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Mickey
Witek		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 175
 
Born: December 19, 1915 in Usa, PA, LUZERNE
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1940 24 SDP NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 10 10 10
1941 25 SDP NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 10 10 10
1942 26 SDP NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 10 10 10
1943 27 SDP NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 10 10 10
1944 28 SDP NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 10 10 10
1945 29 SDP NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 10 10 10
1946 30 SDP NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 10 10 10
1947 31 SDP NL $ 900,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 9 9 9
1948 32 SDP NL $ 900,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 9 9 9
1949 33 BRK NL $ 900,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 10 10 10
1950 34 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 9 9 9
1951 35 OAK AL $ 680,000   5 5 6 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 900,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1940 24 SDP NL 5 10 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 2.1 0.5
    AAA   135 601 71 200 23 1 4 57 5 8 28 20 .333 .362 .394 .757 78.7  
1941 25 SDP NL 67 120 14 39 4 1 1 16 0 0 7 3 .325 .362 .400 .762 15.1 2.8
1942 26 SDP NL 77 173 26 50 6 0 3 27 0 0 9 4 .289 .322 .376 .698 18.9 2.3
1943 27 SDP NL 115 339 32 105 10 0 1 47 0 0 19 5 .310 .346 .348 .694 40.3 6.3
1944 28 SDP NL 152 548 57 153 10 0 7 53 1 0 26 15 .279 .311 .336 .647 52.4 6.1
1945 29 SDP NL 53 107 10 21 1 0 1 8 0 0 7 3 .196 .243 .234 .477 4.5 0.0
1946 30 SDP NL 101 228 23 66 9 1 5 21 0 1 17 7 .289 .337 .404 .741 27.8 4.0
1947 31 SDP NL 117 385 41 90 10 0 6 48 0 0 22 17 .234 .273 .306 .580 31.8 2.1
1948 32 SDP NL 73 177 23 50 4 1 3 26 0 0 14 10 .282 .335 .367 .702 19.8 2.8
1949 33 SDP NL 12 13 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .308 .357 .308 .665 1.2 0.0
  BRK NL 19 47 0 14 1 0 0 7 0 0 2 2 .298 .320 .319 .639 4.6 0.3
  TOT   31 60 1 18 1 0 0 9 0 0 3 2 .300 .328 .317 .645 5.8 0.4
    AAA   54 219 32 69 12 0 6 32 2 2 20 13 .315 .372 .452 .824 34.9  
1950 34 DET AL 19 28 5 11 2 0 2 7 0 0 1 3 .393 .414 .679 1.092 6.6 1.6
    AAA   26 104 14 33 0 0 4 14 2 2 14 3 .317 .398 .433 .831 17.9  
1951 35 AAA   137 543 74 173 18 1 22 93 5 9 55 30 .319 .381 .477 .858 92.9  
11 Years Sim 810 2175 232 608 57 3 29 263 1 1 125 69 .280 .317 .349 .666 225.1 28.7
4 Years AAA 352 1467 191 475 53 2 36 196 14 21 117 66 .324 .371 .436 .807 224.4  
162 Game Average 435 46 121 11 0 5 52 0 0 25 13 .280 .317 .349 .666 45.0  
Career Highs 152 548 57 153 10 1 7 53 1 1 26 17 .500 .500 .679 1.092 52.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1292 152 381 41 1 17 167 1 1 66 39 .295 .328 .368 .696 150.9
vs LH   883 80 227 16 2 12 96 0 0 59 30 .257 .302 .320 .623 86.5
Home 395 1040 108 291 30 1 9 123 1 1 62 42 .280 .320 .337 .656 110.1
Away 415 1135 124 317 27 2 20 140 0 0 63 27 .279 .315 .359 .675 127.2
RISP   508 0 152 18 0 8 229 0 0 43 16 .299 .346 .382 .728 67.9
Pinch Hitting   101 13 30 3 1 1 17 0 0 9 6 .297 .351 .376 .728 13.4
Close/Late   221 20 65 6 1 1 19 0 0 12 13 .294 .329 .344 .673 24.4
Mar/Apr 129 322 36 91 6 1 7 52 0 0 14 9 .283 .311 .373 .683 36.5
May 141 370 37 96 11 0 3 38 0 0 27 17 .259 .308 .314 .622 36.1
June 133 393 45 112 10 1 5 52 1 1 21 16 .285 .320 .354 .673 43.5
July 115 308 36 83 10 0 7 31 0 0 17 4 .269 .306 .370 .676 34.5
August 128 359 35 106 7 1 3 39 0 0 21 9 .295 .334 .345 .680 40.8
Sep/Oct 164 423 43 120 13 0 4 51 0 0 25 14 .284 .323 .343 .666 46.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1940 24 SDP NL 2B 3 2 19.3 7 9 0 2 1.000 7.45   0.1
