Tim Birtsas

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-7, 240lb (201cm, 108kg)

Born: September 5, 1960 in Pontiac, MI us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI).

High School: Clarkston HS (Clarkston, MI)

School: Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)

Debut: May 3, 1985 (Age 24-240d, 15,017th in major league history)
vs. BOS 2.0 IP, 1 H, 3 SO, 5 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: October 3, 1990 (Age 30-028d)
vs. HOU 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1985 season

Full Name: Timothy Dean Birtsas

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.9

ERA

4.08

138

328.2

231

WHIP

1.503

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

Summary of 37 Home Runs Allowed

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

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 1 tying, 10 go ahead

2 Tms
OAK	19
CIN	18

Platoon
vs RHB	27
vs LHB	10

Home/Road
Home	21
Away	16

Outs
2	14
1	12
0	11

19 Opps
DET	5
ATL	4
PHI	4
BAL	3
CAL	3
SDP	2
SFG	2
TOR	2
CHW	2
HOU	1
CHC	1
NYY	1
STL	1
SEA	1
PIT	1
LAD	1
MIN	1
KCR	1
MON	1

30 Batters
Brian Downing	3
Tom Brookens	2
Larry Herndon	2
Von Hayes	2
Dale Murphy	2
Lee Lacy	2
David Justice	1
Harold Baines	1
Jim Presley	1
Matt Williams	1
Calvin Schiraldi	1
Andrés Galarraga	1
Alan Trammell	1
Dave Engle	1
Jesse Barfield	1
Roberto Alomar	1
Floyd Rayford	1
Rusty Tillman	1
Don Baylor	1
Dámaso García	1
Mike Scioscia	1
George Brett	1
Mark Grace	1
John Kruk	1
Barry Bonds	1
Bill Doran	1
Tom Brunansky	1
Greg Walker	1
Juan Samuel	1
Al Cowens	1

13 Parks
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	12
RingCentral Col (OAK)	9
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	3
Tiger Stad (DET)	3
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	2
3Com Park (SFO)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1

Where Hit
9	8
7	8
78	4

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	20
4	4
3	3
7+	3
2	3
6	2
1	1
5	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	26
2·HR gms	4
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	23
1--	7
-2-	3
12-	2
1-3	1
123	1

56 Runs
RISP	7
0 on	23
1 on	10
2 on	3
3 on	1
Any on	14

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

1-3	7
4-6	17
7-end	13

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	6
+2	3
+1	2
Tied	9
-2	4
-4..	8

Ahead	16
Tied	9
Behind	12

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	20
3-2	4
0-1	3
2-1	3
2-2	2
2-0	2
1-2	1
0-0	1
1-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
RF	9
LF	8
3B	7
1B	4
2B	3
DH	2
SS	1
CF	1
P	1
C	1

OrderPos
4th	7
5th	5
2nd	5
3rd	5
1st	5
6th	4
9th	3
7th	2
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	3
Medium Lev	12
Low Lev	22

