Whitey Witt

Positions: Outfielder, Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-7, 150lb (170cm, 68kg)

Born: September 28, 1895 in Orange, MA us

Died: July 14, 1988 in Salem County, NJ

Buried: St. Joseph Church Cemetery, Woodstown, NJ

School: Bowdoin College (Brunswick, ME)

Debut: April 12, 1916 (Age 20-197d, 4,465th in major league history)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 19, 1926 (Age 30-325d)
vs. STL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1916 season

Full Name: Lawton Walter Witt

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1923 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.1

4171

1195

.287

632

RBI

300

OBP

.362

SLG

.364

OPS

.726

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1916 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1916 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 15	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
2	4	Apr 18	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
3	5	Apr 19	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	4	2	7	1
4	6	Apr 20	PHA		BOS	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
5	7	Apr 21	PHA		BOS	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
6	8	Apr 22	PHA		BOS	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
7	9	Apr 24	PHA		BOS	L,0-4	GS	31	8.0	3	5	0	8	1
8	10	Apr 26	PHA	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
9	11	Apr 27	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	5	1	7	1
10	12	Apr 28	PHA	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	0	8.1	2	3	1	6	0
11	13	Apr 29	PHA		NYY	L,2-4	CG	45	10.0	2	1	1	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	14	May 1	PHA		NYY	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
13	15	May 2	PHA		NYY	L,4-9	CG	48	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
14	16	May 3	PHA		NYY	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
15	17	May 4	PHA		WSH	L,1-5	CG	44	9.0	5	2	1	8	0
16	18	May 6	PHA		WSH	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	3	6	1	10	0
17	19	May 8	PHA		WSH	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	5	6	0	11	2
18	20	May 9	PHA		DET	L,2-16	CG	0	9.0	3	3	2	8	0
19	21	May 10	PHA		DET	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	3	1	2	6	0
20	22	May 11	PHA		DET	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
21	23	May 12	PHA		DET	L,6-8	CG	57	11.0	2	3	0	5	1
22	24	May 13	PHA		SLB	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	2	2	4	0
23	25	May 15	PHA		SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
24	26	May 17	PHA		SLB	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
25	27	May 18	PHA		CHW	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
26	28	May 19	PHA		CHW	W,1-0	CG	42	11.0	0	5	1	6	0
27	29	May 20	PHA		CHW	L,0-11	CG	44	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
28	30	May 22	PHA		CLE	W,10-8	CG	42	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
29	31	May 24	PHA		CLE	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
30	32	May 26	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	2	5	1	8	0
31	33	May 27 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
32	34	May 27 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
33	35	May 29	PHA	@	WSH	T,5-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
34	36	May 30 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	2	2	1	5	1
35	37	May 30 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	38	May 31 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	38	8.0	2	3	3	8	0
37	39	May 31 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	3	4	1	8	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	40	Jun 1	PHA	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
39	41	Jun 3	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	1	2	1	4	0
40	42	Jun 4	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
41	43	Jun 10	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-10	CG	0	8.0	2	2	2	6	0
42	44	Jun 11	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
43	45	Jun 12	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	2
44	46	Jun 13	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-11	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
45	47	Jun 15	PHA	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
46	48	Jun 16	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
47	49	Jun 17	PHA	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	2	3	3	8	1
48	50	Jun 18	PHA	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
49	51	Jun 20	PHA		WSH	L,1-2	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
50	52	Jun 22 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
51	53	Jun 22 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
52	54	Jun 23	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
53	55	Jun 24 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	31	8.2	5	2	1	8	0
54	56	Jun 24 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	1	7	0	8	0
55	57	Jun 26	PHA	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	4	7	0	11	1
56	58	Jun 27	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	2
57	59	Jun 28	PHA		NYY	L,7-9	CG	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
58	60	Jun 29	PHA		NYY	L,0-5	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	64 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,2-11	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
60	72 (7)	Jul 12 (2)	PHA		SLB	L,1-2	CG	37	10.0	3	4	1	8	1
61	73	Jul 13	PHA		SLB	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
62	74	Jul 15 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
63	75	Jul 15 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
64	76	Jul 18 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,2-9	CG	46	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
65	77	Jul 18 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	78	Jul 19	PHA		CLE	L,5-12	CG	0	9.0	2	4	3	9	0
67	79	Jul 20 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
68	80	Jul 20 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	2	5	0
