Red Witt
[edit] Biography
Born on November 9, 1933 in Long Beach, California, Red Witt (George Adrian Witt) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Los Angeles Angels and Houston Colt .45s over the course of his 6 year career. Witt broke into the bigs on September 21, 1957 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 1.61 ERA in 106 innings pitched in 1958, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Red Witt's best season was 1958, when he posted a 1.61 ERA and struck out 81 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1957
| PIT
| N
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 4.50
| 1
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.1
| 4
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| PIT
| N
| 18
| 15
| 9
| 2
| 1.61
| 81
| 22
| 19
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 106
| 78
| 2
| 59
| 3
| 5
| 2
|
| 1959
| PIT
| N
| 15
| 11
| 0
| 7
| 6.93
| 30
| 43
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 50.2
| 58
| 7
| 32
| 2
| 0
| 1
|
| 1960
| PIT
| N
| 10
| 6
| 1
| 2
| 4.20
| 15
| 18
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 30
| 33
| 3
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| PIT
| N
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 6.32
| 9
| 12
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 15.2
| 17
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| LA
| A
| 5
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 8.10
| 10
| 12
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 15
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| HOU
| N
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 7.04
| 10
| 14
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 15.1
| 20
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1962
| Total
|
| 13
| 4
| 1
| 3
| 7.46
| 20
| 26
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 25.1
| 35
| 6
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 61
| 36
| 10
| 15
| 4.15
| 146
| 115
| 101
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 219
| 210
| 20
| 122
| 5
| 5
| 4
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 5
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 8.10
| 10
| 12
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 15
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 66
| 38
| 11
| 16
| 4.32
| 156
| 127
| 110
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 229
| 225
| 24
| 127
| 5
| 5
| 4
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1957
| PIT
| N
| P
| 1
| 1
| 1.1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1958
| PIT
| N
| P
| 18
| 15
| 106
| 4
| 14
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 6
| 0
| .947
|
| 1959
| PIT
| N
| P
| 15
| 11
| 50.2
| 2
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 2
| 0
| .900
|
| 1960
| PIT
| N
| P
| 10
| 6
| 30
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1961
| PIT
| N
| P
| 9
| 1
| 15.2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1962
| LA
| A
| P
| 5
| 2
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1962
| HOU
| N
| P
| 8
| 2
| 15.1
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1962
| Total
|
| P
| 13
| 4
| 25.1
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 66
| 38
| 229
| 8
| 30
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 29
| 13
| 0
| .950
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1957
| PIT
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| PIT
| N
| 18
| 39
| 5
| 6
| 0
| 1
| .154
| .154
| .154
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| PIT
| N
| 15
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .077
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| PIT
| N
| 10
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| PIT
| N
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .500
| .500
| 1.000
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| LA
| A
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| HOU
| N
| 8
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .250
| .250
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| Total
|
| 13
| 7
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .286
| .286
| .286
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 61
| 66
| 6
| 8
| 0
| 1
| .121
| .134
| .136
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 27
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 66
| 69
| 6
| 9
| 0
| 1
| .130
| .143
| .145
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 27
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1950).
- Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates from Brooklyn Dodgers in the minor league draft (November 30, 1954).
- Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to Los Angeles Angels (October 10, 1961).
- Returned to Pittsburgh Pirates (May 1, 1962).
- Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to Houston Colt .45s (May 16, 1962).
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