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Art Whitney

Arthur Wilson Whitney

Positions: Third Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: January 16, 1858 in Brockton, MA(All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1880
Teams (by GP): PittsburghAlleghenys/Giants/Kelly'sKillers/Wolverines/RubyLegs/... 1880-1891

Final Game: August 22, 1891
Died: August 15, 1943 in Lowell, MA
Buried: Edson Cemetery, Lowell, MA
Relatives: Brother of Frank Whitney
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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 IBB Pos Awards
1880 22 WOR NL 76 311 302 38 67 13 5 1 36 9 15 .222 .244 .308 .552 80 93 0 *5
1881 23 DTN NL 58 221 214 23 39 7 5 0 9 7 15 .182 .208 .262 .470 44 56 0 *5
1882 24 TOT NL 42 158 155 12 24 0 0 0 5 3 23 .155 .171 .155 .326 6 24 0 56/1
1882 24 PRO NL 11 42 40 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 11 .075 .119 .075 .194 -36 3 0 6
1882 24 DTN NL 31 116 115 10 21 0 0 0 4 1 12 .183 .190 .183 .372 20 21 0 5/61
1884 26 PIT AA 23 95 94 10 28 4 0 0 0 1 .298 .305 .340 .646 113 32 0 5/O6
1885 27 PIT AA 90 390 373 53 87 10 4 0 28 16 .233 .267 .282 .548 72 105 1 *6/54O
1886 28 PIT AA 136 568 511 70 122 13 4 0 55 15 51 .239 .315 .280 .595 90 143 6 *56/1
1887 29 PIT NL 119 488 431 57 112 11 4 0 51 10 55 18 .260 .346 .304 .650 87 131 2 *5
1888 30 NYG NL 90 337 328 28 72 1 4 1 28 7 8 22 .220 .240 .256 .496 59 84 1 5
1889 31 NYG NL 129 531 473 71 103 12 2 1 59 19 56 39 .218 .303 .258 .561 55 122 2 *5/1
1890 32 NYI PL 119 509 442 71 97 12 3 0 45 8 64 19 .219 .322 .260 .582 51 115 3 *56
1891 33 TOT AA 96 393 358 42 69 6 1 3 33 8 32 22 .193 .265 .240 .505 41 86 3 *5
1891 33 CKK AA 93 381 347 42 69 6 1 3 33 8 31 20 .199 .270 .248 .518 45 86 3 *5
1891 33 STL AA 3 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .083 .000 .083 -77 0 0 /5
11 Yrs 978 4001 3681 475 820 89 32 6 349 67 302 173 .223 .285 .269 .554 64 991 18
162 Game Avg. 162 663 610 79 136 15 5 1 58 50 .223 .285 .269 .554 64 164 3
PIT (4 yrs) 368 1541 1409 190 349 38 12 0 134 25 123 18 .248 .312 .292 .604 86 411 9
NYG (2 yrs) 219 868 801 99 175 13 6 2 87 26 64 61 .218 .279 .257 .536 56 206 3
DTN (2 yrs) 89 337 329 33 60 7 5 0 13 8 27 .182 .202 .234 .436 36 77 0
PRO (1 yr) 11 42 40 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 11 .075 .119 .075 .194 -36 3 0
NYI (1 yr) 119 509 442 71 97 12 3 0 45 8 64 19 .219 .322 .260 .582 51 115 3
STL (1 yr) 3 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .083 .000 .083 -77 0 0
CKK (1 yr) 93 381 347 42 69 6 1 3 33 8 31 20 .199 .270 .248 .518 45 86 3
WOR (1 yr) 76 311 302 38 67 13 5 1 36 9 15 .222 .244 .308 .552 80 93 0
NL (6 yrs) 514 2046 1903 229 417 44 20 3 188 36 138 132 .219 .274 .268 .542 62 510 5
AA (4 yrs) 345 1446 1336 175 306 33 9 3 116 23 100 22 .229 .288 .274 .562 72 366 10
PL (1 yr) 119 509 442 71 97 12 3 0 45 8 64 19 .219 .322 .260 .582 51 115 3

