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Possum Whitted

George Bostic Whitted

Positions: Outfielder, Third Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 168 lb.

Born: February 4, 1890 in Durham, NC (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1912
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Pirates/Cardinals/Braves/Robins 1912-1922

Final Game: April 23, 1922
Died: October 15, 1962 in Wilmington, NC
Buried: Wilmington National Cemetery, Wilmington, NC
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1912 STL NL 22 3B 12 42 19 17 6 1 .857 3.00 .935 3.15
1913 STL NL 23 OF 41 90 84 5 1 0 .989 2.17 .960 2.21 20-3-18
1913 STL NL 23 SS 38 218 78 124 16 16 .927 5.32 .937 5.33
1913 STL NL 23 3B 22 87 28 53 6 9 .931 3.68 .935 3.12
1913 STL NL 23 2B 7 37 9 24 4 0 .892 4.71 .955 5.27
1913 STL NL 23 1B 2 27 26 1 0 2 1.000 13.50 .986 10.40
1914 TOT NL 24 OF 41 92 84 4 4 1 .957 2.15 .957 2.13 6-25-12
1914 TOT NL 24 2B 16 90 39 45 6 4 .933 5.25 .949 5.21
1914 TOT NL 24 3B 9 26 9 15 2 2 .923 2.67 .931 3.20
1914 STL NL 24 3B 5 18 6 10 2 1 .889 3.20 .931 3.20
1914 STL NL 24 OF 3 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 .960 2.13 2-0-2
1914 STL NL 24 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.20
1914 BSN NL 24 OF 38 91 84 4 3 1 .967 2.32 .957 2.13 4-25-10
1914 BSN NL 24 2B 15 90 39 45 6 4 .933 5.60 .949 5.21
1914 BSN NL 24 1B 4 36 30 5 1 3 .972 8.75 .988 10.60
1914 BSN NL 24 3B 4 8 3 5 0 1 1.000 2.00 .931 3.20
1914 BSN NL 24 SS 3 9 5 2 2 0 .778 2.33 .924 5.37
1915 PHI NL 25 OF 119 279 266 7 6 2 .978 2.29 .959 2.12 53-66-0
1915 PHI NL 25 1B 7 91 73 14 4 3 .956 12.43 .990 10.61
1916 PHI NL 26 OF 136 309 285 13 11 3 .964 2.19 .967 2.15 136-0-0
1916 PHI NL 26 1B 16 104 98 3 3 5 .971 6.31 .987 10.80
1917 PHI NL 27 OF 141 301 275 19 7 0 .977 2.09 .963 2.20 141-0-0
1917 PHI NL 27 1B 10 22 21 1 0 1 1.000 2.20 .988 10.92
1917 PHI NL 27 3B 7 25 10 13 2 1 .920 3.29 .942 3.24
1917 PHI NL 27 2B 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 .955 5.30
1918 PHI NL 28 LF 22 22 20 56 52 3 1 2 .982 2.50 .965 2.22
1918 PHI NL 28 OF 22 22 20 56 52 3 1 2 .982 2.50 .962 2.26 22-0-0
1918 PHI NL 28 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 11.20
1919 TOT NL 29 LF 48 48 46 112 98 9 5 0 .955 2.23 .966 2.21
1919 TOT NL 29 OF 48 48 46 112 98 9 5 0 .955 2.23 .964 2.26
1919 TOT NL 29 1B 35 34 30 351 320 27 4 28 .989 9.91 .988 11.24
1919 PHI NL 29 LF 47 47 45 111 97 9 5 0 .955 2.26 .966 2.21
1919 PHI NL 29 OF 47 47 45 111 97 9 5 0 .955 2.26 .964 2.26
1919 PHI NL 29 2B 26 24 22 141 72 65 4 7 .972 5.27 .960 5.43
1919 PHI NL 29 1B 2 1 0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 .988 11.25
1919 PIT NL 29 1B 33 33 30 342 311 27 4 28 .988 10.24 .988 11.24
1919 PIT NL 29 3B 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .945 3.25
1919 PIT NL 29 LF 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .970 2.20
1919 PIT NL 29 OF 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .960 2.30
1920 PIT NL 30 3B 125 124 119 411 166 229 16 16 .961 3.16 .947 3.16
1920 PIT NL 30 1B 10 8 7 102 97 5 0 8 1.000 10.20 .990 11.09
1920 PIT NL 30 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20
1920 PIT NL 30 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30
1921 PIT NL 31 OF 102 100 94 259 247 9 3 6 .988 2.51 .965 2.40
1921 PIT NL 31 RF 87 86 80 224 214 7 3 2 .987 2.54 .964 2.08
1921 PIT NL 31 LF 14 13 13 35 33 2 0 1 1.000 2.50 .963 2.35
1921 PIT NL 31 1B 7 4 4 33 29 4 0 4 1.000 4.71 .990 10.79
1921 PIT NL 31 CF 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80
9 Seasons OF 651 170 160 1498 1391 69 38 14 .975 2.24 .963 2.21 463-95-117
6 Seasons 3B 177 125 120 593 233 328 32 29 .946 3.17 .943 3.16
9 Seasons 1B 92 46 41 766 694 60 12 54 .984 8.20 .988 10.98
1 Season (incomplete) RF 87 86 80 224 214 7 3 2 .987 2.54 .964 2.08
4 Seasons (incomplete) LF 85 83 79 203 183 14 6 3 .970 2.32 .965 2.24
4 Seasons 2B 50 24 22 270 120 136 14 11 .948 5.12 .956 5.34
2 Seasons SS 41 227 83 126 18 16 .921 5.10 .937 5.33
1 Season (incomplete) CF 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80
11 Seasons TOT 1011 365 343 3354 2521 719 114 124 .966 3.20 .963 3.46 463-95-117
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1912 STL NL 22 12 12 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
1913 STL NL 23 123 123 0 0 2 7 22 38 20 3 18 41 0
1914 BSN NL 24 66 66 0 0 4 15 4 3 4 25 10 38 0
1914 STL NL 24 20 20 0 0 0 1 5 0 2 0 2 3 0
1915 PHI NL 25 128 128 0 0 7 0 0 0 53 66 0 119 0
1916 PHI NL 26 147 147 0 0 16 0 0 0 136 0 0 136 0
1917 PHI NL 27 149 149 0 0 10 1 7 0 141 0 0 141 0
1918 PHI NL 28 24 24 0 0 1 0 0 0 22 0 0 22 0
1919 PHI NL 29 76 72 76 73 0 0 2 26 0 0 47 0 0 47 0 3 0
1919 PIT NL 29 35 35 35 35 0 0 33 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
1920 PIT NL 30 134 132 134 133 0 0 12 0 125 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1921 PIT NL 31 108 104 108 106 0 0 7 0 0 0 14 1 87 102 0 2 1
1922 BRO NL 32 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 Seasons 1023 343 1023 347 0 0 94 50 177 41 441 95 117 651 0 6 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1920 NL  166 (3rd)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1920 NL  16 (5th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1919 NL  9 (5th)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1921 NL  87 (5th)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1921 NL  214 (5th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1916 NL  11 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1920 NL  3.16 (3rd)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1920 NL  .961 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1921 NL  2.54 (1st)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1921 NL  .987 (2nd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1915 NL  .978 (4th)
1917 NL  .977 (5th)
1921 NL  .988 (2nd)

             

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