Ron Kittle

Positions: Designated Hitter, Leftfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 200lb (193cm, 90kg)

Born: January 5, 1958 in Gary, IN us

High School: William A. Wirt HS (Gary, IN)

Debut: September 2, 1982 (Age 24-240d, 14,648th in major league history)
vs. TEX 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 13, 1991 (Age 33-220d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1983 season

Agents: Bob Gilhooley, Jim Bronner

Full Name: Ronald Dale Kittle

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

Rookie of the Year
1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.7

2708

648

176

.239

356

RBI

460

OBP

.306

SLG

.473

OPS

.779

OPS+

110

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	30-45 / in Starts: 26-32
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	7 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	8

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 254 PAs	43
Actual Runners on Base	170 (82-65-23)
Avg. MLBer w/ 254 PAs	26
Avg. Runners on Base	152 (74-50-27)

Most Driven In
Self	18
J Carter	8
J Franco	6
W Upshaw	4
J Bell	2
R Washington	2
M Hall	1
D Ramos	1

Most Driven In By
Self	18
B Jacoby	5
M Hall	2
C Snyder	2
R Washington	1
J Bell	1
L Medina	1
W Upshaw	1

1988 Batting Game Log

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1988 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	596	9 (8)	Apr 13	CLE		MIN	W,6-3	CG	4	4	2	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750	.750	1.500	2.250	4	1.87	0.543	2.87	0.50%	2.97	DH
2	597	11 (1)	Apr 15	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-2	GS-8	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	4	1.22	0.003	2.13	0.00%	-0.27	DH
3	598	16 (4)	Apr 22	CLE	@	MIN	W,11-6	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.385	.667	1.051	4	.49	0.046	.90	0.05%	-0.14	DH
4	599	20 (3)	Apr 27	CLE		SEA	W,6-4	GS-6	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.438	.615	1.053	6	1.54	0.078	3.09	0.09%	0.53	DH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	600	26 (5)	May 4	CLE	@	SEA	L,4-5	GS-9	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.353	.450	.765	1.215	6	1.44	0.157	2.64	0.17%	0.85	DH
6	601	27	May 5	CLE	@	SEA	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.381	.458	.714	1.173	6	1.34	0.040	2.34	0.04%	1.44	DH
7	602	28	May 7	CLE	@	OAK	L,3-14	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.320	.393	.600	.993	5	.94	-0.094	1.48	-0.09%	-0.90	DH
8	603	30 (1)	May 9	CLE	@	CAL	L,1-2	8-8	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.346	.414	.731	1.145	9	.93	0.099	1.35	0.09%	1.00	PH
9	604	31	May 10	CLE	@	CAL	W,7-1	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.412	.667	1.078	4	.78	0.048	1.04	0.04%	0.15	DH
10	605	33 (1)	May 12	CLE	@	MIL	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.368	.588	.957	4	1.79	-0.185	3.10	-0.19%	-1.34	DH
11	606	34	May 13	CLE	@	MIL	W,4-3	GS-8	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.381	.556	.937	5	1.19	0.021	2.12	0.02%	-0.13	DH
12	607	36 (1)	May 15	CLE	@	MIL	L,5-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.372	.541	.913	9	.05	-0.001	.10	0.00%	-0.10	PH
13	608	39 (2)	May 19	CLE		CHW	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.348	.500	.848	6	1.18	-0.088	2.32	-0.10%	-0.69	DH
14	609	41 (1)	May 21	CLE	@	KCR	W,9-5	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.340	.545	.885	6	1.00	0.107	2.06	0.13%	1.76	DH
15	610	42	May 22	CLE	@	KCR	W,8-7	10-GF(10)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.353	.545	.898	8	1.23	0.017	2.51	0.02%	0.33	PH
16	611	44 (1)	May 24	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.327	.500	.827	7	.93	-0.074	1.75	-0.08%	-0.86	DH
17	612	49 (4)	May 30	CLE		KCR	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.310	.471	.781	7	.63	-0.057	1.22	-0.07%	-0.91	DH
18	613	50	May 31	CLE		KCR	L,3-6	10-GF(10)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.322	.471	.793	7	1.18	0.057	2.43	0.07%	0.39	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	614	51	Jun 1	CLE		KCR	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.317	.455	.772	4	.87	0.033	1.69	0.04%	0.34	DH
