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| Player Report for #40 Gary Kittle | | Wednesday, October 5th, 1977 | 
| AB | 473 | | HR | 8 | | RBI | 64 | | AVG | .258 | | OPS | .673 |
| | Name: | Gary Kittle | Contract: | Major League Contract | | Nickname: | | Salary: | $1,180,000 | | Birthday: | 02-12-1940 | Signed Through: | 1977 Season | | Age: | 37 | Years of Major League Service: | 15 Years, None | | Born in: | Cabot (Arkansas) | Major League Service Days this Year: | 183 Days | | Nationality: | American | | | | Height: | 6' 2" | Years on 40-Man Roster: | 15 Years, None | | Weight: | 184 lbs | Years of Pro Service: | 17 Years | | | | Arbitration Eligibility: | Not eligible, free agent after contract expires! | | Position: | RF | Minor League Option Years: | 1 option year left | | Bats: | Left | | | | Throws: | Left | Contract Extension | - | | Status: | Completely Rested | Drafted | - | | Morale: | Great | Local Popularity (National) | Unknown (Unknown) |
| | | Batting Ratings (OSA) | | Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's | | | Overall | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | | | Versus LHP | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 8 | | | Versus RHP | 8 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | | | Talent | 8 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | |
| Running & Bunting Ratings | | | Fielding Ratings | | Running Speed: | 4 | | Left Field 6 (Arm: 6) | | Stealing Ability: | 2 | | Center Field 4 (Arm: 6) | | Baserunning Instincts: | 2 | | Right Field 7 (Arm: 6) | | Sacrifice Bunt: | 5 | | | | Bunt for Hit: | 6 | | | | Hitter Type: | Spray Hitter | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Game Log, Last 10 Games | | Date | Opponent | Result | AB | R | H | BI | HR | BB | K | SB | | | | | | | | | | | 10-04-1977 | @ NG | Win, 6-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 10-02-1977 | NG | Win, 4-3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 10-01-1977 | NG | Loss, 2-8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-29-1977 | COL | Win, 2-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-28-1977 | COL | Win, 5-1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-27-1977 | COL | Win, 10-7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-26-1977 | @ NG | Loss, 3-5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-25-1977 | @ NG | Loss, 2-6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-24-1977 | @ NG | Win, 5-2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-23-1977 | @ NG | Loss, 3-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | Backyard Baseball League 1977 Batting Stats | | Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO | VORP | | Overall | 147 | 473 | 122 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 64 | 48 | 33 | 92 | .258 | .303 | .370 | .673 | .581 | .112 | -5.0 | | Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 | | | | Overall | 131 | 520 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 175 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 55.1 | 4.00 | | | | Batting | | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | | Versus Left | | 92 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .239 | .265 | .293 | .559 | | Versus Right | | 381 | 100 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 53 | 44 | 29 | 74 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .262 | .312 | .388 | .700 | | Batting | | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | | Last Week | | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .238 | .200 | .438 | | April | | 78 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .256 | .274 | .359 | .633 | | May | | 77 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .221 | .330 | .273 | .602 | | June | | 96 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .305 | .344 | .649 | | July | | 59 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .271 | .274 | .458 | .732 | | August | | 69 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .319 | .360 | .420 | .780 | | September | | 94 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .245 | .277 | .394 | .671 | | Spring Training | | 62 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .306 | .419 | .435 | .854 | | Playoffs | | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .300 | .125 | .425 | | Last Year | | 496 | 141 | 34 | 5 | 7 | 49 | 57 | 33 | 83 | 2 | 2 | 7 | .284 | .336 | .415 | .752 | | 2 Years Ago | | 505 | 150 | 23 | 3 | 9 | 62 | 54 | 26 | 104 | 3 | 8 | 6 | .297 | .337 | .408 | .745 | | Career | | 5645 | 1570 | 313 | 35 | 71 | 656 | 653 | 410 | 963 | 33 | 21 | 39 | .278 | .330 | .384 | .713 | | Home | | 236 | 57 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 17 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .242 | .292 | .339 | .631 | | Road | | 237 | 65 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 25 | 16 | 48 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .274 | .314 | .401 | .715 | | Grass | | 473 | 122 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 64 | 48 | 33 | 92 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .258 | .303 | .370 | .673 | | Day | | 316 | 75 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 35 | 29 | 23 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .237 | .287 | .345 | .632 | | Night | | 157 | 47 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .299 | .335 | .420 | .756 | | Pinch Hitting | | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .250 | .714 | .964 | | Close/Late | | 84 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .321 | .366 | .429 | .794 | | Inning 1-3 | | 149 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .235 | .268 | .336 | .604 | | Inning 4-6 | | 177 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 26 | 18 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .237 | .310 | .367 | .677 | | Inning 7-9 | | 143 | 43 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .301 | .322 | .406 | .728 | | Extra Innings | | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .600 | .500 | 1.100 | | 0 Outs | | 151 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 23 | 14 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .199 | .265 | .252 | .516 | | 1 Outs | | 167 | 47 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .281 | .308 | .401 | .709 | | 2 Outs | | 155 | 45 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .290 | .337 | .452 | .789 | | Scoring Position | | 122 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 59 | 19 | 11 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .311 | .343 | .541 | .884 | | Bases Empty | | 259 | 67 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 19 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .259 | .312 | .340 | .652 | | Runner on 1st | | 92 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .185 | .219 | .228 | .447 | | Runner on 2nd | | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .154 | .241 | .154 | .395 | | Runner on 3rd | | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .316 | .286 | .789 | 1.075 | | Runner on 1st & 2nd | | 33 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .455 | .514 | .727 | 1.241 | | Runner on 1st & 3rd | | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .313 | .368 | .500 | .868 | | Runner on 2nd & 3rd | | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .308 | .333 | .846 | 1.179 | | Bases Loaded | | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .211 | .267 | .477 | | Two Strikes | | 226 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 92 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .221 | .265 | .261 | .526 | | First Pitch | | 68 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .265 | .264 | .515 | .779 | | Count 0-1 | | 46 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .370 | .370 | .457 | .826 | | Count 0-2 | | 36 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .108 | .139 | .247 | | Count 1-0 | | 39 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .256 | .256 | .308 | .564 | | Count 1-1 | | 39 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .308 | .293 | .410 | .703 | | Count 1-2 | | 65 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .292 | .288 | .369 | .657 | | Count 2-0 | | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .667 | .867 | | Count 2-1 | | 25 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .360 | .360 | .720 | 1.080 | | Count 2-2 | | 72 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .257 | .264 | .521 | | Count 3-0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1.000 | .000 | 1.000 | | Count 3-1 | | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .500 | .267 | .767 | | Full Count | | 53 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .170 | .338 | .208 | .546 | | Behind in Count | | 147 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .272 | .268 | .340 | .609 | | Ahead in Count | | 94 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .266 | .386 | .468 | .854 |
| | Career Minor League Batting Stats | | Year/Team/League | Age | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | VORP |
| | Career Postseason Batting Stats | | Year/Team/League | Age | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | VORP | | 1976 New York - BBL | 36 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .071 | .133 | .071 | .205 | 0.0 | | 1977 Superior - BBL | 37 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .300 | .125 | .425 | 0.0 | | Total BBL | | 10 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .200 | .091 | .291 | 0.0 |
| | Player History | | 05-18-1960 | Drafted in 4th round, 88th overall pick, by Boston in 1960. | | 05-17-1960 | Traded from Boston to Chessie on 5/17/1960 (Going to BOS: P L. Dibble. Going to CHS: P G. Cepeda, P M. Roque, LF G. Kittle). | | 02-23-1963 | Traded from Chessie to Texas on 2/23/1963 (Going to CHS: P T. Stotts. Going to TEX: P J. Berg, CF G. Kittle, P R. Loveland). | | 05-11-1963 | Had first career hit on 5/11/1963, off Edward Kirsch (FC). | | 07-12-1964 | Injured on 7/12/1964 with a Stiff Neck, out for 5 days. | | 08-07-1964 | Hit first career homerun on 8/7/1964, off Thomas Prosser (MEL). | | 08-05-1965 | Injured on 8/5/1965 with a Broken Hand, out for 5-6 weeks. | | 07-01-1966 | Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game... | | 09-07-1966 | Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Key West on 9/7/1966. | | 02-15-1969 | Signed as a free agent by Sahara on 2/15/1969 to a 2-year deal worth $378,000 per year. | | 02-04-1971 | Signed as a free agent by Chessie on 2/4/1971 to a 2-year deal worth $3,111,111 per year. | | 06-17-1971 | Injured on 6/17/1971 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks. | | 02-01-1973 | Signed as a free agent by Superior on 2/1/1973 to a 3-year deal worth $2,600,000 per year. | | 12-01-1973 | Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 1973. | | 10-24-1976 | Won the 1976 Backyard Baseball League World Series with the New York Empire! | | 11-15-1976 | Released by the New York Empire. | | 01-01-1977 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 7 (8); Power: 4 (4); Eye: 6 (8). | | 03-02-1977 | Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,180,000 with the Superior Moo organization. | | Leader Boards Appearances | | |
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