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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	PHA		WSH	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
2	2	Apr 12	PHA		WSH	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	7	3	0	10	0
3	3	Apr 14	PHA		WSH	W,16-4	CG	43	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
4	4	Apr 16	PHA		BOS	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 17	PHA		BOS	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
6	6	Apr 18	PHA		BOS	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
7	7	Apr 19	PHA		BOS	W,4-3	CG	49	12.0	6	4	1	11	0
8	8	Apr 20	PHA	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	51	13.0	3	4	0	7	1
9	9	Apr 21	PHA	@	WSH	L,6-11	CG	42	8.0	3	2	1	6	2
10	10	Apr 23	PHA	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
11	11	Apr 24	PHA	@	WSH	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
12	12	Apr 25	PHA	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
13	13	Apr 28	PHA	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
14	14	Apr 30	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 3	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	0	6	0	6	0
16	16	May 7	PHA		NYY	L,4-9	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
17	17	May 8	PHA		NYY	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	3	2	2	7	0
18	18	May 10	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	2	1	3	1
19	19	May 11	PHA	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
20	20	May 12	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-4	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	21	May 13	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
22	22	May 14	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
23	23	May 15	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-11	CG	41	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
24	24	May 16	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
25	25	May 17	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
26	26	May 19	PHA	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	44	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
27	27	May 20 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
28	28	May 20 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
29	29	May 22	PHA	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
30	30	May 24	PHA	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
31	31	May 25	PHA	@	DET	W,10-6	CG	50	11.0	0	6	2	8	0
32	32	May 26	PHA	@	DET	L,8-11	CG	42	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
33	33	May 29 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
34	34	May 29 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
35	35	May 30 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
36	36	May 30 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,0-2	CG	56	15.0	2	6	0	8	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	37	Jun 2	PHA		CHW	L,0-4	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
38	38	Jun 4	PHA		CHW	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	4	6	0	10	0
39	39	Jun 5	PHA		CHW	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
40	40	Jun 6	PHA		SLB	W,11-6	CG	43	9.0	2	6	1	9	0
41	41	Jun 8	PHA		SLB	L,2-11	CG	48	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
42	42	Jun 9	PHA		SLB	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
43	43	Jun 12	PHA		DET	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
44	44	Jun 13	PHA		DET	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
45	45	Jun 15	PHA		CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
46	46	Jun 16 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
47	47	Jun 16 (2)	PHA		CLE	L,4-7	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
48	48	Jun 17	PHA	@	CLE	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
49	49	Jun 20	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
50	50	Jun 21	PHA	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
51	51	Jun 22	PHA	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
52	52	Jun 23 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-10	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
53	53	Jun 23 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	35	8.2	2	0	0	2	1
54	54	Jun 25 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	0	7	0	7	0
55	55	Jun 25 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
56	56	Jun 26	PHA	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	40	8.2	1	2	1	4	0
57	57	Jun 27	PHA	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
58	58	Jun 28	PHA		WSH	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
59	59	Jun 29	PHA		WSH	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
60	60	Jun 30 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,14-6	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
61	61	Jun 30 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	62	Jul 2	PHA		WSH	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
63	63	Jul 3 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
64	64	Jul 3 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
65	65	Jul 4 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
66	66	Jul 4 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	67	Jul 5 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
68	68	Jul 5 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	69	Jul 7	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	70	Jul 8	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	0	0	2	2	0
71	71	Jul 9	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-2	GS	32	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
72	91 (19)	Jul 31	PHA		CLE	L,5-8	GF	12	3.0	1	1	1	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	92	Aug 1	PHA		CLE	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
74	93	Aug 2	PHA		CLE	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
75	96 (2)	Aug 4 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	4	3	1	8	2
76	97	Aug 6	PHA		CHW	W,5-4	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	98	Aug 7	PHA		CHW	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
78	99	Aug 8	PHA		SLB	W,6-5	CG	39	10.0	3	3	0	6	1
79	100	Aug 9	PHA		SLB	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
80	101	Aug 10	PHA		SLB	W,7-0	GS	23	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
81	102	Aug 11 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
82	103	Aug 11 (2)	PHA		SLB	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
83	106 (2)	Aug 15	PHA		BOS	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
84	107	Aug 17	PHA	@	CHW	W,9-7	GS	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	110 (2)	Aug 20	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	42	8.1	0	6	0	6	0
86	111	Aug 21	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-16	CG	48	8.0	4	2	1	7	0
87	112	Aug 22	PHA	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
88	113	Aug 23	PHA	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	1	5	1	7	2
89	116 (2)	Aug 26 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,5-6	GS	0	10.2	3	5	1	9	0
90	118 (1)	Aug 27	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	2
91	119	Aug 28	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
92	120	Aug 30	PHA	@	BOS	T,1-1	CG	38	10.0	0	4	0	4	0
93	121	Aug 31 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
94	122	Aug 31 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	123	Sep 1	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
96	124	Sep 3 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,7-4	GS	38	9.0	1	6	1	8	0
97	125	Sep 3 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
98	126	Sep 4	PHA		WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
99	127	Sep 5	PHA		BOS	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
100	128	Sep 6	PHA		BOS	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
101	129	Sep 7	PHA		BOS	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
102	130	Sep 10 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,1-10	GS	12	1.0	0	0	2	2	0
103	131	Sep 10 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,1-5	CG	45	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
104	132	Sep 11 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
105	133	Sep 11 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
106	134	Sep 12	PHA		NYY	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
107	135	Sep 13	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	39	9.2	1	8	0	9	0
108	136	Sep 14	PHA	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
109	137	Sep 15 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	1	2	1	4	1
110	138	Sep 15 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
111	139	Sep 18	PHA		CHW	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	3	5	2	10	1
112	140	Sep 19	PHA		CHW	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
113	141	Sep 20	PHA		CHW	L,3-5	CG	45	11.0	1	2	0	3	0
114	143 (1)	Sep 22 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
115	145 (1)	Sep 24	PHA		CLE	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
116	146	Sep 25	PHA		SLB	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
117	147	Sep 26	PHA		SLB	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
118	148	Sep 27	PHA		SLB	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
119	149	Sep 28	PHA		DET	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
120	150	Sep 29 (1)	PHA		DET	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
121	151	Sep 29 (2)	PHA		DET	W,12-11	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
122	152	Oct 2	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
123	153	Oct 3 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,3-1	GS	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
124	154	Oct 3 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
							124gm		1012.0	207	369	40	616	41