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Ed Whiting

Edward C. Whiting
Also Played Under Name Of Harry Zieber

Positions: Catcher and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Weight: 188 lb.

Born: 1860 in Philadelphia, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1882
Teams (by GP): Eclipse/Orioles/Nationals 1882-1886

Final Game: July 3, 1886
Relatives: Uncle of Jesse Whiting
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 10:02AM
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

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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
1882 22 BAL AA 74 315 308 43 80 14 5 0 0 7 .260 .276 .338 .614 115 104 0 *2/3O
1883 23 LOU AA 58 249 240 35 70 16 4 2 0 9 .292 .317 .417 .734 141 100 0 2/O435
1884 24 LOU AA 42 168 157 16 35 7 3 0 18 9 .223 .274 .306 .580 93 48 2 2/3O
1886 26 WHS NL 6 22 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 .000 .045 .000 .045 -85 0 0 /2
4 Seasons 180 754 726 94 185 37 12 2 18 0 26 12 .255 .282 .347 .630 112 252 2
162 Game Avg. 162 679 653 85 167 33 11 2 16 23 .255 .282 .347 .630 112 227 2
LOU (2 yrs) 100 417 397 51 105 23 7 2 18 18 .264 .300 .373 .673 122 148 2
BAL (1 yr) 74 315 308 43 80 14 5 0 0 7 .260 .276 .338 .614 115 104 0
WHS (1 yr) 6 22 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 .000 .045 .000 .045 -85 0 0
AA (3 yrs) 174 732 705 94 185 37 12 2 18 25 .262 .290 .357 .647 119 252 2
NL (1 yr) 6 22 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 .000 .045 .000 .045 -85 0 0

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 Awards
1882 22 BAL AA 315 2 0 0 0 -10 5 5 2 0.2 12 1.2 -1.0 $ *2/3O
1883 23 LOU AA 249 13 -1 0 0 -5 3 4 14 1.3 19 1.7 -0.4 $750 2/O435
1884 24 LOU AA 168 -2 -1 0 0 -1 2 3 1 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ 2/3O
1886 26 WHS NL 22 -6 0 0 0 -3 0 1 -8 -0.8 -5 -0.5 -0.3 $ /2
4 Seasons 754 7 -2 0 0 -19 10 13 9 0.8 28 2.6 -1.8 $750
LOU (2 yrs) 417 11 -2 0 0 -6 5 7 15 1.4 21 1.9 -0.5 $750
BAL (1 yr) 315 2 0 0 0 -10 5 5 2 0.2 12 1.2 -1.0 $
WHS (1 yr) 22 -6 0 0 0 -3 0 1 -8 -0.8 -5 -0.5 -0.3 $

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 G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1882 BAL AA 22 C 72 488 299 108 81 6 .834 5.65 .880 6.31 105
1882 BAL AA 22 1B 3 24 20 1 3 3 .875 7.00 .956 10.50
1882 BAL AA 22 OF 2 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.50 .850 1.85 1-0-1
1883 LOU AA 23 C 50 346 244 62 40 5 .884 6.12 .890 6.68 82
1883 LOU AA 23 OF 6 13 10 1 2 0 .846 1.83 .851 1.80 3-3-0
1883 LOU AA 23 2B 2 10 4 4 2 1 .800 4.00 .878 6.10
1883 LOU AA 23 1B 1 12 10 0 2 0 .833 10.00 .951 10.70
1883 LOU AA 23 3B 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .840 3.30
1884 LOU AA 24 C 40 284 199 54 31 6 .891 6.33 .913 7.44 50
1884 LOU AA 24 1B 2 23 20 1 2 4 .913 10.50 .958 10.65
1884 LOU AA 24 OF 2 8 6 1 1 0 .875 3.50 .848 1.65 1-0-1
1886 WHS NL 26 C 6 37 22 12 3 0 .919 5.67 .918 7.17 15
4 Seasons C 168 1155 764 236 155 17 .866 5.95 .892 6.72 252
3 Seasons OF 10 23 17 2 4 0 .826 1.90 .850 1.78 5-3-2
3 Seasons 1B 6 59 50 2 7 7 .881 8.67 .956 10.58
1 Season 2B 2 10 4 4 2 1 .800 4.00 .878 6.10
1 Season 3B 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .840 3.30
4 Seasons TOT 187 1249 836 245 168 25 .865 5.78 .894 6.55 5-3-2 252
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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Doubles s c a p y
1882 AA  14 (8th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1882 AA  19 (10th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1882 AA  85 (1st)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1882 AA  72 (1st)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1882 AA  299 (2nd)

Assists as C s c a p y
1882 AA  108 (1st)
1883 AA  62 (5th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1882 AA  81 (1st)
Career  155 (68th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1882 AA  105 (1st)
1883 AA  82 (3rd)
Career  252 (32nd)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1882 AA  5.65 (4th)
1883 AA  6.12 (5th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1882 AA  .834 (5th)
1883 AA  .884 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 2 (2130), Average HOFer ≈ 144

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
188323Louisville Eclipse$750Preston Orem
Career to date (may be incomplete)$750
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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Name and misspellings: Edward C. Ed eddie eddy Edward ep Whiting

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