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 Awards
1880 22 WOR NL 76 311 -6 0 0 3 2 -0 -0.1 9 9 0.9 .500 .500 0.7 0.5 6 $ *5
1881 23 DTN NL 58 221 -14 0 0 5 2 -7 -0.8 7 -0 0.0 .488 .496 -0.5 0.6 -5 $ *5
1882 24 PRO NL 11 42 -7 0 0 0 1 -6 -0.6 1 -5 -0.5 .447 .496 -0.5 0.1 -5 $ 6
1882 24 DTN NL 31 116 -10 0 0 -4 2 -12 -1.2 3 -9 -0.8 .462 .493 -0.4 -0.3 -5 $ 5/61
1884 26 PIT AA 23 95 1 0 0 2 1 4 0.3 2 6 0.5 .517 .502 0.4 0.2 4 $ 5/O6
1885 27 PIT AA 90 390 -12 0 0 0 5 -7 -0.6 6 -0 0.1 .493 .496 0.0 0.5 -0 $ *6/54O
1886 28 PIT AA 136 568 -2 -2 0 13 6 15 1.2 9 24 2.2 .509 .508 1.1 1.6 11 $ *56/1
1887 29 PIT NL 119 488 0 -3 0 5 4 6 0.2 15 22 1.8 .504 .503 1.6 0.6 17 $1,800 *5
1888 30 NYG NL 90 337 -14 -2 0 7 3 -6 -0.7 10 5 0.4 .493 .496 -0.2 1.0 -2 $ 5
1889 31 NYG NL 129 531 -28 -2 0 7 5 -18 -1.8 16 -3 -0.2 .488 .490 -0.6 0.9 -10 $2,500 *5/1
1890 32 NYI PL 119 509 -32 -1 0 -7 5 -35 -2.6 9 -26 -1.6 .478 .484 -1.2 0.0 -19 $ *56
1891 33 CKK AA 93 381 -27 -1 0 1 3 -24 -2.0 7 -17 -1.3 .478 .487 -1.4 0.4 -18 $ *5
1891 33 STL AA 3 12 -3 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.1 .445 .499 -0.2 0.1 -3 $ /5
11 Seasons 978 4001 -152 -11 0 33 38 -91 -8.7 94 3 1.4 .492 .496 -1.2 6.2 -30 $4,300
PIT (4 yrs) 368 1541 -12 -5 0 20 16 19 1.2 32 51 4.6 .504 .502 3.1 2.9 31 $1,800
NYG (2 yrs) 219 868 -42 -3 0 14 7 -24 -2.5 26 2 0.2 .490 .493 -0.8 1.9 -12 $2,500
DTN (2 yrs) 89 337 -24 0 0 1 3 -20 -2.0 10 -10 -0.8 .479 .494 -0.9 0.4 -10 $
PRO (1 yr) 11 42 -7 0 0 0 1 -6 -0.6 1 -5 -0.5 .447 .496 -0.5 0.1 -5 $
NYI (1 yr) 119 509 -32 -1 0 -7 5 -35 -2.6 9 -26 -1.6 .478 .484 -1.2 0.0 -19 $
STL (1 yr) 3 12 -3 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.1 .445 .499 -0.2 0.1 -3 $
CKK (1 yr) 93 381 -27 -1 0 1 3 -24 -2.0 7 -17 -1.3 .478 .487 -1.4 0.4 -18 $
WOR (1 yr) 76 311 -6 0 0 3 2 -0 -0.1 9 9 0.9 .500 .500 0.7 0.5 6 $

