Jim Whitney

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 172 lb

BornNovember 10, 1857 · Conklin, NY, USA

MLB debutMay 2, 1881

Final gameJuly 16, 1890

Seasons10 (1881–1890)

Boston Red Caps 1881–1882; Boston Beaneaters 1883–1885; Kansas City Cowboys 1886; Washington Nationals 1887–1888; Indianapolis Hoosiers 1889; Philadelphia Athletics 1890

Percentile snapshot

1883 season — qualified batters

57.9

434

78.9

409

73.7

72.8

115

71.1

83.3

82.5

88.6

RBI

83.3

84.2

26.3

.281

65.8

OBP

.323

71.9

SLG

.433

79.8

OPS

.755

81.6

wRC+

118.8

78.9

OPS+

125.4

76.3

wOBA

.334

79.8

sWAR

12.0

99.1

of 115 qualified 1883 batters (min 303 PA) · 2 stats not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

1888 season — qualified pitchers

53.8

55.8

53.8

21.2

57.7

SHO

55.8

317

36.5

110

32.7

65.4

17.3

44.2

325.0

55.8

ERA

3.05

34.6

WHIP

1.142

K/9

2.19

FIP

2.84

57.7

FIP-

100.2

46.2

ERA+

92.9

36.5

sWAR

2.3

40.4

of 53 qualified 1888 pitchers (min 136 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

104.8

56.3

sWAR

49.5

98.8

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 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

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1881	75	301	282	37	72	17	3	0	32	19	18	0	.255	.302	.337	.639	100.7	99.3	.297	8.3
1882	61	275	251	49	81	18	7	5	48	24	13	0	.323	.382	.510	.892	160.5	183.2	.396	7.6
1883	96	434	409	78	115	27	10	5	57	25	29	0	.281	.323	.433	.755	118.8	125.4	.334	12.0
1884	66	286	270	41	70	17	5	3	40	16	38	0	.259	.301	.393	.693	111.6	116.5	.314	7.4
1885	72	307	290	35	68	8	4	0	36	17	24	0	.234	.277	.290	.567	87.6	83.1	.267	4.3
1886	67	276	247	25	59	13	3	2	23	29	39	5	.239	.319	.340	.659	102.2	100.1	.312	0.5
1887	54	219	201	29	53	9	6	2	22	18	24	10	.264	.324	.398	.722	99.1	99.2	.331	7.8
1888	42	148	141	13	24	0	0	1	17	7	20	3	.170	.209	.191	.401	40.9	28.2	.192	2.3
1889	10	38	32	6	12	4	1	0	4	5	6	2	.375	.474	.563	1.036	169.4	187.4	.483	-0.6
1890	7	22	21	3	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.238	.273	.238	.511	59.2	50.2	.256	-0.1

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1881	66	63	31	33	0	57	6	548	152	90	162	6	552.3	2.48	1.155	2.64	2.73	98.4	112.0	8.3
1882	49	48	24	21	0	46	3	404	123	41	180	3	420.0	2.64	1.060	3.86	2.38	82.5	109.5	7.6
1883	62	56	37	21	2	54	1	492	128	35	345	7	514.0	2.24	1.025	6.04	2.29	72.9	139.9	12.0
1884	38	37	23	14	0	35	6	272	78	27	270	12	336.0	2.09	.890	7.23	1.96	65.7	142.5	7.4
1885	51	50	18	32	0	50	2	503	146	37	200	14	441.3	2.98	1.224	4.08	2.43	86.3	94.6	4.3
1886	46	44	12	32	0	42	3	465	196	55	167	9	393.0	4.49	1.323	3.82	2.95	89.7	73.3	0.5
1887	47	47	24	21	0	46	2	430	145	42	146	16	404.7	3.22	1.166	3.25	3.32	81.9	125.5	7.8
1888	39	39	18	21	0	37	3	317	110	54	79	7	325.0	3.05	1.142	2.19	2.84	100.2	92.9	2.3
1889	9	8	2	7	0	7	0	106	53	19	16	4	70.0	6.81	1.786	2.06	4.18	103.8	59.1	-0.6
1890	6	4	2	2	0	3	0	61	23	11	6	1	40.0	5.18	1.800	1.35	4.07	105.3	74.7	-0.1

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

550

2,306

2,144

316

559

113

RBI

280

161

211

.2607

OBP

.3127

SLG

.3750

OPS

.6877

Pitching

G (P)

413

396

144th-most career GS

191

147th-most career W

204

43rd-most career L

377

22nd-most career CG

SHO

163rd-most career SHO

3,496

73rd-most career IP

SO (P)

1,571

211th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

411

ERA

2.971

169th-lowest career ERA

WHIP

1.1466

72nd-lowest career WHIP

K/9

4.04

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.