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Jerry Witte First baseman Born: July 30, 1915
St. Louis, MissouriDied: April 27, 2002 (aged 86)
Houston, TexasBatted: Right Threw: Right MLB debut September 10, 1946 for the St. Louis Browns Last MLB appearance July 13, 1947 for the St. Louis Browns Career statistics Batting average .163 Home runs 4 Runs batted in 16 Teams - St. Louis Browns (1946-47)
Jerome Charles Witte (July 30, 1915 - April 27, 2002) was a Major League Baseball first baseman. He played parts of two seasons in the majors, 1946 and 1947, for the St. Louis Browns. He also had a long minor league baseball career, spanning 16 seasons from 1937 until 1952. In 1946, he won the American Association Most Valuable Player award while playing for the Toledo Mud Hens, earning a shot at the major leagues that September.
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Categories:- Major League Baseball first basemen
- St. Louis Browns players
- Mayfield Clothiers players
- Terre Haute Tots players
- Lafayette White Sox players
- Youngstown Browns players
- San Antonio Missions players
- Toledo Mud Hens players
- Louisville Colonels (minor league) players
- Dallas Eagles players
- Houston Buffaloes players
- Rochester Red Wings players
- Baseball players from Missouri
- 1915 births
- 2002 deaths
- Baseball first baseman stubs
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