Pete Whisenant was born on Saturday, December 14, 1929, in Asheville, North Carolina. Whisenant was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 16, 1952, with the Boston Braves. 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 Pete Whisenant baseball stats page.
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Pete WhisenantPete Whisenant Autograph on a 1958 Topps Baseball Card (#466 | Checklist) |
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Pete WhisenantPete Whisenant 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 |
Pete WhisenantPete Whisenant 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 |
1952 | 23 | Braves | 24 | 52 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .192 | .250 | .231 |
1955 | 26 | Cardinals | 58 | 115 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .191 | .223 | .304 |
1956 | 27 | Cubs | 103 | 314 | 37 | 75 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 46 | 24 | 1 | 53 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | .239 | .292 | .414 |
1957 | 28 | Redlegs | 67 | 90 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .211 | .250 | .456 |
1958 | 29 | Redlegs | 85 | 203 | 33 | 48 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 40 | 18 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | .236 | .292 | .463 |
1959 | 30 | Reds | 36 | 71 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .239 | .316 | .479 |
1960 | 31 | Reds | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1960 | 31 | Indians | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 |
1960 | 31 | Senators | 58 | 115 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .226 | .336 | .383 |
1961 | 32 | Twins | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .143 | .000 |
1961 | 32 | Reds | 26 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .294 | .200 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
8 Years | 475 | 988 | 140 | 221 | 46 | 8 | 37 | 1 | 134 | 86 | 1 | 196 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 20 | .224 | .284 | .399 |
Pete WhisenantPete Whisenant Fielding Stats |
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Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
1952 Braves | CF | 5 | 5 | 129 | 18 | 3.6 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .944 | 3.56 |
1952 Braves | LF | 10 | 6 | 189 | 19 | 1.9 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.71 |
1955 Cardinals | CF | 11 | 9 | 210 | 28 | 2.5 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 3.60 |
1955 Cardinals | LF | 12 | 9 | 225 | 30 | 2.5 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .933 | 3.36 |
1955 Cardinals | RF | 19 | 5 | 267 | 26 | 1.4 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .962 | 2.53 |
1956 Cubs | CF | 83 | 82 | 2,160 | 230 | 2.8 | 229 | 224 | 5 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .996 | 2.86 |
1956 Cubs | LF | 7 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.75 |
1956 Cubs | RF | 3 | 3 | 81 | 8 | 2.7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .875 | 2.33 |
1957 Redlegs | CF | 9 | 4 | 111 | 18 | 2.0 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 4.38 |
1957 Redlegs | LF | 24 | 8 | 273 | 28 | 1.2 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .964 | 2.67 |
1957 Redlegs | RF | 12 | 5 | 168 | 10 | 0.8 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.61 |
1958 Redlegs | 2B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1958 Redlegs | CF | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1958 Redlegs | LF | 26 | 16 | 453 | 52 | 2.0 | 52 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 3.10 |
1958 Redlegs | RF | 41 | 29 | 810 | 76 | 1.9 | 76 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.53 |
1959 Reds | LF | 5 | 1 | 42 | 4 | 0.8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.57 |
1959 Reds | RF | 16 | 16 | 336 | 25 | 1.6 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .960 | 1.93 |
1960 Senators | CF | 31 | 29 | 687 | 55 | 1.8 | 55 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.16 |
1960 Senators | LF | 23 | 0 | 138 | 15 | 0.7 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.93 |
1960 Senators | RF | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 4.50 |
1960 Indians | LF | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 3.00 |
1961 Reds | LF | 10 | 0 | 48 | 3 | 0.3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.69 |
1961 Twins | LF | 5 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 0.4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.00 |
1961 Reds | RF | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1961 Reds | 3B | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 4.50 |
1961 Reds | C | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 9.00 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
CF Totals | 141 | 129 | 3,306 | 349 | 2.5 | 347 | 339 | 8 | 2 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .994 | 2.83 | |
LF Totals | 124 | 41 | 1,440 | 155 | 1.3 | 152 | 146 | 6 | 3 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .981 | 2.85 | |
RF Totals | 94 | 58 | 1,680 | 146 | 1.6 | 143 | 138 | 5 | 3 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .979 | 2.30 | |
2B Totals | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 | |
3B Totals | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 4.50 | |
C Totals | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 9.00 | |
8 Years | 362 | 228 | 6,438 | 653 | 1.8 | 644 | 623 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .986 | 2.70 |
Pete WhisenantPete Whisenant 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 |
1952 Braves | 1 | 1 | .500 | 9 | 4 | n/a | 0.0 | 4.0 | 7.4 | - | - | - |
1955 Cardinals | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 21 | 1 | n/a | 57.5 | 4.0 | 12.8 | - | - | - |
1956 Cubs | 8 | 2 | .800 | 10 | 1 | n/a | 28.5 | 5.9 | 6.8 | - | - | - |
1957 Redlegs | 0 | 1 | .000 | 23 | 9 | n/a | 18.0 | 3.8 | 8.2 | - | - | - |
1958 Redlegs | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 28 | 1 | n/a | 18.5 | 5.5 | 5.1 | - | - | - |
1959 Reds | 0 | 0 | .000 | 16 | 0 | n/a | 14.2 | 3.9 | 6.5 | - | - | - |
1960 Reds | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | - | - |
1960 Indians | 0 | 0 | .000 | 6 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | - | - | - |
1960 Senators | 2 | 1 | .667 | 12 | 5 | n/a | 38.3 | 8.2 | 12.8 | - | - | - |
1961 Twins | 0 | 0 | .000 | 6 | 3 | n/a | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | - | - | - |
1961 Reds | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 10 | 6 | n/a | 0.0 | 3.8 | 15.0 | - | - | - |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
8 Years | 17 | 5 | .773 | 142 | 30 | n/a | 26.7 | 5.0 | 7.4 | - | - | - |
Pete WhisenantPete Whisenant Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
1952 Boston Braves | 8 | Undetermined | - | - |
1955 St. Louis Cardinals | 10 | Undetermined | - | - |
1956 Chicago Cubs | 30 | Undetermined | - | - |
1957 Cincinnati Redlegs | 29 | Undetermined | - | - |
1958 Cincinnati Redlegs | 29 | Undetermined | - | - |
1959 Cincinnati Reds | 29 | Undetermined | - | - |
1960 Cincinnati Reds | 29 | Undetermined | - | - |
1960 Cleveland Indians | 8 | Undetermined | - | - |
1960 Washington Senators | 16 | Undetermined | - | - |
1961 Minnesota Twins | 24 | Undetermined | - | - |
1961 Cincinnati Reds | 27 | Undetermined | - | - |
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