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Whitey Witt

Lawton Walter Witt
born Ladislaw Waldemar Wittkowski

Positions: Outfielder, Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 150 lb.

Born: September 28, 1895 in Orange, MA
School: Bowdoin College (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1916
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Yankees/Robins 1916-1926

Final Game: August 19, 1926
Died: July 14, 1988 in Salem County, NJ
Buried: St. Joseph Church Cemetery, Woodstown, NJ
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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 SF IBB Pos Awards
1916 20 PHA AL 143 626 563 64 138 16 15 2 36 19 0 55 71 .245 .315 .337 .652 100 190 2 6 *6
1917 21 PHA AL 128 530 452 62 114 13 4 0 28 12 65 45 .252 .346 .299 .645 98 135 0 13 *6/O5
1919 23 PHA AL 122 518 460 56 123 15 6 0 33 11 46 26 .267 .334 .326 .660 85 150 0 12 O478/5
1920 24 PHA AL 65 253 218 29 70 11 3 1 25 2 3 27 16 .321 .396 .413 .809 114 90 0 8 O94/86
1921 25 PHA AL 154 726 629 100 198 31 11 4 45 16 15 77 52 .315 .390 .418 .809 106 263 1 19 *O9
1922 26 NYY AL 140 628 528 98 157 11 6 4 40 5 8 89 29 .297 .400 .364 .763 98 192 1 10 *O89/7
1923 27 NYY AL 146 685 596 113 187 18 10 6 56 2 7 67 42 .314 .386 .408 .794 106 243 3 19 *8O
1924 28 NYY AL 147 660 600 88 178 26 5 1 36 9 7 45 20 .297 .346 .362 .707 83 217 0 15 *8O
1925 29 NYY AL 31 46 40 9 8 2 1 0 0 1 1 6 2 .200 .304 .300 .604 55 12 0 0 O/89
1926 30 BRO NL 63 99 85 13 22 1 1 0 3 1 12 6 .259 .351 .294 .645 76 25 0 2 O8/79
10 Seasons 1139 4771 4171 632 1195 144 62 18 302 78 41 489 309 .287 .362 .364 .726 97 1517 7 104
162 Game Avg. 162 679 593 90 170 20 9 3 43 11 70 44 .287 .362 .364 .726 97 216 1 15
PHA (5 yrs) 612 2653 2322 311 643 86 39 7 167 60 18 270 210 .277 .353 .357 .710 100 828 3 58
NYY (4 yrs) 464 2019 1764 308 530 57 22 11 132 17 23 207 93 .300 .375 .376 .752 95 664 4 44
BRO (1 yr) 63 99 85 13 22 1 1 0 3 1 12 6 .259 .351 .294 .645 76 25 0 2
AL (9 yrs) 1076 4672 4086 619 1173 143 61 18 299 77 41 477 303 .287 .363 .365 .728 98 1492 7 102
NL (1 yr) 63 99 85 13 22 1 1 0 3 1 12 6 .259 .351 .294 .645 76 25 0 2

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 Awards
1916 20 PHA AL 626 -8 4 0 0 -21 9 20 4 0.3 25 2.9 -2.6 $ *6
1917 21 PHA AL 530 -2 0 0 0 -4 7 18 19 1.9 23 2.6 -0.7 $ *6/O5
1919 23 PHA AL 518 -11 0 0 0 -9 -3 17 -6 -0.7 3 0.3 -1.0 $ O478/5
1920 24 PHA AL 253 4 -1 0 0 -5 -2 8 4 0.4 9 0.9 -0.5 $ O94/86
1921 25 PHA AL 726 -1 -2 0 0 2 -7 21 13 1.3 11 1.1 0.2 $ *O9
1922 26 NYY AL 628 5 1 0 0 6 -4 19 27 2.7 21 2.1 0.6 $ *O89/7
1923 27 NYY AL 685 10 2 0 0 4 -4 20 32 3.2 28 2.8 0.4 $ *8O
1924 28 NYY AL 660 -14 1 0 0 -2 -4 20 1 0.1 3 0.3 -0.2 $ *8O
1925 29 NYY AL 46 -3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ O/89
1926 30 BRO NL 99 -2 0 0 0 -2 -1 3 -2 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ O8/79
10 Seasons 4771 -22 5 0 0 -32 -9 148 90 8.8 122 12.9 -4.1 $
PHA (5 yrs) 2653 -18 1 0 0 -37 4 84 34 3.2 71 7.8 -4.6 $
NYY (4 yrs) 2019 -2 4 0 0 7 -12 61 58 5.8 51 5.1 0.7 $
BRO (1 yr) 99 -2 0 0 0 -2 -1 3 -2 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $

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 PwrSpd
1916 20 PHA AL 626 431 63 4.0 79 .278 .245 .251 .315 .324 .337 .328 .652 .652 100 .551 -1.7 -0.2 .626 .224 .092 3.6
1917 21 PHA AL 530 351 47 3.6 78 .280 .252 .253 .346 .323 .299 .327 .645 .650 98 .531 1.8 0.2 .627 .217 .046 .0
1919 23 PHA AL 518 349 50 3.9 96 .283 .267 .278 .334 .344 .326 .373 .660 .717 85 .476 -9.2 -1.0 .614 .183 .059 .0
1920 24 PHA AL 253 159 35 5.9 107 .343 .321 .293 .396 .357 .413 .402 .809 .759 114 .614 5.2 0.5 .768 .211 .092 1.3
1921 25 PHA AL 726 465 100 5.8 114 .339 .315 .300 .390 .365 .418 .421 .809 .786 106 .557 8.0 0.7 .767 .227 .103 6.4
1922 26 NYY AL 628 389 75 5.2 111 .309 .297 .296 .400 .361 .364 .415 .763 .776 98 .539 2.8 0.3 .736 .229 .066 4.4
1923 27 NYY AL 685 435 91 5.6 110 .330 .314 .294 .386 .364 .408 .406 .794 .770 106 .581 5.8 0.6 .740 .198 .094 3.0
1924 28 NYY AL 660 444 74 4.4 112 .306 .297 .298 .346 .368 .362 .409 .707 .776 83 .458 -16.3 -1.6 .615 .143 .065 1.8
1925 29 NYY AL 46 33 4 3.2 114 .211 .200 .297 .304 .367 .300 .416 .604 .784 55 .303 -2.8 -0.3 .545 .250 .100 .0
1926 30 BRO NL 99 65 9 3.7 101 .278 .259 .284 .351 .344 .294 .394 .645 .739 76 .408 -2.4 -0.2 .603 .188 .035 .0
10 Seasons 4771 3121 548 4.7 102 .306 .287 .283 .362 .352 .364 .387 .726 .738 97 .530 -8.8 -0.9 .679 .203 .077 29.3
162 Game Avg. 679 444 78 4.7 102 .306 .287 .283 .362 .352 .364 .387 .726 .738 97 .530 -8.8 -0.9 .679 .203 .077 4
PHA (5 yrs) 2653 1755 295 4.5 94 .302 .277 .274 .353 .342 .357 .369 .710 .711 100 .541 4.1 0.3 .674 .214 .080 12.5
NYY (4 yrs) 2019 1301 244 5.0 111 .313 .300 .296 .375 .364 .376 .410 .752 .774 95 .522 -10.5 -1.0 .691 .190 .076 13.4
BRO (1 yr) 99 65 9 3.7 101 .278 .259 .284 .351 .344 .294 .394 .645 .739 76 .408 -2.4 -0.2 .603 .188 .035 .0
AL (9 yrs) 4672 3056 539 4.7 102 .307 .287 .283 .363 .352 .365 .386 .728 .738 98 .532 -6.4 -0.7 .681 .204 .078 29.2
NL (1 yr) 99 65 9 3.7 101 .278 .259 .284 .351 .344 .294 .394 .645 .739 76 .408 -2.4 -0.2 .603 .188 .035 .0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1922 26 NYY AL WS NYG L 5 19 18 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .222 .263 .389 .652 7 1 0 0 0 0
1923 27 NYY AL WS NYG W 6 27 25 1 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 .240 .269 .320 .589 8 0 0 1 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 11 46 43 2 10 3 1 0 4 0 0 2 3 .233 .267 .349 .616 15 1 0 1 0 0
2 WS 11 46 43 2 10 3 1 0 4 0 0 2 3 .233 .267 .349 .616 15 1 0 1 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1916 20 PHA AL 626 0.3% 11.3% 8.8% 5.3% 24% 1.29 7.9 281.5 15.6 78%
1917 21 PHA AL 530 0.0% 8.5% 12.3% 3.2% 15% 0.69 10.0 16.1 77%
1919 23 PHA AL 518 0.0% 5.0% 8.9% 4.1% 17% 0.57 17.7 13.9 84%
1920 24 PHA AL 253 0.4% 6.3% 10.7% 5.9% 21% 0.59 13.6 218.0 8.7 79%
1921 25 PHA AL 726 0.6% 7.2% 10.6% 6.3% 23% 0.68 12.1 157.3 14.0 79%
1922 26 NYY AL 628 0.6% 4.6% 14.2% 3.3% 13% 0.33 18.2 132.0 13.2 79%
1923 27 NYY AL 685 0.9% 6.1% 9.8% 5.0% 18% 0.63 14.2 99.3 10.6 80%
1924 28 NYY AL 660 0.2% 3.0% 6.8% 4.9% 18% 0.44 30.0 600.0 16.7 88%
1925 29 NYY AL 46 0.0% 4.4% 13.0% 6.5% 38% 0.33 20.0 83%
1926 30 BRO NL 99 0.0% 6.1% 12.1% 2.0% 9% 0.50 14.2 28.3 80%
10 Seasons 4771 0.4% 6.5% 10.3% 4.7% 19% 0.63 13.5 231.7 13.8 81%
MLB Averages 0.8% 7.8% 7.6% 5.9% 24% 1.03 11.4 113.5 8.8 80%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1916 20 143 626 563 64 138 16 15 2 36 19 0 55 71 .245 .315 .337 .652 100 190 2 6
1917 21 271 1156 1015 126 252 29 19 2 64 31 0 120 116 .248 .329 .320 .649 99 325 2 19
1918 22 271 1156 1015 126 252 29 19 2 64 31 0 120 116 .248 .329 .320 .649 99 325 2 19
1919 23 393 1674 1475 182 375 44 25 2 97 42 0 166 142 .254 .330 .322 .653 94 475 2 31
1920 24 458 1927 1693 211 445 55 28 3 122 44 3 193 158 .263 .339 .334 .673 97 565 2 39
1921 25 612 2653 2322 311 643 86 39 7 167 60 18 270 210 .277 .353 .357 .710 100 828 3 58
1922 26 752 3281 2850 409 800 97 45 11 207 65 26 359 239 .281 .362 .358 .720 100 1020 4 68
1923 27 898 3966 3446 522 987 115 55 17 263 67 33 426 281 .286 .366 .367 .733 101 1263 7 87
1924 28 1045 4626 4046 610 1165 141 60 18 299 76 40 471 301 .288 .363 .366 .729 98 1480 7 102
1925 29 1076 4672 4086 619 1173 143 61 18 299 77 41 477 303 .287 .363 .365 .728 98 1492 7 102
1926 30 1139 4771 4171 632 1195 144 62 18 302 78 41 489 309 .287 .362 .364 .726 97 1517 7 104

