Career
Amateur Vitters was an American Family Life Assurance Company All-American Preparatory Third Baseman for Cypress High School in Cypress, California. Vitters committed to attend Arizona State University on a scholarship, to play for the Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team Professional Draft and Minors
The Chicago Cubs drafted Vitters with the third overall selection of the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft.
He made his professional debut with the Rookie-level Arizona Cubs of the Arizona League.
On 2014 April 3, he hit his first home run for the Iowa Cubs in a 10-2 loss to the Memphis Redbirds. Vitters was selected to appear in the 2009 All-Star Futures Game.
In mid-2009, the Cubs promoted Vitters from the Peoria Chiefs of the Class A Midwest League to the Daytona Cubs of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League. He spent the 2010 season with Daytona and the Tennessee Smokies of the Class Associate of Arts Southern League.
Major league play
The Cubs promoted Vitters and fellow prospect Brett Jackson from the Iowa Cubs of the Class American Automobile Association Pacific Coast League on August 5, 2012.
He made his Major League debut later that day as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers Vitters" first MLB hit was a double against the San Diego Padres August 7, 2012, pinch hitting for pitcher Jeff Beliveau in the seventh inning, scoring both Steve Clevenger and Darwin Barney. His first major league home run was August 20, 2012 in the fifth inning against Mark Rogers of the Milwaukee Brewers. Bridgeport Bluefish
On March 15, 2016, Vitters signed with the Bridgeport Bluefish of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.
Josh"s brother, Christian, played minor league baseball.