Mickey Witek

Second baseman, Baseball Player

1915 – 1990

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Who was Mickey Witek?

Nicholas Joseph "Mickey" Witek was an American professional baseball player. He played all or part of seven seasons in Major League Baseball during the 1940s for the New York Giants and New York Yankees, primarily as a second baseman. A native of Luzerne, Pennsylvania, he threw and batted right-handed and was listed as 5 feet 10 inches tall, and weighing 170 pounds.

Witek started and ended his career with the Yankee organization, but played all but two of his 581 MLB games as a member of the National League Giants, as a second baseman, shortstop and third baseman. In 1943, as the Giants' regular second baseman, he appeared in 153 games, batting .314, and amassing 195 hits. He led the Senior Circuit in singles and finished 12th in the National League Most Valuable Player voting. Defensively, he led NL second basemen in fielding percentage in 1942, and although he topped the league's second basemen in errors with 31 in 1943, he also led the NL in putouts and assists that season.

In 1944–45 Witek's career was interrupted while he served in the United States Coast Guard during World War II.

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Born
Dec 19, 1915
Luzerne
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Lived in
  • Luzerne
Died
Aug 24, 1990
Kingston

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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