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.

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	10 (9)	Apr 19	MON		PHI	L,0-3	GF	18	4.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	11	Apr 22	MON		PIT	W,4-3	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	23 (11)	May 10	MON		HOU	W,8-7	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
4	24	May 11	MON		HOU	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
5	25	May 12	MON		ATL	W,11-1	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
6	26	May 13	MON		ATL	L,4-9	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
7	27	May 14	MON		ATL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
8	29 (1)	May 16	MON		CIN	W,4-2	GS	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
9	31 (1)	May 18	MON		CIN	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
10	32	May 20	MON	@	ATL	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
11	35 (2)	May 24	MON	@	HOU	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
12	36	May 25	MON	@	HOU	L,7-8	GS	52	11.1	7	1	0	8	0	RF LF
13	37	May 26 (1)	MON	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS	33	7.0	3	1	1	5	0	RF
14	40 (2)	May 31	MON		SFG	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	41	Jun 1	MON		SFG	L,5-13	GF	15	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
16	43 (1)	Jun 3	MON		LAD	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
17	44	Jun 4	MON		LAD	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
18	45	Jun 8 (1)	MON		SDP	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
19	46	Jun 8 (2)	MON		SDP	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
20	47	Jun 9	MON	@	LAD	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
21	48	Jun 10	MON	@	LAD	W,5-4	GS	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
22	50 (1)	Jun 12	MON	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	56	15.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
23	52 (1)	Jun 14	MON	@	SFG	W,3-1	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
24	53	Jun 15 (1)	MON	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
25	56 (2)	Jun 17 (2)	MON		NYM	L,2-5	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
26	60 (3)	Jun 21	MON	@	PHI	W,5-1	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
27	61	Jun 22 (1)	MON	@	PHI	W,4-0	GS	27	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
28	62	Jun 22 (2)	MON	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	35	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	RF
29	63	Jun 23	MON		CHC	L,0-6	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
30	64	Jun 24	MON		CHC	L,6-13	GS	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
31	65	Jun 25	MON		CHC	W,12-6	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
32	66	Jun 26	MON		STL	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
33	67	Jun 27 (1)	MON		STL	L,4-6	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
34	68	Jun 27 (2)	MON		STL	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
35	69	Jun 28	MON		STL	L,2-3	CG	43	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
36	71 (1)	Jun 30	MON		PIT	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	73 (1)	Jul 3	MON		PIT	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
38	74	Jul 4	MON	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
39	75	Jul 5 (1)	MON	@	STL	W,3-0	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
40	77 (1)	Jul 6	MON	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
41	78	Jul 7	MON	@	HOU	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
42	80 (1)	Jul 9	MON	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	39	9.1	2	0	0	2	0	LF
43	81	Jul 11	MON	@	ATL	L,1-2		9	2.0	0	0	2	2	0	PH LF
44	82	Jul 12 (1)	MON	@	ATL	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
45	84 (1)	Jul 13	MON	@	ATL	L,4-5	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
46	85	Jul 17	MON		CIN	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
47	86	Jul 18	MON		CIN	L,3-10	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
48	89 (2)	Jul 21	MON		ATL	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
49	90	Jul 22	MON		HOU	W,2-1	CG	44	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
50	91	Jul 23	MON		HOU	L,1-2	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
51	92	Jul 24	MON		HOU	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
52	97 (4)	Jul 28	MON	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
53	98	Jul 29	MON	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
54	99	Jul 30	MON	@	CHC	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
55	100	Jul 31	MON		PHI	W,7-4	GS	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	101	Aug 1 (1)	MON		PHI	L,6-8	CG	48	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
57	102	Aug 1 (2)	MON		PHI	W,6-4	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
58	105 (2)	Aug 4	MON	@	NYM	W,4-3	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
59	109 (3)	Aug 7	MON	@	NYM	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
60	110	Aug 8	MON	@	CIN	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
61	111	Aug 9	MON	@	CIN	L,1-9	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
62	113 (1)	Aug 11	MON		SFG	L,2-9	CG	48	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
63	115 (1)	Aug 13	MON		SFG	L,3-4	CG	50	12.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
64	116	Aug 14	MON		SFG	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
65	117	Aug 15	MON		LAD	W,8-4	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
66	118	Aug 16	MON		LAD	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
67	120 (1)	Aug 18 (1)	MON		SDP	W,4-1	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
68	122 (1)	Aug 19	MON		SDP	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
69	125 (2)	Aug 23 (1)	MON	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	27	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
70	126	Aug 23 (2)	MON	@	LAD	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
71	127	Aug 24	MON	@	LAD	W,5-3	CG	58	14.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
72	129 (1)	Aug 27	MON	@	SFG	L,1-9	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
73	130	Aug 28	MON	@	SDP	W,10-8	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
74	131	Aug 29	MON	@	SDP	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
75	132	Aug 30	MON	@	SDP	W,5-1	GF	17	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	134 (1)	Sep 1	MON	@	PHI	W,6-5	GS	21	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
77	135	Sep 2	MON	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
78	137 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	MON		PIT	W,4-3	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
79	138	Sep 5 (2)	MON		PIT	L,2-5		11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
80	139	Sep 6	MON		PIT	L,5-12	GF	23	4.0	0	1	1	2	0	PH RF
81	141 (1)	Sep 8 (1)	MON		NYM	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
82	143 (1)	Sep 9	MON		NYM	W,2-1	CG	40	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
83	144	Sep 10	MON		PHI	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
84	148 (3)	Sep 14	MON	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
85	153 (4)	Sep 19	MON		CHC	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
86	154	Sep 20	MON		CHC	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
87	155	Sep 21	MON		CHC	W,5-4	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
88	157 (1)	Sep 22 (2)	MON		STL	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
89	158	Sep 23	MON		STL	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
90	159	Sep 24	MON		STL	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
91	160	Sep 26	MON	@	CHC	W,3-2	GS	38	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
92	161	Sep 27	MON	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	50	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
93	162	Sep 28	MON	@	CHC	L,6-9	GS	28	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
							94gm		757.0	161	8	5	174	0