Jim Whitney

Q: When was Jim Whitney born?

Jim Whitney was born on November 10, 1857.

Q: Where was Jim Whitney born?

Jim Whitney was born in Conklin, NY .

Q: How tall was Jim Whitney?

Jim Whitney was 6-2 (188 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Jim Whitney weigh when playing?

Jim Whitney weighed 172 lbs (78 kg) when playing.

Q: Is Jim Whitney in the Hall of Fame?

Jim Whitney has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: What position did Jim Whitney play?

Jim Whitney was a Pitcher, Outfielder and First Baseman.

Q: How many strikeouts did Jim Whitney have?

Jim Whitney had 1,571 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Jim Whitney played for?

Jim Whitney played for 5 teams; the Boston, Kansas City Cowboys, Washington Nationals, Indianapolis Hoosiers and Philadelphia Athletics.

Q: When did Jim Whitney retire?

Jim Whitney last played in 1890.

Q: What are Jim Whitney's nicknames?

Grasshopper Jim is a nickname for Jim Whitney.

Positions: Pitcher, Outfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 172lb (188cm, 78kg)

Born: November 10, 1857 in Conklin, NY us

Died: May 21, 1891 in Binghamton, NY

Buried: Spring Forest Cemetery, Binghamton, NY

Debut: May 2, 1881 (Age 23-173d, 489th in major league history)

Last Game: July 16, 1890 (Age 32-248d)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1881 season

Full Name: James Evans Whitney

Nicknames: Grasshopper Jim

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

56.0

191

204

ERA

2.97

413

396

3496.1

1571

WHIP

1.147

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1881	23	BSN	NL	31	33	.484	2.48	66	63	3	57	6	0	*552.1*	*548*	284	152	6	90	162		1	46	*2301*	107	2.73	1.155	8.9	0.1	1.5	2.6	1.80
1882	24	BSN	NL	24	21	.533	2.64	49	48	1	46	3	0	420.0	404	229	123	3	41	180		0	29	1743	109	2.29	1.060	8.7	0.1	0.9	3.9	4.39
1883	25	BSN	NL	37	21	.638	2.24	62	56	5	54	1	2	514.0	492	258	128	7	35	345		0	37	2101	139	*2.29*	1.025	8.6	0.1	*0.6*	*6.0*	*9.86*
1884	26	BSN	NL	23	14	.622	2.09	38	37	1	35	6	0	336.0	272	140	78	12	27	270		0	18	1343	137	2.37	0.890	7.3	0.3	0.7	7.2	*10.00*
1885	27	BSN	NL	18	32	.360	2.98	51	50	1	50	2	0	441.1	503	286	146	14	37	200		0	32	1887	91	2.64	1.224	10.3	0.3	*0.8*	4.1	*5.41*
1886	28	KCN	NL	12	32	.273	4.49	46	44	2	42	3	0	393.0	465	292	196	9	55	167		0	29	1691	83	2.97	1.323	10.6	0.2	*1.3*	3.8	3.04
1887	29	WHS	NL	24	21	.533	3.22	47	47	0	46	2	0	404.2	430	253	145	16	42	146	16	0	14	1718	126	3.50	1.166	9.6	0.4	*0.9*	3.2	*3.48*
1888	30	WHS	NL	18	21	.462	3.05	39	39	0	37	3	0	325.0	317	184	110	7	54	79	9	1	7	1357	91	2.96	1.142	8.8	0.2	1.5	2.2	1.46
1889	31	IND	NL	2	7	.222	6.81	9	8	1	7	0	0	70.0	106	73	53	4	19	16	2	0	2	334	61	4.19	1.786	13.6	0.5	2.4	2.1	0.84
1890	32	PHA	AA	2	2	.500	5.18	6	4	2	3	0	0	40.0	61	27	23	1	11	6	1	0	0	191	75	3.84	1.800	13.7	0.2	2.5	1.4	0.55
10 Yrs				191	204	.484	2.97	413	396	16	377	26	2	3496.1	3598	2026	1154	79	411	1571	28	2	214	14666	105	2.75	1.147	9.3	0.2	1.1	4.0	3.82
162 Game Avg.				16	17	.484	2.97	35	33	1	32	2	0	294	302	170	97	7	35	132	2	0	18	1233	105	2.75	1.147	9.3	0.2	1.1	4.0	3.82

