Dick Whitman

Dick Corwin Whitman

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: November 9, 1920 in Woodburn, OR
School: University of Oregon (Eugene, OR)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1946
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Phillies 1946-1951

Final Game: June 4, 1951
Died: February 12, 2003 in Peoria, AZ
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Standard Batting

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	Pos	Awards
1942	21	LAD-min	B,C	85	329	329		103	15	4	5						.313	.313	.429	.742		141						DHM,SNB · PIED,CALL
1946	25	BRO	NL	104	292	265	39	69	15	3	2	31	5		22	19	.260	.317	.362	.679	92	96	6	0	4		O87/9
1947	26	LAD-min	AAA	141	559	495	90	162	28	5	10	62	17		54	24	.327	.396	.465	.860		230		2	8			MTL · IL
1947	26	BRO	NL	4	12	10	1	4	0	0	0	2	0		1	0	.400	.455	.400	.855	126	4	0	0	1		/O79
1948	27	LAD-min	AAA	40	165	151	26	41	2	4	3	20	2		10	3	.272	.321	.397	.718		60		1	3			MTL · IL
1948	27	BRO	NL	60	183	165	24	48	13	0	0	20	4		14	12	.291	.346	.370	.716	91	61	3	0	4		O97/8
1949	28	BRO	NL	23	53	49	8	9	2	0	0	2	0		4	4	.184	.245	.224	.470	25	11	2	0	0		O7/9
1950	29	PHI	NL	75	145	132	21	33	7	0	0	12	1		10	10	.250	.317	.303	.620	65	40	4	3	0		O98/7
1951	30	LAD-min	AAA	97	378	334	47	104	21	6	3	57	4		41	28	.311	.388	.437	.825		146	11	1	2			STP · AA
1951	30	PHI	NL	19	17	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.118	.118	.118	.235	-36	2	0	0	0		/O78
1952	31	LAD-min	AAA	116	463	415	58	138	27	5	6	83	5		44	24	.333	.399	.465	.864		193	8	2	2			STP · AA
1953	32	LAD-min	AAA	131	519	451	74	129	28	6	10	58	4		55	21	.286	.366	.441	.807		199	7	2	11			MTL,STP · IL,AA
1954	33	LAD-min	AAA	97	290	248	27	69	16	3	6	36	3		40	20	.278	.377	.440	.817		109		0	1	1		MTL · IL
1955	34	POR	Opn	141	537	477	65	145	26	3	9	50	4		47	24	.304	.369	.428	.796		204	11	3	8	2		POR · PCL
1956	35	SJO	C	129	448	448		175	34	15	5						.391	.391	.567	.958		254						SJO · CALL
1957	36	PIT-min	C	116	412	412		141	25	4	7						.342	.342	.473	.816		195						SJO · CALL
6 Yrs				285	702	638	93	165	37	3	2	67	10	0	51	46	.259	.316	.335	.652	78	214	15	3	9
162 Game Avg.				162	399	363	53	94	21	2	1	38	6		29	26	.259	.316	.335	.652	78	122	9	2	5

BRO (4 yrs)				191	540	489	72	130	30	3	2	55	9		41	35	.266	.323	.352	.674	85	172	11	0	9
PHI (2 yrs)				94	162	149	21	35	7	0	0	12	1	0	10	11	.235	.296	.282	.578	55	42	4	3	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	Salary	Pos
1946	25	BRO	NL	104	292	-3	-0	0	2	-2	-3	-0.4	10	7	0.6	.496	.498	0.4	-0.0	5	$	O87/9
1947	26	BRO	NL	4	12	0	0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	0	1	0.1	.510	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$	/O79
1948	27	BRO	NL	60	183	-2	-1	2	2	-2	-1	-0.1	6	5	0.5	.498	.499	0.3	0.0	3	$	O97/8
1949	28	BRO	NL	23	53	-5	1	0	0	-0	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.3	.478	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$	O7/9
1950	29	PHI	NL	75	145	-6	-0	1	-1	-1	-7	-0.7	5	-2	-0.2	.491	.496	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$	O98/7
1951	30	PHI	NL	19	17	-3	-0	0	-1	-0	-4	-0.5	1	-4	-0.4	.475	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$	/O78
6 Seasons				285	702	-18	-1	3	2	-6	-20	-2.2	24	4	0.3	.493	.498	0.1	-0.4	2	$