69	81	Jul 21	PHA		CLE	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	3	3	1	7	2
70	82	Jul 25	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
71	83	Jul 26 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
72	84	Jul 26 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
73	85	Jul 27	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	5	3	0	8	0
74	86	Jul 28	PHA	@	SLB	L,6-8	CG	0	8.0	5	5	2	12	0
75	87	Jul 29 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
76	88	Jul 29 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
77	89	Jul 30 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-10	GS	0		0	1	0	1	0
78	90	Jul 30 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-7	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
79	91	Jul 31	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	10.2	2	3	1	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	92	Aug 1 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
81	93	Aug 1 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
82	94	Aug 2	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
83	95	Aug 3	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
84	96	Aug 4	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	2
85	97	Aug 5	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-12	CG	0	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
86	98	Aug 6	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	2	3	1	6	1
87	99	Aug 7	PHA	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
88	100	Aug 8	PHA	@	DET	L,0-9	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
89	101	Aug 9	PHA	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
90	102	Aug 10	PHA	@	DET	L,4-10	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
91	103	Aug 12 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	2	6	1	9	0
92	104	Aug 12 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	4	7	0	11	2
93	105	Aug 14	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	3	5	1	9	1
94	106	Aug 15	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	6	5	0	11	1
95	107	Aug 17 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	1	4	0	5	0
96	108	Aug 17 (2)	PHA		SLB	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
97	109	Aug 18	PHA		SLB	L,3-4	CG	44	11.0	3	4	0	7	0
98	110	Aug 19	PHA		DET	L,2-6	CG	45	10.0	2	3	1	6	1
99	111	Aug 21	PHA		DET	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
100	112	Aug 22	PHA		DET	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	113	Aug 23	PHA		DET	L,3-10	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
102	114	Aug 24 (1)	PHA		CLE	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	0	8	1	9	1
103	115	Aug 24 (2)	PHA		CLE	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
104	116	Aug 25 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,9-13	CG	51	9.0	2	3	1	6	2
105	117	Aug 25 (2)	PHA		CLE	L,2-10	GS	32	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
106	118	Aug 26	PHA		CLE	W,5-0	CG	28	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
107	119	Aug 28	PHA		CHW	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	2	7	1
108	120	Aug 29	PHA		CHW	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
109	121	Aug 30	PHA		CHW	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
110	122	Aug 31	PHA		CHW	L,1-7	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
111	123	Sep 1 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
112	124	Sep 1 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
113	125	Sep 2	PHA	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	0	10.2	3	3	1	7	0
114	126	Sep 4 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
115	127	Sep 4 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	4	6	0	10	4
116	128	Sep 5 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	1	3	3	7	1
117	129	Sep 5 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
118	130	Sep 6	PHA		BOS	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
119	131	Sep 7	PHA		BOS	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
120	132	Sep 8	PHA		NYY	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
121	133	Sep 9 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	5	2	1	8	2
122	134	Sep 9 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
123	135	Sep 13	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	0	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
124	136	Sep 14	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-9	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
125	137	Sep 15	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	0	8.1	0	6	0	6	0
126	138	Sep 16	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	5	4	1	10	2
127	139	Sep 17	PHA	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	0	9.2	4	3	0	7	0
128	140	Sep 18	PHA	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	1
129	141	Sep 19	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	2	4	0	6	1
130	142	Sep 20	PHA	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	40	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
131	143	Sep 21	PHA	@	CHW	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
132	144	Sep 22	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
133	145	Sep 23	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
134	146	Sep 24 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
135	147	Sep 24 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
136	148	Sep 27	PHA		WSH	L,3-13	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
137	149	Sep 28	PHA		WSH	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	1	3	2	6	0
138	150	Sep 30 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,6-8	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
139	151	Sep 30 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,10-9	CG	0	9.0	5	4	2	11	0
140	152	Oct 2	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
141	153	Oct 3 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	9	0	11	1
142	154	Oct 3 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	4	3	2	9	1
							142gm		1229.0	299	423	78	800	59