Whitey Witt

Center Field

1916—1926

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Player LeveL
Journeyman
Top 100 Rank
NR
Center Field RANK
NR

Player Detail

Lawton Walter
GIVEN NAME
Witt
SURNAME
September 28, 1895, in Orange, MA
BORN
July 14, 1988, in Salem County, NJ, USA
DIED
1916—1926
Playing Career
Played from 20-30
PLAYING AGE
Philadelphia A's
New York Yankees
Brooklyn Dodgers
Teams Played For
Center Field
PRIMARY POSITION
Philadelphia A's
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
NONE
NICKNAME
none
UNIFORM NUMBER
UNKNOWN
BATTING ORDER
5-7 / 150
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Left / Right
BATTED / THREW
April 12, 1916
Major League Debut
August 19, 1926
FINAL GAME

Related Content

Whitey was the last surviving man to have played on the 1923 New York Yankees, the first championship team in franchise history.
  • Whitey Witt Scouting Report

55

HITTING

40

POWER

60

RUNNING

40

FIELDING

30

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1139
1195
18
300
.287

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
12.9
60.2

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.726
.805
90.2

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.287
.362
.364

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Happy Felsch
Ty Cobb
Tris Speaker

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
UNK
UNK
UNK

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
COMING SOON

Whitey Witt Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Witt
525
150
79
18
8
2
38
61
39
10
191
213
.287
.362
.364
726
AVG CF
528
162
84
28
9
7
52
37
15
228
218
.306
.373
.432
.805

Whitey Witt Rankings

AT Center Field BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Center Field BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
NR
NR
NR
NR
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Whitey Witt PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
12.7
13.2
9.8
8.5
1.80
74.6
45.7
33.5
22.8
5.28
BLUE = Whitey Witt
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME CF

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
104.2
108.3
UNK
69.7
14.8
373.6
214.5
156.7
102.8
28.1
BLUE = Whitey Witt
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME CF