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Whitey Platt

Mizell George Platt

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 21, 1920 in West Palm Beach, FL
High School: Palm Beach HS (West Palm Beach, FL) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1942
Teams (by GP): Browns/WhiteSox/Cubs 1942-1949

Final Game: October 2, 1949
Died: July 27, 1970 in West Palm Beach, FL
Buried: Hillcrest Memorial Park, West Palm Beach, FL
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1939	18	BAT,CWL	D,C	103	386	386		101	27	4	11						.262	.262	.438	.699		169					BAT,CWL · PONY,CAML
1940	19	CHC-min	B,A1	116	431	431		121	22	5	4						.281	.281	.383	.664		165					MOL,TUL · IIIL,TL
1941	20	CHC-min	A1	154	586	586		173	31	8	3						.295	.295	.391	.686		229					TUL · TL
1942	21	CHC-min	B,A1	138	544	544		190	40	6	9						.349	.349	.494	.844		269					MAD,TUL · IIIL,TL
1942	21	CHC	NL	4	16	16	1	1	0	0	0	2	0		0	3	.063	.063	.063	.125	-63	1	2	0	0	/O87
1943	22	CHC-min	A1	92	383	383		137	33	10	4						.358	.358	.527	.885		202					NVL · SOUA
1943	22	CHC	NL	20	42	41	2	7	3	0	0	2	0		1	7	.171	.190	.244	.434	26	10	1	0	0	O/87

1946	25	CHW	AL	84	268	247	28	62	8	5	3	32	1	7	17	34	.251	.307	.360	.667	89	89	9	3	1	O789

1947	26	BAL-min	AAA	141	578	531	76	162	30	8	16	98	1		35	61	.305	.351	.482	.834		256	19	3	9		TOL · AA
1948	27	SLB	AL	123	499	454	57	123	22	10	7	82	1	4	39	51	.271	.331	.410	.741	95	186	14	2	4	*7O
1949	28	SLB	AL	102	269	244	29	63	8	2	3	29	0	1	24	27	.258	.325	.344	.669	73	84	8	0	1	7O/39
1950	29	PIT-min	AAA	126	439	418	47	115	21	1	12	71	1		19	57	.275	.308	.416	.724		174	16	1	1		INA · AA
1951	30	PIT-min	AAA	77	244	223	25	54	12	1	3	24	1		18	31	.242	.299	.345	.644		77	3	0	3		INA,SYR · AA,IL
1952	31	MBE	B	150	533	533		149	26	0	12						.280	.280	.396	.675		211					MBE · FLIN
1953	32	WPB	B	133	472	472		142	26	1	16						.301	.301	.462	.763		218					WPB · FLIN
1954	33	WPB	B	28	109	109		34	6	0	5						.312	.312	.505	.817		55					WPB · FLIN
5 Yrs				333	1094	1002	117	256	41	17	13	147	2	12	81	122	.255	.314	.369	.684	83	370	34	5	6
162 Game Avg.				162	532	487	57	125	20	8	6	72	1		39	59	.255	.314	.369	.684	83	180	17	2	3

CHC (2 yrs)				24	58	57	3	8	3	0	0	4	0		1	10	.140	.155	.193	.348	2	11	3	0	0
SLB (2 yrs)				225	768	698	86	186	30	12	10	111	1	5	63	78	.266	.329	.387	.716	87	270	22	2	5
CHW (1 yr)				84	268	247	28	62	8	5	3	32	1	7	17	34	.251	.307	.360	.667	89	89	9	3	1

AL (3 yrs)				309	1036	945	114	248	38	17	13	143	2	12	80	112	.262	.323	.380	.703	88	359	31	5	6
NL (2 yrs)				24	58	57	3	8	3	0	0	4	0		1	10	.140	.155	.193	.348	2	11	3	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1942	21	CHC	NL	4	16	-3	0	0	0	-0	-3	-0.4	0	-3	-0.3	.404	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-3	$	/O87
1943	22	CHC	NL	20	42	-4	0	0	-2	-0	-6	-0.7	1	-5	-0.6	.465	.496	-0.3	-0.3	-3	$	O/87