    3B 2 1 8.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1941 25 SDP NL 2B 33 16 164.0 47 85 4 18 .971 7.24   1.1
    SS 20 8 94.7 19 38 1 8 .983 5.42   0.6
    3B 8 6 48.0 5 17 0 1 1.000 4.13   0.3
1942 26 SDP NL SS 21 13 131.0 14 58 4 8 .947 4.95   0.5
    3B 18 13 117.0 12 29 0 0 1.000 3.15   0.7
    2B 18 12 111.7 30 43 0 10 1.000 5.88   0.5
1943 27 SDP NL 2B 92 88 706.0 171 342 10 74 .981 6.54   3.0
    SS 10 5 53.7 10 27 2 2 .949 6.21   0.3
    3B 7 1 19.7 2 6 0 0 1.000 3.66   0.1
1944 28 SDP NL SS 104 103 854.0 130 330 16 71 .966 4.85   1.2
    2B 47 47 389.0 87 164 5 31 .980 5.81   1.2
    3B 3 0 2.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
1945 29 SDP NL 2B 23 18 159.0 36 69 4 18 .963 5.94   0.7
    3B 24 8 86.3 8 27 1 3 .972 3.65   0.5
    SS 6 0 9.0 1 4 1 0 .833 5.00   0.0
1946 30 SDP NL SS 53 42 377.3 67 179 8 34 .969 5.87   1.3
    2B 29 10 121.0 26 53 4 13 .952 5.88   0.4
    3B 4 3 30.7 3 11 0 1 1.000 4.11   0.1
1947 31 SDP NL SS 81 75 639.3 103 309 20 55 .954 5.80   3.7
    3B 26 26 215.3 17 57 1 0 .987 3.09   1.1
1948 32 SDP NL 2B 40 40 309.3 75 133 7 29 .967 6.05   1.4
    3B 13 2 33.0 3 15 0 1 1.000 4.91   0.3
    SS 9 1 23.7 4 8 1 3 .923 4.56   0.1
1949 33 SDP NL 2B 5 4 19.5 6 10 0 3 1.000 7.38   0.2
    SS 1 1 3.6 1 2 0 1 1.000 7.50   0.0
    3B 1 1 3.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  BRK NL 2B 8 7 72.5 24 36 2 12 .968 7.45   0.3
    SS 2 1 13.4 4 7 0 3 1.000 7.39   0.1
    3B 2 1 11.8 1 2 1 0 .750 2.29   0.0
  TOT   2B 13 11 92.0 30 46 2 15 .974 7.43   0.5
      SS 3 2 17.0 5 9 0 4 1.000 7.41   0.1
      3B 3 2 15.0 1 2 1 0 .750 1.80   0.0
1950 34 DET AL SS 9 0 29.0 3 15 0 3 1.000 5.59   0.2
    2B 5 2 26.0 4 16 0 3 1.000 6.92   0.1
  SS 317 249 2229.6 356 977 53 188 .962 5.38   8.1
  2B 303 246 2097.3 513 960 36 213 .976 6.32   9.1
  3B 108 62 575.3 51 168 3 6 .986 3.43   3.1
Career Totals   728 557 4902.3 920 2105 92 407 .970 5.55   20.3
Career Highs   154 150 1245.3 217 495 21 102 1.000 6.75    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1941 25 SDP NL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
1942 26 SDP NL 4 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
1950 34 DET AL 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
Career Post-Season Batting 8 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .375 .444 .375 .819
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Singles
1944-5-136
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  3. Eddie Mayo (965)
  4. Stan Sperry (953)
  5. Les Mallon (951)
  6. Jake Flowers (951)
  7. Freddy Spurgeon (949)
  8. Don Gutteridge (948)
  9. Riggs Stephenson (944)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 27th overall pick, by San Diego in 1940
Had first career hit on 9/12/1940, off Whitey Wilshere (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 9/29/1941, off Paul Dean (NYG)
Won World Series with San Diego in 1941
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York (N) on 4/16/1942
Injured on 7/6/1943 with a Pulled Bicep Tendon, out for 3-4 weeks
2/1/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Boston (N) on 6/23/1944
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/25/1946 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for one week
10/19/1946: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $900,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from San Diego to Brooklyn on 7/1/1949 (Going to BRK: 3B Mickey Witek, P Preacher Roe, RF Danny Litwhiler. Going to SDP: 1B Luke Easter)
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 4/2/1950 to a minor league deal
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/24/1951 to a 1-year deal worth $680,000 per year
 
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