Jim Whitney Stats

Jim Whitney was born on Tuesday, November 10, 1857, in Conklin, New York. Whitney was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 2, 1881, with the Boston Red Stockings. 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 Jim Whitney baseball stats page.
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Jim Whitney
 
 
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Birth Name:   James Evans Whitney
Nickname:   Grasshopper Jim
Born On:   11-10-1857  (Scorpio)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Conklin, New York
Year of Death Data Died On:   05-21-1891 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Binghamton, New York
Cemetery:   Spring Forest Cemetery, Binghamton, New York
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02   Player Weight Chart Weight:   172
First Game:   05-02-1881 (Age 23)
Last Game:   07-16-1890
Draft:   Not Applicable
Jim Whitney

Jim Whitney Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1881 24 Red Stockings 66 63 3 31 33 .484 2.48 57 6 0 552.1 2,301 548 152 284 6 90 - 162 46 0 1 -
1882 25 Red Stockings 49 48 1 24 21 .533 2.64 46 3 0 420.0 1,743 404 123 229 3 41 - 180 29 0 0 -
1883 26 Beaneaters 62 56 5 37 21 .638 2.24 54 1 2 514.0 2,101 492 128 258 7 35 - 345 37 0 0 -
1884 27 Beaneaters 38 37 1 23 14 .622 2.09 35 6 0 336.0 1,343 272 78 140 12 27 - 270 18 0 0 -
1885 28 Beaneaters 51 50 1 18 32 .360 2.98 50 2 0 441.1 1,887 503 146 286 14 37 - 200 32 0 0 -
1886 29 Cowboys 46 44 2 12 32 .273 4.49 42 3 0 393.0 1,691 465 196 292 9 55 - 167 29 0 0 -
1887 30 Senators 47 47 0 24 21 .533 3.22 46 3 0 404.2 1,718 430 145 253 16 42 - 146 14 16 0 -
1888 31 Senators 39 39 0 18 21 .462 3.05 37 2 0 325.0 1,357 317 110 184 7 54 - 79 7 9 1 -
1889 32 Hoosiers 9 8 1 2 7 .222 6.81 7 0 0 70.0 309 106 53 73 4 19 - 16 2 2 0 -
1890 33 Athletics 6 4 2 2 2 .500 5.18 3 0 0 40.0 0 61 23 27 1 11 - 6 0 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
10 Years 413 396 16 191 204 .484 2.97 377 26 2 3,496.1 14,450 3,598 1,154 2,026 79 411 - 1,571 214 27 2 -
Jim Whitney

Jim Whitney Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1881 24 Red Stockings 75 282 37 72 17 3 0 0 32 19 - 18 - - 0 - .255 .302 .337
1882 25 Red Stockings 61 251 49 81 18 7 5 0 48 24 - - - - 0 - .323 .382 .510
1883 26 Beaneaters 96 409 78 115 27 10 5 0 57 25 - - - - 0 - .281 .323 .433
1884 27 Beaneaters 66 270 41 70 17 5 3 0 40 16 - - - - 0 - .259 .301 .393
1885 28 Beaneaters 72 290 35 68 8 4 0 0 36 17 - - - - 0 - .234 .277 .290
1886 29 Cowboys 67 247 25 59 13 3 2 0 23 29 - - - - 0 - .239 .319 .340
1887 30 Senators 54 201 29 53 9 6 2 0 22 18 - 24 - - 0 - .264 .324 .308
1888 31 Senators 42 141 13 24 0 0 1 0 17 7 - 20 - - 0 - .170 .209 .191
1889 32 Hoosiers 10 32 6 12 4 1 0 0 4 5 - 6 - - 1 - .375 .474 .563
1890 33 Athletics 7 21 3 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 - - - - 0 - .238 .273 .238
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
10 Years 550 2,144 316 559 113 39 18 0 280 161 - 68 - - 1 - .261 .313 .375
Jim Whitney

