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.

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	CHC		NYM	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	1B
2	2	Apr 9	CHC		NYM	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
3	3	Apr 10	CHC		NYM	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	13	1	1	15	1	1B
4	4	Apr 11	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
5	5	Apr 13	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
6	6	Apr 15	CHC	@	NYM	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
7	7	Apr 16	CHC	@	NYM	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	11	1	1	13	0	1B
8	8	Apr 17	CHC	@	NYM	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	7	1	2	10	2	1B
9	9	Apr 18	CHC		PHI	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
10	10	Apr 19	CHC		PHI	L,5-7	GS	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
11	14 (3)	Apr 27	CHC		STL	L,3-21	GF	16	3.0	2	0	1	3	0	PH 1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	18 (3)	May 3	CHC		HOU	W,9-0	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
13	19	May 4	CHC		HOU	L,4-5	GF	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	PR 1B
14	20	May 5	CHC		HOU	W,8-7	CG	37	9.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
15	21	May 6	CHC		ATL	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	11	2	0	13	2	1B
16	22	May 7	CHC		ATL	W,11-4	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
17	23	May 8	CHC		ATL	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	7	3	0	10	0	1B
18	24	May 9	CHC	@	HOU	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
19	25	May 10	CHC	@	HOU	W,11-5	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
20	26	May 11	CHC	@	HOU	L,2-8	CG	43	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
21	27	May 13	CHC	@	MON	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	11	1	1	13	1	1B
22	28	May 14	CHC	@	MON	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	4	1B
23	29	May 15 (1)	CHC	@	MON	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
24	30	May 15 (2)	CHC	@	MON	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
25	31	May 16	CHC		SDP	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
26	32	May 17	CHC		SDP	W,23-6	CG	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
27	33	May 19	CHC	@	ATL	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
28	34	May 20	CHC	@	ATL	W,13-4	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
29	35	May 21	CHC	@	ATL	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
30	36	May 22	CHC	@	ATL	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
31	37	May 24	CHC		MON	L,4-5	CG	55	13.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
32	38	May 25	CHC		MON	W,7-3	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
33	39	May 26	CHC		MON	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
34	40	May 27	CHC		PIT	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
35	41	May 28	CHC		PIT	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	11	1	1	13	1	1B
36	42	May 29	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
37	43	May 30	CHC	@	STL	L,0-14	CG	47	8.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
38	44	May 31	CHC	@	STL	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	45	Jun 1	CHC	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	48	13.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
40	46	Jun 3	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
41	47	Jun 4	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
42	48	Jun 5	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
43	49	Jun 6	CHC		LAD	W,3-1	GS	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF 1B
44	51 (1)	Jun 8	CHC		LAD	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
45	52	Jun 9	CHC		SFG	W,1-0	GS	41	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF 1B
46	53	Jun 10	CHC		SFG	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
47	54	Jun 11	CHC		SFG	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	LF
48	55	Jun 12	CHC		SFG	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
49	56	Jun 14	CHC	@	SDP	W,6-5	GS	46	12.0	7	2	0	9	1	LF 1B
50	59 (2)	Jun 17	CHC	@	LAD	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
51	61 (1)	Jun 19	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
52	62	Jun 20	CHC	@	SFG	W,10-9	GS	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
53	63	Jun 21	CHC	@	SFG	W,8-2	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
54	64	Jun 22	CHC	@	SFG	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
55	66 (1)	Jun 25	CHC		NYM	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
56	68 (1)	Jun 27	CHC	@	MON	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
57	69	Jun 28	CHC	@	MON	W,4-2	CG	36	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
58	70	Jun 29	CHC	@	MON	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
59	71	Jun 30	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	72	Jul 1	CHC	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
61	73	Jul 2	CHC	@	STL	L,3-10	GF	8	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	PR 1B
62	75 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		MON	L,3-19	GF	10	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
63	76	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		MON	L,6-7	GS	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
