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Whitey Witt
Lawton Walter Witt
born Ladislaw Waldemar Wittkowski

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 7", Weight 150 lb.
School Bowdoin College

Debut April 12, 1916
Final Game August 18, 1926
Born September 28, 1895 in Orange, MA
Died July 14, 1988 in Salem Co., NJ

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1916 20 PHA AL 143  563   64  138  16 15   2   36  19     55  71  .245  .315  .337  100  190   6           2    
 1917 21 PHA AL 128  452   62  114  13  4   0   28  12     65  45  .252  .346  .299   99  135  13           0    
 1919 23 PHA AL 122  460   56  123  15  6   0   33  11     46  26  .267  .334  .326   85  150  12           0    
 1920 24 PHA AL  65  218   29   70  11  3   1   25   2  3  27  16  .321  .396  .413  114   90   8           0    
 1921 25 PHA AL 154  629  100  198  31 11   4   45  16 15  77  52  .315  .390  .418  106  263  19           1    
 1922 26 NYY AL 140  528   98  157  11  6   4   40   5  8  89  29  .297  .400  .364   98  192  10           1    
 1923 27 NYY AL 146  596  113  187  18 10   6   56   2  7  67  42  .314  .386  .408  107  243  19           3    
 1924 28 NYY AL 147  600   88  178  26  5   1   36   9  7  45  20  .297  .346  .362   83  217  15           0    
 1925 29 NYY AL  31   40    9    8   2  1   0    0   1  1   6   2  .200  .304  .300   55   12   0           0    
 1926 30 BRO NL  63   85   13   22   1  1   0    3   1     12   6  .259  .351  .294   76   25   2           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons    1139 4171  632 1195 144 62  18  302  78 41 489 309  .287  .362  .364   97 1517 104   0   0   7   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        593   90  170  20  9   3   43  11  6  70  44  .287  .362  .364   97  216  15   0   0   1   0
 Career High    154  629  113  198  31 15   6   56  19 15  89  71  .321  .400  .418  114  263  19   0   0   3   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1916 20 PHA AL  626  431   59   3.7    79| .245  .251| .315  .324| .337  .328| .652  .652| 100  .533  -1.8  -0.2     
 1917 21 PHA AL  530  351   47   3.6    78| .252  .253| .346  .323| .299  .327| .645  .650|  99  .531   1.8   0.2     
 1919 23 PHA AL  518  349   50   3.9    96| .267  .277| .334  .344| .326  .373| .660  .716|  85  .476  -9.1  -1.0     
 1920 24 PHA AL  253  159   35   5.9   107| .321  .292| .396  .357| .413  .402| .809  .759| 114  .614   5.2   0.5  40%
 1921 25 PHA AL  726  465  100   5.8   114| .315  .300| .390  .365| .418  .421| .808  .786| 106  .557   8.0   0.8  51%
 1922 26 NYY AL  628  389   75   5.2   111| .297  .295| .400  .361| .364  .415| .764  .776|  98  .539   2.8   0.3  38%
 1923 27 NYY AL  685  435   91   5.6   109| .314  .293| .386  .363| .408  .404| .794  .767| 107  .581   6.6   0.6  22%
 1924 28 NYY AL  660  444   74   4.4   112| .297  .298| .346  .368| .362  .409| .708  .776|  83  .457 -16.3  -1.6  56%
 1925 29 NYY AL   46   33    4   3.2   114| .200  .297| .304  .367| .300  .416| .604  .784|  55  .303  -2.8  -0.3  50%
