MLB / Players

Mike Witt

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 7 in · 185 lb

BornJuly 20, 1960 · Fullerton, CA, USA

MLB debutApril 11, 1981

Final gameJune 17, 1993

Seasons12 (1981–1993)

California Angels 1981–1990; New York Yankees 1990–1991; New York Yankees 1993

Percentile snapshot

1989 season — qualified pitchers

33.8

53.2

9.1

3.9

40.3

SHO

252

1.3

111

85.7

123

44.2

3.9

220.0

63.6

ERA

4.54

6.5

WHIP

1.364

24.7

K/9

5.03

40.3

FIP

3.95

23.4

FIP-

103.3

29.9

ERA+

84.2

11.7

sWAR

0.3

11.7

of 78 qualified 1989 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

104.9

56.6

sWAR

25.2

95.4

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1981	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.8
1982	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.9
1983	43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0
1984	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.9
1985	35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.0
1986	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6.5
1987	36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.4
1988	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.7
1989	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.3
1990	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.1
1991	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.3
1993	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.1

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1981	22	21	8	9	0	7	1	123	47	47	75	9	129.0	3.28	1.318	5.23	3.63	99.7	111.2	1.8
1982	33	26	8	6	0	5	1	177	70	47	85	8	179.7	3.51	1.247	4.26	3.22	79.5	115.7	2.9
1983	43	19	7	14	5	2	0	173	84	75	77	14	154.0	4.91	1.610	4.50	4.59	113.7	82.2	0.0
1984	34	34	15	11	0	9	2	227	95	84	196	17	246.7	3.47	1.261	7.15	3.14	79.1	114.5	3.9
1985	35	35	15	9	0	6	1	228	99	98	180	22	250.0	3.56	1.304	6.48	3.67	89.4	115.2	4.0
1986	34	34	18	10	0	14	3	218	85	73	208	22	269.0	2.84	1.082	6.96	3.16	76.5	145.1	6.5
1987	36	36	16	14	0	10	0	252	110	84	192	34	247.0	4.01	1.360	7.00	4.18	96.1	108.5	3.4
1988	34	34	13	16	0	12	2	263	115	87	133	14	249.7	4.15	1.402	4.79	3.59	92.5	93.7	1.7
1989	33	33	9	15	0	5	0	252	111	48	123	26	220.0	4.54	1.364	5.03	3.95	103.3	84.2	0.3
1990	26	16	5	9	1	2	1	106	52	47	74	9	117.0	4.00	1.308	5.69	3.88	98.5	98.5	1.1
1991	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	8	6	1	0	1	5.3	10.13	1.688	0.00	5.91	143.0	40.8	-0.3
1993	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	39	24	22	30	7	41.0	5.27	1.488	6.59	5.59	132.8	79.9	-0.1

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

341

RBI

Pitching

G (P)

341

299

363rd-most career GS

117

466th-most career W

116

380th-most career L

SHO

2,108

394th-most career IP

SO (P)

1,373

295th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

713

366th-most career BB allowed

ERA

3.833

WHIP

1.3181

K/9

5.86

408th-highest career K/9

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1986-05-26	LAA @ NYY Gameday	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1984-07-23	SEA @ LAA Gameday	9.0	5	1	1	2	16	0
1984-06-12	CWS @ LAA Gameday	8.1	7	2	2	3	13	0
1985-10-06	LAA @ TEX Gameday	7.0	7	5	5	2	13	0
1986-07-02	CWS @ LAA Gameday	9.0	5	3	3	2	11	1
1987-06-01	LAA @ NYY Gameday	9.0	5	2	1	2	11	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

2× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.