Year No Pos Hgt Wgt B T Cl Ltr Hometown 1948 P 6-0 172 R Fr * West Palm Beach 1949 P 6-0 172 R So * West Palm Beach 1950 P 6-0 172 R Jr * West Palm Beach 1952 P 6-0 172 R Sr * West Palm Beach
| John Witt |
Full Name: John Stephen Witt
Born: July 16, 1927, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died: January 12, 2014, West Palm Beach, Fla.
School: Palm Beach High School in West Palm Beach, Florida
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| FSU Career |
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Year No Pos Hgt Wgt B T Cl Ltr Hometown 1948 P 6-0 172 R Fr * West Palm Beach 1949 P 6-0 172 R So * West Palm Beach 1950 P 6-0 172 R Jr * West Palm Beach 1952 P 6-0 172 R Sr * West Palm Beach |
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John Stephen Witt Obituary. Published in The Palm Beach Post on 15 Jan 2014, page B4 John Witt, Sr.. age 86, passed away on Jan 12th after a
brief illness. He was born July 15, 1927. He graduated from Palm Beach High
School in 1945. After serving in the military, he later graduated from FSU.
John received his J.D. degree from Cumberland School of Law in 1966 and
practiced law in WPB until he retired in 1990. He later moved to North
Carolina. As an avid sports enthusiast, John attended 20 Super Bowls and 20
World Series and enjoyed countless rounds of golf with his buddies,
especially "The Barracudas." When there wasn’t a game on the John was
narrating, he was "anchoring" FOX News. He is survived by his devoted wife
of 42 years, Linda; son, John (Selina) witt Jr; grandson, Stephen and a
host of family and dear friends. |
| FSU Statistics |
| Baseball |
Pitching Statistics Year ERA W L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/AVG WP HBP BK SFA SHA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1948 4 1 6 4 4 0 36.1 37 25 17 18 1949 6 3 10 9 8 0 80.1 67 43 38 23 1950 3 3 8 7 5 0 0 0 60.0 61 39 11 28 1952 2 0 2 1 1 1 13.0 10 2 4 10 1 0 0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tot 0.00 15 7 26 21 18 1 0 0 189.2 175 109 0 70 79 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 |
Batting Statistics YEAR AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1948 .200 6 4 15 3 3 1 0 0 2 4 .267 3 2 .333 1 1949 .179 8 8 28 2 5 0 0 1 0 8 .286 2 1 3 .242 2 0 1950 .333 9 7 27 2 9 0 1 0 8 11 .407 .333 1952 .429 2 1 7 2 3 1 0 0 0 4 .571 0 0 .429 1 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tot .260 25 20 77 9 20 2 1 1 10 27 .351 5 1 5 0 .306 2 1 2 0 |
Fielding Statistics Year PO AST E FLD% DP ---------------------------- 1948 2 7 2 .818 1949 8 12 3 .870 ---------------------------- Tot 10 19 5 .853 0 |
| Baseball |
Game Statistics 1948 Date Opponent W L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 17 Mississippi College 1 0.1 1 0 1 0 Apr 23 Middle Georgia Coll 1 1 Y 1 9.0 10 4 2 4 May 8 Georgia Teachers 1 1 Y 1 9.0 8 8 5 3 May 14 Middle Georgia Coll 1 1 1.0 0 0 1 0 May 22 Rollins College 1 1 Y 1 8.0 7 8 6 4 May 27 Troy State 1 1 Y 1 9.0 11 5 2 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tot 4 1 6 4 4 0 0 0 36.1 37 25 0 17 18 1949 Date Opponent W L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 30 Mississippi 1 1 Y 1 9.0 8 3 3 4 Apr 2 Oglethorpe 1 1 Y 1 9.0 8 7 4 4 Apr 9 Millsaps College 1 1 Y 1 9.0 8 8 7 6 Apr 16 Southern College 1 1 Y 7.2 7 9 2 2 Apr 22 Stetson 1 1 Y 1 9.0 4 1 6 6 Apr 23 Stetson 1 Apr 29 Tampa 1 1 Y 1 9.0 8 7 6 1 May 7 Mercer 1 1 Y 1 9.0 9 1 3 1 May 14 Stetson 1 1 Y 1 9.0 8 2 4 