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Peter
Witzel		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 235
 
Born: May 7, 1912 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1947    1949   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1947 35 LEE YL $ 8,130,000   5 5 6 9 8 8 10 9 9 9 7 8 9 8 8
1948 36 DC KL $ 8,130,000   5 5 6 9 8 8 10 9 9 9 7 8 9 8 8
1949 37 DC KL $ 7,500,000   5 5 6 9 8 8 10 9 9 8 7 8 9 8 8
1950 38 DC KL $ 7,500,000   5 5 6 8 7 7 10 9 9 8 7 7 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 7,500,000   5 5 6 8 7 7 10 9 9 8 7 7 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,130,000   5 5 6 9 8 8 10 9 9 9 7 8 9 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Hitter of the Year or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1947 35 LEE YL 147 567 99 164 49 3 22 106 0 0 62 53 .289 .358 .503 .861 97.1 18.2
1948 36 LEE YL 78 291 37 68 19 1 17 47 0 0 29 23 .234 .305 .481 .786 42.7 5.8
  DC KL 76 262 53 85 22 0 12 34 0 0 33 19 .324 .399 .546 .945 51.4 10.4
  TOT   154 553 90 153 41 1 29 81 0 0 62 42 .277 .350 .512 .862 94.1 16.3
1949 37 DC KL 157 560 88 168 47 1 35 132 0 0 76 49 .300 .388 .575 .963 116.1 23.3
1950 38 DC KL 155 592 84 144 36 2 26 102 1 0 61 47 .243 .318 .443 .760 83.7 10.0
4 Years Sim 613 2272 361 629 173 7 112 421 1 0 261 191 .277 .353 .507 .860 391.0 67.8
162 Game Average 600 95 166 45 1 29 111 0 0 68 50 .277 .353 .507 .860 103.3  
Career Highs 157 592 99 168 49 3 35 132 1 0 76 53 .300 .388 .575 .963 116.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1601 263 439 124 6 83 317 1 0 165 144 .274 .342 .515 .857 272.8
vs LH   671 98 190 49 1 29 104 0 0 96 47 .283 .378 .489 .867 120.0
Home 311 1126 191 326 86 5 60 209 0 0 127 106 .290 .363 .535 .898 207.4
Away 302 1146 170 303 87 2 52 212 1 0 134 85 .264 .343 .480 .823 185.4
RISP   640 0 172 48 0 35 289 0 0 80 48 .269 .343 .508 .850 111.7
Pinch Hitting   27 7 11 3 0 2 9 0 0 6 2 .407 .514 .741 1.255 8.5
Close/Late   240 25 70 21 0 6 38 0 0 39 13 .292 .389 .454 .844 42.2
Mar/Apr 101 397 62 116 33 0 26 83 0 0 37 36 .292 .351 .572 .922 75.3
May 108 410 67 99 25 2 26 81 0 0 43 40 .241 .319 .502 .821 65.3
June 94 349 53 100 30 1 15 60 0 0 37 34 .287 .360 .507 .867 59.9
July 97 340 51 96 23 1 12 65 0 0 44 32 .282 .363 .462 .825 56.4
August 108 393 58 114 36 3 17 68 0 0 43 25 .290 .360 .527 .887 70.4
Sep/Oct 105 383 70 104 26 0 16 64 1 0 57 24 .272 .368 .465 .832 65.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1947 35 LEE YL RF 144 143 1262.7 287 8 6 1 .980 2.10   1.8
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1948 36 LEE YL RF 39 38 338.7 71 2 2 0 .973 1.94   0.6
    LF 35 32 301.2 59 5 1 1 .985 1.91   0.0
  DC KL RF 38 38 310.6 65 1 1 0 .985 1.91   1.7
    LF 34 32 276.2 54 5 0 1 1.000 1.92   0.0
  TOT   RF 77 76 649.3 136 3 3 0 .979 1.93   2.3
      LF 69 64 577.4 113 10 1 2 .992 1.92   0.0
1949 37 DC KL RF 137 133 1166.7 268 6 8 1 .972 2.11   3.5
    LF 14 10 92.7 17 1 0 0 1.000 1.75    
    1B 1 1 14.7 14 2 1 2 .941 9.82   0.0
1950 38 DC KL LF 150 147 1285.3 284 14 0 3 1.000 2.09   1.9
    RF 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
  RF 361 352 3083.6 692 17 17 2 .977 2.07   7.7
  LF 234 221 1958.4 414 25 1 5 .998 2.02   1.9
  1B 1 1 14.7 14 2 1 2 .941 9.82   0.0
Career Totals   596 574 5056.7 1120 44 19 9 .984 2.07   9.6
Career Highs   153 147 1290.3 299 14 9 3 1.000 2.18    
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.
Slugging Pct
1947-7-.503
1949-2-.575
 OPS
1949-4-.963
 XR
1949-5-116.1
CAR-25-391.0
 Games
1949-3-157
1950-9-155
CAR-34-613
 At-Bats
CAR-32-2272
 Runs
CAR-40-361
Hits
CAR-43-629
 Total Bases
1947-5-285
1949-2-322
CAR-12-1152
 Doubles
1947-1-49
1949-1-47
1950-8-36
CAR-3-173
 Homeruns
1949-4-35
1950-9-26
CAR-8-112
 RBIs
1947-8-106
1949-2-132
CAR-10-421
 Walks
CAR-46-261
 
   Black Ink Test: 4
   Gray Ink Test: 30
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23
 
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 87th overall pick, by Leesburg in 1947
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/2/1947, off Daniel Adams (CON)
Had 6 hits with 9 RBI against Satellite Beach on 4/19/1947
Won Player of the Week award on 6/5/1947, hitting .429 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game
Traded from Leesburg to DC on 7/4/1948 (Going to LEE: P George Babb, 2B James Showalter, 3B Wade Giuliani, C Kenneth Montiel, P William Cuadrado. Going to DC : LF Peter Witzel, SS Gary Reichenbach)
10/1/1948: Signed a contract extension with DC, $7,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Player of the Week award on 5/23/1949, hitting .435 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1949, hitting .327 with 11 HR, 29 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/11/1949, hitting .381 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/22/1949, hitting .400 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Fairfax on 9/27/1949
 
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