BRO (4 yrs)				191	540	-9	-0	2	4	-5	-9	-1.0	19	10	0.9	.495	.499	0.5	-0.1	6	$
PHI (2 yrs)				94	162	-9	-0	1	-2	-1	-11	-1.2	5	-6	-0.6	.488	.496	-0.4	-0.4	-4	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1946	25	BRO	NL	292	206	30	3.9	94	.275	.260	.264	.317	.339	.362	.369	.679	.709	92	.484	-3.5	-0.4	.609	.204	.102	2.9
1947	26	BRO	NL	12	7	2	7.6	108	.400	.400	.278	.455	.353	.400	.412	.855	.765	126	.711	0.4	0.0	.833	.100	.000
1948	27	BRO	NL	183	124	21	4.5	105	.314	.291	.274	.346	.349	.370	.405	.716	.754	91	.505	-1.7	-0.2	.658	.188	.079	.0
1949	28	BRO	NL	53	42	3	1.9	107	.200	.184	.275	.245	.349	.224	.412	.470	.761	25	.168	-5.4	-0.5	.357	.122	.041
1950	29	PHI	NL	145	103	12	3.1	106	.270	.250	.267	.317	.344	.303	.414	.620	.758	65	.317	-6.2	-0.6	.524	.136	.053	.0
1951	30	PHI	NL	17	15	0	0.0	102	.125	.118	.265	.118	.339	.118	.402	.235	.740	-36	.000	-3.3	-0.3	.133	.000	.000
6 Yrs				702	497	68	3.6	101	.276	.259	.268	.316	.344	.335	.393	.652	.736	78	.420	-19.6	-2.0	.570	.172	.077	3.3
162 Game Avg.				399	283	39	3.6	101	.276	.259	.268	.316	.344	.335	.393	.652	.736	78	.420	-19.6	-2.0	.570	.172	.077	2

BRO (4 yrs)				540	379	56	3.9	99	.283	.266	.268	.323	.344	.352	.386	.674	.730	85	.466	-10.1	-1.0	.600	.188	.086	3.3
PHI (2 yrs)				162	118	12	2.7	106	.254	.235	.267	.296	.343	.282	.413	.578	.756	55	.268	-9.5	-0.9	.475	.121	.047	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	IBB
1949	28	BRO	NL	WS	NYY	L	1	1	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1950	29	PHI	NL	WS	NYY	L	3	3	2	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	1
2 Yrs (2 Series)							4	4	3	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	1
2 WS							4	4	3	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	1

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1946	25	BRO	NL	292	0.7%	6.5%	7.5%	6.9%	29%	0.86	13.9	132.5	8.5		84%
1947	26	BRO	NL	12	0.0%	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	0%	0.00			5.0		83%
1948	27	BRO	NL	183	0.0%	6.6%	7.7%	7.1%	27%	0.86	13.8		8.3	1.33	84%
1949	28	BRO	NL	53	0.0%	7.6%	7.6%	3.8%	22%	1.00	12.3		24.5	1.47	85%
1950	29	PHI	NL	145	0.0%	6.9%	6.9%	4.8%	21%	1.00	13.2		11.0	1.37	84%
1951	30	PHI	NL	17	0.0%	5.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		17.0			0.44	94%
6 Yrs				702	0.3%	6.6%	7.3%	6.0%	26%	0.90	13.9	319.0	9.5	1.29	84%
MLB Averages					1.7%	9.7%	9.9%	6.3%	27%	0.98	9.1	50.9	8.1	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1946	25	BRO	NL	-3.5	-0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	26	BRO	NL	0.4	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	27	BRO	NL	-1.7	-0.2	193	-0.5	2.8	-3.4	1.03	-0.3	-0.3	-4.0	-0.4	1.00	-2.8	1.89	13
1949	28	BRO	NL	-5.4	-0.5	54	-0.5	0.5	-1.1	.96	-0.5	-0.0	-5.2	-0.5	0.98	-5.0	1.18	13
1950	29	PHI	NL	-6.2	-0.6	146	0.3	3.1	-2.8	1.16	-0.3	0.6	-3.5	-0.3	1.00	-4.6	1.51	36
1951	30	PHI	NL	-3.3	-0.3	17	-0.1	0.2	-0.2	.74	-0.2	0.1	-2.1	-0.2	0.88	-2.5	0.96	13
6 Yrs				-19.7	-2.0	410	-0.9	6.6	-7.5	1.06	-1.3	0.5	-14.8	-1.5	1.00	-14.9	1.42	75

