Jim Whitney

Positions: Pitcher, Outfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 172lb (188cm, 78kg)

Born: November 10, 1857 in Conklin, NY us

Died: May 21, 1891 in Binghamton, NY

Buried: Spring Forest Cemetery, Binghamton, NY

Debut: May 2, 1881 (Age 23-173d, 489th in major league history)

Last Game: July 16, 1890 (Age 32-248d)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1881 season

Full Name: James Evans Whitney

Nicknames: Grasshopper Jim

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

56.0

191

204

ERA

2.97

413

396

3496.1

1571

WHIP

1.147

Summary of 79 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

4 leading off, 1 walk-off, 0 tying, 1 go ahead, 78 lacking some details

5 Tms
BSN	42
WHS	23
KCN	9
IND	4
PHA	1

Platoon
vs RHB	52
vs LHB	23
vs ?HB	4

Home/Road
Away	50
Home	29

Outs
Unk	75
0	4

14 Opps
CHC	27
BSN	12
DTN	11
PHI	7
NYG	6
BUF	4
PRO	2
PIT	2
CLV	2
WOR	2
SLM	1
SYR	1
WHS	1
IND	1

50 Batters
Abner Dalrymple	6
Dan Brouthers	4
Fred Pfeffer	4
King Kelly	3
Cap Anson	3
John Ward	3
Ezra Sutton	3
Jack Rowe	2
Sam Wise	2
Dick Johnston	2
Ed Williamson	2
George Wood	2
Jim Fogarty	2
John Clarkson	2
Tom Burns	2
Hardy Richardson	2
George Van Haltren	2
John Morrill	1
Charlie Bastian	1
Ned Hanlon	1
Dell Darling	1
Old Hoss Radbourn	1
Jackie Hayes	1
Ed Daily	1
Joe Farrell	1
Bill Phillips	1
Silver Flint	1
Mox McQuery	1
Emil Gross	1
Egyptian Healy	1
Lew Brown	1
Joe Mulvey	1
Larry Twitchell	1
Barney McLaughlin	1
Pop Smith	1
Jimmy Ryan	1
Jim McCormick	1
Lee Richmond	1
Jerry Denny	1
Paul Hines	1
Jim O'Rourke	1
Marty Sullivan	1
Charlie Bennett	1
Ed Caskin	1
Charlie Ganzel	1
Mickey Welch	1
Fred Dunlap	1
Fatty Briody	1
Fred Carroll	1
Bill McClellan	1

17 Parks
SouthEnd Grd (BOS)	15
WestSide Pk (CHI)	14
Swampoodle G (WAS)	14
LakeFrontPk2 (CHI)	10
RecreationPk (DET)	7
PoloGrnds1SE (NYC)	4
Assoc. Pk (KAN)	3
Phil BB Grnd (PHI)	2
SouthEndGrd2 (BOS)	2
7th St Pk 3 (IND)	1
Olympic Pk I (BUF)	1
JefferStGrnd (PHI)	1
7th St Pk 2 (IND)	1
RiversideGrd (BUF)	1
AgCountyFG (WOR)	1
RecreationPk (PHI)	1
Union Grnds (STL)	1

Where Hit

11 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	45
2·HR gms	8
3·HR gms	3
4·HR gms	1
5·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases

129 Runs

Inning
1	13
2	6
3	6
4	11
5	8
6	5
7	11
8	9
9	9

1-3	25
4-6	24
7-end	29

RelScore
Tied	1
Unk	78

Tied	1
Unk	78

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
P	12
LF	11
SS	11
2B	10
1B	8
CF	8
C	7
RF	7
3B	5

