# Jerry Witte

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American baseball player (1915-2002)

Baseball player

Jerry Witte First baseman Born: (1915-07-30)July 30, 1915 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. Died: April 27, 2002(2002-04-27) (aged 86) Houston, Texas, U.S. Batted: Right Threw: Right MLB debut September 10, 1946, for the St. Louis Browns Last MLB appearance July 13, 1947, for the St. Louis Browns MLB statistics Batting average .163 Home runs 4 Runs batted in 16 Stats at Baseball Reference Teams St. Louis Browns (1946–47)

**Jerome Charles Witte** (July 30, 1915 – April 27, 2002) was an American professional [baseball](/source/Baseball) player. He played parts of two seasons in [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball), 1946 and 1947, for the [St. Louis Browns](/source/St._Louis_Browns), primarily as a [first baseman](/source/First_baseman). He also had a long [minor league baseball](/source/Minor_league_baseball) career, spanning 16 seasons from 1937 until 1952. In 1946, he won the [American Association Most Valuable Player Award](/source/American_Association_(1902%E2%80%931997)_Most_Valuable_Player_Award) while playing for the [Toledo Mud Hens](/source/Toledo_Mud_Hens), earning a shot at the major leagues that September.

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- Career statistics from [Baseball Reference](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/witteje01.shtml) · [Baseball Reference (Minors)](https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=witte-001jer) · [Retrosheet](https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Pwittj102.htm) · [Baseball Almanac](https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=witteje01)

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