Career
He played all or part of five seasons in Major League Baseball between 1938 and 1949 seasons for the New York Giants (1938-1939, 1941, 1943) and Boston Red Sox (1949). Listed at 6 ft (18 m), 180 lb (82 kg), Wittig batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland.
In a five-season-career, Wittig posted a 10–25 record with a 4.89 European Research Area in 84 appearances, including 39 starts, seven complete games, one shutout, four saves, 121 strikeouts, 163 walks, and 307 ⅓ innings of work.
Wittig died in Nassawadox, Virginia, at the age of 84.
