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Ken Griffey Jr League
4-25-2078
Jay Witasick Relief Pitcher
Retired (1968, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
ERA 6.01 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
W-L 28-62 Status Deceased (2004) Option Years 0  
SV 8 Age at Death 70 Date of Birth 07-06-1934
K 501 Drafted Round 1, Pick 2
(1956)		 Majors Svc Time 4 years
(128 games)
IP 811.2
WHIP 1.60
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R F  Contact vs. L F  Endurance C+   Ldrship F 
Power vs. R D- Power vs. L C- Velocity B    Mentor Val D+
Speed D+ Bunt B  Control B-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range D- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm B  WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health F  LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team W L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HBP BB SO WHIP ERA Awards
1956 DET
6
 19
36
36
0
0
0
 0
192.1
 241 148 143 8 81
108
1.67
6.69
1957 DET
6
 10
27
27
2
1
0
 0
144.0
 188 101 98 6 53
89
1.67
6.13
1961 DET
5
 10
22
19
0
0
0
 0
123.1
 142 79 72 1 45
77
1.52
5.25
1962 DET-CHA-PHI
2
 4
14
8
1
0
0
 0
52.0
 63 42 41 3 23
42
1.65
7.10
1963 PHI-DET-MIL
6
 7
32
23
0
0
1
 0
126.2
 155 87 81 2 47
76
1.59
5.76
1964 MIL
0
 2
13
4
0
0
0
 0
39.1
 37 19 17 0 14
27
1.30
3.89
1965 MIL
1
 6
54
5
0
0
2
 0
90.1
 95 63 59 3 40
56
1.49
5.88
1966 MIL-BRO-KC
1
 2
10
0
0
0
5
 0
10.2
 14 8 6 1 1
3
1.41
5.06
1967 KC-MIL
1
 2
6
3
1
0
0
 0
26.2
 33 20 19 0 14
18
1.76
6.41
1968 MIL
0
 0
5
0
0
0
0
 0
6.2
 11 6 6 0 1
5
1.80
8.10
2078
0
 0
0
0
0
0
0
 0
0.0
 0 0 0 0 0
0
0.00
0.00
Total
28
 62
219
125
4
1
8
 0
811.2
 979 573 542 24 319
501
1.60
6.01
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1968-11-01Jay Witasick has retired from the Milwaukee Crew
1968-04-10The Milwaukee Crew have promoted Alex Schaffer to the major league team. The Milwaukee Crew have designated Jay Witasick for assignment.
1967-08-12The Milwaukee Crew have promoted Jay Witasick to the major league team. The Milwaukee Crew have sent Reid McWilliams to the minors.
1967-08-12The Milwaukee Crew have acquired Jay Witasick from the waiver wire. The Milwaukee Crew have waived Rafael Baumgartner.
1967-05-16The Kansas City Athletics have waived Jay Witasick .
1967-04-19The Kansas City Athletics have renamed Ben Harriston to Jay Witasick .
1966-09-01The Kansas City Athletics have acquired Ben Harriston from the waiver wire.
1966-08-28The Brooklyn Lawnmowers have waived Ben Harriston.
1966-06-22The Brooklyn Lawnmowers have acquired Ben Harriston from the waiver wire.
1966-06-10The Milwaukee Crew have acquired Bruce Reynolds from the waiver wire. The Milwaukee Crew have waived Ben Harriston.
1966-05-27The Milwaukee Crew have promoted Rafael Baumgartner to the major league team. The Milwaukee Crew have designated Ben Harriston for assignment.
1964-08-01The Milwaukee Crew have promoted Ben Harriston to the major league team. The Milwaukee Crew have promoted Tavo Simms to the major league team. The Milwaukee Crew have sent Pete Voss to the minors. The Milwaukee Crew have sent Guy Taylor to the minors.
1964-04-01The Milwaukee Crew have designated Ben Harriston for assignment.
1963-04-15The Milwaukee Crew have promoted Ben Harriston to the major league team. The Milwaukee Crew have designated Don Cooper for assignment.
1963-04-06The Milwaukee Crew have acquired Ben Harriston from the waiver wire. The Milwaukee Crew have waived Charlie Haas.
1963-04-01The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have waived Ben Harriston.
1963-03-01The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have acquired Ben Harriston from the waiver wire.
1963-03-01The Philadelphia Dong have waived Ben Harriston.
1962-06-20The Philadelphia Dong have promoted Buster Mullin to the major league team. The Philadelphia Dong have designated Ben Harriston for assignment.
1962-06-15The Philadelphia Dong have acquired Ben Harriston from the waiver wire.
1962-06-11The Chicago Avengers have designated Ben Harriston for assignment.
1962-05-03The Chicago Avengers have acquired Ben Harriston from the waiver wire.
1962-04-29The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have promoted Paul Tanana to the major league team. The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have designated Ben Harriston for assignment.
1961-07-22The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have promoted Ben Harriston to the major league team. The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have promoted Bill O"Neill to the major league team. The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have sent Jaime Narron to the minors. The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have sent Luke Towne to the minors.
1961-07-20The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have promoted Luke Towne to the major league team. The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have promoted Butch Knoll to the major league team. The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have sent Ben Harriston to the minors.
1961-05-30The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have promoted Ben Harriston to the major league team. The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have sent Earl Heath to the minors.
1961-03-01The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have renamed Ben Hurl to Ben Harriston.
1958-03-01The Detroit White/Green Stripe Sox have promoted Billy McBride to the major league team. The Detroit White/Green Stripe Sox have sent Ben Hurl to the minors.
1957-04-08The Detroit White/Green Stripe Sox have renamed Jim Johnson to Ben Hurl.
1956-04-01The Detroit White/Green Stripe Sox have promoted Jim Johnson to the major league team. The Detroit White/Green Stripe Sox have sent Andy Griffith to the minors.
1956-04-01The Detroit White/Green Stripe Sox have renamed Gene Johnson to Jim Johnson.