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Whit Wyatt
John Whitlow Wyatt
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 27, 1907 in Kensington, GA
School: Georgia Institute of Technology (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1929
Final Game: July 18, 1945
Died: July 16, 1999 in Carrolton, GA
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Standard Pitching

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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
1929 21 DET AL 0 1 .000 6.75 4 4 0 1 0 0 25.1 30 22 19 1 18 14 1 0 1 121 63 1.895 10.7 0.4 6.4 5.0 0.78
1930 22 DET AL 4 5 .444 3.57 21 7 12 2 0 2 85.2 76 41 34 6 35 68 3 0 2 363 134 1.296 8.0 0.6 3.7 7.1 1.94
1931 23 DET AL 0 2 .000 8.85 4 1 1 1 0 0 20.1 30 23 20 2 12 8 1 0 2 98 52 2.066 13.3 0.9 5.3 3.5 0.67
1932 24 DET AL 9 13 .409 5.03 43 22 10 10 0 1 205.2 228 136 115 12 102 82 3 0 6 925 93 1.605 10.0 0.5 4.5 3.6 0.80
1933 25 TOT AL 3 5 .375 4.56 36 7 17 2 0 1 104.2 111 60 53 8 54 40 4 1 3 478 93 1.576 9.5 0.7 4.6 3.4 0.74
1933 25 DET AL 0 1 .000 4.24 10 0 6 0 0 0 17.0 20 9 8 1 9 9 2 1 1 81 102 1.706 10.6 0.5 4.8 4.8 1.00
1933 25 CHW AL 3 4 .429 4.62 26 7 11 2 0 1 87.2 91 51 45 7 45 31 2 0 2 397 92 1.551 9.3 0.7 4.6 3.2 0.69
1934 26 CHW AL 4 11 .267 7.18 23 6 13 2 0 2 67.2 83 59 54 10 37 36 1 0 2 317 66 1.773 11.0 1.3 4.9 4.8 0.97
1935 27 CHW AL 4 3 .571 6.75 30 1 25 0 0 5 52.0 65 41 39 6 25 22 2 0 2 244 69 1.731 11.3 1.0 4.3 3.8 0.88
1936 28 CHW AL 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 1 3.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1937 29 CLE AL 2 3 .400 4.44 29 4 13 2 0 0 73.0 67 38 36 3 40 52 0 0 0 322 101 1.466 8.3 0.4 4.9 6.4 1.30
1939 31 BRO NL 8 3 .727 2.31 16 14 2 6 2 0 109.0 88 34 28 3 39 52 2 0 3 451 174 1.165 7.3 0.2 3.2 4.3 1.33 AS
1940 32 BRO NL 15 14 .517 3.46 37 34 3 16 5 0 239.1 233 105 92 19 62 124 5 0 0 1000 116 1.233 8.8 0.7 2.3 4.7 2.00 AS,MVP-29
1941 33 BRO NL 22 10 .688 2.34 38 35 1 23 7 1 288.1 223 89 75 10 82 176 2 0 2 1147 157 1.058 7.0 0.3 2.6 5.5 2.15 AS,MVP-3
1942 34 BRO NL 19 7 .731 2.73 31 30 1 16 0 0 217.1 185 82 66 9 63 104 7 1 1 900 119 1.141 7.7 0.4 2.6 4.3 1.65 AS,MVP-16
1943 35 BRO NL 14 5 .737 2.49 26 26 0 13 3 0 180.2 139 55 50 5 43 80 0 0 0 719 134 1.007 6.9 0.2 2.1 4.0 1.86 MVP-15
1944 36 BRO NL 2 6 .250 7.17 9 9 0 1 0 0 37.2 51 37 30 1 16 4 2 0 0 186 49 1.779 12.2 0.2 3.8 1.0 0.25
1945 37 PHI NL 0 7 .000 5.26 10 10 0 2 0 0 51.1 72 38 30 3 14 10 0 0 0 239 73 1.675 12.6 0.5 2.5 1.8 0.71
16 Seasons 106 95 .527 3.79 360 210 101 97 17 13 1761.0 1684 860 741 98 642 872 33 2 24 7521 105 1.321 8.6 0.5 3.3 4.5 1.36
162 Game Avg. 13 11 .527 3.79 43 25 12 12 2 2 210 201 103 88 12 77 104 4 0 3 897 105 1.321 8.6 0.5 3.3 4.5 1.36
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
BRO (6 yrs) 80 45 .640 2.86 157 148 7 75 17 1 1072.1 919 402 341 47 305 540 18 1 6 4403 127 1.141 7.7 0.4 2.6 4.5 1.77
DET (5 yrs) 13 22 .371 4.98 82 34 29 14 0 3 354.0 384 231 196 22 176 181 10 1 12 1588 94 1.582 9.8 0.6 4.5 4.6 1.03
CHW (4 yrs) 11 18 .379 5.90 82 14 52 4 0 9 210.1 242 151 138 23 107 89 5 0 6 969 76 1.659 10.4 1.0 4.6 3.8 0.83
PHI (1 yr) 0 7 .000 5.26 10 10 0 2 0 0 51.1 72 38 30 3 14 10 0 0 0 239 73 1.675 12.6 0.5 2.5 1.8 0.71
CLE (1 yr) 2 3 .400 4.44 29 4 13 2 0 0 73.0 67 38 36 3 40 52 0 0 0 322 101 1.466 8.3 0.4 4.9 6.4 1.30
AL (9 yrs) 26 43 .377 5.22 193 52 94 20 0 12 637.1 693 420 370 48 323 322 15 1 18 2879 88 1.594 9.8 0.7 4.6 4.5 1.00
NL (7 yrs) 80 52 .606 2.97 167 158 7 77 17 1 1123.2 991 440 371 50 319 550 18 1 6 4642 123 1.166 7.9 0.4 2.6 4.4 1.72

