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Jim Whitney
James Evans Whitney (Grasshopper Jim)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 172 lb.

Debut May 2, 1881
Final Game July 16, 1890
Born November 10, 1857 in Conklin, NY
Died May 21, 1891 in Binghamton, NY

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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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1881 23 BSN NL  31  33  66  63  57   6   3  0  552.3  548  284  152   6   90  162      46  2301       1  2.48  2.66  108 1.155
 1882 24 BSN NL  24  21  49  48  46   3   1  0  420.0  404  229  123   3   41  180      29  1743       0  2.64  2.83  107 1.060
 1883 25 BSN NL  37  21  62  56  54   1   5  2  514.0  492  258  128   7   35  345      37  2101       0  2.24  3.07  137 1.025
 1884 26 BSN NL  23  14  38  37  35   6   1  0  336.0  272  140   78  12   27  270   0  18  1343       0  2.09  2.89  138 0.890
 1885 27 BSN NL  18  32  51  50  50   2   1  0  441.3  503  286  146  14   37  200   0  32  1887       0  2.98  2.68   90 1.224
 1886 28 KCN NL  12  32  46  44  42   3   2  0  393.0  465  292  196   9   55  167   0  29  1691       0  4.49  3.75   83 1.323
 1887 29 WHS NL  24  21  47  47  46   3   0  0  404.7  430  253  145  16   42  146  16  14  1718       0  3.22  4.05  125 1.166
 1888 30 WHS NL  18  21  39  39  37   2   0  0  325.0  317  184  110   7   54   79   9   7  1357       1  3.05  2.77   91 1.142
 1889 31 IND NL   2   7   9   8   7   0   1  0   70.0  106   73   53   4   19   16   2   2   309       0  6.81  4.18   61 1.786
 1890 32 PHA AA   2   2   6   4   3   0   2  0   40.0   61   27   23   1   11    6   0   0     0       0  5.18  3.82   74 1.800
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .484 191 204 413 396 377  26  16  2 3496.3 3598 2026 1154  79  411 1571  27 214 14450       2  2.97  3.10  104 1.147
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    16  17  34  33  31   2   1  0  293.7  302  170   96   6   34  132   2  17  1214   0   0  2.97  3.10  104 1.147
 Career High     37  33  66  63  57   6   5  2  552.3  548  292  196  16   90  345  16  46  2301   0   1  2.09  4.18  138 0.890

