	1.85	15
1982	28	HOU	NL	-0.7	-0.1	12	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	1.51	-0.1	0.0	-1.0	-0.1	0.99	-1.0	1.24	8
1982	28	SDP	NL	-5.2	-0.5	140	0.2	2.7	-2.5	1.24	-0.4	0.6	-5.0	-0.5	0.92	-4.4	2.55	7

1984	30	SFG	NL	-2.1	-0.2	25	-0.5	0.3	-0.8	1.64	-0.2	-0.1	-2.8	-0.3	1.08	-2.5	0.67	3
3 Yrs				-8.7	-0.9	335	-0.9	5.4	-6.4	1.17	-1.2	0.4	-16.0	-1.7	0.95	-12.3	1.52	34

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1981	27	HOU	NL	0	0	22%	63	4	4	50%	4	3	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	3	38%	9	7	2	0	0	0	7	2	4
1982	28	TOT	NL	4	0	39%	81	8	3	73%	8	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	69%	9	3	6	2	2	0	5	0	5
1982	28	HOU	NL	0	0	0%	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	28	SDP	NL	4	0	41%	72	8	3	73%	8	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	73%	8	2	6	2	2	0	5	0	5

1984	30	SFG	NL	0	0	40%	15	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				4	0	31%	159	13	8	62%	13	7	0	1	0	0	3	2	4	6	55%	19	10	9	2	2	0	12	2	9

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1981	27	HOU	NL	149	38%	38			16	4	0	0	1.37	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	24	3	13%	13	6	46%	86	7	8%	7	3	43%	5	3	60%	0
1982	28	TOT	NL	140	66%	32			15	2	0	0	1.85	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	21	3	14%	15	6	40%	66	7	11%	5	3	60%	7	4	57%	0
1982	28	HOU	NL	11	36%	2			8	1	0	0	1.24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1982	28	SDP	NL	129	69%	30			7	1	0	0	2.55	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	19	3	16%	13	5	38%	62	7	11%	5	3	60%	7	4	57%	0

1984	30	SFG	NL	23	39%	5			3	0	0	0	0.67	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	1	14%	5	1	20%	15	2	13%	3	1	33%	0	0		0
3 Yrs				312	51%	75			34	6	0	0	1.52	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	100%	52	7	13%	33	13	39%	167	16	10%	15	7	47%	12	7	58%	0
MLB Averages					58%																			86%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1981	27	52	149	135	11	38	4	2	7	4	4	11	16	.281	.333	.341	.674	96	46	3	2	1	3
1982	28	122	289	263	27	70	7	2	14	12	7	20	31	.266	.317	.308	.625	81	81	6	5	1	5
1983	29	122	289	263	27	70	7	2	14	12	7	20	31	.266	.317	.308	.625	81	81	6	5	1	5
1984	30	139	312	285	29	75	7	2	16	13	8	20	37	.263	.309	.302	.611	77	86	7	5	2	5

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1981	27	79	233	210	19	63	7	3	0	12	7	18	24	.300	.352	.362	.714	27	52
1982	28	70	144	131	18	35	3	0	0	8	9	10	15	.267	.319	.290	.609	12	70

1984	30	17	23	22	2	5	0	0	0	2	1	0	6	.227	.217	.227	.445	1	17
3 Yrs		166	400	363	39	103	10	3	0	22	17	28	45	.284	.332	.328	.660	40	139
162 Game Avg.		162	390	354	38	101	10	3	0	21	17	27	44	.284	.332	.328	.660	39	139

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