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Earl Whitehill
Earl Oliver Whitehill
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Weight: 174 lb.

Born: February 7, 1899 in Cedar Rapids, IA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1923
Final Game: September 30, 1939
Died: October 22, 1954 in Omaha, NE
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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1923 24 DET AL 2 0 1.000 2.73 8 3 2 1 0 0 33.0 22 14 10 2 15 19 3 1 1 139 142 1.121 6.0 0.5 4.1 5.2 1.27
1924 25 DET AL 17 9 .654 3.86 35 32 2 16 2 0 233.0 260 125 100 8 79 65 13 0 0 1030 106 1.455 10.0 0.3 3.1 2.5 0.82 MVP-17
1925 26 DET AL 11 11 .500 4.66 35 33 2 15 1 2 239.1 267 135 124 13 88 83 10 0 2 1042 92 1.483 10.0 0.5 3.3 3.1 0.94
1926 27 DET AL 16 13 .552 3.99 36 34 2 13 0 0 252.1 271 136 112 7 79 109 8 0 0 1099 101 1.387 9.7 0.2 2.8 3.9 1.38
1927 28 DET AL 16 14 .533 3.36 41 31 10 17 3 3 236.0 238 110 88 4 105 95 9 2 2 1037 126 1.453 9.1 0.2 4.0 3.6 0.90
1928 29 DET AL 11 16 .407 4.31 31 30 1 12 1 0 196.1 214 131 94 8 78 93 1 0 0 890 96 1.487 9.8 0.4 3.6 4.3 1.19
1929 30 DET AL 14 15 .483 4.62 38 28 7 18 1 1 245.1 267 147 126 16 96 103 3 1 1 1076 93 1.480 9.8 0.6 3.5 3.8 1.07
1930 31 DET AL 17 13 .567 4.24 34 31 3 16 0 1 220.2 248 139 104 8 80 109 8 0 2 983 113 1.486 10.1 0.3 3.3 4.4 1.36
1931 32 DET AL 13 16 .448 4.08 34 34 0 22 0 0 271.1 287 152 123 22 118 81 5 0 3 1197 113 1.493 9.5 0.7 3.9 2.7 0.69
1932 33 DET AL 16 12 .571 4.54 33 31 2 17 3 0 244.0 255 136 123 17 93 81 5 0 3 1064 104 1.426 9.4 0.6 3.4 3.0 0.87
1933 34 WSH AL 22 8 .733 3.33 39 37 1 19 2 1 270.0 271 112 100 9 100 96 4 0 6 1149 126 1.374 9.0 0.3 3.3 3.2 0.96 MVP-9
1934 35 WSH AL 14 11 .560 4.52 32 31 1 15 0 0 235.0 269 129 118 10 94 96 3 0 2 1049 96 1.545 10.3 0.4 3.6 3.7 1.02
1935 36 WSH AL 14 13 .519 4.29 34 34 0 19 1 0 279.1 318 149 133 16 104 102 7 0 7 1239 101 1.511 10.2 0.5 3.4 3.3 0.98
1936 37 WSH AL 14 11 .560 4.87 28 28 0 14 0 0 212.1 252 124 115 17 89 63 2 0 4 955 98 1.606 10.7 0.7 3.8 2.7 0.71
1937 38 CLE AL 8 8 .500 6.49 33 22 7 6 1 2 147.0 189 111 106 9 80 53 6 2 2 684 69 1.830 11.6 0.6 4.9 3.2 0.66
1938 39 CLE AL 9 8 .529 5.56 26 23 1 4 0 0 160.1 187 109 99 18 83 60 9 0 4 746 84 1.684 10.5 1.0 4.7 3.4 0.72
1939 40 CHC NL 4 7 .364 5.14 24 11 5 2 1 1 89.1 102 59 51 8 50 42 5 0 4 416 77 1.701 10.3 0.8 5.0 4.2 0.84
17 Seasons 218 185 .541 4.36 541 473 46 226 16 11 3564.2 3917 2018 1726 192 1431 1350 101 6 43 15795 100 1.500 9.9 0.5 3.6 3.4 0.94
162 Game Avg. 15 12 .541 4.36 36 32 3 15 1 1 239 263 135 116 13 96 91 7 0 3 1059 100 1.500 9.9 0.5 3.6 3.4 0.94
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
DET (10 yrs) 133 119 .528 4.16 325 287 31 147 11 7 2171.1 2329 1225 1004 105 831 838 65 4 14 9557 104 1.455 9.7 0.4 3.4 3.5 1.01
WSH (4 yrs) 64 43 .598 4.21 133 130 2 67 3 1 996.2 1110 514 466 52 387 357 16 0 19 4392 104 1.502 10.0 0.5 3.5 3.2 0.92
CLE (2 yrs) 17 16 .515 6.00 59 45 8 10 1 2 307.1 376 220 205 27 163 113 15 2 6 1430 76 1.754 11.0 0.8 4.8 3.3 0.69
CHC (1 yr) 4 7 .364 5.14 24 11 5 2 1 1 89.1 102 59 51 8 50 42 5 0 4 416 77 1.701 10.3 0.8 5.0 4.2 0.84
AL (16 yrs) 214 178 .546 4.34 517 462 41 224 15 10 3475.1 3815 1959 1675 184 1381 1308 96 6 39 15379 101 1.495 9.9 0.5 3.6 3.4 0.95
NL (1 yr) 4 7 .364 5.14 24 11 5 2 1 1 89.1 102 59 51 8 50 42 5 0 4 416 77 1.701 10.3 0.8 5.0 4.2 0.84