OrderPos
Unk	32
3rd	12
1st	10
4th	8
7th	4
2nd	4
6th	4
5th	3
8th	2

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1881	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
1	1	1	1	1881-05-03	Emil Gross	PRO	@	BSN		b 8		2	7	2
2	2	2	1	1881-05-26	Lew Brown	DTN		BSN		b 4		2	6	3
3	3	3	1	1881-06-29	Dan Brouthers	BUF		BSN		t 9		1	3	7	IPHR
4	4	4	1	1881-07-13	Charlie Bennett	DTN		BSN		b 4		1	5	2
5	5	5	1	1881-09-27	Dan Brouthers	BUF	@	BSN		b 4		2	3	3
6	6	6	1	1881-09-29	Bill Phillips	CLV	@	BSN		b 5		1		3
1882	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
7	7	1	1	1882-05-03	Jackie Hayes	WOR	@	BSN		b 1		2	4	8
8	8	2	1	1882-07-13	Lee Richmond	WOR		BSN		t 1		3		1	IPHR
9	9	3	1	1882-07-20	Paul Hines	PRO	@	BSN		b 1	0	1	1	8	Lead-Off
1883	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
10	10	1	1	1883-05-02	John Ward	NYG		BSN	tied 2-2	b 9		1		1	Walk-Off,IPHR
11	11	2	1	1883-05-03	John Ward	NYG		BSN		b 4		1		1
12	12	3	2	1883-05-03	John Ward	NYG		BSN		b 7		1		1
13	13	4	1	1883-06-05	Fred Dunlap	CLV	@	BSN		t 8		2	1	4
14	14	5	1	1883-06-20	Bill McClellan	PHI	@	BSN		t 1		1	3	6
15	15	6	1	1883-07-10	George Wood	DTN		BSN		b 4		1	1	7
16	16	7	1	1883-09-04	Ed Caskin	NYG		BSN		b 7		1	5	6
1884	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
17	17	1	1	1884-05-16	Joe Farrell	DTN	@	BSN		t 9		2	2	5
18	18	2	1	1884-06-21	Fred Pfeffer	CHC		BSN		b 1		4		4
19	19	3	2	1884-06-21	Silver Flint	CHC		BSN		b 4		1		2
20	20	4	3	1884-06-21	Abner Dalrymple	CHC		BSN		b 6		2		7
21	21	5	1	1884-06-24	Abner Dalrymple	CHC		BSN		b 2		3		7
22	22	6	2	1884-06-24	Fred Pfeffer	CHC		BSN		b 5		2		4
23	23	7	3	1884-06-24	Ed Williamson	CHC		BSN		b 5		1	6	5
24	24	8	4	1884-06-24	Cap Anson	CHC		BSN		b 7		1	4	3
25	25	9	5	1884-06-24	Ed Williamson	CHC		BSN		b 7		2	6	5
26	26	10	1	1884-09-01	Abner Dalrymple	CHC	@	BSN		t 1	0	1	1	7	Lead-Off
27	27	11	1	1884-09-17	Abner Dalrymple	CHC		BSN						7
28	28	12	2	1884-09-17	Fred Pfeffer	CHC		BSN		b 1		3		4
1885	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
29	29	1	1	1885-05-05	Charlie Bastian	PHI		BSN		b 8		3		6
30	30	2	1	1885-05-13	Hardy Richardson	BUF	@	BSN		t 3		2	1	8
31	31	3	1	1885-06-25	Fatty Briody	SLM		BSN		b 8		1	7	2
32	32	4	1	1885-06-29	Abner Dalrymple	CHC		BSN		b 1	0	1	1	7	Lead-Off
33	33	5	2	1885-06-29	John Clarkson	CHC		BSN		b 2		1		1
34	34	6	1	1885-07-01	Fred Pfeffer	CHC		BSN		b 6		1	5	4
35	35	7	2	1885-07-01	John Clarkson	CHC		BSN		b 7		2		1
36	36	8	3	1885-07-01	Tom Burns	CHC		BSN		b 9		3	7	6
37	37	9	4	1885-07-01	Abner Dalrymple	CHC		BSN		b 9		1	1	7
38	38	10	1	1885-07-04 (2)	Ned Hanlon	DTN		BSN		b 1		2		8