64	78 (1)	Jul 6	CHC		MON	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
65	79	Jul 7	CHC		STL	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
66	80	Jul 8	CHC		STL	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
67	81	Jul 9	CHC		STL	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	3	1B
68	82	Jul 10 (1)	CHC		STL	L,3-8	CG	49	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
69	83	Jul 10 (2)	CHC		STL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
70	84	Jul 12	CHC	@	NYM	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
71	85	Jul 13 susp	CHC	@	NYM	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
72	86	Jul 15 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
73	87	Jul 15 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-9	CG	38	8.0	5	3	0	8	2	1B
74	88	Jul 16	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-8	CG	38	9.0	9	4	0	13	0	1B
75	89	Jul 17	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
76	90	Jul 21	CHC		ATL	W,4-3	CG	45	12.0	13	4	0	17	2	1B
77	91	Jul 22	CHC		ATL	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
78	92	Jul 23	CHC		ATL	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	13	3	0	16	1	1B
79	93	Jul 24 (1)	CHC		HOU	L,6-10	CG	42	9.0	14	0	1	15	1	1B
80	94	Jul 24 (2)	CHC		HOU	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	6	2	1	9	0	1B
81	95	Jul 25	CHC		HOU	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
82	96	Jul 26	CHC		CIN	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	7	3	0	10	0	1B
83	97	Jul 27 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,2-6	GS	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF 1B
84	98	Jul 27 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
85	99	Jul 28	CHC		CIN	W,16-15	CG	69	13.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
86	100	Jul 29	CHC	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
87	101	Jul 30	CHC	@	HOU	L,3-11	GS	24	5.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	103 (1)	Aug 1	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
89	104	Aug 2	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-2	GS	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	LF 1B
90	105	Aug 3	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	41	9.1	11	2	0	13	0	1B
91	106	Aug 5	CHC		SDP	L,8-11	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
92	107	Aug 6	CHC		SDP	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
93	109 (1)	Aug 7 (2)	CHC		SDP	W,9-4	GS	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF 1B
94	110	Aug 8	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	38	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	LF
95	111	Aug 9	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
96	112	Aug 10	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-2	GF	32	8.2	9	0	0	9	1	PH 1B
97	115 (2)	Aug 14 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,2-10	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
98	116	Aug 14 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
99	117	Aug 16	CHC		PIT	W,6-5	CG	63	15.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
100	129 (11)	Aug 28	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
101	130	Aug 29	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
102	132 (1)	Aug 31	CHC	@	LAD	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	134 (1)	Sep 3	CHC	@	SDP	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
104	136 (1)	Sep 5	CHC		STL	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
105	138 (1)	Sep 7	CHC		MON	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
106	139	Sep 8	CHC		MON	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
107	140	Sep 9	CHC		NYM	W,10-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
108	142 (1)	Sep 11	CHC		NYM	L,3-7	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
109	143	Sep 12	CHC	@	STL	L,9-11	GF	15	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF 1B
110	144	Sep 13	CHC	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
111	145	Sep 14	CHC	@	MON	L,2-3	CG	48	11.1	2	0	0	2	0	LF
112	146	Sep 15	CHC	@	MON	L,4-5	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
113	147	Sep 17 (1)	CHC	@	NYM	L,4-5	GS	21	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
114	148	Sep 17 (2)	CHC	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
115	149	Sep 18 (1)	CHC	@	NYM	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
116	150	Sep 18 (2)	CHC	@	NYM	L,0-6	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
117	152 (1)	Sep 21	CHC	@	PHI	W,2-0	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
118	153	Sep 22	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
119	154	Sep 23	CHC		PIT	L,0-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
120	155	Sep 24	CHC		PIT	L,3-7	GS	29	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
121	157 (1)	Sep 26	CHC		PHI	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
122	158	Sep 27	CHC		PHI	L,9-15	CG	50	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
123	159	Sep 28	CHC		PHI	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
124	160	Sep 30	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
125	161	Oct 2 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
126	162	Oct 2 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
							133gm		1025.1	790	65	11	866	51