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
1880 22 WOR NL 311 235 23 2.6 66 .231 .222 .254 .244 .277 .308 .335 .552 .612 80 .412 -6.2 -0.7 .086
1881 23 DTN NL 221 175 12 1.8 77 .196 .182 .268 .208 .299 .262 .351 .470 .650 44 .218 -14.2 -1.6 .079
1882 24 TOT NL 158 131 4 0.8 70 .182 .155 .254 .171 .282 .155 .345 .326 .627 6 .061 -16.2 -1.8 .000
1882 24 PRO NL 42 37 0 0.0 70 .103 .075 .254 .119 .282 .075 .346 .194 .627 -36 .000 -6.0 -0.7 .000
1882 24 DTN NL 116 94 4 1.1 70 .204 .183 .254 .190 .282 .183 .345 .372 .627 20 .106 -10.2 -1.2 .000
1884 26 PIT AA 95 66 10 4.0 66 .298 .298 .241 .305 .279 .340 .328 .646 .608 113 .593 1.2 0.1 .043
1885 27 PIT AA 390 286 28 2.6 74 .233 .233 .252 .267 .298 .282 .339 .548 .637 72 .378 -11.8 -1.4 .048
1886 28 PIT AA 568 389 44 3.0 72 .239 .239 .242 .315 .305 .280 .323 .595 .628 90 .427 -3.9 -0.4 .553 .170 .041 .0
1887 29 PIT NL 488 319 45 3.7 91 .271 .260 .266 .346 .323 .304 .379 .650 .702 87 .417 -3.8 -0.4 .621 .195 .044 .0
1888 30 NYG NL 337 256 20 2.1 71 .233 .220 .245 .240 .292 .256 .335 .496 .627 59 .303 -16.2 -1.9 .391 .082 .037 1.8
1889 31 NYG NL 531 370 37 2.6 99 .236 .218 .278 .303 .350 .258 .379 .561 .729 55 .286 -28.4 -2.9 .538 .199 .040 1.9
1890 32 NYI PL 509 345 37 2.8 112 .229 .219 .292 .322 .372 .260 .406 .582 .777 51 .271 -31.0 -3.0 .551 .204 .041 .0
1891 33 TOT AA 393 289 23 2.1 97 .198 .193 .269 .265 .354 .240 .363 .505 .718 41 .230 -29.2 -3.1 .446 .159 .047 4.4
1891 33 CKK AA 381 278 23 2.2 97 .204 .199 .269 .270 .354 .248 .363 .518 .718 45 .242 -26.5 -2.8 .460 .161 .049 4.4
1891 33 STL AA 12 11 0 0.0 97 .000 .000 .270 .083 .355 .000 .365 .083 .720 -77 .000 -2.7 -0.3 .091 .091 .000
11 Yrs 4001 2861 283 2.6 85 .232 .223 .262 .285 .321 .269 .357 .554 .678 64 .324 -159.6 -17.1 .482 .147 .046 11.0
162 Game Avg. 663 474 47 2.6 85 .232 .223 .262 .285 .321 .269 .357 .554 .678 64 .324 -159.6 -17.1 .482 .147 .046 2
PIT (4 yrs) 1541 1060 127 3.2 78 .251 .248 .252 .312 .308 .292 .345 .604 .652 86 .421 -18.3 -2.0 .390 .121 .044 .0
NYG (2 yrs) 868 626 57 2.4 88 .234 .218 .265 .279 .327 .257 .361 .536 .688 56 .289 -44.6 -4.8 .478 .151 .039 3.7
DTN (2 yrs) 337 269 16 1.6 75 .199 .182 .263 .202 .293 .234 .349 .436 .642 36 .178 -24.4 -2.8 .052
PRO (1 yr) 42 37 0 0.0 70 .103 .075 .254 .119 .282 .075 .346 .194 .627 -36 .000 -6.0 -0.7 .000
NYI (1 yr) 509 345 37 2.8 112 .229 .219 .292 .322 .372 .260 .406 .582 .777 51 .271 -31.0 -3.0 .551 .204 .041 .0
STL (1 yr) 12 11 0 0.0 97 .000 .000 .270 .083 .355 .000 .365 .083 .720 -77 .000 -2.7 -0.3 .091 .091 .000
CKK (1 yr) 381 278 23 2.2 97 .204 .199 .269 .270 .354 .248 .363 .518 .718 45 .242 -26.5 -2.8 .460 .161 .049 4.4
WOR (1 yr) 311 235 23 2.6 66 .231 .222 .254 .244 .277 .308 .335 .552 .612 80 .412 -6.2 -0.7 .086
NL (6 yrs) 2046 1486 141 2.5 83 .234 .219 .263 .274 .312 .268 .359 .542 .671 62 .310 -85.0 -9.4 .334 .108 .049 5.7
AA (4 yrs) 1446 1030 105 2.7 79 .231 .229 .252 .288 .315 .274 .339 .562 .654 72 .368 -43.6 -4.7 .334 .108 .045 5.3
PL (1 yr) 509 345 37 2.8 112 .229 .219 .292 .322 .372 .260 .406 .582 .777 51 .271 -31.0 -3.0 .551 .204 .041 .0

