John Witt

John Witt (born August 25, 1969 in Elmhurst, Illinois) American known for catching a large number of Major League baseballs. He is best known for catching over 5,000 baseballs at professional baseball games over the past 34 summers. Witt is also an author, baseball columnist and actor.

Background

Witt caught his first ball at age seven, during a Chicago White Sox game at Comiskey Park in 1977. Over the past 14 years Witt has spent time working for minor league teams as a clubhouse attendant, concession stand manager, operations director and handling marketing and sales. Witt has also made money editing math textbooks, and openly admits having sold many of the balls he has caught for cash.

Ballhawking

Since 1977 Witt has collected over 5,000 baseballs at professional baseball games in 35 seasons. Almost 4,000 of those are Major League baseballs (MLB). One hundred one of the MLB balls are actual game home run's from Major League baseball games.

On September 13, 1998, he grabbed Sammy Sosa's 61st home run at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Witt was actually not in the ballpark that day but was outside of left field standing on the corner of Waveland Avenue and Kenmore St. The ball came out just missing the apartment building across the street, bounced off a man's shin and then rolled right into the glove of Witt. Several regulars surrounded Witt and hustled him into a van for safety. Witt spent the next 30 minutes doing interviews, signing autographs and even had a visit from Jeff Idleson of the Baseball Hall of Fame to authenticate that ball. Initially turning down a reported five-figure sum, Witt later sold the ball for $7,500 to a collector in Chicago, who promptly returned the ball to Sosa one week later.

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