Whitey Lockman was born on Sunday, July 25, 1926, in Lowell, North Carolina. Lockman was 18 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 5, 1945, with the New York Giants. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Whitey Lockman baseball stats page.
"Whitey Lockman: For parts of three seasons, he was the manager of the Chicago Cubs. 'I took over for Leo (Durocher) in '72 and had them in 1973, and part of 1974. We had some good ballplayers back then—Ferguson Jenkins and Milt Pappas and Burt Hooton and Rick Reuschel on the pitching staff...' He ticked off the names from the past as quickly as if he was giving the names of his children. '...Billy Williams, Glenn Beckert, Don Kessinger, Ron Santo, Rick Monday and Randy Hundley—that was a pretty good time. I don't know why we didn't win it; the only thing I can figure is mismanagement.' he said, offering an infectious chuckle." - Author John C. Skpper in Take Me Out to the Cubs Game: 35 Former Ballplayers Speak of Losing at Wrigley (McFarland Publishing, 08/15/2000, Page 175)
Whitey LockmanWhitey Lockman Autograph on a 1973 Topps Baseball Card (#81) |
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Whitey LockmanWhitey Lockman Pitching Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
- | - | Did Not Pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
Whitey LockmanWhitey Lockman Hitting Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
1945 | 19 | Giants | 32 | 129 | 16 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 4 | - | 2 | 1 | .341 | .410 | .481 |
1947 | 21 | Giants | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 |
1948 | 22 | Giants | 146 | 584 | 117 | 167 | 24 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 59 | 68 | 2 | 63 | 6 | - | 1 | 4 | .286 | .361 | .454 |
1949 | 23 | Giants | 151 | 617 | 97 | 186 | 32 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 65 | 62 | 0 | 31 | 3 | - | 3 | 8 | .301 | .368 | .429 |
1950 | 24 | Giants | 129 | 532 | 72 | 157 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 52 | 42 | 0 | 29 | 6 | - | 2 | 6 | .295 | .349 | .400 |
1951 | 25 | Giants | 153 | 614 | 85 | 173 | 27 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 73 | 50 | 4 | 32 | 6 | - | 3 | 17 | .282 | .339 | .407 |
1952 | 26 | Giants | 154 | 606 | 99 | 176 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 58 | 67 | 1 | 52 | 11 | - | 2 | 8 | .290 | .363 | .396 |
1953 | 27 | Giants | 150 | 607 | 85 | 179 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 61 | 52 | 1 | 36 | 5 | - | 0 | 5 | .295 | .351 | .389 |
1954 | 28 | Giants | 148 | 570 | 73 | 143 | 17 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 60 | 59 | 7 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | .251 | .318 | .375 |
1955 | 29 | Giants | 147 | 576 | 76 | 157 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 49 | 39 | 2 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | .273 | .320 | .384 |
1956 | 30 | Giants | 48 | 169 | 13 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .272 | .333 | .343 |
1956 | 30 | Cardinals | 70 | 193 | 14 | 48 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .249 | .311 | .269 |
1957 | 31 | Giants | 133 | 456 | 51 | 113 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 30 | 39 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .248 | .308 | .331 |
1958 | 32 | Giants | 92 | 122 | 15 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .238 | .311 | .328 |
1959 | 33 | Orioles | 38 | 69 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .217 | .299 | .261 |
1959 | 33 | Reds | 52 | 84 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .262 | .292 | .345 |
1960 | 34 | Reds | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .385 | .500 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
15 Years | 1,666 | 5,940 | 836 | 1,658 | 222 | 49 | 114 | 2 | 563 | 552 | 30 | 383 | 64 | 15 | 19 | 68 | .279 | .342 | .391 |
Whitey LockmanWhitey Lockman Fielding Stats |
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Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
1945 Giants | CF | 32 | 32 | 867 | 76 | 2.4 | 73 | 72 | 1 | 3 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .961 | 2.27 |
1948 Giants | CF | 92 | 91 | 2,382 | 286 | 3.1 | 285 | 281 | 4 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .997 | 3.23 |
1948 Giants | LF | 53 | 53 | 1,371 | 113 | 2.1 | 109 | 107 | 2 | 4 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .965 | 2.15 |
1949 Giants | LF | 151 | 151 | 3,939 | 373 | 2.5 | 363 | 353 | 10 | 10 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .973 | 2.49 |
