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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 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
1981 20 CAL AL 8 9 .471 3.28 22 21 1 7 1 0 129.0 123 60 47 9 47 4 75 11 0 2 555 111 1.318 8.6 0.6 3.3 5.2 1.60 RoY-5
1982 21 CAL AL 8 6 .571 3.51 33 26 2 5 1 0 179.2 177 77 70 8 47 2 85 7 1 8 748 115 1.247 8.9 0.4 2.4 4.3 1.81
1983 22 CAL AL 7 14 .333 4.91 43 19 15 2 0 5 154.0 173 90 84 14 75 7 77 6 0 8 683 82 1.610 10.1 0.8 4.4 4.5 1.03
1984 23 CAL AL 15 11 .577 3.47 34 34 0 9 2 0 246.2 227 103 95 17 84 3 196 5 1 7 1032 115 1.261 8.3 0.6 3.1 7.2 2.33
1985 24 CAL AL 15 9 .625 3.56 35 35 0 6 1 0 250.0 228 115 99 22 98 6 180 4 1 11 1049 116 1.304 8.2 0.8 3.5 6.5 1.84
1986 25 CAL AL 18 10 .643 2.84 34 34 0 14 3 0 269.0 218 95 85 22 73 2 208 3 0 6 1071 146 1.082 7.3 0.7 2.4 7.0 2.85 AS,CYA-3,MVP-12
1987 26 CAL AL 16 14 .533 4.01 36 36 0 10 0 0 247.0 252 128 110 34 84 4 192 4 0 6 1065 108 1.360 9.2 1.2 3.1 7.0 2.29 AS
1988 27 CAL AL 13 16 .448 4.15 34 34 0 12 2 0 249.2 263 130 115 14 87 7 133 5 2 9 1080 93 1.402 9.5 0.5 3.1 4.8 1.53
1989 28 CAL AL 9 15 .375 4.54 33 33 0 5 0 0 220.0 252 119 111 26 48 1 123 2 0 7 937 84 1.364 10.3 1.1 2.0 5.0 2.56
1990 29 TOT AL 5 9 .357 4.00 26 16 4 2 1 1 117.0 106 62 52 9 47 4 74 5 0 7 498 99 1.308 8.2 0.7 3.6 5.7 1.57
1990 29 CAL AL 0 3 .000 1.77 10 0 4 0 0 1 20.1 19 9 4 1 13 2 14 1 0 1 92 215 1.574 8.4 0.4 5.8 6.2 1.08
1990 29 NYY AL 5 6 .455 4.47 16 16 0 2 1 0 96.2 87 53 48 8 34 2 60 4 0 6 406 89 1.252 8.1 0.7 3.2 5.6 1.76
1991 30 NYY AL 0 1 .000 10.12 2 2 0 0 0 0 5.1 8 7 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 26 41 1.688 13.5 1.7 1.7 0.0 0.00
1993 32 NYY AL 3 2 .600 5.27 9 9 0 0 0 0 41.0 39 26 24 7 22 0 30 3 0 1 183 79 1.488 8.6 1.5 4.8 6.6 1.36
12 Seasons 117 116 .502 3.83 341 299 22 72 11 6 2108.1 2066 1012 898 183 713 40 1373 55 5 73 8927 105 1.318 8.8 0.8 3.0 5.9 1.93
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .502 3.83 36 32 2 8 1 1 224 220 108 95 19 76 4 146 6 1 8 948 105 1.318 8.8 0.8 3.0 5.9 1.93
CAL (10 yrs) 109 107 .505 3.76 314 272 22 70 10 6 1965.1 1932 926 820 167 656 38 1283 48 5 65 8312 107 1.317 8.8 0.8 3.0 5.9 1.96
NYY (3 yrs) 8 9 .471 4.91 27 27 0 2 1 0 143.0 134 86 78 16 57 2 90 7 0 8 615 82 1.336 8.4 1.0 3.6 5.7 1.58

