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Nick Willhite

Jon Nicholas Willhite

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 27, 1941 in Tulsa, OK
High School: South (Denver, CO)
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 16, 1963
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Angels/Senators/Mets 1963-1967

Final Game: June 23, 1967
Died: December 14, 2008 in Alpine, UT
Buried: Alpine City Cemetery, Alpine, UT
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1960	19	LAD-min	C	5	1	.833	3.18	7	7					51.0	41	20	18	2	22								1.235	7.2	0.4	3.9			REN · CALL
1961	20	LAD-min	A	16	9	.640	1.80	28	27					230.0	176	64	46	14	46								0.965	6.9	0.5	1.8			GRV · SALL
1962	21	LAD-min	AAA	18	14	.563	3.33	38	32		19	1		243.0	229	102	90	17	68	4	129	2	0	6			1.222	8.5	0.6	2.5	4.8	1.90	OMA · AA
1963	22	LAD-min	AAA	8	4	.667	4.15	21	16					102.0	104	51	47	4	48		83						1.490	9.2	0.4	4.2	7.3	1.73	SPO · PCL
1963	22	LAD	NL	2	3	.400	3.79	8	8	0	1	1	0	38.0	44	19	16	5	10	2	28	0	4	1	165	80	1.421	10.4	1.2	2.4	6.6	2.80
1964	23	LAD-min	AA	7	6	.538	4.95	22	20					129.0	143	85	71	19	53		93						1.519	10.0	1.3	3.7	6.5	1.75	ABQ · TL
1964	23	LAD	NL	2	4	.333	3.71	10	7	1	2	0	0	43.2	43	19	18	4	13	2	24	0	0	3	181	89	1.282	8.9	0.8	2.7	4.9	1.85
1965	24	LAD-min	AAA	2	1	.667	1.85	6	5		1	1		34.0	22	8	7	1	15	1	26	1	0	2			1.088	5.8	0.3	4.0	6.9	1.73	SPO · PCL
1965	24	TOT	MLB	2	2	.500	5.59	20	6	7	0	0	1	48.1	57	37	30	9	26	1	31	2	0	2	222	60	1.717	10.6	1.7	4.8	5.8	1.19
1965	24	WSA	AL	0	0		7.11	5	0	3	0	0	0	6.1	10	11	5	2	4	0	3	0	0	1	33	52	2.211	14.2	2.8	5.7	4.3	0.75
1965	24	LAD	NL	2	2	.500	5.36	15	6	4	0	0	1	42.0	47	26	25	7	22	1	28	2	0	1	189	61	1.643	10.1	1.5	4.7	6.0	1.27
1966	25	LAD-min	AAA	10	12	.455	3.14	23	23		13	3		166.0	148	62	58	8	59	1	105	3	0	4			1.247	8.0	0.4	3.2	5.7	1.78	SPO · PCL
1966	25	LAD	NL	0	0		2.08	6	0	3	0	0	0	4.1	3	1	1	0	5	0	4	0	1	1	19	175	1.846	6.2	0.0	10.4	8.3	0.80
1967	26	STL-min	AAA	4	6	.400	4.71	16	14		3	0		84.0	89	46	44	10	44	1	50	0	0	4			1.583	9.5	1.1	4.7	5.4	1.14	TUL · PCL
1967	26	TOT	MLB	0	3	.000	5.10	14	8	1	0	0	0	47.2	48	28	27	9	21	0	31	0	2	3	208	63	1.448	9.1	1.7	4.0	5.9	1.48
1967	26	CAL	AL	0	2	.000	4.35	10	7	1	0	0	0	39.1	39	20	19	8	16	0	22	0	1	1	168	72	1.398	8.9	1.8	3.7	5.0	1.38
1967	26	NYM	NL	0	1	.000	8.64	4	1	0	0	0	0	8.1	9	8	8	1	5	0	9	0	1	2	40	41	1.680	9.7	1.1	5.4	9.7	1.80
1968	27	CHC-NYM-min	AA,AAA	1	11	.083	4.45	29	12		0	0		95.0	103	57	47	14	42	6	51	0	0	2			1.526	9.8	1.3	4.0	4.8	1.21	TAC,SAN,JCK · PCL,TL,IL
1969	28	MIN-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	10.50	3	0		0	0	0	6.0	12	7	7	2	1	0	2	0	0	0			2.167	18.0	3.0	1.5	3.0	2.00	DEN · AA
1970	29	KCR-min	AAA	0	0		5.54	6	0		0	0	0	13.0	15	9	8	3	6	0	7	0	0	2			1.615	10.4	2.1	4.2	4.8	1.17	OMA · AA
5 Seasons				6	12	.333	4.55	58	29	12	3	1	1	182.0	195	104	92	27	75	5	118	2	7	10	795	71	1.484	9.6	1.3	3.7	5.8	1.57
162 Game Avg.				5	9	.333	4.55	45	23	9	2	1	1	142	152	81	72	21	59	4	92	2	5	8	621	71	1.484	9.6	1.3	3.7	5.8	1.57

