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Lew Whistler

Lewis W. Whistler
born Lewis Wissler

Positions: First Baseman, Shortstop and Outfielder
Bats: Unknown, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: March 10, 1868 in St. Louis, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: August 7, 1890
Teams (by GP): Giants/Colonels/Orioles/Browns 1890-1893

Final Game: June 15, 1893
Died: December 30, 1959 in St. Louis, MO
Buried: Bethany Cemetery, Pagedale, MO
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1890 NYG NL 22 1B 45 509 490 10 9 28 .982 11.11 .976 10.36
1891 NYG NL 23 SS 33 183 52 104 27 7 .852 4.73 .889 5.25
1891 NYG NL 23 OF 22 31 22 1 8 0 .742 1.05 .912 1.92 14-5-3
1891 NYG NL 23 1B 7 56 54 1 1 3 .982 7.86 .978 10.66
1891 NYG NL 23 2B 6 36 12 17 7 1 .806 4.83 .929 5.92
1891 NYG NL 23 3B 5 14 3 5 6 0 .571 1.60 .881 3.68
1892 TOT NL 24 1B 123 1405 1313 58 34 73 .976 11.15 .976 10.54
1892 BLN NL 24 1B 51 582 540 26 16 21 .973 11.10 .976 10.54
1892 BLN NL 24 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 1-0-0
1892 LOU NL 24 1B 72 823 773 32 18 52 .978 11.18 .976 10.54
1892 LOU NL 24 2B 10 48 16 30 2 2 .958 4.60 .928 5.63
1893 TOT NL 25 1B 14 158 142 8 8 9 .949 10.71 .978 10.58
1893 LOU NL 25 1B 13 148 132 8 8 8 .946 10.77 .978 10.58
1893 STL NL 25 OF 9 13 11 1 1 0 .923 1.33 .915 2.18 0-0-9
1893 STL NL 25 1B 1 10 10 0 0 1 1.000 10.00 .978 10.60
4 Seasons 1B 189 2128 1999 77 52 113 .976 10.98 .976 10.50
1 Season SS 33 183 52 104 27 7 .852 4.73 .889 5.25
3 Seasons OF 32 44 33 2 9 0 .795 1.09 .913 1.99 15-5-12
2 Seasons 2B 16 84 28 47 9 3 .893 4.69 .928 5.74
1 Season 3B 5 14 3 5 6 0 .571 1.60 .881 3.68
4 Seasons TOT 275 2453 2115 235 103 123 .958 8.55 .966 8.48 15-5-12
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1890 NYG NL 22 45 45 0 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1891 NYG NL 23 72 72 0 0 7 6 5 33 14 5 3 22 0
1892 LOU NL 24 80 80 0 0 72 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1892 BLN NL 24 52 52 0 0 51 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
1893 LOU NL 25 13 13 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1893 STL NL 25 10 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 0
4 Seasons 272 272 0 0 189 16 5 33 15 5 12 32 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1892 NL  34 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1892 NL  11.15 (1st)

                           

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