Pete Whisenant

Thomas Peter Whisenant

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 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 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Redlegs/Cubs/Senators/Cardinals/Reds/... 1952-1961

Final Game: August 9, 1961 (Age 31)
Died: March 22, 1996 in Port Charlotte, FL
Cremated
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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
1947	17	ATL-min	C,AAA	53	176	176	2	30	7	3	3	1	0				.170	.170	.295	.466		52							EAU,FTL,MLW · NORL,FLIN,AA
1948	18	ATL-min	B	107	435	435		114	15	12	8						.262	.262	.407	.669		177							EVN,PAW · IIIL,NENL
1949	19	ATL-min	B	118	461	461		120	22	11	11						.260	.260	.427	.688		197							EVN · IIIL
1950	20	ATL-min	A,AAA	135	532	529	8	165	38	12	25	10	0		2	15	.312	.315	.571	.885		302	2	0	1				DEN,MLW · WL,AA
1951		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1952	22	ATL-min	AAA	68	209	180	30	46	8	3	2	25	5		28	38	.256	.356	.367	.722		66	3	0	1				MLW · AA
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			O7/8

1953	23	ATL-min	AA	145	497	497		132	36	10	18						.266	.266	.487	.753		242							ATA · SOUA
1954	24	ATL-min	AA,AAA	134	522	512	4	143	30	4	21	5	1		9	6	.279	.291	.477	.768		244	2	0	0	1			ATA,TOL · SOUA,AA
1955	25	ATL-min	AAA	49	211	177	37	59	11	1	13	43	5		31	26	.333	.429	.627	1.056		111	1	0	1	2			TOL · AA
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	346	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	106	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	87	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	88	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	93	44	3	0	0	0	0	87/9
1961	31	TOT	MLB	36	23	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	6	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 Yrs				475	1094	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	373	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	140	121	20	26	9	0	3	9	2	1	20	16	.215	.326	.364	.690	85	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	346	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	948	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	146	127	20	27	9	0	3	9	2	1	20	18	.213	.320	.354	.674	81	45	3	0	0	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	Pos
1952	22	BSN	NL	24	56	-4	0	-0	0	-0	-5	-0.6	2	-3	-0.4	.476	.496	-0.4	-0.1	-3	O7/8

1955	25	STL	NL	58	122	-11	-0	0	1	-2	-11	-1.2	4	-7	-0.8	.480	.493	-0.9	-0.1	-8	978
1956	26	CHC	NL	103	346	-5	0	-0	5	-1	-1	-0.4	12	10	0.8	.498	.499	0.5	0.3	5	8/79
1957	27	CIN	NL	67	98	-3	-1	-0	4	-2	-2	-0.2	3	1	0.1	.497	.499	-0.3	0.2	-3	79/8
1958	28	CIN	NL	85	229	0	2	0	10	-3	8	0.9	8	16	1.6	.510	.505	0.6	0.7	6	97/84
1959	29	CIN	NL	36	79	1	-0	-0	-2	-1	-2	-0.2	3	0	0.1	.494	.499	0.2	-0.2	2	9/7
1960	30	CIN	NL	1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.467	.500	0.0	0.0	-0
1960	30	CLE	AL	7	6	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.486	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	/7
1960	30	WSH	AL	58	134	-0	-1	-0	-1	-2	-4	-0.4	4	-0	-0.1	.493	.498	0.1	-0.3	1	87/9
1961	31	MIN	AL	10	6	-1	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.491	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	/7
1961	31	CIN	NL	26	17	-2	0	-0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	7/952
8 Seasons				475	1094	-27	-0	-1	18	-11	-20	-2.5	36	16	1.0	.495	.499	-0.5	0.5	-3

