Pinky Whitney stats

Last played for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1939

Age 121

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Pinky Whitney played 12 MLB seasons, 1928 to 1939.

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
1,539
AB
5,765
R
696
H
1,701
HR
93
RBI
927
SB
45
AVG
.295
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1928PHI15158573176101033.301
1929PHI1546128920081157.327
1930PHI1496068720781173.342
1931PHI130501641449746.287
1932PHI15462493186131246.298
1933PHI/ATL1315035412611683.250
1934ATL1465635814612797.259
1935ATL126458411254602.273
1936ATL/PHI124451451286642.284
1937PHI138487561668796.341
1938PHI10230027833380.277
1939PHI3475914160.187

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
6,317
TB
2,395
XBH
452
HBP
17
IBB
0
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1928PHI636249491000
1929PHI697295652000
1930PHI662282541000
1931PHI541217503000
1932PHI678280570000
1933PHI/ATL546184342000
1934ATL597212403000
1935ATL491168312000
1936ATL/PHI507169262000
1937PHI542217311000
1938PHI332103130000
1939PHI881920000

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
16.5
RC
861.6
RC/27
5.50
ISOP
.120
SECA
.198
BB/K
0.91
AB/HR
62.0
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1928PHI1.088.65.7.1250.21.258.50
1929PHI3.6118.77.4.1550.31.776.50
1930PHI1.9109.47.1.1240.21.075.80
1931PHI0.775.25.6.1460.20.855.70
1932PHI1.5975.7.1510.20.5480
1933PHI/ATL2.458.54.1.1150.21.145.70
1934ATL1.465.74.2.1170.20.546.90
1935ATL0.5554.4.0940.20.7114.50
1936ATL/PHI0.862.75.0910.21.175.20
1937PHI2.989.17.2.1050.21.060.90
1938PHI0.037.54.6.0670.21.21000
1939PHI-0.25.22.1.0670.21.8750

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
121 yearsJan 2, 1905
Debut
1928

What were Pinky Whitney's career stats?

Pinky Whitney played 12 seasons for the Phillies and the Braves. He was a career .295 hitter with 1,701 hits, 93 home runs and 927 RBI. His best season was 1930: a .342 batting average, 8 home runs and 117 RBI.

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