George Witt Stats

George Witt was born on Monday, November 9, 1931, in Long Beach, California. Witt was 25 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 21, 1957, with the Pittsburgh Pirates. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive George Witt baseball stats page.
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George Witt

George Witt Autograph on a 1963 Topps (#287)

George Witt Autograph on a 1963 Topps (#287)
 

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Birth Name:   George Adrian Witt
Nickname:   Red
Born On:   11-09-1931  (Scorpio)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Long Beach, California
Year of Death Data Died On:   01-30-2013 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Los Angeles, California
Cemetery:   Undetermined
High School:   Banning High School (Compton, CA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-03   Player Weight Chart Weight:   200
First Game:   09-21-1957 (Age 25)
Last Game:   06-10-1962
Draft:   Not Applicable
George Witt

George Witt Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1957 26 Pirates 1 1 0 0 1 .000 40.51 0 0 0 1.1 13 4 6 6 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 -
1958 27 Pirates 18 15 0 9 2 .818 1.61 5 3 0 106.0 442 78 19 22 2 59 3 81 5 2 0 -
1959 28 Pirates 15 11 2 0 7 .000 6.93 0 0 0 50.2 234 58 39 43 7 32 2 30 0 1 1 -
1960 29 Pirates 10 6 0 1 2 .333 4.20 0 0 0 30.0 128 33 14 18 3 12 0 15 0 0 0 -
1961 30 Pirates 9 1 3 0 1 .000 6.32 0 0 0 15.2 67 17 11 12 5 5 0 9 0 0 0 -
1962 31 Angels 5 2 1 1 1 .500 8.10 0 0 0 10.0 49 15 9 12 4 5 0 10 0 0 0 -
1962 31 Colt .45s 8 2 2 0 2 .000 7.04 0 0 0 15.1 73 20 12 14 2 9 0 10 0 1 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
6 Years 66 38 8 11 16 .407 4.32 5 3 0 229.0 1,006 225 110 127 24 127 5 156 5 4 1 -
George Witt

George Witt Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1957 26 Pirates 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1958 27 Pirates 18 39 5 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 1 0 0 0 .154 .154 .154
1959 28 Pirates 15 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 2 0 0 0 .000 .077 .000
1960 29 Pirates 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1961 30 Pirates 9 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000
1962 31 Angels 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333
1962 31 Colt .45s 8 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
6 Years 66 69 6 9 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 27 4 0 0 0 .130 .143 .145
George Witt

George Witt Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1957 Pirates P 1 1 4 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1958 Pirates P 18 15 318 19 1.1 18 4 14 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .947 1.53
1959 Pirates P 15 11 152 10 0.7 9 2 7 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .900 1.60
1960 Pirates P 10 6 90 5 0.5 5 1 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.50
1961 Pirates P 9 1 47 1 0.1 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.57
1962 Angels P 5 2 30 1 0.2 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.90
1962 Colt .45s P 8 2 46 4 0.5 4 1 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.35
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
P Totals 66 38 687 40 0.6 38 8 30 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .950 1.49
6 Years 66 38 687 40 0.6 38 8 30 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .950 1.49
George Witt

George Witt Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1957 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.20 6.75 33.76
1958 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.0 39.0 1.37 6.88 5.01
1959 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.94 5.33 5.68
1960 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.3 0.0 1.25 4.50 3.60
1961 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.80 5.17 2.87
1962 Angels 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.00 9.00 4.50
1962 Colt .45s 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.0 0.0 1.11 5.87 5.28
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
6 Years 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.6 69.0 1.23 6.13 4.99
George Witt

George Witt Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1957 Pittsburgh Pirates 38, 52 Undetermined - -
1958 Pittsburgh Pirates 29, 30 Undetermined - -
1959 Pittsburgh Pirates 30 Undetermined - -
1960 Pittsburgh Pirates 30, 39 Undetermined - Stats
1961 Pittsburgh Pirates 39 Undetermined - -
1962 Los Angeles Angels 48 Undetermined - -
1962 Houston Colt .45s 36 Undetermined - -




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