CIN (5 yrs)				215	424	-4	1	-1	12	-6	3	0.3	14	17	1.7	.501	.500	0.4	0.7	5
MIN (2 yrs)				68	140	-2	-1	-0	-0	-2	-5	-0.5	4	-1	-0.2	.493	.498	0.0	-0.3	-1
BSN (1 yr)				24	56	-4	0	-0	0	-0	-5	-0.6	2	-3	-0.4	.476	.496	-0.4	-0.1	-3
STL (1 yr)				58	122	-11	-0	0	1	-2	-11	-1.2	4	-7	-0.8	.480	.493	-0.9	-0.1	-8
CLE (1 yr)				7	6	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.486	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1
CHC (1 yr)				103	346	-5	0	-0	5	-1	-1	-0.4	12	10	0.8	.498	.499	0.5	0.3	5

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1952	BSN	NL	22	OF	14	11	10	106.0	37	34	2	1	2	.973			3.06	2.57	.981	2.31	2.29
1952	BSN	NL	22	LF	10	6	6	63.0	19	17	2	0	2	1.000			2.71	1.90	.979	2.01	2.00
1952	BSN	NL	22	CF	5	5	4	43.0	18	17	0	1	0	.944			3.56	3.40	.983	2.74	2.72
1955	STL	NL	25	OF	40	23	14	235.0	83	76	4	3	1	.964	1	6	3.06	2.00	.977	2.30	2.28
1955	STL	NL	25	RF	19	6	4	90.1	22	19	2	1	0	.955	-1	-15	2.09	1.11	.975	1.98	1.96
1955	STL	NL	25	LF	12	9	6	74.2	27	25	0	2	0	.926	2	32	3.01	2.08	.972	2.04	2.02
1955	STL	NL	25	CF	10	8	4	70.0	28	26	2	0	1	1.000	0	5	3.60	2.80	.982	2.61	2.58
1956	CHC	NL	26	OF	93	85	81	760.2	250	242	6	2	0	.992	5	8	2.93	2.67	.977	2.28	2.25
1956	CHC	NL	26	CF	83	82	78	720.2	228	222	5	1	0	.996	5	9	2.83	2.73	.982	2.76	2.73
1956	CHC	NL	26	LF	7	0	0	13.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-28	0.69	0.14	.970	2.08	2.04
1956	CHC	NL	26	RF	3	3	3	27.0	8	6	1	1	0	.875	0	0	2.33	2.33	.974	1.97	1.97
1957	CIN	NL	27	OF	43	17	8	185.1	55	54	0	1	0	.982	4	25	2.62	1.26	.980	2.29	2.31
1957	CIN	NL	27	LF	24	8	3	91.2	28	26	1	1	0	.964	2	20	2.65	1.13	.978	2.03	2.05
1957	CIN	NL	27	RF	12	5	4	56.0	10	10	0	0	0	1.000	0	6	1.61	0.83	.972	1.98	1.99
1957	CIN	NL	27	CF	9	4	1	37.2	18	18	0	0	0	1.000	2	67	4.30	2.00	.985	2.82	2.83
1958	CIN	NL	28	OF	66	45	34	425.0	125	122	3	0	1	1.000	10	28	2.65	1.89	.980	2.26	2.25
1958	CIN	NL	28	RF	41	29	22	270.2	76	75	1	0	0	1.000	4	19	2.53	1.85	.978	2.02	2.01
1958	CIN	NL	28	LF	26	16	12	151.1	52	50	2	0	1	1.000	6	45	3.09	2.00	.975	2.01	2.00
1958	CIN	NL	28	CF	2	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-40	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.70
1958	CIN	NL	28	2B	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		5.40	5.30
1959	CIN	NL	29	OF	21	17	8	126.0	29	27	1	1	1	.966	-2	-15	2.00	1.33	.977	2.21	2.19
1959	CIN	NL	29	RF	16	16	8	112.0	25	23	1	1	1	.960	-2	-24	1.93	1.50	.978	1.95	1.93
1959	CIN	NL	29	LF	5	1	0	14.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	1	51	2.57	0.80	.970	2.06	2.02
1960	TOT	AL	30	OF	49	30	13	280.1	71	69	2	0	0	1.000	-1	-3	2.28	1.45	.982	2.25	2.25
1960	TOT	AL	30	LF	25	1	0	49.0	16	15	1	0	0	1.000	0	10	2.94	0.64	.984	2.13	2.13
1960	CLE	AL	30	LF	2	1	0	3.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	3.00	0.50	.980	2.10	2.15
1960	CLE	AL	30	OF	2	1	0	3.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	3.00	0.50	.980	2.40	2.25
1960	WSH	AL	30	OF	47	29	13	277.1	70	68	2	0	0	1.000	-1	-3	2.27	1.49	.982	2.25	2.25
1960	WSH	AL	30	CF	31	29	13	229.0	55	54	1	0	0	1.000	-1	-6	2.16	1.77	.987	2.66	2.65
1960	WSH	AL	30	LF	23	0	0	46.0	15	14	1	0	0	1.000	0	10	2.93	0.65	.984	2.13	2.13
