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Mike Witt
Michael Atwater Witt

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 7", Weight 192 lb.

Debut April 11, 1981
  vs. SEA 4.3 IP, 8 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER
Final Game June 17, 1993
Born July 20, 1960 in Fullerton, CA

Drafted by the California Angels in the 4th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1981 20 CAL AL   8   9  22  21   7   1   1  0  129.0  123   60   47   9   47   75  11   2   555   4   0  3.28  3.63  111 1.318 RoY-5
 1982 21 CAL AL   8   6  33  26   5   1   2  0  179.7  177   77   70   8   47   85   7   8   748   2   1  3.51  4.04  115 1.247
 1983 22 CAL AL   7  14  43  19   2   0  15  5  154.0  173   90   84  14   75   77   6   8   683   7   0  4.91  4.03   82 1.610
 1984 23 CAL AL  15  11  34  34   9   2   0  0  246.7  227  103   95  17   84  196   5   7  1032   3   1  3.47  4.00  115 1.261
 1985 24 CAL AL  15   9  35  35   6   1   0  0  250.0  228  115   99  22   98  180   4  11  1049   6   1  3.56  4.15  116 1.304
 1986 25 CAL AL  18  10  34  34  14   3   0  0  269.0  218   95   85  22   73  208   3   6  1071   2   0  2.84  4.14  146 1.082 MVP-12,CYA-3,AS
 1987 26 CAL AL  16  14  36  36  10   0   0  0  247.0  252  128  110  34   84  192   4   6  1065   4   0  4.01  4.34  108 1.360 AS
 1988 27 CAL AL  13  16  34  34  12   2   0  0  249.7  263  130  115  14   87  133   5   9  1080   7   2  4.15  3.86   93 1.402
 1989 28 CAL AL   9  15  33  33   5   0   0  0  220.0  252  119  111  26   48  123   2   7   937   1   0  4.54  3.81   84 1.364
 1990 29 TOT AL   5   9  26  16   2   1   4  1  117.0  106   62   52   9   47   74   5   7   498   4   0  4.00  3.96   99 1.308
         CAL AL   0   3  10   0   0   0   4  1   20.3   19    9    4   1   13   14   1   1    92   2   0  1.77  3.80  215 1.574
         NYY AL   5   6  16  16   2   1   0  0   96.7   87   53   48   8   34   60   4   6   406   2   0  4.47  3.99   89 1.252
 1991 30 NYY AL   0   1   2   2   0   0   0  0    5.3    8    7    6   1    1    0   0   1    26   0   0 10.13  4.14   41 1.688
 1993 32 NYY AL   3   2   9   9   0   0   0  0   41.0   39   26   24   7   22   30   3   1   183   0   0  5.27  4.16   79 1.488
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 12 Yr WL% .502 117 116 341 299  72  11  22  6 2108.3 2066 1012  898 183  713 1373  55  73  8927  40   5  3.83  4.02  105 1.318
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  12  36  31   7   1   2  0  224.0  219  107   95  19   75  145   5   7   948   4   0  3.83  4.02  105 1.318
 Career High     18  16  43  36  14   3  15  5  269.0  263  130  115  34   98  208  11  11  1080   7   2  2.84  4.34  146 1.082