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1941 33 BRO NL WS L NYY 1 1 .500 2.50 2 2 0 2 0 0 18.0 15 5 5 1 10 1 14 0 0 1 75 1.389 7.5 0.5 5.0 7.0 1.40
1 WS 1 1 .500 2.50 2 2 0 2 0 0 18.0 15 5 5 1 10 1 14 0 0 1 75 1.389 7.5 0.5 5.0 7.0 1.40

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
1929 21 DET AL 4 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .100 .100 .100 .200 -48 1 0 0 /1
1930 22 DET AL 22 35 34 3 12 1 1 1 9 0 0 0 7 .353 .353 .529 .882 119 18 0 1 1
1931 23 DET AL 4 7 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .429 .714 83 3 0 0 /1
1932 24 DET AL 43 81 78 7 15 2 0 2 9 0 0 2 16 .192 .213 .295 .507 28 23 0 1 1
1933 25 TOT AL 36 32 30 5 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .200 .226 .233 .459 24 7 0 1 1
1933 25 DET AL 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1
1933 25 CHW AL 26 30 28 5 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .214 .241 .250 .491 33 7 0 1 1
1934 26 CHW AL 23 28 26 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .231 .259 .269 .528 35 7 0 1 1
1935 27 CHW AL 30 17 13 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 .231 .412 .385 .796 105 5 0 0 1
1936 28 CHW AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1937 29 CLE AL 29 21 18 2 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 5 .389 .450 .500 .950 141 9 0 1 1
1939 31 BRO NL 16 39 36 1 6 1 0 0 4 0 3 16 .167 .231 .194 .425 13 7 1 0 0 1 AS
1940 32 BRO NL 37 90 80 8 14 2 0 1 7 0 2 15 .175 .195 .238 .433 16 19 4 0 8 1 AS,MVP-29
1941 33 BRO NL 40 122 109 10 26 5 0 3 22 0 4 12 .239 .272 .367 .639 76 40 6 1 8 1 AS,MVP-3
1942 34 BRO NL 31 87 77 5 14 3 0 0 6 0 3 15 .182 .222 .221 .443 29 17 5 1 6 1 AS,MVP-16
1943 35 BRO NL 27 67 60 7 17 5 0 0 4 0 1 2 .283 .295 .367 .662 91 22 4 0 6 1 MVP-15
1944 36 BRO NL 11 14 13 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 .154 .154 .231 .385 8 3 0 0 1 /1
1945 37 PHI NL 10 19 16 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 8 .125 .263 .188 .451 28 3 0 0 0 1
16 Seasons 366 669 607 53 133 26 2 7 69 0 0 26 111 .219 .254 .303 .557 50 184 20 2 34 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 296 269 23 59 12 1 3 31 0 12 49 .219 .254 .303 .557 50 81 1 15
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
BRO (6 yrs) 162 419 375 32 79 17 0 4 44 0 13 63 .211 .241 .288 .529 47 108 20 2 29
DET (5 yrs) 83 135 131 10 30 4 1 3 18 0 0 2 25 .229 .241 .344 .584 47 45 0 2
CHW (4 yrs) 82 75 67 8 15 2 1 0 4 0 0 6 10 .224 .288 .284 .571 50 19 0 0 2 0 0
PHI (1 yr) 10 19 16 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 8 .125 .263 .188 .451 28 3 0 0 0
CLE (1 yr) 29 21 18 2 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 5 .389 .450 .500 .950 141 9 0 1
AL (9 yrs) 194 231 216 20 52 8 2 3 25 0 0 10 40 .241 .274 .338 .612 56 73 0 0 5 0 0
NL (7 yrs) 172 438 391 33 81 18 0 4 44 0 16 71 .207 .242 .284 .526 46 111 20 2 29

