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Will White
William Henry White (Whoop-La)
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 11, 1854 in Caton, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: July 20, 1877
Final Game: July 5, 1886
Died: August 31, 1911 in Port Carling, ON, CAN
Relatives: Brother of Deacon White and Cousin of Elmer White
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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
1877 22 BSN NL 2 1 .667 3.00 3 3 0 3 1 0 27.0 27 15 9 0 2 7 0 2 113 94 1.074 9.0 0.0 0.7 2.3 3.50
1878 23 CIN NL 30 21 .588 1.79 52 52 0 52 5 0 468.0 477 249 93 1 45 169 0 40 1939 119 1.115 9.2 0.0 0.9 3.3 3.76
1879 24 CIN NL 43 31 .581 1.99 76 75 1 75 4 0 680.0 676 404 150 10 68 232 0 49 2906 118 1.094 8.9 0.1 0.9 3.1 3.41
1880 25 CIN NL 18 42 .300 2.14 62 62 0 58 3 0 517.1 550 323 123 9 56 161 0 35 2217 115 1.171 9.6 0.2 1.0 2.8 2.88
1881 26 DTN NL 0 2 .000 5.00 2 2 0 2 0 0 18.0 24 18 10 0 2 5 0 1 83 58 1.444 12.0 0.0 1.0 2.5 2.50
1882 27 CIN AA 40 12 .769 1.54 54 54 0 52 8 0 480.0 411 164 82 3 71 122 0 14 1900 173 1.004 7.7 0.1 1.3 2.3 1.72
1883 28 CIN AA 43 22 .662 2.09 65 64 1 64 6 0 577.0 473 255 134 16 104 141 0 0 2320 156 1.000 7.4 0.2 1.6 2.2 1.36
1884 29 CIN AA 34 18 .654 3.32 52 52 0 52 7 0 456.0 479 224 168 16 74 118 35 0 0 1986 100 1.213 9.5 0.3 1.5 2.3 1.59
1885 30 CIN AA 18 15 .545 3.53 34 34 0 33 2 0 293.1 295 169 115 9 64 80 27 0 25 1249 92 1.224 9.1 0.3 2.0 2.5 1.25
1886 31 CIN AA 1 2 .333 4.15 3 3 0 3 0 0 26.0 28 23 12 1 10 6 6 0 2 116 85 1.462 9.7 0.3 3.5 2.1 0.60
10 Seasons 229 166 .580 2.28 403 401 2 394 36 0 3542.2 3440 1844 896 65 496 1041 68 0 168 14829 120 1.111 8.7 0.2 1.3 2.6 2.10
162 Game Avg. 19 14 .580 2.28 34 34 0 33 3 0 300 291 156 76 5 42 88 0 14 1254 120 1.111 8.7 0.2 1.3 2.6 2.10
CIN (5 yrs) 136 69 .663 2.51 208 207 1 204 23 0 1832.1 1686 835 511 45 323 467 68 0 41 7571 124 1.096 8.3 0.2 1.6 2.3 1.45
CIN (3 yrs) 91 94 .492 1.98 190 189 1 185 12 0 1665.1 1703 976 366 20 169 562 0 124 7062 117 1.124 9.2 0.1 0.9 3.0 3.33
BSN (1 yr) 2 1 .667 3.00 3 3 0 3 1 0 27.0 27 15 9 0 2 7 0 2 113 94 1.074 9.0 0.0 0.7 2.3 3.50
DTN (1 yr) 0 2 .000 5.00 2 2 0 2 0 0 18.0 24 18 10 0 2 5 0 1 83 58 1.444 12.0 0.0 1.0 2.5 2.50
AA (5 yrs) 136 69 .663 2.51 208 207 1 204 23 0 1832.1 1686 835 511 45 323 467 68 0 41 7571 124 1.096 8.3 0.2 1.6 2.3 1.45
NL (5 yrs) 93 97 .489 2.03 195 194 1 190 13 0 1710.1 1754 1009 385 20 173 574 0 127 7258 115 1.127 9.2 0.1 0.9 3.0 3.32
