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Johnnie Wittig

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Full Name: John Carl Wittig Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/180 First Game: August 4, 1938
Birthdate: June 16, 1914 Final Game: June 22, 1949
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland MLB Experience: 5 years
Died: February 24, 1999
Deathplace: Nassawadox, Virginia
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on June 16, 1914 in Baltimore, Maryland, Johnnie Wittig (John Carl Wittig) played for the New York Giants and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 5 year career. Wittig broke into the bigs on August 4, 1938 with the New York Giants, and put up a 5.59 ERA in 85.1 innings pitched in 1941, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Johnnie Wittig's best season was 1943, when he posted a 4.23 ERA and struck out 56 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1938 NY N 13 6 2 3 4.81 14 22 21 2 0 0 39.1 41 4 26 0 1 0
1939 NY N 5 2 0 2 7.56 4 15 14 1 0 0 16.2 18 0 14 0 2 1
1941 NY N 25 9 3 5 5.59 47 57 53 0 0 0 85.1 111 5 45 0 5 1
1943 NY N 40 22 5 15 4.23 56 85 77 4 1 4 164 172 14 76 0 1 0
1949 BOS A 1 0 0 0 9.00 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
Total NL 83 39 10 25 4.86 121 179 165 7 1 4 305.1 342 23 161 0 9 2
Total AL 1 0 0 0 9.00 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
Total 84 39 10 25 4.89 121 181 167 7 1 4 307.1 344 23 163 0 9 2

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1938 NY N P 13 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1939 NY N P 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1941 NY N P 25 0 0 0 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1943 NY N P 40 0 0 3 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .962
1949 BOS A P 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total P 84 0 0 3 38 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .976

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1938 NY N 13 10 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
1939 NY N 5 5 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1941 NY N 25 25 2 5 0 3 .200 .231 .200 0 0 1 8 0 1 0 0 0
1943 NY N 40 51 3 5 0 2 .098 .115 .118 1 0 1 14 0 2 0 0 0
1949 BOS A 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 83 91 5 10 0 5 .110 .129 .121 1 0 2 28 0 4 0 0 0
Total AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 84 91 5 10 0 5 .110 .129 .121 1 0 2 28 0 4 0 0 0

[edit] Transactions

  • Sold by Baltimore (International) to New York Giants (August 3, 1938).
  • Claimed on waivers by Cincinnati Reds from New York Giants (February 27, 1946).

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