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
1941 33 BRO NL WS NYY L 2 6 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .333 .500 2 1 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 6 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .333 .500 2 1 0 0 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 Awards
1929 DET AL 21 P 4 9 0 8 1 1 .889 2.00 .956 1.30
1930 DET AL 22 P 21 20 4 15 1 0 .950 0.90 .945 1.18
1931 DET AL 23 P 4 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.25 1.000 1.20
1932 DET AL 24 P 43 43 7 35 1 3 .977 0.98 .958 1.21
1933 TOT AL 25 P 36 26 3 23 0 0 1.000 0.72 .958 1.18
1933 DET AL 25 P 10 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.30 .967 1.18
1933 CHW AL 25 P 26 23 3 20 0 0 1.000 0.88 .957 1.18
1934 CHW AL 26 P 23 20 3 14 3 2 .850 0.74 .960 1.11
1935 CHW AL 27 P 30 15 2 13 0 0 1.000 0.50 .947 1.12
1936 CHW AL 28 P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.03
1937 CLE AL 29 P 29 15 2 12 1 1 .933 0.48 .953 1.09
1939 BRO NL 31 P 16 36 5 28 3 1 .917 2.06 .961 1.09 AS
1940 BRO NL 32 P 37 46 8 37 1 0 .978 1.22 .961 1.10 AS,MVP-29
1941 BRO NL 33 P 38 60 11 47 2 5 .967 1.53 .965 1.09 AS,MVP-3
1942 BRO NL 34 P 31 53 11 39 3 1 .943 1.61 .968 1.17 AS,MVP-16
1943 BRO NL 35 P 26 37 9 27 1 0 .973 1.38 .959 1.16 MVP-15
1944 BRO NL 36 P 9 9 4 5 0 1 1.000 1.00 .956 1.09
1945 PHI NL 37 P 10 17 5 12 0 0 1.000 1.70 .959 1.06
16 Seasons P 360 408 74 316 18 15 .956 1.08 .960 1.14
16 Seasons TOT 360 408 74 316 18 15 .956 1.08 .916 1.14
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1958 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

All-Star Games
1939
1940 *
1941 (P)
1942

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1940 NL (29, 1%)
1941 NL (3, 45%)
1942 NL (16, 7%)
1943 NL (15, 4%)
0.57 Career Shares (391st)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1941 NL  2.341 (2nd)
1942 NL  2.733 (9th)
1943 NL  2.491 (3rd)

Wins s c a p y
1940 NL  15 (9th)
1941 NL  22 (1st)
1942 NL  19 (3rd)
1943 NL  14 (10th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1941 NL  .688 (4th)
1942 NL  .731 (6th)
1943 NL  .737 (1st)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1941 NL  1.058 (1st)
1942 NL  1.141 (4th)
1943 NL  1.007 (1st)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1941 NL  6.961 (2nd)
1942 NL  7.661 (7th)
1943 NL  6.924 (1st)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1940 NL  2.332 (10th)
1942 NL  2.609 (10th)
1943 NL  2.142 (5th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1932 AL  3.588 (10th)
1940 NL  4.663 (3rd)
1941 NL  5.494 (3rd)
1942 NL  4.307 (7th)
1943 NL  3.985 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1932 AL  43 (9th)
1941 NL  38 (9th)

Saves s c a p y
1935 AL  5 (2nd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1940 NL  239.3 (7th)
1941 NL  288.3 (3rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1940 NL  124 (2nd)
1941 NL  176 (2nd)
1942 NL  104 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
1940 NL  34 (5th)
1941 NL  35 (2nd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1941 NL  23 (2nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1939 NL  2 (8th)
1940 NL  5 (1st)
1941 NL  7 (1st)
1943 NL  3 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1940 NL  19 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1932 AL  102 (8th)
1941 NL  82 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1941 NL  223 (9th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1940 NL  2.000 (4th)
1941 NL  2.146 (1st)
1942 NL  1.651 (4th)
1943 NL  1.861 (2nd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1941 NL  .312 (4th)
1943 NL  .249 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1940 NL  14 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1940 NL  92 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1932 AL  6 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1933 AL  4 (6th)
1940 NL  5 (9th)
1942 NL  7 (2nd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1940 NL  1000 (9th)
1941 NL  1147 (3rd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1933 AL  17 (10th)
1935 AL  25 (2nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1941 NL  157 (3rd)
1942 NL  119 (10th)
1943 NL  134 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 11 (206), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 80 (296), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 41 (326), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (908), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 2, 1933: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Chicago White Sox for Vic Frazier.

September 29, 1936: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians from the Chicago White Sox in the 1936 rule 5 draft.

July 11, 1938: Purchased by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Cleveland Indians.

March 28, 1945: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Brooklyn Dodgers for $20,000.

February 9, 1946: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

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