Jim Whitney
James Evans Whitney
Born: November 10, 1857
Conklin, NY USA
Deceased: 1891
Binghamton, NY USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, 1B, 3B, RF, CF, LF, OF
Bats: L
Throws: R
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 172
Career: 1881-1890
Minor League Statistics
Jim Whitney compiled a career batting average of .261 with 18 home runs and 280 RBI in his 550-game career with the Boston Red Caps, Boston Beaneaters, Kansas City Cowboys, Washington Nationals, Indianapolis Hoosiers and Philadelphia Athletics. He began playing during the 1881 season and last took the field during the 1890 campaign.
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Pitching:
| Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1881 | NL | Boston Red Caps | 31 | 33 | .484 | 2.48 | 66 | 63 | 3 | 57 | 6 | 0 | 552.3 | 548 | 284 | 152 | 6 | 90 | 0 | 162 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 2301 |
| 1882 | NL | Boston Red Caps | 24 | 21 | .533 | 2.64 | 49 | 48 | 1 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 420.0 | 404 | 229 | 123 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1743 |
| 1883 | NL | Boston Beaneaters | 37 | 21 | .638 | 2.24 | 62 | 56 | 5 | 54 | 1 | 2 | 514.0 | 492 | 258 | 128 | 7 | 35 | 0 | 345 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2101 |
| 1884 | NL | Boston Beaneaters | 23 | 14 | .622 | 2.09 | 38 | 37 | 1 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 336.0 | 272 | 140 | 78 | 12 | 27 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1343 |
| 1885 | NL | Boston Beaneaters | 18 | 32 | .360 | 2.98 | 51 | 50 | 1 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 441.3 | 503 | 286 | 146 | 14 | 37 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1887 |
| 1886 | NL | Kansas City Cowboys | 12 | 32 | .273 | 4.49 | 46 | 44 | 2 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 393.0 | 465 | 292 | 196 | 9 | 55 | 0 | 167 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1691 |
| 1887 | NL | Washington Nationals | 24 | 21 | .533 | 3.22 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 404.7 | 430 | 253 | 145 | 16 | 42 | 0 | 146 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 1718 |
| 1888 | NL | Washington Nationals | 18 | 21 | .462 | 3.05 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 325.0 | 317 | 184 | 110 | 7 | 54 | 0 | 79 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1357 |
| 1889 | NL | Indianapolis Hoosiers | 2 | 7 | .222 | 6.81 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 70.0 | 106 | 73 | 53 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 334 |
| 1890 | AA | Philadelphia Athletics | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.18 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 61 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 191 |
| Totals | 191 | 204 | .484 | 2.97 | 413 | 396 | 16 | 377 | 26 | 2 | 3496.3 | 3598 | 2026 | 1154 | 79 | 411 | 0 | 1571 | 28 | 2 | 214 | 14666 |
Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1881 | NL | Boston Red Caps | 75 | 301 | 282 | 37 | 72 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 18 | .255 | .302 | .337 | .639 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1882 | NL | Boston Red Caps | 61 | 275 | 251 | 49 | 81 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 13 | .323 | .382 | .510 | .892 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1883 | NL | Boston Beaneaters | 96 | 434 | 409 | 78 | 115 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 29 | .281 | .323 | .433 | .755 | 177 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1884 | NL | Boston Beaneaters | 66 | 286 | 270 | 41 | 70 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 38 | .259 | .301 | .393 | .693 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1885 | NL | Boston Beaneaters | 72 | 307 | 290 | 35 | 68 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 24 | .234 | .277 | .290 | .567 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1886 | NL | Kansas City Cowboys | 67 | 276 | 247 | 25 | 59 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 39 | .239 | .319 | .340 | .659 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1887 | NL | Washington Nationals | 54 | 219 | 201 | 29 | 53 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 24 | .264 | .324 | .398 | .722 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1888 | NL | Washington Nationals | 42 | 148 | 141 | 13 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 20 | .170 | .209 | .191 | .401 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1889 | NL | Indianapolis Hoosiers | 10 | 38 | 32 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .375 | .474 | .563 | 1.036 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1890 | AA | Philadelphia Athletics | 7 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .238 | .273 | .238 | .511 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 550 | 2306 | 2144 | 316 | 559 | 113 | 39 | 18 | 280 | 20 | 0 | 161 | 211 | .261 | .313 | .375 | .688 | 804 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1881 | NL | Boston Red Caps | P | 66 | 0 | 552.0 | 19 | 99 | 28 | 3 | .808 | 1.924 | 1.788 |
| 1881 | NL | Boston Red Caps | OF | 15 | 0 | 50.0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 1.260 | .467 |
| 1881 | NL | Boston Red Caps | 1B | 2 | 0 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 9.000 | 7.500 |
| 1882 | NL | Boston Red Caps | P | 49 | 0 | 420.0 | 13 | 88 | 13 | 3 | .886 | 2.164 | 2.061 |
| 1882 | NL | Boston Red Caps | OF | 9 | 0 | 54.0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .625 | .833 | .556 |
| 1882 | NL | Boston Red Caps | 1B | 6 | 0 | 44.0 | 39 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .929 | 7.977 | 6.500 |
| 1883 | NL | Boston Beaneaters | P | 62 | 0 | 514.0 | 12 | 93 | 9 | 2 | .921 | 1.839 | 1.694 |
| 1883 | NL | Boston Beaneaters | OF | 40 | 0 | 352.0 | 55 | 7 | 16 | 0 | .795 | 1.585 | 1.550 |
| 1883 | NL | Boston Beaneaters | 1B | 2 | 0 | 21.0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .917 | 9.429 | 11.000 |
| 1884 | NL | Boston Beaneaters | P | 38 | 0 | 336.0 | 8 | 78 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.304 | 2.263 |
| 1884 | NL | Boston Beaneaters | 1B | 15 | 0 | 104.0 | 108 | 1 | 9 | 1 | .924 | 9.433 | 7.267 |
| 1884 | NL | Boston Beaneaters | OF | 15 | 0 | 100.0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.620 | 1.200 |
| 1884 | NL | Boston Beaneaters | 3B | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.571 | 2.000 |
| 1885 | NL | Boston Beaneaters | P | 51 | 0 | 441.0 | 18 | 128 | 16 | 1 | .901 | 2.980 | 2.863 |
| 1885 | NL | Boston Beaneaters | OF | 17 | 0 | 155.0 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .892 | 1.916 | 1.941 |
| 1885 | NL | Boston Beaneaters | 1B | 5 | 0 | 38.0 | 37 | 3 | 6 | 3 | .870 | 9.474 | 8.000 |
| 1886 | NL | Kansas City Cowboys | P | 46 | 0 | 393.0 | 20 | 107 | 10 | 5 | .927 | 2.908 | 2.761 |
| 1886 | NL | Kansas City Cowboys | OF | 22 | 0 | 154.0 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .844 | 1.578 | 1.227 |
| 1886 | NL | Kansas City Cowboys | 3B | 1 | 0 | 12.0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 3.000 | 4.000 |
| 1887 | NL | Washington Nationals | P | 47 | 0 | 405.0 | 13 | 92 | 11 | 5 | .905 | 2.333 | 2.234 |
| 1887 | NL | Washington Nationals | OF | 7 | 0 | 28.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 1.286 | .571 |
| 1888 | NL | Washington Nationals | P | 39 | 0 | 325.0 | 15 | 67 | 11 | 2 | .882 | 2.271 | 2.103 |
| 1888 | NL | Washington Nationals | OF | 3 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | .333 |
| 1888 | NL | Washington Nationals | 1B | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | 8.000 |
| 1889 | NL | Indianapolis Hoosiers | P | 9 | 0 | 70.0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.671 | 1.444 |
| 1889 | NL | Indianapolis Hoosiers | OF | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 1.000 |
| 1890 | AA | Philadelphia Athletics | P | 6 | 0 | 40.0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 2.025 | 1.500 |
| 1890 | AA | Philadelphia Athletics | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| Totals | 576 | 0 | 4654.0 | 492 | 797 | 158 | 30 | .891 | 2.493 | 2.238 |
Statistical data from Baseball Databank, made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
