Mickey Witek/pagetext

From SABR Encyclopedia

Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 1.3 Outside of baseball 1.4 Transactions 2 Sources

Profile

Mickey seemed destined for a New York career.He made his professional start as a member of the Yankees farm organization in 1935 at Bassett,Va. He ranks winning a position on the Bassett team as his greatest baseball thrill, for he hitch-hiked 500 miles from his home in Luzerne to get it. From Bassett he traveled the same road as so many of the Yankee ball players, through Norfolk, Binghamton and Newark. With Joe Gordon as competition at second base his chances were not favorable making it to Yankee Stadium. He was traded on Dec. 27,1939 (see transactions).

Personal

• Married Virginia Dominick, October 4, 1941.
• Resided in Newark, New Jersey in 1951.

Pre-professional career

• Attended Luzerne High School.

Outside of baseball

• Is a veteran.Mickey served in the U.S.Coast Guard for two years.

Transactions

• Was obtained from Seattle in trade for player Ellis Clary.
• Was obtained from Newark in a trade to New York Giants, Giants gave up Alex Kampouris & Tom Padden and cash.

Sources

^[1]* 1951 * * Boston Braves Roster Book.

• The Giants Of New York 1947 Year Book.