Tim Birtsas
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[edit] Biography
Born on September 5, 1960 in Pontiac, Michigan, Tim Birtsas (Timothy Dean Birtsas) played for the Oakland Athletics and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 5 year career. Birtsas broke into the bigs on May 3, 1985 with the Oakland Athletics, and put up a 4.01 ERA in 141.1 innings pitched in 1985, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Tim Birtsas's best season was 1985, when he posted a 4.01 ERA, won 10 games and struck out 94 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | OAK | A | 29 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 4.01 | 94 | 72 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 141.1 | 124 | 18 | 91 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 1986 | OAK | A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.50 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | CIN | N | 36 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4.20 | 38 | 34 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64.1 | 61 | 6 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 1989 | CIN | N | 42 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3.75 | 57 | 33 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 69.2 | 68 | 5 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
| 1990 | CIN | N | 29 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.86 | 41 | 24 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51.1 | 69 | 7 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| Total | NL | 107 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3.93 | 136 | 91 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 185.1 | 198 | 18 | 75 | 19 | 7 | 7 | |
| Total | AL | 31 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 4.27 | 95 | 77 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 143.1 | 126 | 19 | 95 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |
| Total | 138 | 30 | 14 | 14 | 4.08 | 231 | 168 | 149 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 328.2 | 324 | 37 | 170 | 20 | 13 | 10 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | OAK | A | P | 29 | 25 | 141.1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | .917 |
| 1986 | OAK | A | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1988 | CIN | N | P | 36 | 4 | 64.1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .833 |
| 1989 | CIN | N | P | 42 | 1 | 69.2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .900 |
| 1990 | CIN | N | P | 29 | 0 | 51.1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1.000 |
| Total | P | 138 | 30 | 328.2 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 19 | 6 | .911 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | OAK | A | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | OAK | A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | CIN | N | 36 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | CIN | N | 42 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .250 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | CIN | N | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | NL | 107 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .056 | .056 | .222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | AL | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 138 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .056 | .056 | .222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1982).
- Traded by New York Yankees with Stan Javier, Jay Howell, Jose Rijo and Eric Plunk to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Rickey Henderson, Bert Bradley and cash (December 5, 1984).
- Traded by Oakland Athletics with Jose Rijo to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Dave Parker (December 8, 1987).
- Released by Cincinnati Reds (December 11, 1990).
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