Bobby Witt

Bobby Witt was a right-handed pitcher who played for the USA at the 1984 Olympics in the demonstration baseball tournament. Witt played in college at the University of Oklahoma, and was then drafted by the Texas Rangers with the third pick of the first round of the 1985 Major League Baseball Draft.

Witt played for 16 seasons in the majors, starting with the Rangers from 1986-92. He played for eight teams in the bigs and later played successively with the Oakland Athletics (1992-94), Florida Marlins (1995), Texas Rangers (1995-98), St. Louis Cardinals (1998), Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1999), Cleveland Indians (2000), and Arizona Diamondbacks (2001). Witt finished his career with 142 wins and 157 losses with an ERA of 4.83. He retired after helping the Diamondbacks win the 2001 World Series.

Witt was known to have control problems and led the league three times in walks and twice in wild pitches. He was nicknamed “Witt ‘n Wild” as a play on the Wet ‘n Wild theme park that was near Arlington Stadium when he was the Rangers. Witt later became a player agent and settled near Dallas.