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Whitey Witt

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Full Name: Lawton Walter Witt Primary Position: OF,SS
Height/Weight: 5' 7"/150 First Game: April 12, 1916
Birthdate: September 28, 1895 Final Game: August 18, 1926
Birthplace: Orange, Massachusetts MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: July 14, 1988
Deathplace: Salem County, New Jersey
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Contents

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

[edit] Biography

Whitey Witt (Lawton Walter Witt) was born on September 28, 1895 in Orange, Massachusetts. He made his Major League debut on April 12, 1916 for the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1916, his rookie year, he hit .245 with 2 home runs and 36 RBI. Witt played for the Philadelphia Athletics, New York Yankees and Brooklyn Robins over the course of his 10 year career.

Most people believe that Whitey Witt's best season was 1921, when he hit for a .315 average.

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Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1916 PHI A 143 563 64 138 2 36 .245 .315 .337 16 15 55 71 2 6 19 0 0
1917 PHI A 128 452 62 114 0 28 .252 .346 .299 13 4 65 45 0 13 12 0 0
1919 PHI A 122 460 56 123 0 33 .267 .334 .326 15 6 46 26 0 12 11 0 0
1920 PHI A 65 218 29 70 1 25 .321 .396 .413 11 3 27 16 0 8 2 0 0
1921 PHI A 154 629 100 198 4 45 .315 .390 .418 31 11 77 52 1 19 16 0 0
1922 NY A 140 528 98 157 4 40 .297 .400 .364 11 6 89 29 1 10 5 0 0
1923 NY A 146 596 113 187 6 56 .314 .386 .408 18 10 67 42 3 19 2 0 0
1924 NY A 147 600 88 178 1 36 .297 .346 .362 26 5 45 20 0 15 9 0 0
1925 NY A 31 40 9 8 0 0 .200 .304 .300 2 1 6 2 0 0 1 0 0
1926 BRO N 63 85 13 22 0 3 .259 .351 .294 1 1 12 6 0 2 1 0 0
Total NL 63 85 13 22 0 3 .259 .351 .294 1 1 12 6 0 2 1 0 0
Total AL 1076 4086 619 1173 18 299 .287 .363 .365 143 61 477 303 7 102 77 0 0
Total 1139 4171 632 1195 18 302 .287 .362 .364 144 62 489 309 7 104 78 0 0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1916 PHI A SS 142 0 0 299 423 78 59 0 0 0 0 0 .902
1917 PHI A OF 7 0 0 15 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .944
1917 PHI A 3B 6 0 0 4 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .947
1917 PHI A SS 111 0 0 190 354 38 41 0 0 0 0 0 .935
1919 PHI A 2B 56 0 0 132 162 15 25 0 0 0 0 0 .951
1919 PHI A 3B 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1919 PHI A OF 59 0 0 134 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1920 PHI A 2B 10 0 0 29 27 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 .966
1920 PHI A SS 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1920 PHI A OF 50 0 0 70 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .960
1921 PHI A OF 154 0 0 288 15 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 .959
1922 NY A OF 139 0 0 312 9 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1923 NY A OF 144 0 0 357 14 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1924 NY A OF 144 0 0 362 11 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1925 NY A OF 10 0 0 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1926 BRO N OF 22 0 0 44 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .920
Total 3B 8 0 0 5 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .952
Total OF 729 0 0 1601 59 50 10 0 0 0 0 0 .971
Total 2B 66 0 0 161 189 17 30 0 0 0 0 0 .954
Total SS 255 0 0 489 778 116 100 0 0 0 0 0 .916

[edit] Transactions

  • Sold by Philadelphia Athletics to New York Yankees (April 17, 1922).

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