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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1986 TEX AL 22 P 31 31 157.2 31 8 20 3 1 .903 1.60 0.90 .958 1.83 0.68
1987 TEX AL 23 P 26 25 143.0 25 8 17 0 1 1.000 1.57 0.96 .952 1.84 0.67
1988 TEX AL 24 P 22 22 174.1 34 15 15 4 2 .882 1.55 1.36 .965 1.78 0.67
1989 TEX AL 25 P 31 31 194.1 36 13 22 1 1 .972 1.62 1.13 .958 1.87 0.66
1990 TEX AL 26 P 33 32 222.0 41 18 18 5 2 .878 1.46 1.09 .956 1.78 0.59
1991 TEX AL 27 P 17 16 88.2 15 7 6 2 1 .867 1.32 0.76 .960 1.80 0.58
1992 TOT AL 28 P 31 31 193.0 35 14 20 1 2 .971 1.59 1.10 .951 1.72 0.56
1992 TEX AL 28 P 25 25 161.1 31 14 16 1 1 .968 1.67 1.20 .952 1.72 0.56
1992 OAK AL 28 P 6 6 31.2 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 1.14 0.67 .950 1.73 0.57
1993 OAK AL 29 P 35 33 220.0 54 12 39 3 5 .944 2.09 1.46 .954 1.79 0.56
1994 OAK AL 30 P 24 24 135.2 24 7 13 4 2 .833 1.33 0.83 .962 1.72 0.52
1995 TOT MLB 31 P 29 29 172.0 29 8 21 0 0 1.000 1.52 1.00 .955 1.82 0.52
1995 FLA NL 31 P 19 19 110.2 22 7 15 0 0 1.000 1.79 1.16 .955 1.84 0.51
1995 TEX AL 31 P 10 10 61.1 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.03 0.70 .957 1.79 0.53
1996 TEX AL 32 P 33 32 199.2 39 10 28 1 3 .974 1.71 1.15 .959 1.77 0.52
1997 TEX AL 33 P 34 32 209.0 38 10 27 1 2 .974 1.59 1.09 .955 1.71 0.49
1998 TOT MLB 34 P 31 18 116.2 19 5 12 2 2 .895 1.31 0.55 .963 1.81 0.52
1998 TEX AL 34 P 14 13 69.1 7 2 3 2 0 .714 0.65 0.36 .971 1.78 0.50
1998 STL NL 34 P 17 5 47.1 12 3 9 0 2 1.000 2.28 0.71 .958 1.84 0.54
1999 TBD AL 35 P 32 32 180.1 42 12 27 3 4 .929 1.95 1.22 .952 1.69 0.47
2000 CLE AL 36 P 7 2 15.1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.76 0.43 .967 1.64 0.46
2001 ARI NL 37 P 14 7 43.1 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.45 0.50 .957 1.74 0.46
16 Seasons P 430 397 2465.0 472 148 294 30 28 .936 1.61 1.03 .957 1.78 0.56
16 Seasons TOT 430 397 2465.0 472 148 294 30 28 .936 1.61 1.03 .893 1.78 0.56
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1986 TEX AL 22 31 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 TEX AL 23 27 0 1 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1988 TEX AL 24 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 TEX AL 25 31 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 TEX AL 26 35 0 3 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1991 TEX AL 27 17 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 TEX AL 28 25 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 OAK AL 28 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 OAK AL 29 35 0 1 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 OAK AL 30 25 0 1 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1995 FLA NL 31 21 19 21 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1995 TEX AL 31 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 TEX AL 32 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 TEX AL 33 35 2 3 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1998 STL NL 34 17 5 16 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 TEX AL 34 15 0 1 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1999 TBD AL 35 32 1 1 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 CLE AL 36 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 ARI NL 37 14 7 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Seasons 438 34 62 430 430 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1986 TEX AL 22 812 61% 17% 23 91% 0 8 0 7 20 14 4 3 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1987 TEX AL 23 726 58% 19% 16 94% 0 8 2 6 16 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 80%
1988 TEX AL 24 784 68% 26% 19 95% 1 14 0 11 19 12 2 4 1 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 5 80%
1989 TEX AL 25 911 69% 25% 25 88% 0 12 1 11 21 18 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 8 75%
1990 TEX AL 26 1008 67% 25% 20 95% 0 19 0 18 19 14 2 5 1 1 3 1 2 2 2 0 5 100%
1991 TEX AL 27 447 65% 23% 9 100% 0 7 1 3 6 4 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 100%
1992 TEX AL 28 742 73% 32% 18 100% 0 14 2 12 16 12 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1992 OAK AL 28 149 70% 32% 4 100% 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 100%
1993 OAK AL 29 982 77% 32% 49 82% 1 12 2 8 39 28 5 3 0 1 2 2 5 5 4 1 9 67%
1994 OAK AL 30 649 71% 27% 18 72% 0 7 0 5 13 9 1 4 0 0 4 2 2 1 2 0 2 50%
1995 FLA NL 31 488 70% 28% 17 88% 1 8 1 6 15 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1995 TEX AL 31 291 77% 30% 10 50% 1 1 0 1 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1996 TEX AL 32 929 73% 28% 35 77% 0 10 0 10 27 20 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 3 0 5 40%
1997 TEX AL 33 948 79% 28% 29 90% 0 10 1 8 27 20 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 5 60%
1998 STL NL 34 224 78% 34% 10 100% 0 3 1 1 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 100%
1998 TEX AL 34 341 82% 26% 4 75% 1 2 0 2 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1999 TBD AL 35 854 74% 28% 27 93% 2 12 1 10 27 16 4 3 0 2 1 2 4 4 4 0 5 60%
2000 CLE AL 36 82 85% 24% 3 100% 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 ARI NL 37 201 71% 28% 6 100% 0 1 0 1 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Seasons 11568 71% 27% 342 87% 8 148 12 120 296 213 33 30 2 8 20 13 28 21 25 3 67 78%
MLB Averages 76% 30% 90% 85%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* 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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