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.

1919 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1919 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 23	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	47	12.1	3	0	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 24	PHA	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	55	13.0	5	0	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 28	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	47	11.1	1	0	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 29	PHA	@	NYY	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
5	5	Apr 30	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	6	May 2	PHA		WSH	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	7	May 3	PHA		WSH	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	8	May 4	PHA	@	WSH	L,6-12	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
9	9	May 5	PHA		WSH	L,6-10	CG	41	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
10	10	May 6	PHA		NYY	W,3-2	CG	45	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	11	May 8	PHA		NYY	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
12	12	May 14	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-11	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	13	May 15	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	14	May 17	PHA	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
15	15	May 18	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-1	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	16	May 20	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
17	17	May 21	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	18	May 22	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	19	May 24	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	20	May 25	PHA	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	37	8.1	0	1	0	1	0
21	21	May 26	PHA	@	DET	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
22	22	May 27	PHA	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	23	May 29	PHA		BOS	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	24	May 30 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,6-10	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	25	May 30 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	26	May 31	PHA		BOS	L,4-6	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	27	Jun 2 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
28	28	Jun 2 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,5-10	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	29	Jun 3	PHA		NYY	L,9-10	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
30	30	Jun 4	PHA		NYY	L,7-10	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	31	Jun 5	PHA		CLE	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	32	Jun 7	PHA		CLE	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
33	33	Jun 8	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	8.1	6	0	0	6	0
34	34	Jun 9	PHA		CLE	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	35	Jun 10	PHA		SLB	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	36	Jun 11	PHA		SLB	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	37	Jun 12	PHA		SLB	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
38	38	Jun 13	PHA		SLB	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	39	Jun 14	PHA		CHW	L,3-6	CG	57	14.0	6	0	0	6	0
40	40	Jun 16	PHA		CHW	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	41	Jun 17	PHA		CHW	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	42	Jun 18	PHA		DET	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	43	Jun 19	PHA		DET	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	44	Jun 20	PHA		DET	L,9-11	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	45	Jun 21	PHA		DET	W,12-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	46	Jun 22	PHA	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	2	3	0
47	47	Jun 23	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-11	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	48	Jun 24	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-9	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
49	49	Jun 25	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	8.2	2	0	1	3	0
50	50	Jun 28 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	51	Jun 28 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,3-6	GS	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	52	Jun 29	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
53	53	Jun 30	PHA		WSH	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	54	Jul 1	PHA		BOS	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
55	55	Jul 2	PHA		BOS	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
56	56	Jul 3	PHA		BOS	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	2	7	1	10	1
57	57	Jul 4 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	58	Jul 4 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,6-9	CG	43	8.0	0	0	2	2	0
59	59	Jul 5 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
60	60	Jul 5 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	41	10.0	2	2	0	4	1
61	61	Jul 7 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
62	62	Jul 7 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
63	63	Jul 9 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
64	64	Jul 9 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	65	Jul 10	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
66	66	Jul 11	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	6	3	1	10	0
67	67	Jul 12	PHA	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
68	68	Jul 13 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
69	69	Jul 13 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	46	10.2	0	2	1	3	0
70	70	Jul 14	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	1	2	0	3	2
71	71	Jul 15	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
72	72	Jul 16	PHA	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	56	13.2	1	3	0	4	2
73	73	Jul 17	PHA	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	31	8.0	3	3	0	6	2
74	74	Jul 18	PHA	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	28	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
75	75	Jul 19	PHA	@	DET	L,3-6	GS	21	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
76	84 (8)	Jul 29 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
77	85	Jul 29 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,11-7	CG	42	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
78	86	Jul 30	PHA		CLE	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	87	Aug 1	PHA		SLB	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
80	88	Aug 2	PHA		SLB	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	5	4	2	11	1
81	89	Aug 4	PHA		SLB	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
82	90	Aug 7 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
83	91	Aug 7 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
84	92	Aug 8 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,5-4	CG	48	13.0	5	4	1	10	0
85	93	Aug 8 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	1
86	94	Aug 9	PHA		DET	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	4	4	1	9	0
87	95	Aug 11	PHA		DET	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
88	96	Aug 12	PHA		DET	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
89	97	Aug 14	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
90	98	Aug 15	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
91	99	Aug 16	PHA	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	100	Aug 17	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	21	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
93	101	Aug 18	PHA	@	CHW	L,6-11	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
94	102	Aug 19	PHA	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	103	Aug 20	PHA	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
96	104	Aug 21	PHA	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
97	105	Aug 22	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	45	10.1	1	1	0	2	0
98	106	Aug 23	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
99	107	Aug 24	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	6	3	1	10	1
100	108	Aug 25	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-12	CG	44	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
101	109	Aug 27	PHA	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	29	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
102	110	Aug 28 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
103	111	Aug 28 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	112	Aug 29	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
105	113	Aug 30	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
106	114	Aug 31	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
107	115	Sep 1	PHA		NYY	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
108	116	Sep 2	PHA		WSH	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
109	117	Sep 3	PHA		WSH	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
110	118	Sep 4 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
111	119	Sep 4 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
112	120	Sep 5	PHA		BOS	L,7-15	CG	53	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
113	121	Sep 6 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,3-11	CG	52	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
114	122	Sep 6 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,3-5	CG	47	11.0	0	1	0	1	0
115	127 (4)	Sep 13	PHA		CHW	L,2-8	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
116	128	Sep 15	PHA		CHW	L,10-11	GS	22	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
117	139 (10)	Sep 27 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,2-9	GF	8	1.0	0	0	1	1	0
							119gm		490.0	268	166	19	453	26