Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1981
- College
- Southern
Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1981
- College
- Southern
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 139
- AB
- 285
- R
- 29
- H
- 75
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 16
- SB
- 13
- AVG
- .263
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | HOU | 52 | 135 | 11 | 38 | 0 | 7 | 4 | .281 |
| 1982 |  HOU/SD | 70 | 128 | 16 | 32 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .250 |
| 1984 | SF | 17 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .227 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 2
- AB
- 2
- R
- 0
- H
- 0
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 0
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .000
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 312
- TB
- 86
- XBH
- 9
- HBP
- 0
- IBB
- 5
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | HOU | 149 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | HOU/SD | 140 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | SF | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 0.4
- RC
- 28.2
- RC/27
- 3.40
- ISOP
- .039
- SECA
- .126
- BB/K
- 0.54
- AB/HR
- 0.0
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | HOU | -0.2 | 15.9 | 4.1 | .059 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | HOU/SD | 0.9 | 11.6 | 3.1 | .023 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | SF | -0.3 | 0.7 | 1.1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Joe Pittman's career stats?
Joe Pittman played 3 seasons for the Astros and the Giants. He was a career .263 hitter with 75 hits, 0 home runs and 16 RBI. His best season was 1981: a .281 batting average, 0 home runs and 7 RBI.
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