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Whitey Wietelmann

William Frederick Wietelmann

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: March 15, 1919 in Zanesville, OH
High School: Zanesville HS (Zanesville, OH)(All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1939
Teams (by GP): Braves/Bees/Pirates 1939-1947

Final Game: September 18, 1947
Died: March 26, 2002 in San Diego, CA
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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
1939 20 BSN NL 23 71 69 2 14 1 0 0 5 1 2 9 .203 .225 .217 .443 24 15 4 0 0 6/4
1940 21 BSN NL 35 46 41 3 8 1 0 0 1 0 5 5 .195 .283 .220 .502 44 9 1 0 0 4/56
1941 22 BSN NL 16 36 33 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .091 .118 .091 .209 -39 3 0 0 2 4/65
1942 23 BSN NL 13 38 34 4 7 2 0 0 0 0 4 5 .206 .289 .265 .554 65 9 2 0 0 6/4
1943 24 BSN NL 153 590 534 33 115 14 1 0 39 9 46 40 .215 .281 .245 .527 54 131 9 3 8 *6
1944 25 BSN NL 125 463 417 46 100 18 1 2 32 0 33 25 .240 .300 .302 .602 67 126 5 3 10 *64/5
1945 26 BSN NL 123 468 428 53 116 15 3 4 33 4 39 27 .271 .335 .348 .683 90 149 1 2 2 46/51
1946 27 BSN NL 44 92 78 7 16 0 0 0 5 0 14 8 .205 .326 .205 .531 52 16 1 0 0 6/541
1947 28 PIT NL 48 140 128 21 30 4 1 1 7 0 12 10 .234 .300 .305 .605 59 39 6 0 0 64/53
9 Yrs 580 1944 1762 170 409 55 6 7 122 14 156 131 .232 .298 .282 .580 63 497 29 8 22
162 Game Avg. 162 543 492 47 114 15 2 2 34 4 44 37 .232 .298 .282 .580 63 139 8 2 6
BSN (8 yrs) 532 1804 1634 149 379 51 5 6 115 14 144 121 .232 .297 .280 .578 64 458 23 8 22
PIT (1 yr) 48 140 128 21 30 4 1 1 7 0 12 10 .234 .300 .305 .605 59 39 6 0 0

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
1939 20 BSN NL 23 71 -7 0 0 2 1 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.2 .483 .498 -0.4 0.3 -4 $ 6/4
1940 21 BSN NL 35 46 -3 0 0 -1 1 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.2 .491 .498 0.0 -0.0 -0 $ 4/56
1941 22 BSN NL 16 36 -6 0 0 0 1 -5 -0.6 1 -4 -0.4 .465 .497 -0.4 0.1 -4 $ 4/65
1942 23 BSN NL 13 38 -1 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 1 0 0.0 .494 .499 0.0 0.1 1 $ 6/4
1943 24 BSN NL 153 590 -28 -0 0 12 10 -7 -0.8 18 11 0.9 .495 .495 -0.4 2.5 -1 $ *6
1944 25 BSN NL 125 463 -17 0 0 -3 8 -12 -1.3 14 2 0.1 .490 .492 0.4 0.5 5 $ *64/5
1945 26 BSN NL 123 468 -5 -0 0 -2 7 -0 0.0 14 14 1.4 .500 .500 1.6 0.5 16 $ 46/51
1946 27 BSN NL 44 92 -4 0 0 -2 2 -4 -0.4 3 -0 -0.1 .491 .498 0.1 -0.1 2 $ 6/541
1947 28 PIT NL 48 140 -7 0 0 -6 2 -11 -1.1 5 -6 -0.6 .477 .493 0.0 -0.4 0 $ 64/53
9 Seasons 580 1944 -79 0 0 0 33 -46 -5.1 60 14 0.9 .491 .497 0.9 3.5 14 $
BSN (8 yrs) 532 1804 -71 -0 0 6 31 -35 -4.0 55 20 1.5 .493 .497 0.9 3.9 14 $
PIT (1 yr) 48 140 -7 0 0 -6 2 -11 -1.1 5 -6 -0.6 .477 .493 0.0 -0.4 0 $

