Art Whitney Stats

Art Whitney was born on Saturday, January 16, 1858, in Brockton, Massachusetts. Whitney was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 1, 1880, with the Worcester Ruby Legs. 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 Art Whitney baseball stats page.

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Art Whitney



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Birth Name:   Arthur Wilson Whitney
Nickname:   Art
Born On:   01-16-1858  (Capricorn)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Brockton, Massachusetts
Year of Death Data Died On:   08-15-1943 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Lowell, Massachusetts
Cemetery:   Edson Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-08   Player Weight Chart Weight:   155
First Game:   05-01-1880 (Age 22)
Last Game:   08-22-1891
Draft:   Not Applicable

Art Whitney

Art Whitney Pitching Stats

1882 24 Wolverines 3 2 1 0 1 .000 6.00 1 0 0 18.0 91 31 12 17 1 8 - 11 1 0 0 -
1886 28 Alleghenys 1 0 1 0 0 .000 3.00 0 0 0 6.0 26 7 2 4 0 3 - 2 0 0 0 -
1889 31 Giants 1 0 1 0 1 .000 3.00 0 0 0 6.0 0 7 2 5 0 3 - 3 0 0 0 -
3 Years 5 2 3 0 2 .000 4.80 1 0 0 30.0 117 45 16 26 1 14 - 16 1 0 0 -

Art Whitney

Art Whitney Hitting Stats

1880 22 Ruby Legs 76 302 38 67 13 5 1 0 36 9 - 15 - - 0 - .222 .244 .308
1881 23 Wolverines 58 214 23 39 7 5 0 0 9 7 - 15 - - 0 - .182 .208 .262
1882 24 Grays 11 40 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 - - - - 0 - .075 .119 .075
1882 24 Wolverines 31 115 10 21 0 0 0 0 4 1 - - - - 0 - .183 .190 .183
1884 26 Alleghenys 23 94 10 28 4 0 0 0 0 1 - - - 0 0 - .298 .305 .340
1885 27 Alleghenys 90 373 53 87 10 4 0 0 28 16 - - - - 1 - .233 .267 .282
1886 28 Alleghenys 136 511 70 122 13 4 0 0 55 51 - - - - 6 - .239 .315 .280
1887 29 Alleghenys 119 376 57 57 11 4 0 0 51 55 - 18 - - 2 - .152 .263 .056
1888 30 Giants 90 328 28 72 1 4 1 0 28 8 - 22 - - 1 - .220 .240 .256
1889 31 Giants 129 473 71 103 12 2 1 0 59 56 - 39 - - 2 - .218 .303 .258
1890 32 Giants 119 442 71 97 12 3 0 0 45 64 - 19 - - 3 - .219 .322 .260
1891 33 Kelly's Killers 93 347 42 69 6 1 3 0 33 31 - 20 - - 3 - .199 .270 .248
1891 33 Browns 3 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 - 0 0 - .000 .083 .000
11 Years 978 3,626 475 765 89 32 6 0 349 302 - 150 - 0 18 - .211 .275 .258

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Art Whitney Fielding Stats

1880 Ruby Legs 3B 76 - - 285 3.8 245 83 162 40 6 n/a n/a n/a .860 0.00
1881 Wolverines 3B 58 - - 252 4.3 214 73 141 38 10 n/a n/a n/a .849 0.00
1882 Grays SS 11 - - 51 4.6 40 7 33 11 2 n/a n/a n/a .784 0.00
1882 Wolverines 3B 22 - - 96 4.4 82 40 42 14 3 n/a n/a n/a .854 0.00
1882 Wolverines P 3 2 54 1 0.3 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.50
1882 Wolverines SS 8 - - 49 6.1 42 18 24 7 4 n/a n/a n/a .857 0.00
1884 Alleghenys 3B 21 - - 83 4.0 76 29 47 7 1 n/a n/a n/a .916 0.00
1884 Alleghenys CF 1 - - 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1884 Alleghenys SS 1 - - 6 6.0 5 3 2 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .833 0.00
1885 Alleghenys 2B 4 - - 19 4.8 16 12 4 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .842 0.00
1885 Alleghenys 3B 8 - - 30 3.8 28 7 21 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .933 0.00
1885 Alleghenys LF 3 - - 2 0.7 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1885 Alleghenys SS 75 - - 342 4.6 314 95 219 28 21 n/a n/a n/a .918 0.00
1886 Alleghenys 3B 95 - - 363 3.8 329 120 209 34 17 n/a n/a n/a .906 0.00
1886 Alleghenys P 1 0 18 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1886 Alleghenys SS 42 - - 211 5.0 184 48 136 27 13 n/a n/a n/a .872 0.00
1887 Alleghenys 3B 119 - - 436 3.7 403 166 237 33 13 n/a n/a n/a .924 0.00
1888 Giants 3B 90 - - 309 3.4 274 90 184 35 11 n/a n/a n/a .887 0.00
1889 Giants 3B 129 - - 482 3.7 425 160 265 57 27 n/a n/a n/a .882 0.00
1889 Giants P 1 0 18 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1890 Giants 3B 88 - - 348 4.0 301 129 172 47 11 n/a n/a n/a .865 0.00
1890 Giants SS 31 - - 159 5.1 132 47 85 27 12 n/a n/a n/a .830 0.00
1891 Kelly's Killers 3B 93 - - 362 3.9 327 129 198 35 12 n/a n/a n/a .903 0.00
1891 Browns 3B 3 - - 15 5.0 13 0 13 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .867 0.00
3B Totals 802 0 0 3,061 3.8 2,717 1,026 1,691 344 112 n/a n/a n/a .888 0.00
SS Totals 168 0 0 818 4.9 717 218 499 101 52 n/a n/a n/a .877 0.00
P Totals 5 2 90 1 0.2 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.30
2B Totals 4 0 0 19 4.8 16 12 4 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .842 0.00
LF Totals 3 0 0 2 0.7 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
CF Totals 1 0 0 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
11 Years 983 2 90 3,902 4.0 3,454 1,259 2,195 448 165 n/a n/a n/a .885 1,036.20

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Art Whitney Miscellaneous Stats

1880 Ruby Legs - - - 0 0 n/a 302.0 20.1 8.4 - - -
1881 Wolverines - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 14.3 23.8 - - -
1882 Grays - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 40.0 - - -
1882 Wolverines - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 28.8 1.38 5.50 4.00
1884 Alleghenys - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
1885 Alleghenys - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 13.3 - - -
1886 Alleghenys 15 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 9.3 0.67 3.00 4.50
1887 Alleghenys 10 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 20.9 7.4 - - -
1888 Giants 7 - - 0 0 n/a 328.0 14.9 11.7 - - -
1889 Giants 19 - - 0 0 n/a 473.0 12.1 8.0 1.00 4.50 4.50
1890 Giants 8 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 23.3 9.8 - - -
1891 Kelly's Killers 8 - - 0 0 n/a 115.7 17.4 10.5 - - -
1891 Browns 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 5.5 0.0 - - -
11 Years 67 - - 0 0 n/a 604.3 24.2 10.4 1.14 4.80 4.20

Art Whitney

Art Whitney Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1880 Worcester Ruby Legs n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1881 Detroit Wolverines n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1882 Providence Grays n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1882 Detroit Wolverines n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1884 Pittsburgh Alleghenys n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1885 Pittsburgh Alleghenys n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1886 Pittsburgh Alleghenys n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1887 Pittsburgh Alleghenys n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1888 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1889 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1890 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1891 Cincinnati Kelly's Killers n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1891 St. Louis Browns n/a Undetermined n/a n/a

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