1 May 20 Southern College 1 1 Y 1 8.0 6 3 2 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tot 6 3 10 9 8 0 0 0 78.2 66 41 0 37 27 1950 Date Opponent W L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 1 Rollins College 1 1 Y 1 9.0 10 6 1 2 Apr 8 Florida Southern Col 1 1 Y 1 9.0 10 6 1 6 Apr 11 Bradley 1 1 9.0 13 10 1 2 Apr 14 Stetson 1 1 Y 1 8.0 8 5 2 6 Apr 28 Mercer 1 1 Y 1 9.0 4 1 1 3 May 5 Tampa 1 1 Y 1 9.0 6 1 1 6 May 12 Mercer 1 Y 4.2 7 6 3 2 May 20 Stetson 1 Y 2.1 3 4 1 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tot 3 3 8 7 5 0 0 0 60.0 61 39 0 11 28 1952 Date Opponent W L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 18 Kenyon College 1 1 3.0 4 2 2 3 Mar 28 Loyola-New Orleans 1 1 Y 1 1 9.0 5 0 0 2 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tot 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 12.0 9 2 0 4 8 |
1948
Date Opponent BAT AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB HBP SO SF SH SB ATT PO A E
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Apr 17 Mississippi College 9b .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Apr 23 Middle Georgia Coll 9 .250 1 P 4 0 1 2 1 0 1 2
May 8 Georgia Teachers 9 .250 1 P 4 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 1
May 14 Middle Georgia Coll 9a .250 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
May 22 Rollins College 9 .182 1 P 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
May 27 Troy State 9 .200 1 P 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2
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.200 6 4 15 3 3 1 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 7 2
1949
Date Opponent BAT AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB HBP SO SF SH SB ATT PO A E
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Mar 30 Mississippi 9 .000 1 P 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
Apr 2 Oglethorpe 9 .000 1 P 1 0 0 0 0 0
Apr 9 Millsaps College 9 .000 1 P 4 1 0 0 0 0
Apr 16 Southern College 9 .000 1 P 3 0 0 0 0 0
Apr 29 Tampa 9 .143 1 P 3 0 2 2 2 1 0
May 7 Mercer 9 .235 1 P 3 1 2 1 5 0
May 14 Stetson 9 .200 1 P 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
May 20 Southern College 9 .174 1 P 3 0 0 0 0
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.174 8 8 23 2 4 0 0 1 2 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
1950
Date Opponent BAT AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB HBP SO SF SH SB ATT PO A E
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Apr 1 Rollins College 9 .250 1 P 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
Apr 8 Florida Southern Col 9 .286 1 P 3 0 1 0 1 0
Apr 11 Bradley 9a .300 1 3 0 1 1 1 3 0
Apr 14 Stetson 9 .308 1 P 3 0 1 0 1 0
Apr 28 Mercer 9 .250 1 P 3 0 0 0 0 0
May 5 Tampa 9 .286 1 P 5 1 2 4 2 0
May 12 Mercer 9 .348 1 P 2 0 2 1 2 0
May 13 Mercer 2a .346 1 3 1 1 2 1 0
May 20 Stetson 9 .333 1 P 1 0 0 0 0 0
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.333 9 7 27 2 9 0 1 0 8 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1952
Date Opponent BAT AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB HBP SO SF SH SB ATT PO A E
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Mar 18 Kenyon College 9a .667 1 3 2 2 1 0 3 1 1
Mar 28 Loyola-New Orleans 9 .429 1 P 4 0 1 0 1 1 0
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.429 2 1 7 2 3 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
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