Johnnie Wittig

John Carl Wittig (Hans)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 16, 1914 in Baltimore, MD (All Transactions)
Debut: August 4, 1938
Teams (by GP): Giants/RedSox 1938-1949

Final Game: June 22, 1949
Died: February 24, 1999 in Nassawadox, VA
Buried: Lake View Memorial Park, Sykesville, MD
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Standard Batting

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	Pos	Awards
1935	21	JHN	C	32	64	64		12	2	0	3						.188	.188	.359	.547		23					JHN · MATL
1936	22	JHN	C	36	64	64		17	5	1	2						.266	.266	.469	.734		30					JHN · MATL
1937	23	CHC-min	D,B,AA	41	77	77		10	3	0	1						.130	.130	.208	.338		16					DOV,PTH,BLT · ESHL,PIED,IL
1938	24	BLT	AA	33	51	51		5	1	0	0						.098	.098	.118	.216		6					BLT · IL
1938	24	NYG	NL	13	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	1
1939	25	SFG-min	AA	33	57	57		9	3	0	0						.158	.158	.211	.368		12					JER · IL
1939	25	NYG	NL	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	/1

1940	26	SFG-min	AA	22	51	51		10	1	0	0						.196	.196	.216	.412		11					JER · IL
1941	27	NYG	NL	25	27	25	2	5	0	0	0	3	0		1	8	.200	.231	.200	.431	21	5	0	0	1	1

1942	28	SFG-min	AA	28	50	46	5	10	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	.217	.217	.239	.457		11	0	0	4		JER · IL
1943	29	NYG	NL	40	54	51	3	5	1	0	0	2	0		1	14	.098	.115	.118	.233	-33	6	0	0	2	1

1946	32	CIN-min	AAA	27	22	20	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.200	.238	.200	.438		4	0	0	1		SYR · IL
1947	33	CLE-min	AAA	39	56	51	2	5	1	0	1	2	0		3	15	.098	.148	.176	.325		9		0	2		BLT · IL
1948	34	CLE-min	AAA	33	63	59	5	7	2	0	0	1	0		3	25	.119	.161	.153	.314		9		0	1		BLT · IL
1949	35	BAL-min	AAA	31	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	6	.000	.125	.000	.125		0		0	0		BLT · IL
1949	35	BOS	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	/1
1950	36	STL-BAL-min	AAA	31	47	41	3	10	0	1	0	0	0		3	10	.244	.295	.293	.588		12		0	3		ROC,BLT · IL
1951	37	STL-min	AAA	19	8	8	0	2	1	0	0	1	0		0	2	.250	.250	.375	.625		3		0	0		ROC · IL
5 Yrs				84	97	91	5	10	1	0	0	5	0	0	2	28	.110	.129	.121	.250	-29	11	0	0	4
162 Game Avg.				162	187	176	10	19	2	0	0	10	0		4	54	.110	.129	.121	.250	-29	21	0	0	8

NYG (4 yrs)				83	97	91	5	10	1	0	0	5	0		2	28	.110	.129	.121	.250	-29	11	0	0	4
BOS (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0

NL (4 yrs)				83	97	91	5	10	1	0	0	5	0		2	28	.110	.129	.121	.250	-29	11	0	0	4
AL (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1938	24	NYG	NL	13	11	-3	0	0	0	1	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.487	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$	1
1939	25	NYG	NL	5	5	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.481	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/1

1941	27	NYG	NL	25	27	-3	0	0	0	3	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.0	1	$	1

1943	29	NYG	NL	40	54	-8	0	0	0	4	-4	-0.5	2	-2	-0.5	.488	.497	-0.5	0.0	-2	$	1

1949	35	BOS	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
5 Seasons				84	97	-16	0	0	0	9	-6	-0.7	3	-3	-0.8	.492	.499	-0.8	-0.0	-3	$

NYG (4 yrs)				83	97	-16	0	0	0	9	-6	-0.7	3	-3	-0.8	.491	.499	-0.8	-0.0	-3	$
BOS (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

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
1938	24	NYG	NL	11	11	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.276	.000	.340	.000	.393	.000	.733	-100	.000	-2.8	-0.3	.000	.000	.000
1939	25	NYG	NL	5	5	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.281	.000	.347	.000	.402	.000	.750	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1941	27	NYG	NL	27	21	1	1.3	96	.294	.200	.268	.231	.339	.200	.378	.431	.717	21	.104	-2.7	-0.3	.300	.040	.000

1943	29	NYG	NL	54	48	1	0.6	89	.135	.098	.265	.115	.333	.118	.359	.233	.693	-33	.027	-8.8	-1.0	.152	.039	.020
5 Yrs				97	85	2	0.6	93	.159	.110	.268	.129	.336	.121	.370	.250	.707	-29	.032	-15.7	-1.7	.160	.033	.011
162 Game Avg.				187	164	4	0.6	93	.159	.110	.268	.129	.336	.121	.370	.250	.707	-29	.032	-15.7	-1.7	.160	.033	.011

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1938	24	NYG	NL	11	0.0%	27.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.3				64%
1939	25	NYG	NL	5	0.0%	60.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.7				40%

1941	27	NYG	NL	27	0.0%	29.6%	3.7%	0.0%	0%	8.00	3.1		8.3		63%

1943	29	NYG	NL	54	0.0%	25.9%	1.9%	1.9%	20%	14.00	3.6		25.5		69%
5 Yrs				97	0.0%	28.9%	2.1%	1.0%	10%	14.00	3.3		18.2		65%
MLB Averages					1.4%	9.1%	9.2%	6.2%	26%	1.00	9.7	64.1	8.4	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	WPA/LI	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI
1938	24	NYG	NL	-2.8	-0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1939	25	NYG	NL	-1.4	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

1941	27	NYG	NL	-2.8	-0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

1943	29	NYG	NL	-8.8	-1.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

1949	35	BOS	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
5 Yrs				-15.8	-1.7	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1938	24	13	11	10	0	0	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1
1939	25	18	16	15	0	0	0	0		0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1
1940	26	18	16	15	0	0	0	0		0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1
1941	27	43	43	40	2	5	0	3		1	14	.125	.146	.125	.271	-24	5	2
1942	28	43	43	40	2	5	0	3		1	14	.125	.146	.125	.271	-24	5	2
1943	29	83	97	91	5	10	1	5		2	28	.110	.129	.121	.250	-29	11	4
1944	30	83	97	91	5	10	1	5		2	28	.110	.129	.121	.250	-29	11	4
1945	31	83	97	91	5	10	1	5		2	28	.110	.129	.121	.250	-29	11	4
1946	32	83	97	91	5	10	1	5		2	28	.110	.129	.121	.250	-29	11	4
1947	33	83	97	91	5	10	1	5		2	28	.110	.129	.121	.250	-29	11	4
1948	34	83	97	91	5	10	1	5		2	28	.110	.129	.121	.250	-29	11	4
1949	35	84	97	91	5	10	1	5	0	2	28	.110	.129	.121	.250	-29	11	4

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1938	24	14	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	13
1939	25	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5

1941	27	26	28	26	2	5	0	0	0	3	0	1	8	.192	.222	.192	.415	1	25

1943	29	42	57	54	5	6	1	0	0	3	0	1	15	.111	.127	.130	.257	1	40
4 Yrs		87	102	96	7	11	1	0	0	6	0	2	29	.115	.133	.125	.258	2	83
162 Game Avg.		162	190	179	13	20	2	0	0	11	0	4	54	.115	.133	.125	.258	4	83

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