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Whitey Wilshere

Vernon Sprague Wilshere

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 3, 1912 in Poplar Ridge, NY
School: Indiana University-Bloomington (Bloomington, IN) (All Transactions)
Debut: June 24, 1934
Team: Athletics 1934-1936

Final Game: May 31, 1936
Died: May 23, 1985 in Cooperstown, NY
Buried: Lakewood Cemetery, Cooperstown, NY
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Standard Pitching

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
1934 21 PHA AL 0 1 .000 12.05 9 2 2 0 0 0 21.2 39 30 29 0 15 19 1 0 1 117 37 2.492 16.2 0.0 6.2 7.9 1.27
1935 22 PHA AL 9 9 .500 4.05 27 18 5 7 3 1 142.1 136 69 64 8 78 80 10 3 1 638 113 1.504 8.6 0.5 4.9 5.1 1.03
1936 23 PHA AL 1 2 .333 6.87 5 3 0 0 0 0 18.1 21 17 14 1 19 4 0 1 1 94 75 2.182 10.3 0.5 9.3 2.0 0.21
3 Yrs 10 12 .455 5.28 41 23 7 7 3 1 182.1 196 116 107 9 112 103 11 4 3 849 87 1.689 9.7 0.4 5.5 5.1 0.92
162 Game Avg. 11 13 .455 5.28 44 24 7 7 3 1 194 208 123 114 10 119 109 12 4 3 902 87 1.689 9.7 0.4 5.5 5.1 0.92

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1934 21 PHA AL 21.2 9 2 30 12.46 5.55 0.22 0.00 95.7 5.10 -18 -1.4 1.0 -0.0 -1.2 -15 .341 .491 $
1935 22 PHA AL 142.1 27 18 69 4.36 4.97 -0.09 0.00 103.7 5.25 14 1.4 1.0 -0.1 2.6 31 .552 .509 $
1936 23 PHA AL 18.1 5 3 17 8.35 6.44 -0.04 0.00 90.4 5.86 -5 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .417 .497 $
3 Seasons 182.1 41 23 116 5.73 5.19 -0.05 0.00 101.4 5.29 -9 -0.5 1.0 -0.1 1.1 13 .489 .499 $

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1934 21 PHA AL 117 0.0% 16.2% 12.8% 68%
1935 22 PHA AL 638 1.3% 12.5% 12.2% 2.2% 10% 70%
1936 23 PHA AL 94 1.1% 4.3% 20.2% 72%
3 Yrs 849 1.1% 12.1% 13.2% 1.7% 7% 70%
MLB Averages 1.4% 8.5% 8.3% 3.2% 13% 80%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age 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 ERA+
1934 21 0 1 .000 12.05 9 2 2 0 0 0 21.2 39 30 29 0 15 19 1 0 1 117 37 2.492 16.2 0.0 6.2 7.9 1.27 37
1935 22 9 10 .474 5.10 36 20 7 7 3 1 164.0 175 99 93 8 93 99 11 3 2 755 89 1.634 9.6 0.4 5.1 5.4 1.06 89
1936 23 10 12 .455 5.28 41 23 7 7 3 1 182.1 196 116 107 9 112 103 11 4 3 849 87 1.689 9.7 0.4 5.5 5.1 0.92 87

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1934 21 0 2 .000 10.57 23.0 38 30 27 0 15 20 1 2.304 14.9 5.9 7.8 1.33 0.0 9
1935 22 9 7 .563 3.35 153.0 132 63 57 8 76 86 10 1.359 7.8 4.5 5.1 1.13 0.5 27
1936 23 1 1 .500 5.40 20.0 20 13 12 1 18 4 0 1.900 9.0 8.1 1.8 0.22 0.5 5
3 Yrs 10 10 .500 4.41 196.0 190 106 96 9 109 110 11 1.526 8.7 5.1 1.01 0.4 41

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y
1935 AL  3 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1935 AL  10 (1st)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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