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Whitey Wietelmann
William Frederick Wietelmann

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 170 lb.

Debut September 6, 1939
Final Game September 18, 1947
Born March 15, 1919 in Zanesville, OH
Died March 26, 2002 in San Diego, CA

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1939 20 BSN NL  23   69    2   14   1  0   0    5   1      2   9  .203  .225  .217   23   15   0           0   4
 1940 21 BSN NL  35   41    3    8   1  0   0    1   0      5   5  .195  .283  .220   43    9   0           0   1
 1941 22 BSN NL  16   33    1    3   0  0   0    0   0      1   2  .091  .118  .091  -39    3   2           0   0
 1942 23 BSN NL  13   34    4    7   2  0   0    0   0      4   5  .206  .289  .265   64    9   0           0   2
 1943 24 BSN NL 153  534   33  115  14  1   0   39   9     46  40  .215  .281  .245   54  131   8           3   9
 1944 25 BSN NL 125  417   46  100  18  1   2   32   0     33  25  .240  .300  .302   67  126  10           3   5
 1945 26 BSN NL 123  428   53  116  15  3   4   33   4     39  27  .271  .335  .348   90  149   2           2   1
 1946 27 BSN NL  44   78    7   16   0  0   0    5   0     14   8  .205  .326  .205   52   16   0           0   1
 1947 28 PIT NL  48  128   21   30   4  1   1    7   0     12  10  .234  .300  .305   59   39   0           0   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      580 1762  170  409  55  6   7  122  14  0 156 131  .232  .298  .282   63  497  22   0   0   8  29
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        492   47  114  15  2   2   34   4  0  44  37  .232  .298  .282   63  139   6   0   0   2   8
 Career High    153  534   53  116  18  3   4   39   9  0  46  40  .271  .335  .348   90  149  10   0   0   3   9
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1939 20 BSN NL   71   59    3   1.4    97| .203  .272| .225  .336| .217  .388| .442  .724|  23  .099  -7.4  -0.7     
 1940 21 BSN NL   46   34    3   2.4    94| .195  .266| .283  .330| .220  .382| .503  .712|  43  .247  -3.0  -0.3     
 1941 22 BSN NL   36   32    0   0.0    90| .091  .260| .118  .329| .091  .366| .209  .696| -39  .000  -6.1  -0.6     
 1942 23 BSN NL   38   29    3   2.8    85| .206  .254| .289  .325| .265  .352| .554  .678|  64  .361  -1.4  -0.2     
 1943 24 BSN NL  591  436   36   2.2    88| .215  .262| .281  .331| .245  .356| .526  .687|  54  .260 -30.9  -3.3     
 1944 25 BSN NL  463  332   37   3.0    97| .240  .273| .300  .340| .302  .383| .602  .723|  67  .349 -18.5  -1.9     
 1945 26 BSN NL  471  315   49   4.2    97| .271  .273| .335  .343| .348  .377| .683  .720|  90  .488  -5.9  -0.6     
 1946 27 BSN NL   92   63    5   2.1    93| .205  .264| .326  .339| .205  .369| .531  .708|  52  .235  -4.4  -0.5     
 1947 28 PIT NL  140  104   12   3.1   108| .234  .278| .300  .353| .305  .412| .605  .765|  59  .319  -7.8  -0.8     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      1948 1404  148   2.8    94| .232  .269| .298  .338| .282  .374| .580  .712|  63  .329 -85.4  -8.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1945 26 BSN NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    1.0    6    6    6   0    2    0   0   0    11       0 54.00  3.83    7 8.000
 1946 27 BSN NL   0   0   3   0   0   0   2  0    6.7    9    8    6   1    4    2   1   1    37       0  8.10  3.45   43 1.950
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  2 Yr WL undef   0   0   4   0   0   0   3  0    7.7   15   14   12   1    6    2   1   1    48       0 14.09  3.50   25 2.739
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  68   0   0   0  51  0  130.7  255  238  204  17  102   34  17  17   816   0   0 14.09  3.50   25 2.739

