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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 Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1974 Minors 18 63.00 4 / 5 6 / 8 6 / 9 10 / 12 6 / 15 7 / 7 7 / 7 46 / 63
1975 Minors 19 59.00 5 / 7 7 / 10 1 / 7 7 / 11 3 / 8 7 / 7 9 / 9 39 / 59
1976 Minors 20 49.00 4 / 5 5 / 12 2 / 6 3 / 10 5 / 6 7 / 7 3 / 3 29 / 49
1976 Pos (3B) 20 34.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 3 / 34
1977 Minors 21 75.00 5 / 7 7 / 11 3 / 12 2 / 8 7 / 15 11 / 11 9 / 11 44 / 75
1977 Pos (3B) 21 162.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 14 / 162
1978 Minors 22 11.00 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 11
1978 Majors 22 53.69 127 120 0 4 / 6 1 / 5 2 / 9 4 / 11 0 / 8 6 / 9 5 / 5 22 / 53
1978 Pos (1B) 22 5.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 5
1978 Pos (3B) 22 12.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 12
1979 Majors 23 66.50 162 152 0 4 / 13 4 / 9 1 / 11 5 / 6 1 / 6 7 / 11 6 / 10 28 / 66
1980 Majors 24 67.51 162 152 0 2 / 12 2 / 8 1 / 7 3 / 13 0 / 11 7 / 9 5 / 7 20 / 67
1981 Majors 25 51.95 124 117 37 0 / 3 3 / 12 1 / 8 3 / 10 2 / 7 2 / 6 3 / 5 14 / 51
1982 Majors 26 67.65 162 152 0 1 / 5 3 / 13 3 / 9 1 / 11 0 / 7 4 / 11 3 / 11 15 / 67
1983 Majors 27 66.04 162 152 0 1 / 11 2 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 11 3 / 14 0 / 6 1 / 8 7 / 66
1984 Majors 28 65.85 162 152 0 3 / 11 0 / 5 1 / 10 0 / 8 1 / 12 0 / 9 1 / 10 6 / 65
1985 Majors 29 64.65 162 152 0 2 / 10 1 / 9 0 / 10 0 / 8 0 / 6 1 / 11 0 / 10 4 / 64
1986 Majors 30 64.86 162 152 0 0 / 11 1 / 11 0 / 9 0 / 12 0 / 9 0 / 7 1 / 5 2 / 64
1987 Majors 31 57.01 142 134 20 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 10 0 / 3 0 / 11 0 / 9 1 / 8 1 / 57
1988 Majors 32 64.31 162 152 0 0 / 7 0 / 12 2 / 11 0 / 6 1 / 8 1 / 9 1 / 11 5 / 64
1989 Majors 33 63.47 162 152 0 0 / 11 0 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 6 1 / 9 1 / 12 0 / 12 2 / 63
1990 Majors 34 57.97 162 152 0 0 / 7 -3 / 6 0 / 11 -7 / 13 -6 / 7 -2 / 8 -3 / 5 -21 / 57
1991 Majors 35 63.70 162 152 0 -1 / 8 -4 / 8 -3 / 7 -3 / 9 -8 / 14 -1 / 8 -1 / 9 -21 / 63
1992 Majors 36 63.98 162 148 0 -1 / 9 -4 / 5 -2 / 9 -4 / 9 -2 / 11 0 / 15 1 / 5 -12 / 63
1993 Majors 37 65.20 162 151 0 -3 / 10 -1 / 12 -4 / 12 -5 / 7 -7 / 10 -4 / 6 -4 / 8 -28 / 65
1994 Majors 38 64.57 162 150 0 -1 / 6 -6 / 12 -3 / 9 -1 / 11 -6 / 12 -3 / 10 -2 / 4 -22 / 64
1995 Majors 39 64.12 162 150 0 -2 / 10 -3 / 10 -1 / 10 -1 / 9 -6 / 10 -1 / 5 1 / 10 -13 / 64
Total 2823 2642 57 27 / 182 21 / 204 10 / 201 17 / 205 -5 / 220 50 / 194 47 / 174 186 / 1593
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.