- Whitey Witt
Infobox MLB retired
bgcolor1=#1c2841
bgcolor2=#1c2841
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
name=Whitey Witt
position=Outfielder
bats=Left
throws=Right
birthdate=September 28 ,1895
deathdate=death date and age|1988|7|14|1895|9|28
debutdate=April 12
debutyear=by|1916
debutteam=Philadelphia Athletics
finaldate=August 18
finalyear=by|1926
finalteam=Brooklyn Robins
stat1label=AVG
stat1value=.287
stat2label=HR
stat2value=18
stat3label=RBI
stat3value=302
teams=
*Philadelphia Athletics (by|1916-by|1921)
*New York Yankees (by|1922-by|1926)
*Brooklyn Robins (by|1926)
highlights=Lawton Walter "Whitey" Witt (born "Ladislaw Waldemar Wittkowski" on
September 28 ,1895 -diedJuly 14 ,1988 ) is a former professional baseball player inMajor League Baseball . He played for the Philadelphia Athletics,New York Yankees , and Brooklyn Robins. In his career, he hit 18 home runs and had 302 RBI. He was the last surviving person to have played on the 1923 New York Yankees team, the first year the Yankees won the World Series.External links
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wittwh01.shtml Baseball Reference.com]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.