- Tim Birtsas
Infobox MLB retired
name=Tim Birtsas
position=Pitcher
bats=Left
throws=Left
birthdate=birth date and age|1960|9|5
city-state|Pontiac|Michigan
debutdate=May 3
debutyear=by|1985
debutteam=Oakland Athletics
finaldate=October 3
finalyear=by|1990
finalteam=Cincinnati Reds
stat1label=Win-Loss record
stat1value=14-14
stat2label=ERA
stat2value=4.08
stat3label=Strikeout s
stat3value=231
teams=
*Oakland Athletics (1985-86)
*Cincinnati Reds (1988-90)
*Yakult Swallows (1991)Timothy Dean Birtsas (born
September 5 ,1960 inPontiac, Michigan ), is a former professional baseball player who pitched in theMajor Leagues from 1985–1986 and from 1988–1990. Birtsas Was a member of the Nasty Boys, a dominant bullpen for the1990 World Series champion Cincinnati Reds, along withRob Dibble ,Randy Myers ,Norm Charlton andTim Layana although he and Layana are rarely credited with being part of that championship group, and Birtsas did not actually appear in the World Series.Birtsas was originally selected in the 2nd round of the
1982 Major League Baseball Draft by theNew York Yankees . OnDecember 5 , by|1984, he was traded by theNew York Yankees withJay Howell ,Stan Javier ,Eric Plunk , andJose Rijo to theOakland Athletics forRickey Henderson ,Bert Bradley , and cash.Birtsas made his major league debut in May, by|1985 for the A's. He won 10 games as a rookie for Oakland. The next season, though, he pitched in just two games in the majors, spending most of the season with the Class AAA
Tacoma Tigers . In by|1987, Birtsas spent the entire season in the minors, and after the season was traded to the Reds with Jose Rijo forDave Parker . Birtsas played most of the next three seasons in Cincinnati, although he spent time at AAA in both by|1988 and by|1990. After the season, he was released by the Reds, and pitched in by|1991 for the Yakult Swallows in Japan.External links
*baseballstats |mlb= |espn= |br=b/birtsti01 |fangraphs=1000985 |cube=B/tim-birtsas
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=birtsti01 Baseball Almanac]
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