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1939 20 BSN NL SS 22 36 66 5 10 .953 .953 4.64 5.09 2B 1 2 3 0 2 1.000 .962 5.00 5.40 1940 21 BSN NL 2B 15 14 11 1 5 .962 .965 1.67 5.14 3B 9 2 10 1 2 .923 .945 1.33 2.82 SS 3 4 6 0 2 1.000 .952 3.33 5.00 1941 22 BSN NL 2B 10 14 16 0 0 1.000 .962 3.00 5.25 SS 5 11 11 0 3 1.000 .952 4.40 4.82 3B 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 1.50 3.15 1942 23 BSN NL SS 11 19 29 3 6 .941 .954 4.36 4.87 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.20 1943 24 BSN NL SS 153 307 581 40 91 .957 .954 5.80 4.97 1944 25 BSN NL SS 103 215 287 24 60 .954 .954 4.87 4.85 2B 23 54 62 6 14 .951 .963 5.04 5.04 3B 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 .952 2.00 3.00 1945 26 BSN NL 2B 87 222 232 13 58 .972 .967 5.22 5.05 SS 39 79 104 8 18 .958 .947 4.69 4.75 3B 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 .930 2.00 2.95 P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.10 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1946 27 BSN NL SS 16 28 26 5 5 .915 .957 3.38 4.67 3B 8 5 10 1 1 .938 .949 1.88 2.84 2B 4 5 3 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 5.10 P 3 2 0 1 0 .667 .952 0.67 1.00 2.69 2.28 0 6.7 1947 28 PIT NL SS 22 31 38 9 6 .885 .962 3.14 4.66 2B 14 30 24 3 8 .947 .975 3.86 5.19 3B 6 1 5 1 0 .857 .952 1.00 2.80 1B 1 7 1 0 0 1.000 .988 8.00 9.20
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1947 28 PIT NL 1B 1 7 1 0 0 1.000 .988 8.00 9.20 1939 20 BSN NL 2B 1 2 3 0 2 1.000 .962 5.00 5.40 1940 21 BSN NL 2B 15 14 11 1 5 .962 .965 1.67 5.14 1941 22 BSN NL 2B 10 14 16 0 0 1.000 .962 3.00 5.25 1942 23 BSN NL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.20 1944 25 BSN NL 2B 23 54 62 6 14 .951 .963 5.04 5.04 1945 26 BSN NL 2B 87 222 232 13 58 .972 .967 5.22 5.05 1946 27 BSN NL 2B 4 5 3 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 5.10 1947 28 PIT NL 2B 14 30 24 3 8 .947 .975 3.86 5.19 1940 21 BSN NL 3B 9 2 10 1 2 .923 .945 1.33 2.82 1941 22 BSN NL 3B 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 1.50 3.15 1944 25 BSN NL 3B 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 .952 2.00 3.00 1945 26 BSN NL 3B 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 .930 2.00 2.95 1946 27 BSN NL 3B 8 5 10 1 1 .938 .949 1.88 2.84 1947 28 PIT NL 3B 6 1 5 1 0 .857 .952 1.00 2.80 1945 26 BSN NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.10 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1946 27 BSN NL P 3 2 0 1 0 .667 .952 0.67 1.00 2.69 2.28 0 6.7 1939 20 BSN NL SS 22 36 66 5 10 .953 .953 4.64 5.09 1940 21 BSN NL SS 3 4 6 0 2 1.000 .952 3.33 5.00 1941 22 BSN NL SS 5 11 11 0 3 1.000 .952 4.40 4.82 1942 23 BSN NL SS 11 19 29 3 6 .941 .954 4.36 4.87 1943 24 BSN NL SS 153 307 581 40 91 .957 .954 5.80 4.97 1944 25 BSN NL SS 103 215 287 24 60 .954 .954 4.87 4.85 1945 26 BSN NL SS 39 79 104 8 18 .958 .947 4.69 4.75 1946 27 BSN NL SS 16 28 26 5 5 .915 .957 3.38 4.67 1947 28 PIT NL SS 22 31 38 9 6 .885 .962 3.14 4.66
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS 374 730 1148 94 201 .952 .954 5.02 4.89 2B 155 341 351 23 87 .968 .967 4.46 5.09 3B 28 11 31 3 4 .933 .946 1.50 2.86 P* 4 2 0 1 0 .667 .952 0.50 1.02 0 7.7 1B 1 7 1 0 0 1.000 .988 8.00 9.20 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 562 1091 1531 121 292 .956 .957 4.67 4.82
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Games
1943 NL-153-8

Stolen Bases
1943 NL-9-7

Hit By Pitch
1943 NL-3-7

Outs
1943 NL-436-10

Youngest Player
1939 NL-20-5

Gray Ink: Batting - 3 (1992) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
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 

September 30, 1946: Traded by the Boston Braves with Billy Herman, Elmer Singleton, and Stan Wentzel to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Bob Elliott and Hank Camelli.


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