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Possum Whitted
George Bostic Whitted
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 168 lb.

Born: February 4, 1890 in Durham, NC (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1912
Final Game: April 23, 1922
Died: October 16, 1962 in Wilmington, NC
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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
1912 22 STL NL 12 51 46 7 12 3 0 0 7 1 3 5 .261 .306 .326 .632 74 15 0 2 5
1913 23 STL NL 123 450 404 44 89 10 5 0 38 9 31 44 .220 .282 .270 .552 59 109 4 11 O65/43
1914 24 TOT NL 86 291 249 39 61 12 4 2 32 11 18 21 .245 .304 .349 .653 91 87 3 21 O4/536
1914 24 STL NL 20 33 31 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 .129 .129 .161 .290 -14 5 0 2 /5O4
1914 24 BSN NL 66 258 218 36 57 11 4 2 31 10 18 18 .261 .326 .376 .703 105 82 3 19 O4/356
1915 25 PHI NL 128 507 448 46 126 17 3 1 43 24 15 29 47 .281 .328 .339 .667 101 152 2 28 *O/3
1916 26 PHI NL 147 577 526 68 148 20 12 6 68 29 17 19 46 .281 .309 .399 .708 113 210 2 30 *O3
1917 27 PHI NL 149 611 553 69 155 24 9 3 70 10 30 56 .280 .317 .373 .690 108 206 0 28 *O3/54
1918 28 PHI NL 24 90 86 7 21 4 0 0 3 4 4 10 .244 .278 .291 .568 68 25 0 0 O/3
1919 29 TOT NL 113 452 420 47 123 21 8 3 53 12 20 24 .293 .327 .402 .729 113 169 1 11 O34/5
1919 29 PHI NL 78 309 289 32 72 14 1 3 32 5 14 20 .249 .284 .336 .619 81 97 0 6 O4/3
1919 29 PIT NL 35 143 131 15 51 7 7 0 21 7 6 4 .389 .420 .550 .970 186 72 1 5 3/5O
1920 30 PIT NL 134 555 494 53 129 11 12 1 74 11 11 35 36 .261 .314 .338 .652 85 167 3 23 *53/O
1921 31 PIT NL 108 456 403 60 114 23 7 7 63 5 10 26 21 .283 .328 .427 .755 96 172 1 26 O/3
1922 32 BRO NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
11 Seasons 1025 4041 3630 440 978 145 60 23 451 116 53 215 310 .269 .313 .361 .675 96 1312 16 180
162 Game Avg. 162 639 574 70 155 23 9 4 71 18 34 49 .269 .313 .361 .675 96 207 3 28
PHI (5 yrs) 526 2094 1902 222 522 79 25 13 216 72 32 96 179 .274 .311 .363 .673 102 690 4 92
PIT (3 yrs) 277 1154 1028 128 294 41 26 8 158 23 21 67 61 .286 .333 .400 .733 101 411 5 54
STL (3 yrs) 155 534 481 54 105 14 5 0 46 11 34 52 .218 .276 .268 .544 57 129 4 15
BSN (1 yr) 66 258 218 36 57 11 4 2 31 10 18 18 .261 .326 .376 .703 105 82 3 19
BRO (1 yr) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0

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
1914 24 BSN NL WS PHA W 4 17 14 2 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 .214 .353 .357 .710 5 1 0 0 0 0
1915 25 PHI NL WS BOS L 5 17 15 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 .067 .125 .067 .192 1 0 0 1 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 9 34 29 2 4 0 1 0 3 2 0 4 1 .138 .242 .207 .449 6 1 0 1 0 0
2 WS 9 34 29 2 4 0 1 0 3 2 0 4 1 .138 .242 .207 .449 6 1 0 1 0 0

