MLB / Players

George Whitted

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 8 in · 168 lb
BornFebruary 4, 1890 · Durham, NC, USA
MLB debutSeptember 16, 1912
Final gameApril 23, 1922
Seasons11 (1912–1922)

St. Louis Cardinals 1912–1913; Boston Braves 1914; St. Louis Cardinals 1914; Philadelphia Phillies 1915–1919; Pittsburgh Pirates 1919–1921; Brooklyn Robins 1922

Percentile snapshot

1920 season — qualified batters

G
134
52.1
PA
555
51.4
AB
494
54.2
R
53
38
H
129
43
2B
11
29.6
3B
12
81.7
HR
1
27.5
RBI
74
81
BB
35
52.1
SO
36
26.1
SB
11
58.5
CS
11
34.5
BA
.261
24.6
OBP
.314
19.7
SLG
.338
23.9
OPS
.652
23.9
wRC+
85.7
23.2
OPS+
86.6
23.9
wOBA
.310
22.5
sWAR
1.0
31

of 143 qualified 1920 batters (min 480 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+
94.2
30.4
OPS+
96.6
35.1
sWAR
7.6
83.8

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
191212514671230073510.261.306.326.63271.273.0.3030.0
19131234504044489105038314490.220.282.270.55257.958.2.270-0.8
19148629124939611242321821110.245.304.349.65392.995.8.3140.7
19151285074484612617314329472415.281.328.339.667101.0101.6.3211.5
191614757752668148201266819462917.281.309.399.708111.7114.3.3311.7
1917149611553691552493703056100.280.317.373.690107.1108.6.3271.6
1918249086721400341040.244.278.291.56861.467.1.275-0.2
1919113452420471232183532024120.293.327.402.729110.4112.4.3421.6
192013455549453129111217435361111.261.314.338.65285.786.6.3101.0
1921108456403601142377632621510.283.328.427.75595.797.5.3430.7
19221110000000000.000.000.000.000-115.3-100.0.0000.0

Career totals

G
1,025
PA
4,041
AB
3,630
R
440
H
978
2B
145
3B
60
HR
23
RBI
451
BB
215
SO
310
SB
116
BA
.2694
OBP
.3131
SLG
.3614
OPS
.6745

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1921-06-13PHI @ PIT Gameday422002508
1917-06-26SF @ PHI Gameday413020317
1917-06-15PHI @ CIN Gameday424010406
1913-05-04STL @ CHC Gameday714010306
1917-09-03PHI @ LAD Gameday413110316

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1912-04-11PIT @ STL Gameday0.0000000
1912-04-13PIT @ STL Gameday0.0000000
1912-04-14CHC @ STL Gameday0.0000000
1912-04-15CHC @ STL Gameday0.0000000
1912-04-16CHC @ STL Gameday0.0000000

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.