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1933 34 WSH AL WS L NYG 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 5 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 34 0.778 5.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 1.00
1 WS 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 5 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 34 0.778 5.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 1.00

Standard Batting

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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
1923 24 DET AL 8 13 11 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 .364 .417 .364 .780 108 4 0 1 /1
1924 25 DET AL 37 99 89 11 19 1 1 0 7 0 0 9 18 .213 .286 .247 .533 39 22 0 1 1 MVP-17
1925 26 DET AL 36 98 87 7 19 1 0 0 7 1 0 8 11 .218 .284 .230 .514 33 20 0 3 1
1926 27 DET AL 36 100 91 6 23 1 3 0 10 0 0 6 24 .253 .299 .330 .629 63 30 0 3 1
1927 28 DET AL 41 90 78 4 16 2 1 0 3 0 0 5 9 .205 .262 .256 .518 34 20 1 6 1
1928 29 DET AL 31 75 67 4 13 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 11 .194 .250 .194 .444 18 13 0 3 1
1929 30 DET AL 38 100 90 10 23 2 0 3 11 0 0 6 17 .256 .302 .378 .680 74 34 0 4 1
1930 31 DET AL 34 87 83 3 16 1 0 0 7 0 0 3 14 .193 .221 .205 .426 8 17 0 1 1
1931 32 DET AL 34 104 97 7 15 0 1 0 5 0 0 3 10 .155 .180 .175 .355 -7 17 0 4 1
1932 33 DET AL 33 99 90 9 22 4 0 0 7 0 0 4 19 .244 .277 .289 .565 44 26 0 5 1
1933 34 WSH AL 40 119 108 7 24 2 1 0 11 0 0 6 14 .222 .263 .259 .522 39 28 0 5 1/O MVP-9
1934 35 WSH AL 35 102 85 12 17 2 0 1 8 0 0 11 17 .200 .292 .259 .550 45 22 0 6 1
1935 36 WSH AL 34 116 104 10 19 4 0 0 3 0 0 8 11 .183 .241 .221 .462 22 23 0 4 1
1936 37 WSH AL 28 90 77 8 13 2 0 0 4 0 0 8 11 .169 .247 .195 .442 13 15 0 5 1
1937 38 CLE AL 33 60 49 6 11 1 0 0 6 1 0 5 7 .224 .296 .245 .541 39 12 0 6 1
1938 39 CLE AL 26 63 56 0 7 0 0 0 6 0 0 7 13 .125 .222 .125 .347 -10 7 0 0 1
1939 40 CHC NL 24 31 29 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .103 .161 .103 .265 -28 3 1 0 0 1
17 Seasons 548 1446 1291 107 264 23 7 4 98 3 0 97 216 .204 .261 .242 .503 31 313 1 1 57
162 Game Avg. 162 427 382 32 78 7 2 1 29 1 29 64 .204 .261 .242 .503 31 93 0 17
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
DET (10 yrs) 328 865 783 63 170 12 6 3 60 2 0 50 136 .217 .265 .259 .524 36 203 1 31
WSH (4 yrs) 137 427 374 37 73 10 1 1 26 0 0 33 53 .195 .260 .235 .496 30 88 0 20
CLE (2 yrs) 59 123 105 6 18 1 0 0 12 1 0 12 20 .171 .256 .181 .437 13 19 0 6
CHC (1 yr) 24 31 29 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .103 .161 .103 .265 -28 3 1 0 0
AL (16 yrs) 524 1415 1262 106 261 23 7 4 98 3 0 95 209 .207 .263 .246 .509 32 310 1 57
NL (1 yr) 24 31 29 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .103 .161 .103 .265 -28 3 1 0 0

