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Lew Whistler
Lewis W. Whistler
born Lewis Wissler

Bats Unknown, Throws Right
Weight 178 lb.

Debut August 7, 1890
Final Game June 15, 1893
Born March 10, 1868 in St. Louis, MO
Died December 30, 1959 in St.Louis, MO

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1890 22 NYG NL  45  170   27   49   9  7   2   29   8     20  37  .288  .366  .459  145   78               1    
 1891 23 NYG NL  72  265   39   65   8  7   3   38   4     24  45  .245  .315  .362  100   96               3    
 1892 24 TOT NL 132  494   74  114  10 13   7   55  26     48  67  .231  .305  .346  100  171               5    
         BLN NL  52  209   32   47   6  6   2   21  12     18  22  .225  .296  .340   89   71               3    
         LOU NL  80  285   42   67   4  7   5   34  14     30  45  .235  .312  .351  108  100               2    
 1893 25 TOT NL  23   85   10   19   2  1   0   11   1      8   7  .224  .298  .271   54   23               1    
         LOU NL  13   47    5   10   1  1   0    9   1      5   5  .213  .302  .277   59   13               1    
         STL NL  10   38    5    9   1  0   0    2   0      3   2  .237  .293  .263   48   10               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      272 1014  150  247  29 28  12  133  39  0 100 156  .244  .318  .363  104  368   0   0   0  10   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        604   89  147  17 17   7   79  23  0  60  93  .244  .318  .363  104  219   0   0   0   6   0
 Career High    132  494   74  114  10 13   7   55  26  0  48  67  .245  .315  .362  100  171   0   0   0   5   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1890 22 NYG NL  191  121   28   6.1    84| .288  .253| .366  .329| .459  .343| .825  .672| 145  .690   9.1   0.9     
 1891 23 NYG NL  292  200   30   4.0    85| .245  .255| .315  .328| .362  .347| .677  .676| 100  .503  -0.8  -0.1     
 1892 24 TOT NL  547  380   51   3.5    78| .231  .247| .305  .320| .346  .331| .651  .650| 100  .485  -1.4  -0.2     
         BLN NL  230  162   20   3.2    83| .225  .255| .296  .329| .340  .341| .636  .670|  89  .447  -3.5  -0.4     
         LOU NL  317  218   31   3.7    74| .235  .241| .312  .313| .351  .323| .663  .636| 108  .511   2.1   0.2     
 1893 25 TOT NL   94   66    7   2.8   102| .224  .280| .298  .358| .271  .382| .569  .739|  54  .265  -5.5  -0.6     
         LOU NL   53   37    4   2.9    99| .213  .276| .302  .352| .277  .375| .579  .728|  59  .271  -2.6  -0.3     
         STL NL   41   29    3   2.7   106| .237  .286| .293  .364| .263  .389| .556  .753|  48  .256  -2.9  -0.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons      1124  767  116   4.0    83| .244  .253| .318  .327| .363  .341| .681  .668| 104  .513   1.5   0.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1890 22 NYG NL 1B 45 490 10 9 28 .982 .976 11.11 10.26 1891 23 NYG NL SS 33 52 104 27 7 .852 .889 4.73 5.16 OF 22 22 1 8 0 .742 .913 1.05 1.88 14 5 3 1B 7 54 1 1 3 .982 .979 7.86 10.51 2B 6 12 17 7 1 .806 .929 4.83 5.88 3B 5 3 5 6 0 .571 .879 1.60 3.62 1892 24 TOT NL 1B 123 1313 58 34 73 .976 .976 11.15 10.43 BLN NL 1B 51 540 26 16 21 .973 .976 11.10 10.43 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 1 0 0 LOU NL 1B 72 773 32 18 52 .978 .976 11.18 10.43 2B 10 16 30 2 2 .958 .929 4.60 5.59 1893 25 TOT NL 1B 14 142 8 8 9 .949 .978 10.71 10.46 LOU NL 1B 13 132 8 8 8 .946 .978 10.77 10.46 STL NL OF 9 11 1 1 0 .923 .916 1.33 2.14 0 0 9 1B 1 10 0 0 1 1.000 .980 10.00 10.50
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1890 22 NYG NL 1B 45 490 10 9 28 .982 .976 11.11 10.26 1891 23 NYG NL 1B 7 54 1 1 3 .982 .979 7.86 10.51 1892 24 TOT NL 1B 123 1313 58 34 73 .976 .976 11.15 10.43 BLN NL 1B 51 540 26 16 21 .973 .976 11.10 10.43 LOU NL 1B 72 773 32 18 52 .978 .976 11.18 10.43 1893 25 TOT NL 1B 14 142 8 8 9 .949 .978 10.71 10.46 LOU NL 1B 13 132 8 8 8 .946 .978 10.77 10.46 STL NL 1B 1 10 0 0 1 1.000 .980 10.00 10.50 1891 23 NYG NL 2B 6 12 17 7 1 .806 .929 4.83 5.88 1892 24 LOU NL 2B 10 16 30 2 2 .958 .929 4.60 5.59 1891 23 NYG NL 3B 5 3 5 6 0 .571 .879 1.60 3.62 1891 23 NYG NL OF 22 22 1 8 0 .742 .913 1.05 1.88 14 5 3 1892 24 BLN NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 1 0 0 1893 25 STL NL OF 9 11 1 1 0 .923 .916 1.33 2.14 0 0 9 1891 23 NYG NL SS 33 52 104 27 7 .852 .889 4.73 5.16
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 1B 189 1999 77 52 113 .976 .976 10.98 10.40 SS 33 52 104 27 7 .852 .889 4.73 5.16 OF 32 33 2 9 0 .795 .914 1.09 1.96 15 5 12 2B 16 28 47 9 3 .893 .929 4.69 5.70 3B 5 3 5 6 0 .571 .879 1.60 3.62 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 275 2115 235 103 123 .958 .967 8.55 8.39
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Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Strikeouts
1892 NL-67-3

HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2752) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 14, 1892: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.


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