Earl Whitehill
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[edit] Biography
Born on February 7, 1899 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Earl Whitehill (Earl Oliver Whitehill) played for the Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 17 year career. Whitehill broke into the bigs on September 15, 1923 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 3.86 ERA in 233 innings pitched in 1924, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Earl Whitehill's best season was 1933, when he posted a 3.33 ERA, won 22 games and struck out 96 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | DET | A | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.73 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 22 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1924 | DET | A | 35 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 3.86 | 65 | 125 | 100 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 233 | 260 | 8 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 1925 | DET | A | 35 | 33 | 11 | 11 | 4.66 | 83 | 135 | 124 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 239.1 | 267 | 13 | 88 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 1926 | DET | A | 36 | 34 | 16 | 13 | 3.99 | 109 | 136 | 112 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 252.1 | 271 | 7 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 1927 | DET | A | 41 | 31 | 16 | 14 | 3.36 | 95 | 110 | 88 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 236 | 238 | 4 | 105 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 1928 | DET | A | 31 | 30 | 11 | 16 | 4.31 | 93 | 131 | 94 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 196.1 | 214 | 8 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1929 | DET | A | 38 | 28 | 14 | 15 | 4.62 | 103 | 147 | 126 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 245.1 | 267 | 16 | 96 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1930 | DET | A | 34 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 4.24 | 109 | 139 | 104 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 220.2 | 248 | 8 | 80 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 1931 | DET | A | 34 | 34 | 13 | 16 | 4.08 | 81 | 152 | 123 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 271.1 | 287 | 22 | 118 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 1932 | DET | A | 33 | 31 | 16 | 12 | 4.54 | 81 | 136 | 123 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 244 | 255 | 17 | 93 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 1933 | WAS | A | 39 | 37 | 22 | 8 | 3.33 | 96 | 112 | 100 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 270 | 271 | 9 | 100 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| 1934 | WAS | A | 32 | 31 | 14 | 11 | 4.52 | 96 | 129 | 118 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 235 | 269 | 10 | 94 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1935 | WAS | A | 34 | 34 | 14 | 13 | 4.29 | 102 | 149 | 133 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 279.1 | 318 | 16 | 104 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 1936 | WAS | A | 28 | 28 | 14 | 11 | 4.87 | 63 | 124 | 115 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 212.1 | 252 | 17 | 89 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 1937 | CLE | A | 33 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6.49 | 53 | 111 | 106 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 147 | 189 | 9 | 80 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 1938 | CLE | A | 26 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 5.56 | 60 | 109 | 99 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 160.1 | 187 | 18 | 83 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 1939 | CHI | N | 24 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 5.14 | 42 | 59 | 51 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 89.1 | 102 | 8 | 50 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Total | NL | 24 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 5.14 | 42 | 59 | 51 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 89.1 | 102 | 8 | 50 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| Total | AL | 517 | 462 | 214 | 178 | 4.34 | 1308 | 1959 | 1675 | 224 | 15 | 10 | 3475.1 | 3815 | 184 | 1381 | 0 | 39 | 96 | |
| Total | 541 | 473 | 218 | 185 | 4.36 | 1350 | 2018 | 1726 | 226 | 16 | 11 | 3564.2 | 3917 | 192 | 1431 | 0 | 43 | 101 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | DET | A | P | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .800 |
| 1924 | DET | A | P | 35 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 53 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .944 |
| 1925 | DET | A | P | 35 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 52 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .929 |
| 1926 | DET | A | P | 36 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 54 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .971 |
| 1927 | DET | A | P | 41 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 47 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .881 |
| 1928 | DET | A | P | 31 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 40 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .983 |
| 1929 | DET | A | P | 38 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .941 |
| 1930 | DET | A | P | 34 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .976 |
| 1931 | DET | A | P | 34 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 62 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .976 |
| 1932 | DET | A | P | 33 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .964 |
| 1933 | WAS | A | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1933 | WAS | A | P | 39 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 51 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .894 |
| 1934 | WAS | A | P | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .980 |
| 1935 | WAS | A | P | 34 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 60 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .961 |
| 1936 | WAS | A | P | 28 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .957 |
| 1937 | CLE | A | P | 33 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .955 |
| 1938 | CLE | A | P | 26 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .938 |
| 1939 | CHI | N | P | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| Total | P | 541 | 0 | 0 | 166 | 701 | 47 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .949 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | DET | A | 8 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .364 | .417 | .364 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 | DET | A | 37 | 89 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 7 | .213 | .286 | .247 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | DET | A | 36 | 87 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 7 | .218 | .284 | .230 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | DET | A | 36 | 91 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 10 | .253 | .299 | .330 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927 | DET | A | 41 | 78 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 3 | .205 | .262 | .256 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | DET | A | 31 | 67 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 3 | .194 | .250 | .194 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929 | DET | A | 38 | 90 | 10 | 23 | 3 | 11 | .256 | .302 | .378 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930 | DET | A | 34 | 83 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 7 | .193 | .221 | .205 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931 | DET | A | 34 | 97 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 5 | .155 | .180 | .175 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932 | DET | A | 33 | 90 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 7 | .244 | .277 | .289 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | WAS | A | 40 | 108 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 11 | .222 | .263 | .259 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | WAS | A | 35 | 85 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 8 | .200 | .292 | .259 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935 | WAS | A | 34 | 104 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 3 | .183 | .241 | .221 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1936 | WAS | A | 28 | 77 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 4 | .169 | .247 | .195 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937 | CLE | A | 33 | 49 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 6 | .224 | .296 | .245 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938 | CLE | A | 26 | 56 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | .125 | .222 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1939 | CHI | N | 24 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .103 | .161 | .103 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | NL | 24 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .103 | .161 | .103 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | AL | 524 | 1262 | 106 | 261 | 4 | 98 | .207 | .263 | .246 | 23 | 7 | 95 | 209 | 1 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 548 | 1291 | 107 | 264 | 4 | 98 | .204 | .261 | .242 | 23 | 7 | 97 | 216 | 1 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Detroit Tigers to Washington Senators in exchange for Firpo Marberry and Carl Fischer (December 14, 1932).
- Traded by Washington Senators to Cleveland Indians as part of 3-team trade in which Cleveland Indians sent Thornton Lee to Chicago White Sox; and Chicago White Sox sent Jack Salveson to Washington Senators (December 10, 1936).
- Released by Cleveland Indians (February 1, 1939).
- Signed by Chicago Cubs (February 14, 1939).
- Released by Chicago Cubs (October 18, 1939).
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