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1933 34 WSH AL WS NYG L 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1923 DET AL 24 P 8 10 1 7 2 0 .800 1.00 .970 1.49
1924 DET AL 25 P 35 71 14 53 4 3 .944 1.91 .959 1.32 MVP-17
1925 DET AL 26 P 35 70 13 52 5 2 .929 1.86 .961 1.40
1926 DET AL 27 P 36 68 12 54 2 2 .971 1.83 .956 1.39
1927 DET AL 28 P 41 59 5 47 7 3 .881 1.27 .963 1.40
1928 DET AL 29 P 31 58 17 40 1 3 .983 1.84 .955 1.37
1929 DET AL 30 P 38 68 15 49 4 0 .941 1.68 .959 1.29
1930 DET AL 31 P 34 41 8 32 1 1 .976 1.18 .944 1.18
1931 DET AL 32 P 34 84 20 62 2 5 .976 2.41 .952 1.19
1932 DET AL 33 P 33 55 9 44 2 1 .964 1.61 .958 1.21
1933 WSH AL 34 P 39 66 8 51 7 2 .894 1.51 .962 1.18 MVP-9
1933 WSH AL 34 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0-0-1 MVP-9
1934 WSH AL 35 P 32 50 2 47 1 2 .980 1.53 .954 1.11
1935 WSH AL 36 P 34 76 13 60 3 4 .961 2.15 .949 1.12
1936 WSH AL 37 P 28 47 10 35 2 0 .957 1.61 .955 1.04
1937 CLE AL 38 P 33 44 9 33 2 0 .955 1.27 .955 1.09
1938 CLE AL 39 P 26 32 9 21 2 3 .938 1.15 .953 1.12
1939 CHC NL 40 P 24 15 1 14 0 0 1.000 0.63 .960 1.09
17 Seasons P 541 914 166 701 47 31 .949 1.60 .956 1.23
1 Season OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0-0-1
17 Seasons TOT 542 914 166 701 47 31 .949 1.60 .905 1.23 0-0-1
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1956 BBWAA ( 0.5%)
1958 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1960 BBWAA ( 1.1%)
1962 BBWAA ( 3.8%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1924 AL (17, 6%)
1933 AL (9, 22%)
0.28 Career Shares (618th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1933 AL  3.333 (6th)

Wins s c a p y
1924 AL  17 (8th)
1926 AL  16 (5th)
1927 AL  16 (10th)
1930 AL  17 (7th)
1932 AL  16 (10th)
1933 AL  22 (3rd)
Career  218 (78th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1924 AL  .654 (6th)
1933 AL  .733 (3rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1927 AL  9.076 (10th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1926 AL  3.888 (5th)
1927 AL  3.623 (9th)
1928 AL  4.263 (5th)
1929 AL  3.779 (7th)
1930 AL  4.446 (7th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1926 AL  252.3 (7th)
1927 AL  236.0 (10th)
1931 AL  271.3 (5th)
1933 AL  270.0 (4th)
1934 AL  235.0 (8th)
1935 AL  279.3 (3rd)
Career  3564.7 (65th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1925 AL  83 (9th)
1926 AL  109 (5th)
1927 AL  95 (6th)
1929 AL  103 (7th)
1930 AL  109 (9th)
1933 AL  96 (9th)
1934 AL  96 (8th)
1935 AL  102 (7th)
Career  1350 (230th)

