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Jimmy Ryan League
4-1-2040
Michael Bitting Second Base
Retired (1995, Age 39)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .291 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .827 Status Retired (1995) Option Years 0  
H 3006 Age 83 (OS 84) Date of Birth 07-09-1956
HR 403 Drafted Round 1, Pick 10
(1974)		 Majors Svc Time 17 years
(159 games)
RBI 1758
SB 392
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B  Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship B-
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L B+ Velocity F    Mentor vR A+
Speed B- Bunt D  Control F    Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B- WS Rings 5
1B --- LF --- Arm A- WS Appearances 6
2B A+ (100%) CF ---   Health B+ LCS Appearances 15
3B B- (53.1%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 10
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
1978 2B NYA 66 66 581.2 330 140 188 2 39 -14 5.08 .994
3B NYA 54 54 485.0 154 42 108 4 7 -4 2.78 .974
1979 3B NYA 152 152 1363.2 462 93 346 23 25 -12 2.90 .950
1980 3B NYA 118 118 1064.1 383 88 280 15 13 -4 3.11 .961
2B NYA 34 34 310.2 198 74 120 4 20 0 5.62 .980
1981 3B NYA 107 107 961.0 330 68 252 10 20 +4 3.00 .970
2B NYA 10 10 87.0 53 27 24 2 5 -2 5.28 .962
1982 3B NYA 151 151 1355.1 473 99 352 22 22 -10 2.99 .953
2B NYA 1 1 9.0 9 4 5 0 1 +1 9.00 1.000
1983 2B NYA 137 137 1238.1 760 334 420 6 84 +11 5.48 .992
3B NYA 15 15 131.2 44 12 30 2 2 -1 2.87 .955
1984 2B NYA 152 152 1368.1 834 347 482 5 89 +14 5.45 .994
1985 2B NYA 141 141 1269.2 784 323 458 3 88 +1 5.54 .996
3B NYA 11 11 101.0 32 7 23 2 1 -3 2.67 .938
1986 2B NYA 151 151 1350.0 828 349 465 14 97 +3 5.43 .983
3B NYA 1 1 9.0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 1.00 1.000
1987 2B NYA 129 129 1158.1 679 264 402 13 84 +2 5.17 .981
3B NYA 5 5 44.0 13 0 13 0 1 +1 2.66 1.000
1988 2B NYA 78 78 704.1 427 179 236 12 45 +1 5.30 .972
3B NYA 74 74 671.2 206 46 147 13 3 -4 2.59 .937
1989 3B NYA 66 66 599.1 193 48 133 12 12 -4 2.72 .938
2B NYA 54 54 480.2 265 101 160 4 31 0 4.89 .985
LF NYA 32 32 285.0 57 56 0 1 0 -3 1.77 .982
1990 SS NYA 132 132 1179.1 597 205 368 24 65 -31 4.37 .960
2B NYA 18 18 158.2 95 37 57 1 11 -7 5.33 .989
3B NYA 2 2 17.1 7 0 7 0 0 0 3.64 1.000
1991 LF NYA 90 90 807.1 196 193 2 1 2 -4 2.17 .995
3B NYA 42 42 369.2 106 29 74 3 7 -1 2.51 .972
2B NYA 19 19 173.0 96 36 58 2 12 -3 4.89 .979
SS NYA 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 -2 2.00 1.000
1992 LF NYA 138 138 1240.0 274 268 3 3 3 0 1.97 .989
3B NYA 9 9 80.0 24 7 13 4 1 +1 2.25 .833
2B NYA 1 1 9.0 10 5 5 0 2 -1 10.00 1.000
1993 LF NYA 148 148 1323.2 320 315 1 4 1 -2 2.15 .988
2B NYA 3 3 25.0 17 4 13 0 0 -1 6.12 1.000
1994 LF NYA 136 136 1231.2 287 281 1 5 1 -4 2.06 .983
3B NYA 14 14 123.1 25 9 15 1 0 -2 1.75 .960
1995 LF NYA 124 124 1114.2 249 245 1 3 1 -5 1.99 .988
3B NYA 25 25 226.2 56 21 33 2 2 -7 2.14 .964
2B NYA 1 1 8.0 9 5 3 1 1 0 9.00 .889
Pos Total 2B 995 995 8931.2 5394 2229 3096 69 609 +5 5.37 .987
3B 846 846 7603.0 2509 569 1827 113 116 -47 2.84 .955
LF 668 668 6002.1 1383 1358 8 17 8 -18 2.05 .988
SS 133 133 1188.1 599 207 368 24 65 -33 4.35 .960
Total 2642 2642 23725.1 9885 4363 5299 223 798 -93 3.67 .977
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1995-11-01Michael Bitting has retired from the New York Salseros
1995-09-23Michael Bitting collected his 3000th career hit.
1987-05-14Michael Bitting of the New York Salseros is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1981-06-15Michael Bitting of the New York Salseros is injured and is expected to be out 43 days.
1978-06-11The New York Salseros have promoted Michael Bitting to the major league team.
1978-05-22The New York Salseros have sent Michael Bitting to the minors.
1978-04-20The New York Salseros have renamed Robert Kent to Michael Bitting.
1978-04-20The New York Salseros have promoted Robert Kent to the major league team.
1977-10-23The New York Salseros have sent Robert Kent to the minors.
1977-10-03The New York Salseros have promoted Robert Kent to the major league team.
1976-10-23The New York Salseros have sent Robert Kent to the minors.
1976-10-03The New York Salseros have promoted Luis Higginbotham to the major league team. The New York Salseros have promoted Robert Kent to the major league team.
1975-10-23The New York Salseros have sent Robert Kent to the minors. The New York Salseros have sent Augie McCool to the minors.
1975-10-03The New York Salseros have promoted Augie McCool to the major league team. The New York Salseros have promoted Robert Kent to the major league team.
1975-03-01The New York Salseros have sent Robert Kent to the minors. The New York Salseros have sent Loy Cotter to the minors. The New York Salseros have sent Johnny Ross to the minors. The New York Salseros have sent Augie McCool to the minors.
1974-10-03The New York Salseros have promoted Robert Kent to the major league team.
1974-04-11The New York Salseros have renamed Billy Luebber to Robert Kent.