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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 Pitching

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
1940 23 STL NL 1 1 .500 4.15 8 1 5 0 0 0 21.2 29 13 10 0 14 15 1 0 0 110 97 1.985 12.0 0.0 5.8 6.2 1.07
1941 24 STL NL 17 7 .708 2.40 32 25 6 12 3 2 210.0 169 72 56 12 70 117 6 0 3 866 158 1.138 7.2 0.5 3.0 5.0 1.67 MVP-6
1942 25 STL NL 7 5 .583 2.52 26 19 6 7 1 2 128.1 113 57 36 11 41 67 2 0 0 538 136 1.200 7.9 0.8 2.9 4.7 1.63
1943 26 STL NL 5 5 .500 3.78 14 10 2 5 1 0 78.2 78 38 33 4 33 28 1 0 3 343 90 1.411 8.9 0.5 3.8 3.2 0.85
1946 29 BSN NL 0 1 .000 4.18 12 1 5 0 0 0 23.2 22 11 11 1 12 8 0 0 0 99 84 1.437 8.4 0.4 4.6 3.0 0.67
1947 30 BSN NL 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 13 0.500 2.3 0.0 2.3 2.3 1.00
1948 31 BSN NL 0 2 .000 1.96 15 0 8 0 0 2 23.0 13 7 5 0 17 8 0 0 0 98 201 1.304 5.1 0.0 6.7 3.1 0.47
7 Yrs 30 21 .588 2.78 108 57 32 24 5 6 489.1 425 198 151 28 188 244 10 0 6 2067 131 1.253 7.8 0.5 3.5 4.5 1.30
162 Game Avg. 12 9 .588 2.78 45 23 13 10 2 2 202 175 82 62 12 77 101 4 0 2 852 131 1.253 7.8 0.5 3.5 4.5 1.30
STL (4 yrs) 30 18 .625 2.77 80 55 19 24 5 4 438.2 389 180 135 27 158 227 10 0 6 1857 131 1.247 8.0 0.6 3.2 4.7 1.44
BSN (3 yrs) 0 3 .000 2.84 28 2 13 0 0 2 50.2 36 18 16 1 30 17 0 0 0 210 133 1.303 6.4 0.2 5.3 3.0 0.57

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1940 23 STL NL 21.2 8 1 13 5.40 3.88 -0.20 0.00 104.5 4.27 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .465 .498 $
1941 24 STL NL 210.0 32 25 72 3.09 4.45 0.27 0.00 104.2 4.36 30 3.5 1.0 -0.1 5.4 53 .611 .522 $ MVP-6
1942 25 STL NL 128.1 26 19 57 4.00 3.98 0.13 0.00 103.1 3.97 1 0.1 1.0 -0.1 1.1 11 .503 .500 $
1943 26 STL NL 78.2 14 10 38 4.35 3.88 0.36 0.00 98.7 3.47 -8 -0.8 1.0 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .441 .495 $
1946 29 BSN NL 23.2 12 1 11 4.18 4.03 0.03 0.00 97.3 3.89 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.1 2 .493 .499 $
1947 30 BSN NL 4.0 1 1 0 0.00 4.98 0.01 0.00 94.0 4.67 2 0.2 -0.0 0.3 3 .737 .501 $
1948 31 BSN NL 22.2 15 0 7 2.78 4.40 0.13 0.00 99.0 4.23 4 0.4 .9 -0.0 0.6 6 .525 .502 $
7 Seasons 489.0 108 57 198 3.64 4.19 0.20 0.00 102.4 4.08 26 3.0 1.0 -0.3 7.2 73 .528 .503 $
STL (4 yrs) 438.2 80 55 180 3.69 4.18 0.22 0.00 102.9 4.08 21 2.5 1.0 -0.2 6.2 62 .531 .504 $
BSN (3 yrs) 50.1 28 2 18 3.22 4.27 0.07 0.00 97.8 4.11 5 0.5 1.0 -0.1 1.0 10 .519 .501 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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
1942 25 STL NL WS W NYY 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 33 0.667 6.0 0.0 0.0 6.0
1 WS 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 33 0.667 6.0 0.0 0.0 6.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1948 31 BSN NL 15 46 78 7 13 0 0 0 0 0 17 8 .167 .316 .167 .482 .186 13 1 0 3 0 2
1 Yr 15 46 78 7 13 0 0 0 0 0 17 8 .167 .316 .167 .482 .186 13 1 0 3 0 2
162 Game Avg. 68 209 354 32 59 0 0 0 0 0 77 36 .167 .316 .167 .482 .186 59 5 0 14 0 9
MLB Averages .260 .330 .326 .656 .278

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1948 31 BSN NL 4.6 0.5 59 -0.0 1.4 -1.4 1.28 0.3 -0.4 4.2 0.4 1.29 4.3 3 1 4
7 Yrs 37.2 4.0 59 -0.0 1.4 -1.4 1.28 0.3 -0.4 4.2 0.4 1.29 4.3 3 1 4

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1940 23 STL NL 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 29.0 29 29 0 0 0.0 2.7
1941 24 STL NL 32 25 14 6 5 2 5 18 6 .750 0 0 12 3 18 72% 59.7 84 32 11 6 5.2 7.9
1942 25 STL NL 26 19 6 5 8 1 3 12 7 .632 0 0 7 1 10 53% 52.7 77 24 6 10 5.2 5.8
1943 26 STL NL 14 10 5 4 1 0 2 6 4 .600 0 0 5 1 7 70% 52.2 81 25 0 8 5.0 6.8
1946 29 BSN NL 12 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 28.0 28 28 0 1 6.0 0.0
1947 30 BSN NL 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0% 60.0 60 60 0 1 3.2 4.0
6 Yrs 93 57 25 17 15 3 10 37 19 .661 0 0 24 5 35 61% 55 84 24 17 26 5.0 6.7
MLB Averages .500 54% 51 115 -20 4.3 4.8 6.9

