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Jerry Witte

Jerome Charles Witte

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 30, 1915 in St. Louis, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1946
Team: Browns 1946-1947

Final Game: July 13, 1947
Died: April 27, 2002 in Houston, TX
Buried: Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery, Houston, TX
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1946 SLB AL 30 1B 18 18 17 153 140 8 5 15 .967 8.22 .989 9.58
1947 SLB AL 31 1B 27 23 22 238 218 16 4 21 .983 8.67 .990 9.64
2 Seasons 1B 45 41 39 391 358 24 9 36 .977 8.49 .990 9.62
2 Seasons TOT 45 41 39 391 358 24 9 36 .977 8.49 .990 9.62
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • 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.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1946 SLB AL 30 18 18 18 18 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 SLB AL 31 34 23 34 27 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2 Seasons 52 41 52 45 0 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
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.

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