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Jim Whitney

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Full Name: James Evans Whitney Primary Position: P,OF
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/172 First Game: May 2, 1881
Birthdate: November 10, 1857 Final Game: July 16, 1890
Birthplace: Conklin, New York MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: May 21, 1891
Deathplace: Binghamton, New York
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[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.

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[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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