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Pinky Whitney

Arthur Carter Whitney

Positions: Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: January 2, 1905 in San Antonio, TX
High School: Brackenbridge HS (San Antonio, TX) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1928
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Braves/Bees 1928-1939

Final Game: September 5, 1939
Died: September 1, 1987 in Center, TX
Buried: Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, TX
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All-Star

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
1928 23 PHI NL 151 636 585 73 176 35 4 10 103 3 36 30 .301 .342 .426 .768 95 249 1 14 *5 MVP-18
1929 24 PHI NL 154 697 612 89 200 43 14 8 115 7 61 35 .327 .390 .482 .872 110 295 2 22 *5 MVP-20
1930 25 PHI NL 149 660 606 87 207 41 5 8 117 3 40 41 .342 .383 .465 .849 98 282 1 15 *5
1931 26 PHI NL 130 541 501 64 144 36 5 9 74 6 30 38 .287 .331 .433 .765 98 217 3 7 *5
1932 27 PHI NL 154 677 624 93 186 33 11 13 124 6 35 66 .298 .335 .449 .784 99 280 0 19 *5/4
1933 28 TOT NL 131 547 503 54 126 21 2 11 68 3 33 31 .250 .299 .366 .665 92 184 20 2 8 *54
1933 28 PHI NL 31 132 121 12 32 4 0 3 19 1 8 8 .264 .310 .372 .682 85 45 8 0 3 5
1933 28 BSN NL 100 415 382 42 94 17 2 8 49 2 25 23 .246 .296 .364 .660 94 139 12 2 5 54
1934 29 BSN NL 146 597 563 58 146 26 2 12 79 7 25 54 .259 .294 .377 .671 85 212 14 3 6 *54/6
1935 30 BSN NL 126 491 458 41 125 23 4 4 60 2 24 36 .273 .312 .367 .679 89 168 13 2 7 54
1936 31 TOT NL 124 507 451 45 128 17 3 6 64 2 39 37 .284 .343 .375 .718 87 169 14 2 15 *5/4 AS
1936 31 BSN NL 10 43 40 1 7 0 0 0 5 0 2 4 .175 .233 .175 .408 14 7 2 1 0 5
1936 31 PHI NL 114 464 411 44 121 17 3 6 59 2 37 33 .294 .354 .394 .748 93 162 12 1 15 *5/4
1937 32 PHI NL 138 541 487 56 166 19 4 8 79 6 43 44 .341 .395 .446 .841 121 217 19 1 11 *5 MVP-13
1938 33 PHI NL 102 332 300 27 83 9 1 3 38 0 27 22 .277 .336 .343 .680 87 103 11 0 5 5/34
1939 34 PHI NL 34 88 75 9 14 0 1 1 6 0 7 4 .187 .256 .253 .509 41 19 3 0 6 3/45
12 Yrs 1539 6314 5765 696 1701 303 56 93 927 45 400 438 .295 .343 .415 .758 97 2395 94 17 135
162 Game Avg. 162 665 607 73 179 32 6 10 98 5 42 46 .295 .343 .415 .758 97 252 2 14
PHI (10 yrs) 1157 4768 4322 554 1329 237 48 69 734 34 324 321 .307 .357 .432 .789 100 1869 53 9 117
BSN (4 yrs) 382 1546 1443 142 372 66 8 24 193 11 76 117 .258 .299 .365 .663 86 526 41 8 18

