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Whitey Platt
Mizell George Platt

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.

Debut September 16, 1942
Final Game October 2, 1949
Born August 21, 1920 in West Palm Beach, FL
Died July 27, 1970 in W.Palm Beach, FL

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1942 21 CHC NL   4   16    1    1   0  0   0    2   0      0   3  .063  .063  .063  -63    1   0           0   2
 1943 22 CHC NL  20   41    2    7   3  0   0    2   0      1   7  .171  .190  .244   26   10   0           0   1
 1946 25 CHW AL  84  247   28   62   8  5   3   32   1  7  17  34  .251  .307  .360   89   89   1           3   9
 1948 27 SLB AL 123  454   57  123  22 10   7   82   1  4  39  51  .271  .331  .410   95  186   4           2  14
 1949 28 SLB AL 102  244   29   63   8  2   3   29   0  1  24  27  .258  .325  .344   74   84   1           0   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      333 1002  117  256  41 17  13  147   2 12  81 122  .255  .314  .369   84  370   6   0   0   5  34
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        487   57  125  20  8   6   72   1  6  39  59  .255  .314  .369   84  180   3   0   0   2  17
 Career High    123  454   57  123  22 10   7   82   1  7  39  51  .271  .331  .410   95  186   4   0   0   3  14
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1942 21 CHC NL   16   17    0   0.0    84| .063  .251| .063  .322| .063  .349| .126  .672| -63  .000  -3.3  -0.4     
 1943 22 CHC NL   42   35    2   1.5    89| .171  .264| .190  .332| .244  .358| .434  .690|  26  .151  -4.0  -0.4     
 1946 25 CHW AL  268  202   24   3.2    92| .251  .259| .307  .333| .360  .372| .667  .705|  89  .378  -4.5  -0.5  12%
 1948 27 SLB AL  499  353   60   4.5   107| .271  .275| .331  .361| .410  .398| .741  .759|  95  .492  -6.1  -0.6  20%
 1949 28 SLB AL  269  191   27   3.8   110| .258  .275| .325  .368| .344  .400| .669  .769|  74  .411 -10.2  -1.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      1094  798  113   3.8   103| .255  .270| .314  .354| .369  .390| .683  .744|  84  .425 -28.0  -2.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1942 21 CHC NL OF 4 7 1 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 2.15 2 2 0 1943 22 CHC NL OF 14 20 0 1 0 .952 .976 1.43 2.27 7 7 0 1946 25 CHW AL OF 61 130 4 4 1 .971 .977 2.20 2.24 25 23 14 1948 27 SLB AL OF 114 230 5 13 2 .948 .975 2.06 2.36 114 0 0 1949 28 SLB AL OF 59 135 3 2 0 .986 .980 2.34 2.27 59 0 0 1B 2 21 2 1 1 .958 .987 11.50 9.15
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1949 28 SLB AL 1B 2 21 2 1 1 .958 .987 11.50 9.15 1942 21 CHC NL OF 4 7 1 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 2.15 2 2 0 1943 22 CHC NL OF 14 20 0 1 0 .952 .976 1.43 2.27 7 7 0 1946 25 CHW AL OF 61 130 4 4 1 .971 .977 2.20 2.24 25 23 14 1948 27 SLB AL OF 114 230 5 13 2 .948 .975 2.06 2.36 114 0 0 1949 28 SLB AL OF 59 135 3 2 0 .986 .980 2.34 2.27 59 0 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 252 522 13 20 3 .964 .977 2.12 2.30 207 32 14 1B 2 21 2 1 1 .958 .987 11.50 9.15 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 254 543 15 21 4 .964 .977 2.20 2.36
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Triples
1948 AL-10-6

Caught Stealing
1946 AL-7-8

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2299) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3105) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

April 20, 1946: Selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the Chicago Cubs.


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