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Howard
Bittinger		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 205
 
Born: August 7, 1988 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
National Cup Seriess Won 2021   
Zachary Matthews Award 2016   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2007 18 TN FF   1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2
2008 19 TN FF   2 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP5 Min Ratings   1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings   2 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 20 TN FF     3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4
2010 21 TN FF     3 3 3 5 5 5 6 5 6 1 1 1 4 4 4
2011 22 TN FF     4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5
2012 23 TN FF     4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5
2013 24 TN FF     4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 2 1 1 6 6 6
2014 25 TN FF     5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 2 1 1 6 6 6
2015 26 IL GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 2 1 1 6 6 6
2016 27 IL GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6
2017 28 IL GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6
2018 29 IL GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4
2019 30 WA GE $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 2 1 1 4 4 4
2020 31 WA GE $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4
2021 32 WA GE $ 300,000   3 3 3 6 6 6 6 5 6 2 1 1 3 3 3
2022 33 WA GE $ 300,000   2 2 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 2 1 1 3 3 3
2023 34 WA GE $ 300,000   2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2007 18 A   123 507 44 128 32 0 7 50 9 5 10 115 .252 .267 .357 .624 44.7  
2008 19 A   119 520 57 142 25 2 5 34 9 15 15 133 .273 .293 .358 .651 47.9  
2009 20 A   131 526 65 147 24 7 16 58 10 14 26 62 .279 .313 .443 .756 67.4  
2010 21 A   136 546 68 146 34 6 22 61 12 13 24 67 .267 .298 .473 .771 72.2  
2011 22 AA   69 283 41 67 12 1 14 25 4 6 13 33 .237 .270 .435 .705 32.3  
    A   67 267 32 83 20 1 12 38 11 6 17 15 .311 .352 .528 .880 45.9  
2012 23 AA   137 556 98 152 24 6 38 96 7 18 36 63 .273 .318 .543 .861 89.2  
2013 24 AA   136 537 79 137 26 7 35 95 12 13 31 45 .255 .296 .525 .821 81.0  
2014 25 AAA   17 71 8 18 3 1 2 11 3 1 1 3 .254 .264 .408 .672 7.6  
    AA   121 510 66 147 27 5 25 84 8 16 28 36 .288 .325 .508 .833 76.6  
2015 26 TN FF 12 8 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .250 .333 .625 .958 1.7 0.4
  IL GE 72 251 23 56 8 0 6 33 1 0 16 45 .223 .268 .327 .595 22.0 2.0
  TOT   84 259 26 58 8 0 7 35 1 0 17 46 .224 .270 .336 .606 23.7 2.5
    AAA   59 240 29 59 7 0 11 36 4 8 13 25 .246 .285 .413 .697 26.6  
2016 27 IL GE 154 558 52 126 24 6 11 60 1 3 21 90 .226 .250 .349 .599 48.9 5.1
2017 28 IL GE 121 328 31 70 12 1 8 40 0 1 15 51 .213 .247 .329 .576 25.3 2.0
2018 29 IL GE 96 198 28 49 5 3 5 22 0 2 14 47 .247 .297 .379 .676 19.9 2.2
2019 30 IL GE 63 125 13 35 6 1 0 12 0 1 5 32 .280 .308 .344 .652 11.6 1.4
  WA GE 19 27 5 9 2 0 2 8 0 0 1 6 .333 .357 .630 .987 5.1 1.3
  TOT   82 152 18 44 8 1 2 20 0 1 6 38 .289 .316 .395 .711 16.8 2.7
2020 31 WA GE 40 34 8 6 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 .176 .171 .235 .407 0.6 0.0
2021 32 WA GE 27 42 3 9 3 1 0 6 0 0 2 4 .214 .250 .333 .583 2.6 0.1
    AAA   60 245 48 80 14 5 19 70 9 3 13 33 .327 .360 .657 1.018 52.9  
2022 33 WA GE 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
    AAA   94 378 46 84 24 2 15 58 6 8 18 60 .222 .258 .415 .673 38.9  
2023 34 AAA   138 512 64 120 26 4 23 74 12 14 19 85 .234 .262 .436 .697 56.0  
8 Years Sim 610 1573 166 362 62 12 33 188 2 7 75 282 .230 .263 .348 .611 137.6 14.5
5 Years AAA 368 1446 195 361 74 12 70 249 34 34 64 206 .250 .281 .463 .744 181.9  
4 Years AA 463 1886 284 503 89 19 112 300 31 53 108 177 .267 .308 .512 .820 279.2  
5 Years A 576 2366 266 646 135 16 62 241 51 53 92 392 .273 .302 .422 .724 278.0  
14 Years Minors 1407 5698 745 1510 298 47 244 790 116 140 264 775 .265 .298 .462 .761 739.1  
162 Game Average 417 44 96 16 3 8 49 0 1 19 74 .230 .263 .348 .611 36.6  
Career Highs 154 558 52 126 24 6 11 60 1 3 21 90 .289 .316 .395 .711 48.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1073 116 239 36 6 23 132 2 4 53 205 .223 .257 .332 .589 89.3
vs LH   500 50 123 26 6 10 56 0 3 22 77 .246 .277 .382 .659 50.2
Home 317 801 93 205 33 7 16 102 1 4 41 136 .256 .291 .375 .665 84.2
Away 293 772 73 157 29 5 17 86 1 3 34 146 .203 .234 .320 .554 55.3
RISP   385 0 98 15 3 7 142 0 0 18 68 .255 .277 .364 .640 39.1
Pinch Hitting   121 13 33 6 1 1 17 1 1 6 26 .273 .307 .364 .671 12.8
Close/Late   228 49 49 8 0 4 22 0 1 15 47 .215 .263 .303 .566 17.6
Mar/Apr 86 232 22 58 6 3 4 16 0 1 5 37 .250 .265 .353 .618 20.4
May 90 239 24 54 5 1 7 41 0 1 12 49 .226 .259 .343 .602 21.2
June 98 222 26 51 14 1 3 15 2 0 11 46 .230 .263 .342 .605 19.6
July 112 269 31 71 20 1 6 42 0 2 16 49 .264 .303 .413 .716 31.9
August 113 312 31 71 10 3 7 40 0 1 18 42 .228 .268 .346 .614 28.6
Sep/Oct 110 299 32 57 7 3 6 34 0 2 13 59 .191 .224 .294 .518 17.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2015 26 TN FF SS 9 9 17.3 3 7 0 1 1.000 5.20 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 1 1 2.1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 0 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  IL GE SS 54 52 522.1 83 219 9 40 .971 5.21 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    2B 7 6 64.9 15 18 0 5 1.000 4.58 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 3 2 19.4 2 13 0 1 1.000 6.96 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  TOT   SS 63 61 539.4 86 226 9 41 .972 5.21   1.8
      2B 8 7 67.0 15 19 0 5 1.000 4.57   0.2
      3B 3 2 20.0 2 13 0 1 1.000 6.75   0.3
2016 27 IL GE SS 126 124 1086.3 155 502 11 92 .984 5.44 0 0 .000 0 7.8
    2B 23 23 195.3 50 76 5 17 .962 5.81 0 0 .000 0 0.6
2017 28 IL GE SS 62 60 496.0 69 224 4 43 .987 5.32 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    2B 48 28 264.0 64 101 2 26 .988 5.63 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    3B 3 0 11.0 0 7 0 1 1.000 5.73 0 0 .000 0 0.1
2018 29 IL GE 2B 45 38 341.7 79 160 3 26 .988 6.30 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    SS 15 10 89.7 14 39 1 8 .981 5.32 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    3B 6 0 17.0 2 5 0 1 1.000 3.71 0 0 .000 0 0.1
2019 30 IL GE 2B 26 16 160.4 43 72 2 16 .983 6.45 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    SS 9 7 69.7 13 39 2 7 .963 6.71 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 6 2 22.2 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.03 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  WA GE 2B 8 5 34.6 9 16 1 4 .962 6.50 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    SS 3 2 15.0 3 9 1 1 .923 7.20 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 2 0 4.8 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.88 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   2B 34 21 195.0 52 88 3 20 .979 6.46   1.2
      SS 12 9 84.7 16 48 3 8 .955 6.80   0.5
      3B 8 2 27.0 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.1
      LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
2020 31 WA GE 3B 8 3 31.0 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.32 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 5 1 14.0 3 6 0 1 1.000 5.79 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2021 32 WA GE SS 9 5 40.3 5 11 2 2 .889 3.57 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 4 3 26.0 0 10 0 2 1.000 3.46 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    2B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2022 33 WA GE 3B 2 0 4.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  SS 288 269 2338.4 345 1051 30 195 .979 5.37 0 0 .000 0 13.6
  2B 164 118 1078.0 264 451 13 96 .982 5.97 0 0 .000 0 5.3
  3B 34 10 136.0 7 49 0 5 1.000 3.71 0 0 .000 0 0.9
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   488 397 3554.4 616 1551 43 296 .981 5.49 0 0 .000 0 19.9
Career Highs   149 147 1281.7 205 578 16 109 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 32 WA GE 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Triples
2016-9-6
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
 