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
1928 23 PHI NL 151 636 -5 0 0 -7 4 -7 -0.8 18 11 1.0 .495 .496 1.8 -0.3 18 $ *5 MVP-18
1929 24 PHI NL 154 697 10 -1 0 4 4 18 1.6 20 38 3.6 .511 .510 3.3 0.8 34 $ *5 MVP-20
1930 25 PHI NL 149 660 -0 0 0 -3 4 1 0.1 18 19 1.9 .501 .501 2.2 0.1 22 $ *5
1931 26 PHI NL 130 541 -2 -0 0 -8 3 -8 -0.9 16 8 0.7 .494 .495 1.6 -0.6 16 $ *5
1932 27 PHI NL 154 677 -2 -0 0 -4 3 -3 -0.4 19 16 1.5 .498 .498 1.9 -0.1 20 $ *5/4
1933 28 PHI NL 31 132 -2 -0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 4 2 0.2 .494 .499 0.2 0.1 2 $ 5
1933 28 BSN NL 100 415 -2 0 0 9 2 10 1.0 12 22 2.2 .511 .507 1.3 1.2 13 $ 54
1934 29 BSN NL 146 597 -12 -0 0 5 4 -3 -0.4 17 14 1.4 .498 .498 0.8 0.9 9 $ *54/6
1935 30 BSN NL 126 491 -6 0 0 -7 3 -9 -0.9 14 5 0.5 .493 .494 1.2 -0.3 12 $ 54
1936 31 BSN NL 10 43 -4 0 0 -1 0 -5 -0.5 1 -4 -0.4 .448 .497 -0.3 -0.1 -3 $ 5 AS
1936 31 PHI NL 114 464 -3 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.2 13 12 1.2 .499 .499 1.1 0.2 12 $ *5/4 AS
1937 32 PHI NL 138 541 15 -1 0 -3 2 14 1.3 16 30 2.9 .510 .509 3.2 -0.1 33 $ *5 MVP-13
1938 33 PHI NL 102 332 -4 0 0 -5 1 -8 -0.9 10 2 0.0 .492 .495 0.6 -0.5 7 $ 5/34
1939 34 PHI NL 34 88 -6 0 0 2 -0 -4 -0.5 2 -2 -0.2 .487 .497 -0.4 0.2 -4 $ 3/45
12 Seasons 1539 6314 -22 -2 0 -18 34 -8 -1.6 180 172 16.5 .499 .500 18.5 1.4 190 $
PHI (10 yrs) 1157 4768 1 -2 0 -24 25 0 -0.8 136 136 12.8 .500 .500 15.5 -0.3 160 $
BSN (4 yrs) 382 1546 -23 -0 0 6 9 -8 -0.8 45 37 3.7 .498 .499 3.0 1.7 31 $

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
1928 23 PHI NL 636 423 85 5.4 114 .305 .301 .297 .342 .363 .426 .423 .768 .786 95 .552 -6.0 -0.6 .707 .191 .125 4.6
1929 24 PHI NL 697 434 114 7.0 126 .337 .327 .312 .390 .377 .482 .454 .872 .831 110 .610 8.9 0.8 .886 .266 .155 7.5
1930 25 PHI NL 660 414 108 6.9 133 .357 .342 .321 .383 .380 .465 .477 .849 .857 98 .575 -1.8 -0.2 .817 .195 .124 4.4
1931 26 PHI NL 541 364 71 5.2 110 .297 .287 .295 .331 .355 .433 .416 .765 .771 98 .555 -2.8 -0.3 .717 .218 .146 7.2
1932 27 PHI NL 677 457 94 5.6 113 .317 .298 .298 .335 .352 .449 .432 .784 .784 99 .574 -3.2 -0.3 .733 .216 .151 8.2
1933 28 TOT NL 547 405 55 3.6 89 .249 .250 .270 .299 .322 .366 .370 .665 .692 92 .449 -5.5 -0.6 .559 .187 .115 4.7
1933 28 PHI NL 132 100 14 3.7 101 .264 .264 .288 .310 .342 .372 .394 .682 .736 85 .462 -2.7 -0.3 .557 .182 .107 1.5
1933 28 BSN NL 415 305 41 3.6 85 .245 .246 .264 .296 .316 .364 .362 .660 .678 94 .444 -2.8 -0.3 .560 .188 .118 3.2
1934 29 BSN NL 597 437 62 3.8 97 .270 .259 .277 .294 .331 .377 .394 .671 .725 85 .398 -12.3 -1.2 .573 .174 .117 8.8
1935 30 BSN NL 491 353 52 3.9 96 .289 .273 .274 .312 .328 .367 .391 .679 .719 89 .422 -6.3 -0.6 .566 .151 .094 2.7
1936 31 TOT NL 507 352 59 4.5 110 .299 .284 .296 .343 .356 .375 .414 .718 .771 87 .482 -8.9 -0.9 .629 .182 .091 3.0
1936 31 BSN NL 43 35 2 1.5 97 .194 .175 .277 .233 .335 .175 .388 .408 .723 14 .115 -4.7 -0.5 .286 .050 .000
1936 31 PHI NL 464 317 57 4.8 111 .309 .294 .298 .354 .358 .394 .417 .748 .775 93 .514 -4.2 -0.4 .669 .195 .100 3.0
1937 32 PHI NL 541 351 86 6.5 108 .363 .341 .289 .395 .352 .446 .411 .841 .763 121 .664 14.8 1.5 .785 .205 .105 6.9
1938 33 PHI NL 332 233 35 4.0 99 .291 .277 .275 .336 .339 .343 .391 .680 .730 87 .460 -5.0 -0.5 .570 .157 .067 .0
1939 34 PHI NL 88 70 5 1.9 98 .186 .187 .273 .256 .338 .253 .390 .509 .728 41 .168 -6.3 -0.6 .406 .160 .067 .0
12 Yrs 6314 4293 826 5.1 110 .307 .295 .293 .343 .352 .415 .419 .758 .771 97 .529 -34.3 -3.5 .687 .198 .120 60.7
162 Game Avg. 665 452 87 5.1 110 .307 .295 .293 .343 .352 .415 .419 .758 .771 97 .529 -34.3 -3.5 .687 .198 .120 6
PHI (10 yrs) 4768 3163 669 5.7 115 .320 .307 .299 .357 .361 .432 .430 .789 .790 100 .564 -8.2 -0.9 .734 .208 .125 45.6
BSN (4 yrs) 1546 1130 157 3.7 93 .267 .258 .273 .299 .326 .365 .384 .663 .711 86 .409 -26.1 -2.6 .558 .167 .107 15.1

