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Ernie White

Ernest Daniel White

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 5, 1916 in Pacolet Mills, SC (All Transactions)
Debut: May 9, 1940
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Braves 1940-1948

Final Game: October 3, 1948
Died: May 22, 1974 in Augusta, GA
Buried: Pacolet Memorial Gardens, Pacolet, SC
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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 SF IBB Pos Awards
1940 23 STL NL 9 8 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .429 .500 .429 .929 153 3 0 0 0 /1
1941 24 STL NL 33 84 79 6 15 2 1 0 10 0 3 8 .190 .220 .241 .460 26 19 1 0 3 1 MVP-6
1942 25 STL NL 27 49 41 5 8 0 0 0 3 0 3 4 .195 .250 .195 .445 27 8 0 0 5 1
1943 26 STL NL 21 31 28 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .214 .241 .214 .456 29 6 1 0 2 1
1946 29 BSN NL 14 4 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 41 1 0 0 0 1
1947 30 BSN NL 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 436 1 0 0 0 /1
1948 31 BSN NL 16 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 1
7 Yrs 121 180 163 19 34 2 1 0 13 1 8 16 .209 .246 .233 .479 33 38 2 0 10
162 Game Avg. 162 241 218 25 46 3 1 0 17 1 11 21 .209 .246 .233 .479 33 51 3 0 13
STL (4 yrs) 90 172 155 17 32 2 1 0 13 1 8 14 .206 .245 .232 .478 33 36 2 0 10
BSN (3 yrs) 31 8 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 38 2 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 Salary Pos Awards
1940 23 STL NL 9 8 1 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .518 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $ /1
1941 24 STL NL 33 84 -8 0 0 0 9 2 0.2 3 4 0.2 .505 .501 0.2 -0.0 4 $ 1 MVP-6
1942 25 STL NL 27 49 -4 0 0 0 5 1 0.1 2 2 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 -0.0 2 $ 1
1943 26 STL NL 21 31 -3 0 0 0 3 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
1946 29 BSN NL 14 4 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1947 30 BSN NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .558 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ /1
1948 31 BSN NL 16 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ 1
7 Seasons 121 180 -14 0 0 0 18 4 0.4 6 10 0.6 .504 .500 0.6 -0.0 10 $
STL (4 yrs) 90 172 -14 0 0 0 17 4 0.4 6 10 0.5 .505 .501 0.5 -0.0 10 $
BSN (3 yrs) 31 8 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 1 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $