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  5. Scot Smith (949)
  6. Gunner Macangus (946)
  7. Bill Eatman (946)
  8. Toney Resendiz (942)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 28th overall pick, by Tennessee in 2007
Injured on 8/18/2007 with a Ruptured Disc Back, out for full season
Injured on 7/9/2008 with a Bruised Hand, out for 4 days
Injured on 9/1/2008 with a Blister On Finger, out for 6 days
Injured on 8/17/2009 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/15/2011 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 6/24/2013 with a Bruised Foot, out for 4 days
Injured on 5/21/2014 with a Bruised Ankle, out for 5 days
Had first career hit on 6/19/2015, off Joseph Melboure (Fla)
Hit first career homerun on 7/8/2015, off Avelino Elias (Mas)
Traded from Tennessee to Illinois on 7/11/2015 (Going to Ill: SS Faustino Jimenez, P Geronimo Padilla, P Soutarou Seika, 2B Howard Bittinger. Going to Ten: P Leo Cleland, CF Floyd Perreira, 2B Carlos Pena)
Won Mays Award at Shortstop in 2016
Injured on 6/5/2017 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Traded from Illinois to Washington on 7/31/2019 (Going to WA: C Yuuhiko Shosuke, SS Howard Bittinger, IL's 3rd round pick in 2020. Going to IL: P Allen Clarkson, P James Glasper)
Injured on 8/26/2021 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Won National Cup Series with Washington in 2021
Injured on 7/3/2022 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 5 days
 
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