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Pinky Whitney
Arthur Carter Whitney
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: January 2, 1905 in San Antonio, TX (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1928
Final Game: September 5, 1939
Died: September 1, 1987 in Center, TX
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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
1928 23 PHI NL 151 636 585 73 176 35 4 10 103 3 36 30 .301 .342 .426 .768 94 249 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 149 662 606 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 154 678 624 93 186 33 11 13 124 6 35 66 .298 .335 .449 .784 100 280 0 19 *5/4
1933 28 TOT NL 131 546 503 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 100 414 382 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 84 212 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 88 168 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 138 542 487 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 40 19 3 0 6 3/45
12 Seasons 1539 6317 5765 696 1701 303 56 93 927 45 400 438 .295 .343 .415 .758 96 2395 94 17 135
162 Game Avg. 162 665 607 73 179 32 6 10 98 5 42 46 .295 .343 .415 .758 96 252 2 14
PHI (10 yrs) 1157 4772 4322 554 1329 237 48 69 734 34 324 321 .307 .357 .432 .789 100 1869 53 9 117
BSN (4 yrs) 382 1545 1443 142 372 66 8 24 193 11 76 117 .258 .299 .365 .663 86 526 41 8 18

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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 Awards
1928 PHI NL 23 3B 149 486 171 293 22 27 .955 3.11 .942 2.96 MVP-18
1929 PHI NL 24 3B 154 518 168 333 17 29 .967 3.25 .952 2.79 MVP-20
1930 PHI NL 25 3B 148 517 186 313 18 29 .965 3.37 .949 2.71
1931 PHI NL 26 3B 128 367 131 217 19 21 .948 2.72 .944 2.72
1932 PHI NL 27 3B 151 472 177 276 19 31 .960 3.00 .944 2.74
1932 PHI NL 27 2B 5 36 17 17 2 5 .944 6.80 .969 5.44
1933 TOT NL 28 3B 115 353 107 235 11 21 .969 2.97 .948 2.89
1933 PHI NL 28 3B 30 81 30 48 3 6 .963 2.60 .948 2.89
1933 BSN NL 28 3B 85 272 77 187 8 15 .971 3.11 .948 2.89
1933 BSN NL 28 2B 18 92 39 53 0 8 1.000 5.11 .967 5.41
1934 BSN NL 29 3B 111 343 105 227 11 11 .968 2.99 .944 2.73
1934 BSN NL 29 2B 36 187 65 116 6 19 .968 5.03 .965 5.45
1934 BSN NL 29 SS 2 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 2.00 .950 5.15
1935 BSN NL 30 3B 74 237 83 144 10 8 .958 3.07 .940 2.71
1935 BSN NL 30 2B 49 281 113 161 7 17 .975 5.59 .963 5.37
1936 TOT NL 31 3B 121 367 121 230 16 17 .956 2.90 .947 2.51 AS
1936 BSN NL 31 3B 10 34 15 18 1 2 .971 3.30 .947 2.51
1936 PHI NL 31 3B 111 333 106 212 15 15 .955 2.86 .947 2.51
1936 PHI NL 31 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.30 AS
1937 PHI NL 32 3B 130 381 136 238 7 17 .982 2.88 .953 2.72 MVP-13
1938 PHI NL 33 3B 75 213 68 131 14 8 .934 2.65 .946 2.87
1938 PHI NL 33 1B 4 31 29 2 0 6 1.000 7.75 .994 10.15
1938 PHI NL 33 2B 2 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.50 .960 5.40
1939 PHI NL 34 1B 12 107 96 10 1 11 .991 8.83 .989 10.02
1939 PHI NL 34 2B 8 25 8 17 0 2 1.000 3.13 .968 5.42
1939 PHI NL 34 3B 2 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.50 .940 2.80
12 Seasons 3B 1358 4259 1455 2640 164 219 .961 3.02 .947 2.76
7 Seasons 2B 119 626 246 365 15 51 .976 5.13 .965 5.41
2 Seasons 1B 16 138 125 12 1 17 .993 8.56 .990 10.05
1 Season SS 2 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 2.00 .950 5.15
12 Seasons TOT 1495 5027 1828 3019 180 288 .964 3.24 .914 3.05
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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 (691st)

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--678--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--219th

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

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Black InkBatting - 1 (697), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 38 (518), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 39 (461), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 23 (487), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Joe Randa (915)
  2. Heinie Zimmerman (908)
  3. Red Kress (904)
  4. Jeff Cirillo (904)
  5. Tony Cuccinello (902)
  6. Frank Baker (902) *
  7. Lou Piniella (900)
  8. Ken Keltner (898)
  9. Travis Jackson (893) *
  10. Mark Loretta (891)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Willie Kamm (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Les Bell (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Frank Baker (948) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Frank Baker (957) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Frank Baker (941) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bob Elliott (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bob Elliott (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bob Elliott (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Red Kress (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

October 4, 1927: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies from New Orleans (Southern Association) in the 1927 rule 5 draft.

June 17, 1933: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Hal Lee to the Boston Braves for Fritz Knothe, Wes Schulmerich and cash.

April 30, 1936: Traded by the Boston Bees to the Philadelphia Phillies for Mickey Haslin.

December 17, 1939: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

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