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

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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.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 8	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	GF	15	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
2	5 (2)	Apr 11	CHC	@	NYM	W,4-2	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
3	6	Apr 12	CHC	@	NYM	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
4	7	Apr 14	CHC		PIT	W,5-4	GF	35	8.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
5	8	Apr 15	CHC		PIT	L,10-13	CG	45	9.0	9	2	1	12	1	1B
6	9	Apr 16	CHC		PIT	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
7	10	Apr 18	CHC		MON	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
8	11	Apr 19	CHC		MON	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
9	12	Apr 21	CHC		NYM	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
10	13	Apr 22	CHC		NYM	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	16	3	1	20	0	1B
11	14	Apr 23	CHC		NYM	W,3-2	CG	50	12.0	16	0	0	16	0	1B
12	18 (3)	Apr 28	CHC	@	ATL	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	43 (24)	May 30	CHC	@	MON	L,4-7	CG	34	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
14	44	May 31	CHC	@	MON	L,1-9	CG	37	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	45	Jun 2	CHC		ATL	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
16	46	Jun 3	CHC		ATL	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
17	47	Jun 4	CHC		ATL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	20	1	0	21	1	1B
18	48	Jun 5	CHC		HOU	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
19	49	Jun 6	CHC		HOU	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
20	50	Jun 7	CHC		CIN	L,6-9	CG	46	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
21	51	Jun 8	CHC		CIN	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
22	52	Jun 9	CHC		SDP	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
23	53	Jun 10	CHC		SDP	L,8-10	CG	45	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	1B
24	54	Jun 11	CHC		SDP	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
25	55	Jun 12	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	13	2	0	15	1	1B
26	56	Jun 13	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
27	57	Jun 14	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
28	58	Jun 16	CHC	@	HOU	W,7-6	CG	57	13.0	4	1	0	5	0	LF
29	59	Jun 17	CHC	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
30	60	Jun 18	CHC	@	HOU	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
31	61	Jun 19	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	48	10.0	14	2	0	16	1	1B
32	62	Jun 20	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
33	63	Jun 21	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	37	8.2	12	2	0	14	2	1B
34	64	Jun 23 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
35	65	Jun 23 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	11	2	0	13	4	1B
36	66	Jun 24	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	1B
37	67	Jun 25	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	5	2	1	8	1	1B
38	68	Jun 26	CHC		NYM	W,10-9	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
39	69	Jun 27	CHC		NYM	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
40	70	Jun 28	CHC		NYM	W,9-8	CG	49	10.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
41	71	Jun 29	CHC		PHI	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
42	72	Jun 30 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
43	73	Jun 30 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	74	Jul 1	CHC		PHI	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	10	2	1	13	1	1B
45	75	Jul 2	CHC		PHI	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
46	76	Jul 3	CHC	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
47	77	Jul 4	CHC	@	STL	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
48	78	Jul 5	CHC	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
49	79	Jul 6	CHC	@	NYM	L,6-9	CG	36	8.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
50	80	Jul 7	CHC	@	NYM	W,9-7	GS	39	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	LF 1B
51	81	Jul 8	CHC	@	NYM	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
52	82	Jul 9	CHC	@	NYM	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
53	83	Jul 13	CHC		SDP	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
54	84	Jul 14	CHC		SDP	L,5-9	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
55	85	Jul 15	CHC		SDP	W,3-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
56	87 (1)	Jul 16 (2)	CHC		LAD	L,3-5	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
57	89 (1)	Jul 18	CHC		SFG	W,7-6	CG	44	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
58	90	Jul 19 (1)	CHC		SFG	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
59	91	Jul 19 (2)	CHC		SFG	W,7-5	GS	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF 1B
60	92	Jul 20 susp	CHC		SFG	L,8-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
61	93	Jul 21	CHC	@	SDP	W,5-4	GS	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
62	94	Jul 22	CHC	@	SDP	L,2-4	CG	36	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	LF
63	96 (1)	Jul 24	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-3	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
64	97	Jul 25	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
65	98	Jul 26	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-8	GF	13	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	PR 1B
66	99	Jul 28	CHC	@	SFG	W,1-0	GF	7	2.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
67	100	Jul 29	CHC	@	SFG	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	7	3	0	10	1	1B
68	101	Jul 30 (1)	CHC	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	103 (1)	Aug 1	CHC		STL	W,4-2	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
70	104	Aug 2	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
71	105	Aug 3	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
72	106	Aug 4	CHC		MON	W,6-4	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
73	109 (2)	Aug 6 (2)	CHC		MON	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
74	112 (2)	Aug 9	CHC		PIT	W,5-4	GF	9	3.0	4	0	0	4	1	PR 1B
75	114 (1)	Aug 12	CHC	@	MON	L,3-4	GS	54	13.1	6	0	0	6	0	LF 1B
76	115	Aug 13	CHC	@	MON	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
77	122 (6)	Aug 20	CHC		CIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
78	123	Aug 21	CHC	@	HOU	L,3-8	GS	35	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
79	124	Aug 22	CHC	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	138 (13)	Sep 5	CHC		MON	L,8-10	CG	42	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
81	140 (1)	Sep 7	CHC		PHI	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	10	2	2	14	1	1B
82	141	Sep 8	CHC	@	MON	W,4-2	CG	37	10.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
83	142	Sep 9	CHC	@	MON	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	16	0	0	16	2	1B
84	143	Sep 10	CHC	@	MON	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
85	144	Sep 11	CHC	@	NYM	W,9-4	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
86	153 (8)	Sep 22	CHC	@	STL	W,5-3	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
87	154	Sep 23	CHC	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
88	155	Sep 24	CHC	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
							91gm		703.2	599	53	9	661	53