Red Witt

Witt began his baseball career in 1950 as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers\' organization and was drafted by the Pirates from Brooklyn following the 1954 season. In 1957, he won 18 games (losing seven) for the top-level Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League, then had notable back-to-back seasons for the Pirates in 1958–59. In 1958, he helped pitch Pittsburgh to a first division finish and the club\'s first winning season in a decade with a 9–2 record and a sparkling 1.61 earned run average in 18 games pitched and 15 starting assignments. He threw five complete games and three shutouts. But in 1959, hampered by a sore elbow, he worked in only 15 games and lost all of his seven decisions. He spent part of 1960 back in minor league baseball.\n', '

But he also appeared in ten games (with six starts) for the 1960 National League and World Series champion Pirates. He made three relief a…