Whitey Witt
1916–1926 · bats L / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Athletics
1,139G
.287AVG
.362OBP
.364SLG
More career statistics
1,195H
18HR
302RBI
78SB
4Rare feats
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 · At bats | 4,171 | 4,173 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 41 | 73 |
| Batting · Doubles | 144 | 143 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,195 | 1,193 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 309 | 308 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 4,771 | 4,779 |
| Batting · Runs | 631 | 629 |
| Batting · RBI | 302 | 296 |
| Batting · Triples | 62 | 61 |
| Batting · Walks | 489 | 495 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,139 | 4,771 | 4,171 | 631 | 1,195 | 144 | 62 | 18 | 302 | 489 | 309 | 78 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 1,517 | .287 | .362 | .364 | .726 |
Streaks
20longest hitting streak · 1923-06-14 to 1923-07-06
36longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | Five-Walk Game | 1924-07-02 | 1 in 1,833 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1922-07-17 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1919-06-05 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 586 | 2416 | 608 | 12 | 143 | 234 | 172 | .287 | .349 | .363 |
| Away | 553 | 2363 | 585 | 6 | 153 | 261 | 136 | .285 | .358 | .362 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 92 | 387 | 107 | 3 | 23 | 45 | 38 | .319 | .393 | .427 |
| May | 214 | 904 | 215 | 3 | 50 | 105 | 56 | .278 | .354 | .355 |
| June | 212 | 878 | 236 | 3 | 66 | 100 | 52 | .308 | .383 | .401 |
| July | 231 | 965 | 235 | 3 | 59 | 92 | 55 | .276 | .339 | .336 |
| August | 197 | 813 | 199 | 4 | 44 | 60 | 50 | .273 | .319 | .338 |
| September | 179 | 770 | 185 | 2 | 49 | 88 | 54 | .278 | .355 | .350 |
| October | 14 | 62 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | .291 | .339 | .400 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 161 | 699 | 174 | 5 | 56 | 67 | 50 | .283 | .345 | .364 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 159 | 690 | 193 | 4 | 52 | 72 | 51 | .319 | .384 | .418 |
| chicago-white-sox | 157 | 684 | 171 | 0 | 40 | 68 | 36 | .285 | .349 | .322 |
| cleveland-guardians | 150 | 645 | 157 | 2 | 36 | 58 | 37 | .275 | .333 | .374 |
| st-louis-browns | 144 | 626 | 146 | 2 | 35 | 65 | 42 | .269 | .337 | .331 |
| detroit-tigers | 141 | 625 | 151 | 4 | 38 | 64 | 39 | .277 | .344 | .372 |
| new-york-yankees | 94 | 409 | 92 | 0 | 18 | 52 | 30 | .261 | .352 | .340 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 70 | 302 | 87 | 1 | 17 | 37 | 17 | .339 | .411 | .393 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1916 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 143 | 563 | 138 | 2 | 35 | 16 | .245 | – | – |
| 1917 | Philadelphia Athletics | 128 | 451 | 113 | – | 24 | 13 | .251 | – | – |
| 1919 | Philadelphia Athletics | 122 | 460 | 123 | – | 32 | 12 | .267 | – | – |
| 1920 | Philadelphia Athletics | 65 | 218 | 70 | 1 | 29 | 2 | .321 | – | – |
| 1921 | Philadelphia Athletics | 154 | 629 | 198 | 4 | 44 | 17 | .315 | – | – |
| 1922 |  New York Yankees | 140 | 528 | 157 | 4 | 35 | 5 | .297 | – | – |
| 1923 | New York Yankees | 146 | 597 | 187 | 6 | 55 | 2 | .313 | – | – |
| 1924 | New York Yankees | 147 | 602 | 177 | 1 | 38 | 9 | .294 | – | – |
| 1925 | New York Yankees | 31 | 40 | 8 | – | – | 1 | .200 | – | – |
| 1926 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 63 | 85 | 22 | – | 4 | 1 | .259 | – | – |