Lew Whistler Stats

Lew Whistler was born on Tuesday, March 10, 1868, in St. Louis, Missouri. Whistler was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 7, 1890, 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 Lew Whistler baseball stats page.

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Lew Whistler



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Birth Name:   Lewis Wissler
Nickname:   Lew
Born On:   03-10-1868  (Pisces)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   St. Louis, Missouri
Year of Death Data Died On:   12-30-1959 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   St. Louis, Missouri
Cemetery:   Bethany Cemetery, Pagedale, Missouri
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Unknown   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10½   Player Weight Chart Weight:   178
First Game:   08-07-1890 (Age 22)
Last Game:   06-15-1893
Draft:   Not Applicable

Lew Whistler

Lew Whistler Pitching Stats

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Lew Whistler

Lew Whistler Hitting Stats

1890 22 Giants 45 170 27 49 9 7 2 0 29 20 - 37 - - 1 - .288 .366 .459
1891 23 Giants 72 265 39 65 8 7 3 0 38 24 - 45 - - 3 - .245 .315 .362
1892 24 Orioles 52 209 32 47 6 6 2 0 21 18 - 22 - - 3 - .225 .296 .340
1892 24 Colonels 80 285 42 67 4 7 5 0 34 30 - 45 - - 2 - .235 .312 .351
1893 25 Colonels 13 47 5 10 1 1 0 0 9 5 - 5 - - 1 - .213 .302 .277
1893 25 Browns 10 38 5 9 1 0 0 0 2 3 - 2 - - 0 - .237 .293 .263
4 Years 272 1,014 150 247 29 28 12 0 133 100 - 156 - - 10 - .244 .318 .363

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Lew Whistler Fielding Stats

1890 Giants 1B 45 - - 509 11.3 500 490 10 9 28 n/a n/a n/a .982 0.00
1891 Giants 1B 7 - - 56 8.0 55 54 1 1 3 n/a n/a n/a .982 0.00
1891 Giants 2B 6 - - 36 6.0 29 12 17 7 1 n/a n/a n/a .806 0.00
1891 Giants 3B 5 - - 14 2.8 8 3 5 6 0 n/a n/a n/a .571 0.00
1891 Giants OF 22 - - 31 1.4 23 22 1 8 0 n/a n/a n/a .742 0.00
1891 Giants SS 33 - - 183 5.5 156 52 104 27 7 n/a n/a n/a .852 0.00
1892 Orioles 1B 51 - - 582 11.4 566 540 26 16 21 n/a n/a n/a .973 0.00
1892 Orioles LF 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1892 Colonels 1B 72 - - 823 11.4 805 773 32 18 52 n/a n/a n/a .978 0.00
1892 Colonels 2B 10 - - 48 4.8 46 16 30 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .958 0.00
1893 Colonels 1B 13 - - 148 11.4 140 132 8 8 8 n/a n/a n/a .946 0.00
1893 Browns 1B 1 - - 10 10.0 10 10 0 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1893 Browns OF 9 - - 13 1.4 12 11 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .923 0.00
1B Totals 189 0 0 2,128 11.3 2,076 1,999 77 52 113 n/a n/a n/a .976 0.00
SS Totals 33 0 0 183 5.5 156 52 104 27 7 n/a n/a n/a .852 0.00
OF Totals 31 0 0 44 1.4 35 33 2 9 0 n/a n/a n/a .795 0.00
2B Totals 16 0 0 84 5.3 75 28 47 9 3 n/a n/a n/a .893 0.00
3B Totals 5 0 0 14 2.8 8 3 5 6 0 n/a n/a n/a .571 0.00
LF Totals 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
4 Years 275 - - 2,453 8.9 2,350 2,115 235 103 123 n/a n/a n/a .958 0.00

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Lew Whistler Miscellaneous Stats

1890 Giants 8 - - 0 0 n/a 85.0 4.6 5.9 - - -
1891 Giants 4 - - 0 0 n/a 88.3 5.9 7.0 - - -
1892 Orioles 12 - - 0 0 n/a 104.5 9.5 10.0 - - -
1892 Colonels 14 - - 0 0 n/a 57.0 6.3 8.4 - - -
1893 Colonels 1 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 9.4 5.2 - - -
1893 Browns 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 19.0 19.0 - - -
4 Years 39 - - 0 0 n/a 84.5 6.5 7.6 - - -

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Lew Whistler Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1890 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1891 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1892 Baltimore Orioles n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1892 Louisville Colonels n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1893 Louisville Colonels n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1893 St. Louis Browns n/a Undetermined n/a n/a

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