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Possum Whitted
George Bostic Whitted

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 168 lb.

Debut September 16, 1912
Final Game April 23, 1922
Born February 4, 1890 in Durham, NC
Died October 16, 1962 in Wilmington, NC

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1912 22 STL NL  12   46    7   12   3  0   0    7   1      3   5  .261  .306  .326   74   15   2           0    
 1913 23 STL NL 123  404   44   89  10  5   0   38   9     31  44  .220  .282  .270   59  109  11           4    
 1914 24 TOT NL  86  249   39   61  12  4   2   32  11     18  21  .245  .304  .349   91   87  21           3    
         STL NL  20   31    3    4   1  0   0    1   1      0   3  .129  .129  .161  -14    5   2           0    
         BSN NL  66  218   36   57  11  4   2   31  10     18  18  .261  .326  .376  105   82  19           3    
 1915 25 PHI NL 128  448   46  126  17  3   1   43  24 15  29  47  .281  .328  .339  101  152  28           2    
 1916 26 PHI NL 147  526   68  148  20 12   6   68  29 17  19  46  .281  .309  .399  113  210  30           2    
 1917 27 PHI NL 149  553   69  155  24  9   3   70  10     30  56  .280  .317  .373  108  206  28           0    
 1918 28 PHI NL  24   86    7   21   4  0   0    3   4      4  10  .244  .278  .291   68   25   0           0    
 1919 29 TOT NL 113  420   47  123  21  8   3   53  12     20  24  .293  .327  .402  113  169  11           1    
         PHI NL  78  289   32   72  14  1   3   32   5     14  20  .249  .284  .336   81   97   6           0    
         PIT NL  35  131   15   51   7  7   0   21   7      6   4  .389  .420  .550  186   72   5           1    
 1920 30 PIT NL 134  494   53  129  11 12   1   74  11 11  35  36  .261  .314  .338   85  167  23           3    
 1921 31 PIT NL 108  403   60  114  23  7   7   63   5 10  26  21  .283  .328  .427   96  172  26           1    
 1922 32 BRO NL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons    1025 3630  440  978 145 60  23  451 116 53 215 310  .269  .313  .361   96 1312 180   0   0  16   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        574   70  155  23  9   4   71  18  8  34  49  .269  .313  .361   96  207  28   0   0   3   0
 Career High    149  553   69  155  24 12   7   74  29 17  35  56  .293  .328  .427  113  210  30   0   0   4   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1912 22 STL NL   51   36    5   3.7    98| .261  .278| .306  .347| .326  .378| .632  .726|  74  .437  -1.6  -0.2     
 1913 23 STL NL  450  326   30   2.5    90| .220  .267| .282  .331| .270  .364| .552  .695|  59  .306 -21.3  -2.3     
 1914 24 TOT NL  291  209   27   3.5    87| .245  .263| .304  .331| .349  .351| .653  .683|  91  .493  -3.3  -0.4     
         STL NL   33   29    1   0.9    83| .129  .258| .129  .325| .161  .345| .290  .670| -14  .079  -4.4  -0.5     
         BSN NL  258  180   26   3.9    87| .261  .263| .326  .332| .376  .352| .702  .684| 105  .545   1.1   0.1     
 1915 25 PHI NL  507  365   48   3.5    81| .281  .257| .328  .320| .339  .344| .667  .664| 101  .534   0.5   0.1  61%
 1916 26 PHI NL  577  425   62   4.0    81| .281  .259| .309  .318| .399  .345| .708  .663| 113  .580   5.3   0.6  63%
 1917 27 PHI NL  611  426   65   4.1    81| .280  .261| .317  .319| .373  .344| .690  .663| 108  .595   3.7   0.4     
 1918 28 PHI NL   90   65    7   2.9    85| .244  .269| .278  .328| .291  .348| .569  .675|  68  .426  -3.3  -0.4     
 1919 29 TOT NL  452  308   58   5.1    86| .293  .271| .327  .326| .402  .356| .729  .682| 113  .658   5.6   0.6     
         PHI NL  309  223   28   3.4    87| .249  .272| .284  .327| .336  .358| .620  .685|  81  .479  -7.3  -0.8     
         PIT NL  143   85   30   9.6    85| .389  .269| .420  .324| .550  .353| .970  .677| 186  .859  12.9   1.4     
 1920 30 PIT NL  555  399   50   3.4    93| .261  .280| .314  .334| .338  .372| .652  .706|  85  .444 -10.8  -1.2  50%
 1921 31 PIT NL  456  325   53   4.4   109| .283  .302| .328  .352| .427  .416| .755  .768|  96  .476  -3.4  -0.3  33%
 1922 32 BRO NL    1    1    0   0.0   112| .000  .301| .000  .359| .000  .419| .000  .778|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     4041 2885  405   3.8    88| .269  .270| .313  .328| .361  .361| .674  .689|  96  .516 -28.9  -3.1     

