George Witt stats
Pitcher
Bio
- Debut
- 1957
Bio
- Debut
- 1957
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 66
- W
- 11
- L
- 16
- ERA
- 4.32
- IP
- 229.0
- K
- 156
- BB
- 127
- WHIP
- 1.54
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | PIT | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40.50 | 1.1 | 1 | 5 | 6.75 |
| 1958 | PIT | 18 | 9 | 2 | 1.61 | 106.0 | 81 | 59 | 1.29 |
| 1959 | PIT | 15 | 0 | 7 | 6.93 | 50.2 | 30 | 32 | 1.78 |
| 1960 | PIT | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4.20 | 30.0 | 15 | 12 | 1.50 |
| 1961 | PIT | 9 | 0 | 1 | 6.32 | 15.2 | 9 | 5 | 1.40 |
| 1962 |  LAA/HOU | 13 | 1 | 3 | 7.46 | 25.1 | 20 | 14 | 1.93 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 3
- W
- 0
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 0.00
- IP
- 2.0
- K
- 1
- BB
- 2
- WHIP
- 3.50
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 5
- SHO
- 3
- K/9
- 6.1
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | PIT | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | LAA/HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were George Witt's career stats?
George Witt played 6 seasons for the Pirates. He had 11 wins and 156 strikeouts with a 4.32 ERA over 229.0 innings. His best season was 1958: 9 wins, a 1.61 ERA and 81 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
6 seasons, 1 postseason, 1957 to 1962
Championships
- 1960 World Series with the Pittsburgh Pirates
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