Games Started s c a p y
1924 AL  32 (9th)
1925 AL  33 (1st)
1926 AL  34 (2nd)
1927 AL  31 (7th)
1931 AL  34 (5th)
1932 AL  31 (10th)
1933 AL  37 (1st)
1934 AL  31 (8th)
1935 AL  34 (3rd)
Career  473 (63rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1927 AL  17 (7th)
1929 AL  18 (10th)
1930 AL  16 (10th)
1931 AL  22 (4th)
1933 AL  19 (2nd)
1935 AL  19 (5th)
Career  226 (107th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1924 AL  2 (10th)
1927 AL  3 (2nd)
1932 AL  3 (3rd)
1933 AL  2 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1925 AL  13 (7th)
1929 AL  16 (8th)
1931 AL  22 (1st)
1932 AL  17 (7th)
1935 AL  16 (8th)
1938 AL  18 (6th)
Career  192 (212th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1924 AL  79 (9th)
1927 AL  105 (1st)
1929 AL  96 (6th)
1931 AL  118 (3rd)
1933 AL  100 (5th)
1935 AL  104 (4th)
Career  1431 (16th)

Hits s c a p y
1925 AL  267 (8th)
1926 AL  271 (5th)
1929 AL  267 (10th)
1931 AL  287 (6th)
1933 AL  271 (5th)
1934 AL  269 (2nd)
1935 AL  318 (2nd)
Career  3917 (43rd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1926 AL  1.380 (5th)
1930 AL  1.363 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1927 AL  .153 (5th)
1930 AL  .326 (7th)
1933 AL  .300 (5th)
1934 AL  .383 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1927 AL  14 (9th)
1928 AL  16 (4th)
1929 AL  15 (9th)
1931 AL  16 (5th)
1935 AL  13 (8th)
Career  185 (61st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1925 AL  124 (3rd)
1926 AL  112 (1st)
1929 AL  126 (3rd)
1931 AL  123 (8th)
1932 AL  123 (8th)
1934 AL  118 (3rd)
1935 AL  133 (1st)
Career  1726 (19th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1933 AL  6 (6th)
1935 AL  7 (3rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1924 AL  13 (1st)
1925 AL  10 (2nd)
1926 AL  8 (2nd)
1927 AL  9 (3rd)
1930 AL  8 (2nd)
1931 AL  5 (7th)
1932 AL  5 (5th)
1933 AL  4 (6th)
1934 AL  3 (10th)
1935 AL  7 (3rd)
1937 AL  6 (2nd)
1938 AL  9 (1st)
1939 NL  5 (9th)
Career  101 (61st)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1926 AL  1099 (6th)
1927 AL  1037 (9th)
1931 AL  1197 (3rd)
1933 AL  1149 (4th)
1934 AL  1049 (8th)
1935 AL  1239 (2nd)
Career  15795 (48th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1933 AL  126 (7th)

Oldest s c a p y
1935 AL  born 1899-02-07 (9th)
1936 AL  born 1899-02-07 (10th)
1937 AL  born 1899-02-07 (5th)
1938 AL  born 1899-02-07 (3rd)
1939 NL  born 1899-02-07 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 2 (718), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 111 (180), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 32 (410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 20 (297), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

December 14, 1932: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Washington Senators for Carl Fischer and Firpo Marberry.

December 10, 1936: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Washington Senators to the Cleveland Indians. The Chicago White Sox sent Jack Salveson to the Washington Senators. The Cleveland Indians sent Thornton Lee to the Chicago White Sox.

February 1, 1939: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

February 14, 1939: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

October 18, 1939: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

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