1946	25	CHW	AL	84	268	-4	-2	0	0	-2	-8	-0.9	7	-1	-0.2	.490	.495	-0.2	-0.2	-1	$	O789

1948	27	SLB	AL	123	499	-6	-3	-1	-6	-5	-21	-2.1	12	-8	-0.8	.483	.487	-0.2	-1.1	-2	$	*7O
1949	28	SLB	AL	102	269	-10	-0	-1	0	-3	-14	-1.4	7	-7	-0.7	.487	.492	-0.7	-0.3	-7	$	7O/39
5 Seasons				333	1094	-26	-5	-2	-8	-11	-51	-5.4	28	-23	-2.6	.484	.493	-1.7	-1.9	-15	$

CHC (2 yrs)				24	58	-7	0	0	-2	-1	-9	-1.1	2	-7	-0.9	.455	.497	-0.6	-0.3	-5	$
SLB (2 yrs)				225	768	-15	-3	-2	-6	-8	-34	-3.4	19	-15	-1.5	.485	.489	-0.9	-1.4	-9	$
CHW (1 yr)				84	268	-4	-2	0	0	-2	-8	-0.9	7	-1	-0.2	.490	.495	-0.2	-0.2	-1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1942	21	CHC	NL	16	17	0	0.0	84	.077	.063	.251	.063	.323	.063	.349	.125	.672	-63	.000	-3.3	-0.4	.059	.000	.000
1943	22	CHC	NL	42	35	2	1.5	88	.206	.171	.262	.190	.331	.244	.356	.434	.687	26	.151	-3.9	-0.4	.314	.098	.073

1946	25	CHW	AL	268	202	24	3.2	92	.281	.251	.259	.307	.333	.360	.373	.667	.705	89	.378	-4.5	-0.5	.512	.154	.109	1.5

1948	27	SLB	AL	499	353	60	4.5	107	.293	.271	.275	.331	.361	.410	.398	.741	.759	95	.492	-6.1	-0.6	.642	.218	.139	1.8
1949	28	SLB	AL	269	191	27	3.8	111	.280	.258	.277	.325	.370	.344	.402	.669	.772	73	.410	-10.5	-1.0	.563	.180	.086	.0
5 Yrs				1094	798	113	3.8	103	.280	.255	.271	.314	.354	.369	.390	.684	.745	83	.426	-28.3	-2.9	.563	.185	.114	3.5
162 Game Avg.				532	388	55	3.8	103	.280	.255	.271	.314	.354	.369	.390	.684	.745	83	.426	-28.3	-2.9	.563	.185	.114	2

CHC (2 yrs)				58	52	2	1.0	87	.170	.140	.259	.155	.328	.193	.354	.348	.682	2	.081	-7.2	-0.8	.231	.070	.053
SLB (2 yrs)				768	544	87	4.3	109	.289	.266	.276	.329	.364	.387	.399	.716	.763	87	.465	-16.6	-1.6	.614	.205	.120	1.8
CHW (1 yr)				268	202	24	3.2	92	.281	.251	.259	.307	.333	.360	.373	.667	.705	89	.379	-4.5	-0.5	.512	.154	.109	1.5

AL (3 yrs)				1036	746	111	4.0	104	.287	.262	.271	.323	.356	.380	.392	.703	.748	88	.444	-21.1	-2.1	.586	.192	.117	3.5
NL (2 yrs)				58	52	2	1.0	87	.170	.140	.259	.155	.328	.193	.354	.348	.682	2	.081	-7.2	-0.8	.231	.070	.053

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1942	21	CHC	NL	16	0.0%	18.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.3		8.0		81%
1943	22	CHC	NL	42	0.0%	16.7%	2.4%	7.1%	43%	7.00	5.9		20.5		81%

