Bobby Witt, Jr.

Birth Name: Robert Andrew Witt, Jr.

Place of Birth: Colleyville, Texas, U.S.

Date of Birth: June 14, 2000

Ethnicity: German, English, Swedish, other

Bobby Witt, Jr. is an American professional baseball player. A shorstop, he plays for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB).

He is the son of Laurie and Bobby Witt (Robert Andrew Witt), a professional baseball player, who was a pitcher, and played with the Texas Rangers, the Oakland Athletics, the Florida Marlins, the St. Louis Cardinals, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, the Cleveland Indians, and the Arizona Diamondbacks of MLB. His sister Nikki is married to professional baseball player James Russell, and his sister Kianna is married to professional baseball player Zach Neal.

Bobby’s maternal grandfather was named Ronald L. Capps.

Bobby’s maternal grandmother was Eleanor Ann Coffield (the daughter of Hugh J. Coffield and Irma Junietta Pehrson). Eleanor was born in Davenport, Iowa.

Source: Obituary of Bobby’s maternal grandmother, Eleanor Ann (Coffield) Capps – https://www.legacy.com