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1881 23 BSN NL  75  282   37   72  17  3   0   32         19  18  .255  .302  .337  103   95                    
 1882 24 BSN NL  61  251   49   81  18  7   5   48         24  13  .323  .382  .510  183  128                    
 1883 25 BSN NL  96  409   78  115  27 10   5   57         25  29  .281  .323  .433  124  177                    
 1884 26 BSN NL  66  270   41   70  17  5   3   40         16  38  .259  .301  .393  118  106                    
 1885 27 BSN NL  72  290   35   68   8  4   0   36         17  24  .234  .277  .290   86   84                    
 1886 28 KCN NL  67  247   25   59  13  3   2   23   5     29  39  .239  .319  .340   95   84                    
 1887 29 WHS NL  54  201   29   53   9  6   2   22  10     18  24  .264  .324  .398  104   80               0    
 1888 30 WHS NL  42  141   13   24   0  0   1   17   3      7  20  .170  .209  .191   32   27               0    
 1889 31 IND NL  10   32    6   12   4  1   0    4   2      5   6  .375  .474  .563  186   18               1    
 1890 32 PHA AA   7   21    3    5   0  0   0    1   0      1      .238  .273  .238   51    5               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     550 2144  316  559 113 39  18  280  20  0 161 211  .261  .313  .375  112  804   0   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        632   93  165  33 11   5   82   6  0  47  62  .261  .313  .375  112  237   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     96  409   78  115  27 10   5   57  10  0  29  39  .323  .382  .510  183  177   0   0   0   1   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1881 23 BSN NL  301  210   29   3.7    72| .255  .260| .302  .290| .337  .341| .639  .631| 103  .501   1.9   0.2     
 1882 24 BSN NL  275  170   49   7.7    70| .323  .254| .382  .281| .510  .345| .892  .627| 183  .798  24.3   2.6     
 1883 25 BSN NL  434  294   57   5.1    82| .281  .270| .323  .298| .433  .372| .756  .671| 124  .614  12.3   1.3     
 1884 26 BSN NL  286  200   32   4.2    73| .259  .249| .301  .290| .393  .345| .694  .635| 118  .565   5.6   0.6     
 1885 27 BSN NL  307  222   23   2.7    66| .234  .242| .277  .285| .290  .324| .567  .610|  86  .405  -4.3  -0.5     
 1886 28 KCN NL  276  188   27   3.7    84| .239  .264| .319  .314| .340  .362| .659  .676|  95  .502  -0.4   0.0     
 1887 29 WHS NL  219  148   26   4.6    93| .264  .269| .324  .326| .398  .382| .722  .708| 104  .516   0.9   0.1     
 1888 30 WHS NL  148  117    6   1.4    67| .170  .239| .209  .286| .191  .328| .400  .614|  32  .167 -10.6  -1.3     
 1889 31 IND NL   38   20    8  10.5    97| .375  .275| .474  .346| .563  .376|1.037  .722| 186  .837   4.2   0.4     
 1890 32 PHA AA   22   16    1   1.6    85| .238  .258| .273  .336| .238  .339| .511  .675|  51  .174  -1.3  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     2306 1585  258   4.3    77| .261  .258| .313  .297| .375  .352| .688  .649| 112  .562  32.8   3.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / 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 ------+
