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Earl Sheely
Earl Homer Sheely (Whitey)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 12, 1893 in Bushnell, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1921
Final Game: September 27, 1931
Died: September 16, 1952 in Seattle, WA
Relatives: Father of Bud Sheely
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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 .803 105 241 7 20 *3
1922 29 CHW AL 149 620 526 72 167 37 4 6 80 4 6 60 27 .317 .393 .437 .830 116 230 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 .811 115 219 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 93 190 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 93 190 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
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1921 CHW AL 28 1B 154 1778 1637 119 22 121 .988 11.40 .991 6.49
1922 CHW AL 29 1B 149 1627 1512 103 12 101 .993 10.84 .991 6.71
1923 CHW AL 30 1B 156 1673 1563 96 14 113 .992 10.63 .990 6.41
1924 CHW AL 31 1B 146 1516 1423 79 14 97 .991 10.29 .989 6.85
1925 CHW AL 32 1B 153 1680 1565 95 20 136 .988 10.85 .988 6.54 MVP-6
1926 CHW AL 33 1B 144 1478 1386 84 8 87 .995 10.21 .990 6.94
1927 CHW AL 34 1B 36 336 315 15 6 25 .982 9.17 .988 10.28
1929 PIT NL 36 1B 139 1380 1292 83 5 102 .996 9.89 .989 7.19
1931 BSN NL 38 1B 143 1456 1374 70 12 108 .992 10.10 .990 6.99
9 Seasons 1B 1220 12924 12067 744 113 890 .991 10.50 .990 6.86
9 Seasons TOT 1220 12924 12067 744 113 890 .991 10.50 .981 6.86

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 (624th)

Batting Average s c a p y
Career--.300--206th

On-Base% s c a p y
1924 AL--.426--6th
Career--.383--149th

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--40.385--4th
1931 NL--25.619--8th
Career--21.810--82nd

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

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (980), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 29 (789), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 19 (805), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (731), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Ferris Fain (922)
  2. Fred Luderus (918)
  3. Hal Morris (906)
  4. Ethan Allen (900)
  5. Fred Schulte (897)
  6. Frank Demaree (890)
  7. Mule Haas (890)
  8. Dick Hoblitzel (889)
  9. Eddie Waitkus (884)
  10. Candy LaChance (883)
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  1. Jackie Robinson (977) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Norm Larker (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Alex McKinnon (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Sam Leslie (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Sam Leslie (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ferris Fain (925)  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
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

October 3, 1928: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates from Sacramento (PCL) in the 1928 rule 5 draft.

September 30, 1930: Drafted by the Boston Braves from San Francisco (PCL) in the 1930 rule 5 draft.

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Name and misspellings: Earl Earl Homer Whitey Sheely

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