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Earl Sheely

Earl Homer Sheely (Whitey)

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 12, 1893 in Bushnell, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1921
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Braves/Pirates 1921-1931

Final Game: September 27, 1931
Died: September 16, 1952 in Seattle, WA
Buried: East Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, CA
Relatives: Father of Bud Sheely
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 5:18PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #945. Del Unser… #946. George Wood… #947. Royce Clayton… #948. EARL SHEELY… #949. Fred Carroll… #950. Shawon Dunston… #951. Ken Henderson… 

Standard Batting

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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 SF IBB Pos Awards
1921 28 CHW AL 154 647 563 68 171 25 6 11 95 4 9 57 34 .304 .375 .428 .803 106 241 7 20 *3
1922 29 CHW AL 149 620 526 72 167 37 4 6 80 4 6 60 27 .317 .393 .437 .830 117 230 5 29 *3
1923 30 CHW AL 156 680 570 74 169 25 3 4 88 5 5 79 30 .296 .387 .372 .759 101 212 5 26 *3
1924 31 CHW AL 146 662 535 84 171 34 3 3 103 7 4 95 28 .320 .426 .411 .837 119 220 4 28 *3
1925 32 CHW AL 153 699 600 93 189 43 3 9 111 3 3 68 23 .315 .389 .442 .831 115 265 5 26 *3 MVP-6
1926 33 CHW AL 145 627 525 77 157 40 2 6 89 3 1 75 13 .299 .394 .417 .811 114 219 7 20 *3
1927 34 CHW AL 45 157 129 11 27 3 0 2 16 1 3 20 5 .209 .320 .279 .599 58 36 1 7 3
1929 36 PIT NL 139 585 485 63 142 22 4 6 88 6 75 24 .293 .392 .392 .784 92 190 4 21 *3
1931 38 BSN NL 147 586 538 30 147 15 2 1 77 0 34 21 .273 .319 .314 .633 73 169 2 12 *3
9 Seasons 1234 5263 4471 572 1340 244 27 48 747 33 31 563 205 .300 .383 .399 .782 104 1782 40 189
162 Game Avg. 162 691 587 75 176 32 4 6 98 4 74 27 .300 .383 .399 .782 104 234 5 25
CHW (7 yrs) 948 4092 3448 479 1051 207 21 41 582 27 31 454 160 .305 .391 .413 .804 110 1423 34 156
PIT (1 yr) 139 585 485 63 142 22 4 6 88 6 75 24 .293 .392 .392 .784 92 190 4 21
BSN (1 yr) 147 586 538 30 147 15 2 1 77 0 34 21 .273 .319 .314 .633 73 169 2 12
AL (7 yrs) 948 4092 3448 479 1051 207 21 41 582 27 31 454 160 .305 .391 .413 .804 110 1423 34 156
NL (2 yrs) 286 1171 1023 93 289 37 6 7 165 6 109 45 .283 .355 .351 .706 83 359 6 33

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1921 28 CHW AL 647 4 -5 0 0 3 -7 21 16 1.6 13 1.2 0.4 $ *3
1922 29 CHW AL 620 17 -3 0 0 7 -7 20 34 3.4 27 2.7 0.7 $ *3
1923 30 CHW AL 680 4 -2 0 0 5 -7 21 21 2.1 16 1.6 0.5 $ *3
1924 31 CHW AL 662 25 -1 0 0 -5 -7 20 32 3.1 37 3.7 -0.6 $ *3
1925 32 CHW AL 699 21 -1 0 0 2 -7 21 36 3.4 34 3.3 0.1 $ *3 MVP-6
1926 33 CHW AL 627 14 -1 0 0 3 -7 19 28 2.9 25 2.5 0.4 $ *3
1927 34 CHW AL 157 -8 -2 0 0 -2 -2 5 -9 -0.9 -7 -0.7 -0.2 $ 3
1929 36 PIT NL 585 3 -3 0 0 0 -6 17 11 1.1 11 1.1 0.0 $ *3
1931 38 BSN NL 586 -21 -4 0 0 0 -6 17 -14 -1.5 -14 -1.5 0.0 $ *3
9 Seasons 5263 59 -22 0 0 13 -56 161 155 15.2 142 13.9 1.3 $
CHW (7 yrs) 4092 77 -15 0 0 13 -44 127 158 15.6 145 14.3 1.3 $
PIT (1 yr) 585 3 -3 0 0 0 -6 17 11 1.1 11 1.1 0.0 $
BSN (1 yr) 586 -21 -4 0 0 0 -6 17 -14 -1.5 -14 -1.5 0.0 $

