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Johnnie Wittig
John Carl Wittig (Hans)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.

Debut August 4, 1938
Final Game June 22, 1949
Born June 16, 1914 in Baltimore, MD
Died February 24, 1999 in Nassawadox, VA

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1938 24 NYG NL   2   3  13   6   2   0   4  0   39.3   41   22   21   4   26   14   0   1   183       0  4.81  3.78   79 1.703
 1939 25 NYG NL   0   2   5   2   1   0   0  0   16.7   18   15   14   0   14    4   1   2    82       0  7.56  3.92   52 1.920
 1941 27 NYG NL   3   5  25   9   0   0   8  0   85.3  111   57   53   5   45   47   1   5   400       1  5.59  3.71   66 1.828
 1943 29 NYG NL   5  15  40  22   4   1  12  4  164.0  172   85   77  14   76   56   0   1   714       0  4.23  3.44   81 1.512
 1949 35 BOS AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    2.0    2    2    2   0    2    0   0   0     9       0  9.00  4.36   48 2.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .286  10  25  84  39   7   1  25  4  307.3  344  181  167  23  163  121   2   9  1388       1  4.89  3.59   73 1.650
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     5  13  46  21   3   0  13  2  169.7  190  100   92  12   90   66   1   4   767   0   0  4.89  3.59   73 1.650
 Career High      5  15  40  22   4   1  12  4  164.0  172   85   77  14   76   56   1   5   714   0   1  4.23  3.71   81 1.512

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1938 24 NYG NL  13   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1           0   0
 1939 25 NYG NL   5    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1941 27 NYG NL  25   25    2    5   0  0   0    3   0      1   8  .200  .231  .200   21    5   1           0   0
 1943 29 NYG NL  40   51    3    5   1  0   0    2   0      1  14  .098  .115  .118  -33    6   2           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons       84   91    5   10   1  0   0    5   0  0   2  28  .110  .129  .121  -29   11   4   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        176   10   19   2  0   0   10   0  0   4  54  .110  .129  .121  -29   21   8   0   0   0   0
 Career High     40   51    3    5   1  0   0    3   0  0   1  14                           6   2   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1938 24 NYG NL   11   11    0   0.0   100| .000  .276| .000  .340| .000  .393| .000  .733|-100  .000  -2.8  -0.3     
 1939 25 NYG NL    5    5    0   0.0   104| .000  .281| .000  .347| .000  .402| .000  .749|-100  .000  -1.4  -0.1     
 1941 27 NYG NL   27   21    1   1.3    96| .200  .268| .231  .339| .200  .378| .431  .717|  21  .104  -2.7  -0.3     
 1943 29 NYG NL   54   48    1   0.6    90| .098  .266| .115  .335| .118  .361| .233  .695| -33  .027  -8.9  -1.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons        97   85    2   0.6    93| .110  .268| .129  .337| .121  .371| .250  .708| -29  .032 -15.8  -1.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1938 24 NYG NL P 13 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 0.08 1.13 0.23 2.22 6 39.3 1939 25 NYG NL P 5 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.80 1.08 2.16 2.21 2 16.7 1941 27 NYG NL P 25 0 10 0 1 1.000 .962 0.40 1.09 1.06 2.23 9 85.3 1943 29 NYG NL P 40 3 22 1 1 .962 .962 0.62 1.16 1.37 2.27 22 164.0 1949 35 BOS AL P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.00 4.50 2.25 0 2.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1938 24 NYG NL P 13 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 0.08 1.13 0.23 2.22 6 39.3 1939 25 NYG NL P 5 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.80 1.08 2.16 2.21 2 16.7 1941 27 NYG NL P 25 0 10 0 1 1.000 .962 0.40 1.09 1.06 2.23 9 85.3 1943 29 NYG NL P 40 3 22 1 1 .962 .962 0.62 1.16 1.37 2.27 22 164.0 1949 35 BOS AL P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.00 4.50 2.25 0 2.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 84 3 38 1 3 .976 .962 0.49 1.13 1.20 2.25 39 307.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 84 3 38 1 3 .976 .962 0.49 1.13 1.20 2.25 39 307
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1943 NL-40-8

Saves
1943 NL-4-7

Home Runs Allow.
1943 NL-14-1

Losses
1943 NL-15-6

Earned Runs Allow.
1943 NL-77-9

Wild Pitches
1941 NL-5-9

Gray Ink: Pitching - 4 (1937) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

August 3, 1938: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Baltimore (International).

February 27, 1946: Selected off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds from the New York Giants.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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