George Whiteman

George Whiteman (Lucky)

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: December 23, 1882 in Peoria, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1907
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Yankees/Americans 1907-1918

Final Game: September 2, 1918
Died: February 10, 1947 in Houston, TX
Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Houston, TX
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Fine Details · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 10:01AM

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos
1905	22	-min	C	124	464	464		112	12	3	0					.241	.241	.280	.522		130			WAC · TL
1906	23	-min	D	120	466	466		131	29	10	3					.281	.281	.406	.687		189			CBU · TL
1907	24	-min	C	135	508	508		118	27	5	5					.232	.232	.335	.567		170			HSN · TL
1907	24	BOS	AL	4	12	12	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	.167	.167	.167	.333	7	2	0	0	/O

1913	30	-min	B	155	563	563		143	29	18	4					.254	.254	.391	.645		220			HSN · TL
1913	30	NYY	AL	11	41	32	8	11	3	1	0	2	2	7	2	.344	.462	.500	.962	181	16	0	2	O

1918	35	BOS	AL	71	248	214	24	57	14	0	1	28	9	20	9	.266	.335	.346	.681	107	74	2	12	O
1919	36	-min	AA	149	592	592		179	39	9	4					.302	.302	.419	.721		248			TTO · IL
1920	37	-min	AA	128	458	458		124	27	6	6					.271	.271	.395	.666		181			TTO · IL
1921	38	STL-min	A	147	547	547		153	53	8	6					.280	.280	.439	.718		240			HSN · TL
1922	39	STL-min	A	130	468	468		142	31	12	3					.303	.303	.440	.744		206			HSN · TL
1923	40	CHC-min	A,AA	100	347	347		100	20	6	6					.288	.288	.432	.720		150			WFL,GAL,OLD · TL,PCL
1924	41	-min	A	146	564	564		161	34	5	9					.285	.285	.411	.697		232			GAL · TL
1925	42	-min	C	147	569	569		197	47	4	26					.346	.346	.580	.926		330			ARD · WA
1926	43	-min	C	143	540	540		157	34	6	18					.291	.291	.476	.767		257			ARD · WA
1927	44	-min	C	146	513	513		164	36	3	8					.320	.320	.448	.768		230			SSP · PIED
1928	45	-min	C	126	452	452		135	37	3	7					.299	.299	.440	.739		199			SSP · PIED
1929	46	-min	C	136	464	464		124	34	6	10					.267	.267	.431	.698		200			WSM · PIED
3 Seasons				86	301	258	32	70	17	1	1	31	11	27	15	.271	.345	.357	.702	113	92	2	14
162 Game Avg.				162	567	486	60	132	32	2	2	58	21	51	28	.271	.345	.357	.702	113	173	4	26

BOS (2 yrs)				75	260	226	24	59	14	0	1	29	9	20	13	.261	.327	.336	.663	102	76	2	12
NYY (1 yr)				11	41	32	8	11	3	1	0	2	2	7	2	.344	.462	.500	.962	181	16	0	2

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1907	24	BOS	AL	12	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/O

1913	30	NYY	AL	41	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0.6	5	0.5	0.1	$	O

1918	35	BOS	AL	248	5	0	0	0	-3	-4	8	6	0.7	9	1.0	-0.3	$	O
3 Seasons				301	8	0	0	0	-3	-4	9	10	1.2	13	1.4	-0.2	$

BOS (2 yrs)				260	4	0	0	0	-3	-4	8	5	0.6	8	0.9	-0.3	$
NYY (1 yr)				41	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0.6	5	0.5	0.1	$

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
1918	35	BOS	AL	WS	CHC	W	6	23	20	2	5	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	.250	.348	.350	.698	7	1	1	0	0	0
1 WS							6	23	20	2	5	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	.250	.348	.350	.698	7	1	1	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	G
1907	BOS	AL	24	OF	2	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.00	.960	1.85	2-0-0
1913	NYY	AL	30	OF	11	32	29	1	2	1	.938	2.73	.953	2.01	4-4-3
1918	BOS	AL	35	OF	69	107	95	5	7	1	.935	1.45	.962	2.26	65-0-4
	3 Seasons			OF	82	141	126	6	9	2	.936	1.61	.960	2.22	71-4-7
	3 Seasons			TOT	82	141	126	6	9	2	.936	1.61	.960	2.22	71-4-7

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Transactions

September 1, 1907: Drafted by the Boston Doves from Houston (Texas) in the 1907 rule 5 draft.

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