Jim Whitney Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1881 Red Stockings 1B 2 - - 16 8.0 15 15 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .938 0.00
1881 Red Stockings OF 15 - - 10 0.7 7 6 1 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .700 0.00
1881 Red Stockings P 66 63 1,657 146 2.2 118 19 99 28 3 n/a n/a n/a .808 1.92
1882 Red Stockings 1B 6 - - 42 7.0 39 39 0 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .929 0.00
1882 Red Stockings OF 9 - - 8 0.9 5 5 0 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .625 0.00
1882 Red Stockings P 49 48 1,260 114 2.3 101 13 88 13 3 n/a n/a n/a .886 2.16
1883 Beaneaters 1B 2 - - 24 12.0 22 22 0 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .917 0.00
1883 Beaneaters OF 40 - - 78 2.0 62 55 7 16 0 n/a n/a n/a .795 0.00
1883 Beaneaters P 62 56 1,542 114 1.8 105 12 93 9 2 n/a n/a n/a .921 1.84
1884 Beaneaters 1B 15 - - 118 7.9 109 108 1 9 1 n/a n/a n/a .924 0.00
1884 Beaneaters 3B 1 - - 2 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1884 Beaneaters OF 15 - - 19 1.3 18 18 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .947 0.00
1884 Beaneaters P 38 37 1,008 86 2.3 86 8 78 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.30
1885 Beaneaters 1B 5 - - 46 9.2 40 37 3 6 3 n/a n/a n/a .870 0.00
1885 Beaneaters OF 17 - - 37 2.2 33 31 2 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .892 0.00
1885 Beaneaters P 51 50 1,324 162 3.2 146 18 128 16 1 n/a n/a n/a .901 2.98
1886 Cowboys 3B 1 - - 7 7.0 4 1 3 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .571 0.00
1886 Cowboys OF 22 - - 32 1.5 27 18 9 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .844 0.00
1886 Cowboys P 46 44 1,179 137 3.0 127 20 107 10 5 n/a n/a n/a .927 2.91
1887 Senators OF 7 - - 6 0.9 4 3 1 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .667 0.00
1887 Senators P 47 47 1,214 116 2.5 105 13 92 11 5 n/a n/a n/a .905 2.34
1888 Senators 1B 1 - - 8 8.0 8 8 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1888 Senators P 39 39 975 93 2.4 82 15 67 11 2 n/a n/a n/a .882 2.27
1888 Senators RF 3 - - 2 0.7 1 1 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 0.00
1889 Hoosiers P 9 8 210 13 1.4 13 4 9 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.67
1889 Hoosiers RF 1 - - 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1890 Athletics CF 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1890 Athletics P 6 4 120 10 1.7 9 1 8 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .900 2.03
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
P Totals 413 396 10,489 991 2.4 892 123 769 99 24 n/a n/a n/a .900 2.30
OF Totals 125 0 0 190 1.5 156 136 20 34 1 n/a n/a n/a .821 0.00
1B Totals 31 0 0 254 8.2 233 229 4 21 6 n/a n/a n/a .917 0.00
RF Totals 4 0 0 3 0.8 2 2 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .667 0.00
3B Totals 2 0 0 9 4.5 6 2 4 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .667 0.00
CF Totals 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
10 Years 576 396 10,489 1,447 2.5 1,289 492 797 158 31 n/a n/a n/a .891 3.32
Jim Whitney

Jim Whitney Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1881 Red Stockings - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 15.7 8.8 1.80 2.64 1.47
1882 Red Stockings - - - 0 0 n/a 50.2 0.0 5.2 4.39 3.86 0.88
1883 Beaneaters - - - 0 0 n/a 81.8 0.0 7.2 9.86 6.04 0.61
1884 Beaneaters - - - 0 0 n/a 90.0 0.0 6.8 10.00 7.23 0.72
1885 Beaneaters - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 8.1 5.41 4.08 0.75
1886 Cowboys 5 - - 0 0 n/a 123.5 0.0 10.7 3.04 3.82 1.26
1887 Senators 10 - - 0 0 n/a 100.5 8.4 9.1 3.48 3.25 0.93
1888 Senators 3 - - 0 0 n/a 141.0 7.1 8.3 1.46 2.19 1.50
1889 Hoosiers 2 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 5.3 8.0 0.84 2.06 2.44
1890 Athletics 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 21.0 0.55 1.35 2.48
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
10 Years 20 - - 0 0 n/a 119.1 31.5 7.7 3.82 4.04 1.06
Jim Whitney

Jim Whitney Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1881 Boston Red Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
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1883 Boston Beaneaters n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
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1886 Kansas City Cowboys n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1887 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1888 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1889 Indianapolis Hoosiers n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1890 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a n/a




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