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Red Witt

George Adrian Witt (Red)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 9, 1933 in Long Beach, CA
High School: Banning HS (Compton, CA)
Signed
by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 1957
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Colt.45's/Angels 1957-1962

Final Game: June 10, 1962
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1951 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1957 23 PIT NL 0 1 .000 40.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 4 6 6 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 13 12 6.750 27.0 6.8 33.8 6.8 0.20
1958 24 PIT NL 9 2 .818 1.61 18 15 0 5 3 0 106.0 78 22 19 2 59 3 81 2 0 5 442 241 1.292 6.6 0.2 5.0 6.9 1.37
1959 25 PIT NL 0 7 .000 6.93 15 11 2 0 0 0 50.2 58 43 39 7 32 2 30 1 1 0 234 56 1.776 10.3 1.2 5.7 5.3 0.94
1960 26 PIT NL 1 2 .333 4.20 10 6 0 0 0 0 30.0 33 18 14 3 12 0 15 0 0 0 128 91 1.500 9.9 0.9 3.6 4.5 1.25
1961 27 PIT NL 0 1 .000 6.32 9 1 3 0 0 0 15.2 17 12 11 5 5 0 9 0 0 0 67 64 1.404 9.8 2.9 2.9 5.2 1.80
1962 28 TOT MLB 1 3 .250 7.46 13 4 3 0 0 0 25.1 35 26 21 6 14 0 20 1 0 0 122 52 1.934 12.4 2.1 5.0 7.1 1.43
1962 28 LAA AL 1 1 .500 8.10 5 2 1 0 0 0 10.0 15 12 9 4 5 0 10 0 0 0 49 49 2.000 13.5 3.6 4.5 9.0 2.00
1962 28 HOU NL 0 2 .000 7.04 8 2 2 0 0 0 15.1 20 14 12 2 9 0 10 1 0 0 73 55 1.891 11.7 1.2 5.3 5.9 1.11
6 Yrs 11 16 .407 4.32 66 38 8 5 3 0 229.0 225 127 110 24 127 5 156 4 1 5 1006 90 1.537 8.8 0.9 5.0 6.1 1.23
162 Game Avg. 7 10 .407 4.32 43 25 5 3 2 0 150 147 83 72 16 83 3 102 3 1 3 658 90 1.537 8.8 0.9 5.0 6.1 1.23
PIT (5 yrs) 10 13 .435 3.93 53 34 5 5 3 0 203.2 190 101 89 18 113 5 136 3 1 5 884 99 1.488 8.4 0.8 5.0 6.0 1.20
LAA (1 yr) 1 1 .500 8.10 5 2 1 0 0 0 10.0 15 12 9 4 5 0 10 0 0 0 49 49 2.000 13.5 3.6 4.5 9.0 2.00
HOU (1 yr) 0 2 .000 7.04 8 2 2 0 0 0 15.1 20 14 12 2 9 0 10 1 0 0 73 55 1.891 11.7 1.2 5.3 5.9 1.11
NL (6 yrs) 10 15 .400 4.15 61 36 7 5 3 0 219.0 210 115 101 20 122 5 146 4 1 5 957 94 1.516 8.6 0.8 5.0 6.0 1.20
AL (1 yr) 1 1 .500 8.10 5 2 1 0 0 0 10.0 15 12 9 4 5 0 10 0 0 0 49 49 2.000 13.5 3.6 4.5 9.0 2.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1957 23 PIT NL 1.1 1 1 6 40.50 4.12 0.47 0.00 96.0 3.50 -5 -0.4 -0.0 -0.3 -5 .150 .498 $
1958 24 PIT NL 106.0 18 15 22 1.87 4.41 0.33 0.00 99.6 4.06 26 3.0 .3 -0.1 3.9 37 .667 .519 $
1959 25 PIT NL 50.2 15 11 43 7.64 4.68 0.02 0.00 94.8 4.41 -18 -1.7 .1 0.1 -1.2 -13 .384 .489 $
1960 26 PIT NL 30.0 10 6 18 5.40 4.42 0.25 0.01 97.6 4.08 -4 -0.5 .3 0.0 -0.2 -1 .454 .497 $
1961 27 PIT NL 15.2 9 1 12 6.89 4.58 -0.05 -0.08 100.9 4.59 -4 -0.4 .3 0.1 -0.2 -2 .455 .498 $
1962 28 LAA AL 10.0 5 2 12 10.80 4.68 -0.02 -0.01 101.8 4.78 -7 -0.6 1.2 -0.0 -0.6 -6 .377 .496 $
1962 28 HOU NL 15.1 8 2 14 8.22 4.73 -0.57 -0.08 95.6 4.99 -6 -0.5 .6 0.0 -0.4 -4 .431 .497 $
6 Seasons 229.0 66 38 127 4.99 4.51 0.15 -0.01 98.2 4.27 -19 -1.1 .4 0.1 1.0 6 .483 .499 $
PIT (5 yrs) 203.2 53 34 101 4.46 4.49 0.21 -0.01 98.2 4.19 -7 0.0 .3 0.0 2.0 16 .501 .500 $
LAA (1 yr) 10.0 5 2 12 10.80 4.68 -0.02 -0.01 101.8 4.78 -7 -0.6 1.2 -0.0 -0.6 -6 .377 .496 $
HOU (1 yr) 15.1 8 2 14 8.22 4.73 -0.57 -0.08 95.6 4.99 -6 -0.5 .6 0.0 -0.4 -4 .431 .497 $