* 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 ------+
1912 22 STL NL 3B 12 19 17 6 1 .857 .935 3.00 3.02 1913 23 STL NL OF 41 84 5 1 0 .989 .960 2.17 2.08 20 3 18 SS 38 78 124 16 16 .927 .937 5.32 4.96 3B 22 28 53 6 9 .931 .935 3.68 2.96 2B 7 9 24 4 0 .892 .954 4.71 4.91 1B 2 26 1 0 2 1.000 .985 13.50 10.20 1914 24 TOT NL OF 41 84 4 4 1 .957 .957 2.15 1.97 2 38 2 TOT NL 2B 16 39 45 6 4 .933 .949 5.25 4.89 TOT NL 3B 9 9 15 2 2 .923 .930 2.67 3.04 STL NL 3B 5 6 10 2 1 .889 .930 3.20 3.04 OF 3 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.97 2 0 2 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.90 BSN NL OF 38 84 4 3 1 .967 .957 2.32 1.97 0 38 0 2B 15 39 45 6 4 .933 .949 5.60 4.89 1B 4 30 5 1 3 .972 .989 8.75 10.10 3B 4 3 5 0 1 1.000 .930 2.00 3.05 SS 3 5 2 2 0 .778 .921 2.33 5.07 1915 25 PHI NL OF 119 266 7 6 2 .978 .959 2.29 2.01 53 66 0 1B 7 73 14 4 3 .956 .990 12.43 10.23 1916 26 PHI NL OF 136 285 13 11 3 .964 .967 2.19 2.00 136 0 0 1B 16 98 3 3 5 .971 .987 6.31 10.15 1917 27 PHI NL OF 141 275 19 7 0 .977 .963 2.09 2.08 141 0 0 1B 10 21 1 0 1 1.000 .987 2.20 10.51 3B 7 10 13 2 1 .920 .943 3.29 3.04 2B 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 5.00 1918 28 PHI NL OF 22 52 3 1 1 .982 .962 2.50 2.13 22 0 0 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.80 1919 29 TOT NL OF 48 98 9 5 0 .955 .964 2.23 2.18 48 0 0 TOT NL 1B 35 320 27 4 21 .989 .988 9.91 10.84 PHI NL OF 47 97 9 5 0 .955 .964 2.26 2.18 47 0 0 2B 26 72 65 4 8 .972 .960 5.27 5.14 1B 2 9 0 0 0 1.000 .989 4.50 10.85 PIT NL 1B 33 311 27 4 21 .988 .988 10.24 10.84 3B 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 3.10 OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.20 1 0 0 1920 30 PIT NL 3B 125 166 229 16 16 .961 .947 3.16 3.04 1B 10 97 5 0 8 1.000 .990 10.20 10.80 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 1 0 0 1921 31 PIT NL OF 102 247 9 3 6 .988 .965 2.51 2.24 15 0 87 1B 7 29 4 0 4 1.000 .991 4.71 10.44
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1913 23 STL NL 1B 2 26 1 0 2 1.000 .985 13.50 10.20 1914 24 BSN NL 1B 4 30 5 1 3 .972 .989 8.75 10.10 1915 25 PHI NL 1B 7 73 14 4 3 .956 .990 12.43 10.23 1916 26 PHI NL 1B 16 98 3 3 5 .971 .987 6.31 10.15 1917 27 PHI NL 1B 10 21 1 0 1 1.000 .987 2.20 10.51 1918 28 PHI NL 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.80 1919 29 TOT NL 1B 35 320 27 4 21 .989 .988 9.91 10.84 PHI NL 1B 2 9 0 0 0 1.000 .989 4.50 10.85 PIT NL 1B 33 311 27 4 21 .988 .988 10.24 10.84 1920 30 PIT NL 1B 10 97 5 0 8 1.000 .990 10.20 10.80 1921 31 PIT NL 1B 7 29 4 0 4 1.000 .991 4.71 10.44 1913 23 STL NL 2B 7 9 24 4 0 .892 .954 4.71 4.91 1914 24 TOT NL 2B 16 39 45 6 4 .933 .949 5.25 4.89 STL NL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.90 BSN NL 2B 15 39 45 6 4 .933 .949 5.60 4.89 1917 27 PHI NL 2B 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 5.00 1919 29 PHI NL 2B 26 72 65 4 8 .972 .960 5.27 5.14 1912 22 STL NL 3B 12 19 17 6 1 .857 .935 3.00 3.02 1913 23 STL NL 3B 22 28 53 6 9 .931 .935 3.68 2.96 1914 24 TOT NL 3B 9 9 15 2 2 .923 .930 2.67 3.04 STL NL 3B 5 6 10 2 1 .889 .930 