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1916 20 148 674 606 84 165 19 18 2 47 23 66 74 .272 .346 .373 .719 78 143
1917 21 133 563 486 80 135 15 5 0 36 14 77 47 .278 .377 .329 .706 60 128
1919 23 141 595 539 70 149 18 7 0 41 13 56 30 .276 .345 .336 .680 62 122
1920 24 68 253 226 28 70 11 3 1 24 2 27 17 .310 .383 .398 .782 35 65
1921 25 162 719 644 91 191 30 11 4 41 15 74 55 .297 .370 .396 .766 94 154
1922 26 146 632 543 94 155 11 6 4 38 5 88 30 .285 .386 .350 .736 73 140
1923 27 154 684 615 107 185 18 10 6 53 2 66 44 .301 .371 .392 .763 88 146
1924 28 155 663 619 83 175 26 5 1 34 9 44 21 .283 .330 .346 .676 70 147
1925 29 33 46 41 8 7 2 1 0 0 1 5 2 .171 .261 .268 .529 3 31
1926 30 66 102 89 14 23 1 1 0 3 1 13 6 .258 .353 .292 .645 9 63
10 Seasons 1206 4931 4408 659 1255 151 67 18 317 85 516 326 .285 .361 .362 .722 572 1139
162 Game Avg. 162 662 592 89 169 20 9 2 43 11 69 44 .285 .361 .362 .722 77 1139

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1949 BBWAA ( 0.7%)

Games Played s c a p y
1921 AL  154 (2nd)

At Bats s c a p y
1921 AL  629 (2nd)
1923 AL  596 (6th)
1924 AL  600 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1921 AL  726 (2nd)
1923 AL  685 (6th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1922 AL  98 (8th)
1923 AL  113 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1921 AL  198 (7th)
1923 AL  187 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
1916 AL  15 (3rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1917 AL  65 (8th)
1921 AL  77 (6th)
1922 AL  89 (1st)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1916 AL  71 (4th)
1921 AL  52 (8th)

Singles s c a p y
1921 AL  152 (4th)
1922 AL  136 (9th)
1923 AL  153 (2nd)
1924 AL  146 (6th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1921 AL  276 (5th)
1922 AL  247 (10th)
1923 AL  257 (9th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1921 AL  15 (4th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1921 AL  465 (3rd)
1923 AL  435 (8th)
1924 AL  444 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (598), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 23 (932), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 23 (733), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (950), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Carson Bigbee (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Juan Pierre (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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