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Pinky Whitney
Arthur Carter Whitney

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 165 lb.

Debut April 11, 1928
Final Game September 5, 1939
Born January 2, 1905 in San Antonio, TX
Died September 1, 1987 in Center, TX

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1928 23 PHI NL 151  585   73  176  35  4  10  103   3     36  30  .301  .342  .426   94  249  14           1     MVP-18
 1929 24 PHI NL 154  612   89  200  43 14   8  115   7     61  35  .327  .390  .482  110  295  22           2     MVP-20
 1930 25 PHI NL 149  606   87  207  41  5   8  117   3     40  41  .342  .383  .465   98  282  15           1    
 1931 26 PHI NL 130  501   64  144  36  5   9   74   6     30  38  .287  .331  .433   98  217   7           3    
 1932 27 PHI NL 154  624   93  186  33 11  13  124   6     35  66  .298  .335  .449  100  280  19           0    
 1933 28 TOT NL 131  503   54  126  21  2  11   68   3     33  31  .250  .299  .366   92  184   8           2  20
         PHI NL  31  121   12   32   4  0   3   19   1      8   8  .264  .310  .372   85   45   3           0   8
         BSN NL 100  382   42   94  17  2   8   49   2     25  23  .246  .296  .364   94  139   5           2  12
 1934 29 BSN NL 146  563   58  146  26  2  12   79   7     25  54  .259  .294  .377   84  212   6           3  14
 1935 30 BSN NL 126  458   41  125  23  4   4   60   2     24  36  .273  .312  .367   88  168   7           2  13
 1936 31 TOT NL 124  451   45  128  17  3   6   64   2     39  37  .284  .343  .375   87  169  15           2  14 AS
         BSN NL  10   40    1    7   0  0   0    5   0      2   4  .175  .233  .175   14    7   0           1   2
         PHI NL 114  411   44  121  17  3   6   59   2     37  33  .294  .354  .394   93  162  15           1  12
 1937 32 PHI NL 138  487   56  166  19  4   8   79   6     43  44  .341  .395  .446  121  217  11           1  19 MVP-13
 1938 33 PHI NL 102  300   27   83   9  1   3   38   0     27  22  .277  .336  .343   87  103   5           0  11
 1939 34 PHI NL  34   75    9   14   0  1   1    6   0      7   4  .187  .256  .253   40   19   6           0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1539 5765  696 1701 303 56  93  927  45  0 400 438  .295  .343  .415   96 2395 135   0   0  17  94
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        607   73  179  32  6  10   98   5  0  42  46  .295  .343  .415   96  252  14   0   0   2  10
 Career High    154  624   93  207  43 14  13  124   7  0  61  66  .342  .395  .482  121  295  22   0   0   3  20
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1928 23 PHI NL  636  423   85   5.4   115| .301  .299| .342  .364| .426  .425| .768  .789|  94  .552  -6.7  -0.6     
 1929 24 PHI NL  697  434  114   7.0   126| .327  .312| .390  .377| .482  .454| .872  .831| 110  .610   8.9   0.8     
 1930 25 PHI NL  662  414  108   6.9   133| .342  .321| .383  .380| .465  .477| .848  .857|  98  .575  -1.8  -0.2     
 1931 26 PHI NL  541  364   71   5.2   110| .287  .295| .331  .355| .433  .416| .764  .771|  98  .555  -2.9  -0.3     
 1932 27 PHI NL  678  457   94   5.6   112| .298  .297| .335  .351| .449  .430| .784  .781| 100  .575  -2.5  -0.2     
 1933 28 TOT NL  546  405   55   3.6    89| .250  .270| .299  .322| .366  .370| .665  .692|  92  .449  -5.4  -0.6     
         PHI NL  132  100   14   3.7   101| .264  .288| .310  .342| .372  .394| .682  .736|  85  .463  -2.7  -0.3     
         BSN NL  414  305   41   3.6    85| .246  .264| .296  .316| .364  .362| .660  .678|  94  .444  -2.8  -0.3     
 1934 29 BSN NL  597  437   62   3.8    98| .259  .278| .294  .333| .377  .395| .671  .728|  84  .398 -13.2  -1.3     
 1935 30 BSN NL  491  353   52   3.9    97| .273  .275| .312  .330| .367  .393| .679  .722|  88  .422  -7.0  -0.7     
 1936 31 TOT NL  507  352   59   4.5   110| .284  .296| .343  .356| .375  .414| .718  .771|  87  .481  -8.9  -0.9     
         BSN NL   43   35    2   1.5    98| .175  .278| .233  .337| .175  .390| .408  .726|  14  .115  -4.7  -0.5     
         PHI NL  464  317   57   4.8   111| .294  .298| .354  .358| .394  .417| .748  .775|  93  .513  -4.2  -0.4     
 1937 32 PHI NL  542  351   86   6.5   108| .341  .289| .395  .352| .446  .410| .841  .763| 121  .663  14.9   1.5     
 1938 33 PHI NL  332  233   35   4.0    99| .277  .275| .336  .339| .343  .391| .679  .730|  87  .460  -5.0  -0.5     
 1939 34 PHI NL   88   70    5   1.9   100| .187  .275| .256  .340| .253  .394| .509  .734|  40  .168  -6.6  -0.7     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     6317 4293  826   5.1   110| .295  .293| .343  .352| .415  .419| .758  .771|  96  .529 -36.1  -3.7     

