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George Witt
George Adrian Witt (Red)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 200 lb.

Debut September 21, 1957
vs. NYG 1.3 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 5 BB, 6 ER, L
Final Game June 10, 1962
Born November 9, 1933 in Long Beach, CA

Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1957 23 PIT NL   0   1   1   1   0   0   0  0    1.3    4    6    6   1    5    1   0   0    13   0   0 40.50  3.80    9 6.750
 1958 24 PIT NL   9   2  18  15   5   3   0  0  106.0   78   22   19   2   59   81   2   5   442   3   0  1.61  3.87  240 1.292
 1959 25 PIT NL   0   7  15  11   0   0   2  0   50.7   58   43   39   7   32   30   1   0   234   2   1  6.93  3.87   56 1.776
 1960 26 PIT NL   1   2  10   6   0   0   0  0   30.0   33   18   14   3   12   15   0   0   128   0   0  4.20  3.76   90 1.500
 1961 27 PIT NL   0   1   9   1   0   0   3  0   15.7   17   12   11   5    5    9   0   0    67   0   0  6.32  3.99   63 1.404
 1962 28 TOT      1   3  13   4   0   0   3  0   25.3   35   26   21   6   14   20   1   0   122   0   0  7.46  3.79   51 1.934
         LAA AL   1   1   5   2   0   0   1  0   10.0   15   12    9   4    5   10   0   0    49   0   0  8.10  3.85   48 2.000
         HOU NL   0   2   8   2   0   0   2  0   15.3   20   14   12   2    9   10   1   0    73   0   0  7.04  3.74   53 1.891
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .407  11  16  66  38   5   3   8  0  229.0  225  127  110  24  127  156   4   5  1006   5   1  4.32  3.86   89 1.537
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7  10  43  24   3   1   5  0  149.7  147   83   71  15   83  102   2   3   657   3   0  4.32  3.86   89 1.537
 Career High      9   7  18  15   5   3   3  0  106.0   78   43   39   7   59   81   2   5   442   3   1  1.61  3.87  240 1.292

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1958 24 PIT NL  18   39    5    6   0  0   0    1   0  0   0  13  .154  .154  .154  -17    6   1   0   0   0   0
 1959 25 PIT NL  15   12    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   8  .000  .077  .000  -77    0   2   0   0   0   0
 1960 26 PIT NL  10    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1961 27 PIT NL   9    2    0    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .500  .500 1.000  285    2   1   0   0   0   0
 1962 28 TOT     13    7    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .286  .286  .286   58    2   0   0   0   0   0
         LAA AL   5    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .333  .333  .333   83    1   0   0   0   0   0
         HOU NL   8    4    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .250  .250  .250   39    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons       66   69    6    9   1  0   0    1   0  0   1  27  .130  .143  .145  -22   10   4   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        169   15   22   2  0   0    2   0  0   2  66  .130  .143  .145  -22   25  10   0   0   0   0
 Career High     18   39    5    6   1  0   0    1   0  0   1  13                           6   2   0   0   0   0

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1958 24 PIT NL   40   34    1   0.8   103| .154  .266| .154  .333| .154  .416| .308  .749| -17  .037  -6.6  -0.7   0%
 1959 25 PIT NL   15   14    0   0.0   104| .000  .269| .077  .335| .000  .416| .077  .751| -77  .000  -3.1  -0.3   0%
 1960 26 PIT NL    9    9    0   0.0   100| .000  .264| .000  .330| .000  .406| .000  .736|-100  .000  -2.5  -0.3   0%
 1961 27 PIT NL    3    2    1  13.4   107| .500  .271| .500  .338|1.000  .422|1.500  .760| 285  .873   0.6   0.1   0%
 1962 28 TOT       7    5    0   0.0    98| .286  .261| .286  .329| .286  .400| .572  .729|  58  .000  -0.4   0.0   0%
         LAA AL    3    2    0   0.0   100| .333  .259| .333  .331| .333  .404| .666  .736|  83  .000  -0.1   0.0   0%
         HOU NL    4    3    0   0.0    97| .250  .262| .250  .328| .250  .397| .500  .724|  39  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons        74   64    2   0.8   103| .130  .266| .143  .333| .145  .413| .288  .746| -22  .042 -12.0  -1.2   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1957 23 PIT NL   P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.80  0.00  2.08    1    1.3
 1958 24 PIT NL   P   18      4   14    1    1  .947  .957  1.00  0.77  1.53  1.97   15  106.0
 1959 25 PIT NL   P   15      2    7    1    1  .900  .957  0.60  0.82  1.60  1.99   11   50.7
 1960 26 PIT NL   P   10      1    4    0    0 1.000  .962  0.50  0.87  1.50  2.10    6   30.0
 1961 27 PIT NL   P    9      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.11  0.88  0.57  2.18    1   15.7
 1962 28 TOT      P   13      1    4    0    0 1.000  .962  0.38  0.82  1.78  2.06    4   25.3
         LAA AL   P    5      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.20  0.80  0.90  2.07    2   10.0
         HOU NL   P    8      1    3    0    0 1.000  .952  0.50  0.82  2.35  2.06    2   15.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1957 23 PIT NL   P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.80  0.00  2.08    1    1.3
 1958 24 PIT NL   P   18      4   14    1    1  .947  .957  1.00  0.77  1.53  1.97   15  106.0
 1959 25 PIT NL   P   15      2    7    1    1  .900  .957  0.60  0.82  1.60  1.99   11   50.7
 1960 26 PIT NL   P   10      1    4    0    0 1.000  .962  0.50  0.87  1.50  2.10    6   30.0
 1961 27 PIT NL   P    9      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.11  0.88  0.57  2.18    1   15.7
 1962 28 TOT      P   13      1    4    0    0 1.000  .962  0.38  0.82  1.78  2.06    4   25.3
         LAA AL   P    5      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.20  0.80  0.90  2.07    2   10.0
         HOU NL   P    8      1    3    0    0 1.000  .952  0.50  0.82  2.35  2.06    2   15.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P*  66      8   30    2    2  .950  .960  0.58  0.82  1.49  2.02   38  229.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total        66      8   30    2    2  .950  .960  0.58  0.82  1.49  2.02   38    229

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1960   WS    PIT NYY     W   3   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   2.2   5   0   2   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1960   WS    PIT NYY     W   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Shutouts
1958 NL-3-2

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2542) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 3.0 (1467) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions
Before 1950 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.
November 30, 1954: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1954 minor league draft.
October 10, 1961: Purchased by the Los Angeles Angels from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
May 1, 1962: Returned to the Pittsburgh Pirates by the Los Angeles Angels following previous purchase.
May 16, 1962: Purchased by the Houston Colt .45's from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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