Whitey Witt

Positions: Outfielder, Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-7, 150lb (170cm, 68kg)

Born: September 28, 1895 in Orange, MA us

Died: July 14, 1988 in Salem County, NJ

Buried: St. Joseph Church Cemetery, Woodstown, NJ

School: Bowdoin College (Brunswick, ME)

Debut: April 12, 1916 (Age 20-197d, 4,465th in major league history)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 19, 1926 (Age 30-325d)
vs. STL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1916 season

Full Name: Lawton Walter Witt

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1923 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.1

4171

1195

.287

632

RBI

300

OBP

.362

SLG

.364

OPS

.726

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	4-6 / in Starts: 4-6
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	11 games
Most Games w/o RBI	5 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1922	WS g1	Oct 4	NYY	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.750	1.000	1	.73	0.053	38.14	1.80%	0.04	CF
2	1922	WS g2	Oct 5	NYY		NYG	T,3-3	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.222	.444	.667	1	1.18	-0.043	63.61	-1.00%	-0.50	CF
3	1922	WS g3	Oct 6	NYY	@	NYG	L,0-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.231	.333	.564	1	.99	-0.101	53.15	-2.99%	-0.96	CF
4	1922	WS g4	Oct 7	NYY		NYG	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.294	.438	.732	1	1.27	0.062	55.02	1.68%	0.01	CF
5	1922	WS g5	Oct 8	NYY	@	NYG	L,3-5	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.263	.389	.652	1	.81	-0.043	19.81	-0.57%	-0.45	CF
1923 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	1923	WS g1	Oct 10	NYY		NYG	L,4-5	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	2.06	-0.204	107.74	-7.37%	-0.65	CF
7	1923	WS g2	Oct 11	NYY	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	.95	-0.123	49.53	-3.95%	-1.66	CF
8	1923	WS g3	Oct 12	NYY		NYG	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	1.15	0.001	71.75	0.50%	-0.35	CF
9	1923	WS g4	Oct 13	NYY	@	NYG	W,8-4	CG	5	4	0	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.278	.278	.389	.667	1	.41	0.130	25.82	5.33%	2.09	CF
10	1923	WS g5	Oct 14	NYY		NYG	W,8-1	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.304	.364	.668	1	.38	-0.002	31.50	-0.09%	-0.15	CF
11	1923	WS g6	Oct 15	NYY	@	NYG	W,6-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.240	.269	.320	.589	1	.74	-0.057	61.39	-2.60%	-0.54	CF
									46	43	2	10	3	1	0	4	2	0	3	0	1				0	0	.233	.267	.349	.616

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