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1981 20 CAL AL P 22 7 16 3 0 .885 .962 1.05 0.81 1.60 1.98 21 129.0 1982 21 CAL AL P 33 14 24 4 3 .905 .957 1.15 0.73 1.90 1.80 26 179.7 1983 22 CAL AL P 43 6 24 1 2 .968 .958 0.70 0.73 1.75 1.80 19 154.0 1984 23 CAL AL P 34 16 27 2 0 .956 .958 1.26 0.70 1.57 1.79 34 246.7 1985 24 CAL AL P 35 16 33 2 2 .961 .953 1.40 0.70 1.76 1.86 35 250.0 1986 25 CAL AL P 34 22 39 1 5 .984 .958 1.79 0.68 2.04 1.83 34 269.0 AS 1987 26 CAL AL P 36 18 29 3 2 .940 .955 1.31 0.67 1.71 1.84 36 247.0 AS 1988 27 CAL AL P 34 19 32 2 2 .962 .960 1.50 0.67 1.84 1.78 34 249.7 1989 28 CAL AL P 33 18 49 4 4 .944 .960 2.03 0.66 2.74 1.87 33 220.0 1990 29 TOT AL P 26 9 18 1 1 .964 .954 1.04 0.59 2.08 1.78 16 117.0 CAL AL P 10 2 4 0 1 1.000 .952 0.60 0.59 2.66 1.77 0 20.3 NYY AL P 16 7 14 1 0 .955 .955 1.31 0.59 1.95 1.78 16 96.7 1991 30 NYY AL P 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 0.60 3.40 1.87 2 5.3 1993 32 NYY AL P 9 1 6 0 0 1.000 .959 0.78 0.56 1.54 1.80 9 41.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1981 20 CAL AL P 22 7 16 3 0 .885 .962 1.05 0.81 1.60 1.98 21 129.0 1982 21 CAL AL P 33 14 24 4 3 .905 .957 1.15 0.73 1.90 1.80 26 179.7 1983 22 CAL AL P 43 6 24 1 2 .968 .958 0.70 0.73 1.75 1.80 19 154.0 1984 23 CAL AL P 34 16 27 2 0 .956 .958 1.26 0.70 1.57 1.79 34 246.7 1985 24 CAL AL P 35 16 33 2 2 .961 .953 1.40 0.70 1.76 1.86 35 250.0 1986 25 CAL AL P 34 22 39 1 5 .984 .958 1.79 0.68 2.04 1.83 34 269.0 1987 26 CAL AL P 36 18 29 3 2 .940 .955 1.31 0.67 1.71 1.84 36 247.0 1988 27 CAL AL P 34 19 32 2 2 .962 .960 1.50 0.67 1.84 1.78 34 249.7 1989 28 CAL AL P 33 18 49 4 4 .944 .960 2.03 0.66 2.74 1.87 33 220.0 1990 29 TOT AL P 26 9 18 1 1 .964 .954 1.04 0.59 2.08 1.78 16 117.0 CAL AL P 10 2 4 0 1 1.000 .952 0.60 0.59 2.66 1.77 0 20.3 NYY AL P 16 7 14 1 0 .955 .955 1.31 0.59 1.95 1.78 16 96.7 1991 30 NYY AL P 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 0.60 3.40 1.87 2 5.3 1993 32 NYY AL P 9 1 6 0 0 1.000 .959 0.78 0.56 1.54 1.80 9 41.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 341 147 298 23 21 .951 .958 1.30 0.69 1.90 1.83 299 2108.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 341 147 298 23 21 .951 .958 1.30 0.69 1.90 1.83 299 2108
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1982   ALCS  CAL MIL     L   1   0   6.00  0  0  0  0   3     2   2   2   3 
 1986   ALCS  CAL BOS     L   2   2   2.55  1  0  0  1  17.2  13   5   2   8 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     0-2   3   2   3.05  1  0  0  1  20.2  15   7   4  11 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1982   ALCS  CAL MIL     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1986   ALCS  CAL BOS     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     0-2   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1986   CAL AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1987   CAL AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
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.

All-Star
1986
1987

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1986-AL-12-0.09
Car-909-0.09 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1986-AL-3-0.25
Car-131-0.25 shares

ERA
1982 AL-3.51-9
1986 AL-2.84-3

Wins
1986 AL-18-4

Won-Loss %
1985 AL-.625-10
1986 AL-.643-9

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1986 AL-1.082-2

Hits Allowed/9IP
1986 AL-7.29-3

Bases on Balls/9IP
1986 AL-2.44-9
1989 AL-1.96-5

Strikeouts/9IP
1984 AL-7.15-2
1985 AL-6.48-6

Innings
1984 AL-246.7-8
1985 AL-250.0-10
1986 AL-269.0-2
1988 AL-249.7-8

Strikeouts
1984 AL-196-3
1985 AL-180-5
1986 AL-208-5
1987 AL-192-9

Games Started
1985 AL-35-7
1986 AL-34-7
1987 AL-36-5
1988 AL-34-10
1989 AL-33-10

Comp. Games
1986 AL-14-5
1988 AL-12-4

Shutouts
1984 AL-2-9
1986 AL-3-4
1988 AL-2-8

Home Runs Allow.
1987 AL-34-9
1989 AL-26-3

Bases On Balls Allow.
1985 AL-98-4
1988 AL-87-6

Hits Allowed
1987 AL-252-3
1988 AL-263-2
1989 AL-252-2

SO to Walk
1984 AL-2.33-7
1986 AL-2.85-6
1989 AL-2.56-8

Losses
1983 AL-14-7
1987 AL-14-7
1988 AL-16-2
1989 AL-15-2

Earned Runs Allow.
1987 AL-110-8
1988 AL-115-3
1989 AL-111-1

Wild Pitches
1982 AL-8-10
1983 AL-8-10
1985 AL-11-4

Hit Batsmen
1981 AL-11-1
1982 AL-7-3

Batters Faced
1984 AL-1032-10
1985 AL-1049-8
1986 AL-1071-5
1987 AL-1065-8
1988 AL-1080-4

Adjusted ERA+
1986 AL-146-3

Youngest Player
1981 AL-20-5

       

Gray Ink: Pitching - 64 (384) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 9.0 (887) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 20.0 (599) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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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.


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