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
1912 STL NL 22 3B 12 42 19 17 6 1 .857 3.00 .940 3.02
1913 STL NL 23 OF 41 90 84 5 1 0 .989 2.17 .959 2.08 20-3-18
1913 STL NL 23 SS 38 218 78 124 16 16 .927 5.32 .938 4.96
1913 STL NL 23 3B 22 87 28 53 6 9 .931 3.68 .936 2.96
1913 STL NL 23 2B 7 37 9 24 4 0 .892 4.71 .957 4.91
1913 STL NL 23 1B 2 27 26 1 0 2 1.000 13.50 .985 10.20
1914 TOT NL 24 OF 41 92 84 4 4 1 .957 2.15 .957 1.97 2-38-2
1914 TOT NL 24 2B 16 90 39 45 6 4 .933 5.25 .950 4.89
1914 TOT NL 24 3B 9 26 9 15 2 2 .923 2.67 .931 3.04
1914 STL NL 24 3B 5 18 6 10 2 1 .889 3.20 .933 3.04
1914 STL NL 24 OF 3 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.000 1.97 2-0-2
1914 STL NL 24 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.90
1914 BSN NL 24 OF 38 91 84 4 3 1 .967 2.32 .956 1.97 38
1914 BSN NL 24 2B 15 90 39 45 6 4 .933 5.60 .950 4.89
1914 BSN NL 24 1B 4 36 30 5 1 3 .972 8.75 .989 10.10
1914 BSN NL 24 3B 4 8 3 5 0 1 1.000 2.00 .925 3.05
1914 BSN NL 24 SS 3 9 5 2 2 0 .778 2.33 .933 5.07
1915 PHI NL 25 OF 119 279 266 7 6 2 .978 2.29 .958 2.01 53-66-0
1915 PHI NL 25 1B 7 91 73 14 4 3 .956 12.43 .990 10.23
1916 PHI NL 26 OF 136 309 285 13 11 3 .964 2.19 .967 2.00 136-0-0
1916 PHI NL 26 1B 16 104 98 3 3 5 .971 6.31 .988 10.15
1917 PHI NL 27 OF 141 301 275 19 7 0 .977 2.09 .962 2.08 141-0-0
1917 PHI NL 27 1B 10 22 21 1 0 1 1.000 2.20 .986 10.51
1917 PHI NL 27 3B 7 25 10 13 2 1 .920 3.29 .944 3.04
1917 PHI NL 27 2B 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 5.00
1918 PHI NL 28 OF 22 56 52 3 1 1 .982 2.50 .961 2.13 22-0-0
1918 PHI NL 28 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.80
1919 TOT NL 29 OF 48 112 98 9 5 0 .955 2.23 .964 2.18 48-0-0
1919 TOT NL 29 1B 35 351 320 27 4 21 .989 9.91 .988 10.84
1919 PHI NL 29 OF 47 111 97 9 5 0 .955 2.26 .964 2.18 47-0-0
1919 PHI NL 29 2B 26 141 72 65 4 8 .972 5.27 .960 5.14
1919 PHI NL 29 1B 2 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 .989 10.85
1919 PIT NL 29 1B 33 342 311 27 4 21 .988 10.24 .988 10.84
1919 PIT NL 29 3B 2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 3.10
1919 PIT NL 29 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 2.20 1-0-0
1920 PIT NL 30 3B 125 411 166 229 16 16 .961 3.16 .946 3.04
1920 PIT NL 30 1B 10 102 97 5 0 8 1.000 10.20 .990 10.80
1920 PIT NL 30 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 1-0-0
1921 PIT NL 31 OF 102 259 247 9 3 6 .988 2.51 .964 2.24 15-0-87
1921 PIT NL 31 1B 7 33 29 4 0 4 1.000 4.71 .991 10.44
9 Seasons OF 651 1498 1391 69 38 13 .975 2.24 .962 2.08 438-107-107
6 Seasons 3B 177 593 233 328 32 29 .946 3.17 .944 3.03
9 Seasons 1B 92 766 694 60 12 47 .984 8.20 .989 10.56
4 Seasons 2B 50 270 120 136 14 12 .948 5.12 .956 5.03
2 Seasons SS 41 227 83 126 18 16 .921 5.10 .937 4.97
11 Seasons TOT 1011 3354 2521 719 114 117 .966 3.20 .929 3.28 438-107-107
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

Doubles s c a p y
1917 NL--24--10th
1919 NL--21--10th

Triples s c a p y
1916 NL--12--10th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1916 NL--68--9th
1917 NL--70--6th
1920 NL--74--10th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1916 NL--29--7th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1915 NL--28--5th
1916 NL--30--4th
1917 NL--28--2nd
1921 NL--26--6th
Career--180--105th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1916 NL--9.9--9th

Outs Made s c a p y
1917 NL--426--7th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 19 (1032), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2395), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1790), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  3. Solly Hofman (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  6. Tommy Griffith (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Solly Hofman (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Solly Hofman (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

August 6, 1912: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from Jacksonville (South Atlantic) for $3,000.

June 28, 1914: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Ted Cather to the Boston Braves for Hub Perdue.

February 14, 1915: Sent by the Boston Braves to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete an earlier deal made on December 24, 1914. The Boston Braves sent players to be named later and cash to the Philadelphia Phillies for players to be named later and Sherry Magee. The Boston Braves sent Oscar Dugey (February 10, 1915) and Possum Whitted (February 14, 1915) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.

August 9, 1919: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Casey Stengel.

March 14, 1922: Purchased by the Brooklyn Robins from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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