#5 Jeff Bittiger, Closer, 41 yrs, Cleveland Indians

#5 Jeff Bittiger, Closer, 41 yrs, Cleveland Indians
Sunday, 6/13/2003

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Jeff Bittiger

4/13/1962
41
USA,NJ,Jersey City
5"10
195

Closer
R
R

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Prone
1.5 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 300,000
2003
9 Year(s), 9 Days (1557 total Days)
79 Day(s)
10 Year(s), 124 Days (1844 total Days)
18 Year(s)
Not eligible
Out of Option Years

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	6	6	7	86-89 Mph
Versus LHB	6	6	7
Versus RHB	6	6	7
Talent	6	7	7

Pitching Ratings
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1
48
4

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Curveball
Slider

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	2	2	1	1	2
Versus LHP	2	2	1	1	2
Versus RHP	2	2	1	1	2
Talent	4	3	1	1	2

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1
3
2
1
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Fielding Ratings
P : 2 (Range), .994 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 2

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
5/5	@CAL	L 4-10		3.1	3	3	2	3	3
5/8	OAK	L 1-13		3	2	2	2	3	3
5/11	SEA	W 8-7		1	1	0	0	1	1
5/12	SEA	L 0-6		1.2	1	0	0	1	2
5/19	TOR	W 6-4		1	0	0	0	0	3	SV
5/20	TOR	L 2-3		0.2	4	3	3	0	0	L
6/2	DET	W 3-2		1	0	0	0	0	1	SV
6/4	@MIN	W 2-1		1	0	0	0	1	0	SV
6/7	@CIN	W 5-4		1	0	0	0	0	1	SV
6/9	@CIN	W 2-0		1	1	0	0	0	2	SV

Pitching Stats 2003

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	19	0	0	1	7	5.60	27.1	25	19	17	23	25	0	.0	0	0	.0
Projected	49	0	0	3	18	5.60	70.0	64	49	44	59	64

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	8	1	87.5	19	16	15.8	8.2	8.2	7.6	3	0	.0	11	2	18.2	4.91

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	48	15	4	1	1	11	10	14	10	0	0	0	.313	.468	.500	.968
vs. RHB	56	10	2	0	1	9	9	9	15	0	0	0	.179	.288	.268	.556

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	14	0	0	1	3	6.53	20.2	21	16	15	19	19
Road	5	0	0	0	4	2.70	6.2	4	3	2	4	6
This Week	2	0	0	0	2	0.00	2.0	1	0	0	0	3
Last Week	2	0	0	0	2	0.00	2.0	0	0	0	1	1

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	9	0	0	0	2	7.11	12.2	13	11	10	14	9
May	6	0	0	1	1	5.91	10.2	11	8	7	8	12
June	4	0	0	0	4	0.00	4.0	1	0	0	1	4

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
1989	17	0	1	0	0	4.60	29.1	29	15	15	4	12	22	0	0	1.40	.278	NYM
1990	34	0	5	2	0	4.09	55.0	49	29	25	7	30	42	0	0	1.44	.273	NYM
1991	8	0	0	1	0	4.50	10.0	9	5	5	0	5	6	0	0	1.40	.300	NYM
1992	24	0	1	4	0	4.26	31.2	30	16	15	3	15	30	0	0	1.42	.325	NYM
1993	79	0	5	7	1	5.53	114.0	119	74	70	12	47	95	0	0	1.46	.319	NYM
1994	71	0	0	2	2	4.76	109.2	99	63	58	11	50	77	0	0	1.36	.270	NYM
1995	83	0	7	9	3	4.73	106.2	100	64	56	9	54	80	0	0	1.44	.299	NYM
1996	31	0	2	2	2	8.27	57.2	71	55	53	6	28	48	0	0	1.72	.359	TOR
1999	58	0	3	6	12	3.34	70.0	54	30	26	6	16	58	0	0	1.00	.246	SD NYM
2000	28	0	1	0	1	3.94	32.0	29	14	14	5	15	28	0	0	1.38	.276	CAL
2003	19	0	0	1	7	5.60	27.1	25	19	17	2	23	25	0	0	1.76	.299	CLE
Total	452	0	25	34	28	4.95	643.1	614	384	354	65	295	511	0	0	1.41	.295

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP
1985, AAA	25	0	4	1	1	2.36	53.1	42	14	14	5	21	59	0	0	1.18	.289
1986, AAA	46	1	4	3	1	2.81	96.0	75	31	30	5	38	102	0	0	1.18	.293
1987, AAA	36	1	6	2	0	3.44	73.1	62	32	28	7	25	66	0	0	1.19	.276
1988, AAA	39	1	5	2	2	4.54	71.1	67	37	36	12	29	64	0	0	1.35	.282
1989, AAA	24	0	3	1	0	3.09	43.2	37	17	15	4	13	51	0	0	1.15	.300
1990, AAA	49	0	1	4	1	3.30	57.1	48	22	21	6	29	54	0	0	1.34	.282
1996, AAA	17	0	0	0	0	3.86	18.2	16	8	8	2	7	18	0	0	1.23	.304
1997, AAA	93	0	3	1	3	3.72	123.1	112	55	51	11	56	144	0	0	1.36	.332

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
1989	4	0	0	0	0	2.08	4.1	2	1	1	2	3	0	0
1999	5	0	0	1	0	4.70	7.2	3	4	4	4	7	0	0
Total	9	0	0	1	0	3.75	12.0	5	5	5	6	10	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1989	17	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	NYM
1990	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	NYM
1991	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	NYM
1992	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	NYM
1993	79	14	6	1	0	0	4	2	1	2	0	0	.429	.467	.500	.967	NYM
1994	71	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	NYM
1995	83	6	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	NYM
1996	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	TOR
1999	58	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	SD NYM
2000	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CAL
Total	436	33	9	1	0	0	4	4	1	12	0	0	.273	.314	.303	.617

Fielding Stats 2003

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Pitcher	19	0	2	5	1	7	0	1.000	27.1	2.30
Shortstop	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50

Player History

Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 4/1/1985 to a minor league deal...
Earned first career win on 7/29/1989...
Had first career hit on 8/23/1989, off Greg Maddux (CHC)...
Won World Series with New York (M) in 1989...
Injured on 4/22/1991 with a Ruptured Disc Back, out for full season...
Had first career hit on 7/15/1992, off Joe Girardi (CIN)...
2/2/1993: Gets a new one-year contract worth $462,857 through salary arbitration...
2/2/1994: Gets a new one-year contract worth $462,857 through salary arbitration...
2/2/1995: Gets a new one-year contract worth $462,857 through salary arbitration...
Signed as a free agent by Toronto on 2/5/1996 to a 2-year deal worth $900,000 per year...
Injured on 8/30/1996 with a Tight Elbow, out for one week...
Retired in 1998.
Returns from retirement in 1999.
Signed as a free agent by New York (M) on 2/11/1999 to a 1-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year...
Signed as a free agent by California on 5/10/2000 to a 1-year deal worth $320,000 per year...
Released by California on 9/7/2000...
Retired in 2002.
Returns from retirement in 2003.
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 3/4/2003 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year...

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