Robert Andrew Witt Jr. was born on June 14, 2000, and is an American professional baseball shortstop and third baseman for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB).
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He was selected second overall by the Royals in the 2019 MLB draft and made his MLB debut in 2022.
Witt attended Colleyville Heritage High School in Colleyville, Texas. He committed to playing college baseball at the University of Oklahoma.
As a junior in 2018, he batted .446 with ten home runs. That summer, he won the High School Home Run Derby at Nationals Park. Later in the summer, he also played in the Under Armour All-America Baseball Game at Wrigley Field where he hit a home run and was named team MVP as well as the Perfect Game All-American Classic at Petco Park.
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In December, he played for Team USA in Panama City during the 2018 COPABE Pan-American Championships, helping Team USA win a gold medal.
In 2019, his senior year, he was named the Gatorade National Baseball Player of the Year after batting .515 with 15 home runs, 54 RBIs, and 17 stolen bases.
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