LAD (4 yrs)				6	9	.400	4.22	39	21	8	3	1	1	128.0	137	65	60	16	50	5	84	2	5	6	554	76	1.461	9.6	1.1	3.5	5.9	1.68
NYM (1 yr)				0	1	.000	8.64	4	1	0	0	0	0	8.1	9	8	8	1	5	0	9	0	1	2	40	41	1.680	9.7	1.1	5.4	9.7	1.80
WSA (1 yr)				0	0		7.11	5	0	3	0	0	0	6.1	10	11	5	2	4	0	3	0	0	1	33	52	2.211	14.2	2.8	5.7	4.3	0.75
CAL (1 yr)				0	2	.000	4.35	10	7	1	0	0	0	39.1	39	20	19	8	16	0	22	0	1	1	168	72	1.398	8.9	1.8	3.7	5.0	1.38

NL (5 yrs)			NL	6	10	.375	4.49	43	22	8	3	1	1	136.1	146	73	68	17	55	5	93	2	6	8	594	72	1.474	9.6	1.1	3.6	6.1	1.69
AL (2 yrs)			AL	0	2	.000	4.73	15	7	4	0	0	0	45.2	49	31	24	10	20	0	25	0	1	2	201	68	1.511	9.7	2.0	3.9	4.9	1.25

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1963	22	LAD	NL	38.0	8	19	20	-1	1.0	1	0.1	$
1964	23	LAD	NL	43.2	7	19	21	0	1.2	2	0.3	$
1965	24	WSA	AL	6.1	0	11	3	0	.1	-8	-0.5	$
1965	24	LAD	NL	42.0	6	26	19	2	.9	-7	-0.9	$
1966	25	LAD	NL	4.1	0	1	2	0	.2	1	0.1	$
1967	26	CAL	AL	39.1	7	20	17	1	1.0	-3	-0.4	$
1967	26	NYM	NL	8.1	1	8	5	0	.4	-3	-0.3	$
5 Seasons				182.0	29	104	87	2	.9	-17	-1.6	$

LAD (4 yrs)				128.0	21	65	62	1	1.0	-3	-0.4	$
NYM (1 yr)				8.1	1	8	5	0	.4	-3	-0.3	$
WSA (1 yr)				6.1	0	11	3	0	.1	-8	-0.5	$
CAL (1 yr)				39.1	7	20	17	1	1.0	-3	-0.4	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1960	19	LAD-min	C	11	26	26		6	1	0	0						.231	.231	.269	.500		7						REN · CALL
1961	20	LAD-min	A	29	91	86	9	19	3	1	0	7	0		5	14	.221	.264	.279	.543		24						GRV · SALL
1962	21	LAD-min	AAA	47	103	92	4	21	1	1	1	10	0		6	12	.228	.276	.293	.569		27		0	5	0	0	OMA · AA
1963	22	LAD-min	AAA	26	41	40	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.175	.195	.175	.370		7						SPO · PCL
1963	22	LAD	NL	8	11	10	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.300	.300	.400	.700	106	4	0	0	1	0	0	/1
1964	23	LAD-min	AA	25	51	47	2	9	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	12	.191	.255	.213	.468		10						ABQ · TL
1964	23	LAD	NL	10	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.000	.154	.000	.154	-51	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1965	24	LAD-min	AAA	10	19	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.118	.167	.118	.284		2		0	1	0		SPO · PCL
1965	24	TOT	MLB	20	13	10	1	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	3	.400	.538	.500	1.038	205	5	0	0	0	0	0	1
1965	24	WSA	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1965	24	LAD	NL	15	13	10	1	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	3	.400	.538	.500	1.038	205	5	0	0	0	0	0	1
1966	25	LAD-min	AAA	30	73	69	4	13	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	18	.188	.222	.203	.425		14		1	1	0		SPO · PCL
1966	25	LAD	NL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1967	26	STL-min	AAA	16	30	28	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	.214	.214	.214	.429		6		0	2	0		TUL · PCL
1967	26	TOT	MLB	14	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1967	26	CAL	AL	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1967	26	NYM	NL	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0	/1
1968	27	CHC-NYM-min	AA,AAA	29	25	25	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.160	.160	.160	.320		4		0	0	0		TAC,SAN,JCK · PCL,TL,IL
1969	28	MIN-min	AAA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0		DEN · AA
1970	29	KCR-min	AAA	6	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000		1		0	0	0		OMA · AA
5 Seasons				58	50	43	3	7	2	0	0	4	0	0	5	15	.163	.250	.209	.459	37	9	1	0	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	140	120	8	20	6	0	0	11	0	0	14	42	.163	.250	.209	.459	37	25	3	0	6	0	0

