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Pete Whisenant
Thomas Peter Whisenant
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 14, 1929 in Asheville, NC
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1952
Final Game: August 9, 1961
Died: March 22, 1996 in Port Charlotte, FL
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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
1952 22 BSN NL 24 56 52 3 10 2 0 0 7 1 1 4 13 .192 .250 .231 .481 36 12 2 0 0 O
1955 25 STL NL 58 122 115 10 22 5 1 2 9 2 0 5 29 .191 .223 .304 .527 39 35 2 0 1 1 0 978
1956 26 CHC NL 103 347 314 37 75 16 3 11 46 8 2 24 53 .239 .292 .414 .706 88 130 6 1 5 3 1 8/79
1957 27 CIN NL 67 98 90 18 19 3 2 5 11 0 1 5 24 .211 .250 .456 .706 80 41 1 0 2 1 0 79/8
1958 28 CIN NL 85 229 203 33 48 9 2 11 40 3 0 18 37 .236 .292 .463 .755 92 94 4 0 3 5 0 97/84
1959 29 CIN NL 36 79 71 13 17 2 0 5 11 0 0 8 18 .239 .316 .479 .795 105 34 1 0 0 0 0 9/7
1960 30 TOT MLB 66 141 122 19 27 9 0 3 9 2 1 19 16 .221 .326 .369 .695 88 45 3 0 0 0 0 87/9
1960 30 TOT AL 65 140 121 19 27 9 0 3 9 2 1 19 16 .223 .329 .372 .700 89 45 3 0 0 0 0 87/9
1960 30 CIN NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 30 CLE AL 7 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 -8 1 0 0 0 0 0 /7
1960 30 WSH AL 58 134 115 19 26 9 0 3 9 2 1 19 14 .226 .336 .383 .718 94 44 3 0 0 0 0 87/9
1961 31 TOT MLB 36 24 21 7 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 6 .143 .250 .143 .393 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 7/952
1961 31 MIN AL 10 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .143 .000 .143 -59 0 0 0 0 0 0 /7
1961 31 CIN NL 26 17 15 6 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 .200 .294 .200 .494 34 3 1 0 0 0 0 7/952
8 Seasons 475 1096 988 140 221 46 8 37 134 17 5 86 196 .224 .284 .399 .683 80 394 20 1 11 10 1
162 Game Avg. 162 374 337 48 75 16 3 13 46 6 2 29 67 .224 .284 .399 .683 80 134 7 0 4
CIN (5 yrs) 215 424 380 70 87 14 4 21 63 4 1 33 83 .229 .286 .453 .739 89 172 7 0 5 6 0
MIN (2 yrs) 68 141 121 20 26 9 0 3 9 2 1 20 16 .215 .326 .364 .690 86 44 3 0 0 0 0
BSN (1 yr) 24 56 52 3 10 2 0 0 7 1 1 4 13 .192 .250 .231 .481 36 12 2 0 0
STL (1 yr) 58 122 115 10 22 5 1 2 9 2 0 5 29 .191 .223 .304 .527 39 35 2 0 1 1 0
CLE (1 yr) 7 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 -8 1 0 0 0 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 103 347 314 37 75 16 3 11 46 8 2 24 53 .239 .292 .414 .706 88 130 6 1 5 3 1
NL (8 yrs) 400 949 861 120 194 37 8 34 125 15 4 66 178 .225 .278 .405 .684 79 349 17 1 11 10 1
AL (2 yrs) 75 147 127 20 27 9 0 3 9 2 1 20 18 .213 .320 .354 .674 82 45 3 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1952 BSN NL 22 OF 14 37 34 2 1 2 .973 2.57 .981 2.10 9-5-0
1955 STL NL 25 OF 40 23 228.0 83 76 4 3 1 .964 1.2 6.3 1.2 -0.3 1.6 0 3.16 2.00 .977 2.30 2.10
1955 STL NL 25 RF 19 5 85.1 26 23 2 1 0 .962 -1.1 -15.5 -1.1 0.2 -1.2 0 2.64 1.32 .977 2.07 1.86
1955 STL NL 25 LF 12 9 74.2 30 28 0 2 0 .933 2.0 32.1 2.0 0.0 2.0 0 3.38 2.33 .973 2.12 1.82
1955 STL NL 25 CF 11 9 68.0 28 26 2 0 1 1.000 0.3 5.3 0.3 -0.5 0.8 0 3.71 2.55 .982 2.70 2.50
1956 CHC NL 26 OF 93 85 759.2 250 242 6 2 0 .992 4.9 7.7 2.9 2.4 0.6 2 2.94 2.67 .977 2.28 2.05
1956 CHC NL 26 CF 83 82 720.2 230 224 5 1 0 .996 5.2 8.7 3.2 1.5 1.7 2 2.86 2.76 .982 2.77 2.55
1956 CHC NL 26 LF 7 0 12.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -30.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 0.75 0.14 1.000 2.10 1.70
1956 CHC NL 26 RF 3 3 27.0 8 6 1 1 0 .875 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 -0.8 0 2.33 2.33 .975 2.00 1.80
1957 CIN NL 27 OF 43 17 185.1 55 54 0 1 0 .982 3.9 25.3 2.9 0.6 2.5 1 2.62 1.26 .980 2.29 2.07
1957 CIN NL 27 LF 24 8 91.2 28 26 1 1 0 .964 1.5 19.6 1.5 1.1 0.5 0 2.65 1.13 .979 2.03 1.71
1957 CIN NL 27 RF 12 5 56.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 6.4 0.3 -0.6 1.0 0 1.61 0.83 .970 1.98 1.72
1957 CIN NL 27 CF 9 4 37.2 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.1 66.9 1.1 0.1 1.0 1 4.30 2.00 .983 2.82 2.62
1958 CIN NL 28 OF 66 45 425.0 125 122 3 0 1 1.000 9.8 27.7 8.8 9.4 -0.6 1 2.65 1.89 .979 2.26 1.95
1958 CIN NL 28 RF 41 29 270.2 76 75 1 0 0 1.000 4.2 18.6 4.2 4.4 -0.2 0 2.53 1.85 .978 2.02 1.73
1958 CIN NL 28 LF 26 16 151.1 52 50 2 0 1 1.000 5.7 45.2 4.7 5.1 -0.4 1 3.09 2.00 .975 2.00 1.54
