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 Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1946	BRO	NL	25	OF	85	57	40		183	178	5	0	0	1.000		2.15	.977		2.38
1946	BRO	NL	25	CF	53	41	28		131	127	4	0	0	1.000		2.47	.979		2.85
1946	BRO	NL	25	LF	37	16	12		52	51	1	0	0	1.000		1.41	.975		2.26
1946	BRO	NL	25	RF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.10
1947	BRO	NL	26	OF	3	3	2		7	7	0	0	0	1.000		2.33	.977		2.43
1947	BRO	NL	26	LF	2	2	1		5	5	0	0	0	1.000		2.50	.976		2.30
1947	BRO	NL	26	RF	1	1	1		2	2	0	0	0	1.000		2.00	.980		2.10
1948	BRO	NL	27	OF	48	37	34		97	93	3	1	0	.990		2.00	.978		2.39
1948	BRO	NL	27	RF	33	24	22		59	56	2	1	0	.983		1.76	.976		2.00
1948	BRO	NL	27	LF	12	10	9		30	30	0	0	0	1.000		2.50	.970		2.31
1948	BRO	NL	27	CF	4	3	3		8	8	0	0	0	1.000		2.00	.984		2.78
1949	BRO	NL	28	OF	11	8	7		21	20	0	1	0	.952		1.82	.977		2.48
1949	BRO	NL	28	LF	10	8	7		19	18	0	1	0	.947		1.80	.974		2.41
1949	BRO	NL	28	RF	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	1.000		2.00	.975		2.10
1950	PHI	NL	29	OF	32	21	18	212.2	59	56	2	1	0	.983	2.45	1.81	.978	2.34	2.31
1950	PHI	NL	29	RF	15	7	7	76.2	12	11	1	0	0	1.000	1.41	0.80	.976	1.87	1.85
1950	PHI	NL	29	CF	13	12	9	106.1	31	30	1	0	0	1.000	2.62	2.38	.980	2.76	2.73
1950	PHI	NL	29	LF	7	2	2	29.2	11	9	1	1	0	.909	3.03	1.43	.977	2.31	2.27
1951	PHI	NL	30	OF	6	0	0	10.2	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		2.45	2.42
1951	PHI	NL	30	LF	5	0	0	7.2	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.35	0.40	.975	2.35	2.32
1951	PHI	NL	30	CF	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		3.00	2.90
	6 Seasons			OF	185	126	101	223.1	367	354	10	3	0	.992	2.34	1.97	.977	2.35	2.38
	6 Seasons			LF	73	38	31	37.1	119	115	2	2	0	.983	2.89	1.60	.974	2.31	2.29
	4 Seasons			CF	71	56	40	109.1	170	165	5	0	0	1.000	2.55	2.39	.979	2.77	2.82
	5 Seasons			RF	51	32	30	76.2	75	71	3	1	0	.987	1.41	1.45	.976	1.87	1.96
	6 Seasons			TOT	185	126	101	223.1	367	354	10	3	0	.992	2.34	1.97	.977	2.35	2.38
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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

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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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos
1946	BRO	NL	25	CF
1946	BRO	NL	25	LF
1946	BRO	NL	25	RF
1947	BRO	NL	26	LF
1947	BRO	NL	26	RF
1948	BRO	NL	27	RF
1948	BRO	NL	27	LF
1948	BRO	NL	27	CF
1949	BRO	NL	28	LF
1949	BRO	NL	28	RF
1950	PHI	NL	29	RF
1950	PHI	NL	29	CF
1950	PHI	NL	29	LF
1951	PHI	NL	30	LF
1951	PHI	NL	30	CF
	6 Seasons			LF
	4 Seasons			CF
	5 Seasons			RF
	6 Seasons			TOT

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1946	BRO	NL	25	104	57	104	85	37	53	1	85	16	3
1947	BRO	NL	26	4	3	4	3	2	0	1	3	1	0
1948	BRO	NL	27	60	37	60	48	12	4	33	48	15	3
1949	BRO	NL	28	23	8	23	11	10	0	1	11	13	0
1950	PHI	NL	29	75	21	75	32	7	13	15	32	42	2
1951	PHI	NL	30	19	0	19	6	5	1	0	6	13	1
	6 Seasons			285	126	285	185	73	71	51	185	100	9

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1948	BRO	NL	27	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	14	5	0	5	2	0	7	4	1	4	0	0	7	2	0	37	13	35.1%	23	1	2.7%	1	1116	64%	80%	39%	119	49%
1949	BRO	NL	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	11	91%	82%	45%	2	100%
1950	PHI	NL	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	9	2	22.2%	5	2	22.2%	-1	340	67%	77%	30%	26	50%
	3 Seasons			1	0	1	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	17	5	1	7	2	0	9	5	2	5	0	0	8	3	0	46	15	32.6%	28	3	6.5%	0	1467	65%	79%	37%	147	50%
	MLB Averages																														43.3%			3.0%			62%	82%	31%		54%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1948	BRO	NL	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	2	1	0	5	3	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	15	8	53.3%	7	0	0.0%	0	401	68%	82%	44%	65	46%
1949	BRO	NL	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	4	3	0	12	7	58.3%	5	0	0.0%	0	325	59%	83%	40%	37	49%
1950	PHI	NL	29	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	25.0%	3	0	0.0%	1	120	69%	78%	37%	16	56%
1951	PHI	NL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	31	52%	90%	26%	3	67%
	4 Seasons			2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	10	5	0	5	2	0	7	4	0	4	1	0	5	4	0	31	16	51.6%	15	0	0.0%	1	877	64%	82%	41%	121	49%
	MLB Averages																														57.2%			2.8%			62%	82%	31%		52%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1948	BRO	NL	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	126	64%	77%	40%	10	80%
1950	PHI	NL	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	1	0	4	3	0	1	1	0	7	6	0	16	11	68.8%	4	1	6.3%	0	470	67%	76%	32%	50	62%
1951	PHI	NL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0%	1	0	0.0%	0	12	67%	83%	25%	1	0%
	3 Seasons			0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	3	1	0	4	3	0	1	1	0	7	6	0	17	11	64.7%	5	1	5.9%	0	608	67%	76%	33%	61	64%
	MLB Averages																														45.4%			2.9%			62%	82%	31%		59%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Fielding % as OF s c a p y 1946 NL 1.000 (1st)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1946 NL 1.000 (1st)

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