3.20 3.04 BSN NL 3B 4 3 5 0 1 1.000 .930 2.00 3.05 1917 27 PHI NL 3B 7 10 13 2 1 .920 .943 3.29 3.04 1919 29 PIT NL 3B 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 3.10 1920 30 PIT NL 3B 125 166 229 16 16 .961 .947 3.16 3.04 1913 23 STL NL OF 41 84 5 1 0 .989 .960 2.17 2.08 20 3 18 1914 24 TOT NL OF 41 84 4 4 1 .957 .957 2.15 1.97 2 38 2 STL NL OF 3 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.97 2 0 2 BSN NL OF 38 84 4 3 1 .967 .957 2.32 1.97 0 38 0 1915 25 PHI NL OF 119 266 7 6 2 .978 .959 2.29 2.01 53 66 0 1916 26 PHI NL OF 136 285 13 11 3 .964 .967 2.19 2.00 136 0 0 1917 27 PHI NL OF 141 275 19 7 0 .977 .963 2.09 2.08 141 0 0 1918 28 PHI NL OF 22 52 3 1 1 .982 .962 2.50 2.13 22 0 0 1919 29 TOT NL OF 48 98 9 5 0 .955 .964 2.23 2.18 48 0 0 PHI NL OF 47 97 9 5 0 .955 .964 2.26 2.18 47 0 0 PIT NL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.20 1 0 0 1920 30 PIT NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 1 0 0 1921 31 PIT NL OF 102 247 9 3 6 .988 .965 2.51 2.24 15 0 87 1913 23 STL NL SS 38 78 124 16 16 .927 .937 5.32 4.96 1914 24 BSN NL SS 3 5 2 2 0 .778 .921 2.33 5.07
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 651 1391 69 38 13 .975 .963 2.24 2.08 438 107 107 3B 177 233 328 32 29 .946 .944 3.17 3.03 1B 92 694 60 12 47 .984 .988 8.20 10.56 2B 50 120 136 14 12 .948 .956 5.12 5.03 SS 41 83 126 18 16 .921 .936 5.10 4.97 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1011 2521 719 114 117 .966 .963 3.20 3.28
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1914   WS    BSN PHA     W   4  14   2   3  0  1  0   2   3   1  .214  .353  .357   1  0   0   0   0 
 1915   WS    PHI BOS     L   5  15   0   1  0  0  0   1   1   0  .067  .125  .067   1  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1   9  29   2   4  0  1  0   3   4   1  .138  .242  .207   2  0   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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.

Doubles
1917 NL-24-10
1919 NL-21-10

Triples
1916 NL-12-10

RBI
1916 NL-68-9
1917 NL-70-6
1920 NL-74-10

Stolen Bases
1916 NL-29-7

Sac. Hits
1915 NL-28-5
1916 NL-30-4
1917 NL-28-2
1921 NL-26-6

Power/Speed Number
1916 NL-9.9-9

Outs
1917 NL-426-7

         

Gray Ink: Batting - 19 (1017) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 9.0 (1772) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 1.0 (2118) (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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Transactions 

August 6, 1912: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Jacksonville (South Atlantic) for $3,000.

June 28, 1914: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Ted Cather to the Boston Braves for Hub Perdue.

February 14, 1915: Traded by the Boston Braves with Oscar Dugey and cash to the Philadelphia Phillies for Sherry Magee.

August 9, 1919: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Casey Stengel.

March 14, 1922: Purchased by the Brooklyn Robins from the Pittsburgh Pirates.


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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