Mickey Witek
1940–1949 · bats R / throws R · New York Giants, New York Yankees
581G
.277AVG
.324OBP
.347SLG
More career statistics
595H
22HR
196RBI
7SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 0 | 14 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 84 | 83 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,325 | 2,324 |
| Batting · RBI | 196 | 199 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 7 | 8 |
| Batting · Walks | 148 | 147 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 581 | 2,325 | 2,147 | 239 | 595 | 65 | 9 | 22 | 196 | 148 | 84 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 744 | .277 | .324 | .347 | .671 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1942-08-23 to 1942-09-05
21longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1946-07-12 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1942-08-29 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1942-08-26 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 297 | 1171 | 299 | 20 | 103 | 72 | 32 | .275 | .317 | .364 |
| Away | 284 | 1153 | 296 | 2 | 96 | 75 | 51 | .279 | .322 | .329 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 45 | 170 | 45 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 10 | .287 | .329 | .389 |
| May | 63 | 241 | 59 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 10 | .265 | .303 | .345 |
| June | 108 | 438 | 103 | 3 | 37 | 35 | 15 | .258 | .315 | .301 |
| July | 103 | 409 | 99 | 5 | 27 | 32 | 12 | .270 | .320 | .349 |
| August | 123 | 495 | 137 | 7 | 41 | 28 | 19 | .296 | .333 | .389 |
| September | 136 | 558 | 148 | 3 | 54 | 26 | 17 | .281 | .312 | .329 |
| October | 3 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .385 | .417 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-phillies | 93 | 383 | 93 | 2 | 34 | 29 | 20 | .265 | .319 | .316 |
| cincinnati-reds | 84 | 334 | 86 | 2 | 21 | 20 | 12 | .277 | .317 | .339 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 82 | 318 | 82 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 22 | .274 | .302 | .348 |
| chicago-cubs | 82 | 339 | 88 | 3 | 30 | 24 | 6 | .284 | .330 | .348 |
| boston-braves | 80 | 321 | 88 | 5 | 43 | 17 | 8 | .290 | .327 | .383 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 80 | 313 | 78 | 3 | 24 | 21 | 6 | .274 | .316 | .344 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 78 | 315 | 79 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 9 | .274 | .321 | .351 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 |  New York Giants | 119 | 433 | 111 | 3 | 31 | 2 | .256 | – | – |
| 1941 | New York Giants | 26 | 94 | 34 | 1 | 16 | – | .362 | – | – |
| 1942 | New York Giants | 148 | 553 | 144 | 5 | 49 | 2 | .260 | – | – |
| 1943 | New York Giants | 153 | 622 | 195 | 6 | 56 | 2 | .314 | – | – |
| 1946 | New York Giants | 82 | 284 | 75 | 4 | 30 | 1 | .264 | – | – |
| 1947 | New York Giants | 51 | 160 | 35 | 3 | 17 | 1 | .219 | – | – |
| 1949 |  New York Yankees | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1.000 | – | – |