Jim Whitney
James Evans Whitney (Grasshopper Jim)
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 172 lb.

Born: November 10, 1857 in Conklin, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1881
Final Game: July 16, 1890
Died: May 21, 1891 in Binghamton, NY
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Standard Pitching

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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
1881 23 BSN NL 31 33 .484 2.48 66 63 3 57 6 0 552.1 548 284 152 6 90 162 1 46 2301 108 1.155 8.9 0.1 1.5 2.6 1.80
1882 24 BSN NL 24 21 .533 2.64 49 48 1 46 3 0 420.0 404 229 123 3 41 180 0 29 1743 107 1.060 8.7 0.1 0.9 3.9 4.39
1883 25 BSN NL 37 21 .638 2.24 62 56 5 54 1 2 514.0 492 258 128 7 35 345 0 37 2101 137 1.025 8.6 0.1 0.6 6.0 9.86
1884 26 BSN NL 23 14 .622 2.09 38 37 1 35 6 0 336.0 272 140 78 12 27 270 0 0 18 1343 138 0.890 7.3 0.3 0.7 7.2 10.00
1885 27 BSN NL 18 32 .360 2.98 51 50 1 50 2 0 441.1 503 286 146 14 37 200 0 0 32 1887 90 1.224 10.3 0.3 0.8 4.1 5.41
1886 28 KCN NL 12 32 .273 4.49 46 44 2 42 3 0 393.0 465 292 196 9 55 167 0 0 29 1691 83 1.323 10.6 0.2 1.3 3.8 3.04
1887 29 WHS NL 24 21 .533 3.22 47 47 0 46 3 0 404.2 430 253 145 16 42 146 16 0 14 1718 125 1.166 9.6 0.4 0.9 3.2 3.48
1888 30 WHS NL 18 21 .462 3.05 39 39 0 37 2 0 325.0 317 184 110 7 54 79 9 1 7 1357 91 1.142 8.8 0.2 1.5 2.2 1.46
1889 31 IND NL 2 7 .222 6.81 9 8 1 7 0 0 70.0 106 73 53 4 19 16 2 0 2 309 61 1.786 13.6 0.5 2.4 2.1 0.84
1890 32 PHA AA 2 2 .500 5.18 6 4 2 3 0 0 40.0 61 27 23 1 11 6 0 0 0 0 74 1.800 13.7 0.2 2.5 1.4 0.55
10 Seasons 191 204 .484 2.97 413 396 16 377 26 2 3496.1 3598 2026 1154 79 411 1571 27 2 214 14450 104 1.147 9.3 0.2 1.1 4.0 3.82
162 Game Avg. 16 17 .484 2.97 35 33 1 32 2 0 294 302 170 97 7 35 132 0 18 1215 104 1.147 9.3 0.2 1.1 4.0 3.82
BSN (5 yrs) 133 121 .524 2.49 266 254 11 242 18 2 2263.2 2219 1197 627 42 230 1157 0 1 162 9375 113 1.082 8.8 0.2 0.9 4.6 5.03
WHS (2 yrs) 42 42 .500 3.15 86 86 0 83 5 0 729.2 747 437 255 23 96 225 25 1 21 3075 111 1.155 9.2 0.3 1.2 2.8 2.34
PHA (1 yr) 2 2 .500 5.18 6 4 2 3 0 0 40.0 61 27 23 1 11 6 0 0 0 0 74 1.800 13.7 0.2 2.5 1.4 0.55
KCN (1 yr) 12 32 .273 4.49 46 44 2 42 3 0 393.0 465 292 196 9 55 167 0 0 29 1691 83 1.323 10.6 0.2 1.3 3.8 3.04
IND (1 yr) 2 7 .222 6.81 9 8 1 7 0 0 70.0 106 73 53 4 19 16 2 0 2 309 61 1.786 13.6 0.5 2.4 2.1 0.84
NL (9 yrs) 189 202 .483 2.95 407 392 14 374 26 2 3456.1 3537 1999 1131 78 400 1565 27 2 214 14450 105 1.139 9.2 0.2 1.0 4.1 3.91
AA (1 yr) 2 2 .500 5.18 6 4 2 3 0 0 40.0 61 27 23 1 11 6 0 0 0 0 74 1.800 13.7 0.2 2.5 1.4 0.55

