Possum Whitted stats
Last played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, 1922
Bio
- Debut
- 1912
Bio
- Debut
- 1912
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,025
- AB
- 3,630
- R
- 440
- H
- 978
- HR
- 23
- RBI
- 137
- SB
- 116
- AVG
- .269
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | STL | 12 | 46 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .261 |
| 1913 | STL | 123 | 404 | 44 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .220 |
| 1914 |  STL/ATL | 86 | 249 | 39 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 11 | .245 |
| 1915 | PHI | 128 | 448 | 46 | 126 | 1 | 0 | 24 | .281 |
| 1916 | PHI | 147 | 526 | 68 | 148 | 6 | 0 | 29 | .281 |
| 1917 | PHI | 149 | 553 | 69 | 155 | 3 | 0 | 10 | .280 |
| 1918 | PHI | 24 | 86 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .244 |
| 1919 |  PHI/PIT | 113 | 420 | 47 | 123 | 3 | 0 | 12 | .293 |
| 1920 | PIT | 134 | 494 | 53 | 129 | 1 | 74 | 11 | .261 |
| 1921 | PIT | 108 | 403 | 60 | 114 | 7 | 63 | 5 | .283 |
| 1922 | LAD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 9
- AB
- 29
- R
- 2
- H
- 4
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 0
- SB
- 2
- AVG
- .138
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 4,041
- TB
- 1,312
- XBH
- 228
- HBP
- 16
- IBB
- 0
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | STL | 51 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1913 | STL | 450 | 109 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1914 | STL/ATL | 291 | 87 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1915 | PHI | 507 | 152 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1916 | PHI | 577 | 210 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917 | PHI | 611 | 206 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1918 | PHI | 90 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | PHI/PIT | 452 | 169 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 | PIT | 555 | 167 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921 | PIT | 456 | 172 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1922 | LAD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 7.6
- RC
- 438.6
- RC/27
- 4.10
- ISOP
- .092
- SECA
- .169
- BB/K
- 0.69
- AB/HR
- 157.8
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | STL | -0.2 | 5.1 | 3.8 | .065 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1913 | STL | -1.1 | 34.5 | 2.9 | .050 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1914 | STL/ATL | 0.4 | 31 | 4 | .104 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 124.5 | 0 |
| 1915 | PHI | 1.6 | 52.9 | 3.9 | .058 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 448 | 0 |
| 1916 | PHI | 2.3 | 66.5 | 4.2 | .118 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 87.7 | 0 |
| 1917 | PHI | 1.6 | 70.6 | 4.5 | .092 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 184.3 | 0 |
| 1918 | PHI | 0.0 | 7.8 | 3.2 | .047 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | PHI/PIT | 1.2 | 59.4 | 5.2 | .110 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 140 | 0 |
| 1920 | PIT | 0.5 | 54.6 | 3.7 | .077 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 494 | 0 |
| 1921 | PIT | 1.3 | 56.4 | 4.7 | .144 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 57.6 | 0 |
| 1922 | LAD | 0.0 | -0.1 | -2.7 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Possum Whitted's career stats?
Possum Whitted played 11 seasons for the Cardinals, the Phillies, the Pirates and the Dodgers. He was a career .269 hitter with 978 hits, 23 home runs and 137 RBI. His best season was 1919: a .293 batting average, 3 home runs and 0 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
11 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1912 to 1922
Championships
- 1914 World Series with the Atlanta Braves