Jim Whitney
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[edit] Biography
Born on November 10, 1857 in Conklin, New York, Jim Whitney (James Evans Whitney) played for the Boston Red Caps, Boston Beaneaters, Kansas City Cowboys, Washington Senators, Indianapolis Hoosiers and Philadelphia Athletics over the course of his 10 year career. Whitney broke into the bigs on May 2, 1881 with the Boston Red Caps, and put up a 2.48 ERA in 552.1 innings pitched in 1881, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Jim Whitney's best season was 1883, when he posted a 2.24 ERA, won 37 games and struck out 345 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1881 | BOS | N | 66 | 63 | 31 | 33 | 2.48 | 162 | 284 | 152 | 57 | 6 | 0 | 552.1 | 548 | 6 | 90 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
| 1882 | BOS | N | 49 | 48 | 24 | 21 | 2.64 | 180 | 229 | 123 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 420 | 404 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 1883 | BOS | N | 62 | 56 | 37 | 21 | 2.24 | 345 | 258 | 128 | 54 | 1 | 2 | 514 | 492 | 7 | 35 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 1884 | BOS | N | 38 | 37 | 23 | 14 | 2.09 | 270 | 140 | 78 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 336 | 272 | 12 | 27 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 1885 | BOS | N | 51 | 50 | 18 | 32 | 2.98 | 200 | 286 | 146 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 441.1 | 503 | 14 | 37 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 1886 | KC | N | 46 | 44 | 12 | 32 | 4.49 | 167 | 292 | 196 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 393 | 465 | 9 | 55 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 1887 | WAS | N | 47 | 47 | 24 | 21 | 3.22 | 146 | 253 | 145 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 404.2 | 430 | 16 | 42 | 0 | 14 | 16 |
| 1888 | WAS | N | 39 | 39 | 18 | 21 | 3.05 | 79 | 184 | 110 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 325 | 317 | 7 | 54 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 1889 | IND | N | 9 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 6.81 | 16 | 73 | 53 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 106 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1890 | PHI | a | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5.18 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 61 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | NL | 407 | 392 | 189 | 202 | 2.95 | 1565 | 1999 | 1131 | 374 | 26 | 2 | 3456.1 | 3537 | 78 | 400 | 0 | 214 | 27 | |
| Total | AA | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5.18 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 61 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 413 | 396 | 191 | 204 | 2.97 | 1571 | 2026 | 1154 | 377 | 26 | 2 | 3496.1 | 3598 | 79 | 411 | 0 | 214 | 27 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1881 | BOS | N | P | 66 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 99 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .808 |
| 1881 | BOS | N | OF | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .700 |
| 1881 | BOS | N | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .938 |
| 1882 | BOS | N | P | 49 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 88 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .886 |
| 1882 | BOS | N | OF | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .625 |
| 1882 | BOS | N | 1B | 6 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .929 |
| 1883 | BOS | N | P | 62 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 93 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .921 |
| 1883 | BOS | N | OF | 40 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .795 |
| 1883 | BOS | N | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .917 |
| 1884 | BOS | N | P | 38 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 78 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1884 | BOS | N | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1884 | BOS | N | 1B | 15 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .924 |
| 1884 | BOS | N | OF | 15 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .947 |
| 1885 | BOS | N | OF | 17 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .892 |
| 1885 | BOS | N | 1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .870 |
| 1885 | BOS | N | P | 51 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 128 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .901 |
| 1886 | KC | N | OF | 22 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .844 |
| 1886 | KC | N | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .571 |
| 1886 | KC | N | P | 46 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 107 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .927 |
| 1887 | WAS | N | OF | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 |
| 1887 | WAS | N | P | 47 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 92 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .905 |
| 1888 | WAS | N | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1888 | WAS | N | P | 39 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 67 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .882 |
| 1888 | WAS | N | OF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| 1889 | IND | N | P | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1889 | IND | N | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1890 | PHI | a | P | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .900 |
| 1890 | PHI | a | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Total | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | ||
| Total | OF | 130 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 20 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .819 | ||
| Total | 1B | 31 | 0 | 0 | 229 | 4 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .917 | ||
| Total | P | 413 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 769 | 99 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .900 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1881 | BOS | N | 75 | 282 | 37 | 72 | 0 | 32 | .255 | .302 | .337 | 17 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1882 | BOS | N | 61 | 251 | 49 | 81 | 5 | 48 | .323 | .382 | .510 | 18 | 7 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1883 | BOS | N | 96 | 409 | 78 | 115 | 5 | 57 | .281 | .323 | .433 | 27 | 10 | 25 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1884 | BOS | N | 66 | 270 | 41 | 70 | 3 | 40 | .259 | .301 | .393 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1885 | BOS | N | 72 | 290 | 35 | 68 | 0 | 36 | .234 | .277 | .290 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1886 | KC | N | 67 | 247 | 25 | 59 | 2 | 23 | .239 | .319 | .340 | 13 | 3 | 29 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1887 | WAS | N | 54 | 201 | 29 | 53 | 2 | 22 | .264 | .324 | .398 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 1888 | WAS | N | 42 | 141 | 13 | 24 | 1 | 17 | .170 | .209 | .191 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1889 | IND | N | 10 | 32 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 4 | .375 | .474 | .563 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1890 | PHI | a | 7 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .238 | .273 | .238 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | NL | 543 | 2123 | 313 | 554 | 18 | 279 | .261 | .313 | .376 | 113 | 39 | 160 | 211 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | AA | 7 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .238 | .273 | .238 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 550 | 2144 | 316 | 559 | 18 | 280 | .261 | .313 | .375 | 113 | 39 | 161 | 211 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Boston Beaneaters to Kansas City Cowboys with Mert Hackett for $1000 (@March 1, 1886).
- Granted to league by Kansas City Cowboys with Charley Bassett, Fatty Briody, Mert Hackett, Silver King, Al Myers, Paul Radford, Stump Wiedman and Jim Donnelly (March 9, 1887).
- Obtained from league by Washington Senators with Al Myers and Jim Donnelly for $2500 (March 9, 1887).
- Traded by Washington Senators to Indianapolis Hoosiers in exchange for Egyptian Healy (March 29, 1889).
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