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Art Whitney
Arthur Wilson Whitney

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 155 lb.

Debut May 1, 1880
Final Game August 22, 1891
Born January 16, 1858 in Brockton, MA
Died August 15, 1943 in Lowell, MA

Brother of Frank Whitney

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1880 22 WOR NL  76  302   38   67  13  5   1   36          9  15  .222  .244  .308   79   93                    
 1881 23 DTN NL  58  214   23   39   7  5   0    9          7  15  .182  .208  .262   44   56                    
 1882 24 TOT NL  42  155   12   24   0  0   0    5          3  23  .155  .171  .155    6   24                    
         PRO NL  11   40    2    3   0  0   0    1          2  11  .075  .119  .075  -36    3                    
         DTN NL  31  115   10   21   0  0   0    4          1  12  .183  .190  .183   20   21                    
 1884 26 PIT AA  23   94   10   28   4  0   0    0   0      1      .298  .305  .340  113   32               0    
 1885 27 PIT AA  90  373   53   87  10  4   0   28   0     16      .233  .267  .282   73  105               1    
 1886 28 PIT AA 136  511   70  122  13  4   0   55  15     51      .239  .315  .280   89  143               6    
 1887 29 PIT NL 119  431   57  112  11  4   0   51  10     55  18  .260  .346  .304   87  131               2    
 1888 30 NYG NL  90  328   28   72   1  4   1   28   7      8  22  .220  .240  .256   59   84               1    
 1889 31 NYG NL 129  473   71  103  12  2   1   59  19     56  39  .218  .303  .258   55  122               2    
 1890 32 NYI PL 119  442   71   97  12  3   0   45   8     64  19  .219  .322  .260   51  115               3    
 1891 33 TOT AA  96  358   42   69   6  1   3   33   8     32  22  .193  .265  .240   40   86               3    
         CKK AA  93  347   42   69   6  1   3   33   8     31  20  .199  .270  .248   43   86               3    
         STL AA   3   11    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      1   2  .000  .083  .000  -77    0               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     978 3681  475  820  89 32   6  349  67  0 302 173  .223  .285  .269   64  991   0   0   0  18   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        610   79  136  15  5   1   58  11  0  50  29  .223  .285  .269   64  164   0   0   0   3   0
 Career High    136  511   71  122  13  5   3   59  19  0  64  39  .260  .346  .308   89  143   0   0   0   6   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1880 22 WOR NL  311  235   23   2.6    67| .222  .255| .244  .278| .308  .336| .552  .614|  79  .412  -6.4  -0.8     
 1881 23 DTN NL  221  175   12   1.8    78| .182  .269| .208  .300| .262  .353| .470  .653|  44  .218 -14.4  -1.6     
 1882 24 TOT NL  158  131    4   0.8    70| .155  .254| .171  .282| .155  .345| .326  .627|   6  .061 -16.2  -1.9     
         PRO NL   42   37    0   0.0    70| .075  .254| .119  .282| .075  .346| .194  .627| -36  .000  -6.0  -0.7     
         DTN NL  116   94    4   1.1    70| .183  .254| .190  .282| .183  .345| .373  .627|  20  .106 -10.2  -1.2     
 1884 26 PIT AA   95   66   10   4.0    66| .298  .241| .305  .279| .340  .328| .645  .608| 113  .592   1.2   0.1     
 1885 27 PIT AA  390  286   28   2.6    73| .233  .251| .267  .297| .282  .337| .549  .634|  73  .378 -11.4  -1.3     
 1886 28 PIT AA  568  389   44   3.0    73| .239  .243| .315  .306| .280  .324| .595  .631|  89  .427  -4.4  -0.5     
 1887 29 PIT NL  488  319   45   3.7    91| .260  .266| .346  .323| .304  .379| .650  .702|  87  .417  -3.8  -0.4     
 1888 30 NYG NL  337  256   20   2.1    71| .220  .245| .240  .292| .256  .335| .496  .627|  59  .303 -16.2  -1.9     
 1889 31 NYG NL  531  370   37   2.6    99| .218  .277| .303  .349| .258  .379| .561  .728|  55  .289 -28.3  -2.9     
 1890 32 NYI PL  509  345   37   2.8   112| .219  .291| .322  .370| .260  .404| .582  .774|  51  .271 -30.5  -2.9     
 1891 33 TOT AA  393  289   23   2.1    98| .193  .272| .265  .357| .240  .367| .505  .723|  40  .230 -29.9  -3.2     
         CKK AA  381  278   23   2.2    98| .199  .272| .270  .357| .248  .367| .518  .723|  43  .242 -27.2  -2.9     
         STL AA   12   11    0   0.0    98| .000  .272| .083  .357| .000  .367| .083  .723| -77  .000  -2.7  -0.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     4001 2861  283   2.6    85| .223  .263| .285  .321| .269  .357| .554  .678|  64  .324 -160.3 -17.3     

* 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1882 24 DTN NL   0   1   3   2   1   0   1  0   18.0   31   17   12   1    8   11       1    91       0  6.00  2.91   49 2.167
 1886 28 PIT AA   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    6.0    7    4    2   0    3    2   0   0    26       0  3.00  3.34  111 1.667
 1889 31 NYG NL   0   1   1   0   0   0   1  0    6.0    7    5    2   0    3    3   0   0     0       0  3.00  4.06  135 1.667
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL  .000   0   2   5   2   1   0   3  0   30.0   45   26   16   1   14   16   0   1   117       0  4.80  3.23   67 1.967
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0  19  48  19   9   0  29  0  291.3  437  252  155   9  136  155   0   9  1136   0   0  4.80  3.23   67 1.967