39	39	11	2	1885-07-04 (2)	Mox McQuery	DTN		BSN		b 8		1	4	3
40	40	12	1	1885-07-08	Jack Rowe	BUF		BSN		b 7		2	3	6
41	41	13	1	1885-07-18	Tom Burns	CHC	@	BSN		t 8		1	7	6
42	42	14	1	1885-09-19	King Kelly	CHC		BSN		b 3		2	3	9
1886	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
43	43	1	1	1886-06-15	Dan Brouthers	DTN		KCN		b 3		1		3	IPHR
44	44	2	1	1886-08-13	Charlie Ganzel	DTN		KCN		b 9		2	8	2
45	45	3	1	1886-08-17	Jim McCormick	CHC		KCN		b 2		2		1
46	46	4	2	1886-08-17	Cap Anson	CHC		KCN		b 8		2	4	2
47	47	5	1	1886-09-01	Ed Daily	PHI	@	KCN		t 4		1		1	IPHR
48	48	6	2	1886-09-01	Jim Fogarty	PHI	@	KCN		t 5		3	4	9	IPHR
49	49	7	1	1886-09-13	Jack Rowe	DTN	@	KCN		t 1		3	3	6
50	50	8	1	1886-09-30	Ezra Sutton	BSN		KCN		b 3		1	2	9
51	51	9	2	1886-09-30	John Morrill	BSN		KCN		b 4		2	6	4
1887	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
52	52	1	1	1887-04-29	Dick Johnston	BSN	@	WHS		t 5		2		8
53	53	2	1	1887-05-03	Jim O'Rourke	NYG	@	WHS		t 6		2	4	8
54	54	3	1	1887-05-23	Dan Brouthers	DTN	@	WHS		t 7		2		3	IPHR
55	55	4	1	1887-06-15	King Kelly	BSN		WHS		b 6		1	2	4
56	56	5	2	1887-06-15	Old Hoss Radbourn	BSN		WHS		b 7		1		1
57	57	6	1	1887-07-02	George Van Haltren	CHC		WHS		b 2		2		1
58	58	7	1	1887-07-28	Jerry Denny	IND		WHS		b 9		2	3	5
59	59	8	1	1887-08-02	Jimmy Ryan	CHC		WHS		b 1		2	2	8
60	60	9	2	1887-08-02	George Van Haltren	CHC		WHS		b 2		1	1	9
61	61	10	3	1887-08-02	Marty Sullivan	CHC		WHS		b 5		2	3	7
62	62	11	1	1887-08-13	George Wood	PHI		WHS		b 9		1	1	9	IPHR
63	63	12	1	1887-09-10	Jim Fogarty	PHI	@	WHS		t 5		2	3	9
64	64	13	1	1887-10-05	Ezra Sutton	BSN	@	WHS		t 1		2	4	6
65	65	14	2	1887-10-05	Sam Wise	BSN	@	WHS		t 3		2	3	4
66	66	15	3	1887-10-05	Sam Wise	BSN	@	WHS		t 7		1	3	4
67	67	16	1	1887-10-08	Ezra Sutton	BSN	@	WHS		t 4		2	4	6	IPHR
1888	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
68	68	1	1	1888-06-04	Larry Twitchell	DTN	@	WHS		t 7		2		7
69	69	2	1	1888-07-12	Dell Darling	CHC		WHS		b 4		1		2	IPHR
70	70	3	1	1888-08-10	Cap Anson	CHC	@	WHS		t 6		1		3
71	71	4	1	1888-08-14	Fred Carroll	PIT	@	WHS		t 3		2		7
72	72	5	1	1888-08-22	Mickey Welch	NYG	@	WHS		t 2		1		1
73	73	6	1	1888-08-24	King Kelly	BSN	@	WHS		t 8		1		9
74	74	7	1	1888-09-05	Dick Johnston	BSN		WHS		b 1	0	1	1	8	Lead-Off
1889	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
75	75	1	1	1889-05-04	Pop Smith	PIT	@	IND		t 8		3	8	6
76	76	2	1	1889-05-13	Egyptian Healy	WHS		IND		b 9		1		1
77	77	3	1	1889-05-24	Hardy Richardson	BSN		IND		b 5		1	3	4
78	78	4	1	1889-05-31 (1)	Joe Mulvey	PHI		IND		b 7		2		5	IPHR
1890	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
79	79	1	1	1890-06-20	Barney McLaughlin	SYR	@	PHA		t 4		1		6