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Jim Whitney Stats

Jim Whitney was born on Tuesday, November 10, 1857, in Conklin, New York. Whitney was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 2, 1881, with the Boston Red Caps. 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 Jim Whitney baseball stats page.

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Birth Name:	James Evans Whitney
Nickname:	Grasshopper Jim
Born On:	11-10-1857 (Scorpio)
Born In:	Conklin, New York
Died On:	05-21-1891 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Binghamton, New York
Cemetery:	Spring Forest Cemetery, Binghamton, New York

High School:	Undetermined
College:	None Attended
Bats:	Left	Throws:	Right
Height:	6-02	Weight:	172
First Game:	05-02-1881 (Age 23)
Last Game:	07-16-1890
Draft:	Not Applicable

Jim Whitney Jim Whitney Pitching Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
1881	24	Red Caps	66	63	3	31	33	.484	2.48	57	6	0	552.1	2,301	548	152	284	6	90	-	162	46	0	1	-
1882	25	Red Caps	49	48	1	24	21	.533	2.64	46	3	0	420.0	1,743	404	123	229	3	41	-	180	29	0	0	-
1883	26	Beaneaters	62	56	5	37	21	.638	2.24	54	1	2	514.0	2,101	492	128	258	7	35	-	345	37	0	0	-
1884	27	Beaneaters	38	37	1	23	14	.622	2.09	35	6	0	336.0	1,343	272	78	140	12	27	-	270	18	0	0	-
1885	28	Beaneaters	51	50	1	18	32	.360	2.98	50	2	0	441.1	1,887	503	146	286	14	37	-	200	32	0	0	-
1886	29	Cowboys	46	44	2	12	32	.273	4.49	42	3	0	393.0	1,691	465	196	292	9	55	-	167	29	0	0	-
1887	30	Senators	47	47	0	24	21	.533	3.22	46	3	0	404.2	1,718	430	145	253	16	42	-	146	14	16	0	0
1888	31	Senators	39	39	0	18	21	.462	3.05	37	2	0	325.0	1,357	317	110	184	7	54	-	79	7	9	1	0
1889	32	Hoosiers	9	8	1	2	7	.222	6.81	7	0	0	70.0	309	106	53	73	4	19	-	16	2	2	0	-
1890	33	Athletics	6	4	2	2	2	.500	5.18	3	0	0	40.0	0	61	23	27	1	11	-	6	0	0	0	-
Career			G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
10 Years			413	396	16	191	204	.484	2.97	377	26	2	3,496.1	14,450	3,598	1,154	2,026	79	411	-	1,571	214	27	2	0

Jim Whitney Jim Whitney Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1881	24	Red Caps	75	282	37	72	17	3	0	0	32	19	-	18	-	-	0	-	.255	.302	.337
1882	25	Red Caps	61	251	49	81	18	7	5	0	48	24	-	-	-	-	0	-	.323	.382	.510
1883	26	Beaneaters	96	409	78	115	27	10	5	0	57	25	-	-	-	-	0	-	.281	.323	.433
1884	27	Beaneaters	66	270	41	70	17	5	3	0	40	16	-	-	-	-	0	-	.259	.301	.393
1885	28	Beaneaters	72	290	35	68	8	4	0	0	36	17	-	-	-	-	0	-	.234	.277	.290
1886	29	Cowboys	67	247	25	59	13	3	2	0	23	29	-	-	-	-	0	-	.239	.319	.340
1887	30	Senators	54	183	29	35	9	6	2	0	22	18	-	24	-	-	0	-	.191	.264	.240
1888	31	Senators	42	141	13	24	0	0	1	0	17	7	-	20	-	-	0	-	.170	.209	.191
1889	32	Hoosiers	10	32	6	12	4	1	0	0	4	5	-	6	-	-	1	-	.375	.474	.563
1890	33	Athletics	7	21	3	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	-	-	-	-	0	-	.238	.273	.238
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
10 Years			550	2,126	316	541	113	39	18	0	280	161	-	68	-	-	1	-	.254	.307	.370