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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
1877 22 BSN NL 3 15 15 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 24 3 /1
1878 23 CIN NL 52 205 197 15 28 1 1 0 9 8 41 .142 .176 .157 .333 14 31 *1
1879 24 CIN NL 76 300 294 28 40 6 0 0 17 6 56 .136 .153 .156 .310 4 46 *1
1880 25 CIN NL 62 213 207 16 35 7 1 0 14 6 29 .169 .192 .213 .405 38 44 *1/O
1881 26 DTN NL 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 /1
1882 27 CIN AA 54 212 207 28 55 4 0 0 25 0 5 .266 .283 .285 .568 87 59 *1/O
1883 28 CIN AA 65 256 240 38 54 4 3 0 23 0 16 .225 .273 .267 .540 70 64 1
1884 29 CIN AA 52 195 184 28 35 1 2 1 11 0 10 .190 .236 .234 .470 51 43 1 1
1885 30 CIN AA 34 122 118 9 20 5 0 0 10 0 4 .169 .197 .212 .409 28 25 0 1
1886 31 CIN AA 3 10 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .111 .200 .111 .311 -3 1 0 /1
10 Seasons 403 1535 1478 167 271 28 7 1 111 0 56 128 .183 .214 .214 .427 41 316 1
162 Game Avg. 162 617 594 67 109 11 3 0 45 23 .183 .214 .214 .427 41 127
CIN (5 yrs) 208 795 758 104 165 14 5 1 70 0 36 .218 .254 .253 .507 62 192 1
CIN (3 yrs) 190 718 698 59 103 14 2 0 40 20 126 .148 .171 .173 .345 17 121
BSN (1 yr) 3 15 15 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 24 3
DTN (1 yr) 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0
AA (5 yrs) 208 795 758 104 165 14 5 1 70 0 36 .218 .254 .253 .507 62 192 1
NL (5 yrs) 195 740 720 63 106 14 2 0 41 20 128 .147 .170 .172 .342 16 124
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1877 BSN NL 22 P 3 5 3 1 1 0 .800 1.33 .920 1.90
1878 CIN NL 23 P 52 118 13 90 15 2 .873 1.98 .890 2.22
1879 CIN NL 24 P 76 154 20 114 20 0 .870 1.76 .905 2.19
1880 CIN NL 25 P 62 95 17 68 10 2 .895 1.37 .914 2.01
1880 CIN NL 25 OF 3 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33 .800 1.77 3-0-0
1881 DTN NL 26 P 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 .900 2.10
1882 CIN AA 27 P 54 257 23 223 11 3 .957 4.56 .916 3.15
1882 CIN AA 27 OF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 2-0-0
1883 CIN AA 28 P 65 152 23 106 23 1 .849 1.98 .851 2.14
1884 CIN AA 29 P 52 98 8 72 18 2 .816 1.54 .832 2.13
1885 CIN AA 30 P 34 51 10 35 6 0 .882 1.32 .876 1.79
1886 CIN AA 31 P 3 7 0 5 2 0 .714 1.67 .914 1.87
10 Seasons P 403 938 117 715 106 10 .887 2.06 .889 2.24
2 Seasons OF 5 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.20 .800 1.78 5-0-0
10 Seasons TOT 408 939 118 715 106 10 .887 2.04 .776 2.23 5-0-0

