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Larry
Biittner		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: July 27, 1945 in Usa, IA, POCAHONTAS
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1971 25 SDP NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 6 6 3 4 4 8 8 8
1972 26 SDP NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 5 6 6 3 4 4 8 8 8
1973 27 SDP NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 5 6 6 3 4 4 8 8 8
1974 28 SDP NL     7 7 6 2 2 2 5 6 6 3 4 4 8 8 8
1975 29 OAK AL     6 6 6 2 2 2 5 6 6 3 4 4 7 8 8
1976 30 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 6 6 3 4 4 7 8 8
1977 31 OAK AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 5 5 3 4 4 6 6 6
1978 32 MIN AL $ 350,000   5 5 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 6 6
1979 33 MIN AL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 5 6 6 3 4 4 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1971 25 SDP NL 150 484 39 131 21 2 2 41 1 1 26 43 .271 .308 .335 .643 44.1 4.6
1972 26 SDP NL 152 521 43 128 20 3 3 51 1 2 24 45 .246 .279 .313 .592 40.8 2.3
1973 27 SDP NL 154 533 55 132 20 6 4 42 1 4 31 64 .248 .290 .330 .620 45.8 4.2
1974 28 SDP NL 13 31 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .129 .129 .129 .258 -0.5 0.0
    AAA   81 311 27 76 11 2 0 22 0 2 28 31 .244 .307 .293 .599 27.8  
1975 29 AAA   131 493 47 134 17 7 3 54 6 7 39 44 .272 .325 .353 .678 55.0  
1976 30 OAK AL 44 150 16 34 9 1 1 17 0 1 10 19 .227 .272 .320 .592 13.7 0.9
    AAA   104 385 33 116 14 0 5 41 2 5 28 31 .301 .349 .377 .725 48.2  
1977 31 OAK AL 6 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .000 .125 .000 .125 -0.1 0.0
    AAA   84 332 31 79 19 5 1 32 5 1 26 27 .238 .293 .334 .628 32.5  
1978 32 AA   137 531 46 137 26 4 4 48 1 0 46 75 .258 .317 .345 .662 58.1  
1979 33 AA   137 545 37 136 23 3 3 50 3 0 40 75 .250 .301 .319 .620 52.4  
6 Years Sim 519 1726 155 429 70 12 10 153 4 8 92 175 .249 .287 .320 .607 143.8 12.0
4 Years AAA 400 1521 138 405 61 14 9 149 13 15 121 133 .266 .321 .343 .664 163.5  
2 Years AA 274 1076 83 273 49 7 7 98 4 0 86 150 .254 .309 .332 .641 110.5  
6 Years Minors 674 2597 221 678 110 21 16 247 17 15 207 283 .261 .316 .338 .654 274.0  
162 Game Average 538 48 133 21 3 3 47 1 2 28 54 .249 .287 .320 .607 44.9  
Career Highs 154 533 55 132 21 6 4 51 1 4 31 64 .271 .308 .335 .643 45.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1184 107 311 45 11 9 118 4 5 64 111 .263 .299 .342 .641 116.9
vs LH   542 48 118 25 1 1 35 0 3 28 64 .218 .260 .273 .533 33.8
Home 254 812 79 207 27 6 5 64 3 6 57 79 .255 .303 .321 .625 77.3
Away 265 914 76 222 43 6 5 89 1 2 35 96 .243 .271 .319 .591 73.4
RISP   369 0 89 17 4 1 131 0 0 16 40 .241 .268 .317 .585 29.9
Pinch Hitting   13 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .231 .231 .231 .462 0.5
Close/Late   153 11 39 10 1 1 17 0 0 4 18 .255 .270 .353 .623 13.6
Mar/Apr 74 256 22 66 8 2 2 28 0 0 10 27 .258 .285 .328 .613 22.9
May 82 272 21 58 11 0 2 24 1 1 13 25 .213 .247 .276 .523 17.0
June 77 260 20 65 6 3 1 15 0 2 16 33 .250 .296 .308 .604 22.5
July 79 257 19 52 10 2 1 16 2 1 11 26 .202 .238 .268 .506 14.3
August 106 346 41 98 15 3 2 37 1 2 25 28 .283 .330 .361 .691 40.0
Sep/Oct 100 335 32 90 20 2 2 33 0 2 17 36 .269 .304 .358 .662 34.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1971 25 SDP NL 1B 148 147 1157.3 1408 92 14 120 .991 11.66   2.6
    LF 4 0 12.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 5.25   0.1
    RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1972 26 SDP NL 1B 149 147 1254.0 1399 106 13 157 .991 10.80   1.5
    LF 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1973 27 SDP NL 1B 148 148 1228.7 1507 115 17 167 .990 11.88   2.5
    LF 11 1 30.3 6 0 1 0 .857 1.78   0.1
    RF 3 1 13.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.98    
1974 28 SDP NL 1B 7 6 49.0 70 4 0 5 1.000 13.59   0.1
    LF 3 2 15.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.20   0.0
    RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1976 30 OAK AL RF 2 2 17.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06   0.1
    LF 2 1 12.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.75    
    1B 2 1 11.0 18 0 0 2 1.000 14.73   0.0
1977 31 OAK AL LF 5 2 21.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.84   0.0
  1B 454 449 3700.0 4402 317 44 451 .991 11.48   6.7
  LF 28 6 95.7 20 2 1 0 .957 2.07   0.2
  RF 9 3 38.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.40   0.1
  3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   492 458 3836.3 4429 319 45 451 .991 11.14   7.1
Career Highs   162 150 1272.7 1516 115 18 167 1.000 11.56    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1976 30 OAK AL 4 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .077 .200 .077 .277
Career Post-Season Batting 4 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .077 .200 .077 .277
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Triples
1973-5-6
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 67th overall pick, by San Diego in 1971
Had first career hit on 4/2/1971, off Joe Moeller (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/26/1971, off Dave Roberts (BSN)
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by San Diego on 10/31/1974
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 4/2/1975 to a minor league deal
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Oakland to Minnesota on 2/2/1978 (Going to MIN: P John Hiller, 2B Terry Harmon, DH Larry Biittner. Going to OAK: RF Mike Easler)
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
 
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