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1881 23 31 33 .484 2.48 66 63 3 57 6 0 552.1 548 284 152 6 90 162 1 46 2301 108 1.155 8.9 0.1 1.5 2.6 1.80 108
1882 24 55 54 .505 2.55 115 111 4 103 9 0 972.1 952 513 275 9 131 342 1 75 4044 107 1.114 8.8 0.1 1.2 3.2 2.61 107
1883 25 92 75 .551 2.44 177 167 9 157 10 2 1486.1 1444 771 403 16 166 687 1 112 6145 117 1.083 8.7 0.1 1.0 4.2 4.14 117
1884 26 115 89 .564 2.38 215 204 10 192 16 2 1822.1 1716 911 481 28 193 957 0 1 130 7488 120 1.048 8.5 0.1 1.0 4.7 4.96 120
1885 27 133 121 .524 2.49 266 254 11 242 18 2 2263.2 2219 1197 627 42 230 1157 0 1 162 9375 113 1.082 8.8 0.2 0.9 4.6 5.03 113
1886 28 145 153 .487 2.79 312 298 13 284 21 2 2656.2 2684 1489 823 51 285 1324 0 1 191 11066 106 1.118 9.1 0.2 1.0 4.5 4.65 106
1887 29 169 174 .493 2.85 359 345 13 330 24 2 3061.1 3114 1742 968 67 327 1470 16 1 205 12784 109 1.124 9.2 0.2 1.0 4.3 4.50 109
1888 30 187 195 .490 2.87 398 384 13 367 26 2 3386.1 3431 1926 1078 74 381 1549 25 2 212 14141 107 1.126 9.1 0.2 1.0 4.1 4.07 107
1889 31 189 202 .483 2.95 407 392 14 374 26 2 3456.1 3537 1999 1131 78 400 1565 27 2 214 14450 105 1.139 9.2 0.2 1.0 4.1 3.91 105
1890 32 191 204 .484 2.97 413 396 16 377 26 2 3496.1 3598 2026 1154 79 411 1571 27 2 214 14450 104 1.147 9.3 0.2 1.1 4.0 3.82 104

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1881 23 92 28 .767 2.19 1088.0 1008 294 265 11 166 319 0 1.079 8.3 1.4 2.6 1.92 0.1 66
1882 24 74 20 .787 2.07 846.0 712 217 195 5 72 363 0 0.927 7.6 0.8 3.9 5.04 0.1 49
1883 25 84 14 .857 1.65 890.0 718 181 163 10 51 597 0 0.864 7.3 0.5 6.0 11.71 0.1 62
1884 26 48 8 .857 1.64 504.0 359 102 92 16 36 405 0 0.784 6.4 0.6 7.2 11.25 0.3 38
1885 27 50 23 .685 2.73 660.0 720 222 200 20 53 299 0 1.171 9.8 0.7 4.1 5.64 0.3 51
1886 28 37 23 .617 3.16 541.0 524 211 190 10 62 230 0 1.083 8.7 1.0 3.8 3.71 0.2 46
1887 29 47 14 .770 2.21 551.0 474 150 135 18 46 199 18 0.944 7.7 0.8 3.3 4.33 0.3 47
1888 30 27 16 .628 3.02 388.0 378 144 130 8 64 94 11 1.139 8.8 1.5 2.2 1.47 0.2 39
1889 31 3 6 .333 5.10 83.0 107 52 47 4 19 19 2 1.518 11.6 2.1 2.1 1.00 0.4 9
1890 32 0.00 0.0 0 27 24 0 0 0 0 6
10 Seasons 462 152 .752 2.34 5551.0 5000 1600 1441 102 569 2525 31 1.003 8.1 4.1 4.44 0.2 413

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1881 NL  2.477 (8th)
1882 NL  2.636 (8th)
1883 NL  2.241 (3rd)
1884 NL  2.089 (5th)
1887 NL  3.225 (6th)
Career  2.971 (161st)

Wins s c a p y
1881 NL  31 (1st)
1882 NL  24 (7th)
1883 NL  37 (3rd)
1884 NL  23 (6th)
1885 NL  18 (10th)
1887 NL  24 (6th)
Career  191 (135th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1882 NL  .533 (9th)
1883 NL  .638 (4th)
1884 NL  .622 (7th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1881 NL  1.155 (7th)
1882 NL  1.060 (6th)
1883 NL  1.025 (2nd)
1884 NL  .890 (2nd)
1887 NL  1.166 (4th)
Career  1.147 (59th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1881 NL  8.929 (6th)
1882 NL  8.657 (7th)
1883 NL  8.615 (5th)
1884 NL  7.286 (5th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1881 NL  1.466 (7th)
1882 NL  .879 (5th)
1883 NL  .613 (1st)
1884 NL  .723 (1st)
1885 NL  .755 (1st)
1886 NL  1.260 (1st)
1887 NL  .934 (1st)
1888 NL  1.495 (9th)
Career  1.058 (14th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1881 NL  2.640 (8th)
1882 NL  3.857 (5th)
1883 NL  6.041 (1st)
1884 NL  7.232 (2nd)
1885 NL  4.078 (8th)
1887 NL  3.247 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1881 NL  66 (1st)
1882 NL  49 (4th)
1883 NL  62 (4th)
1884 NL  38 (9th)
1885 NL  51 (3rd)
1886 NL  46 (8th)
1887 NL  47 (5th)
1888 NL  39 (10th)

