Whitey Witt Autographs
Lawton Walter "Whitey" Witt (born Ladislaw Waldemar Wittkowski; September 28, 1895 – July 14, 1988) was an American professional baseball outfielder. He played all or part of ten seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Philadelphia Athletics, New York Yankees, and Brooklyn Robins. In his career, he hit .287 (1,195-for-4,171) with 18 home runs and 300 runs batted in. He was the last surviving person to have played on the 1923 New York Yankees championship team, having taken the first at bat at the then-new Yankee Stadium for the Yankees.
Witt was knocked unconscious in the ninth inning by a thrown soda bottle from right field bleachers in Sportsman's Park in St. Louis on September 16, 1922. The soda bottle struck Witt in the forehead while backing up Bob Meusel on a flyout by Eddie Foster. Witt's teammates and St. Louis Browns outfielder Ken Williams carried the unconscious Witt off the field. The Yankees were locked in a tight pennant race with the Browns that year. The person who threw the bottle from the stands was never identified, though the Yankees and Witt came back to win the series (thanks to a key hit by Witt) defeating the Browns by one game for the pennant.
After retiring from baseball following the 1928 season, Witt and his wife returned home to a farmhouse in Alloway Township, New Jersey. He opened a bar, known as Whitey's Irish Bar, in Salem in 1928 and operated it until 1945. After selling the bar and investing the monetary proceeds, he would spend most of his retirement golfing and serve as a member of the American Legion post in Woodstown. He died at his home on July 14, 1988 after suffering a heart attack at his home in Alloway Township at the age of 92.
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Traded items with a signature of Whitey Witt
The most expensive item with a signature of Whitey Witt (WHITEY WITT Autographed MLB Baseball Yankees Dec. RARE) was sold in January 2009 for $158.51 while the cheapest item (Whitey Witt New York Yankees 1922-1926 Signed Index Card PSA COA K87273) found a new owner for $0.99 in September 2016. The month with the most items sold (3) was January 2009 with an average selling price of $14.00 for an autographed item of Whitey Witt. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in September 2017 with $53.50 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was November 2011. In average, an autographed item from Whitey Witt is worth $9.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Whitey Witt were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | -Whitey Witt- (d.1988) Signed/Autograph/Auto Index Card New York Yankees MLB | $9.99 |  |
| -Whitey Witt- (d.1988) Signed/Autograph/Auto Index Card New York Yankees MLB | $9.99 | |
| 1916 A's: Whitey Witt, SIGNED 3x5, D.1988! | $4.99 | |
| 1916-21 WHITEY WITT-PHILADELPHIA A' S AUTOGRAPHED CUT W/PHOTO ON 4X6 -d.1966 | $5.50 | |
| 1979 Grand Slam - WHITEY WITT - Autograph - YANKEES BGS Slabbed d. 1988 | $36.00 | |
| Autographed Baseball Postcard Whitey Witt New York Yankees | $18.99 | |
| Lawton Whitey Witt (d. 1988) signed autograph Baseball 3x5 Index Card 6057-07 | $20.00 | |
| Lawton Whitey Witt 1922-25 New York Yankees autograph on index card d.1988 | $4.49 | |
| Whitey Witt (1895-1988) signed 3x5 | $4.99 | |
| Whitey Witt (d. 1988) signed autograph auto 3x5 index card Baseball Player H6249 | $35.00 | |
| WHITEY WITT 2005 LEAF CENTURY STAMPS MASTERPIECE AUTO #2/2 AUTOGRAPH CUT RARE! | $46.00 | |
| Whitey Witt 3x5 signed auto autographed index note card Yankees | $11.99 | |
| Whitey Witt d.1988 signed autograph auto 3x5 index card Baseball Player 6057 | $20.00 | |
| Whitey Witt New York Yankees Signed Tcma Card | $33.00 | |
| Whitey Witt signed card - A's Yankees debut 1916 - | $17.00 | |
