Whitey Witt

Positions: Outfielder, Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-7, 150lb (170cm, 68kg)

Born: September 28, 1895 in Orange, MA us

Died: July 14, 1988 in Salem County, NJ

Buried: St. Joseph Church Cemetery, Woodstown, NJ

School: Bowdoin College (Brunswick, ME)

Debut: April 12, 1916 (Age 20-197d, 4,465th in major league history)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 19, 1926 (Age 30-325d)
vs. STL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1916 season

Full Name: Lawton Walter Witt

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1923 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.1

4171

1195

.287

632

RBI

300

OBP

.362

SLG

.364

OPS

.726

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1924 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1924 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	NYY	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 16	NYY	@	BOS	L,6-9	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 17	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-9	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 19	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
5	5	Apr 20	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-12	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	Apr 21	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 22	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
8	8	Apr 23	NYY		BOS	W,13-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
9	9	Apr 24	NYY		BOS	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
10	10	Apr 25	NYY		BOS	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	11	Apr 26	NYY		BOS	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
12	12	Apr 27	NYY		PHA	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
13	13	Apr 28	NYY	@	PHA	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
15	15	May 2	NYY		WSH	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	16	May 3	NYY		WSH	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	17	May 5	NYY		PHA	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	18	May 6	NYY		PHA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	19	May 7	NYY		PHA	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	20	May 10	NYY		CHW	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	21	May 13	NYY		CHW	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	22	May 14	NYY		SLB	L,1-11	CG	47	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
23	23	May 15	NYY		SLB	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	24	May 17	NYY		SLB	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	25	May 18	NYY		CLE	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	26	May 22	NYY		CLE	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	27	May 23	NYY		DET	W,7-6	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
28	28	May 24	NYY		DET	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	29	May 25	NYY		DET	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	30	May 26	NYY		DET	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
31	31	May 28 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	32	May 28 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	33	May 30 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	34	May 30 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	35	May 31 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	37 (1)	Jun 3	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
37	38	Jun 4	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	39	Jun 6	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	40	Jun 7	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	41	Jun 8	NYY	@	SLB	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	42	Jun 9	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	43	Jun 10	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	44	Jun 11	NYY	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	47 (2)	Jun 14	NYY	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	48	Jun 15	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-10	CG	36	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
46	49	Jun 16	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
47	50	Jun 17	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	51	Jun 18	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	40	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
49	52	Jun 21 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	53	Jun 21 (2)	NYY		BOS	T,3-3	CG	22	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	54	Jun 22	NYY		BOS	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	55	Jun 23 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	56	Jun 23 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	59 (2)	Jun 26	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
55	60	Jun 27 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,12-7	GS	28	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	61	Jun 27 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	62	Jun 28	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	54	12.0	4	0	1	5	0
58	63	Jun 30 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-4	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
59	64	Jun 30 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	65	Jul 1	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
61	66	Jul 2 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,8-9	CG	44	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
62	67	Jul 2 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
63	68	Jul 3	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-10	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	69	Jul 4 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
65	70	Jul 4 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
66	71	Jul 5 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	72	Jul 5 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	73	Jul 6	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
69	74	Jul 8 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
70	75	Jul 8 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	76	Jul 9	NYY		CHW	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
72	77	Jul 10 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
73	78	Jul 10 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,18-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	79	Jul 11	NYY		CHW	W,12-9	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	80	Jul 12	NYY		SLB	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	81	Jul 13	NYY		SLB	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
77	82	Jul 14 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,7-3	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
78	83	Jul 14 (2)	NYY		SLB	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	84	Jul 15	NYY		SLB	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	85	Jul 16	NYY		CLE	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
81	86	Jul 18 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
82	87	Jul 18 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	88	Jul 19	NYY		CLE	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	89	Jul 20 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	90	Jul 20 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
86	91	Jul 21	NYY		DET	L,7-9	CG	48	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
87	92	Jul 22	NYY		DET	L,1-3	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	93	Jul 23	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	47	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
89	95 (1)	Jul 26	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	64	14.0	6	0	0	6	0
90	96	Jul 27	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	44	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
91	97	Jul 28 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
92	98	Jul 28 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,12-10	CG	48	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
93	99	Jul 29	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	102 (2)	Aug 1	NYY	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
95	103	Aug 2	NYY	@	SLB	L,8-12	GS	37	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
96	104	Aug 3	NYY	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
97	105	Aug 4	NYY	@	DET	W,9-8	CG	50	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
98	106	Aug 5	NYY	@	DET	W,9-2	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
99	107	Aug 6	NYY	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	27	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	108	Aug 7	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
101	109	Aug 8	NYY	@	CLE	L,8-10	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	110	Aug 9	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
103	111	Aug 10	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
104	112	Aug 13 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
105	113	Aug 13 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	114	Aug 14	NYY		SLB	L,5-8	GS	34	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
107	115	Aug 16	NYY		CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
108	116	Aug 17	NYY		CHW	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
109	117	Aug 18	NYY		CHW	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
110	118	Aug 22	NYY		DET	L,6-8	CG	54	12.0	2	0	1	3	0
111	119	Aug 23	NYY		DET	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
112	120	Aug 24	NYY		DET	L,2-7	GS	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
113	121	Aug 25	NYY		CLE	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
114	122	Aug 27 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
115	123	Aug 27 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
116	124	Aug 28	NYY		WSH	L,6-11	CG	50	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
117	125	Aug 29	NYY		WSH	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
118	126	Aug 30	NYY		WSH	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
119	127	Aug 31	NYY		WSH	L,2-4	CG	39	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
120	128	Sep 1 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
121	129	Sep 1 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,12-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
122	130	Sep 2 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,6-14	GS	33	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
123	131	Sep 2 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
124	132	Sep 3	NYY		BOS	W,11-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
125	133	Sep 4	NYY		PHA	L,3-8	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
126	134	Sep 6	NYY		PHA	W,10-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
127	135	Sep 7	NYY		PHA	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
128	136	Sep 8	NYY	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
129	137	Sep 9	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
130	138	Sep 11 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
131	139	Sep 11 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
132	140	Sep 13	NYY	@	CHW	W,16-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
133	141	Sep 14	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
134	142	Sep 15	NYY	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
135	143	Sep 17 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
136	144	Sep 17 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
137	145	Sep 18	NYY	@	SLB	W,2-1	GS	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
138	146	Sep 19	NYY	@	DET	L,5-6	GS	19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
139	147	Sep 20	NYY	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	42	8.2	1	1	0	2	0
140	148	Sep 21	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
141	149	Sep 22	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
142	151 (1)	Sep 24	NYY	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
143	152	Sep 26	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
144	153	Sep 27	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
							144gm			358	9	9	376	2