LAD (4 yrs)				39	38	31	3	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	5	11	.226	.333	.290	.624	85	9	0	0	2	0	0
NYM (1 yr)				4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0
WSA (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CAL (1 yr)				10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (5 yrs)				43	40	33	3	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	5	11	.212	.316	.273	.589	74	9	1	0	2	0	0
AL (2 yrs)				15	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1963	22	LAD	NL	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	/1
1964	23	LAD	NL	14	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$8,000	1
1965	24	LAD	NL	13	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0.4	3	0.3	0.1	$	1

1967	26	CAL	AL	10	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$10,000	1
1967	26	NYM	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
4 Seasons				50	-2	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0.3	2	0.2	0.1	$18,000

LAD (3 yrs)				38	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0.4	3	0.3	0.1	$8,000
NYM (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
CAL (1 yr)				10	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$10,000

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1963	LAD	NL	22	P	8	8	1	38.0	5	1	3	1	0	.800	0.95	0.50	.952	2.06	2.06	2	0	0%	1
1964	LAD	NL	23	P	10	7	2	43.2	15	3	12	0	1	1.000	3.09	1.50	.953	2.14	2.13	1	1	50%	3
1965	TOT	MLB	24	P	20	6	0	48.1	9	0	9	0	0	1.000	1.68	0.45	.956	2.07	2.06	1	2	67%	3
1965	WSA	AL	24	P	5	0	0	6.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.42	0.20	.950	1.99	2.02	0	0		0
1965	LAD	NL	24	P	15	6	0	42.0	8	0	8	0	0	1.000	1.71	0.53	.956	2.08	2.08	1	2	67%	3
1966	LAD	NL	25	P	6	0	0	4.1	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	4.15	0.33	.945	1.87	1.97	1	2	67%	1
1967	TOT	MLB	26	P	14	8	0	47.2	10	1	9	0	1	1.000	1.89	0.71	.958	1.96	1.97	2	3	60%	0
1967	CAL	AL	26	P	10	7	0	39.1	7	1	6	0	1	1.000	1.60	0.70	.957	1.97	1.96	1	3	75%	0
1967	NYM	NL	26	P	4	1	0	8.1	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	3.24	0.75	.960	1.94	2.00	1	0	0%	0
	5 Seasons			P	58	29	3	182.0	41	5	35	1	2	.976	1.98	0.69	.954	2.05	2.04	7	8	53%	8
	5 Seasons			TOT	58	29	3	182.0	41	5	35	1	2	.976	1.98	0.69	.954	2.05	2.04	7	8	53%	8

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Transactions

September 21, 1959: Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent.
October 15, 1964: Purchased by the Washington Senators from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
May 11, 1965: Purchased by the Los Angeles Dodgers from the Washington Senators.
December 15, 1966: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the California Angels for Bob Lee.
June 10, 1967: Traded by the California Angels to the New York Mets for Jack Hamilton.

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Salaries

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Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes
1964	23	Los Angeles Dodgers	$8,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database
1965	24	Washington Senators	$8,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database	2/12/66 TSN: $7,000
1966	25	Los Angeles Dodgers	$9,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database	2/12/66 TSN: $8,000
1967	26	California Angels	$10,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$35,000

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