Larry Biittner Stats

Larry Biittner was born on Friday, July 27, 1945, in Pocahontas, Iowa. Biittner was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 17, 1970, with the Washington Senators. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Larry Biittner baseball stats page.

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Larry Biittner

Larry Biittner Autograph on a 1973 Topps (#249)

Larry Biittner Autograph on a 1973 Topps (#249)
 

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Birth Name:   Lawrence David Biittner
Nickname:   Butch or Larry
Born On:   07-27-1945  (Leo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Pocahontas, Iowa
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Catholic High School (Pocahontas, IA)
College:   Buena Vista College
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02   Player Weight Chart Weight:   205
First Game:   07-17-1970 (Age 24)
Last Game:   09-29-1983
Draft:   1968 : 10th Round (212th)
Larry Biittner

Larry Biittner Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1977 32 Cubs 1 0 1 0 0 .000 40.51 0 0 0 1.1 10 5 6 6 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1 Year 1 0 1 0 0 .000 40.51 0 0 0 1.1 10 5 6 6 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 -
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Larry Biittner Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1970 25 Senators 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1971 26 Senators 66 171 12 44 4 1 0 0 16 16 3 20 0 1 1 7 .257 .323 .292
1972 27 Rangers 137 382 34 99 18 1 3 0 31 29 5 37 6 3 2 7 .259 .313 .335
1973 28 Rangers 83 258 19 65 8 2 1 0 12 20 0 21 1 1 1 8 .252 .307 .310
1974 29 Expos 18 26 2 7 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 .269 .269 .308
1975 30 Expos 121 346 34 109 13 5 3 0 28 34 8 33 4 0 0 12 .315 .376 .408
1976 31 Expos 11 32 2 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .188 .188 .219
1976 31 Cubs 78 192 21 47 13 1 0 0 17 10 3 6 2 0 1 4 .245 .286 .323
1977 32 Cubs 138 493 74 147 28 1 12 0 62 35 2 36 1 2 1 17 .298 .345 .432
1978 33 Cubs 120 343 32 88 15 1 4 0 50 23 4 37 1 6 1 8 .257 .300 .341
1979 34 Cubs 111 272 35 79 13 3 3 0 50 21 1 23 0 2 0 10 .290 .339 .393
1980 35 Cubs 127 273 21 68 12 2 1 0 34 18 2 33 0 6 2 6 .249 .294 .319
1981 36 Reds 42 61 1 13 4 0 0 0 8 4 1 4 0 1 0 3 .213 .258 .279
1982 37 Reds 97 184 18 57 9 2 2 0 24 17 2 16 2 3 2 9 .310 .369 .413
1983 38 Rangers 66 116 5 32 5 1 0 0 18 9 5 16 0 2 0 0 .276 .323 .336
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
14 Years 1,217 3,151 310 861 144 20 29 0 354 236 36 287 18 27 11 93 .273 .324 .359
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Larry Biittner Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1971 Senators 1B 3 1 33 13 4.3 12 11 1 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .923 9.82
1971 Senators LF 7 2 75 6 0.9 6 6 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.16
1971 Senators RF 38 38 939 79 2.1 74 68 6 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .937 2.13
1972 Rangers 1B 65 42 1,244 450 6.9 446 410 36 4 36 n/a n/a n/a .991 9.68
1972 Rangers CF 8 8 199 16 2.0 16 16 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.17
1972 Rangers LF 30 21 526 30 1.0 28 26 2 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .933 1.44
1972 Rangers RF 32 27 718 60 1.9 58 55 3 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .967 2.18
1973 Rangers 1B 20 15 418 157 7.9 157 143 14 0 16 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 10.14
1973 Rangers CF 1 0 6 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
1973 Rangers LF 21 14 432 35 1.7 34 31 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .971 2.13
1973 Rangers RF 39 38 910 63 1.6 62 59 3 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .984 1.84
1974 Expos LF 4 3 84 7 1.8 7 6 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25
1975 Expos CF 4 4 117 10 2.5 10 10 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.31
1975 Expos LF 35 31 844 70 2.0 68 66 2 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .971 2.18
1975 Expos RF 55 51 1,310 96 1.7 93 86 7 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .969 1.92
1976 Cubs LF 21 15 417 27 1.3 27 27 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.75
1976 Expos LF 3 3 80 7 2.3 6 6 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .857 2.03
1976 Cubs RF 4 3 73 8 2.0 8 7 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.96
1976 Expos RF 4 4 100 9 2.3 9 9 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.43
1976 Cubs 1B 33 24 697 269 8.2 265 232 33 4 20 n/a n/a n/a .985 10.27
1977 Cubs 1B 80 64 1,852 787 9.8 777 713 64 10 50 n/a n/a n/a .987 11.33
1977 Cubs LF 52 48 1,220 79 1.5 78 77 1 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .987 1.73