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1936 PHI NL 31 as 3B 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1928 23 PHI NL 636 1.6% 4.7% 5.7% 7.7% 28% 0.83 19.5 58.5 5.7 86%
1929 24 PHI NL 697 1.2% 5.0% 8.8% 9.3% 33% 0.57 17.5 76.5 5.3 82%
1930 25 PHI NL 660 1.2% 6.2% 6.1% 8.2% 26% 1.03 14.8 75.8 5.2 84%
1931 26 PHI NL 541 1.7% 7.0% 5.6% 9.2% 35% 1.27 13.2 55.7 6.8 84%
1932 27 PHI NL 677 1.9% 9.8% 5.2% 8.4% 31% 1.89 9.5 48.0 5.0 81%
1933 28 TOT NL 547 2.0% 5.7% 6.0% 6.2% 27% 0.94 16.2 45.7 7.4 84%
1933 28 PHI NL 132 2.3% 6.1% 6.1% 5.3% 22% 1.00 15.1 40.3 6.4 83%
1933 28 BSN NL 415 1.9% 5.5% 6.0% 6.5% 29% 0.92 16.6 47.8 7.8 85%
1934 29 BSN NL 597 2.0% 9.1% 4.2% 6.7% 27% 2.16 10.4 46.9 7.1 83%
1935 30 BSN NL 491 0.8% 7.3% 4.9% 6.3% 25% 1.50 12.7 114.5 7.6 85%
1936 31 TOT NL 507 1.2% 7.3% 7.7% 5.1% 20% 0.95 12.2 75.2 7.0 80%
1936 31 BSN NL 43 0.0% 9.3% 4.7% 0.0% 0% 2.00 10.0 8.0 84%
1936 31 PHI NL 464 1.3% 7.1% 8.0% 5.6% 22% 0.89 12.5 68.5 7.0 80%
1937 32 PHI NL 541 1.5% 8.1% 8.0% 5.7% 19% 1.02 11.1 60.9 6.2 80%
1938 33 PHI NL 332 0.9% 6.6% 8.1% 3.9% 16% 0.81 13.6 100.0 7.9 83%
1939 34 PHI NL 88 1.1% 4.6% 8.0% 2.3% 14% 0.57 18.8 75.0 12.5 80%
12 Yrs 6314 1.5% 6.9% 6.3% 7.2% 27% 1.10 13.2 62.0 6.2 83%
MLB Averages 1.4% 8.3% 8.3% 7.0% 28% 1.00 10.8 64.9 7.6 80%