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
1940 23 STL NL 8 4 2 13.5 102 .429 .429 .278 .500 .343 .429 .399 .929 .742 153 .887 0.6 0.1 1.250 .286 .000 .0
1941 24 STL NL 84 68 4 1.6 100 .211 .190 .274 .220 .345 .241 .386 .460 .731 26 .146 -8.4 -0.9 .338 .089 .051
1942 25 STL NL 49 38 2 1.4 93 .216 .195 .265 .250 .338 .195 .368 .445 .706 27 .141 -4.0 -0.4 .333 .073 .000
1943 26 STL NL 31 25 1 1.1 94 .231 .214 .272 .241 .341 .214 .368 .456 .710 29 .085 -2.7 -0.3 .304 .036 .000
1946 29 BSN NL 4 3 0 0.0 94 .250 .250 .264 .250 .339 .250 .369 .500 .708 41 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .333 .000 .000
1947 30 BSN NL 1 0 1 104 1.000 1.000 .272 1.000 .347 1.000 .403 2.000 .750 436 .000 0.5 0.0 .000 .000
1948 31 BSN NL 3 3 0 0.0 101 .000 .000 .268 .000 .342 .000 .396 .000 .738 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
7 Yrs 180 141 10 1.9 97 .231 .209 .271 .246 .343 .233 .379 .479 .721 33 .202 -15.2 -1.6 .359 .080 .025 .0
162 Game Avg. 241 189 13 1.9 97 .231 .209 .271 .246 .343 .233 .379 .479 .721 33 .202 -15.2 -1.6 .359 .080 .025
STL (4 yrs) 172 135 9 1.8 97 .227 .206 .271 .245 .343 .232 .379 .478 .721 33 .185 -14.5 -1.6 .360 .084 .026 .0
BSN (3 yrs) 8 6 1 4.4 98 .333 .250 .266 .250 .341 .250 .384 .500 .725 38 .518 -0.7 -0.1 .333 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1942 25 STL NL WS NYY W 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1943 26 STL NL WS NYY L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2 WS 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1940 23 STL NL 8 0.0% 0.0% 12.5% 0.0% 0% 0.00 88%
1941 24 STL NL 84 0.0% 9.5% 3.6% 3.6% 20% 2.67 9.9 7.9 85%
1942 25 STL NL 49 0.0% 8.2% 6.1% 0.0% 0% 1.33 10.3 13.7 76%
1943 26 STL NL 31 0.0% 6.5% 3.2% 0.0% 0% 2.00 14.0 84%
1946 29 BSN NL 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 100%
1947 30 BSN NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 100%
1948 31 BSN NL 3 0.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 1.5 33%
7 Yrs 180 0.0% 8.9% 4.4% 1.7% 9% 2.00 10.2 12.5 82%
MLB Averages 1.3% 9.2% 9.1% 6.0% 26% 1.01 9.7 67.8 8.7 0.97 78%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1940 23 STL NL 0.6 0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 24 STL NL -8.4 -0.9 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 25 STL NL -4.0 -0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 26 STL NL -2.7 -0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 29 BSN NL -0.3 -0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 30 BSN NL 0.5 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 31 BSN NL -0.8 -0.1 2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.81 -0.0 -0.0 -0.5 -0.1 1.32 -0.4 0
7 Yrs -15.2 -1.6 2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.81 -0.0 -0.0 -0.5 -0.1 1.32 -0.4 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1948 31 BSN NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 0 0 45% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 31 BSN NL 3 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 3 50% 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 2 200% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 51% 1374% 144% 35% 15% 52% 55%

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
1940 23 9 8 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .429 .500 .429 .929 153 3 0 0 0
1941 24 42 92 86 7 18 2 1 0 10 1 4 8 .209 .244 .256 .500 37 22 1 0 3
1942 25 69 141 127 12 26 2 1 0 13 1 7 12 .205 .246 .236 .482 34 30 1 0 8
1943 26 90 172 155 17 32 2 1 0 13 1 8 14 .206 .245 .232 .478 33 36 2 0 10
1944 27 90 172 155 17 32 2 1 0 13 1 8 14 .206 .245 .232 .478 33 36 2 0 10
1945 28 90 172 155 17 32 2 1 0 13 1 8 14 .206 .245 .232 .478 33 36 2 0 10
1946 29 104 176 159 19 33 2 1 0 13 1 8 14 .208 .246 .233 .478 33 37 2 0 10
1947 30 105 177 160 19 34 2 1 0 13 1 8 14 .213 .250 .238 .488 36 38 2 0 10
1948 31 121 180 163 19 34 2 1 0 13 1 8 16 .209 .246 .233 .479 33 38 2 0 10

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1940 23 9 7 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .333 .429 .333 .762 1 9
1941 24 34 87 81 6 15 2 1 0 10 0 3 8 .185 .214 .235 .449 4 33
1942 25 29 51 43 5 8 0 0 0 3 0 3 4 .186 .239 .186 .425 2 27
1943 26 22 34 31 7 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .258 .281 .258 .539 2 21
1946 29 15 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 14
1947 30 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 1
1948 31 17 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 16
7 Yrs 127 187 169 19 34 2 1 0 13 1 8 16 .201 .237 .225 .462 10 121
162 Game Avg. 162 239 216 24 43 3 1 0 17 1 10 20 .201 .237 .225 .462 13 121

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1941 NL (6, 23%)
0.23 Career Shares (693rd)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1941 NL  5.6 (8th)

                           

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