Dick Whitman

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Full Name: Dick Corwin Whitman	Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/170	First Game: April 16, 1946
Birthdate: November 9, 1920	Final Game: June 4, 1951
Birthplace: Woodburn, Oregon	MLB Experience: 6 years
Died: February 12, 2003
Deathplace: Peoria, Arizona
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
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7 See Also
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Dick Whitman (Dick Corwin Whitman) was born on November 9, 1920 in Woodburn, Oregon. He made his Major League debut on April 16, 1946 for the Brooklyn Dodgers. In 1946, his rookie year, he hit .260 with 2 home runs and 31 RBI. Whitman played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 6 year career.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1946	BRO	N	104	265	39	69	2	31	.260	.317	.362	15	3	22	19	0	4	5	0	6
1947	BRO	N	4	10	1	4	0	2	.400	.455	.400	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
1948	BRO	N	60	165	24	48	0	20	.291	.346	.370	13	0	14	12	0	4	4	0	3
1949	BRO	N	23	49	8	9	0	2	.184	.245	.224	2	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	2
1950	PHI	N	75	132	21	33	0	12	.250	.317	.303	7	0	10	10	3	0	1	0	4
1951	PHI	N	19	17	0	2	0	0	.118	.118	.118	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total			285	638	93	165	2	67	.259	.316	.335	37	3	51	46	3	9	10	0	15

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1946	BRO	N	OF	85	0	0	178	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1947	BRO	N	OF	3	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1948	BRO	N	OF	48	0	0	93	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.990
1949	BRO	N	OF	11	0	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.952
1950	PHI	N	OF	32	0	0	56	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.983
1951	PHI	N	OF	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			OF	185	0	0	354	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.992

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1942).
Sold by Brooklyn Dodgers to Philadelphia Phillies (November 14, 1949).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with cash to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Tommy Brown (June 8, 1951).

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