* 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
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1928 23 PHI NL 3B 149 171 293 22 27 .955 .943 3.11 2.96 1929 24 PHI NL 3B 154 168 333 17 29 .967 .953 3.25 2.79 1930 25 PHI NL 3B 148 186 313 18 29 .965 .950 3.37 2.71 1931 26 PHI NL 3B 128 131 217 19 21 .948 .944 2.72 2.72 1932 27 PHI NL 3B 151 177 276 19 31 .960 .945 3.00 2.74 2B 5 17 17 2 5 .944 .969 6.80 5.44 1933 28 TOT NL 3B 115 107 235 11 21 .969 .949 2.97 2.89 PHI NL 3B 30 30 48 3 6 .963 .949 2.60 2.89 BSN NL 3B 85 77 187 8 15 .971 .949 3.11 2.89 2B 18 39 53 0 8 1.000 .968 5.11 5.41 1934 29 BSN NL 3B 111 105 227 11 11 .968 .945 2.99 2.73 2B 36 65 116 6 19 .968 .965 5.03 5.45 SS 2 2 2 0 1 1.000 .952 2.00 5.15 1935 30 BSN NL 3B 74 83 144 10 8 .958 .941 3.07 2.71 2B 49 113 161 7 17 .975 .963 5.59 5.37 1936 31 TOT NL 3B 121 121 230 16 17 .956 .947 2.90 2.51 AS BSN NL 3B 10 15 18 1 2 .971 .948 3.30 2.51 PHI NL 3B 111 106 212 15 15 .955 .947 2.86 2.51 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.30 AS 1937 32 PHI NL 3B 130 136 238 7 17 .982 .954 2.88 2.72 1938 33 PHI NL 3B 75 68 131 14 8 .934 .945 2.65 2.87 1B 4 29 2 0 6 1.000 .990 7.75 10.15 2B 2 4 1 0 0 1.000 .962 2.50 5.40 1939 34 PHI NL 1B 12 96 10 1 11 .991 .989 8.83 10.02 2B 8 8 17 0 2 1.000 .969 3.12 5.42 3B 2 2 3 0 0 1.000 .943 2.50 2.80
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1938 33 PHI NL 1B 4 29 2 0 6 1.000 .990 7.75 10.15 1939 34 PHI NL 1B 12 96 10 1 11 .991 .989 8.83 10.02 1932 27 PHI NL 2B 5 17 17 2 5 .944 .969 6.80 5.44 1933 28 BSN NL 2B 18 39 53 0 8 1.000 .968 5.11 5.41 1934 29 BSN NL 2B 36 65 116 6 19 .968 .965 5.03 5.45 1935 30 BSN NL 2B 49 113 161 7 17 .975 .963 5.59 5.37 1936 31 PHI NL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.30 1938 33 PHI NL 2B 2 4 1 0 0 1.000 .962 2.50 5.40 1939 34 PHI NL 2B 8 8 17 0 2 1.000 .969 3.12 5.42 1928 23 PHI NL 3B 149 171 293 22 27 .955 .943 3.11 2.96 1929 24 PHI NL 3B 154 168 333 17 29 .967 .953 3.25 2.79 1930 25 PHI NL 3B 148 186 313 18 29 .965 .950 3.37 2.71 1931 26 PHI NL 3B 128 131 217 19 21 .948 .944 2.72 2.72 1932 27 PHI NL 3B 151 177 276 19 31 .960 .945 3.00 2.74 1933 28 TOT NL 3B 115 107 235 11 21 .969 .949 2.97 2.89 PHI NL 3B 30 30 48 3 6 .963 .949 2.60 2.89 BSN NL 3B 85 77 187 8 15 .971 .949 3.11 2.89 1934 29 BSN NL 3B 111 105 227 11 11 .968 .945 2.99 2.73 1935 30 BSN NL 3B 74 83 144 10 8 .958 .941 3.07 2.71 1936 31 TOT NL 3B 121 121 230 16 17 .956 .947 2.90 2.51 BSN NL 3B 10 15 18 1 2 .971 .948 3.30 2.51 PHI NL 3B 111 106 212 15 15 .955 .947 2.86 2.51 1937 32 PHI NL 3B 130 136 238 7 17 .982 .954 2.88 2.72 1938 33 PHI NL 3B 75 68 131 14 8 .934 .945 2.65 2.87 1939 34 PHI NL 3B 2 2 3 0 0 1.000 .943 2.50 2.80 1934 29 BSN NL SS 2 2 2 0 1 1.000 .952 2.00 5.15
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 3B 1358 1455 2640 164 219 .961 .947 3.02 2.76 2B 119 246 365 15 51 .976 .965 5.13 5.41 1B 16 125 12 1 17 .993 .989 8.56 10.05 SS 2 2 2 0 1 1.000 .952 2.00 5.15 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 1495 1828 3019 180 288 .964 .951 3.24 3.05
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1936   PHI NL   *   3   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 3B 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      1   3   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .333  .333  .333 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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.

