Larry Biittner

Positions: Outfielder, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: July 27, 1946 in Pocahontas, IA us

Died: January 2, 2022 in Pocahontas, IA

Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Pocahontas, IA

Draft: Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 10th round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from Buena Vista University (Storm Lake, IA).

High School: Catholic HS (Pocahontas, IA)

Schools: Drake University (Des Moines, IA), Buena Vista University (Storm Lake, IA)

Debut: July 17, 1970 (Age 23-355d, 13,021st in major league history)
vs. CAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1983 (Age 37-064d)
vs. MIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1971 season

Full Name: Lawrence David Biittner

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.2

3151

861

.273

310

RBI

354

OBP

.324

SLG

.359

OPS

.683

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 17	TEX	@	CHW	L,5-10	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
2	9 (2)	Apr 21	TEX	@	MIN	L,4-5	GF	12	2.1	4	0	0	4	1	1B
3	10	Apr 22	TEX	@	MIN	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
4	11	Apr 24	TEX		DET	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
5	12	Apr 25	TEX		DET	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
6	13	Apr 26	TEX		DET	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	17 (3)	May 1	TEX	@	BOS	W,7-6	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
8	19 (1)	May 4	TEX	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
9	27 (7)	May 13	TEX		OAK	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
10	28	May 14 (1)	TEX		MIN	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
11	29	May 14 (2)	TEX		MIN	L,4-6	CG	45	11.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
12	30	May 15	TEX		MIN	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	9	3	0	12	2	1B
13	31	May 16	TEX		KCR	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
14	32	May 17	TEX		KCR	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
15	33	May 18	TEX	@	CAL	L,1-7	CG	34	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
16	34	May 19	TEX	@	CAL	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
17	36 (1)	May 22	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
18	39 (2)	May 26	TEX	@	NYY	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
19	40	May 27	TEX	@	NYY	W,5-2	GS	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
20	41	May 29	TEX		CLE	L,7-9	CG	49	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
21	42	May 30	TEX		CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	47 (4)	Jun 5	TEX		NYY	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
23	48	Jun 6	TEX		NYY	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
24	51 (2)	Jun 9	TEX		BOS	L,1-12	CG	46	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
25	53 (1)	Jun 12	TEX	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
26	56 (2)	Jun 16	TEX	@	BAL	L,1-9	GS	36	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
27	64 (7)	Jun 24 (2)	TEX	@	KCR	L,6-10	CG	43	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	RF
28	70 (5)	Jun 30 (1)	TEX		KCR	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	75 (4)	Jul 3 (2)	TEX		CHW	W,2-1	GS	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
30	76	Jul 4 (1)	TEX		CHW	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
31	78 (1)	Jul 5	TEX		CHW	W,7-2	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
32	81 (2)	Jul 8 (1)	TEX	@	MIL	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
33	84 (2)	Jul 10	TEX	@	DET	L,4-5	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
34	89 (4)	Jul 15	TEX	@	BOS	L,1-3	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
35	90	Jul 17	TEX		MIL	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
36	91	Jul 18	TEX		MIL	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
37	92	Jul 19	TEX		MIL	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
38	93	Jul 20	TEX		DET	W,8-6	GS	21	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
39	95 (1)	Jul 22	TEX		DET	W,4-3	GS	23	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
40	96	Jul 26 (1)	TEX		CAL	W,7-1	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
41	97	Jul 26 (2)	TEX		CAL	W,8-0	GS	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF LF
42	99 (1)	Jul 28	TEX	@	OAK	L,4-6	GS	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF 1B
43	101 (1)	Jul 29 (2)	TEX	@	OAK	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	105 (3)	Aug 2	TEX	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
45	106	Aug 3	TEX	@	CHW	L,3-5	GS	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF 1B
46	108 (1)	Aug 5 (1)	TEX	@	CHW	L,3-7	GS	25	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
47	109	Aug 5 (2)	TEX	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	RF
48	111 (1)	Aug 7 (2)	TEX	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
49	115 (3)	Aug 12	TEX		CLE	L,6-7	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
50	117 (1)	Aug 14	TEX		BAL	L,10-12	GS	43	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
51	120 (2)	Aug 18	TEX		NYY	L,3-5	GS	35	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
52	121	Aug 19	TEX		NYY	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
53	124 (2)	Aug 22	TEX		BOS	L,8-9	GS	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
54	125	Aug 24	TEX	@	CLE	L,5-11	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
55	126	Aug 25	TEX	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
56	127	Aug 26 (1)	TEX	@	CLE	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
57	128	Aug 26 (2)	TEX	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
58	131 (2)	Aug 29	TEX	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
59	132	Aug 30	TEX		MIN	L,2-5	CG	45	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
60	133	Aug 31	TEX		MIN	L,2-11	GS	48	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	134	Sep 1	TEX		MIN	L,7-10	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
62	135	Sep 2	TEX		MIN	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
63	139 (3)	Sep 7	TEX		OAK	W,10-8	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
64	140	Sep 8	TEX		OAK	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
65	141	Sep 9	TEX		OAK	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
66	142	Sep 10	TEX	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
67	143	Sep 11	TEX	@	MIN	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	LF
68	145 (1)	Sep 14	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-5	GS	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
69	146	Sep 15	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
70	147	Sep 16	TEX	@	OAK	L,4-9	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
71	149 (1)	Sep 18	TEX		CHW	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
72	150	Sep 19 (1)	TEX		CAL	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
73	152 (1)	Sep 20 (1)	TEX		CAL	L,4-6	CG	53	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
74	154 (1)	Sep 21	TEX		CAL	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
75	155	Sep 22	TEX	@	KCR	L,3-5	GS	50	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
76	160 (4)	Sep 28	TEX		KCR	W,5-4	GF	31	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
							81gm		588.2	235	20	2	257	17