Postseason Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1960 26 PIT NL WS W NYY 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 5 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 15 2.625 16.9 0.0 6.8 3.4 0.50
1 WS 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 5 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 15 2.625 16.9 0.0 6.8 3.4 0.50

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1958 24 PIT NL 18 436 374 22 78 11 0 2 8 6 59 81 .209 .318 .254 .572 .259 95 10 2 4 2 3 3
1959 25 PIT NL 15 234 197 43 58 9 1 7 7 2 32 30 .294 .396 .457 .853 .319 90 6 1 4 0 2 3
1960 26 PIT NL 10 128 109 18 33 4 0 3 5 4 12 15 .303 .366 .422 .788 .323 46 3 0 5 2 0 3
1961 27 PIT NL 9 67 62 12 17 1 1 5 2 1 5 9 .274 .328 .565 .893 .250 35 2 0 0 0 0 1
1962 28 HOU NL 8 73 59 14 20 6 1 2 5 0 9 10 .339 .423 .576 .999 .367 34 3 1 2 2 0 1
1962 28 LAA AL 5 49 43 12 15 2 0 4 2 0 5 10 .349 .408 .674 1.083 .367 29 1 0 0 1 0 1
1962 28 TOT MLB 13 122 102 26 35 8 1 6 7 0 14 20 .343 .417 .618 1.034 .367 63 4 1 2 3 0 2
5 Yrs 65 987 844 121 221 33 3 23 29 13 122 155 .262 .355 .390 .745 .294 329 25 4 15 7 5 12
162 Game Avg. 43 658 563 81 147 22 2 15 19 9 81 103 .262 .355 .390 .745 .294 219 17 3 10 5 3 8
MLB Averages .257 .325 .393 .718 .278