1950 Giants | CF | 7 | 6 | 159 | 26 | 3.7 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .962 | 4.25 |
1950 Giants | LF | 123 | 122 | 3,246 | 298 | 2.4 | 292 | 280 | 12 | 6 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .980 | 2.43 |
1951 Giants | 1B | 119 | 119 | 3,204 | 1,150 | 9.7 | 1,134 | 1,045 | 89 | 16 | 113 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .986 | 9.56 |
1951 Giants | LF | 34 | 34 | 903 | 83 | 2.4 | 82 | 79 | 3 | 1 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .988 | 2.45 |
1952 Giants | 1B | 154 | 154 | 450 | 1,559 | 10.1 | 1,546 | 1,435 | 111 | 13 | 155 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .992 | 92.76 |
1953 Giants | 1B | 120 | 119 | 3,078 | 1,155 | 9.6 | 1,142 | 1,042 | 100 | 13 | 96 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .989 | 10.02 |
1953 Giants | CF | 3 | 3 | 63 | 4 | 1.3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.71 |
1953 Giants | LF | 28 | 25 | 705 | 63 | 2.3 | 63 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.41 |
1954 Giants | 1B | 145 | 138 | 3,714 | 1,367 | 9.4 | 1,349 | 1,261 | 88 | 18 | 122 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .987 | 9.81 |
1954 Giants | CF | 1 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 4.50 |
1954 Giants | LF | 1 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.13 |
1955 Giants | 1B | 68 | 66 | 1,761 | 650 | 9.6 | 647 | 613 | 34 | 3 | 61 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .995 | 9.92 |
1955 Giants | CF | 3 | 2 | 69 | 8 | 2.7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 3.13 |
1955 Giants | LF | 78 | 75 | 1,995 | 161 | 2.1 | 158 | 156 | 2 | 3 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .981 | 2.14 |
1955 Giants | RF | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1956 Giants | 1B | 7 | 5 | 141 | 51 | 7.3 | 50 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .980 | 9.57 |
1956 Cardinals | CF | 25 | 21 | 558 | 54 | 2.2 | 51 | 50 | 1 | 3 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .944 | 2.47 |
1956 Giants | CF | 1 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.00 |
1956 Giants | LF | 36 | 31 | 876 | 70 | 1.9 | 67 | 66 | 1 | 3 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .957 | 2.07 |
1956 Cardinals | LF | 31 | 20 | 567 | 49 | 1.6 | 47 | 46 | 1 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .959 | 2.24 |
1956 Cardinals | RF | 8 | 5 | 138 | 9 | 1.1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.76 |
1956 Giants | RF | 3 | 2 | 51 | 4 | 1.3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.12 |
1956 Cardinals | 1B | 2 | 1 | 33 | 16 | 8.0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .875 | 11.45 |
1957 Giants | 1B | 102 | 97 | 2,595 | 1,062 | 10.4 | 1,052 | 981 | 71 | 10 | 94 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .991 | 10.95 |
1957 Giants | CF | 3 | 3 | 72 | 8 | 2.7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .875 | 2.63 |
1957 Giants | LF | 22 | 6 | 321 | 37 | 1.7 | 35 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .946 | 2.94 |
1957 Giants | RF | 4 | 2 | 63 | 6 | 1.5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .833 | 2.14 |
1958 Giants | 1B | 7 | 5 | 159 | 61 | 8.7 | 61 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 10.36 |
1958 Giants | 2B | 15 | 6 | 216 | 45 | 3.0 | 43 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .956 | 5.38 |
1958 Giants | LF | 22 | 4 | 168 | 10 | 0.5 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.61 |
1958 Giants | RF | 4 | 2 | 57 | 8 | 2.0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 3.79 |
1959 Orioles | 1B | 22 | 12 | 336 | 120 | 5.5 | 119 | 116 | 3 | 1 | 13 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .992 | 9.56 |
1959 Orioles | 2B | 5 | 0 | 51 | 15 | 3.0 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .933 | 7.41 |
1959 Orioles | RF | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1959 Reds | 1B | 20 | 8 | 294 | 105 | 5.3 | 102 | 92 | 10 | 3 | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .971 | 9.37 |
1959 Reds | 2B | 7 | 5 | 153 | 22 | 3.1 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 3.88 |
1959 Reds | CF | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 9.00 |
1960 Reds | 1B | 5 | 0 | 36 | 10 | 2.0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 7.50 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
1B Totals | 771 | 724 | 15,801 | 7,306 | 9.5 | 7,226 | 6,716 | 510 | 80 | 672 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .989 | 12.35 | |
LF Totals | 579 | 522 | 14,115 | 1,258 | 2.2 | 1,227 | 1,193 | 34 | 31 | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .975 | 2.35 | |
