Kevin Witt

Kevin Joseph Witt

Positions: Designated Hitter, First Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 5, 1976 in High Point, NC
High School: Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville, FL)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (28th pick) of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1998
Teams (by GP): Tigers/BlueJays/DevilRays/Padres 1998-2006

Final Game: September 30, 2006
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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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	SF	IBB	Pos
1994	18	TOR-min	Rk	60	261	243	37	62	10	4	7	36	4	1	15	52	.255	.300	.416	.716		101	3	1	1	1	0	MDH · PION
1995	19	TOR-min	A	119	514	479	58	111	35	1	14	50	1	5	28	148	.232	.280	.397	.677		190	5	4	3	0	2	HGR · SALL
1996	20	TOR-min	A+	124	498	446	63	121	18	6	13	70	9	4	39	96	.271	.335	.426	.761		190	9	6	2	5	3	DUN · FLOR
1997	21	TOR-min	AA	127	551	501	76	145	27	4	30	91	1	0	44	109	.289	.349	.539	.888		270	13	3	1	2	7	KNX · SOUL
1998	22	TOR-min	AAA	126	521	455	71	124	20	3	23	67	3	3	53	124	.273	.354	.481	.835		219	5	7	1	5	6	SYR · IL
1998	22	TOR	AL	5	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	-25	1	0	0	0	0	0	/3
1999	23	TOR-min	AAA	114	492	421	72	117	24	3	24	71	0	0	64	109	.278	.376	.520	.896		219	11	3	2	2	10	SYR · IL
1999	23	TOR	AL	15	37	34	3	7	1	0	1	5	0	0	2	9	.206	.250	.324	.574	45	11	0	0	1	0	0	/D

2001	25	SDP-min	AAA	129	487	456	66	132	28	5	27	87	1	1	22	127	.289	.322	.550	.873		251	13	3	0	6	0	POR · PCL
2001	25	SDP	NL	14	30	27	5	5	0	0	2	5	0	0	2	7	.185	.233	.407	.641	68	11	0	0	0	1	0	/3

2003	27	DET-min	AAA	39	151	133	22	42	10	0	9	28	0	0	16	36	.316	.391	.594	.985		79	2	1	0	1	1	TOL · IL
2003	27	DET	AL	93	289	270	25	71	9	0	10	26	1	1	15	68	.263	.301	.407	.708	91	110	5	1	0	3	0	D37/5

2006	30	TBD-min	AAA	128	542	485	82	141	29	1	36	99	0	0	50	132	.291	.360	.577	.937		280	14	4	0	3	8	DHM · IL
2006	30	TBD	AL	19	61	61	5	9	2	0	2	5	0	0	0	21	.148	.148	.279	.426	7	17	1	0	0	0	0	D/3
2007	31	-min	Fgn	40	131	115	12	20	0	1	6	15	0	0	14	42	.174	.267	.348	.615		40	4	1	0	1	1	TOH · JPPL
5 Seasons				146	424	399	38	93	12	0	15	41	1	1	19	108	.233	.267	.376	.643	70	150	6	1	1	4	0
162 Game Avg.				162	470	443	42	103	13	0	17	45	1	1	21	120	.233	.267	.376	.643	70	166	7	1	1	4	0

TOR (2 yrs)				20	44	41	3	8	1	0	1	5	0	0	2	12	.195	.233	.293	.525	33	12	0	0	1	0	0
TBD (1 yr)				19	61	61	5	9	2	0	2	5	0	0	0	21	.148	.148	.279	.426	7	17	1	0	0	0	0
SDP (1 yr)				14	30	27	5	5	0	0	2	5	0	0	2	7	.185	.233	.407	.641	68	11	0	0	0	1	0
DET (1 yr)				93	289	270	25	71	9	0	10	26	1	1	15	68	.263	.301	.407	.708	91	110	5	1	0	3	0

AL (4 yrs)				132	394	372	33	88	12	0	13	36	1	1	17	101	.237	.270	.374	.643	71	139	6	1	1	3	0
NL (1 yr)				14	30	27	5	5	0	0	2	5	0	0	2	7	.185	.233	.407	.641	68	11	0	0	0	1	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1998	22	TOR	AL	7	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/3
1999	23	TOR	AL	37	-3	0	0	0	0	-1	1	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$	/D

2001	25	SDP	NL	30	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/3

2003	27	DET	AL	289	-5	0	0	0	4	-6	10	3	0.3	-1	-0.1	0.4	$	D37/5

2006	30	TBD	AL	61	-8	0	0	0	-1	-1	2	-8	-0.8	-7	-0.7	-0.1	$	D/3
5 Seasons				424	-18	0	0	0	3	-8	14	-9	-0.9	-12	-1.2	0.3	$

TOR (2 yrs)				44	-4	0	0	0	0	-1	1	-4	-0.4	-4	-0.4	0.0	$
TBD (1 yr)				61	-8	0	0	0	-1	-1	2	-8	-0.8	-7	-0.7	-0.1	$
SDP (1 yr)				30	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
DET (1 yr)				289	-5	0	0	0	4	-6	10	3	0.3	-1	-0.1	0.4	$

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1998	TOR	AL	22	1B	1	0	0	7.2	6	5	1	0	0	1.000	0		31		7.04	6.00	.992	9.51	9.30
1999	TOR	AL	23	DH	7	7
2001	SDP	NL	25	1B	9	6	6	59.0	72	69	3	0	4	1.000	0		0		10.98	8.00	.993	9.26	9.16
2003	DET	AL	27	DH	36	36
2003	DET	AL	27	1B	27	26	19	220.0	234	214	20	0	31	1.000	4	1	22	5	9.57	8.67	.993	9.55	9.46
2003	DET	AL	27	LF	13	9	5	77.0	20	20	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-2	-3	-31	2.34	1.54	.985	2.17	2.14
2003	DET	AL	27	OF	13	9	5	77.0	20	20	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-2	-3	-31	2.34	1.54	.985	2.35	2.33
2003	DET	AL	27	3B	5	0	0	17.2	5	1	4	0	0	1.000	0	0	27	0	2.55	1.00	.956	2.70	2.64
2006	TBD	AL	30	DH	10	10
2006	TBD	AL	30	1B	5	5	2	37.0	31	28	1	2	1	.935	-1	-1	-45	-32	7.05	5.80	.994	9.54	9.40
	4 Seasons			1B	42	37	27	323.2	343	316	25	2	36	.994	3	0	11	0	9.48	8.12	.993	9.49	9.38
	1 Season			OF	13	9	5	77.0	20	20	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-2	-3	-31	2.34	1.54	.985	2.35	2.33
	1 Season			LF	13	9	5	77.0	20	20	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-2	-3	-31	2.34	1.54	.985	2.17	2.14
	1 Season			3B	5	0	0	17.2	5	1	4	0	0	1.000	0	0	27	0	2.55	1.00	.956	2.70	2.64
	5 Seasons			TOT	60	46	32	418.1	368	337	29	2	36	.995	3	-4	9	-13	7.87	6.10	.992	7.89	7.29

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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

Transactions

June 2, 1994: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (28th pick) of the 1994 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1994.
October 15, 2000: Granted Free Agency.
December 22, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.
October 15, 2001: Granted Free Agency.
November 15, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
October 15, 2002: Granted Free Agency.
February 3, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
October 15, 2003: Granted Free Agency.
November 19, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.
October 15, 2004: Granted Free Agency.
January 11, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
October 16, 2006: Released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

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