20	615	55 (3)	Jun 6	CLE		TOR	W,6-3	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.328	.439	.767	5	.93	0.047	1.88	0.06%	0.00	DH
21	616	61 (5)	Jun 12	CLE		DET	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.324	.426	.750	4	.89	-0.019	2.38	-0.03%	-0.19	DH
22	617	62	Jun 13	CLE	@	TOR	W,8-6	CG	5	3	2	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.355	.500	.855	4	.66	0.120	1.21	0.13%	2.41	DH
23	618	63	Jun 14	CLE	@	TOR	L,2-3	CG	4	4	2	3	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.375	.618	.993	4	.72	0.262	1.37	0.30%	1.99	DH
24	619	64	Jun 15	CLE	@	TOR	L,3-15	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.381	.606	.987	4	.29	-0.039	.52	-0.04%	1.19	DH
25	620	65	Jun 17	CLE		NYY	W,6-4	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.398	.689	1.087	4	.84	0.216	2.12	0.33%	1.87	DH
26	621	66	Jun 18	CLE		NYY	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.269	.380	.654	1.034	4	.88	-0.022	2.29	-0.03%	-0.37	DH
27	622	67	Jun 19	CLE		NYY	W,11-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.361	.614	.975	4	.50	-0.074	1.17	-0.10%	-1.96	DH
28	623	68	Jun 20	CLE		BOS	L,7-14	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.363	.636	.999	4	.58	-0.048	1.15	-0.06%	1.77	DH
29	624	69	Jun 21	CLE		BOS	L,6-10	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.364	.620	.984	4	.99	-0.060	1.83	-0.07%	-0.70	DH
30	625	71 (1)	Jun 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.361	.613	.974	8	2.30	-0.058	5.18	-0.08%	-0.23	PH
31	626	72	Jun 24	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-5	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.372	.643	1.015	4	1.05	0.349	2.25	0.45%	3.26	DH
32	627	73	Jun 25	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.368	.627	.995	4	1.27	-0.090	3.08	-0.13%	-0.65	DH
33	628	74	Jun 26	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.355	.604	.959	4	.72	-0.076	1.58	-0.10%	-0.65	DH
34	629	75	Jun 27	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-9	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.349	.586	.935	4	.98	-0.104	1.59	-0.10%	-0.75	DH
35	630	76	Jun 28	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.338	.565	.904	4	.50	-0.052	.74	-0.05%	-1.10	DH
36	631	77	Jun 29	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.328	.546	.875	4	.98	-0.080	1.28	-0.06%	-0.98	DH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
37	632	78	Jul 1	CLE		SEA	L,3-11	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.324	.528	.852	4	1.04	-0.114	1.04	-0.07%	-1.44	DH
38	633	79	Jul 2	CLE		SEA	W,10-7	CG	5	3	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.246	.333	.540	.873	4	.75	0.148	.66	0.08%	1.73	DH
39	634	80	Jul 3	CLE		SEA	L,6-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.331	.554	.885	4	1.69	0.043	1.54	0.02%	0.79	DH
40	635	81	Jul 4	CLE		OAK	L,2-4	GS-11	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.327	.541	.868	4	1.40	-0.088	1.20	-0.05%	-0.63	DH
41	636	82	Jul 5 (1)	CLE		OAK	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.325	.529	.854	4	.80	-0.042	.54	-0.02%	-0.49	DH
42	637	83	Jul 5 (2)	CLE		OAK	W,4-2	GS-8	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.323	.528	.851	4	1.37	-0.133	1.07	-0.06%	-0.85	DH
43	638	89 (5)	Jul 14	CLE	@	SEA	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.317	.517	.834	4	.89	-0.067	.52	-0.02%	-0.57	DH
44	639	90	Jul 15	CLE	@	SEA	L,5-8	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.315	.514	.829	8	1.55	-0.041	.76	-0.01%	-0.44	PH
45	640	91	Jul 16	CLE	@	SEA	W,8-2	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.319	.537	.857	2	.03	0.004	.01	0.00%	1.00	PH
46	641	94 (2)	Jul 19 (1)	CLE	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.318	.536	.854	4	.65	0.018	.26	0.00%	0.09	DH
47	642	97 (2)	Jul 22	CLE	@	CAL	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.316	.529	.845	4	.57	-0.015	.18	0.00%	-0.56	DH