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1958 24 PIT NL 27.0 3.0 457 4.1 10.5 -6.4 1.22 2.1 1.2 24.1 2.7 1.22 21.9 0 0 3
1959 25 PIT NL -17.0 -1.6 246 -1.6 3.5 -5.1 .93 -1.6 -0.1 -15.7 -1.5 0.93 -16.6 0 0 4
1960 26 PIT NL -2.3 -0.2 136 -0.5 2.0 -2.5 1.01 -0.5 -0.0 -3.6 -0.4 1.01 -4.3 0 0 3
1961 27 PIT NL -3.7 -0.4 70 -0.4 0.5 -0.9 .45 -0.5 -0.3 -6.7 -0.6 0.45 -5.1 1 0 6
1962 28 TOT MLB -11.4 -1.1 128 -1.0 1.5 -2.5 .84 -1.2 -0.0 -13.6 -1.3 0.84 -12.3 2 2 4
1962 28 LAA AL -5.6 -0.5 51 -0.6 0.7 -1.2 .81 -0.7 0.0 -9.3 -0.9 0.81 -7.6 1 1 1
1962 28 HOU NL -5.8 -0.6 77 -0.5 0.8 -1.3 .86 -0.5 -0.0 -4.3 -0.4 0.86 -4.8 1 1 3
6 Yrs -12.4 -0.7 1037 0.5 18.1 -17.6 1.03 -1.7 2.3 -15.6 -1.1 1.02 -16.5 3 2 20

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1957 23 PIT NL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 18.0 18 18 0 1 5.0 1.3
1958 24 PIT NL 18 15 9 2 4 2 1 12 3 .800 0 0 5 3 10 67% 63.3 87 39 18 3 5 6 4.3 4.5 6.7
1959 25 PIT NL 15 11 0 7 4 0 2 2 9 .182 1 4 0 0 3 27% 41.4 55 19 12 6 2 8 3.2 1.5 3.9
1960 26 PIT NL 10 6 1 2 3 0 1 3 3 .500 0 1 0 0 2 33% 45.3 61 26 4 2 0 6 4.6 3.1 3.8
1961 27 PIT NL 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 53.0 53 53 1 0 0 1 2.0 1.5 6.3
1962 28 TOT MLB 13 4 0 3 1 0 0 1 3 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0.0 46 31 9 5 1 2 3.5 2.8 3.3
1962 28 LAA AL 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 37.5 38 37 1 0 1 1 6.0 6.0 3.3
1962 28 HOU NL 8 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 38.5 46 31 8 5 0 1 1.0 0.0 3.3
6 Yrs 66 38 10 16 12 2 4 18 20 .474 1 5 5 3 15 39% 50 87 18 44 16 8 24 3.9 3.4 4.9
MLB Averages .500 51% 51 115 -14 4.4 4.3 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1958 24 PIT NL 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.220 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 5.3
1959 25 PIT NL 15 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .933 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 4 3 0 3 0 5.5
1960 26 PIT NL 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.006 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 4 3 0 3 0 5.5
1961 27 PIT NL 9 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 8 .454 1 0 6 1 0 7 4 4 2 2 2 1 3.5
1962 28 TOT MLB 13 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75% .839 2 2 4 0 2 7 4 5 4 2 4 2 4.0
1962 28 LAA AL 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 2 .814 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 3.3
1962 28 HOU NL 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 7 .856 1 1 3 0 1 5 2 4 3 1 3 2 4.3
5 Yrs 65 28 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 10 77% 1.025 3 2 20 2 2 24 8 20 15 4 15 3 4.4

