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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 (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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 10:03AM
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
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 Seasons 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: 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 Awards
1934 21 PHA AL 21.2 2 30 14 0 1.0 -16 -1.6 $
1935 22 PHA AL 142.1 18 69 93 -1 1.0 24 2.5 $
1936 23 PHA AL 18.1 3 17 13 0 1.0 -4 -0.3 $
3 Seasons 182.1 23 116 120 -1 1.0 4 0.6 $

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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
1934 21 PHA AL 9 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
1935 22 PHA AL 27 52 43 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 20 .093 .170 .093 .263 -30 4 0 5 1
1936 23 PHA AL 5 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 -46 0 0 0 /1
3 Seasons 41 60 50 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 24 .080 .164 .080 .244 -35 4 0 5
162 Game Avg. 162 237 198 12 16 0 0 0 4 0 0 20 95 .080 .164 .080 .244 -35 16 0 20

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 Awards
1934 21 PHA AL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1935 22 PHA AL 52 -9 0 0 0 0 3 2 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ 1
1936 23 PHA AL 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
3 Seasons 60 -11 0 0 0 0 3 2 -6 -0.6 -6 -0.6 0.0 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1934 PHA AL 21 P 9 2 0 21.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.16 2.11
1935 PHA AL 22 P 27 18 7 142.1 27 2 25 0 1 1.000 1.71 1.00 .949 2.15 2.14
1936 PHA AL 23 P 5 3 0 18.1 5 1 3 1 0 .800 1.96 0.80 .956 1.96 1.96
3 Seasons P 41 23 7 182.1 32 3 28 1 1 .969 1.53 0.76 .950 2.13 2.11
3 Seasons TOT 41 23 7 182.1 32 3 28 1 1 .969 1.53 0.76 .950 2.13 2.11
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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 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)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1935 AL  1.000 (1st)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2585), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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