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Jo-Jo White
Joyner Clifford White

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 165 lb.

Debut April 15, 1932
Final Game September 30, 1944
Born June 1, 1909 in Red Oak, GA
Died October 9, 1986 in Tacoma, WA

Father of Mike White

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1932 23 DET AL  80  208   25   54   6  3   2   21   6  8  22  19  .260  .330  .346   73   72   0           0    
 1933 24 DET AL  91  234   43   59   9  5   2   34   5  5  27  26  .252  .337  .359   83   84   7           3    
 1934 25 DET AL 115  384   97  120  18  5   0   44  28  6  69  39  .313  .419  .385  108  148   6           1    
 1935 26 DET AL 114  412   82   99  13 12   2   32  19 10  68  42  .240  .348  .345   82  142   3           0    
 1936 27 DET AL  58   51   11   14   3  0   0    6   2  0   9  10  .275  .383  .333   78   17   0           0    
 1937 28 DET AL  94  305   50   75   5  7   0   21  12  7  50  40  .246  .354  .308   67   94   2           1    
 1938 29 DET AL  78  206   40   54   6  1   0   15   3  4  30  15  .262  .359  .301   62   62   3           1    
 1943 34 PHA AL 139  500   69  124  17  7   1   30  12  4  61  51  .248  .335  .316   91  158  12           4   7
 1944 35 TOT    109  352   39   79   6  2   1   26   5  4  50  34  .224  .326  .261   69   92   2           3   2
         PHA AL  85  267   30   59   4  2   1   21   5  4  40  27  .221  .329  .262   71   70   2           3   2
         CIN NL  24   85    9   20   2  0   0    5   0     10   7  .235  .316  .259   66   22   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      878 2652  456  678  83 42   8  229  92 48 386 276  .256  .353  .328   82  869  35   0   0  13   9
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        489   84  125  15  8   1   42  17  9  71  51  .256  .353  .328   82  160   6   0   0   2   2
 Career High    139  500   97  124  18 12   2   44  28 10  69  51  .313  .419  .385  108  158  12   0   0   4   7
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1932 23 DET AL  230  162   22   3.6   114| .260  .290| .330  .361| .346  .426| .676  .788|  73  .357  -9.0  -0.9  42%
 1933 24 DET AL  271  187   27   3.9   108| .252  .283| .337  .355| .359  .408| .696  .763|  83  .408  -5.9  -0.6  50%
 1934 25 DET AL  460  276   66   6.4   112| .313  .288| .419  .362| .385  .415| .804  .777| 108  .607   9.0   0.8  82%
 1935 26 DET AL  483  326   50   4.1   109| .240  .284| .348  .356| .345  .410| .693  .766|  82  .409 -10.2  -1.0  65%
 1936 27 DET AL   60   37    7   5.0   121| .275  .299| .383  .374| .333  .439| .716  .813|  78  .456  -1.3  -0.1 100%
 1937 28 DET AL  358  239   33   3.6   119| .246  .292| .354  .368| .308  .436| .662  .804|  67  .340 -15.1  -1.4  63%
 1938 29 DET AL  240  159   22   3.6   124| .262  .299| .359  .379| .301  .445| .660  .824|  62  .337 -11.8  -1.1  42%
 1943 34 PHA AL  577  399   53   3.6    86| .248  .255| .335  .329| .316  .352| .651  .681|  91  .478  -4.2  -0.5  75%
 1944 35 TOT     407  281   30   2.9    91| .224  .266| .326  .333| .261  .366| .587  .698|  69  .346 -12.1  -1.3  55%
         PHA AL  312  216   23   2.9    91| .221  .267| .329  .334| .262  .364| .591  .698|  71  .350  -8.7  -0.9  55%
         CIN NL   95   65    7   2.9    91| .235  .263| .316  .330| .259  .370| .575  .699|  66  .335  -3.4  -0.4     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      3086 2066  310   4.0   106| .256  .279| .353  .353| .328  .401| .681  .754|  82  .429 -60.6  -6.1     

* 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 ------+
1932 23 DET AL OF 48 96 6 4 2 .962 .967 2.12 2.28 16 17 16 1933 24 DET AL OF 54 122 4 3 1 .977 .970 2.33 2.21 16 32 6 1934 25 DET AL OF 100 225 9 10 2 .959 .968 2.34 2.16 1 93 6 1935 26 DET AL OF 98 247 7 10 1 .962 .970 2.59 2.30 0 98 0 1936 27 DET AL OF 18 14 1 1 0 .938 .968 0.83 2.29 0 18 1 1937 28 DET AL OF 82 216 4 6 0 .973 .969 2.68 2.28 3 79 0 1938 29 DET AL OF 55 141 4 5 0 .967 .972 2.64 2.28 21 34 1 1943 34 PHA AL OF 133 335 8 12 2 .966 .977 2.58 2.39 2 131 0 1944 35 TOT OF 97 217 9 9 2 .962 .975 2.33 2.34 14 20 67 PHA AL OF 74 162 5 9 2 .949 .974 2.26 2.35 10 9 57 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.00 CIN NL OF 23 55 4 0 0 1.000 .980 2.57 2.31 4 11 10
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1932 23 DET AL OF 48 96 6 4 2 .962 .967 2.12 2.28 16 17 16 1933 24 DET AL OF 54 122 4 3 1 .977 .970 2.33 2.21 16 32 6 1934 25 DET AL OF 100 225 9 10 2 .959 .968 2.34 2.16 1 93 6 1935 26 DET AL OF 98 247 7 10 1 .962 .970 2.59 2.30 0 98 0 1936 27 DET AL OF 18 14 1 1 0 .938 .968 0.83 2.29 0 18 1 1937 28 DET AL OF 82 216 4 6 0 .973 .969 2.68 2.28 3 79 0 1938 29 DET AL OF 55 141 4 5 0 .967 .972 2.64 2.28 21 34 1 1943 34 PHA AL OF 133 335 8 12 2 .966 .977 2.58 2.39 2 131 0 1944 35 TOT OF 97 217 9 9 2 .962 .975 2.33 2.34 14 20 67 PHA AL OF 74 162 5 9 2 .949 .974 2.26 2.35 10 9 57 CIN NL OF 23 55 4 0 0 1.000 .980 2.57 2.31 4 11 10 1944 35 PHA AL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.00
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 685 1613 52 60 10 .965 .972 2.43 2.29 73 522 97 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.00 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 686 1613 52 60 10 .965 .972 2.43 2.29
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1934   WS    DET STL     L   7  23   6   3  0  0  0   0   8   4  .130  .375  .130   1  2   0   0   1 
 1935   WS    DET CHC     W   5  19   3   5  0  0  0   1   5   7  .263  .417  .263   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1  12  42   9   8  0  0  0   1  13  11  .190  .393  .190   1  2   0   0   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

On-base %
1934 AL-.418-7

Triples
1935 AL-12-6

Stolen Bases
1934 AL-28-2
1935 AL-19-4
1937 AL-12-10

Hit By Pitch
1933 AL-3-6
1943 AL-4-9

Sac. Hits
1943 AL-12-9

Caught Stealing
1932 AL-8-10
1935 AL-10-4
1937 AL-7-9

Gray Ink: Batting - 7 (1562) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 7.0 (2095) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 6.5 (1326) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

December 12, 1938: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Ed Selway (minors), George Archie, Tony Piet, and cash to the Seattle (PCL) for Fred Hutchinson.

August 19, 1944: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Philadelphia Athletics.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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