VINTAGE BASEBALL MEMORABILIA

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Mike Witt

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right  •  Throws: Right
6-7, 185lb (201cm, 83kg)
Born: July 20, 1960  in Fullerton, CA
Draft: Drafted by the California Angels in the 4th round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from Servite HS (Anaheim, CA).
High School: Servite HS (Anaheim, CA)
Debut: April 11, 1981 (14,437th in major league history)
vs. SEA 4.1 IP, 8 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER
Last Game: June 17, 1993
vs. MIN 5.1 IP, 6 H, 4 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER
Full Name: Michael Atwater Witt
View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen
View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Notable Events and Chronology for Mike Witt Career

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October 8, 1982

Don Sutton and Paul Molitor help Brewers stave off elimination in ALCS

July 23, 1984

1984 – The Angels’ Mike Witt strikes out 16 Mariners in a 7 – 1 victory.

September 30, 1984

On the final day of the season, Mike Witt uses only 97 pitches to retire 27 consecutive hitters. The Angels’ hurler throws the perfect game against the Rangers and beats Charlie Hough on an unearned run, 1-0.

July 13, 1985

The Angels get three pinch hits in the bottom of the 9th to beat the Blue Jays, 4 – 3. Darrell Miller, Mike Brown and Bob Boone all deliver singles to give Mike Witt the complete game win.

August 17, 1985

Reggie Jackson hits his 522nd career home run off Oakland’s Bill Krueger to move past Ted Williams and Willie McCovey into 8th place on the all-time list.

September 12, 1986

In his first major league at bat, Oakland’s Terry Steinbach homers at Cleveland. It comes off Greg Swindell in a 9 – 3 victory. Mike Witt (18-8) is the winner.

October 7, 1986

Witt beats Clemens in Game 1 of 1986 ALCS

April 11, 1990

Langston and Witt combine on no hitter

May 11, 1990

Dave Winfield rejects a trade that would have sent him from the New York Yankees to California

July 27, 2011

Ervin Santana, facing only two hitters over the minimum, no-hits the Indians at Progressive Field, 3-1

Biography

The 6’7″ California native entered his prime years in position to become one of baseball’s great pitchers for the Angels. Behind him was the 13th perfect game in major league history, a 1-0 win September 30, 1984 in Texas; and selection to the 1986 and 1987 All-Star squads.

Using a great curveball and a good fastball, and changing speeds well, Witt climbed among the Angels’ leaders in wins, games pitched, starts, complete games, strikeouts, innings pitched, and shutouts, leading the club in each of those categories (except shutouts) each year from 1984 to 1987. He joined Dean Chance (1962-65) as the only pitcher to lead the Angels in wins four straight seasons and was the Angel MVP in 1986.

Witt suddenly lost his overpowering stuff in the middle of 1987. His strikeout numbers dropped substantially, and he was never again able to reclaim his dominance for the Angels. The New York Yankees felt that a change of scenery would bring about the Witt of old, and traded Dave Winfield to get him on May 11, 1990. Witt never won more than five games for the Yankees during his three-year tenure there.

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