Ron Kittle

Positions: Designated Hitter, Leftfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 200lb (193cm, 90kg)

Born: January 5, 1958 in Gary, IN us

High School: William A. Wirt HS (Gary, IN)

Debut: September 2, 1982 (Age 24-240d, 14,648th in major league history)
vs. TEX 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 13, 1991 (Age 33-220d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1983 season

Agents: Bob Gilhooley, Jim Bronner

Full Name: Ronald Dale Kittle

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Rookie of the Year
1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.7

2708

648

176

.239

356

RBI

460

OBP

.306

SLG

.473

OPS

.779

OPS+

110

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	19-32 / in Starts: 19-28
Longest Hitting Streak	12 games
Longest On Base Streak	22 games
Most Games w/o HR	10 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	5

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 196 PAs	37
Actual Runners on Base	126 (72-38-16)
Avg. MLBer w/ 196 PAs	20
Avg. Runners on Base	119 (59-39-21)

Most Driven In
D Gallagher	12
Self	11
H Baines	5
O GuillÃ©n	4
S Lyons	2
I CalderÃ³n	1
G Walker	1
J Schaefer	1

Most Driven In By
Self	11
I CalderÃ³n	5
C MartÃnez	2
D Pasqua	1
O GuillÃ©n	1
S Lyons	1
M Merullo	1
F Manrique	1

