Wally Whitehurst
Walter Richard Whitehurst
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: April 11, 1964 in Shreveport, LA
School: University of New Orleans
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 3rd round of the 1985 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 17, 1989
Final Game: August 29, 1996
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Standard Pitching

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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
1989 25 NYM NL 0 1 .000 4.50 9 1 4 0 0 0 14.0 17 7 7 2 5 0 9 0 0 1 64 72 1.571 10.9 1.3 3.2 5.8 1.80
1990 26 NYM NL 1 0 1.000 3.29 38 0 16 0 0 2 65.2 63 27 24 5 9 2 46 0 0 2 263 114 1.096 8.6 0.7 1.2 6.3 5.11
1991 27 NYM NL 7 12 .368 4.18 36 20 6 0 0 1 133.1 142 67 62 12 25 3 87 4 4 3 556 87 1.253 9.6 0.8 1.7 5.9 3.48
1992 28 NYM NL 3 9 .250 3.62 44 11 7 0 0 0 97.0 99 45 39 4 33 5 70 4 1 2 421 96 1.361 9.2 0.4 3.1 6.5 2.12
1993 29 SDP NL 4 7 .364 3.83 21 19 1 0 0 0 105.2 109 47 45 11 30 5 57 3 1 5 441 108 1.315 9.3 0.9 2.6 4.9 1.90
1994 30 SDP NL 4 7 .364 4.92 13 13 0 0 0 0 64.0 84 37 35 8 26 4 43 1 0 2 294 84 1.719 11.8 1.1 3.7 6.0 1.65
1996 32 NYY AL 1 1 .500 6.75 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.0 11 6 6 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 36 74 1.625 12.4 1.1 2.3 1.1 0.50
7 Seasons 20 37 .351 4.02 163 66 34 0 0 3 487.2 525 236 218 43 130 19 313 12 6 15 2075 95 1.343 9.7 0.8 2.4 5.8 2.41
162 Game Avg. 6 11 .351 4.02 48 20 10 0 0 1 145 156 70 65 13 39 6 93 4 2 4 616 95 1.343 9.7 0.8 2.4 5.8 2.41
NYM (4 yrs) 11 22 .333 3.83 127 32 33 0 0 3 310.0 321 146 132 23 72 10 212 8 5 8 1304 94 1.268 9.3 0.7 2.1 6.2 2.94
SDP (2 yrs) 8 14 .364 4.24 34 32 1 0 0 0 169.2 193 84 80 19 56 9 100 4 1 7 735 97 1.468 10.2 1.0 3.0 5.3 1.79
NYY (1 yr) 1 1 .500 6.75 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.0 11 6 6 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 36 74 1.625 12.4 1.1 2.3 1.1 0.50
NL (6 yrs) 19 36 .345 3.98 161 64 34 0 0 3 479.2 514 230 212 42 128 19 312 12 6 15 2039 95 1.338 9.6 0.8 2.4 5.9 2.44
AL (1 yr) 1 1 .500 6.75 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.0 11 6 6 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 36 74 1.625 12.4 1.1 2.3 1.1 0.50