Jim Whitney Jim Whitney Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1881 Red Caps	1B	2	-	-	16	8.0	15	15	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.938	0.00
1881 Red Caps	OF	15	-	-	10	0.7	7	6	1	3	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.700	0.00
1881 Red Caps	P	66	63	1,657	146	2.2	118	19	99	28	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.808	1.92
1882 Red Caps	1B	6	-	-	42	7.0	39	39	0	3	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.929	0.00
1882 Red Caps	OF	9	-	-	8	0.9	5	5	0	3	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.625	0.00
1882 Red Caps	P	49	48	1,260	114	2.3	101	13	88	13	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.886	2.16
1883 Beaneaters	1B	2	-	-	24	12.0	22	22	0	2	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.917	0.00
1883 Beaneaters	OF	40	-	-	78	2.0	62	55	7	16	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.795	0.00
1883 Beaneaters	P	62	56	1,542	114	1.8	105	12	93	9	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.921	1.84
1884 Beaneaters	1B	15	-	-	118	7.9	109	108	1	9	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.924	0.00
1884 Beaneaters	3B	1	-	-	2	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00
1884 Beaneaters	OF	15	-	-	19	1.3	18	18	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.947	0.00
1884 Beaneaters	P	38	37	1,008	86	2.3	86	8	78	0	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.30
1885 Beaneaters	1B	5	-	-	46	9.2	40	37	3	6	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.870	0.00
1885 Beaneaters	OF	17	-	-	37	2.2	33	31	2	4	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.892	0.00
1885 Beaneaters	P	51	50	1,324	162	3.2	146	18	128	16	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.901	2.98
1886 Cowboys	3B	1	-	-	7	7.0	4	1	3	3	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.571	0.00
1886 Cowboys	OF	22	-	-	32	1.5	27	18	9	5	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.844	0.00
1886 Cowboys	P	46	44	1,179	137	3.0	127	20	107	10	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	.927	2.91
1887 Senators	OF	7	-	-	6	0.9	4	3	1	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.667	0.00
1887 Senators	P	47	47	1,214	116	2.5	105	13	92	11	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	.905	2.34
1888 Senators	1B	1	-	-	8	8.0	8	8	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00
1888 Senators	P	39	39	975	93	2.4	82	15	67	11	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.882	2.27
1888 Senators	RF	3	-	-	2	0.7	1	1	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.500	0.00
1889 Hoosiers	P	9	8	210	13	1.4	13	4	9	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.67
1889 Hoosiers	RF	1	-	-	1	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00
1890 Athletics	CF	1	-	-	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1890 Athletics	P	6	4	120	10	1.7	9	1	8	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.900	2.03
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
P Totals		413	396	10,489	991	2.4	892	123	769	99	24	n/a	n/a	n/a	.900	2.30
OF Totals		125	0	0	190	1.5	156	136	20	34	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.821	0.00
1B Totals		31	0	0	254	8.2	233	229	4	21	6	n/a	n/a	n/a	.917	0.00
RF Totals		4	0	0	3	0.8	2	2	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.667	0.00
3B Totals		2	0	0	9	4.5	6	2	4	3	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.667	0.00
CF Totals		1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
10 Years		576	396	10,489	1,447	2.5	1,289	492	797	158	31	n/a	n/a	n/a	.891	3.32

Jim Whitney Jim Whitney Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1881 Red Caps	-	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	15.7	8.8	1.80	2.64	1.47
1882 Red Caps	-	-	-	0	0	n/a	50.2	0.0	5.2	4.39	3.86	0.88
1883 Beaneaters	-	-	-	0	0	n/a	81.8	0.0	7.2	9.86	6.04	0.61
1884 Beaneaters	-	-	-	0	0	n/a	90.0	0.0	6.8	10.00	7.23	0.72
1885 Beaneaters	-	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	8.1	5.41	4.08	0.75
1886 Cowboys	5	-	-	0	0	n/a	123.5	0.0	10.7	3.04	3.82	1.26
1887 Senators	10	-	-	0	0	n/a	91.5	7.6	8.3	3.48	3.25	0.93
1888 Senators	3	-	-	0	0	n/a	141.0	7.1	8.3	1.46	2.19	1.50
1889 Hoosiers	2	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	5.3	8.0	0.84	2.06	2.44
1890 Athletics	0	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	21.0	0.55	1.35	2.48
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
10 Years	20	-	-	0	0	n/a	118.1	31.3	7.6	3.82	4.04	1.06

Jim Whitney Jim Whitney Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1881 Boston Red Caps	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1882 Boston Red Caps	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1883 Boston Beaneaters	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1884 Boston Beaneaters	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1885 Boston Beaneaters	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1886 Kansas City Cowboys	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1887 Washington Senators	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1888 Washington Senators	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1889 Indianapolis Hoosiers	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1890 Philadelphia Athletics	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
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