 1926 30 BRO NL   99   65    9   3.7   102| .259  .286| .351  .346| .294  .396| .645  .742|  76  .407  -2.5  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     4771 3121  544   4.7   101| .287  .283| .362  .351| .364  .386| .726  .738|  97  .527  -8.0  -0.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1916 20 PHA AL SS 142 299 423 78 59 .903 .938 5.08 4.92 1917 21 PHA AL SS 111 190 354 38 41 .935 .931 4.90 4.84 OF 7 15 2 1 0 .944 .966 2.43 2.14 7 0 0 3B 6 4 14 1 0 .947 .942 3.00 3.23 1919 23 PHA AL OF 59 134 3 4 0 .972 .958 2.32 2.16 40 19 0 2B 56 132 162 15 25 .951 .961 5.25 5.19 3B 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 3.25 1920 24 PHA AL OF 50 70 2 3 0 .960 .963 1.44 2.16 0 5 45 2B 10 29 27 2 5 .966 .962 5.60 5.54 SS 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 5.00 1921 25 PHA AL OF 154 288 15 13 3 .959 .960 1.97 2.21 0 0 154 1922 26 NYY AL OF 139 312 9 8 1 .976 .964 2.31 2.22 0 109 30 1923 27 NYY AL OF 144 357 14 8 4 .979 .965 2.58 2.26 0 144 0 1924 28 NYY AL OF 144 362 11 9 1 .976 .970 2.59 2.27 0 144 0 1925 29 NYY AL OF 10 19 1 0 0 1.000 .966 2.00 2.27 0 9 1 1926 30 BRO NL OF 22 44 2 4 1 .920 .964 2.09 2.26 3 17 2
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1919 23 PHA AL 2B 56 132 162 15 25 .951 .961 5.25 5.19 1920 24 PHA AL 2B 10 29 27 2 5 .966 .962 5.60 5.54 1917 21 PHA AL 3B 6 4 14 1 0 .947 .942 3.00 3.23 1919 23 PHA AL 3B 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 3.25 1917 21 PHA AL OF 7 15 2 1 0 .944 .966 2.43 2.14 7 0 0 1919 23 PHA AL OF 59 134 3 4 0 .972 .958 2.32 2.16 40 19 0 1920 24 PHA AL OF 50 70 2 3 0 .960 .963 1.44 2.16 0 5 45 1921 25 PHA AL OF 154 288 15 13 3 .959 .960 1.97 2.21 0 0 154 1922 26 NYY AL OF 139 312 9 8 1 .976 .964 2.31 2.22 0 109 30 1923 27 NYY AL OF 144 357 14 8 4 .979 .965 2.58 2.26 0 144 0 1924 28 NYY AL OF 144 362 11 9 1 .976 .970 2.59 2.27 0 144 0 1925 29 NYY AL OF 10 19 1 0 0 1.000 .966 2.00 2.27 0 9 1 1926 30 BRO NL OF 22 44 2 4 1 .920 .964 2.09 2.26 3 17 2 1916 20 PHA AL SS 142 299 423 78 59 .903 .938 5.08 4.92 1917 21 PHA AL SS 111 190 354 38 41 .935 .931 4.90 4.84 1920 24 PHA AL SS 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 5.00
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 729 1601 59 50 10 .971 .964 2.28 2.23 50 447 232 SS 255 489 778 116 100 .916 .935 4.97 4.89 2B 66 161 189 17 30 .954 .961 5.30 5.24 3B 8 5 15 1 0 .952 .943 2.50 3.24 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1058 2256 1041 184 140 .947 .952 3.12 3.06
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1922   WS    NYY NYG     L   5  18   1   4  1  1  0   0   1   2  .222  .263  .389   0  0   0   0   0 
 1923   WS    NYY NYG     W   6  25   1   6  2  0  0   4   1   1  .240  .269  .320   0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1  11  43   2  10  3  1  0   4   2   3  .233  .267  .349   0  0   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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
1921 AL-154-2

At Bats
1921 AL-629-2
1923 AL-596-6
1924 AL-600-6

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1921 AL-726-2
1923 AL-685-6

Runs
1922 AL-98-8
1923 AL-113-6

Hits
1921 AL-198-7
1923 AL-187-10

Triples
1916 AL-15-3

Bases on Balls
1917 AL-65-8
1921 AL-77-6
1922 AL-89-1

Strikeouts
1916 AL-71-4
1921 AL-52-8

Singles
1921 AL-152-4
1922 AL-136-9
1923 AL-153-2
1924 AL-146-6

Times on Base
1921 AL-276-5
1922 AL-247-10
1923 AL-257-9

Caught Stealing
1921 AL-15-4

Outs
1921 AL-465-3
1923 AL-435-8
1924 AL-444-6

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (587) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 23 (906) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 17.9 (765) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 15.0 (928) (Likely HOFer > 100)
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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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

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


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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