1881 23 BSN NL P 66 19 99 28 3 .808 .896 1.79 2.09 1.92 2.25 63 552.3 OF 15 6 1 3 0 .700 .875 0.47 2.00 0 0 15 1B 2 15 0 1 0 .938 .962 7.50 10.45 1882 24 BSN NL P 49 13 88 13 3 .886 .907 2.06 2.07 2.16 2.21 48 420.0 OF 9 5 0 3 0 .625 .862 0.56 1.88 0 1 9 1B 6 39 0 3 0 .929 .958 6.50 10.30 1883 25 BSN NL P 62 12 93 9 2 .921 .892 1.69 1.96 1.84 2.20 56 514.0 OF 40 55 7 16 0 .795 .849 1.55 1.86 0 40 0 1B 2 22 0 2 2 .917 .961 11.00 10.45 1884 26 BSN NL P 38 8 78 0 2 1.000 .892 2.26 2.12 2.30 2.29 37 336.0 1B 15 108 1 9 1 .924 .962 7.27 10.32 OF 15 18 0 1 0 .947 .865 1.20 1.76 0 15 0 3B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .833 2.00 3.10 1885 27 BSN NL P 51 18 128 16 1 .901 .899 2.86 2.30 2.98 2.43 50 441.3 OF 17 31 2 4 0 .892 .880 1.94 1.82 2 13 2 1B 5 37 3 6 3 .870 .971 8.00 10.78 1886 28 KCN NL P 46 20 107 10 5 .927 .915 2.76 2.07 2.91 2.26 44 393.0 OF 22 18 9 5 1 .844 .891 1.23 1.71 2 9 11 3B 1 1 3 3 0 .571 .870 4.00 3.30 1887 29 WHS NL P 47 13 92 11 5 .905 .902 2.23 1.86 2.34 2.02 47 404.7 OF 7 3 1 2 0 .667 .889 0.57 1.91 1 6 0 1888 30 WHS NL P 39 15 67 11 2 .882 .895 2.10 2.23 2.27 2.36 39 325.0 OF 3 1 0 1 0 .500 .909 0.33 1.90 0 0 3 1B 1 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 8.00 10.50 1889 31 IND NL P 9 4 9 0 0 1.000 .903 1.44 1.93 1.67 2.22 8 70.0 OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.00 0 0 1 1890 32 PHA AA P 6 1 8 1 1 .900 .909 1.50 1.93 2.02 2.23 4 40.0 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0 1 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1881 23 BSN NL 1B 2 15 0 1 0 .938 .962 7.50 10.45 1882 24 BSN NL 1B 6 39 0 3 0 .929 .958 6.50 10.30 1883 25 BSN NL 1B 2 22 0 2 2 .917 .961 11.00 10.45 1884 26 BSN NL 1B 15 108 1 9 1 .924 .962 7.27 10.32 1885 27 BSN NL 1B 5 37 3 6 3 .870 .971 8.00 10.78 1888 30 WHS NL 1B 1 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 8.00 10.50 1884 26 BSN NL 3B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .833 2.00 3.10 1886 28 KCN NL 3B 1 1 3 3 0 .571 .870 4.00 3.30 1881 23 BSN NL OF 15 6 1 3 0 .700 .875 0.47 2.00 0 0 15 1882 24 BSN NL OF 9 5 0 3 0 .625 .862 0.56 1.88 0 1 9 1883 25 BSN NL OF 40 55 7 16 0 .795 .849 1.55 1.86 0 40 0 1884 26 BSN NL OF 15 18 0 1 0 .947 .865 1.20 1.76 0 15 0 1885 27 BSN NL OF 17 31 2 4 0 .892 .880 1.94 1.82 2 13 2 1886 28 KCN NL OF 22 18 9 5 1 .844 .891 1.23 1.71 2 9 11 1887 29 WHS NL OF 7 3 1 2 0 .667 .889 0.57 1.91 1 6 0 1888 30 WHS NL OF 3 1 0 1 0 .500 .909 0.33 1.90 0 0 3 1889 31 IND NL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.00 0 0 1 1890 32 PHA AA OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0 1 0 1881 23 BSN NL P 66 19 99 28 3 .808 .896 1.79 2.09 1.92 2.25 63 552.3 1882 24 BSN NL P 49 13 88 13 3 .886 .907 2.06 2.07 2.16 2.21 48 420.0 1883 25 BSN NL P 62 12 93 9 2 .921 .892 1.69 1.96 1.84 2.20 56 514.0 1884 26 BSN NL P 38 8 78 0 2 1.000 .892 2.26 2.12 2.30 2.29 37 336.0 1885 27 BSN NL P 51 18 128 16 1 .901 .899 2.86 2.30 2.98 2.43 50 441.3 1886 28 KCN NL P 46 20 107 10 5 .927 .915 2.76 2.07 2.91 2.26 44 393.0 1887 29 WHS NL P 47 13 92 11 5 .905 .902 2.23 1.86 2.34 2.02 47 404.7 1888 30 WHS NL P 39 15 67 11 2 .882 .895 2.10 2.23 2.27 2.36 39 325.0 1889 31 IND NL P 9 4 9 0 0 1.000 .903 1.44 1.93 1.67 2.22 8 70.0 1890 32 PHA AA P 6 1 8 1 1 .900 .909 1.50 1.93 2.02 2.23 4 40.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 413 123 769 99 24 .900 .900 2.16 2.08 396 3496.3 OF 130 138 20 35 1 .819 .868 1.22 1.84 5 85 41 1B 31 229 4 21 6 .917 .963 7.52 10.41 3B 2 2 4 3 0 .667 .857 3.00 3.20 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 576 492 797 158 31 .891 .907 2.24 2.47
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Batting Average
1882 NL-.323-5