Postseason Batting

Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1888 30 NYG NL WS STL W 0 38 37 7 12 0 1 0 12 2 1 4 .324 .342 .378 .720 14 0
1889 31 NYG NL WS BRO W 0 36 35 4 8 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 .229 .250 .343 .593 12 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 0 74 72 11 20 2 2 0 15 2 2 4 .278 .297 .361 .658 26 0
2 WS 0 74 72 11 20 2 2 0 15 2 2 4 .278 .297 .361 .658 26 0

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 SF IBB
1880 22 76 311 302 38 67 13 5 1 36 9 15 .222 .244 .308 .552 80 93 0
1881 23 134 532 516 61 106 20 10 1 45 16 30 .205 .229 .289 .518 65 149 0
1882 24 176 690 671 73 130 20 10 1 50 19 53 .194 .216 .258 .474 51 173 0
1883 25 176 690 671 73 130 20 10 1 50 19 53 .194 .216 .258 .474 51 173 0
1884 26 199 785 765 83 158 24 10 1 50 20 53 .207 .227 .268 .495 58 205 0
1885 27 289 1175 1138 136 245 34 14 1 78 36 53 .215 .240 .272 .512 63 310 1
1886 28 425 1743 1649 206 367 47 18 1 133 15 87 53 .223 .264 .275 .539 72 453 7
1887 29 544 2231 2080 263 479 58 22 1 184 25 142 71 .230 .282 .281 .563 76 584 9
1888 30 634 2568 2408 291 551 59 26 2 212 32 150 93 .229 .277 .277 .554 73 668 10
1889 31 763 3099 2881 362 654 71 28 3 271 51 206 132 .227 .281 .274 .556 70 790 12
1890 32 882 3608 3323 433 751 83 31 3 316 59 270 151 .226 .287 .272 .559 67 905 15
1891 33 978 4001 3681 475 820 89 32 6 349 67 302 173 .223 .285 .269 .554 64 991 18

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1880 22 145 583 567 64 119 23 9 2 60 0 16 29 .210 .232 .293 .524 38 76
1881 23 112 418 406 38 69 12 9 0 15 0 12 29 .170 .194 .244 .438 19 58
1882 24 80 301 295 21 45 0 0 0 9 0 6 44 .153 .169 .153 .322 8 42
1884 26 37 151 149 15 43 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 .289 .298 .329 .627 14 23
1885 27 131 549 528 61 111 13 5 0 32 0 20 0 .210 .240 .254 .494 32 90
1886 28 159 635 577 65 124 13 4 0 51 15 52 0 .215 .287 .251 .538 41 136
1887 29 152 592 530 57 123 12 4 0 51 11 60 23 .232 .313 .270 .582 45 119
1888 30 107 402 391 33 86 1 5 1 33 8 10 26 .220 .241 .256 .497 24 90
1889 31 157 615 556 64 105 12 2 1 53 19 57 48 .189 .267 .223 .490 33 129
1890 32 146 572 511 52 88 11 3 0 33 7 58 23 .172 .260 .205 .466 27 119
1891 33 125 491 453 39 75 7 1 3 30 9 35 29 .166 .230 .205 .435 21 96
11 Yrs 1351 5309 4963 509 988 110 42 7 367 69 328 251 .199 .251 .242 .494 302 978
162 Game Avg. 162 637 595 61 118 13 5 1 44 39 .199 .251 .242 .494 36 978

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1886 AA  1.6 (4th)
1888 NL  1.0 (10th)
1889 NL  0.9 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1887 NL  55 (9th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2156), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1412), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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  7. Jim Donnelly (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jim Donnelly (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Frank Hankinson (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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