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Art Whitney
Arthur Wilson Whitney
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8" , Weight: 155 lb.

Born: January 16, 1858 in Brockton, MA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1880
Final Game: August 22, 1891
Died: August 15, 1943 in Lowell, MA
Relatives: Brother of Frank Whitney
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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
1880 22 WOR NL 76 311 302 38 67 13 5 1 36 9 15 .222 .244 .308 .552 79 93 *5
1881 23 DTN NL 58 221 214 23 39 7 5 0 9 7 15 .182 .208 .262 .470 44 56 *5
1882 24 TOT NL 42 158 155 12 24 0 0 0 5 3 23 .155 .171 .155 .326 6 24 56/1
1882 24 PRO NL 11 42 40 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 11 .075 .119 .075 .194 -36 3 6
1882 24 DTN NL 31 116 115 10 21 0 0 0 4 1 12 .183 .190 .183 .372 20 21 5/61
1884 26 PIT AA 23 95 94 10 28 4 0 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 0 16 .233 .267 .282 .548 73 105 1 *6/54O
1886 28 PIT AA 136 568 511 70 122 13 4 0 55 15 51 .239 .315 .280 .595 89 143 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 40 86 3 *5
1891 33 CKK AA 93 381 347 42 69 6 1 3 33 8 31 20 .199 .270 .248 .518 43 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 Seasons 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
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 57 206 3
DTN (2 yrs) 89 337 329 33 60 7 5 0 13 8 27 .182 .202 .234 .436 36 77
PRO (1 yr) 11 42 40 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 11 .075 .119 .075 .194 -36 3
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 43 86 3
WOR (1 yr) 76 311 302 38 67 13 5 1 36 9 15 .222 .244 .308 .552 79 93
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

Postseason Batting

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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 10 38 37 7 12 0 1 0 12 2 1 4 .324 .342 .378 .720 14 0
1889 31 NYG NL WS BRO W 9 36 35 4 8 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 .229 .250 .343 .593 12 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 19 74 72 11 20 2 2 0 15 2 2 4 .278 .297 .361 .658 26 0
2 WS 19 74 72 11 20 2 2 0 15 2 2 4 .278 .297 .361 .658 26 0

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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
1882 24 DTN NL 0 1 .000 6.00 3 2 1 1 0 0 18.0 31 17 12 1 8 11 0 1 91 49 2.167 15.5 0.5 4.0 5.5 1.38
1886 28 PIT AA 0 0 3.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 7 4 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 26 111 1.667 10.5 0.0 4.5 3.0 0.67
1889 31 NYG NL 0 1 .000 3.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 7 5 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 135 1.667 10.5 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
3 Seasons 0 2 .000 4.80 5 2 3 1 0 0 30.0 45 26 16 1 14 16 0 0 1 117 67 1.967 13.5 0.3 4.2 4.8 1.14
162 Game Avg. 0 19 .000 4.80 49 19 29 10 0 0 291 437 253 155 10 136 155 0 10 1137 67 1.967 13.5 0.3 4.2 4.8 1.14
NYG (1 yr) 0 1 .000 3.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 7 5 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 135 1.667 10.5 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
PIT (1 yr) 0 0 3.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 7 4 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 26 111 1.667 10.5 0.0 4.5 3.0 0.67
DTN (1 yr) 0 1 .000 6.00 3 2 1 1 0 0 18.0 31 17 12 1 8 11 0 1 91 49 2.167 15.5 0.5 4.0 5.5 1.38
NL (2 yrs) 0 2 .000 5.25 4 2 2 1 0 0 24.0 38 22 14 1 11 14 0 0 1 91 61 2.042 14.3 0.4 4.1 5.3 1.27
AA (1 yr) 0 0 3.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 7 4 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 26 111 1.667 10.5 0.0 4.5 3.0 0.67

Standard Fielding

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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
1880 WOR NL 22 3B 76 285 83 162 40 6 .860 3.22 .854 3.31
1881 DTN NL 23 3B 58 252 73 141 38 10 .849 3.69 .862 3.52
1882 TOT NL 24 SS 19 100 25 57 18 6 .820 4.32 .858 4.36
1882 PRO NL 24 SS 11 51 7 33 11 2 .784 3.64 .865 4.36
1882 DTN NL 24 3B 22 96 40 42 14 3 .854 3.73 .841 3.50
1882 DTN NL 24 SS 8 49 18 24 7 4 .857 5.25 .851 4.36
1882 DTN NL 24 P 3 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 .900 2.07
1884 PIT AA 26 3B 21 83 29 47 7 1 .916 3.62 .836 2.94
1884 PIT AA 26 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .800 1.60 0-1-0
1884 PIT AA 26 SS 1 6 3 2 1 0 .833 5.00 .867 4.20
1885 PIT AA 27 SS 75 342 95 219 28 21 .918 4.19 .874 4.67
1885 PIT AA 27 3B 8 30 7 21 2 1 .933 3.50 .847 2.98
1885 PIT AA 27 2B 4 19 12 4 3 1 .842 4.00 .905 6.05
1885 PIT AA 27 OF 3 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 .850 1.83 3-0-0
1886 PIT AA 28 3B 95 363 120 209 34 17 .906 3.46 .839 3.14
1886 PIT AA 28 SS 42 211 48 136 27 13 .872 4.38 .851 4.51
1886 PIT AA 28 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90
1887 PIT NL 29 3B 119 436 166 237 33 13 .924 3.39 .862 3.37
1888 NYG NL 30 3B 90 309 90 184 35 11 .887 3.04 .876 3.11
1889 NYG NL 31 3B 129 482 160 265 57 27 .882 3.29 .885 3.52
1889 NYG NL 31 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90
1890 NYI PL 32 3B 88 348 129 172 47 11 .865 3.42 .852 3.48
1890 NYI PL 32 SS 31 159 47 85 27 12 .830 4.26 .874 5.05
1891 TOT AA 33 3B 96 377 129 211 37 12 .902 3.54 .868 3.58
1891 CKK AA 33 3B 93 362 129 198 35 12 .903 3.52 .867 3.58
1891 STL AA 33 3B 3 15 0 13 2 0 .867 4.33 .873 3.57
11 Seasons 3B 802 3061 1026 1691 344 112 .888 3.39 .862 3.37
5 Seasons SS 168 818 218 499 101 52 .877 4.27 .866 4.66
3 Seasons P 5 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.20 .900 2.00
1 Season 2B 4 19 12 4 3 1 .842 4.00 .905 6.05
2 Seasons OF 4 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 .833 1.78 3-1-0
11 Seasons TOT 983 3902 1259 2195 448 165 .885 3.51 .748 3.59 3-1-0
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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

Games Finished s c a p y
1882 NL--1--9th
1886 AA--1--9th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 2 (2000), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1361), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Transactions

June 16, 1888: Traded by the Pittsburg Alleghenys to the New York Giants for Elmer Cleveland.

March 21, 1891: Released by the New York Giants.

March 25, 1891: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Kelly's Killers.

August 25, 1891: Released by the St. Louis Browns.

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