[4] His pitching took Servite to a 14-0 record and victory at the 1978 CIF Southern Section 4A baseball championship, and he was named the Angelus League's Player of the Year.

He was promoted to the El Paso Diablos in 1980, and despite having only a dozen Double-A games to his name, was invited to spring training with the California Angels for 1981.

[5] He stumbled in his third season, finishing 7-14 with a 4.91 ERA, and was sent to play for the Tiburones de La Guaira of the Venezuelan League, where he won seven of eight decisions.

Witt's perfect game is, as of 2020, one of five no-hitters pitched on the final day of a Major League Baseball regular season.

His best season was 1986, when he was named team Most Valuable Player after compiling 18 wins and a 2.84 earned run average, finishing third behind Roger Clemens and Teddy Higuera for the American League Cy Young Award, and guiding the Angels to within one strike of the World Series.

[4] He was re-signed by the Yankees to an $8 million, 3-year contract, but missed most of the 1991 and 1992 seasons while recovering from Tommy John surgery, and he won no more than five games before retiring in 1993.