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Red Witt

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Full Name: George Adrian Witt Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/185 First Game: September 21, 1957
Birthdate: November 9, 1933 Final Game: June 10, 1962
Birthplace: Long Beach, California MLB Experience: 6 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[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

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
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

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
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

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
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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