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1921 CHW AL 28 1B 154 1778 1637 119 22 135 .988 11.40 .991 10.63
1922 CHW AL 29 1B 149 1627 1512 103 12 114 .993 10.84 .991 10.80
1923 CHW AL 30 1B 156 1673 1563 96 14 113 .992 10.63 .990 10.59
1924 CHW AL 31 1B 146 1516 1423 79 14 97 .991 10.29 .989 10.49
1925 CHW AL 32 1B 153 1680 1565 95 20 136 .988 10.85 .988 10.46 MVP-6
1926 CHW AL 33 1B 144 1478 1386 84 8 87 .995 10.21 .990 10.77
1927 CHW AL 34 1B 36 336 315 15 6 25 .982 9.17 .988 10.71
1929 PIT NL 36 1B 139 1380 1292 83 5 102 .996 9.89 .989 10.47
1931 BSN NL 38 1B 143 1456 1374 70 12 108 .992 10.10 .990 10.11
9 Seasons 1B 1220 12924 12067 744 113 917 .991 10.50 .990 10.55
9 Seasons TOT 1220 12924 12067 744 113 917 .991 10.50 .990 10.55
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1925 AL (6, 27%)
0.27 Career Shares (641st)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1922 AL  0.7 (10th)

Batting Average s c a p y
Career  .300 (209th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1924 AL  .426 (6th)
Career  .383 (153rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1921 AL  154 (2nd)
1923 AL  156 (1st)
1925 AL  153 (6th)

At Bats s c a p y
1925 AL  600 (9th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1923 AL  680 (9th)
1925 AL  699 (3rd)

Hits s c a p y
1925 AL  189 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1922 AL  37 (5th)
1925 AL  43 (2nd)
1926 AL  40 (10th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1924 AL  103 (8th)
1925 AL  111 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1923 AL  79 (7th)
1924 AL  95 (3rd)
1926 AL  75 (9th)
1929 NL  75 (10th)

Singles s c a p y
1925 AL  134 (8th)
1931 NL  129 (6th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1925 AL  55 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1923 AL  253 (10th)
1924 AL  270 (6th)
1925 AL  262 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1921 AL  7 (8th)
1926 AL  7 (7th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1922 AL  29 (7th)
1923 AL  26 (9th)
1924 AL  28 (7th)
1925 AL  26 (6th)
1929 NL  21 (10th)
Career  189 (92nd)

AB per SO s c a p y
1926 AL  40.4 (4th)
1931 NL  25.6 (8th)
Career  21.8 (87th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1925 AL  440 (10th)

Putouts† s c a p y
1921 AL  1,637 (1st)
1922 AL  1,512 (2nd)
1923 AL  1,563 (1st)
1924 AL  1,423 (3rd)
1925 AL  1,565 (1st)
1926 AL  1,386 (5th)
1931 NL  1,374 (3rd)
Career  12,067 (89th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1921 AL  154 (1st)
1922 AL  149 (2nd)
1923 AL  156 (1st)
1924 AL  146 (3rd)
1925 AL  153 (1st)
1926 AL  144 (5th)
1931 NL  143 (4th)
Career  1,220 (92nd)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1921 AL  1,637 (1st)
1922 AL  1,512 (2nd)
1923 AL  1,563 (1st)
1924 AL  1,423 (3rd)
1925 AL  1,565 (1st)
1926 AL  1,386 (5th)
1931 NL  1,374 (3rd)
Career  12,067 (78th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1921 AL  119 (1st)
1922 AL  103 (2nd)
1923 AL  96 (1st)
1925 AL  95 (4th)
1926 AL  84 (5th)
1929 NL  83 (5th)
1931 NL  70 (4th)
Career  744 (97th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1921 AL  22 (1st)
1923 AL  14 (3rd)
1924 AL  14 (4th)
1925 AL  20 (3rd)
1931 NL  12 (5th)
Career  113 (95th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1921 AL  11.40 (1st)
1922 AL  10.84 (3rd)
1923 AL  10.63 (5th)
1924 AL  10.29 (5th)
1925 AL  10.85 (1st)
1931 NL  10.10 (3rd)
Career  10.50 (35th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1922 AL  .993 (3rd)
1923 AL  .992 (4th)
1924 AL  .991 (5th)
1925 AL  .988 (5th)
1926 AL  .995 (1st)
1929 NL  .996 (1st)
1931 NL  .992 (2nd)

Oldest s c a p y
1931 NL  born 1893-02-12 (9th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 29 (805), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 19 (834), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (838), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  5. Sam Leslie (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ferris Fain (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Hal Morris (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Rube Bressler (904)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Dave Foutz (866)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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