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Pinky
Whitney		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 180
 
Born: January 2, 1905 in Usa, TX, SAN ANTONIO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1938   
All-Star Selections 1932    1937   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 25 NYG NL $ 300,000   68 68 67 34 34 34 70 72 71 23 24 24 94 95 95
1931 26 NYG NL $ 2,564,286   8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 3 3 3 10 10 10
1932 27 SLC NL $ 2,564,286   8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 3 3 3 10 10 10
1933 28 SLC NL $ 2,564,286   8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 3 3 3 10 10 10
1934 29 SLC NL $ 2,750,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 2 3 3 10 10 10
1935 30 SLC NL $ 2,750,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 3 3 3 10 10 10
1936 31 SLC NL $ 2,750,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 7 8 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
1937 32 SLC NL $ 2,750,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1938 33 SLC NL $ 2,750,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 2 2 2 9 9 9
1939 34 PIT NL $ 4,500,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 7 7 2 2 2 8 8 8
1940 35 PIT NL $ 4,500,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7
1941 36 PIT NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,500,000   68 68 67 34 34 34 70 72 71 23 24 24 94 95 95
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1930 25 NYG NL 151 576 70 178 46 5 5 94 4 4 35 13 .309 .346 .432 .779 74.9 13.4
1931 26 NYG NL 154 614 90 170 32 4 12 69 2 1 35 11 .277 .315 .401 .716 72.2 9.5
1932 27 SLC NL 148 634 99 201 41 6 9 80 3 3 29 17 .317 .346 .443 .789 85.4 13.8
1933 28 SLC NL 156 679 86 181 23 3 4 61 0 3 29 15 .267 .296 .327 .623 56.3 1.5
1934 29 SLC NL 147 600 72 179 40 7 10 68 3 1 27 29 .298 .327 .438 .765 77.3 9.8
1935 30 SLC NL 153 473 70 142 32 10 6 76 1 1 34 17 .300 .345 .448 .793 61.3 9.1
1936 31 SLC NL 156 593 97 206 37 6 14 108 4 3 30 19 .347 .378 .501 .878 95.6 18.3
1937 32 SLC NL 156 608 71 174 31 2 5 64 2 5 25 20 .286 .313 .368 .682 63.8 7.5
1938 33 SLC NL 153 617 78 185 24 6 6 59 1 1 29 22 .300 .331 .387 .718 70.7 11.3
1939 34 PIT NL 152 507 40 144 21 5 3 46 5 2 23 32 .284 .316 .363 .679 51.5 5.6
1940 35 PIT NL 30 36 6 9 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 4 .250 .270 .306 .576 2.6 0.2
    AAA   52 209 28 71 13 3 3 33 6 7 15 20 .340 .384 .474 .858 33.5  
1941 36 PIT NL 25 28 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.2 0.0
12 Years Sim 1581 5965 779 1773 327 55 74 730 25 25 297 203 .297 .330 .408 .737 711.4 100.1
1 Years AAA 52 209 28 71 13 3 3 33 6 7 15 20 .340 .381 .474 .854 33.5  
162 Game Average 611 79 181 33 5 7 74 2 2 30 20 .297 .330 .408 .737 72.9  
Career Highs 156 679 99 206 46 10 14 108 5 5 35 32 .347 .378 .501 .878 95.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4065 525 1176 220 36 50 483 17 14 195 131 .289 .321 .398 .719 490.4
vs LH   1900 254 597 107 19 24 247 8 11 102 72 .314 .347 .428 .776 262.4
Home 789 2957 393 866 166 31 38 370 6 12 151 88 .293 .326 .409 .735 369.8
Away 792 3008 386 907 161 24 36 360 19 13 146 115 .302 .333 .407 .740 382.9
RISP   1485 0 449 83 12 20 599 0 0 95 64 .302 .339 .415 .754 200.9
Pinch Hitting   105 13 29 5 0 0 19 0 0 5 5 .276 .306 .324 .630 10.0
Close/Late   707 94 215 37 4 11 104 0 0 48 27 .304 .345 .414 .759 97.2
Mar/Apr 260 963 125 275 60 4 6 105 5 5 59 27 .286 .326 .375 .700 111.8
May 285 1073 142 298 59 7 15 124 1 4 48 45 .278 .308 .388 .696 120.7
June 258 984 121 280 41 6 16 117 3 3 47 30 .285 .316 .387 .703 115.3
July 255 986 140 302 68 17 9 151 5 1 55 25 .306 .341 .437 .778 137.2
August 273 1036 127 323 55 14 11 118 3 5 43 41 .312 .339 .424 .763 136.6
