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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 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Braves 1940-1948

Final Game: October 3, 1948 (Age 32)
Died: May 22, 1974 in Augusta, GA
Buried: Pacolet Memorial Gardens, Pacolet, SC
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1937	20	STL-min	B	0	2	.000		4						5.0	14	14			6							4.000	25.2		10.8			AVL · PIED
1938	21	STL-min	C	15	6	.714	4.25	32						199.0	204	109	94		73							1.392	9.2		3.3			PMO · MATL
1939	22	STL-min	A1	15	7	.682	2.62	32	22					189.0	136	65	55		72							1.101	6.5		3.4			HSN · TL
1940	23	STL-min	AA	13	4	.765	2.25	26	16					136.0	102	44	34		59							1.184	6.8		3.9			CLB · AA
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
1949	32	ATL-min	D	3	0	1.000		5						34.0	27	11			8							1.029	7.1		2.1			BLD · APPY
1950	33	ATL-min	B	1	0	1.000	1.29	1						7.0	5	1	1		4							1.286	6.4		5.1			EVN · IIIL
1951	34	CIN-min	A	0	0			1						3.0																		CHL · CENL
1955	38	CIN-min	A	0	0			1																								CLM · SALL
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%	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

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1937	20	STL-min	B,D	4																						AVL,MTV · PIED,BIST
1938	21	STL-min	C	50	113	113		22	2	1	0					.195	.195	.230	.425		26					PMO · MATL
1939	22	STL-min	A1	36	76	76		16	3	0	0					.211	.211	.250	.461		19					HSN · TL
1940	23	STL-min	AA	27	50	50		7	2	0	0					.140	.140	.180	.320		9					CLB · AA
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
1949	32	ATL-min	D																							BLD · APPY
1950	33	ATL-min	B																							EVN · IIIL
1951	34	CIN-min	A																							CHL · CENL
1955	38	CIN-min	A	1	1	1																				CLM · SALL
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	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

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	IBB
1942	25	STL	NL	WS	NYY	W	1	3	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0
1943	26	STL	NL	WS	NYY	L	1	0	0					0
2 Yrs (2 Series)							2	3	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0
2 WS							2	3	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0

Standard Fielding

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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	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
1940	STL	NL	23	P	8	1	0	21.2	8	1	7	0	0	1.000	3.32	1.00	.962	2.24	2.22
1941	STL	NL	24	P	32	25	12	210.0	38	10	25	3	0	.921	1.50	1.09	.965	2.23	2.21					MVP-6
1942	STL	NL	25	P	26	19	7	128.1	20	3	16	1	1	.950	1.33	0.73	.968	2.35	2.35
1943	STL	NL	26	P	14	10	5	78.2	15	3	12	0	1	1.000	1.72	1.07	.961	2.25	2.25
1946	BSN	NL	29	P	12	1	0	23.2	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.14	0.25	.960	2.24	2.22	0	0		0
1947	BSN	NL	30	P	1	1	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		2.02	2.10	0	1	100%	0
1948	BSN	NL	31	P	15	0	0	23.0	4	0	2	2	0	.500	0.78	0.13	.962	2.11	2.08	0	0		0
	7 Seasons			P	108	57	24	489.1	88	19	63	6	2	.932	1.51	0.76	.965	2.26	2.23	0	1	100%	0
	7 Seasons			TOT	108	57	24	489.1	88	19	63	6	2	.932	1.51	0.76	.965	2.26	2.23	0	1	100%	0

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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 (699th)	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)	Errors Committed as P s c a p y 1941 NL 3 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 18 (1148), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 9 (1032), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS	Starting Pitcher (930th), 7.8 career WAR/7.8 7yr-peak WAR/7.8 JAWS Average HOF P (out of 57) = 68.1 career WAR/47.7 7yr-peak WAR/57.9 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Joe Hatten (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Buck O'Brien (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

May 14, 1946: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.
May 14, 1946: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Braves.
May 14, 1947: Released by the Boston Braves.
April 19, 1948: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Braves.
October 28, 1948: Released by the Boston Braves.

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