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1878 NL--1.788--3rd
1879 NL--1.985--2nd
1880 NL--2.140--7th
1882 AA--1.538--4th
1883 AA--2.090--1st
Career--2.276--14th

Wins s c a p y
1878 NL--30--2nd
1879 NL--43--2nd
1880 NL--18--9th
1882 AA--40--1st
1883 AA--43--1st
1884 AA--34--5th
1885 AA--18--10th
Career--229--63rd

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1878 NL--.588--5th
1879 NL--.581--6th
1882 AA--.769--1st
1883 AA--.662--4th
1884 AA--.654--7th
1885 AA--.545--8th
Career--.580--182nd

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1878 NL--1.115--5th
1879 NL--1.094--6th
1880 NL--1.171--10th
1882 AA--1.004--4th
1883 AA--1.000--3rd
Career--1.111--26th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1878 NL--9.173--5th
1879 NL--8.947--5th
1880 NL--9.568--10th
1882 AA--7.706--4th
1883 AA--7.378--3rd

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1878 NL--.865--5th
1879 NL--.900--8th
1880 NL--.974--8th
1882 AA--1.331--8th
Career--1.260--17th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1878 NL--3.250--3rd
1879 NL--3.071--8th
1880 NL--2.801--8th

Games Played s c a p y
1878 NL--52--3rd
1879 NL--76--1st
1880 NL--62--7th
1882 AA--54--2nd
1883 AA--65--2nd
1884 AA--52--7th
1885 AA--34--9th

Saves s c a p y
1877 NL--0--4th
1878 NL--0--2nd
1879 NL--0--3rd
1880 NL--0--9th
1881 NL--0--3rd
1882 AA--0--2nd
1883 AA--0--3rd
1884 AA--0--4th
1885 AA--0--6th
1886 AA--0--6th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1878 NL--468.0--3rd
1879 NL--680.0--1st
1880 NL--517.3--6th
1882 AA--480.0--1st
1883 AA--577.0--2nd
1884 AA--456.0--7th
1885 AA--293.3--9th
Career--3542.7--68th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1878 NL--169--2nd
1879 NL--232--2nd
1880 NL--161--5th
1882 AA--122--4th
1883 AA--141--7th

Games Started s c a p y
1878 NL--52--3rd
1879 NL--75--1st
1880 NL--62--5th
1882 AA--54--2nd
1883 AA--64--2nd
1884 AA--52--7th
1885 AA--34--9th
Career--401--117th

Complete Games s c a p y
1878 NL--52--3rd
1879 NL--75--1st
1880 NL--58--4th
1882 AA--52--1st
1883 AA--64--2nd
1884 AA--52--7th
1885 AA--33--9th
Career--394--17th

Shutouts s c a p y
1877 NL--1--5th
1878 NL--5--3rd
1879 NL--4--4th
1880 NL--3--9th
1882 AA--8--1st
1883 AA--6--1st
1884 AA--7--1st
1885 AA--2--4th
Career--36--63rd

Home Runs s c a p y
1878 NL--1--6th
1879 NL--10--2nd
1880 NL--9--1st
1882 AA--3--6th
1883 AA--16--1st
1884 AA--16--2nd
1885 AA--9--3rd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1878 NL--45--2nd
1879 NL--68--2nd
1880 NL--56--5th
1882 AA--71--2nd
1883 AA--104--2nd
1884 AA--74--7th
1885 AA--64--7th

Hits s c a p y
1878 NL--477--3rd
1879 NL--676--1st
1880 NL--550--4th
1882 AA--411--3rd
1883 AA--473--4th
1884 AA--479--6th
1885 AA--295--10th
Career--3440--71st

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1878 NL--3.756--4th
1879 NL--3.412--9th
1880 NL--2.875--8th
1882 AA--1.718--8th
Career--2.099--209th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1878 NL--.019--3rd
1882 AA--.056--5th
Career--.165--112th

Losses s c a p y
1878 NL--21--4th
1879 NL--31--4th
1880 NL--42--1st
1882 AA--12--6th
1883 AA--22--5th
1885 AA--15--10th
Career--166--98th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1878 NL--93--4th
1879 NL--150--3rd
1880 NL--123--6th
1882 AA--82--6th
1883 AA--134--7th
1884 AA--168--5th
1885 AA--115--8th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1878 NL--40--1st
1879 NL--49--1st
1880 NL--35--1st
1882 AA--14--1st
1883 AA--0--5th
1884 AA--0--8th
1885 AA--25--6th
Career--168--16th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1884 AA--35--1st
1885 AA--27--1st
Career--68--162nd

Batters Faced s c a p y
1878 NL--1939--3rd
1879 NL--2906--1st
1880 NL--2217--5th
1882 AA--1900--1st
1883 AA--2320--2nd
1884 AA--1986--6th
1885 AA--1249--10th
Career--14829--59th

Games Finished s c a p y
1877 NL--0--10th
1879 NL--1--7th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1878 NL--119--4th
1879 NL--118--2nd
1880 NL--115--8th
1882 AA--173--4th
1883 AA--156--2nd
Career--120--111th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1878 NL--41--1st
1879 NL--56--1st

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1884 AA--.--1st

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 30 (49), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 188 (52), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 141 (47), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 47 (42), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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