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1880 22 WOR NL 3B 76 83 162 40 6 .860 .855 3.22 3.31 1881 23 DTN NL 3B 58 73 141 38 10 .849 .860 3.69 3.52 1882 24 TOT NL SS 19 25 57 18 6 .820 .852 4.32 4.36 PRO NL SS 11 7 33 11 2 .784 .853 3.64 4.36 DTN NL 3B 22 40 42 14 3 .854 .843 3.73 3.50 SS 8 18 24 7 4 .857 .852 5.25 4.36 P 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.33 2.07 0.50 2.20 2 18.0 1884 26 PIT AA 3B 21 29 47 7 1 .916 .848 3.62 2.94 SS 1 3 2 1 0 .833 .862 5.00 4.20 OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .833 1.00 1.60 0 1 0 1885 27 PIT AA SS 75 95 219 28 21 .918 .879 4.19 4.67 3B 8 7 21 2 1 .933 .859 3.50 2.98 2B 4 12 4 3 1 .842 .899 4.00 6.05 OF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 .870 0.67 1.83 3 0 0 1886 28 PIT AA 3B 95 120 209 34 17 .906 .849 3.46 3.14 SS 42 48 136 27 13 .872 .854 4.38 4.51 P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 1.95 0 6.0 1887 29 PIT NL 3B 119 166 237 33 13 .924 .870 3.39 3.37 1888 30 NYG NL 3B 90 90 184 35 11 .887 .877 3.04 3.11 1889 31 NYG NL 3B 129 160 265 57 27 .882 .885 3.29 3.52 P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.25 0 6.0 1890 32 NYI PL 3B 88 129 172 47 11 .865 .854 3.42 3.48 SS 31 47 85 27 12 .830 .868 4.26 5.05 1891 33 TOT AA 3B 96 129 211 37 12 .902 .872 3.54 3.58 CKK AA 3B 93 129 198 35 12 .903 .872 3.52 3.58 STL AA 3B 3 0 13 2 0 .867 .872 4.33 3.57
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1885 27 PIT AA 2B 4 12 4 3 1 .842 .899 4.00 6.05 1880 22 WOR NL 3B 76 83 162 40 6 .860 .855 3.22 3.31 1881 23 DTN NL 3B 58 73 141 38 10 .849 .860 3.69 3.52 1882 24 DTN NL 3B 22 40 42 14 3 .854 .843 3.73 3.50 1884 26 PIT AA 3B 21 29 47 7 1 .916 .848 3.62 2.94 1885 27 PIT AA 3B 8 7 21 2 1 .933 .859 3.50 2.98 1886 28 PIT AA 3B 95 120 209 34 17 .906 .849 3.46 3.14 1887 29 PIT NL 3B 119 166 237 33 13 .924 .870 3.39 3.37 1888 30 NYG NL 3B 90 90 184 35 11 .887 .877 3.04 3.11 1889 31 NYG NL 3B 129 160 265 57 27 .882 .885 3.29 3.52 1890 32 NYI PL 3B 88 129 172 47 11 .865 .854 3.42 3.48 1891 33 TOT AA 3B 96 129 211 37 12 .902 .872 3.54 3.58 CKK AA 3B 93 129 198 35 12 .903 .872 3.52 3.58 STL AA 3B 3 0 13 2 0 .867 .872 4.33 3.57 1884 26 PIT AA OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .833 1.00 1.60 0 1 0 1885 27 PIT AA OF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 .870 0.67 1.83 3 0 0 1882 24 DTN NL P 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.33 2.07 0.50 2.20 2 18.0 1886 28 PIT AA P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 1.95 0 6.0 1889 31 NYG NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.25 0 6.0 1882 24 TOT NL SS 19 25 57 18 6 .820 .852 4.32 4.36 PRO NL SS 11 7 33 11 2 .784 .853 3.64 4.36 DTN NL SS 8 18 24 7 4 .857 .852 5.25 4.36 1884 26 PIT AA SS 1 3 2 1 0 .833 .862 5.00 4.20 1885 27 PIT AA SS 75 95 219 28 21 .918 .879 4.19 4.67 1886 28 PIT AA SS 42 48 136 27 13 .872 .854 4.38 4.51 1890 32 NYI PL SS 31 47 85 27 12 .830 .868 4.26 5.05
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B 802 1026 1691 344 112 .888 .865 3.39 3.37 SS 168 218 499 101 52 .877 .867 4.27 4.66 P* 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.20 2.00 2 30.0 2B 4 12 4 3 1 .842 .899 4.00 6.05 OF 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 .857 0.75 1.77 3 1 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 983 1259 2195 448 165 .885 .866 3.51 3.59
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1888   WS    NYG STL     W  10  37   7  12  0  1  0  12   1   4  .324  .342  .378   2                
 1889   WS    NYG BRO     W   9  35   4   8  2  1  0   3   1   0  .229  .250  .343   0                
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        2-0  19  72  11  20  2  2  0  15   2   4  .278  .297  .361   2                
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Bases on Balls
1887 NL-55-9

Games Finished
1882 NL-1-9
1886 AA-1-9

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2067) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 6.0 (1347) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 16, 1888: Traded by the Pittsburg Alleghenys to the New York Giants for Elmer Cleveland.

March 21, 1891: Released by the New York Giants.

March 25, 1891: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Kelly's Killers.

August 25, 1891: Released by the St. Louis Browns.


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