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1989 25 NYM NL 9 64 58 7 17 2 0 2 2 0 5 9 .293 .344 .431 .775 .313 25 0 0 0 1 0
1990 26 NYM NL 38 263 251 27 63 8 1 5 3 3 9 46 .251 .277 .351 .628 .290 88 5 0 3 0 2
1991 27 NYM NL 36 556 518 67 142 24 5 12 9 8 25 87 .274 .311 .409 .720 .308 212 12 4 6 3 3
1992 28 NYM NL 44 421 375 45 99 25 4 4 9 3 33 70 .264 .328 .384 .712 .313 144 11 4 6 3 5
1993 29 SDP NL 21 441 395 47 109 20 3 11 3 7 30 57 .276 .326 .425 .751 .293 168 11 3 5 8 5
1994 30 SDP NL 13 294 263 37 84 12 2 8 5 5 26 43 .319 .383 .471 .854 .358 124 5 1 4 0 4
1996 32 NYY AL 2 36 34 6 11 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 .324 .361 .500 .861 .313 17 1 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 163 2075 1894 236 525 94 15 43 32 26 130 313 .277 .325 .411 .736 .310 778 45 12 24 15 19
162 Game Avg. 48 616 562 70 156 28 4 13 10 8 39 93 .277 .325 .411 .736 .310 231 13 4 7 4 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1989 25 NYM NL 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 24 24 24 5 0 0 1 3.0 6.0 2.7 49 1 0 0 0 49
1991 27 NYM NL 36 20 5 11 4 3 4 8 12 .400 3 1 0 0 6 30% 48 76 12 16 7 3 7 3.9 3.4 5.4 80 10 8 2 0 100
1992 28 NYM NL 44 11 1 5 5 0 0 2 9 .182 1 1 0 0 2 18% 49 72 28 18 5 5 3 3.4 2.8 4.6 74 5 6 0 0 96
1993 29 SDP NL 21 19 4 7 8 3 1 6 13 .316 1 4 0 0 7 37% 50 70 16 8 2 0 4 3.6 2.8 5.4 82 5 10 4 0 111
1994 30 SDP NL 13 13 4 7 2 1 0 5 8 .385 0 1 0 0 5 38% 45 73 19 15 5 0 5 3.6 3.2 4.9 84 4 2 7 0 111
1996 32 NYY AL 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 42 56 27 2 0 0 1 4.2 4.5 4.0 66 1 1 0 0 98
6 Seasons 125 66 15 32 19 7 5 22 44 .333 5 7 0 0 21 32% 48 76 12 64 19 8 21 3.7 3.2 5.1 80 26 27 13 0 111
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1989 25 NYM NL 9 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 0% 3 0.504 0 1 7 3 0 5 3 5 4 1 4 1 4.3 19
1990 26 NYM NL 38 38 16 1 0 2 2 0 100% 6 4 22 8 36% 8 0.615 7 10 21 12 3 23 13 25 24 3 27 5 5.2 24
1991 27 NYM NL 36 16 6 2 1 1 1 0 100% 4 3 8 4 50% 7 0.959 3 6 7 5 1 10 4 12 10 1 10 1 4.9 23
1992 28 NYM NL 44 33 7 2 4 3 0 3 0% 7 4 34 13 38% 6 1.156 11 12 10 8 4 21 20 13 19 9 20 1 4.2 23
1993 29 SDP NL 21 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.062 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5 16
5 Seasons 148 97 34 5 5 6 3 3 50% 18 12 70 25 36% 0.964 21 29 47 29 8 60 40 57 58 14 62 8 4.7 23

