Billy Witte  
Catcher | Pittsburgh Pirates

Hitting
Witte never has been a patient hitter. Let's face facts: Witte hits a lot of ground balls... and in my book, if you're slow of foot and put the ball on the ground, you're bound to get tied up in the double play. Even though you might not start him, he's not a bad guy to have on your bench for the tough left-handed reliever.

Baserunning & Defense
He doesn't get good jumps on grounders, but his routes are fine and his hands aren't bad. His arm is accurate enough. He has below-average speed and is stiff on the basepath. He's poor on a straight steal but has some success at reading pitchers and working a delayed steal.

2010 Outlook
Witte flat-out isn't ready for this level of competition. Expect the Pittsburgh Pirates to send him down promptly.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team POS CH PH SP GF PL vL Hm Sc CL Age Exp Slot FA AS Qualified Positions Nyman Rating
1998 KC C 49 32 44 56 50 57 53 48 49 25 0 Low Minors 58 68 . 212
1999 KC C 51 36 45 56 50 57 53 48 49 26 0 AA/AAA 67 70 . 222
2000 KC C 51 41 44 56 50 57 53 48 49 27 0 Active 72 71 . 228
2001 KC C 51 46 45 56 50 57 53 48 49 28 1 Active 73 71 . 237
2002 KC C 51 52 47 56 50 57 53 48 49 29 2 Active 73 71 . 248
2003 KC C 51 53 48 56 50 57 53 48 49 29 3 Active 73 71 . 252
2004 PIT C 51 53 49 56 50 57 53 48 49 31 4 Active 73 71 2B-0 250
2005 PIT C 51 53 48 56 50 57 53 48 49 32 5 Active 73 71 2B-0 248
2006 PIT C 50 53 47 56 50 57 53 48 49 33 6 Active 72 70 2B-0 244
2007 PIT C 50 53 46 56 50 57 53 48 49 33 7 Active 72 70 2B-0 244
2008 PIT C 48 53 45 56 50 57 53 48 49 34 8 Active 73 69 2B-0 239
2009 PIT C 46 53 42 56 50 57 53 48 49 36 9 AA/AAA 72 69 2B-0, P-0 229
2010 PIT C 44 51 40 56 50 57 53 48 49 36 10 Active 70 67 2B-0, P-0 221
Ratings Delta     -2 -2 -2               +1   -2 -2   -8
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.