1977 Cubs P 1 0 4 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1978 Cubs 1B 62 50 1,452 614 9.9 606 554 52 8 53 n/a n/a n/a .987 11.27
1978 Cubs LF 29 25 659 47 1.6 46 45 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .979 1.88
1979 Cubs 1B 32 22 665 258 8.1 256 236 20 2 24 n/a n/a n/a .992 10.39
1979 Cubs LF 23 17 460 23 1.0 21 20 1 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .913 1.23
1979 Cubs RF 20 18 439 28 1.4 26 24 2 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .929 1.60
1980 Cubs 1B 41 24 709 270 6.6 269 250 19 1 14 n/a n/a n/a .996 10.24
1980 Cubs CF 1 0 3 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
1980 Cubs LF 20 18 429 30 1.5 29 28 1 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .967 1.83
1980 Cubs RF 17 15 383 29 1.7 29 27 2 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.04
1981 Reds 1B 8 4 141 56 7.0 56 53 3 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 10.72
1981 Reds RF 3 3 72 6 2.0 6 4 2 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25
1982 Reds 1B 15 12 359 141 9.4 140 128 12 1 13 n/a n/a n/a .993 10.53
1982 Reds LF 26 23 503 41 1.6 40 38 2 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .976 2.15
1982 Reds RF 6 5 99 7 1.2 7 6 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.91
1983 Rangers 1B 22 14 408 153 7.0 151 136 15 2 13 n/a n/a n/a .987 9.99
1983 Rangers RF 2 2 51 4 2.0 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.12
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1B Totals 381 272 7,978 3,168 8.3 3,135 2,866 269 33 242 n/a n/a n/a .990 10.61
LF Totals 271 220 5,729 402 1.5 390 376 14 12 2 n/a n/a n/a .970 1.84
RF Totals 220 204 5,094 389 1.8 376 349 27 13 6 n/a n/a n/a .967 1.99
CF Totals 14 12 325 29 2.1 29 29 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.41
P Totals 1 0 4 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
13 Years 899 708 19,130 4,145 4.6 4,087 3,620 310 58 250 n/a n/a n/a .985 5.55
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Larry Biittner Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1970 Senators 0 0 .000 2 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
1971 Senators 1 0 1.000 22 0 n/a 0.0 8.6 10.7 - - -
1972 Rangers 1 3 .250 22 4 n/a 127.3 10.3 12.3 - - -
1973 Rangers 1 0 1.000 8 0 3 258.0 12.3 21.5 - - -
1974 Expos 0 0 .000 15 0 n/a 0.0 13.0 8.7 - - -
1975 Expos 2 1 .667 33 0 n/a 115.3 10.5 12.4 - - -
1976 Expos 0 0 .000 4 0 n/a 0.0 10.7 32.0 - - -
1976 Cubs 0 2 .000 30 0 n/a 0.0 32.0 11.3 - - -
1977 Cubs 2 1 .667 17 2 n/a 41.1 13.7 8.0 3.00 20.26 6.75
1978 Cubs 0 1 .000 39 2 n/a 85.8 9.3 6.9 - - -
1979 Cubs 1 1 .500 46 0 n/a 90.7 11.8 5.4 - - -
1980 Cubs 1 3 .250 61 1 n/a 273.0 8.3 8.0 - - -
1981 Reds 0 0 .000 34 0 n/a 0.0 15.3 7.6 - - -
1982 Reds 1 0 1.000 55 0 n/a 92.0 11.5 7.7 - - -
1983 Rangers 0 0 .000 38 0 9 0.0 7.3 6.4 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
14 Years 10 12 .455 426 9 12 108.7 11.0 8.9 3.00 20.26 6.75
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Larry Biittner Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1970 Washington Senators 4 $12,000.00 - -
1971 Washington Senators 4 $12,750.00 - -
1972 Texas Rangers 4 $13,500.00 - -
1973 Texas Rangers 4 Undetermined - -
1974 Montreal Expos 17 Undetermined - -
1975 Montreal Expos 17 Undetermined - -
1976 Montreal Expos 17 Undetermined - -
1976 Chicago Cubs 26 $34,500.00 - -
1977 Chicago Cubs 26 $47,500.00 - -
1978 Chicago Cubs 26 Undetermined - -
1979 Chicago Cubs 26 Undetermined - -
1980 Chicago Cubs 33 Undetermined - -
1981 Cincinnati Reds 33 Undetermined - -
1982 Cincinnati Reds 33 Undetermined - -
1983 Texas Rangers 14 Undetermined - -


Did you know that Larry Biittner served during the Vietnam War? He is one of fifty-four former Major League baseball players who are also veterans of the Vietnam War. A complete list of those who served their country in the armed forces during the Vietnam War appears below:

Baseball Players who are Vietnam War Veterans

Name Name Name
Vic Albury Doug Griffin Thurman Munson
Matt Alexander Tom Heintzelman Bobby Murcer
Frank Baker Phil Hennigan Ray Newman
Jim Bibby Jim Holt Scott Northey
Larry Biittner Mike Jackson Darrell Osteen
Gene Brabender Ray Jarvis Harry Parker
Al Bumbry Bob Johnson Hal Quick
Darrel Chaney Bob Jones Dave Schneck
Bruce Christensen Jerry Kenney Mickey Scott
Mike Davison Jim Kern Rich Severson
Ed Figueroa Jerry Koosman Fred Stanley
Rich Folkers John Lowenstein Leroy Stanton
Ted Ford Garry Maddox Earl Stephenson
Larry French Jim Magnuson Jim Strickland
Wayne Garrett Gene Martin Champ Summers
Roy Gleason Larry Miller Jerry Terrell
Chuck Goggin George Mitterwald Floyd Wicker
Dave Goltz Curt Motton George Zeber

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