Whitey Witt
[edit] Biography
Whitey Witt (Lawton Walter Witt) was born on September 28, 1895 in Orange, Massachusetts. He made his Major League debut on April 12, 1916 for the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1916, his rookie year, he hit .245 with 2 home runs and 36 RBI. Witt played for the Philadelphia Athletics, New York Yankees and Brooklyn Robins over the course of his 10 year career.
Most people believe that Whitey Witt's best season was 1921, when he hit for a .315 average.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1916
| PHI
| A
| 143
| 563
| 64
| 138
| 2
| 36
| .245
| .315
| .337
| 16
| 15
| 55
| 71
| 2
| 6
| 19
| 0
| 0
|
| 1917
| PHI
| A
| 128
| 452
| 62
| 114
| 0
| 28
| .252
| .346
| .299
| 13
| 4
| 65
| 45
| 0
| 13
| 12
| 0
| 0
|
| 1919
| PHI
| A
| 122
| 460
| 56
| 123
| 0
| 33
| .267
| .334
| .326
| 15
| 6
| 46
| 26
| 0
| 12
| 11
| 0
| 0
|
| 1920
| PHI
| A
| 65
| 218
| 29
| 70
| 1
| 25
| .321
| .396
| .413
| 11
| 3
| 27
| 16
| 0
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1921
| PHI
| A
| 154
| 629
| 100
| 198
| 4
| 45
| .315
| .390
| .418
| 31
| 11
| 77
| 52
| 1
| 19
| 16
| 0
| 0
|
| 1922
| NY
| A
| 140
| 528
| 98
| 157
| 4
| 40
| .297
| .400
| .364
| 11
| 6
| 89
| 29
| 1
| 10
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1923
| NY
| A
| 146
| 596
| 113
| 187
| 6
| 56
| .314
| .386
| .408
| 18
| 10
| 67
| 42
| 3
| 19
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1924
| NY
| A
| 147
| 600
| 88
| 178
| 1
| 36
| .297
| .346
| .362
| 26
| 5
| 45
| 20
| 0
| 15
| 9
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| NY
| A
| 31
| 40
| 9
| 8
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .304
| .300
| 2
| 1
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1926
| BRO
| N
| 63
| 85
| 13
| 22
| 0
| 3
| .259
| .351
| .294
| 1
| 1
| 12
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 63
| 85
| 13
| 22
| 0
| 3
| .259
| .351
| .294
| 1
| 1
| 12
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 1076
| 4086
| 619
| 1173
| 18
| 299
| .287
| .363
| .365
| 143
| 61
| 477
| 303
| 7
| 102
| 77
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 1139
| 4171
| 632
| 1195
| 18
| 302
| .287
| .362
| .364
| 144
| 62
| 489
| 309
| 7
| 104
| 78
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1916
| PHI
| A
| SS
| 142
| 0
| 0
| 299
| 423
| 78
| 59
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .902
|
| 1917
| PHI
| A
| OF
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1917
| PHI
| A
| 3B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1917
| PHI
| A
| SS
| 111
| 0
| 0
| 190
| 354
| 38
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .935
|
| 1919
| PHI
| A
| 2B
| 56
| 0
| 0
| 132
| 162
| 15
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .951
|
| 1919
| PHI
| A
| 3B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1919
| PHI
| A
| OF
| 59
| 0
| 0
| 134
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1920
| PHI
| A
| 2B
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 29
| 27
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .966
|
| 1920
| PHI
| A
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1920
| PHI
| A
| OF
| 50
| 0
| 0
| 70
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
| 1921
| PHI
| A
| OF
| 154
| 0
| 0
| 288
| 15
| 13
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .959
|
| 1922
| NY
| A
| OF
| 139
| 0
| 0
| 312
| 9
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1923
| NY
| A
| OF
| 144
| 0
| 0
| 357
| 14
| 8
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| 1924
| NY
| A
| OF
| 144
| 0
| 0
| 362
| 11
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1925
| NY
| A
| OF
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1926
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 44
| 2
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .920
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 729
| 0
| 0
| 1601
| 59
| 50
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 66
| 0
| 0
| 161
| 189
| 17
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .954
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 255
| 0
| 0
| 489
| 778
| 116
| 100
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .916
|
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- Sold by Philadelphia Athletics to New York Yankees (April 17, 1922).
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