1960	WSH	AL	30	RF	1	0	0	2.1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	3.86	1.00	.970	1.93	2.00
1961	TOT	MLB	31	OF	17	0	0	29.0	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	0	21	1.86	0.35	.977	2.17	2.16
1961	TOT	MLB	31	LF	15	0	0	25.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	0	24	1.80	0.33	.972	1.91	1.90
1961	MIN	AL	31	LF	5	0	0	9.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	53	2.00	0.40	.970	2.00	1.98
1961	MIN	AL	31	OF	5	0	0	9.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	53	2.00	0.40	.975	2.20	2.22
1961	CIN	NL	31	OF	12	0	0	20.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	0	6	1.80	0.33	.978	2.16	2.14
1961	CIN	NL	31	LF	10	0	0	16.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	0	8	1.69	0.30	.973	1.86	1.86
1961	CIN	NL	31	RF	2	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		2.02	1.90
1961	CIN	NL	31	3B	1	0	0	2.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0	120	4.50	1.00	.950	2.70	2.90
1961	CIN	NL	31	C	1	0	0	1.0	2	0	1	1	0	.500	0	0	9.00	1.00	.985	6.30	6.30	0	0	0	0			0
	8 Seasons			OF	343	228	168	2147.1	656	630	18	8	5	.988	18	10	2.72	1.89	.979	2.27	2.25
	6 Seasons			CF	140	128	100	1103.1	347	337	8	2	1	.994	6	7	2.81	2.46	.983	2.73	2.71
	8 Seasons			LF	124	41	27	481.2	152	143	6	3	3	.980	10	26	2.78	1.20	.976	2.03	2.03
	7 Seasons			RF	94	59	41	562.1	142	134	5	3	1	.979	1	3	2.22	1.48	.977	1.99	1.98
	1 Season			3B	1	0	0	2.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0	120	4.50	1.00	.950	2.70	2.90
	1 Season			C	1	0	0	1.0	2	0	1	1	0	.500	0	0	9.00	1.00	.985	6.30	6.30	0	0	0	0			0
	1 Season			2B	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		5.40	5.30
	8 Seasons			TOT	346	228	168	2151.1	659	630	20	9	5	.986	18	10	2.72	1.88	.979	2.27	2.28	0	0	0	0			0
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards

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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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1952 NL 2 (2nd) 1958 NL 1 (5th)	Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1955 NL 1 (5th)	Double Plays Turned as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1959 NL 1 (3rd)	Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1958 NL 6 (3rd)
Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1956 NL 5 (5th)	Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y 1956 NL 2.83 (4th)	Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1956 NL 2.73 (4th)	Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1956 NL .996 (1st)
Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1958 NL 4 (5th)	Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y 1958 NL 10 (5th)	Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y 1956 NL 2.93 (2nd)	Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y 1956 NL 2.67 (4th)
Fielding % as OF s c a p y 1956 NL .992 (1st)

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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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Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

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