CF Totals | 168 | 160 | 4,227 | 469 | 2.8 | 460 | 454 | 6 | 9 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .981 | 2.94 | |
2B Totals | 27 | 11 | 420 | 82 | 3.0 | 79 | 41 | 38 | 3 | 13 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .963 | 5.08 | |
RF Totals | 21 | 11 | 315 | 27 | 1.3 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .963 | 2.23 | |
14 Years | 1,566 | 1,428 | 34,878 | 9,142 | 5.8 | 9,018 | 8,429 | 589 | 124 | 693 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .986 | 6.98 |
Whitey LockmanWhitey Lockman Miscellaneous Stats |
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Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
1945 Giants | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 43.0 | 12.9 | 7.2 | - | - | - |
1947 Giants | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | - | - | - |
1948 Giants | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | 1 | n/a | 32.4 | 9.3 | 9.9 | - | - | - |
1949 Giants | 12 | 5 | .706 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 56.1 | 19.9 | 9.5 | - | - | - |
1950 Giants | 1 | 4 | .200 | 1 | 0 | n/a | 88.7 | 18.3 | 10.2 | - | - | - |
1951 Giants | 4 | 5 | .444 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 51.2 | 19.2 | 8.4 | - | - | - |
1952 Giants | 2 | 4 | .333 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 46.6 | 11.7 | 10.4 | - | - | - |
1953 Giants | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3 | 0 | n/a | 67.4 | 16.9 | 10.0 | - | - | - |
1954 Giants | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4 | 1 | n/a | 35.6 | 18.4 | 9.5 | - | - | - |
1955 Giants | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3 | 0 | n/a | 38.4 | 16.9 | 11.8 | - | - | - |
1956 Giants | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 2 | n/a | 169.0 | 9.9 | 16.9 | - | - | - |
1956 Cardinals | 2 | 2 | .500 | 15 | 1 | n/a | 0.0 | 24.1 | 19.3 | - | - | - |
1957 Giants | 5 | 5 | .500 | 12 | 3 | n/a | 65.1 | 24.0 | 15.2 | - | - | - |
1958 Giants | 0 | 0 | .000 | 56 | 5 | n/a | 61.0 | 15.3 | 17.4 | - | - | - |
1959 Orioles | 0 | 0 | .000 | 14 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 17.3 | 34.5 | - | - | - |
1959 Reds | 0 | 0 | .000 | 24 | 2 | n/a | 0.0 | 14.0 | 12.0 | - | - | - |
1960 Reds | 0 | 0 | .000 | 10 | 7 | n/a | 10.0 | 3.3 | 10.0 | - | - | - |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
15 Years | 43 | 40 | .518 | 150 | 22 | n/a | 52.1 | 15.5 | 10.6 | - | - | - |
Whitey LockmanWhitey Lockman Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
1945 New York Giants | 22 | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1947 New York Giants | 25, 28 | Undetermined | - | - |
1948 New York Giants | 25 | Undetermined | - | - |
1949 New York Giants | 25 | Undetermined | - | - |
1950 New York Giants | 25 | Undetermined | - | - |
1951 New York Giants | 25 | Undetermined | - | Stats |
1952 New York Giants | 25 | Undetermined | Stats | - |
1953 New York Giants | 25 | Undetermined | - | - |
1954 New York Giants | 25 | Undetermined | - | Stats |
1955 New York Giants | 25 | Undetermined | - | - |
1956 New York Giants | 25 | Undetermined | - | - |
1956 St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | Undetermined | - | - |
1957 New York Giants | 25 | Undetermined | - | - |
1958 San Francisco Giants | 25 | Undetermined | - | - |
1959 Baltimore Orioles | 25 | Undetermined | - | - |
1959 Cincinnati Reds | 19 | Undetermined | - | - |
1960 Cincinnati Reds | 19 | Undetermined | - | - |
Whitey Lockman Stats by Baseball Almanac |
Carroll Walter Lockman was a Major League Baseball player with the New York Giants (1945, 1947-1957), St. Louis Cardinals (1956), San Francisco Giants (1958), Baltimore Orioles (1959), and Cincinnati Reds (1959-1960). When Whitey, his nickname, took the field on July 5, 1945, he hit a home run during his first career at-bat, the youngest player in baseball history to ever do so!
On October 3, 1951, during The Shot Heard Round The World, most everyone remembers that Bobby Thomson homered off relief pitcher Ralph Branca to help the Giants the National League pennant, but Whitey Lockman was standing on second at that time, and he was the tying run. Lockman's double, hit moments earlier, had driven in Alvin Dark, made the score 4-2, and prompted the Brooklyn Dodgers to make a call to the bullpen!
Did you know that when Whitey Lockman walked off the field on September 29, 1957, he was the last player in a New York Giants uniform to wear #25 in a regular season game? Did you know he was the first to wear #25 in a San Francisco Giants uniform, when he took the field on April 18, 1958?