1946	25	CHW	AL	268	1.1%	12.7%	6.3%	6.0%	26%	2.00	7.3	82.3	7.7		78%

1948	27	SLB	AL	499	1.4%	10.2%	7.8%	7.8%	32%	1.31	8.9	64.9	5.5	0.80	79%
1949	28	SLB	AL	269	1.1%	10.0%	8.9%	4.8%	21%	1.13	9.0	81.3	8.4	0.91	80%
5 Yrs				1094	1.2%	11.2%	7.4%	6.5%	28%	1.51	8.2	77.1	6.8	0.86	79%
MLB Averages					1.3%	9.2%	9.3%	5.9%	26%	0.99	9.7	67.2	8.7	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1942	21	CHC	NL	-3.3	-0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1943	22	CHC	NL	-3.9	-0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1946	25	CHW	AL	-4.5	-0.5	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1948	27	SLB	AL	-6.7	-0.7	161	-0.7	3.0	-3.7	1.13	0.1	-0.7	-3.1	-0.3	0.99	0.2	1.73	3
1949	28	SLB	AL	-10.5	-1.0	158	0.1	2.9	-2.8	.99	0.3	-0.2	-0.3	-0.0	0.95	1.6	1.25	21
5 Yrs				-28.9	-3.0	319	-0.6	5.9	-6.5	1.06	0.4	-0.9	-3.4	-0.3	0.97	1.8	1.31	24

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	27	SLB	AL	2	32%	58	1	4	20%	0	1	4	2	32%	11	6	2	4	3	1	4	1	3
1949	28	SLB	AL	0	31%	66	0	1	0%	1	0	2	2	24%	10	8	2	4	3	1	3	2	1
5 Yrs				2	32%	124	2	12	14%	1	1	6	4	28%	21	14	4	8	6	2	7	3	4

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	27	SLB	AL	499	20%	123			3	0	0	0	1.73	7	0	7	2	1	3	4	0	0	4		30	14	47%	22	9	41%	115	20	17%	18	8	44%	11	8	73%	0
1949	28	SLB	AL	269	43%	63			21	3	0	1	1.25	3	0	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	1		29	8	28%	13	3	23%	96	17	18%	10	4	40%	5	4	80%	0
5 Yrs				768	31%	256			24	3	0	1	1.31	13	0	10	3	2	4	6	0	0	6		59	34	58%	35	12	34%	211	37	18%	28	12	43%	16	12	75%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			533%			56%			34%			15%			51%			56%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1942	21	4	16	16	1	1	0	0	0	2	0		0	3	.063	.063	.063	.125	-63	1	2	0	0
1943	22	24	58	57	3	8	3	0	0	4	0		1	10	.140	.155	.193	.348	2	11	3	0	0
1944	23	24	58	57	3	8	3	0	0	4	0		1	10	.140	.155	.193	.348	2	11	3	0	0
1945	24	24	58	57	3	8	3	0	0	4	0		1	10	.140	.155	.193	.348	2	11	3	0	0
1946	25	108	326	304	31	70	11	5	3	36	1	7	18	44	.230	.280	.329	.609	74	100	12	3	1
1947	26	108	326	304	31	70	11	5	3	36	1	7	18	44	.230	.280	.329	.609	74	100	12	3	1
1948	27	231	825	758	88	193	33	15	10	118	2	11	57	95	.255	.311	.377	.688	87	286	26	5	5
1949	28	333	1094	1002	117	256	41	17	13	147	2	12	81	122	.255	.314	.369	.684	83	370	34	5	6

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1942	21	4	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
1943	22	21	45	44	2	8	3	0	0	2	0	1	7	.182	.200	.250	.450	2	20

1946	25	88	286	263	33	70	9	6	3	38	1	19	36	.266	.323	.380	.703	31	84

1948	27	129	513	468	55	122	22	10	7	79	1	39	53	.261	.320	.395	.716	59	123
1949	28	107	277	252	28	63	8	2	3	28	0	24	28	.250	.315	.333	.649	26	102
5 Yrs		349	1138	1044	118	263	42	18	13	147	2	83	127	.252	.310	.364	.674	118	333
162 Game Avg.		162	528	485	55	122	19	8	6	68	1	39	59	.252	.310	.364	.674	55	333

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Triples s c a p y 1948 AL 10 (6th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1946 AL 7 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
1948 AL 10 (6th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1946 AL 7 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 1 (2399), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 3 (2531), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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