Don White

Donald William White

Positions: Outfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 8, 1919 in Everett, WA
High School: Everett HS (Everett, WA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1948
Team: Athletics 1948-1949

Final Game: October 2, 1949
Died: June 15, 1987 in Carlsbad, CA
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Standard Batting

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	Pos	Awards
1939	20	LEW,TAC	C,B	59	251	251		64	8	4	4						.255	.255	.367	.622		92					LEW,TAC · PION,WINT
1940	21	TAC,SFR	B,AA	113	447	447		151	34	2	5						.338	.338	.456	.794		204					TAC,SFR · WINT,PCL
1941	22	DET-min	AA	166	654	612	77	186	30	5	4	90	10		27	61	.304	.336	.389	.725		238		3	12		SFR · PCL
1942	23	SFR	AA	13	54	54		25	6	0	0	13	3				.463	.463	.574	1.037		31					SFR · PCL
1945	26	SFG-min	AA	1	5	5		1	0	0	0	1	0				.200	.200	.200	.400		1					SFR · PCL
1946	27	SFG-min	AAA	159	629	553	61	159	32	8	4	90	4		58	65	.288	.360	.396	.756		219		5	13		SFR · PCL
1947	28	SFR	AAA	168	784	730	97	213	40	7	7	76	8		42	44	.292	.332	.395	.727		288		2	10		SFR · PCL
1948	29	PHA	AL	86	280	253	29	62	14	2	1	28	0	1	19	16	.245	.303	.328	.631	67	83	6	2	6	O759/8
1949	30	PHA	AL	57	188	169	12	36	6	0	0	10	2	0	14	12	.213	.273	.249	.522	40	42	4	0	4	O9/75
1950	31	SFR	AAA	147	544	503	89	151	27	3	1	44	1		25	38	.300	.346	.372	.717		187		10	6		SFR · PCL
1951	32	CLE-min	AAA	99	266	242	34	64	7	0	5	26	0		17	14	.264	.318	.355	.673		86		2	5		SDG,POR · PCL
1952	33	POR	Opn	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0		0	0		POR · PCL
2 Yrs				143	468	422	41	98	20	2	1	38	2	1	33	28	.232	.291	.296	.587	56	125	10	2	10
162 Game Avg.				162	530	478	46	111	23	2	1	43	2	1	37	32	.232	.291	.296	.587	56	142	11	2	11

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	Salary	Pos
1948	29	PHA	AL	86	280	-12	-0	-1	-2	-2	-18	-1.8	7	-10	-1.0	.479	.489	-0.9	-0.4	-8	$	O759/8
1949	30	PHA	AL	57	188	-14	0	-0	0	-2	-17	-1.7	5	-12	-1.2	.470	.489	-1.2	-0.2	-12	$	O9/75
2 Seasons				143	468	-26	-0	-1	-2	-5	-34	-3.5	12	-23	-2.2	.476	.489	-2.1	-0.7	-21	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1948	29	PHA	AL	280	204	24	3.1	106	.258	.245	.274	.303	.360	.328	.396	.631	.756	67	.330	-12.7	-1.2	.520	.154	.083	.0
1949	30	PHA	AL	188	141	12	2.3	104	.229	.213	.267	.273	.358	.249	.388	.522	.746	40	.216	-14.7	-1.5	.423	.130	.036	.0
2 Yrs				468	345	36	2.8	105	.247	.232	.271	.291	.359	.296	.393	.587	.752	56	.285	-27.4	-2.7	.481	.145	.064	1.3
162 Game Avg.				530	391	41	2.8	105	.247	.232	.271	.291	.359	.296	.393	.587	.752	56	.285	-27.4	-2.7	.481	.145	.064	1

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1948	29	PHA	AL	280	0.4%	5.7%	6.8%	6.1%	27%	0.84	15.8	253.0	9.0	1.03	84%
1949	30	PHA	AL	188	0.0%	6.4%	7.5%	3.2%	17%	0.86	14.1		16.9	1.10	84%
2 Yrs				468	0.2%	6.0%	7.1%	4.9%	24%	0.85	15.1	422.0	11.1	1.06	84%
MLB Averages					1.7%	9.4%	10.2%	6.3%	27%	0.91	9.4	51.8	8.0	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1948	29	PHA	AL	-12.7	-1.2	180	-0.9	2.5	-3.5	.98	-1.1	0.1	-14.9	-1.5	0.95	-14.3	1.52	11
1949	30	PHA	AL	-14.7	-1.5	123	-0.7	1.9	-2.5	1.10	-0.8	0.2	-12.6	-1.3	0.99	-10.4	0.97	10
2 Yrs				-27.4	-2.7	303	-1.6	4.4	-6.0	1.03	-1.9	0.3	-27.5	-2.7	0.96	-24.7	1.26	21

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	29	PHA	AL	1	0	34%	50	0	1	0%	2	2	1	62%	9	4	5	1	0	1	3	1	2
1949	30	PHA	AL	2	1	24%	32	2	0	100%	2	1	0	33%	5	4	1	2	2	0	2	0	2
2 Yrs				3	1	30%	82	2	1	67%	4	3	1	50%	14	8	6	3	2	1	5	1	4

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	29	PHA	AL	280	34%	62			11	2	0	0	1.52	1	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	4	6	150%	38	6	16%	21	7	33%	120	14	12%	12	6	50%	3	1	33%	0
1949	30	PHA	AL	188	79%	36			10	3	0	0	0.97	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	133%	26	4	15%	17	5	29%	85	8	9%	10	5	50%	8	1	13%	0
2 Yrs				468	52%	98			21	5	0	0	1.26	1	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	7	10	143%	64	10	16%	38	12	32%	205	22	11%	22	11	50%	11	2	18%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			122%			15%			34%			15%			51%			56%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1948	29	86	280	253	29	62	14	2	1	28	0	1	19	16	.245	.303	.328	.631	67	83	6	2	6
1949	30	143	468	422	41	98	20	2	1	38	2	1	33	28	.232	.291	.296	.587	56	125	10	2	10

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1948	29	90	289	262	28	62	14	2	1	27	0	19	17	.237	.293	.317	.610	24	86
1949	30	60	194	176	12	37	6	0	0	10	2	14	13	.210	.268	.244	.513	11	57
2 Yrs		150	483	438	40	99	20	2	1	37	2	33	30	.226	.283	.288	.571	35	143
162 Game Avg.		162	522	473	43	107	22	2	1	40	2	36	32	.226	.283	.288	.571	38	143

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