| Bobby Witt Jr. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Witt with the Kansas City Royals in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas City Royals – No. 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Shortstop | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born: June 14, 2000 Colleyville, Texas, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||||||||
| MLB debut | |||||||||||||||||||||
| April 7, 2022, for the Kansas City Royals | |||||||||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics (through 2024 season) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .288 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hits | 538 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 285 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stolen bases | 110 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert Andrew Witt Jr. (born June 14, 2000) is an American professional baseball shortstop for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was selected second overall by the Royals in the 2019 MLB draft and made his MLB debut in 2022. Witt was named to his first All-Star Game in 2024.
Witt is the only shortstop in MLB history to have achieved two 30–30 seasons (30 home runs and 30 stolen bases), having done so in 2023 and 2024.[1]
- ^ Rogers, Anne (September 17, 2024). "Witt makes history as 1st shortstop with two 30-30 seasons". MLB.com. Archived from the original on September 30, 2024. Retrieved September 30, 2024.