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
1982 21 CAL AL ALCS L MIL 0 0 6.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 2 2 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 13 1.333 6.0 3.0 6.0 9.0 1.50
1986 25 CAL AL ALCS L BOS 1 0 1.000 2.55 2 2 0 1 0 0 17.2 13 5 5 2 2 0 8 0 0 0 66 0.849 6.6 1.0 1.0 4.1 4.00
2 Seasons (2 Series) 1 0 1.000 3.05 3 2 0 1 0 0 20.2 15 7 7 3 4 0 11 0 0 0 79 0.919 6.5 1.3 1.7 4.8 2.75
2 ALCS 1 0 1.000 3.05 3 2 0 1 0 0 20.2 15 7 7 3 4 0 11 0 0 0 79 0.919 6.5 1.3 1.7 4.8 2.75

Standard Batting

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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 Awards
1986 25 CAL AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-12
13 Seasons 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1999 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1986
1987

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1986 AL (12, 9%)
0.09 Career Shares (926th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1986 AL (3, 25%)
0.25 Career Shares (137th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1982 AL  3.506 (9th)
1986 AL  2.844 (3rd)

Wins s c a p y
1986 AL  18 (4th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1985 AL  .625 (10th)
1986 AL  .643 (8th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1986 AL  1.082 (2nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1986 AL  7.294 (3rd)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1986 AL  2.442 (9th)
1989 AL  1.964 (5th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1984 AL  7.151 (2nd)
1985 AL  6.480 (6th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1984 AL  246.7 (8th)
1985 AL  250.0 (10th)
1986 AL  269.0 (2nd)
1988 AL  249.7 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1984 AL  196 (3rd)
1985 AL  180 (5th)
1986 AL  208 (5th)
1987 AL  192 (9th)
Career  1373 (218th)

Games Started s c a p y
1985 AL  35 (7th)
1986 AL  34 (7th)
1987 AL  36 (5th)
1988 AL  34 (10th)
1989 AL  33 (10th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1986 AL  14 (5th)
1988 AL  12 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1984 AL  2 (9th)
1986 AL  3 (4th)
1988 AL  2 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1987 AL  34 (9th)
1989 AL  26 (3rd)
Career  183 (247th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1985 AL  98 (4th)
1988 AL  87 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1987 AL  252 (3rd)
1988 AL  263 (2nd)
1989 AL  252 (2nd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1984 AL  2.333 (7th)
1986 AL  2.849 (6th)
1989 AL  2.563 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1982 AL  .401 (1st)
1984 AL  .620 (7th)
1986 AL  .736 (7th)
1988 AL  .505 (3rd)

Losses s c a p y
1983 AL  14 (7th)
1987 AL  14 (7th)
1988 AL  16 (2nd)
1989 AL  15 (2nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1987 AL  110 (8th)
1988 AL  115 (3rd)
1989 AL  111 (1st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1982 AL  8 (10th)
1983 AL  8 (10th)
1985 AL  11 (4th)
Career  73 (201st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1981 AL  11 (1st)
1982 AL  7 (3rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1984 AL  1032 (10th)
1985 AL  1049 (8th)
1986 AL  1071 (5th)
1987 AL  1065 (8th)
1988 AL  1080 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1986 AL  146 (3rd)

Youngest s c a p y
1981 AL  born 1960-07-20 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 64 (386), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 20 (609), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (908), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Pete Harnisch (960)
  3. Dave Goltz (959)
  4. Mike Boddicker (958)
  5. Ed Whitson (956)
  6. Milt Wilcox (956)
  7. Earl Wilson (956)
  8. Ken Hill (948)
  9. Bud Black (948)
  10. Dick Ruthven (946)
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  2. Jerry Walker (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jerry Walker (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Alex Fernandez (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Greg Maddux (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Greg Maddux (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mark Gubicza (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Curt Simmons (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Mike McCormick (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Camilo Pascual (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Ray Sadecki (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Mark Gubicza (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the California Angels in the 4th round of the 1978 amateur draft.

November 9, 1987: Granted Free Agency.

December 22, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

May 11, 1990: Traded by the California Angels to the New York Yankees for Dave Winfield.

December 7, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

January 2, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

October 27, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985California Angels$683,333
1986California Angels$933,333
1987California Angels$1,133,333
1988California Angels$1,400,000
1989California Angels$1,400,000
1990California Angels$1,300,000
1991New York Yankees$2,416,667
1992New York Yankees$2,916,667
1993New York Yankees$2,166,667
Career (may be incomplete)$14,350,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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