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Bobby Witt Jr. drove in his 100th run of the season with a solo homer in the first inning, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-1 on Saturday. Witt also hit a sacrifice fly in ...
Witt led the major leagues in 2024 with a .332 batting average and had his second consecutive 30–30 season, hitting 32 home runs and stealing 31 bases. [43] Witt became the first shortstop in MLB history with multiple 30–30 seasons in his career, and the first player to do so back-to-back since Alfonso Soriano in 2005-2006. [44]
Witt, the 24-year-old shortstop who led the majors with 211 hits and a .332 batting average this season, bounced the ball through the infield off a 95 mph, first-pitch cutter from 2021 NL Cy Young Award winner Corbin Burnes with two outs in the sixth. Burnes used that cutter to get Witt out in his first two at-bats.
Shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. played in his 400th career game Sunday as the Royals thumped the Rockies 10-1 in Denver. Witt capped the victory with a three-run homer in the ninth inning. That was the ...
Bobby Witt Jr. beat out an infield single to drive in the go-ahead run and send the Kansas City Royals into an AL Division Series with a 2-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday for a ...
Witt raised his batting average to .347, best in the majors, by going four for five with the homer and a double. During his 11-game hitting streak, Witt is batting an absurd .546 with nine extra ...
As of April 2015, Witt lived in Colleyville, Texas, with his wife and four children and was a player agent. His son, Bobby Witt Jr., was drafted with the second pick of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft and signed with the Kansas City Royals. [13]
Bobby Witt Jr. won the AL batting crown in his third big league season, leading Kansas City to the playoffs for the first time since 2015.