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Whitey Witt
Lawton Walter Witt
born Ladislaw Waldemar Wittkowski
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
Final Game: August 18, 1926
Died: July 14, 1988 in Salem Co., NJ
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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
1916 20 PHA AL 143 626 563 64 138 16 15 2 36 19 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 99 135 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 O4/5
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 O4/6
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 *O
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 *O
1923 27 NYY AL 146 685 596 113 187 18 10 6 56 2 7 67 42 .314 .386 .408 .794 107 243 3 19 *O
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 *O
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
1926 30 BRO NL 63 99 85 13 22 1 1 0 3 1 12 6 .259 .351 .294 .645 76 25 0 2 O
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

Postseason Batting

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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

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 LF-CF-RF Awards
1916 PHA AL 20 SS 142 800 299 423 78 59 .903 5.08 .940 4.92
1917 PHA AL 21 SS 111 582 190 354 38 41 .935 4.90 .931 4.84
1917 PHA AL 21 OF 7 18 15 2 1 0 .944 2.43 .967 2.14 7-0-0
1917 PHA AL 21 3B 6 19 4 14 1 0 .947 3.00 .942 3.23
1919 PHA AL 23 OF 59 141 134 3 4 0 .972 2.32 .957 2.16 40-19-0
1919 PHA AL 23 2B 56 309 132 162 15 25 .951 5.25 .961 5.19
1919 PHA AL 23 3B 2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 3.25
1920 PHA AL 24 OF 50 75 70 2 3 0 .960 1.44 .963 2.16 0-5-45
1920 PHA AL 24 2B 10 58 29 27 2 5 .966 5.60 .962 5.54
1920 PHA AL 24 SS 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 .900 5.00
1921 PHA AL 25 OF 154 316 288 15 13 3 .959 1.97 .960 2.21 0-0-154
1922 NYY AL 26 OF 139 329 312 9 8 1 .976 2.31 .964 2.22 0-109-30
1923 NYY AL 27 OF 144 379 357 14 8 4 .979 2.58 .964 2.26 0-144-0
1924 NYY AL 28 OF 144 382 362 11 9 1 .976 2.59 .970 2.27 0-144-0
1925 NYY AL 29 OF 10 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .965 2.27 0-9-1
1926 BRO NL 30 OF 22 50 44 2 4 1 .920 2.09 .966 2.26 3-17-2
9 Seasons OF 729 1710 1601 59 50 10 .971 2.28 .964 2.23 50-447-232
3 Seasons SS 255 1383 489 778 116 100 .916 4.97 .936 4.89
2 Seasons 2B 66 367 161 189 17 30 .954 5.30 .962 5.24
2 Seasons 3B 8 21 5 15 1 0 .952 2.50 .943 3.24
10 Seasons TOT 1058 3481 2256 1041 184 140 .947 3.12 .900 3.06 50-447-232

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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

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Black InkBatting - 2 (556), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 23 (788), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 15 (936), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (779), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

April 17, 1922: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Philadelphia Athletics.

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