George Witt
George Adrian Witt (Red)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 9, 1933 in Long Beach, CA
High School: Banning (Compton, CA)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 1957
Final Game: June 10, 1962
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 9 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 5 442 240 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 90 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 63 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 51 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 48 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 53 1.891 11.7 1.2 5.3 5.9 1.11
6 Seasons 11 16 .407 4.32 66 38 8 5 3 0 229.0 225 127 110 24 127 5 156 4 1 5 1006 89 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 89 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 98 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 48 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 53 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 93 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 48 2.000 13.5 3.6 4.5 9.0 2.00

Postseason Pitching

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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*

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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
1958 24 PIT NL 18 441 374 22 78 11 0 2 8 6 59 81 .209 .318 .254 .572 .259 95 10 2 4 2 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
1960 26 PIT NL 10 121 102 18 33 4 0 3 5 4 12 15 .324 .388 .451 .839 .349 46 3 0 5 2 0
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
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
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
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
5 Seasons 65 985 837 121 221 33 3 23 29 13 122 155 .264 .358 .393 .751 .297 329 25 4 15 7 5
162 Game Avg. 43 657 558 81 147 22 2 15 19 9 81 103 .264 .358 .393 .751 .297 219 17 3 10 5 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 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 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 0 4 0 0 3 27% 41 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 61 26 2 1 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 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% 39 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% 38 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% 39 46 31 8 5 0 1 1.0 0.0 3.3
6 Seasons 66 38 10 16 12 2 4 18 20 .474 0 5 5 3 15 39% 50 87 18 42 15 8 24 3.9 3.4 4.9
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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 1.221 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 0.930 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 1 1 0 0 6 1.024 0 1 2 1 0 3 0 4 2 1 2 0 4.0
1961 27 PIT NL 9 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 8 0.465 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% 0.838 2 3 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 0.815 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 0.854 1 2 3 0 1 5 2 4 3 1 3 2 4.3
5 Seasons 65 28 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 13 10 77% 1.028 3 4 19 2 2 24 8 20 14 5 14 3 4.2

Ratio Pitching*

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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 45% 0.5% 18.4% 13.4% 3.0% 17% 0.85 66% 98 10 10%
1959 25 PIT NL 234 41% 3.0% 12.8% 13.7% 7.3% 29% 0.63 68% 48 6 13%
1960 26 PIT NL 120 47% 2.5% 12.4% 9.9% 5.8% 21% 0.91 71% 25 3 12%
1961 27 PIT NL 67 42% 7.5% 13.4% 7.5% 10.5% 41% 0.95 72% 9 2 22%
1962 28 TOT MLB 122 35% 4.9% 16.4% 11.5% 12.3% 43% 1.04 65% 22 4 18%
1962 28 LAA AL 49 35% 8.2% 20.4% 10.2% 12.2% 40% 0.73 61% 9 1 11%
1962 28 HOU NL 73 36% 2.7% 13.7% 12.3% 12.3% 45% 1.25 67% 13 3 23%
6 Seasons 997 43% 2.4% 15.6% 12.7% 6.0% 27% 0.83 67% 202 25 12%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 1 0 2 0
1960 26 PIT NL 120 33 3 0 0 1 2 1 2 3 3 0 100% 3 0 0 53 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 1 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 1 0 3 0
6 Seasons 979 225 24 0 14 14 9 12 11 41 23 8 56% 12 5 2 391 29 13 69% 24 12 4 1 1 0 2 0 18 5
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 9 6.750 27.0 6.8 33.8 6.8 0.20 9
1958 24 9 3 .750 2.10 19 16 0 5 3 0 107.1 82 28 25 3 64 3 82 2 0 5 455 185 1.360 6.9 0.3 5.4 6.9 1.28 185
1959 25 9 10 .474 3.65 34 27 2 5 3 0 158.0 140 71 64 10 96 5 112 3 1 5 689 106 1.494 8.0 0.6 5.5 6.4 1.17 106
1960 26 10 12 .455 3.73 44 33 2 5 3 0 188.0 173 89 78 13 108 5 127 3 1 5 817 103 1.495 8.3 0.6 5.2 6.1 1.18 103
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 98 1.488 8.4 0.8 5.0 6.0 1.20 98
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 89 1.537 8.8 0.9 5.0 6.1 1.23 89

Neutralized Pitching

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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 27.00 2.0 4 7 6 1 5 2 0 4.500 18.0 22.5 9.0 0.40 4.5 1
1958 24 9 2 .818 1.78 106.0 82 23 21 2 62 81 2 1.358 7.0 5.3 6.9 1.31 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 18 12 11 5 5 9 0 1.438 10.1 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 Seasons 11 11 .500 4.66 226.0 237 130 117 24 133 154 4 1.637 9.4 6.1 1.16 1.0 66

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y
1958 NL--3--2nd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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