Sep/Oct 250 923 124 295 44 7 17 115 8 7 45 35 .320 .350 .438 .787 131.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1930 25 NYG NL 3B 141 135 1199.0 74 351 15 20 .966 3.19   6.4
    SS 7 7 62.0 12 28 6 6 .870 5.81   0.1
1931 26 NYG NL 3B 153 145 1295.7 84 381 16 24 .967 3.23   7.9
1932 27 SLC NL 3B 148 139 1249.3 75 372 22 36 .953 3.22   4.5
1933 28 SLC NL 3B 156 156 1401.3 77 380 26 35 .946 2.94   5.0
1934 29 SLC NL 3B 147 141 1269.0 81 364 22 36 .953 3.16   4.1
1935 30 SLC NL 3B 135 113 1031.7 59 277 16 28 .955 2.93   5.3
1936 31 SLC NL 3B 153 146 1291.0 78 349 26 35 .943 2.98   5.1
1937 32 SLC NL 3B 155 147 1294.3 83 358 25 31 .946 3.07   6.0
1938 33 SLC NL 3B 149 143 1283.3 84 378 13 34 .973 3.24   4.7
1939 34 PIT NL 3B 151 148 1225.3 105 332 27 30 .942 3.21   5.0
1940 35 PIT NL 3B 13 5 61.0 3 20 0 3 1.000 3.39   0.4
    1B 1 1 7.0 7 1 0 1 1.000 10.29   0.0
1941 36 PIT NL 1B 6 4 38.0 53 2 0 6 1.000 13.03   0.1
    3B 9 0 15.0 0 7 0 2 1.000 4.20   0.1
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  3B 1510 1418 12616.0 803 3569 208 314 .955 3.12   54.4
  SS 7 7 62.0 12 28 6 6 .870 5.81   0.1
  1B 7 5 45.0 60 3 0 7 1.000 12.60   0.1
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1525 1430 12724.0 875 3600 214 327 .954 3.17   54.6
Career Highs   156 156 1401.3 105 381 27 36 1.000 10.33    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1936-4-.347
 Slugging Pct
1936-9-.501
 OPS
1936-10-.878
 XR
1936-9-95.6
 Games
1933-1-156
1936-2-156
1937-4-156
 At-Bats
1931-10-614
1932-1-634
1933-1-679
1934-2-600
1936-10-593
1937-2-608
1938-1-617
Runs
1932-6-99
 Hits
1932-3-201
1933-7-181
1934-8-179
1936-4-206
1937-6-174
1938-7-185
 Total Bases
1932-6-281
1934-9-263
1936-7-297
 Singles
1932-2-145
1933-1-151
1934-9-122
1936-3-149
1937-4-136
1938-2-149
 Doubles
1930-6-46
1932-4-41
1934-3-40
1936-8-37
 Triples
1934-9-7
1935-5-10
RBIs
1936-7-108
 Caught Stealing
1932-10-3
1936-9-3
1937-6-5
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 52    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Sam Leslie (932)
  2. Randy Elliott (928)
  3. Ed Stevens (924)
  4. Frank McCormick (919)
  5. Dave Stapleton (913)
  6. Curt Flood (911)
  7. Barney McCosky (907)
  8. Tommy Holmes (906)
  9. Earl Clark (906)
  10. Lyman Bostock (906)
History
Had first career hit on 4/1/1930, off Jakie May (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 5/30/1930, off Larry French (BOS)
1/31/1931: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Middletown on 5/11/1931
1/31/1932: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
Traded from New York (G) to St. Louis (C) on 1/31/1932 (Going to NYG: P Ray Moss. Going to SLC: 3B Pinky Whitney)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against San Diego on 4/8/1932
Was selected to the 1932 Allstar game
1/31/1933: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
9/1/1933: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis (C), $2,750,000 per year, for 5 years
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against New York (A) on 6/13/1935
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1936, hitting .469 with 0 HR, 13 RBI
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 9/7/1936
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1936, hitting .407 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Was selected to the 1937 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Pittsburgh on 8/20/1938
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1938
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/11/1939 to a 2-year deal worth $4,500,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Tampa Bay on 7/6/1939
4/2/1940: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
 
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