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1940 23 STL NL 8 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 8.1
1941 24 STL NL 32 7 6 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 2 5.6
1942 25 STL NL 26 7 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 0 3 7.4
1943 26 STL NL 14 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 7.8
1946 29 BSN NL 12 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 6.5
1948 31 BSN NL 15 15 8 0 2 1 2 0 200% 1 0 8 4 50% 1.281 3 1 4 1 3 5 5 4 7 6 4 3 4.5
6 Yrs 107 51 32 5 4 1 6 0 600% 1 0 8 4 50% 1.281 3 1 4 1 3 5 5 4 26 13 4 11 6.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1940 23 STL NL 110 0.0% 13.6% 12.7% 70%
1941 24 STL NL 866 1.4% 13.5% 8.1% 3.2% 17% 75%
1942 25 STL NL 538 2.0% 12.5% 7.6% 3.0% 14% 76%
1943 26 STL NL 343 1.2% 8.2% 9.6% 4.7% 21% 78%
1946 29 BSN NL 99 1.0% 8.1% 12.1% 78%
1947 30 BSN NL 13 0.0% 7.7% 7.7% 85%
1948 31 BSN NL 98 28% 0.0% 17.4% 37.0% 0.0% 0% 0.29 152% 10 1 10%
7 Yrs 2067 28% 1.4% 12.1% 9.3% 3.0% 14% 0.29 78% 10 1 10%
MLB Averages 49% 1.4% 9.6% 9.5% 3.2% 13% 0.95 82% 10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1940 23 STL NL 29 0 0
1941 24 STL NL 169 12 3
1942 25 STL NL 113 11 0
1943 26 STL NL 78 4 3
1946 29 BSN NL 22 1 0
1947 30 BSN NL 1 0 0
1948 31 BSN NL 46 13 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 60% 2 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52
7 Yrs 46 425 28 0 4 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 60% 2 6 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52
MLB Averages 53% 56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age 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 ERA+
1940 23 1 1 .500 4.15 8 1 5 0 0 0 21.2 29 13 10 0 14 15 1 0 0 110 97 1.985 12.0 0.0 5.8 6.2 1.07 97
1941 24 18 8 .692 2.56 40 26 11 12 3 2 231.2 198 85 66 12 84 132 7 0 3 976 149 1.217 7.7 0.5 3.3 5.1 1.57 149
1942 25 25 13 .658 2.55 66 45 17 19 4 4 360.0 311 142 102 23 125 199 9 0 3 1514 144 1.211 7.8 0.6 3.1 5.0 1.59 144
1943 26 30 18 .625 2.77 80 55 19 24 5 4 438.2 389 180 135 27 158 227 10 0 6 1857 131 1.247 8.0 0.6 3.2 4.7 1.44 131
1944 27 30 18 .625 2.77 80 55 19 24 5 4 438.2 389 180 135 27 158 227 10 0 6 1857 131 1.247 8.0 0.6 3.2 4.7 1.44 131
1945 28 30 18 .625 2.77 80 55 19 24 5 4 438.2 389 180 135 27 158 227 10 0 6 1857 131 1.247 8.0 0.6 3.2 4.7 1.44 131
1946 29 30 19 .612 2.84 92 56 24 24 5 4 462.1 411 191 146 28 170 235 10 0 6 1956 127 1.257 8.0 0.5 3.3 4.6 1.38 127
1947 30 30 19 .612 2.82 93 57 24 24 5 4 466.1 412 191 146 28 171 236 10 0 6 1969 129 1.250 8.0 0.5 3.3 4.6 1.38 129
1948 31 30 21 .588 2.78 108 57 32 24 5 6 489.1 425 198 151 28 188 244 10 0 6 2067 131 1.253 7.8 0.5 3.5 4.5 1.30 131

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1940 23 1 1 .500 3.75 24.0 30 11 10 0 14 16 1 1.833 11.3 5.3 6.0 1.14 0.0 8
1941 24 17 6 .739 2.43 215.0 175 64 58 12 72 120 6 1.149 7.3 3.0 5.0 1.67 0.5 32
1942 25 9 5 .643 2.86 132.0 126 47 42 12 46 69 2 1.303 8.6 3.1 4.7 1.50 0.8 26
1943 26 4 4 .500 4.50 78.0 87 43 39 4 37 28 1 1.590 10.0 4.3 3.2 0.76 0.5 14
1946 29 1 1 .500 5.57 21.0 25 14 13 1 14 7 0 1.857 10.7 6.0 3.0 0.50 0.4 12
1947 30 0 0 0.00 4.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.250 0.0 2.3 2.3 1.00 0.0 1
1948 31 2 0 1.000 1.96 23.0 14 6 5 0 18 8 0 1.391 5.5 7.0 3.1 0.44 0.0 15
7 Yrs 34 17 .667 3.02 497.0 457 185 167 29 202 249 10 1.326 8.3 4.5 1.23 0.5 108

* 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)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1941 NL  5.4 (4th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1941 NL  2.40 (3rd)

Wins s c a p y
1941 NL  17 (5th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1941 NL  .708 (3rd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1941 NL  1.138 (4th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1941 NL  7.243 (3rd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1941 NL  5.014 (4th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1941 NL  117 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1941 NL  3 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1941 NL  12 (9th)
1942 NL  11 (9th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1941 NL  1.671 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1941 NL  6 (2nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1941 NL  158 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1941 NL  29 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1941 NL  3.1 (3rd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 18 (1146), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (1016), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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