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	CS3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	27	BRO	NL	2	39%	82	4		4	3	0	2	4	2	38%	10	7	3	3	2	1	11	5	5
1949	28	BRO	NL	1	62%	25	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	71%	3	2	1	1	0	1	3	0	3
1950	29	PHI	NL	2	46%	83	1		1	1	0	0	2	2	36%	12	9	3	1	0	1	9	5	4
1951	30	PHI	NL	1	0%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
6 Yrs				6	42%	197	10	0	5	4	1	2	6	4	39%	27	20	7	5	2	3	24	11	12

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	27	BRO	NL	183	76%	48			13	6	0	3	1.89	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	8	4	50%	43	3	7%	16	8	50%	136	21	15%	16	10	63%	6	5	83%	0
1949	28	BRO	NL	53	91%	9			13	2	0	0	1.18	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	14	2	14%	10	3	30%	35	2	6%	4	2	50%	3	1	33%	0
1950	29	PHI	NL	145	87%	33			36	11	0	3	1.51	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	36	4	11%	16	5	31%	94	13	14%	12	7	58%	6	3	50%	0
1951	30	PHI	NL	17	94%	2			13	2	0	0	0.96	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		8	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
6 Yrs				398	83%	165			75	21	0	6	1.42	2	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	11	9	82%	93	15	16%	42	16	38%	273	36	13%	32	19	59%	16	10	63%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			168%			20%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1946	25	104	292	265	39	69	15	3	2	31	5		22	19	.260	.317	.362	.679	92	96	6	0	4
1947	26	108	304	275	40	73	15	3	2	33	5		23	19	.265	.322	.364	.686	93	100	6	0	5
1948	27	168	487	440	64	121	28	3	2	53	9		37	31	.275	.331	.366	.697	92	161	9	0	9
1949	28	191	540	489	72	130	30	3	2	55	9		41	35	.266	.323	.352	.674	85	172	11	0	9
1950	29	266	685	621	93	163	37	3	2	67	10		51	45	.262	.321	.341	.663	81	212	15	3	9
1951	30	285	702	638	93	165	37	3	2	67	10	0	51	46	.259	.316	.335	.652	78	214	15	3	9

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1946	25	109	311	282	46	77	17	3	2	36	6	25	20	.273	.332	.376	.708	36	104
1947	26	4	12	10	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	.400	.455	.400	.855	2	4
1948	27	63	189	171	24	49	13	0	0	20	4	14	13	.287	.341	.363	.703	21	60
1949	28	24	56	52	9	10	2	0	0	2	0	4	4	.192	.250	.231	.481	3	23
1950	29	78	150	137	22	34	7	0	0	12	1	10	10	.248	.313	.299	.613	13	75
1951	30	20	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	19
6 Yrs		298	736	670	102	174	39	3	2	72	11	54	48	.260	.318	.336	.654	75	285
162 Game Avg.		162	400	364	55	95	21	2	1	39	6	29	26	.260	.318	.336	.654	41	285

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