48	643	98	Jul 23	CLE	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.247	.320	.532	.852	4	.97	0.046	.27	0.01%	0.25	DH
49	644	102 (3)	Jul 28	CLE		BAL	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.318	.528	.847	9	1.64	-0.042	.46	-0.01%	-0.44	PH
50	645	103	Jul 29	CLE		MIN	W,7-0	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.328	.549	.877	6	.62	0.182	.14	0.02%	2.20	DH
51	646	104	Jul 30	CLE		MIN	L,2-4	CG(7)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.323	.539	.862	5	.84	-0.064	.22	-0.01%	-0.50	DH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
52	647	107 (2)	Aug 3	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-8	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.326	.536	.862	4	.90	0.041	.06	0.00%	0.41	DH
53	648	108	Aug 4	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.332	.538	.870	4	.50	0.039	.03	0.00%	0.53	DH
54	649	109	Aug 5	CLE	@	TEX	L,4-8	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.259	.330	.534	.864	4	1.13	-0.071	.03	0.00%	0.10	DH
55	650	112 (2)	Aug 8	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.328	.545	.873	4	.64	-0.004	.02	0.00%	0.29	DH
56	651	113	Aug 9	CLE	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.327	.544	.871	5	1.84	-0.043	.04	0.00%	-0.26	DH
57	652	114	Aug 10	CLE	@	MIN	L,4-10	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.325	.538	.863	4	1.31	0.058	.01	0.00%	0.55	DH
58	653	115	Aug 11	CLE		TEX	L,4-5	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.258	.324	.538	.861	2	4.74	-0.145	.02	0.00%	-0.08	PH
59	654	121 (5)	Aug 18	CLE		MIL	W,4-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.322	.535	.857	1	.44	-0.012	.01	0.00%	-0.50	PH
60	655	123 (1)	Aug 20	CLE		KCR	L,2-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.321	.545	.865	5	.94	0.027	.02	0.00%	0.43	DH
61	656	125 (1)	Aug 22	CLE	@	MIL	L,3-7	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.324	.547	.871	9	.74	0.037	.00	0.00%	0.61	PH
62	657	129 (3)	Aug 27	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.327	.549	.876	4	.64	0.012	.01	0.00%	0.49	DH
63	658	130	Aug 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-4	11-11	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.330	.566	.897	9	2.30	0.340	.03	0.00%	1.00	PH
64	659	133 (2)	Aug 31	CLE	@	KCR	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.329	.560	.889	4	1.90	-0.096	.08	0.00%	-0.44	DH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
65	660	134	Sep 2	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.328	.552	.879	4	2.11	-0.050	.05	0.00%	-0.85	DH
66	661	136 (1)	Sep 4 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.326	.549	.875	9	.50	-0.015	.05	0.00%	-0.23	PH
67	662	137	Sep 5	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.325	.543	.868	6	.49	0.005	.03	0.00%	-0.11	DH
68	663	138	Sep 6	CLE	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.324	.552	.875	4	.94	0.059	.03	0.00%	0.34	DH
69	664	139	Sep 7	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.256	.318	.544	.862	4	1.07	-0.045	.05	0.00%	-0.83	DH
70	665	140	Sep 9	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.317	.542	.859	9	.61	-0.018	.05	0.00%	-0.23	PH
71	666	142 (1)	Sep 11	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.312	.532	.844	5	1.11	-0.107	.02	0.00%	-1.05	DH
72	667	143	Sep 12	CLE		NYY	W,8-6	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.319	.534	.852	4	.56	0.021	.01	0.00%	1.13	DH
73	668	144	Sep 13	CLE		NYY	L,4-5	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.321	.536	.857	9	1.81	0.051	.02	0.00%	0.13	PH
74	669	147 (2)	Sep 16	CLE	@	TOR	L,3-4	10-10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.324	.536	.860	9	2.30	0.049	.00	0.00%	0.21	PH
75	670	151 (3)	Sep 20	CLE	@	DET	L,1-3	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.323	.533	.856	7	1.27	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.10	PH
							30-45		254	225	31	58	8	0	18	43	16	1	65	8	0	5	1	0	0	0	.258	.323	.533	.856		1.01	0.958	1.11	1.04%	11.02

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