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1957 23 PIT NL 13 7.7% 7.7% 38.5% 7.7% 25% 46%
1958 24 PIT NL 441 55% 0.5% 18.6% 13.5% 3.0% 17% 0.85 67% 98 10 10%
1959 25 PIT NL 234 59% 3.0% 12.8% 13.7% 7.3% 29% 0.63 68% 48 6 13%
1960 26 PIT NL 128 53% 2.3% 11.7% 9.4% 5.5% 21% 0.89 73% 27 3 11%
1961 27 PIT NL 67 58% 7.5% 13.4% 7.5% 10.5% 41% 0.95 72% 9 2 22%
1962 28 TOT MLB 122 65% 4.9% 16.4% 11.5% 12.3% 43% 1.04 65% 22 4 18%
1962 28 LAA AL 49 65% 8.2% 20.4% 10.2% 12.2% 40% 0.73 61% 9 1 11%
1962 28 HOU NL 73 64% 2.7% 13.7% 12.3% 12.3% 45% 1.25 67% 13 3 23%
6 Yrs 1005 57% 2.4% 15.6% 12.7% 6.0% 27% 0.82 68% 204 25 12%
MLB Averages 51% 2.4% 13.5% 8.8% 6.7% 29% 1.02 74% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1957 23 PIT NL 4 1 0
1958 24 PIT NL 436 78 2 0 9 2 0 0 2 13 3 5 23% 3 5 1 166 8 6 57% 7 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 5
1959 25 PIT NL 234 58 7 0 2 3 4 4 3 12 8 1 67% 3 0 1 94 7 2 78% 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1960 26 PIT NL 128 33 3 0 0 1 2 1 2 3 3 0 100% 3 0 0 55 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1961 27 PIT NL 67 17 5 0 1 3 2 4 1 3 1 0 33% 1 0 0 24 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 28 TOT MLB 122 35 6 0 2 5 1 3 3 10 8 2 80% 2 0 0 54 7 0 100% 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
1962 28 LAA AL 49 15 4 0 1 3 1 1 3 4 3 1 75% 1 0 0 20 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1962 28 HOU NL 73 20 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 6 5 1 83% 1 0 0 34 5 0 100% 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
6 Yrs 987 225 24 0 14 14 9 12 11 41 23 8 56% 12 5 2 393 29 13 69% 24 12 4 1 1 0 0 0 18 5
MLB Averages 52% 61%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1957 23 0 1 .000 40.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 4 6 6 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 13 12 6.750 27.0 6.8 33.8 6.8 0.20 12
1958 24 9 3 .750 2.10 19 16 0 5 3 0 107.1 82 28 25 3 64 3 82 2 0 5 455 186 1.360 6.9 0.3 5.4 6.9 1.28 186
1959 25 9 10 .474 3.65 34 27 2 5 3 0 158.0 140 71 64 10 96 5 112 3 1 5 689 107 1.494 8.0 0.6 5.5 6.4 1.17 107
1960 26 10 12 .455 3.73 44 33 2 5 3 0 188.0 173 89 78 13 108 5 127 3 1 5 817 104 1.495 8.3 0.6 5.2 6.1 1.18 104
1961 27 10 13 .435 3.93 53 34 5 5 3 0 203.2 190 101 89 18 113 5 136 3 1 5 884 99 1.488 8.4 0.8 5.0 6.0 1.20 99
1962 28 11 16 .407 4.32 66 38 8 5 3 0 229.0 225 127 110 24 127 5 156 4 1 5 1006 90 1.537 8.8 0.9 5.0 6.1 1.23 90

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1957 23 0 0 31.50 2.0 4 8 7 1 5 1 0 4.500 18.0 22.5 4.5 0.20 4.5 1
1958 24 9 2 .818 1.70 106.0 83 22 20 2 63 81 2 1.377 7.0 5.3 6.9 1.29 0.2 18
1959 25 1 4 .200 7.71 49.0 62 47 42 7 34 29 1 1.959 11.4 6.2 5.3 0.85 1.3 15
1960 26 1 2 .333 4.66 29.0 35 17 15 3 13 14 0 1.655 10.9 4.0 4.3 1.08 0.9 10
1961 27 0 1 .000 6.19 16.0 17 12 11 5 5 9 0 1.375 9.6 2.8 5.1 1.80 2.8 9
1962 28 0 2 .000 8.25 24.0 36 24 22 6 14 19 1 2.083 13.5 5.3 7.1 1.36 2.3 13
6 Yrs 11 11 .500 4.66 226.0 237 130 117 24 134 153 4 1.642 9.4 6.1 1.14 1.0 66

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitcherss c a p y
1958 NL  3.9 (5th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1958 NL  3 (2nd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1958 NL  27 (2nd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1958 NL  3.0 (2nd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)s c a p y
1958 NL  24.05 (5th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)s c a p y
1958 NL  4.1 (1st)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)s c a p y
1958 NL  2.1 (2nd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)s c a p y
1958 NL  2.7 (5th)


Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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