All-Star
1936 (3B)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1928-NL-18-0.04
1929-NL-20-0.02
1937-NL-13-0.16
Car-680-0.22 shares

Batting Average
1937 NL-.341-5

On-base %
1937 NL-.395-8

Games
1928 NL-151-9
1929 NL-154-2
1932 NL-154-1
1934 NL-146-10

At Bats
1929 NL-612-8
1932 NL-624-6

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1929 NL-697-8
1932 NL-678-6

Hits
1930 NL-207-9
1937 NL-166-10

Total Bases
1932 NL-280-10

Doubles
1929 NL-43-6
1930 NL-41-8

Triples
1929 NL-14-4
1932 NL-11-4

Home Runs
1933 NL-11-10

RBI
1928 NL-103-7
1929 NL-115-10
1932 NL-124-3
1937 NL-79-10

Strikeouts
1932 NL-66-4

Singles
1929 NL-135-9
1930 NL-153-4
1932 NL-129-10
1937 NL-135-7

Runs Created
1937 NL-86-10

Extra-Base Hits
1932 NL-57-10

Sac. Hits
1929 NL-22-5
1932 NL-19-5
1936 NL-15-7
1937 NL-11-7

Grounded into Double Plays
1933 NL-20-5
1937 NL-19-2

Power/Speed Number
1934 NL-8.8-6

Outs
1928 NL-423-10
1929 NL-434-7
1932 NL-457-4
1934 NL-437-8

     

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 42 (580) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 23.3 (481) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 39.0 (461) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 17, 1933: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Hal Lee to the Boston Braves for Fritz Knothe, Wes Schulmerich, and cash.

April 30, 1936: Traded by the Boston Bees to the Philadelphia Phillies for Mickey Haslin.

December 17, 1939: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.


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