Bobby Witt Jr.’s stats through his first 400 games are unmatched in MLB history
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 65th home run in Witt’s 400th career game. Witt also has 26 career triples and 101 stolen bases.
Those statistics make Witt a unicorn in Major League Baseball history. As Opta Stats noted, no one in Major League Baseball had ever had at least 60 home runs, 100 stolen bases and 25 triples in his first 400 career games.
That’s as rare as that 1 of 1 card that teammate MJ Melendez secured last week.
Mark DeRosa, who played 16 seasons in the big leagues, raved about Witt on the MLB Network. DeRosa, who was the Team USA manager at last year’s World Baseball Classic, wondered if perhaps Witt could have made a difference. The U.S. team lost the championship game to Japan.
“Just being around this guy during the WBC, he was a young player that was put on the roster to kind of get a feel,” DeRosa said. “Thinking back on it now, probably one of the bigger regrets is not maybe seeing if he could have been the lightning rod offensively that he’s been for the Royals this year.
“But I felt like there was a lot of veterans on that Team USA roster and then eventually in 2026, it’ll probably be Bobby Witt and Gunnar Henderson’s team and kind of build around that.”
DeRosa then went on to share a plethora of stats from this season and MLB history and showed that Witt is a legend in the making. Witt’s elite performance at the plate, in the field and running the bases were all highlighted by DeRosa.
This story was originally published July 10, 2024 at 8:55 AM.