On-base %
1882 NL-.382-3

Slugging %
1882 NL-.510-3

OPS
1882 NL-.892-3

Home Runs
1882 NL-5-4
1883 NL-5-6

Bases on Balls
1882 NL-24-5
1883 NL-25-8

Adjusted OPS+
1882 NL-183-3

Adjusted Batting Runs
1882 NL-24-4

Batting Wins
1882 NL-2.6-4

Extra-Base Hits
1883 NL-42-9

Offensive Win%
1882 NL-.798-3

At Bats per Home Run
1882 NL-50.2-1
1883 NL-81.8-8

ERA
1881 NL-2.48-8
1882 NL-2.64-8
1883 NL-2.24-3
1884 NL-2.09-5
1887 NL-3.22-6

Wins
1881 NL-31-1
1882 NL-24-7
1883 NL-37-3
1884 NL-23-6
1885 NL-18-10
1887 NL-24-6

Won-Loss %
1882 NL-.533-9
1883 NL-.638-4
1884 NL-.622-7

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1881 NL-1.155-7
1882 NL-1.060-6
1883 NL-1.025-2
1884 NL-.890-2
1887 NL-1.166-4
Car-1.147-59

Hits Allowed/9IP
1881 NL-8.93-6
1882 NL-8.66-7
1883 NL-8.61-5
1884 NL-7.29-5

Bases on Balls/9IP
1881 NL-1.47-7
1882 NL-.88-5
1883 NL-.61-1
1884 NL-.72-1
1885 NL-.75-1
1886 NL-1.26-1
1887 NL-.93-1
1888 NL-1.50-9
Car-1.06-14

Strikeouts/9IP
1881 NL-2.64-8
1882 NL-3.86-5
1883 NL-6.04-1
1884 NL-7.23-2
1885 NL-4.08-8
1887 NL-3.25-9

Games
1881 NL-66-1
1882 NL-49-4
1883 NL-62-4
1884 NL-38-9
1885 NL-51-3
1886 NL-46-8
1887 NL-47-5
1888 NL-39-10

Saves
1883 NL-2-1

Innings
1881 NL-552.3-1
1882 NL-420.0-4
1883 NL-514.0-4
1884 NL-336.0-9
1885 NL-441.3-4
1886 NL-393.0-8
1887 NL-404.7-5
Car-3496.3-71

Strikeouts
1881 NL-162-3
1882 NL-180-4
1883 NL-345-1
1884 NL-270-6
1885 NL-200-5
1887 NL-146-5

Games Started
1881 NL-63-1
1882 NL-48-4
1883 NL-56-4
1884 NL-37-9
1885 NL-50-3
1886 NL-44-8
1887 NL-47-5
1888 NL-39-10

Comp. Games
1881 NL-57-1
1882 NL-46-4
1883 NL-54-4
1884 NL-35-9
1885 NL-50-3
1886 NL-42-9
1887 NL-46-5
Car-377-22

Shutouts
1881 NL-6-2
1882 NL-3-7
1883 NL-1-10
1884 NL-6-5
1886 NL-3-4
1887 NL-3-2

Home Runs Allow.
1881 NL-6-4
1883 NL-7-7
1884 NL-12-8
1885 NL-14-2
1886 NL-9-10
1887 NL-16-7

Bases On Balls Allow.
1881 NL-90-1
1882 NL-41-9

Hits Allowed
1881 NL-548-1
1882 NL-404-5
1883 NL-492-4
1885 NL-503-1
1886 NL-465-5
1887 NL-430-4
1888 NL-317-10
Car-3598-57

SO to Walk
1881 NL-1.80-9
1882 NL-4.39-2
1883 NL-9.86-1
1884 NL-10.00-1
1885 NL-5.41-1
1886 NL-3.04-4
1887 NL-3.48-1
Car-3.82-6

Losses
1881 NL-33-1
1882 NL-21-5
1883 NL-21-6
1885 NL-32-1
1886 NL-32-2
1887 NL-21-6
1888 NL-21-8
Car-204-42

Earned Runs Allow.
1881 NL-152-2
1882 NL-123-5
1883 NL-128-8
1885 NL-146-1
1886 NL-196-2
1887 NL-145-9
1888 NL-110-9

Wild Pitches
1881 NL-46-1
1882 NL-29-1
1883 NL-37-1
1885 NL-32-6
1886 NL-29-7
Car-214-7

Hit Batsmen
1887 NL-16-3

Batters Faced
1881 NL-2301-1
1882 NL-1743-5
1883 NL-2101-4
1884 NL-1343-10
1885 NL-1887-3
1886 NL-1691-7
1887 NL-1718-5
Car-14450-63

Games Finished
1881 NL-3-5
1882 NL-1-9
1883 NL-5-3
1885 NL-1-6
1886 NL-2-7

Adjusted ERA+
1881 NL-108-9
1882 NL-107-8
1883 NL-137-3
1884 NL-138-6
1887 NL-125-6

         

Black Ink: Pitching - 28 (55) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Batting - 19 (1020) (Average HOFer ≈ 144) Pitching - 161 (78) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (2291) Pitching - 31.0 (133) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 110.5 (80) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

March 1, 1886: Purchased by the Kansas City Cowboys from the Boston Beaneaters. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

March 9, 1887: Returned to league control by the Kansas City Cowboys.

March 9, 1887: Under league control and obtained by the Washington Nationals.

March 29, 1889: Traded by the Washington Nationals to the Indianapolis Hoosiers for John Healy.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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