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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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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
1890 22 NYG NL 45 191 170 27 49 9 7 2 29 8 20 37 .288 .366 .459 .825 145 78 1 3
1891 23 NYG NL 72 292 265 39 65 8 7 3 38 4 24 45 .245 .315 .362 .677 100 96 3 6O/345
1892 24 TOT NL 132 547 494 74 114 10 13 7 55 26 48 67 .231 .305 .346 .651 100 171 5 *34/O
1892 24 BLN NL 52 230 209 32 47 6 6 2 21 12 18 22 .225 .296 .340 .635 89 71 3 3/O
1892 24 LOU NL 80 317 285 42 67 4 7 5 34 14 30 45 .235 .312 .351 .663 108 100 2 34
1893 25 TOT NL 23 94 85 10 19 2 1 0 11 1 8 7 .224 .298 .271 .568 54 23 1 3/O
1893 25 LOU NL 13 53 47 5 10 1 1 0 9 1 5 5 .213 .302 .277 .578 59 13 1 3
1893 25 STL NL 10 41 38 5 9 1 0 0 2 0 3 2 .237 .293 .263 .556 48 10 0 /O3
4 Seasons 272 1124 1014 150 247 29 28 12 133 39 100 156 .244 .318 .363 .681 104 368 10
162 Game Avg. 162 669 604 89 147 17 17 7 79 23 60 93 .244 .318 .363 .681 104 219 6
LOU (2 yrs) 93 370 332 47 77 5 8 5 43 15 35 50 .232 .311 .340 .651 101 113 3
NYG (2 yrs) 117 483 435 66 114 17 14 5 67 12 44 82 .262 .335 .400 .735 118 174 4
STL (1 yr) 10 41 38 5 9 1 0 0 2 0 3 2 .237 .293 .263 .556 48 10 0
BLN (1 yr) 52 230 209 32 47 6 6 2 21 12 18 22 .225 .296 .340 .635 89 71 3

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
1890 22 NYG NL 191 8 -1 0 0 1 0 6 14 1.3 13 1.2 0.1 $ 3
1891 23 NYG NL 292 -2 -1 0 0 -5 1 9 2 0.3 7 0.7 -0.4 $2,000 6O/345
1892 24 BLN NL 230 -4 1 0 0 -4 0 7 0 0.0 4 0.4 -0.4 $ 3/O
1892 24 LOU NL 317 3 0 0 0 1 0 10 14 1.4 13 1.3 0.1 $ 34
1893 25 LOU NL 53 -3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 -3 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ 3
1893 25 STL NL 41 -3 0 0 0 0 -1 1 -3 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ /O3
4 Seasons 1124 -1 -1 0 0 -9 0 35 24 2.5 33 3.2 -0.7 $2,000
LOU (2 yrs) 370 0 0 0 0 -1 0 12 11 1.1 12 1.2 -0.1 $
NYG (2 yrs) 483 6 -2 0 0 -4 1 15 16 1.6 20 1.9 -0.3 $2,000
STL (1 yr) 41 -3 0 0 0 0 -1 1 -3 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $
BLN (1 yr) 230 -4 1 0 0 -4 0 7 0 0.0 4 0.4 -0.4 $

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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 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.
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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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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  • 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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts s c a p y
1892 NL  67 (3rd)

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)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2356), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
189123New York Giants$2,000Preston Orem 529
Career to date (may be incomplete)$2,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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Name and misspellings: Lewis Lew lou W. Whistler

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