Joe Pittman
Joseph Wayne Pittman
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 1, 1954 in Houston, TX
School: Southern University and A&M College
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 5th round of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1981
Final Game: May 30, 1984
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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
1981 HOU NL 27 2B 35 31 273.0 148 56 89 3 14 .980 -3.0 -13.2 -2.0 -2.4 0.4 -1 4.78 4.14 .982 5.52 4.72
1981 HOU NL 27 3B 4 3 26.1 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.05 1.50 .950 2.84 2.48
1982 HOU NL 28 3B 3 0 6.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -40.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 3.00 0.67 .950 2.70 2.43
1982 HOU NL 28 OF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 240.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.90
1982 HOU NL 28 RF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 240.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.60
1982 SDP NL 28 2B 30 22 203.2 111 39 68 4 14 .964 3.7 21.8 2.7 0.5 2.2 1 4.73 3.57 .978 5.42 4.75
1982 SDP NL 28 SS 13 7 76.0 41 11 28 2 4 .951 0.9 14.2 0.9 1.3 -0.4 0 4.62 3.00 .968 5.01 4.38
1984 SFG NL 30 SS 6 2 22.0 10 2 7 1 0 .900 -0.7 -38.2 -0.7 -0.2 -0.5 0 3.68 1.50 .970 4.87 3.98
1984 SFG NL 30 2B 5 2 22.2 9 3 6 0 1 1.000 -0.3 -15.9 -0.3 0.0 -0.2 0 3.57 1.80 .978 5.40 4.72
1984 SFG NL 30 3B 2 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 -66.7 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.80 2.35
3 Seasons 2B 70 55 499.1 268 98 163 7 29 .974 0.4 1.0 0.4 -1.9 2.4 0 4.70 3.73 .980 5.47 4.73
2 Seasons SS 19 9 98.0 51 13 35 3 4 .941 0.2 2.4 0.2 1.1 -0.9 0 4.41 2.53 .969 4.98 4.25
3 Seasons 3B 9 4 41.1 8 4 4 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -20.3 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 1.74 0.89 .950 2.81 2.43
1 Season OF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 240.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.90
1 Season RF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 240.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.60
3 Seasons TOT 99 68 639.2 328 116 202 10 33 .970 0.1 0.2 0.1 -1.5 1.7 0 0 4.47 3.21 .947 5.22 4.40

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
1981 HOU NL 27 52 34 52 38 0 0 0 35 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1982 SDP NL 28 55 29 55 41 0 0 0 30 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 9 10
1982 HOU NL 28 15 0 15 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 4
1984 SFG NL 30 17 5 17 13 0 0 0 5 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Seasons 139 68 139 96 0 0 0 70 9 18 0 0 1 1 0 38 17
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 -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1981 HOU NL 27 1189 59% 78% 28% 102 91% 0 63 16 27 20 89 76 11 0 2 3 0 3 0 2 14 6 4 1 1 14 2 10 0 0 0
1982 SDP NL 28 882 55% 80% 29% 88 89% 0 40 14 15 11 70 58 12 0 0 5 0 5 0 5 14 1 4 5 2 13 7 5 1 0 1
1984 SFG NL 30 104 65% 81% 22% 6 100% 0 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
3 Seasons 2175 58% 79% 28% 196 90% 0 106 31 43 32 165 140 23 0 2 8 0 8 0 7 29 8 8 6 3 28 9 16 1 0 1
MLB Averages 57% 79% 26% 95%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1982 SDP NL 28 350 64% 76% 27% 31 94% 0 11 3 6 2 27 25 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 4 1 1 2 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0
1984 SFG NL 30 94 61% 70% 26% 8 88% 0 2 1 1 0 6 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 444 64% 75% 27% 39 92% 0 13 4 7 2 33 31 1 1 0 3 0 3 0 2 4 1 1 2 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0
MLB Averages 57% 79% 26% 92%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1981 HOU NL 27 106 45% 73% 24% 6 67% 0 2 1 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 HOU NL 28 24 67% 83% 38% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 SFG NL 30 39 36% 90% 18% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 169 46% 78% 24% 8 75% 0 3 2 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 57% 79% 26% 90% 77%

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 HOU NL 28 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 4 75% 100% 50% 2 50%
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 4 75% 100% 50% 2 50%
MLB Averages 43.6% 3.0% 57% 79% 26% 58%

* 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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