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
1928 23 151 636 585 73 176 35 4 10 103 3 36 30 .301 .342 .426 .768 95 249 1 14
1929 24 305 1333 1197 162 376 78 18 18 218 10 97 65 .314 .367 .454 .821 103 544 3 36
1930 25 454 1993 1803 249 583 119 23 26 335 13 137 106 .323 .372 .458 .831 101 826 4 51
1931 26 584 2534 2304 313 727 155 28 35 409 19 167 144 .316 .364 .453 .816 100 1043 7 58
1932 27 738 3211 2928 406 913 188 39 48 533 25 202 210 .312 .358 .452 .810 100 1323 7 77
1933 28 869 3758 3431 460 1039 209 41 59 601 28 235 241 .303 .349 .439 .788 99 1507 20 9 85
1934 29 1015 4355 3994 518 1185 235 43 71 680 35 260 295 .297 .342 .430 .772 97 1719 34 12 91
1935 30 1141 4846 4452 559 1310 258 47 75 740 37 284 331 .294 .339 .424 .762 96 1887 47 14 98
1936 31 1265 5353 4903 604 1438 275 50 81 804 39 323 368 .293 .339 .419 .758 96 2056 61 16 113
1937 32 1403 5894 5390 660 1604 294 54 89 883 45 366 412 .298 .344 .422 .766 98 2273 80 17 124
1938 33 1505 6226 5690 687 1687 303 55 92 921 45 393 434 .296 .344 .418 .761 97 2376 91 17 129
1939 34 1539 6314 5765 696 1701 303 56 93 927 45 400 438 .295 .343 .415 .758 97 2395 94 17 135

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
1928 23 159 653 602 68 172 34 4 10 96 3 35 32 .286 .326 .405 .731 79 151
1929 24 162 693 613 73 180 39 13 7 94 6 55 37 .294 .354 .434 .788 94 154
1930 25 156 646 595 66 178 35 4 7 88 3 34 43 .299 .338 .407 .745 82 149
1931 26 136 556 516 61 143 36 5 9 71 6 30 40 .277 .321 .419 .739 68 130
1932 27 161 689 636 84 178 32 11 12 112 6 33 69 .280 .315 .421 .737 85 154
1933 28 137 584 537 65 143 24 2 12 82 3 37 32 .266 .316 .385 .701 66 131
1934 29 156 638 602 63 158 28 2 13 86 8 27 58 .262 .297 .380 .678 67 146
1935 30 133 520 485 45 135 25 4 4 66 2 26 38 .278 .318 .371 .689 57 126
1936 31 130 518 462 41 124 16 3 6 58 2 38 39 .268 .327 .355 .682 53 124
1937 32 145 559 503 54 165 19 4 8 76 6 43 46 .328 .382 .429 .812 82 138
1938 33 108 352 318 29 88 10 1 3 41 0 29 23 .277 .337 .343 .680 37 102
1939 34 36 93 79 10 15 0 1 1 6 0 8 4 .190 .264 .253 .518 5 34
12 Yrs 1619 6501 5948 659 1679 298 54 92 876 45 395 461 .282 .329 .397 .726 775 1539
162 Game Avg. 162 651 595 66 168 30 5 9 88 5 40 46 .282 .329 .397 .726 78 1539

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1936 (3B)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1928 NL (18, 4%)
1929 NL (20, 2%)
1937 NL (13, 16%)
0.22 Career Shares (708th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1929 NL  0.8 (9th)
1933 NL  1.3 (5th)
1934 NL  0.9 (8th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1937 NL  .341 (5th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1937 NL  .395 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1928 NL  151 (9th)
1929 NL  154 (2nd)
1932 NL  154 (1st)
1934 NL  146 (10th)

At Bats s c a p y
1929 NL  612 (8th)
1932 NL  624 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1929 NL  697 (8th)
1932 NL  677 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1930 NL  207 (9th)
1937 NL  166 (10th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1932 NL  280 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1929 NL  43 (6th)
1930 NL  41 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
1929 NL  14 (4th)
1932 NL  11 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1933 NL  11 (10th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1928 NL  103 (7th)
1929 NL  115 (10th)
1932 NL  124 (3rd)
1937 NL  79 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1932 NL  66 (4th)

Singles s c a p y
1929 NL  135 (9th)
1930 NL  153 (4th)
1932 NL  129 (10th)
1937 NL  135 (7th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1937 NL  86 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1932 NL  57 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1929 NL  22 (5th)
1932 NL  19 (5th)
1936 NL  15 (7th)
1937 NL  11 (7th)
Career  135 (222nd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1933 NL  20 (5th)
1937 NL  19 (2nd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1934 NL  8.8 (6th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1928 NL  423 (10th)
1929 NL  434 (7th)
1932 NL  457 (4th)
1934 NL  437 (8th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 42 (599), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 39 (488), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 23 (570), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Tony Cuccinello (902)
  7. Lou Piniella (901)
  8. Ken Keltner (898)
  9. Danny Murphy (891)
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  4. Home Run Baker (956) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Home Run Baker (941) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Red Kress (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Red Kress (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bob Elliott (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  10. Heinie Zimmerman (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Pinky Higgins (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Pinky Higgins (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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