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1985-05-30	Larry Herndon	DET		OAK	tied 2-2	b 6	0	---		1	6	7	17%	74%		Home Run
2	2	2	1	1985-07-04	Dámaso García	TOR	@	OAK	behind 0-2	t 5	2	1--		2	1	4	24%	45%		Home Run; T. Fernández Scores
3	3	3	1	1985-07-20	Jesse Barfield	TOR		OAK	behind 0-4	b 2	1	---		1	5	9	7%	24%		Home Run
4	4	4	1	1985-07-31	Brian Downing	CAL	@	OAK	ahead 2-0	t 4	2	-2-		2	1	7	14%	87%		Home Run; B. Boone Scores
5	5	5	1	1985-08-05	Dave Engle	MIN	@	OAK	behind 0-2	t 4	1	---		1	5	DH	11%	34%		Home Run
6	6	6	1	1985-08-10	Al Cowens	SEA		OAK	behind 3-10	b 7	2	---		1	3	9	1%	1%		Home Run
7	7	7	1	1985-08-16	Brian Downing	CAL		OAK	behind 0-2	b 3	0	1-3		3	1	7	19%	67%		Home Run; D. Schofield Scores; G. Pettis Scores/unER
8	8	8	1	1985-08-20	Larry Herndon	DET	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---		1	8	7	12%	60%		Home Run
9	9	9	2	1985-08-20	Tom Brookens	DET	@	OAK	ahead 3-0	t 7	2	---		1	9	5	5%	94%		Home Run
10	10	10	1	1985-08-25	Lee Lacy	BAL	@	OAK	behind 0-5	t 6	0	---		1	2	9	3%	7%		Home Run
11	11	11	2	1985-08-25	Lee Lacy	BAL	@	OAK	behind 1-6	t 8	2	---		1	2	9	1%	1%		Home Run
12	12	12	3	1985-08-25	Floyd Rayford	BAL	@	OAK	behind 2-10	t 9	2	1--		2	7	5	0%	0%		Home Run; E. Murray Scores
13	13	13	1	1985-08-31	Tom Brookens	DET		OAK	ahead 2-0	b 5	2	---		1	9	5	8%	87%		Home Run
14	14	14	2	1985-08-31	Alan Trammell	DET		OAK	ahead 3-1	b 8	1	---		1	2	6	4%	97%		Home Run
15	15	15	1	1985-09-05	Don Baylor	NYY		OAK	tied 0-0	b 1	1	12-		3	4	DH	21%	80%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Mattingly Scores; D. Winfield Scores
16	16	16	1	1985-09-22	Greg Walker	CHW		OAK	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---		1	7	3	11%	67%		Home Run (Deep RF)
17	17	17	2	1985-09-22	Harold Baines	CHW		OAK	ahead 3-0	b 3	1	-2-		2	3	9	8%	92%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Salazar Scores
18	18	18	1	1985-10-05	George Brett	KCR		OAK	behind 0-4	b 6	1	1--		2	3	5	12%	22%		Home Run; W. Wilson Scores
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1986-04-11	Brian Downing	CAL	@	OAK	ahead 6-3	t 9	1	123		4	5	7	2%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Hendrick Scores; W. Joyner Scores; R. Jackson Scores
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	1988-06-12	Rusty Tillman	SFG		CIN	behind 3-10	b 9	2	12-	8,(2-2) BCBFFFFX	3	1	7	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Aldrete Scores; K. Manwaring Scores
21	21	2	1	1988-06-29	Roberto Alomar	SDP	@	CIN	tied 1-1	t 5	2	-2-	5,(2-2) BB.CSX	2	2	4	26%	74%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Thon Scores
22	22	3	1	1988-07-10	Von Hayes	PHI	@	CIN	behind 3-5	t 6	1	---	4,(2-1) ..BCBX	1	4	5	12%	29%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
23	23	4	1	1988-07-26 (2)	Dale Murphy	ATL		CIN	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	9	11%	66%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
24	24	5	1	1988-08-17	Mark Grace	CHC	@	CIN	ahead 4-0	t 8	0	---	6,(3-2) ..CBBBFX	1	3	3	2%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	6	1	1988-09-23	Dale Murphy	ATL		CIN	behind 1-5	b 4	0	---	3,(2-0) ..BBX	1	4	9	7%	19%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	1989-04-21	Bill Doran	HOU	@	CIN	ahead 5-0	t 9	0	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	2	4	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Hatcher Scores
27	27	2	1	1989-05-07	Juan Samuel	PHI	@	CIN	ahead 3-0	t 7	0	---	4,(2-1) FBBX	1	1	8	4%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
28	28	3	1	1989-08-20	Tom Brunansky	STL	@	CIN	ahead 5-0	t 4	2	1--	7,(3-2) ..CFBB1FBX	2	6	9	5%	97%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); T. Jones Scores
29	29	4	1	1989-08-25	Barry Bonds	PIT	@	CIN	ahead 8-1	t 5	0	---	2,(0-1) .CX	1	5	7	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
30	30	5	1	1989-09-06	Mike Scioscia	LAD	@	CIN	ahead 4-3	t 5	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	2	12%	75%		Home Run
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	1990-05-01	Von Hayes	PHI	@	CIN	tied 2-2	t 7	1	---	4,(1-2) BCCX	1	3	9	21%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
32	32	2	2	1990-05-01	John Kruk	PHI	@	CIN	ahead 3-2	t 7	2	---	7,(3-2) FCBBFBX	1	5	7	14%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
33	33	3	1	1990-05-27	Andrés Galarraga	MON		CIN	tied 3-3	b 5	2	---	6,(3-2) BF1.BBFX	1	4	3	17%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
34	34	4	1	1990-06-12 (1)	Jim Presley	ATL	@	CIN	ahead 6-3	t 5	0	---	2,(0-1) .CX	1	4	5	6%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
35	35	5	1	1990-06-20	David Justice	ATL		CIN	tied 6-6	b 5	2	1--		2	6	3	26%	79%		Home Run; D. Murphy Scores
36	36	6	1	1990-06-27	Matt Williams	SFG	@	CIN	ahead 6-3	t 9	2	1--	3,(1-1) BCX	2	4	5	3%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Clark Scores/unER; M. Williams Scores/unER
37	37	7	1	1990-07-25 (2)	Calvin Schiraldi	SDP		CIN	ahead 8-2	b 5	1	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	9	1	1%	99%		Home Run (LF-CF)