Mickey Witek

Nicholas Joseph Witek

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: December 19, 1915 in Luzerne, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1940
Teams (by GP): Giants/Yankees 1940-1949

Final Game: May 1, 1949
Died: August 24, 1990 in Kingston, PA
Buried: St. John Cemetery, Dallas, PA
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	Awards
1940	NYG	NL	24	SS	89	85	80	521	192	307	22	46	.958	5.61	.950	5.50
1940	NYG	NL	24	2B	32	29	28	177	65	105	7	16	.960	5.31	.964	5.61
1941	NYG	NL	25	2B	23	23	23	150	70	70	10	17	.933	6.09	.962	5.60
1942	NYG	NL	26	2B	147	145	142	830	371	441	18	72	.978	5.52	.968	5.61
1943	NYG	NL	27	2B	153	153	153	937	401	505	31	90	.967	5.92	.969	5.76	MVP-12
1946	NYG	NL	30	2B	42	39	36	210	102	100	8	19	.962	4.81	.970	5.55
1946	NYG	NL	30	3B	35	27	24	98	36	50	12	4	.878	2.46	.952	3.08
1947	NYG	NL	31	2B	40	36	36	231	102	125	4	27	.983	5.68	.975	5.57
1947	NYG	NL	31	3B	3	3	1	8	3	3	2	1	.750	2.00	.948	3.07
	6 Seasons			2B	437	425	418	2535	1111	1346	78	241	.969	5.62	.969	5.65
	1 Season			SS	89	85	80	521	192	307	22	46	.958	5.61	.950	5.50
	2 Seasons			3B	38	30	25	106	39	53	14	5	.868	2.42	.952	3.08
	7 Seasons			TOT	564	540	523	3162	1342	1706	114	292	.964	5.40	.965	5.46

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos
1940	NYG	NL	24	SS
1940	NYG	NL	24	2B
1941	NYG	NL	25	2B
1942	NYG	NL	26	2B
1943	NYG	NL	27	2B
1946	NYG	NL	30	2B
1946	NYG	NL	30	3B
1947	NYG	NL	31	2B
1947	NYG	NL	31	3B
	6 Seasons			2B
	1 Season			SS
	2 Seasons			3B
	7 Seasons			TOT

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	2B	3B	SS	PH	PR
1940	NYG	NL	24	119	114	119	118	32	0	89	1	0
1941	NYG	NL	25	26	23	26	23	23	0	0	0	3
1942	NYG	NL	26	148	145	148	147	147	0	0	1	0
1943	NYG	NL	27	153	153	153	153	153	0	0	0	0
1946	NYG	NL	30	82	66	82	73	44	34	0	9	0
1947	NYG	NL	31	51	39	51	43	40	3	0	8	0
1949	NYY	AL	33	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1
	7 Seasons			581	540	581	557	439	37	89	20	4

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1943 NL (12, 6%) 0.06 Career Shares (1057th)	Assists† s c a p y 1942 NL 441 (4th) 1943 NL 505 (3rd)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1943 NL 31 (5th)	Def. Games as 2B s c a p y 1942 NL 147 (2nd) 1943 NL 153 (1st)
Putouts as 2B s c a p y 1942 NL 371 (2nd) 1943 NL 401 (1st)	Assists as 2B s c a p y 1942 NL 441 (1st) 1943 NL 505 (1st)	Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y 1943 NL 31 (1st)	Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y 1942 NL 5.52 (2nd) 1943 NL 5.92 (3rd)
Fielding % as 2B s c a p y 1942 NL .978 (1st) 1943 NL .967 (5th)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1940 NL 5.61 (2nd)	Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1940 NL .958 (5th)

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