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1989 25 NYM NL 64 47% 3.1% 14.1% 7.8% 6.3% 24% 0.92 0.83 75% 18% 9.1% 15% 13 0 0%
1990 26 NYM NL 263 50% 1.9% 17.5% 3.4% 5.3% 22% 1.42 2.00 76% 17% 6.7% 11% 50 5 10%
1991 27 NYM NL 556 52% 2.2% 15.7% 4.5% 7.4% 29% 1.27 2.12 76% 19% 7.3% 13% 92 12 13%
1992 28 NYM NL 421 54% 1.0% 16.6% 7.8% 7.8% 33% 1.04 1.67 72% 21% 2.9% 9% 73 11 15%
1993 29 SDP NL 441 49% 2.5% 12.9% 6.8% 7.7% 31% 0.81 0.95 76% 19% 6.4% 9% 76 11 14%
1994 30 SDP NL 294 49% 2.7% 14.6% 8.8% 7.5% 26% 0.96 1.15 72% 22% 7.9% 7% 57 5 9%
1996 32 NYY AL 36 36% 2.8% 2.8% 5.6% 11.1% 36% 0.78 0.92 89% 12% 6.3% 11% 7 1 14%
7 Seasons 2075 51% 2.1% 15.1% 6.3% 7.3% 29% 1.06 1.47 75% 20% 6.3% 10% 368 45 12%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1989 25 NYM NL 64 202 3.16 124 61% 23% 9% 27% 40% 77% 0% 47% 88% 59% 5% 3 2 8% 5 3 0 22% 3 1 0 0 0
1990 26 NYM NL 263 910 3.46 593 65% 24% 14% 27% 35% 76% 2% 49% 82% 66% 2% 6 3 21% 54 26 2 28% 7 1 0 0 0
1991 27 NYM NL 556 1963 3.53 1239 63% 25% 11% 28% 36% 75% 2% 47% 85% 59% 5% 29 18 17% 97 38 6 25% 13 8 0 0 0
1992 28 NYM NL 421 1570 3.73 939 60% 26% 13% 28% 33% 74% 3% 44% 82% 57% 5% 21 10 15% 64 20 3 29% 6 6 0 0 0
1993 29 SDP NL 429 1589 3.70 956 60% 28% 8% 29% 36% 72% 3% 44% 89% 60% 3% 15 4 13% 55 10 1 39% 5 6 12 0 1
1994 30 SDP NL 294 1096 3.73 636 58% 30% 12% 23% 35% 70% 3% 41% 83% 57% 5% 14 6 16% 47 7 1 44% 1 5 0 0 0
1996 32 NYY AL 36 132 3.67 85 64% 21% 9% 31% 39% 79% 0% 51% 88% 64% 0% 0 0 22% 8 2 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 2063 7462 3.62 4572 61% 26% 11% 27% 35% 74% 2% 45% 85% 60% 4% 88 43 16% 330 106 14 32% 35 27 12 0 1
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1989 25 NYM NL 64 17 6 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 5 3 0 60% 1 1 0 27 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1990 26 NYM NL 263 63 9 1 5 0 5 5 0 1 4 16 9 2 56% 3 2 0 87 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1991 27 NYM NL 556 142 52 2 12 0 4 5 7 5 7 36 17 13 47% 8 3 1 180 9 8 53% 7 5 2 2 0 1 2 0 10 0
1992 28 NYM NL 421 99 39 4 4 0 11 1 3 2 2 30 18 3 60% 7 2 0 169 9 3 75% 8 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
1993 29 SDP NL 440 109 19 2 11 0 10 5 6 8 3 25 13 2 52% 6 5 0 149 3 7 30% 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 1
1994 30 SDP NL 294 84 7 3 8 0 6 5 3 5 3 13 7 2 54% 5 2 0 113 5 5 50% 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 0
1996 32 NYY AL 36 11 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 13 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 2074 525 133 12 43 1 38 22 21 21 22 128 69 22 54% 30 15 1 738 32 26 55% 26 21 6 3 0 2 5 1 40 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1989 25 0 1 .000 4.50 9 1 4 0 0 0 14.0 17 7 7 2 5 0 9 0 0 1 64 72 1.571 10.9 1.3 3.2 5.8 1.80 72
1990 26 1 1 .500 3.50 47 1 20 0 0 2 79.2 80 34 31 7 14 2 55 0 0 3 327 105 1.180 9.0 0.8 1.6 6.2 3.93 105
1991 27 8 13 .381 3.93 83 21 26 0 0 3 213.0 222 101 93 19 39 5 142 4 4 6 883 93 1.225 9.4 0.8 1.6 6.0 3.64 93
1992 28 11 22 .333 3.83 127 32 33 0 0 3 310.0 321 146 132 23 72 10 212 8 5 8 1304 94 1.268 9.3 0.7 2.1 6.2 2.94 94
1993 29 15 29 .341 3.83 148 51 34 0 0 3 415.2 430 193 177 34 102 15 269 11 6 13 1745 97 1.280 9.3 0.7 2.2 5.8 2.64 97
1994 30 19 36 .345 3.98 161 64 34 0 0 3 479.2 514 230 212 42 128 19 312 12 6 15 2039 95 1.338 9.6 0.8 2.4 5.9 2.44 95
1995 31 19 36 .345 3.98 161 64 34 0 0 3 479.2 514 230 212 42 128 19 312 12 6 15 2039 95 1.338 9.6 0.8 2.4 5.9 2.44 95
1996 32 20 37 .351 4.02 163 66 34 0 0 3 487.2 525 236 218 43 130 19 313 12 6 15 2075 95 1.343 9.7 0.8 2.4 5.8 2.41 95

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1989 25 0 1 .000 5.54 13.0 19 9 8 2 6 8 0 1.923 13.2 4.2 5.5 1.33 1.4 9
1990 26 4 3 .571 3.57 63.0 65 28 25 5 9 44 0 1.175 9.3 1.3 6.3 4.89 0.7 38
1991 27 6 8 .429 4.79 126.0 148 74 67 13 26 82 4 1.381 10.6 1.9 5.9 3.15 0.9 36
1992 28 4 6 .400 4.45 91.0 107 50 45 4 36 66 4 1.571 10.6 3.6 6.5 1.83 0.4 44
1993 29 6 5 .545 3.92 101.0 107 49 44 11 29 54 3 1.347 9.5 2.6 4.8 1.86 1.0 21
1994 30 4 5 .444 4.97 87.0 117 53 48 11 36 58 1 1.759 12.1 3.7 6.0 1.61 1.1 13
1996 32 0 0 6.75 8.0 11 7 6 1 2 1 0 1.625 12.4 2.3 1.1 0.50 1.1 2
7 Seasons 24 28 .462 4.47 489.0 574 270 243 47 144 313 12 1.468 10.6 5.8 2.17 0.9 163

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