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.

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 14	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-5	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
2	8 (2)	Apr 20	CHC		NYM	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
3	9	Apr 22	CHC		STL	W,16-12	CG	47	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
4	10	Apr 23	CHC		STL	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
5	14 (3)	Apr 29	CHC	@	STL	W,6-4	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
6	15	Apr 30	CHC	@	STL	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	16	May 2	CHC	@	CIN	W,12-4	GF	14	4.0	9	0	0	9	0	PH 1B
8	19 (2)	May 4 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
9	22 (2)	May 8	CHC		SDP	L,6-9	GF	22	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF 1B
10	25 (2)	May 11	CHC		SFG	L,0-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
11	26	May 12	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
12	29 (2)	May 16	CHC	@	SDP	L,0-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
13	32 (2)	May 20	CHC	@	SFG	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
14	36 (3)	May 25	CHC		LAD	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
15	37	May 26	CHC		MON	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
16	39 (1)	May 28 susp	CHC		MON	W,8-4	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
17	40	May 30	CHC		PHI	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	44 (3)	Jun 3	CHC	@	MON	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
19	45	Jun 4	CHC	@	MON	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
20	46	Jun 5	CHC	@	MON	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
21	47	Jun 6	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
22	48	Jun 7	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
23	49	Jun 8	CHC	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
24	50	Jun 9	CHC	@	HOU	L,2-6	CG	42	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
25	51	Jun 10	CHC	@	HOU	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
26	52	Jun 11	CHC	@	HOU	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
27	53	Jun 13	CHC		ATL	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
28	54	Jun 14	CHC		ATL	W,10-5	GS	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	LF 1B
29	55	Jun 15	CHC		ATL	W,4-1	GS	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF 1B
30	56	Jun 16	CHC		HOU	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
31	57	Jun 17	CHC		HOU	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
32	64 (6)	Jun 25 (1)	CHC		NYM	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
33	65	Jun 25 (2)	CHC		NYM	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
34	66	Jun 26	CHC		NYM	L,3-4	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
35	67	Jun 27	CHC		STL	L,2-3	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	74 (6)	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-2	GS	19	5.0	4	1	0	5	1	LF
37	80 (5)	Jul 12 (1)	CHC	@	MON	L,2-10	GS	26	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
38	86 (5)	Jul 18	CHC		SDP	L,1-2	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
39	87	Jul 19	CHC		SDP	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
40	90 (2)	Jul 22	CHC		SFG	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
41	92 (1)	Jul 25	CHC	@	LAD	L,6-7	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
42	93	Jul 26	CHC	@	LAD	W,5-3	GF	20	4.0	4	2	0	6	0	PR 1B
43	94	Jul 27	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	44	11.2	14	2	1	17	0	1B
44	95	Jul 28	CHC	@	SDP	L,2-4	CG	42	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
45	96	Jul 29	CHC	@	SDP	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
46	97	Jul 30	CHC	@	SDP	L,2-5	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	98	Aug 1	CHC	@	SFG	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
48	100 (1)	Aug 3 (1)	CHC	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
49	101	Aug 3 (2)	CHC	@	SFG	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
50	102	Aug 5	CHC		PIT	W,11-3	GF	7	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
51	103	Aug 6 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,7-9	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
52	104	Aug 6 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
53	105	Aug 7	CHC		PIT	L,3-11	GS	28	5.1	1	0	0	1	0	1B
54	108 (2)	Aug 9 (2)	CHC		MON	L,3-4	GS	28	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
55	113 (4)	Aug 14	CHC	@	STL	L,9-10	GF	19	3.1	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
56	116 (2)	Aug 17	CHC	@	STL	W,6-2	GF	12	3.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
57	119 (2)	Aug 21	CHC	@	ATL	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
58	122 (2)	Aug 24	CHC	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
59	123	Aug 25	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
60	126 (2)	Aug 29	CHC		HOU	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
61	127	Aug 30	CHC		HOU	L,0-2	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
62	128	Aug 31	CHC		HOU	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	129	Sep 1	CHC		ATL	L,2-5	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
64	134 (4)	Sep 6 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,1-6	GF	14	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH LF
65	135	Sep 7	CHC		CIN	W,6-4	GS	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF 1B
66	136	Sep 8	CHC	@	STL	W,6-2	GF	4	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	1B
67	138 (1)	Sep 10	CHC	@	MON	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
68	139	Sep 11	CHC	@	MON	L,5-6	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
69	149 (9)	Sep 22	CHC		NYM	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
70	150	Sep 23	CHC		NYM	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
71	152 (1)	Sep 25	CHC		MON	W,5-4	GS	25	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
72	154 (1)	Sep 27	CHC		PIT	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	RF
73	155	Sep 28	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
74	159 (3)	Oct 2	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-4	GS	28	7.1	1	0	0	1	0	RF
75	161 (1)	Oct 4	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
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