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Bobby Witt
Robert Andrew Witt

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: May 11, 1964 in Arlington, VA
High School: Canton (Canton, MA)
School: University of Oklahoma
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1985 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1986
Final Game: October 7, 2001
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1987	23	TEX	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1990	26	TEX	AL	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1993	29	OAK	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1994	30	OAK	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1995	31	TOT	MLB	21	38	32	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1		.063	.088	.094	.182	-52	3	0	0	4	1	0	1
1995	31	FLA	NL	21	38	32	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	10	.063	.088	.094	.182	-52	3	0	0	4	1	0	1

1997	33	TEX	AL	3	6	6	1	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	1.000	1.333	224	6	0	0	0	0	0	1
1998	34	TOT	MLB	17	13	11	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.182	.250	.273	.523	38	3	0	0	1	0	0	1
1998	34	TEX	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1998	34	STL	NL	16	12	10	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.200	.273	.300	.573	51	3	0	0	1	0	0	1
1999	35	TBD	AL	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

2001	37	ARI	NL	14	13	12	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.250	.250	.250	.500	26	3	0	0	1	0	0	1
16 Seasons				62	73	64	2	9	3	0	1	5	0	0	2	15	.141	.164	.234	.399	2	15	0	0	6	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	191	167	5	24	8	0	3	13	0	0	5	39	.141	.164	.234	.399	2	39	0	0	16	3	0

TEX (11 yrs)				8	8	8	2	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.750	1.000	144	6	0	0	0	0	0
OAK (3 yrs)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
ARI (1 yr)				14	13	12	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.250	.250	.250	.500	26	3	0	0	1	0	0
TBD (1 yr)				1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
STL (1 yr)				16	12	10	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.200	.273	.300	.573	51	3	0	0	1	0	0
FLA (1 yr)				21	38	32	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	10	.063	.088	.094	.182	-52	3	0	0	4	1	0

AL (15 yrs)				11	10	10	2	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.600	.800	95	6	0	0	0	0	0
NL (3 yrs)				51	63	54	0	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	22	.130	.158	.167	.325	-15	9	0	0	6	1	0

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1987	23	TEX	AL	1	1	0	0.0	106		.000	.265	.000	.333	.000	.426	.000	.759	-100	.000	-0.3	0.0	.000	.000	.000

1995	31	TOT	MLB	38	35	0	0.0	108	.061	.063	.272	.088	.341	.094	.423	.182	.764	-52	.000	-7.2	-0.7	.133	.063	.031
1995	31	FLA	NL	38	35	0	0.0	108	.087	.063	.272	.088	.341	.094	.423	.182	.764	-52	.000	-7.2	-0.7	.133	.063	.031

1997	33	TEX	AL	6	4	2	13.4	113	.250	.333	.277	.333	.347	1.000	.438	1.333	.786	224	.851	1.0	0.1	1.500	.667	.667	.0
1998	34	TOT	MLB	13	10	1	2.7	108	.333	.182	.270	.250	.340	.273	.426	.523	.766	38	.250	-1.0	-0.1	.444	.182	.091
1998	34	TEX	AL	1	1	0	0.0	113	.000	.000	.276	.000	.346	.000	.440	.000	.786	-100	.000	-0.3	0.0	.000	.000	.000
1998	34	STL	NL	12	9	1	3.0	107	.400	.200	.269	.273	.339	.300	.424	.573	.764	51	.290	-0.7	-0.1	.500	.200	.100
1999	35	TBD	AL	2	2	0	0.0	114	.000	.000	.275	.000	.348	.000	.440	.000	.788	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

2001	37	ARI	NL	13	10	1	2.7	118	.600	.250	.278	.250	.350	.250	.455	.500	.805	26	.240	-1.4	-0.1	.333	.000	.000
16 Seasons				73	62	4	1.7	110	.163	.141	.273	.164	.343	.234	.431	.399	.775	2	.128	-9.5	-0.9	.309	.125	.094	.0
162 Game Avg.				191	162	10	1.7	110	.163	.141	.273	.164	.343	.234	.431	.399	.775	2	.128	-9.5	-0.9	.309	.125	.094

TEX (11 yrs)				8	6	2	8.9	112	.200	.250	.275	.250	.345	.750	.437	1.000	.782	144	.732	0.4	0.1	1.000	.500	.500	.0
ARI (1 yr)				13	10	1	2.7	118	.600	.250	.278	.250	.350	.250	.455	.500	.805	26	.240	-1.4	-0.1	.333	.000	.000
TBD (1 yr)				2	2	0	0.0	114	.000	.000	.275	.000	.348	.000	.440	.000	.788	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
STL (1 yr)				12	9	1	3.0	107	.400	.200	.269	.273	.339	.300	.424	.573	.764	51	.290	-0.7	-0.1	.500	.200	.100
FLA (1 yr)				38	35	0	0.0	108	.087	.063	.272	.088	.341	.094	.423	.182	.764	-52	.000	-7.2	-0.7	.133	.063	.031

AL (15 yrs)				10	8	2	6.7	113	.167	.200	.275	.200	.346	.600	.438	.800	.783	95	.613	-0.2	0.0	.750	.400	.400	.0
NL (3 yrs)				63	54	2	1.0	110	.212	.130	.273	.158	.343	.167	.430	.325	.773	-15	.051	-9.3	-0.9	.234	.074	.037

Postseason Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G
2001	37	ARI	NL	NLCS	ATL	W	1
2001	37	ARI	NL	WS	NYY	W	1
1 Season (2 Series)							2
1 NLCS							1
1 WS							1

