Mike Witt
Michael Atwater Witt
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7" , Weight: 192 lb.

Born: July 20, 1960 in Fullerton, CA
High School: Servite (Buena Park, CA)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 4th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1981
Final Game: June 17, 1993
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1981 CAL AL 20 P 22 21 129.0 26 7 16 3 0 .885 1.60 1.05 .965 1.98 0.81 RoY-5
1982 CAL AL 21 P 33 26 179.2 42 14 24 4 3 .905 1.90 1.15 .960 1.80 0.73
1983 CAL AL 22 P 43 19 154.0 31 6 24 1 2 .968 1.75 0.70 .958 1.80 0.73
1984 CAL AL 23 P 34 34 246.2 45 16 27 2 0 .956 1.57 1.26 .958 1.79 0.70
1985 CAL AL 24 P 35 35 250.0 51 16 33 2 2 .961 1.76 1.40 .953 1.86 0.70
1986 CAL AL 25 P 34 34 269.0 62 22 39 1 5 .984 2.04 1.79 .956 1.83 0.68 AS,CYA-3,MVP-12
1987 CAL AL 26 P 36 36 247.0 50 18 29 3 2 .940 1.71 1.31 .956 1.84 0.67 AS
1988 CAL AL 27 P 34 34 249.2 53 19 32 2 2 .962 1.84 1.50 .960 1.78 0.67
1989 CAL AL 28 P 33 33 220.0 71 18 49 4 4 .944 2.74 2.03 .961 1.87 0.66
1990 TOT AL 29 P 26 16 117.0 28 9 18 1 1 .964 2.08 1.04 .954 1.78 0.59
1990 CAL AL 29 P 10 0 20.1 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 2.66 0.60 .950 1.77 0.59
1990 NYY AL 29 P 16 16 96.2 22 7 14 1 0 .955 1.96 1.31 .955 1.78 0.59
1991 NYY AL 30 P 2 2 5.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.38 1.00 .950 1.86 0.60
1993 NYY AL 32 P 9 9 41.0 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.54 0.78 .957 1.80 0.56
12 Seasons P 341 299 2108.1 468 147 298 23 21 .951 1.90 1.30 .958 1.83 0.69
12 Seasons TOT 341 299 2108.1 468 147 298 23 21 .951 1.90 1.30 .909 1.83 0.69

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1981 CAL AL 20 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 CAL AL 21 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CAL AL 22 43 0 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 CAL AL 23 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 CAL AL 24 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 CAL AL 25 34 0 1 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 CAL AL 26 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 CAL AL 27 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 CAL AL 28 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 NYY AL 29 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 CAL AL 29 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 NYY AL 30 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 NYY AL 32 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 341 0 1 341 341 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1981 CAL AL 20 574 77% 30% 20 85% 0 7 0 7 17 14 0 3 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1982 CAL AL 21 771 82% 31% 30 90% 1 14 2 10 24 19 3 4 0 3 1 3 2 1 2 0 3 100%
1983 CAL AL 22 715 78% 28% 29 90% 0 6 1 2 25 17 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 3 100%
1984 CAL AL 23 1068 73% 28% 30 97% 0 14 0 12 27 24 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1985 CAL AL 24 1095 74% 29% 32 100% 0 15 1 13 32 25 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 0 4 100%
1986 CAL AL 25 1092 74% 31% 43 95% 2 21 2 16 40 27 8 1 0 1 0 1 5 5 5 0 6 83%
1987 CAL AL 26 1084 74% 27% 36 92% 0 16 3 8 30 20 3 3 0 2 1 2 2 1 2 0 5 100%
1988 CAL AL 27 1105 80% 35% 40 88% 1 18 1 14 32 24 4 2 1 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 9 78%
1989 CAL AL 28 968 82% 37% 54 85% 1 17 0 17 49 36 4 4 0 0 4 1 4 3 4 0 12 58%
1990 NYY AL 29 423 77% 41% 16 94% 1 8 1 6 13 9 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1990 CAL AL 29 93 70% 37% 4 100% 0 2 1 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
1991 NYY AL 30 28 96% 50% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 NYY AL 32 191 71% 30% 8 75% 0 1 0 1 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
12 Seasons 9207 77% 31% 343 91% 6 140 12 108 300 224 32 23 1 10 12 11 20 15 18 2 49 82%
MLB Averages 77% 29% 92% 88%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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