Saves s c a p y
1883 NL  2 (1st)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1881 NL  552.3 (1st)
1882 NL  420.0 (4th)
1883 NL  514.0 (4th)
1884 NL  336.0 (9th)
1885 NL  441.3 (4th)
1886 NL  393.0 (8th)
1887 NL  404.7 (5th)
Career  3496.3 (71st)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1881 NL  162 (3rd)
1882 NL  180 (4th)
1883 NL  345 (1st)
1884 NL  270 (6th)
1885 NL  200 (5th)
1887 NL  146 (5th)
Career  1571 (149th)

Games Started s c a p y
1881 NL  63 (1st)
1882 NL  48 (4th)
1883 NL  56 (4th)
1884 NL  37 (9th)
1885 NL  50 (3rd)
1886 NL  44 (8th)
1887 NL  47 (5th)
1888 NL  39 (10th)
Career  396 (123rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1881 NL  57 (1st)
1882 NL  46 (4th)
1883 NL  54 (4th)
1884 NL  35 (9th)
1885 NL  50 (3rd)
1886 NL  42 (9th)
1887 NL  46 (5th)
Career  377 (22nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1881 NL  6 (2nd)
1882 NL  3 (7th)
1883 NL  1 (10th)
1884 NL  6 (5th)
1886 NL  3 (4th)
1887 NL  3 (2nd)
Career  26 (161st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1881 NL  6 (4th)
1883 NL  7 (7th)
1884 NL  12 (8th)
1885 NL  14 (2nd)
1886 NL  9 (10th)
1887 NL  16 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1881 NL  90 (1st)
1882 NL  41 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1881 NL  548 (1st)
1882 NL  404 (5th)
1883 NL  492 (4th)
1885 NL  503 (1st)
1886 NL  465 (5th)
1887 NL  430 (4th)
1888 NL  317 (10th)
Career  3598 (57th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1881 NL  1.800 (9th)
1882 NL  4.390 (2nd)
1883 NL  9.857 (1st)
1884 NL  10.000 (1st)
1885 NL  5.405 (1st)
1886 NL  3.036 (4th)
1887 NL  3.476 (1st)
Career  3.822 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1881 NL  .098 (9th)
1882 NL  .064 (1st)
1883 NL  .123 (9th)
1886 NL  .206 (6th)
1888 NL  .194 (9th)
Career  .203 (172nd)

Losses s c a p y
1881 NL  33 (1st)
1882 NL  21 (5th)
1883 NL  21 (6th)
1885 NL  32 (1st)
1886 NL  32 (2nd)
1887 NL  21 (6th)
1888 NL  21 (8th)
Career  204 (42nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1881 NL  152 (2nd)
1882 NL  123 (5th)
1883 NL  128 (8th)
1885 NL  146 (1st)
1886 NL  196 (2nd)
1887 NL  145 (9th)
1888 NL  110 (9th)
Career  1154 (144th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1881 NL  46 (1st)
1882 NL  29 (1st)
1883 NL  37 (1st)
1885 NL  32 (6th)
1886 NL  29 (7th)
Career  214 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1887 NL  16 (3rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1881 NL  2301 (1st)
1882 NL  1743 (5th)
1883 NL  2101 (4th)
1884 NL  1343 (10th)
1885 NL  1887 (3rd)
1886 NL  1691 (7th)
1887 NL  1718 (5th)
Career  14450 (63rd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1881 NL  3 (5th)
1882 NL  1 (9th)
1883 NL  5 (3rd)
1885 NL  1 (6th)
1886 NL  2 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1881 NL  108 (9th)
1882 NL  107 (8th)
1883 NL  137 (3rd)
1884 NL  138 (6th)
1887 NL  125 (6th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 28 (56), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 161 (80), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 110 (81), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 31 (135), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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