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1987	23	TEX	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%

1995	31	TOT	MLB	38	0.0%	26.3%	2.6%	2.6%	50%	10.00	3.2		16.0	0.69	1.08	61%	0%	0.0%	31%
1995	31	FLA	NL	38	0.0%	26.3%	2.6%	2.6%	50%	10.00	3.2		16.0	0.69	1.08	61%	0%	0.0%	31%

1997	33	TEX	AL	6	16.7%	16.7%	0.0%	33.3%	100%		6.0	6.0	3.0	0.67	1.00	67%	20%	33.3%	0%
1998	34	TOT	MLB	13	0.0%	38.5%	7.7%	7.7%	50%	5.00	2.2		11.0	4.00	4.00	46%	0%		100%
1998	34	TEX	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	0.00	100%	0%		100%
1998	34	STL	NL	12	0.0%	41.7%	8.3%	8.3%	50%	5.00	2.0		10.0			42%	0%
1999	35	TBD	AL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			0.00	0.00	50%	0%	0.0%	0%

2001	37	ARI	NL	13	0.0%	53.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.7			0.67		38%	50%	0.0%	0%
16 Seasons				73	1.4%	34.3%	2.7%	5.5%	44%	12.50	2.6	64.0	12.8	0.81	1.38	53%	9%	6.3%	24%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1987	23	TEX	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1995	31	TOT	MLB	0	0	0%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	31	FLA	NL	0	0	0%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1997	33	TEX	AL	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	34	TOT	MLB	0	0	0%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	34	TEX	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	34	STL	NL	0	0	0%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	35	TBD	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2001	37	ARI	NL	0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
16 Seasons				0	0	10%	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	75%	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1987	23	TEX	AL	1	0%	0			1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1995	31	TOT	MLB	38	45%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	80%	7	0	0%	8	3	38%	23	2	9%	1	1	100%	2	1	50%	0
1995	31	FLA	NL	38	45%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	80%	7	0	0%	8	3	38%	23	2	9%	1	1	100%	2	1	50%	0

1997	33	TEX	AL	6	0%	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	1	100%	0	0		0	0		0
1998	34	TOT	MLB	13	23%	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	3	0	0%	4	0	0%	8	1	13%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1998	34	TEX	AL	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1998	34	STL	NL	12	25%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	3	0	0%	4	0	0%	8	1	13%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1999	35	TBD	AL	2	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

2001	37	ARI	NL	13	31%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	4	0	0%	11	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
16 Seasons				73	33%	9	1	1	3	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	8	6	75%	12	0	0%	16	3	19%	44	4	9%	3	1	33%	3	1	33%	0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1995	31	TOT	MLB	32	98	3.06	68	70%	15%	26%	25%	34%	85%	0%	59%	69%	48%	3%	1	0	13%	4	1	3%	1	1	50%	6	1	0
1995	31	FLA	NL	32	98	3.06	68	70%	15%	26%	25%	34%	85%	0%	59%	69%	48%	3%	1	0	13%	4	1	3%	1	1	50%	6	1	0

1997	33	TEX	AL	6	19	3.17	12	63%	25%	25%	8%	42%	75%	0%	47%	67%	67%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
1998	34	TOT	MLB	13	48	3.69	31	65%	35%	19%	23%	23%	65%	0%	42%	70%	38%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	8%	1	0	40%	0	0	0
1998	34	TEX	AL	1	3	3.00	2	67%	50%	0%	0%	50%	50%	0%	33%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
1998	34	STL	NL	12	45	3.75	29	64%	34%	21%	24%	21%	66%	0%	42%	68%	42%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	8%	1	0	40%	0	0	0
1999	35	TBD	AL	2	5	2.50	4	80%	0%	75%	0%	25%	100%	0%	80%	25%	100%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0

2001	37	ARI	NL	13	44	3.38	36	82%	22%	31%	31%	17%	78%	0%	64%	61%	54%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	29%	0	0	0
5 Seasons				66	214	3.24	151	71%	21%	27%	24%	28%	79%	0%	56%	66%	51%	2%	1	0	6%	4	1	3%	2	1	36%	6	1	0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH	SF
1987	23	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1988	24	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1989	25	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1990	26	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1991	27	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1992	28	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1993	29	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1994	30	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1995	31	27	39	33	1	2	1	0	2	1	1	.061	.086	.091	.177	-53	3	4	1
1996	32	27	39	33	1	2	1	0	2	1	1	.061	.086	.091	.177	-53	3	4	1
1997	33	30	45	39	2	4	2	1	4	1	2	.103	.122	.231	.353	-10	9	4	1
1998	34	47	58	50	2	6	3	1	5	2	7	.120	.151	.240	.391	1	12	5	1
1999	35	48	60	52	2	6	3	1	5	2	8	.115	.145	.231	.376	-3	12	5	1
2000	36	48	60	52	2	6	3	1	5	2	8	.115	.145	.231	.376	-3	12	5	1
2001	37	62	73	64	2	9	3	1	5	2	15	.141	.164	.234	.399	2	15	6	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1987	23	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1

1995	31	24	38	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.000	.026	.000	.026	0	21

1997	33	3	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	3
1998	34	17	12	11	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	5	.182	.250	.273	.523	1	17
1999	35	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1

2001	37	14	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	14
6 Seasons		60	71	68	1	2	1	0	0	3	0	2	26	.029	.056	.044	.100	4	57
162 Game Avg.		162	192	184	3	5	3	0	0	8	0	5	70	.029	.056	.044	.100	11	57

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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Win Probability and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

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