Whitey Witt Stats

Whitey Witt was born on Saturday, September 28, 1895, in Orange, Massachusetts. Witt was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 12, 1916, with the Philadelphia Athletics. 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 Whitey Witt baseball stats page.

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"I'm conservative. My thirty-two bunt singles, placed end to end, would probably fall short of one of Babe Ruth's homers, but he got only four bases on that distance, while I got thirty-two. Yes, my lad, science pays." - Whitey Witt

Whitey Witt

Whitey Witt Autograph on a 1979 Diamond Greats (#13)

Whitey Witt Autograph on a 1979 Diamond Greats (#13)

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Birth Name:   Ladislaw Waldemar Wittkowski
Nickname:   Whitey
Born On:   09-28-1895  (Libra)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Orange, Massachusetts
Year of Death Data Died On:   07-14-1988 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Salem County, New Jersey
Cemetery:   St. Joseph Church Cemetery, Woodstown, New Jersey
High School:   Goddard School (Orange, MA)
College:   Bowdoin College
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-07   Player Weight Chart Weight:   150
First Game:   04-12-1916 (Age 20)
Last Game:   08-19-1926
Draft:   Not Applicable

Whitey Witt

Whitey Witt Pitching Stats

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Whitey Witt

Whitey Witt Hitting Stats

1916 21 Athletics 143 563 64 138 16 15 2 0 36 55 - 71 6 - 2 - .245 .315 .337
1917 22 Athletics 128 452 62 114 13 4 0 0 28 65 - 45 13 - 0 - .252 .346 .299
1919 24 Athletics 122 460 56 123 15 6 0 0 33 46 - 26 12 - 0 - .267 .334 .326
1920 25 Athletics 65 218 29 70 11 3 1 0 25 27 - 16 8 - 0 - .321 .396 .413
1921 26 Athletics 154 629 100 198 31 11 4 0 45 77 - 52 19 - 1 - .315 .390 .418
1922 27 Yankees 140 528 98 157 11 6 4 0 40 89 - 29 10 - 1 - .297 .400 .364
1923 28 Yankees 146 596 113 187 18 10 6 0 56 67 - 42 19 - 3 - .314 .386 .408
1924 29 Yankees 147 600 88 178 26 5 1 0 36 45 - 20 15 - 0 - .297 .346 .362
1925 30 Yankees 31 40 9 8 2 1 0 0 0 6 - 2 0 0 0 - .200 .304 .300
1926 31 Robins 63 85 13 22 1 1 0 0 3 12 - 6 2 - 0 - .259 .351 .294
10 Years 1,139 4,171 632 1,195 144 62 18 0 302 489 - 309 104 0 7 - .287 .362 .364

Whitey Witt

Whitey Witt Fielding Stats

1916 Athletics SS 142 142 3,627 800 5.6 722 299 423 78 59 n/a n/a n/a .903 5.37
1917 Athletics 3B 6 6 126 19 3.2 18 4 14 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .947 3.86
1917 Athletics LF 7 7 159 18 2.6 17 15 2 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .944 2.89
1917 Athletics SS 111 109 2,766 582 5.2 544 190 354 38 41 n/a n/a n/a .935 5.31
1919 Athletics 2B 56 54 1,398 309 5.5 294 132 162 15 25 n/a n/a n/a .951 5.68
1919 Athletics 3B 2 2 27 2 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.00
1919 Athletics CF 20 19 513 147 7.4 146 146 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .993 7.68
1919 Athletics LF 41 41 1,041 197 4.8 194 191 3 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .985 5.03
1920 Athletics 2B 10 9 240 58 5.8 56 29 27 2 5 n/a n/a n/a .966 6.30
1920 Athletics CF 5 4 108 6 1.2 6 6 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.50
1920 Athletics RF 45 45 1,152 69 1.5 66 64 2 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .957 1.55
1920 Athletics SS 2 0 - 1 0.5 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1921 Athletics RF 154 154 450 316 2.1 303 288 15 13 3 n/a n/a n/a .959 18.18
1922 Yankees CF 113 110 2,541 2,290 20.3 2,285 2,278 7 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .998 24.28
1922 Yankees LF 1 1 27 3 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
1922 Yankees RF 25 25 687 36 1.4 33 31 2 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .917 1.30
1923 Yankees CF 144 143 3,690 379 2.6 371 357 14 8 4 n/a n/a n/a .979 2.71
1924 Yankees CF 144 143 3,612 382 2.7 373 362 11 9 1 n/a n/a n/a .976 2.79
1925 Yankees CF 9 6 153 219 24.3 219 218 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 38.65
1925 Yankees RF 1 1 27 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.00
1926 Robins CF 17 14 321 46 2.7 44 42 2 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .957 3.70
1926 Robins LF 3 0 - 2 0.7 1 1 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 0.00
1926 Robins RF 2 1 - 2 1.0 1 1 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 0.00
CF Totals 452 439 10,938 3,469 7.7 3,444 3,409 35 25 8 n/a n/a n/a .993 8.50
SS Totals 255 251 6,393 1,383 5.4 1,267 489 778 116 100 n/a n/a n/a .916 5.35
RF Totals 227 226 2,316 424 1.9 404 385 19 20 3 n/a n/a n/a .953 4.71
2B Totals 66 63 1,638 367 5.6 350 161 189 17 30 n/a n/a n/a .954 5.77
LF Totals 52 49 1,227 220 4.2 215 210 5 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .977 4.73
3B Totals 8 8 153 21 2.6 20 5 15 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .952 3.53
10 Years 1,060 1,036 22,665 5,884 5.6 5,700 4,659 1,041 184 141 n/a n/a n/a .969 6.79

Whitey Witt

Whitey Witt Miscellaneous Stats

1916 Athletics 19 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 281.5 7.9 15.6 - - -
1917 Athletics 12 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 10.0 16.1 - - -
1919 Athletics 11 - - 2 0 n/a 0.0 17.7 13.9 - - -
1920 Athletics 2 3 .400 3 0 n/a 218.0 13.6 8.7 - - -
1921 Athletics 16 15 .516 0 0 n/a 157.3 12.1 14.0 - - -
1922 Yankees 5 8 .385 1 0 n/a 132.0 18.2 13.2 - - -
1923 Yankees 2 7 .222 2 0 n/a 99.3 14.2 10.6 - - -
1924 Yankees 9 7 .563 4 0 n/a 600.0 30.0 16.7 - - -
1925 Yankees 1 1 .500 12 9 n/a 0.0 20.0 0.0 - - -
1926 Robins 1 - - 33 8 n/a 0.0 14.2 28.3 - - -
10 Years 78 41 .655 57 17 n/a 231.7 13.5 13.8 - - -

Whitey Witt

Whitey Witt Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1916 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a -
1917 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a -
1919 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a -
1920 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a -
1921 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a -
1922 New York Yankees n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1923 New York Yankees n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1924 New York Yankees n/a Undetermined n/a -
1925 New York Yankees n/a Undetermined n/a -
1926 Brooklyn Robins n/a Undetermined n/a -

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