1989 Batting Game Log

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1989 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	671	2 (1)	Apr 5	CHW	@	CAL	L,2-6	7-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	7	.98	-0.035	1.53	-0.03%	0.10	PH LF
2	672	3	Apr 6	CHW	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.667	1.167	7	1.13	0.295	1.60	0.25%	1.17	DH
3	673	4	Apr 7	CHW	@	OAK	W,7-1	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.444	.500	.667	1.167	7	.73	-0.049	1.16	-0.05%	0.43	DH
4	674	5	Apr 8	CHW	@	OAK	W,7-4	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.400	.462	.862	6	.53	-0.007	.87	-0.01%	-0.62	DH
5	675	6	Apr 9	CHW	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.316	.353	.669	7	.80	-0.080	1.36	-0.08%	-0.76	DH
6	676	7	Apr 10	CHW	@	SEA	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.304	.333	.638	7	1.09	-0.056	1.74	-0.05%	-0.41	LF
7	677	8	Apr 11	CHW	@	SEA	W,8-6	GS-9	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.286	.280	.566	6	2.07	-0.242	3.00	-0.21%	-1.21	LF
8	678	9	Apr 12	CHW	@	SEA	L,1-9	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.290	.259	.550	6	.57	-0.034	.85	-0.03%	-0.01	LF
9	679	10	Apr 14	CHW		OAK	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.257	.226	.483	6	.75	-0.100	1.06	-0.09%	-1.04	DH
10	680	12 (1)	Apr 16	CHW		OAK	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.250	.219	.469	7	2.52	-0.061	3.57	-0.05%	-0.15	PH
11	681	15 (2)	Apr 20	CHW		SEA	L,2-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.250	.306	.556	4	1.06	0.162	.91	0.08%	1.16	1B
12	682	16	Apr 21	CHW		SEA	L,1-11	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.250	.325	.575	4	.30	-0.003	.22	0.00%	-0.38	1B
13	683	17	Apr 22	CHW		SEA	W,1-0	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.182	.250	.318	.568	4	1.05	0.075	.72	0.03%	0.56	1B
14	684	18	Apr 23	CHW		SEA	L,6-10	CG	5	5	1	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.283	.388	.671	4	.36	0.045	.27	0.02%	1.21	DH
15	685	19	Apr 25	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-11	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.281	.365	.646	4	.38	0.001	.24	0.00%	-0.23	DH
16	686	20	Apr 26	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG(10)	5	4	1	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.232	.306	.446	.753	4	1.43	-0.001	.75	0.00%	0.35	DH
17	687	21	Apr 27	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-1	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.303	.433	.736	4	1.44	-0.001	.63	0.00%	-0.39	DH
18	688	22	Apr 28	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.314	.429	.743	4	1.28	-0.038	.62	-0.01%	-0.31	1B
19	689	23	Apr 29	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.307	.403	.710	5	.89	-0.034	.36	-0.01%	-0.76	DH
20	690	24	Apr 30	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.291	.380	.671	4	.84	-0.078	.30	-0.02%	-0.89	DH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	691	25	May 1	CHW		MIL	W,6-0	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.301	.427	.728	5	.69	0.040	.21	0.01%	2.43	DH
22	692	26	May 2	CHW		MIL	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.299	.456	.755	4	.59	0.129	.20	0.03%	0.96	1B
23	693	27	May 3	CHW		BOS	L,4-8	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.308	.451	.759	4	1.58	0.060	.57	0.01%	0.98	1B
24	694	28	May 4	CHW		BOS	W,5-4	GS-8	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.235	.305	.459	.764	4	.98	0.054	.32	0.01%	1.19	1B
25	695	29	May 5	CHW		NYY	L,5-7	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.313	.494	.808	4	1.00	0.062	.39	0.02%	0.96	DH
26	696	30	May 6	CHW		NYY	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.311	.484	.795	4	1.32	-0.023	.37	0.00%	-0.50	1B LF
27	697	31	May 7	CHW		NYY	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.247	.308	.474	.783	4	1.04	-0.091	.27	-0.01%	-1.29	DH
28	698	32	May 9	CHW	@	MIL	W,10-1	GS-8	5	5	2	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.321	.510	.831	4	.46	0.097	.13	0.02%	2.53	1B
29	699	33	May 10	CHW	@	MIL	W,12-2	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.267	.325	.505	.830	4	.41	0.011	.13	0.00%	0.04	1B
30	700	34	May 12	CHW	@	BAL	L,6-9	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.328	.495	.823	4	1.18	-0.024	.46	-0.01%	-0.11	1B
31	701	35	May 13	CHW	@	BAL	W,8-2	GS-2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.509	.842	4	1.98	0.174	.67	0.04%	1.78	1B
32	702	36	May 14	CHW	@	BAL	W,8-5	CG	5	5	3	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.352	.548	.899	3	1.68	0.342	.60	0.07%	1.75	1B
33	703	37	May 15	CHW	@	DET	L,2-3	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.348	.534	.882	3	1.69	0.015	.70	0.00%	-0.36	DH
34	704	38	May 16	CHW	@	DET	L,7-9	CG	5	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.365	.537	.902	4	.71	0.123	.24	0.03%	1.35	1B
35	705	39	May 17	CHW	@	DET	W,10-7	GS-9	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.366	.536	.902	4	1.16	0.115	.29	0.02%	0.71	1B
36	706	40	May 19	CHW		TOR	L,3-9	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.363	.523	.886	4	.76	-0.003	.24	0.00%	0.41	1B
37	707	41	May 20	CHW		TOR	L,1-11	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.367	.542	.909	4	.42	0.026	.12	0.00%	0.88	1B
38	708	42	May 21	CHW		TOR	L,3-9	GS-8	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.366	.534	.900	3	1.40	0.012	.34	0.00%	0.10	DH
39	709	44 (1)	May 23	CHW		BAL	L,3-9	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.289	.369	.533	.903	4	.53	0.034	.08	0.00%	1.13	1B
40	710	47 (2)	May 27	CHW	@	TOR	W,5-3	GS-2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.373	.537	.910	4	1.98	0.099	.17	0.01%	1.00	1B
41	711	49 (1)	May 29	CHW		DET	L,2-4	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.377	.537	.914	8	1.48	0.044	.10	0.00%	0.20	PH
42	712	50	May 30	CHW		DET	L,3-10	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.380	.554	.934	4	.48	0.061	.02	0.00%	1.57	1B
43	713	51	May 31	CHW		DET	L,3-4	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.376	.546	.922	4	.68	-0.037	.02	0.00%	-0.43	1B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
44	714	53 (1)	Jun 3 (1)	CHW		MIN	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.373	.538	.911	4	.76	-0.049	.03	0.00%	-0.29	1B
45	715	54	Jun 3 (2)	CHW		MIN	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.284	.370	.527	.897	4	1.16	0.004	.03	0.00%	0.28	DH
46	716	56 (1)	Jun 5	CHW	@	TEX	L,2-4	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.374	.530	.904	9	2.61	0.107	.08	0.00%	0.61	PH
47	717	57	Jun 6	CHW	@	TEX	L,1-3	GS-9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.376	.529	.906	4	.80	0.012	.02	0.00%	0.67	1B
48	718	58	Jun 7	CHW	@	TEX	W,6-4	GS-8	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.385	.554	.939	4	1.23	0.228	.01	0.00%	1.61	1B
49	719	59	Jun 8	CHW	@	TEX	L,7-11	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.382	.565	.947	4	1.00	-0.033	.02	0.00%	0.18	1B
50	720	60	Jun 9	CHW	@	MIN	W,8-3	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.305	.382	.561	.943	4	.58	0.039	.01	0.00%	0.25	1B
51	721	61	Jun 10	CHW	@	MIN	L,8-11	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.378	.556	.934	4	1.14	0.016	.02	0.00%	0.06	1B
							19-32		196	169	26	51	10	0	11	37	22	1	42	1	0	4	2	2	0	1	.302	.378	.556	.934		.97	1.403	.53	-0.01%	18.50

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