Red Bittmann
{{Short description|American baseball player (1862–1929)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Red Bittman
|position=Second baseman
|image=
|bats=Unknown
|throws=Unknown
|birth_date={{Birth date|1862|7|22|mf=y}}
|birth_place=Cincinnati
|death_date={{death date and age|1929|11|8|1862|7|22}}
|death_place=Cincinnati
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=October 10
|debutyear=1889
|debutteam=Kansas City Cowboys
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=October 14
|finalyear=1889
|finalteam=Kansas City Cowboys
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=Batting average
|stat1value=.286
|stat2label=Home runs
|stat2value=0
|stat3label=Runs batted in
|stat3value=2
|teams=
- Kansas City Cowboys (1889)
}}
Henry Peter "Red" Bittman (July 22, 1862 – November 8, 1929) was an American second baseman and occasional umpire in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played one season for the Kansas City Cowboys.
Playing career
In {{Baseball year|1889}}, he played in the last four games for the Kansas City Cowboys of the American Association, from October 10 to October 14. He was the seventh person to play second base for the team during that season.
Bittman was an excellent fielder, handling 21 chances without an error. At the plate, he went 4-for-14 (.286) with 2 runs batted in and 2 runs scored, and his team went 2-2 against the Cincinnati Red Stockings and Louisville Colonels during his short run as a regular.
Bittman also occasionally served as an umpire, working a total of ten games – six of them behind the plate. His first experience was in Cincinnati for the American Association, five days before he played in his first game for the Cowboys. Then, he umpired nine National League games between {{Baseball year|1892}} and {{Baseball year|1897}}.
Sources
{{Baseballstats |mlb= |espn= |br=b/bittmre01 |fangraphs= |cube= |brm=}}
External links
- [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Pbittr101.htm Retrosheet]
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Category:Major League Baseball second basemen
Category:Major League Baseball umpires
Category:19th-century baseball players
Category:19th-century American sportsmen
Category:Baseball players from Cincinnati
Category:Kansas City Cowboys (AA) players
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