1. Early years

2. San Francisco Giants

3. Chicago White Sox

4. Career stats

5. References

6. External links

• San Francisco Giants ({{baseball year|1970}})
• Chicago White Sox ({{Baseball year|1974}}–{{Baseball year|1975}})

Early years

Pitlock was born in Hillside, Illinois, and attended Immaculate Conception High School in Elmhurst, Illinois. Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the eleventh round of the 1969 Major League Baseball draft out of Southern Illinois University, Pitlock went 10-2 with a 2.20 earned run average in his first professional season with the Pioneer League Great Falls Giants and California League Fresno Giants to jump all the way to triple A for his sophomore season.

San Francisco Giants

Just about a year to the day after signing with the Giants, Pitlock earned his first call to the major leagues in June, {{baseball year|1970}}. Starting against Bob Gibson and the St. Louis Cardinals, Pitlock was tagged for four runs in the first three innings and took the loss in his major league debut.^[2] His finest performance was a complete game victory on August 3 against the Los Angeles Dodgers, in which he allowed two unearned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out nine.^[3] For the season, Pitlock went 5-5 with a 4.66 ERA in fifteen starts. He also made thirteen starts for the Phoenix Giants, going 10-3 with a 2.46 ERA.

He spent the next two seasons with Phoenix, going a combined 15-21 with a 4.93 ERA. Originally a starter when he signed with the Giants, Pitlock began seeing more work in relief in {{baseball year|1971}} & {{baseball year|1972}}. During Spring training {{baseball year|1973}}, he was traded to the Chicago White Sox for Chuck Hartenstein and Glenn Redmon.

Chicago White Sox

Pitlock went 8-8 with a 4.05 ERA for the Denver Bears in {{baseball year|1973}}. He earned a job in Chicago's bullpen out of Spring training {{baseball year|1974}}, going 2-2 with a 4.01 ERA in 35 relief appearances, and earning his only career save on June 19 against the Cleveland Indians.^[4] He also made five starts, going 1-1 with a 6.20 ERA.

Pitlock faced just one major league batter, Billy Williams in {{baseball year|1975}}, and gave up an RBI single. He was 4-1 with a 3.91 ERA for the Denver Bears mostly in relief. On June 15, {{baseball year|1975}} he and Stan Bahnsen were traded to the Oakland Athletics for Dave Hamilton and Chet Lemon.^[5]

Upon his acquisition by the A's, he was assigned to the Pacific Coast League's Tucson Toros, and converted back into a starter. He spent one more season as a minor leaguer before retiring.

Career stats

A below average fielder and hitter, Pitlock committed four errors in 1974, and struck out eighteen times in 25 career at-bats. His one career home run came on August 8, 1970 against Wade Blasingame of the Houston Astros.^[6]

References

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