Jeff Bittiger

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 175lb (178cm, 79kg)

Born: April 13, 1962 in Jersey City, NJ us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 7th round of the 1980 MLB June Amateur Draft from Secaucus HS (Secaucus, NJ).

High School: Secaucus HS (Secaucus, NJ)

School: Montclair State University (Montclair, NJ)

Debut: September 2, 1986 (Age 24-142d, 15,224th in major league history)
vs. SDP 5.0 IP, 6 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 5 ER, L

Last Game: May 30, 1989 (Age 27-047d)
vs. DET 5.0 IP, 4 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 5 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1988 season

Full Name: Jeffrey Scott Bittiger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.4

ERA

4.77

94.1

WHIP

1.452

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 17 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 1 go ahead

3 Tms
CHW	13
MIN	2
PHI	2

Platoon
vs LHB	10
vs RHB	7

Home/Road
Home	9
Away	8

Outs
2	9
1	6
0	2

9 Opps
DET	4
OAK	3
SEA	3
SDP	2
MIN	1
CLE	1
BAL	1
CHW	1
TOR	1

16 Batters
Lou Whitaker	2
Brady Anderson	1
Mel Hall	1
Ron Hassey	1
Harold Baines	1
Kevin McReynolds	1
Mickey Brantley	1
Glenn Hubbard	1
Chet Lemon	1
Rey Quiñones	1
Kelly Gruber	1
John Moses	1
Darrell Evans	1
Alvin Davis	1
Dave Henderson	1
Terry Kennedy	1

7 Parks
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	6
RingCentral Col (OAK)	3
Kingdome (SEA)	3
VeteransStad (PHI)	2
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1
Tiger Stad (DET)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
9	9
7	5
89	1
78	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	4
3	3
4	3
6	2
7+	2
2	1
1	1
5	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	7
3·HR gms	2
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	10
1--	5
12-	1
--3	1

25 Runs
RISP	2
0 on	10
1 on	6
2 on	1
Any on	7

Inning
1	2
2	2
3	1
4	2
5	3
6	3
7	2
8	1
9	1

1-3	5
4-6	8
7-end	4

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	4
+2	2
+1	5
Tied	1
-4..	1

Ahead	15
Tied	1
Behind	1

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	4
3-2	2
1-2	2
2-1	2
2-0	2
0-0	1
1-0	1
1-1	1
3-1	1
2-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
2B	3
LF	3
1B	2
CF	2
C	2
RF	2
DH	1
SS	1
3B	1

OrderPos
3rd	4
5th	4
6th	3
2nd	2
1st	1
4th	1
9th	1
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	1
Medium Lev	4
Low Lev	12

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1986-09-02	Terry Kennedy	SDP	@	PHI	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	1--		2	5	2	17%	75%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Garvey Scores
2	2	2	2	1986-09-02	Kevin McReynolds	SDP	@	PHI	ahead 3-0	t 5	2	1--		2	3	7	10%	94%		Home Run (LF-CF); T. Flannery Scores
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1987-09-07	Harold Baines	CHW	@	MIN	behind 0-5	t 6	1	---		1	3	DH	3%	7%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	2	1	1987-09-11	Mel Hall	CLE		MIN	ahead 5-1	b 4	2	1--		2	5	7	6%	96%		Home Run; B. Jacoby Scores
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1988-05-16	Kelly Gruber	TOR	@	CHW	ahead 4-1	t 8	2	---	6,(1-2) CBFFFX	1	6	5	4%	96%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
6	6	2	1	1988-05-21	Chet Lemon	DET	@	CHW	ahead 1-0	t 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	9	12%	76%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
7	7	3	2	1988-05-21	Darrell Evans	DET	@	CHW	ahead 2-0	t 7	1	---	7,(3-2) FBFBFBX	1	5	3	8%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
8	8	4	1	1988-06-01	Lou Whitaker	DET		CHW	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	--3	7,(2-2) CBCBFFX	2	2	4	16%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); G. Pettis Scores
9	9	5	1	1988-06-06	John Moses	MIN	@	CHW	ahead 7-4	t 9	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	6	9	3%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); K. Hrbek Scores
10	10	6	1	1988-08-09	Dave Henderson	OAK		CHW	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	4,(1-2) BSCX	1	2	8	11%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	7	2	1988-08-09	Ron Hassey	OAK		CHW	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	5	2	10%	76%		Home Run (Deep RF)
12	12	8	3	1988-08-09	Glenn Hubbard	OAK		CHW	ahead 2-1	b 4	2	12-	4,(2-1) BCBX	3	8	4	22%	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. McGwire Scores; T. Steinbach Scores
13	13	9	1	1988-08-14	Rey Quiñones	SEA		CHW	ahead 7-0	b 5	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	9	6	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
14	14	10	2	1988-08-14	Mickey Brantley	SEA		CHW	ahead 8-0	b 6	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	3	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
15	15	11	3	1988-08-14	Alvin Davis	SEA		CHW	ahead 9-0	b 6	1	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	4	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to RF Line)
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1989-05-22	Brady Anderson	BAL	@	CHW	ahead 3-0	t 7	1	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	1	8	5%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
17	17	2	1	1989-05-30	Lou Whitaker	DET	@	CHW	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	1--	6,(3-2) BFBFBX	2	3	4	15%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); F. Lynn Scores