1958 CIN NL 28 CF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.50
1958 CIN NL 28 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.80
1959 CIN NL 29 OF 21 17 126.0 29 27 1 1 1 .966 -1.6 -15.2 -2.6 -3.7 1.2 1 2.00 1.33 .976 2.21 1.90
1959 CIN NL 29 RF 16 16 112.0 25 23 1 1 1 .960 -2.2 -23.6 -3.2 -3.8 0.6 1 1.93 1.50 .980 1.96 1.64
1959 CIN NL 29 LF 5 1 14.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 51.4 0.6 0.1 0.6 0 2.57 0.80 .975 2.06 1.60
1960 TOT AL 30 OF 49 30 280.1 71 69 2 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -3.0 -1.7 -2.3 0.5 1 2.28 1.45 .982 2.25 1.95
1960 TOT AL 30 LF 25 1 49.0 16 15 1 0 0 1.000 0.4 9.8 0.4 0.3 0.0 0 2.94 0.64 .988 2.13 1.67
1960 CLE AL 30 LF 2 1 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.00 0.50 1.000 2.10 1.65
1960 CLE AL 30 OF 2 1 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.00 0.50 1.000 2.40 1.95
1960 WSH AL 30 OF 47 29 277.1 70 68 2 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -3.0 -1.7 -2.3 0.5 1 2.27 1.49 .981 2.25 1.95
1960 WSH AL 30 CF 31 29 229.0 55 54 1 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -5.8 -2.1 -2.6 0.5 1 2.16 1.77 .987 2.66 2.30
1960 WSH AL 30 LF 23 0 46.0 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 0.4 10.4 0.4 0.3 0.0 0 2.93 0.65 .987 2.13 1.67
1960 WSH AL 30 RF 1 0 2.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.86 1.00 1.000 1.93 1.70
1961 TOT MLB 31 OF 17 0 29.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 20.7 0.5 -0.1 0.5 0 1.86 0.35 .983 2.17 1.89
1961 TOT MLB 31 LF 15 0 25.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 24.0 0.5 -0.1 0.5 0 1.80 0.33 .960 1.91 1.54
1961 MIN AL 31 LF 5 0 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 53.3 0.4 0.1 0.2 0 2.00 0.40 .950 2.00 1.62
1961 MIN AL 31 OF 5 0 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 53.3 0.4 0.1 0.2 0 2.00 0.40 1.000 2.20 1.98
1961 CIN NL 31 OF 12 0 20.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 6.0 0.1 -0.2 0.3 0 1.80 0.33 .975 2.16 1.86
1961 CIN NL 31 LF 10 0 16.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 7.5 0.1 -0.2 0.3 0 1.69 0.30 .967 1.86 1.50
1961 CIN NL 31 RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.02 1.60
1961 CIN NL 31 3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 120.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 .900 2.70 2.60
1961 CIN NL 31 C 1 0 1.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 6.30 5.20 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons OF 343 217 2033.1 656 630 18 8 5 .988 18.0 10.6 12.0 6.0 6.3 6 2.87 1.89 .978 2.27 2.01 123-141-94
5 Seasons (incomplete) CF 136 124 1058.1 331 322 8 1 1 .997 6.4 7.3 2.4 -1.6 4.0 4 2.81 2.43 .983 2.74 2.49
7 Seasons (incomplete) LF 114 35 417.2 136 129 4 3 1 .978 10.4 29.9 9.4 6.5 2.9 1 2.87 1.17 .976 2.04 1.64
7 Seasons RF 94 58 557.1 146 138 5 3 1 .979 1.2 2.6 0.2 1.1 -0.6 1 2.31 1.52 .977 2.01 1.74
1 Season 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.80
1 Season 3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 120.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 .900 2.70 2.60
1 Season C 1 0 1.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 6.30 5.20 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons TOT 346 217 2037.1 659 630 20 9 5 .986 18.2 10.7 12.2 6.2 6.3 6 0 0 2.87 1.88 .965 2.27 2.03 123-141-94 0 0 0 0
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2814), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1947 Season: Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent.

June 3, 1955: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves to the St. Louis Cardinals for Del Rice.

March 30, 1956: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Hank Sauer.

November 13, 1956: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Warren Hacker and Don Hoak to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Ray Jablonski and Elmer Singleton.

April 29, 1960: Purchased by the Cleveland Indians from the Cincinnati Reds.

May 15, 1960: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Washington Senators for Ken Aspromonte.

May 16, 1961: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

May 18, 1961: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

August 18, 1961: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

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