Whitey Wietelmann Stats

Whitey Wietelmann was born on Saturday, March 15, 1919, in Zanesville, Ohio. Wietelmann was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 6, 1939, with the Boston Bees. 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 Wietelmann baseball stats page.

"He (Whitey Wietelmann) was old school. He believed players should have a reverence for the history of the game. And he kept track of everything, down to every baseball in batting practice." - Padres' Equipment Manager Brian Prilaman

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Whitey Wietelmann
 
 
Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   William Frederick Wietelmann
Nickname:   Whitey
Born On:   03-15-1919
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Zanesville, Ohio
Zodiac:   Pisces
Year of Death Data Died On:   03-26-2002
Place of Death Data Died In:   San Diego, California
Cemetery:   Unknown
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Both
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00
Player Weight Chart Weight:   170
First Game:   09-06-1939 (Age 20)
Last Game:   09-18-1947
Draft:   Not Applicable
Whitey Wietelmann

Whitey Wietelmann 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
1945 Braves 1 0 1 0 0 .000 54.00 0 0 0 1.0 11 6 6 6 0 2 - 0 0 0 0 -
1946 Braves 3 0 2 0 0 .000 8.10 0 0 0 6.2 37 9 6 8 1 4 - 2 1 1 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
2 Years 4 0 3 0 0 .000 14.09 0 0 0 7.2 48 15 12 14 1 6 - 2 1 1 0 -
Whitey Wietelmann

Whitey Wietelmann Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1939 Bees 23 69 2 14 1 0 0 0 5 2 - 9 0 - 0 4 .203 .225 .217
1940 Bees 35 41 3 8 1 0 0 0 1 5 - 5 0 - 0 1 .195 .283 .220
1941 Braves 16 33 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 2 - 0 0 .091 .118 .091
1942 Braves 13 34 4 7 2 0 0 0 0 4 - 5 0 - 0 2 .206 .289 .265
1943 Braves 153 534 33 115 14 1 0 0 39 46 - 40 8 - 3 9 .215 .281 .245
1944 Braves 125 417 46 100 18 1 2 0 32 33 - 25 10 - 3 5 .240 .300 .302
1945 Braves 123 428 53 116 15 3 4 0 33 39 - 27 2 - 2 1 .271 .335 .348
1946 Braves 44 78 7 16 0 0 0 0 5 14 - 8 0 - 0 1 .205 .326 .205
1947 Pirates 48 128 21 30 4 1 1 0 7 12 - 10 0 - 0 6 .234 .300 .305
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
9 Years 580 1,762 170 409 55 6 7 0 122 156 - 131 22 - 8 29 .232 .298 .282
Whitey Wietelmann

Whitey Wietelmann Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1939 Bees 2B 1 - - 5 5.0 5 2 3 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1939 Bees SS 22 - - 107 4.9 102 36 66 5 10 n/a n/a n/a .953 0.00 -
1940 Bees 2B 15 - - 26 1.7 25 14 11 1 5 n/a n/a n/a .962 0.00 -
1940 Bees 3B 9 - - 13 1.4 12 2 10 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .923 0.00 -
1940 Bees SS 3 - - 10 3.3 10 4 6 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1941 Braves 2B 10 - - 30 3.0 30 14 16 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1941 Braves 3B 2 - - 3 1.5 3 1 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1941 Braves SS 5 - - 22 4.4 22 11 11 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1942 Braves 2B 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1942 Braves SS 11 - - 51 4.6 48 19 29 3 6 n/a n/a n/a .941 0.00 -
1943 Braves SS 153 - - 928 6.1 888 307 581 40 91 n/a n/a n/a .957 0.00 -
1944 Braves 2B 23 - - 122 5.3 116 54 62 6 14 n/a n/a n/a .951 0.00 -
1944 Braves 3B 1 - - 2 2.0 2 0 2 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1944 Braves SS 103 - - 526 5.1 502 215 287 24 60 n/a n/a n/a .954 0.00 -
1945 Braves 2B 87 - - 467 5.4 454 222 232 13 58 n/a n/a n/a .972 0.00 -
1945 Braves 3B 2 - - 4 2.0 4 2 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1945 Braves P 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1945 Braves SS 39 - - 191 4.9 183 79 104 8 18 n/a n/a n/a .958 0.00 -
1946 Braves 2B 4 - - 8 2.0 8 5 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1946 Braves 3B 8 - - 16 2.0 15 5 10 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .938 0.00 -
1946 Braves P 3 0 20 3 1.0 2 2 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .667 2.70 -
1946 Braves SS 16 - - 59 3.7 54 28 26 5 5 n/a n/a n/a .915 0.00 -
1947 Pirates 1B 1 - - 8 8.0 8 7 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1947 Pirates 2B 14 - - 57 4.1 54 30 24 3 8 n/a n/a n/a .947 0.00 -
1947 Pirates 3B 6 - - 7 1.2 6 1 5 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .857 0.00 -
1947 Pirates SS 22 - - 78 3.5 69 31 38 9 6 n/a n/a n/a .885 0.00 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
SS Totals 374 0 0 1,972 5.3 1,878 730 1,148 94 201 n/a n/a n/a .952 0.00 --
2B Totals 155 0 0 715 4.6 692 341 351 23 87 n/a n/a n/a .968 0.00 --
3B Totals 28 0 0 45 1.6 42 11 31 3 4 n/a n/a n/a .933 0.00 --
P Totals 4 0 23 3 0.8 2 2 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .667 2.35 --
1B Totals 1 0 0 8 8.0 8 7 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 --
9 Years 562 0 23 2,743 4.9 2,622 1,091 1,531 121 292 n/a n/a n/a .956 3,078.00 --
Whitey Wietelmann

Whitey Wietelmann Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1939 Bees 1 - - - - n/a 0.0 7.7 13.8 - - -
1940 Bees 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 8.2 41.0 - - -
1941 Braves 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 16.5 0.0 - - -
1942 Braves 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 6.8 0.0 - - -
1943 Braves 9 - - - - n/a 0.0 13.4 13.7 - - -
1944 Braves 0 - - - - n/a 208.5 16.7 13.0 - - -
1945 Braves 4 - - - - n/a 107.0 15.9 13.0 0.00 0.00 18.00
1946 Braves 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 9.8 15.6 0.50 2.70 5.40
1947 Pirates 0 - - - - n/a 128.0 12.8 18.3 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
9 Years 14 - - - - n/a 251.7 13.5 14.4 0.33 2.35 7.04
Whitey Wietelmann

Whitey Wietelmann Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1939 Boston Bees 15 Undetermined - -
1940 Boston Bees 15 Undetermined - -
1941 Boston Braves 15 Undetermined - -
1942 Boston Braves 25 Undetermined - -
1943 Boston Braves 7 Undetermined - -
1944 Boston Braves 7 Undetermined - -
1945 Boston Braves 7 Undetermined n/a -
1946 Boston Braves 7 Undetermined - -
1947 Pittsburgh Pirates 7 Undetermined - -


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