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
1939 20 BSN NL 71 59 3 1.4 96 .233 .203 .270 .225 .335 .217 .386 .443 .721 24 .098 -7.3 -0.7 .305 .058 .014 .0
1940 21 BSN NL 46 34 3 2.4 92 .222 .195 .263 .283 .327 .220 .379 .502 .706 44 .248 -2.8 -0.3 .412 .146 .024
1941 22 BSN NL 36 32 0 0.0 89 .097 .091 .259 .118 .328 .091 .364 .209 .692 -39 .000 -6.0 -0.6 .133 .030 .000
1942 23 BSN NL 38 29 3 2.8 84 .241 .206 .253 .289 .324 .265 .351 .554 .675 65 .361 -1.4 -0.2 .448 .176 .059
1943 24 BSN NL 590 436 36 2.2 88 .233 .215 .262 .281 .331 .245 .356 .527 .687 54 .260 -30.9 -3.3 .442 .133 .030 .0
1944 25 BSN NL 463 332 37 3.0 97 .251 .240 .273 .300 .340 .302 .383 .602 .723 67 .349 -18.5 -1.9 .503 .141 .062 .0
1945 26 BSN NL 468 315 49 4.2 97 .282 .271 .273 .335 .343 .348 .377 .683 .720 90 .488 -5.9 -0.6 .620 .178 .077 4.0
1946 27 BSN NL 92 63 5 2.1 94 .229 .205 .264 .326 .339 .205 .369 .531 .709 52 .235 -4.4 -0.5 .476 .179 .000
1947 28 PIT NL 140 104 12 3.1 108 .248 .234 .278 .300 .354 .305 .412 .605 .765 59 .319 -7.9 -0.8 .490 .164 .070 .0
9 Yrs 1944 1404 148 2.8 94 .248 .232 .269 .298 .338 .282 .374 .580 .712 63 .329 -85.1 -8.9 .488 .146 .050 9.3
162 Game Avg. 543 392 41 2.8 94 .248 .232 .269 .298 .338 .282 .374 .580 .712 63 .329 -85.1 -8.9 .488 .146 .050 3
BSN (8 yrs) 1804 1300 136 2.8 93 .248 .232 .268 .297 .337 .280 .371 .578 .708 64 .330 -77.2 -8.2 .488 .145 .048 8.4
PIT (1 yr) 140 104 12 3.1 108 .248 .234 .278 .300 .354 .305 .412 .605 .765 59 .319 -7.9 -0.8 .490 .164 .070 .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
1939 20 BSN NL 71 0.0% 12.7% 2.8% 1.4% 7% 4.50 7.7 13.8 85%
1940 21 BSN NL 46 0.0% 10.9% 10.9% 2.2% 13% 1.00 8.2 41.0 78%
1941 22 BSN NL 36 0.0% 5.6% 2.8% 0.0% 0% 2.00 16.5 86%
1942 23 BSN NL 38 0.0% 13.2% 10.5% 5.3% 29% 1.25 6.8 76%
1943 24 BSN NL 590 0.0% 6.8% 7.8% 2.5% 13% 0.87 13.4 13.7 84%
1944 25 BSN NL 463 0.4% 5.4% 7.1% 4.5% 21% 0.76 16.7 208.5 13.0 84%
1945 26 BSN NL 468 0.9% 5.8% 8.3% 4.7% 19% 0.69 15.9 107.0 13.0 85%
1946 27 BSN NL 92 0.0% 8.7% 15.2% 0.0% 0% 0.57 9.8 15.6 76%
1947 28 PIT NL 140 0.7% 7.1% 8.6% 4.3% 20% 0.83 12.8 128.0 18.3 84%
9 Yrs 1944 0.4% 6.7% 8.0% 3.5% 17% 0.84 13.5 251.7 14.4 84%
MLB Averages 1.3% 9.1% 8.9% 6.1% 26% 1.02 9.8 68.6 8.6 79%

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
1939 20 23 71 69 2 14 1 0 0 5 1 2 9 .203 .225 .217 .443 24 15 4 0 0
1940 21 58 117 110 5 22 2 0 0 6 1 7 14 .200 .248 .218 .466 32 24 5 0 0
1941 22 74 153 143 6 25 2 0 0 6 1 8 16 .175 .219 .189 .407 16 27 5 0 2
1942 23 87 191 177 10 32 4 0 0 6 1 12 21 .181 .233 .203 .436 25 36 7 0 2
1943 24 240 781 711 43 147 18 1 0 45 10 58 61 .207 .269 .235 .504 47 167 16 3 10
1944 25 365 1244 1128 89 247 36 2 2 77 10 91 86 .219 .281 .260 .541 55 293 21 6 20
1945 26 488 1712 1556 142 363 51 5 6 110 14 130 113 .233 .296 .284 .580 64 442 22 8 22
1946 27 532 1804 1634 149 379 51 5 6 115 14 144 121 .232 .297 .280 .578 64 458 23 8 22
1947 28 580 1944 1762 170 409 55 6 7 122 14 156 131 .232 .298 .282 .580 63 497 29 8 22

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
1939 20 24 76 74 2 16 1 0 0 6 1 2 9 .216 .237 .230 .467 4 23
1940 21 37 50 44 4 9 1 0 0 1 0 6 5 .205 .300 .227 .527 3 35
1941 22 17 37 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .029 .000 .029 0 16
1942 23 14 42 37 5 8 2 0 0 0 0 5 5 .216 .310 .270 .580 3 13
1943 24 160 632 569 40 131 16 1 0 47 10 52 42 .230 .298 .262 .560 44 153
1944 25 130 479 432 47 103 19 1 2 33 0 34 26 .238 .299 .301 .599 38 125
1945 26 129 492 447 55 121 16 3 4 34 4 41 28 .271 .335 .347 .681 51 123
1946 27 46 99 83 8 18 0 0 0 6 0 16 8 .217 .343 .217 .560 6 44
1947 28 50 144 132 21 30 4 1 1 7 0 12 10 .227 .292 .295 .587 11 48
9 Yrs 607 2051 1852 182 436 59 6 7 134 15 169 135 .235 .302 .285 .587 160 580
162 Game Avg. 162 547 494 49 116 16 2 2 36 4 45 36 .235 .302 .285 .587 43 580

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1943 NL  2.5 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1943 NL  153 (8th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1943 NL  9 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1943 NL  3 (7th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1943 NL  436 (10th)

Youngest s c a p y
1939 NL  born 1919-03-15 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 3 (2071), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Similarity Scores

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