BSN (5 yrs)				133	121	.524	2.49	266	254	11	242	18	2	2263.2	2219	1197	627	42	230	1157		1	162	9375	114	2.48	1.082	8.8	0.2	0.9	4.6	5.03
WHS (2 yrs)				42	42	.500	3.15	86	86	0	83	5	0	729.2	747	437	255	23	96	225	25	1	21	3075	111	3.26	1.155	9.2	0.3	1.2	2.8	2.34
PHA (1 yr)				2	2	.500	5.18	6	4	2	3	0	0	40.0	61	27	23	1	11	6	1	0	0	191	75	3.84	1.800	13.7	0.2	2.5	1.4	0.55
KCN (1 yr)				12	32	.273	4.49	46	44	2	42	3	0	393.0	465	292	196	9	55	167		0	29	1691	83	2.97	1.323	10.6	0.2	1.3	3.8	3.04
IND (1 yr)				2	7	.222	6.81	9	8	1	7	0	0	70.0	106	73	53	4	19	16	2	0	2	334	61	4.19	1.786	13.6	0.5	2.4	2.1	0.84

NL (9 yrs)				189	202	.483	2.95	407	392	14	374	26	2	3456.1	3537	1999	1131	78	400	1565	27	2	214	14475	105	2.73	1.139	9.2	0.2	1.0	4.1	3.91
AA (1 yr)				2	2	.500	5.18	6	4	2	3	0	0	40.0	61	27	23	1	11	6	1	0	0	191	75	3.84	1.800	13.7	0.2	2.5	1.4	0.55

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Player Value--Pitching

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	HBP	Pos
1881	23	BSN	NL	0.9	75	301	282	37	72	17	3	0	32		19	18	.255	.302	.337	.639	104	.299	107	95		*1O/3
1882	24	BSN	NL	2.7	61	275	251	49	81	18	7	5	48		24	13	.323	.382	.510	.892	183	.398	165	128		1/O3
1883	25	BSN	NL	2.1	96	434	409	78	115	27	10	5	57		25	29	.281	.323	.433	.755	123	.337	120	177		1O/3
1884	26	BSN	NL	1.0	66	286	270	41	70	17	5	3	40		16	38	.259	.301	.393	.693	118	.312	113	106		13O/5
1885	27	BSN	NL	0.7	72	307	290	35	68	8	4	0	36		17	24	.234	.277	.290	.567	86	.271	93	84		1O/3
1886	28	KCN	NL	0.1	67	276	247	25	59	13	3	2	23	5	29	39	.239	.319	.340	.659	95	.305	95	84		1O/5
1887	29	WHS	NL	0.8	54	219	201	29	53	9	6	2	22	10	18	24	.264	.324	.398	.722	104	.321	101	80	0	1/O
1888	30	WHS	NL	-0.3	42	148	141	13	24	0	0	1	17	3	7	20	.170	.209	.191	.401	32	.185	43	27	0	1/O3
1889	31	IND	NL	0.5	10	38	32	6	12	4	1	0	4	2	5	6	.375	.474	.563	1.036	187	.469	170	18	1	/1O
1890	32	PHA	AA	0.0	7	22	21	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	1		.238	.273	.238	.511	51	.257	57	5	0	/1O
10 Yrs				8.5	550	2306	2144	316	559	113	39	18	280	20	161	211	.261	.313	.375	.688	112	.314	111	804	1	1O3/5
162 Game Avg				2.5	162	679	632	93	165	33	11	5	82		47		.261	.313	.375	.688	112	.314	111	237

BSN (5 Yrs)				7.4	370	1603	1502	240	406	87	29	13	213		101	122	.270	.316	.393	.709	122	.323	119	590		1O3/5
WHS (2 Yrs)				0.5	96	367	342	42	77	9	6	3	39	13	25	44	.225	.278	.313	.591	77	.266	81	107	0	1O/3
KCN (1 Yr)				0.1	67	276	247	25	59	13	3	2	23	5	29	39	.239	.319	.340	.659	95	.305	95	84		1O/5
IND (1 Yr)				0.5	10	38	32	6	12	4	1	0	4	2	5	6	.375	.474	.563	1.036	187	.469	170	18	1	/1O
PHA (1 Yr)				0.0	7	22	21	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	1		.238	.273	.238	.511	51	.257	57	5	0	/1O

NL (9 Yrs)				8.5	543	2284	2123	313	554	113	39	18	279	20	160	211	.261	.313	.376	.689	112	.314	111	799	1	1O3/5
AA (1 Yr)				0.0	7	22	21	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	1		.238	.273	.238	.511	51	.257	57	5	0	/1O

Player Value--Batting

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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					Standard									Range Factor
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	lgRFG	WP	Awards
1881	23	BSN	NL	P	66	552.0	146	19	99	28	3	.808	.896	1.92	2.25	1.79	2.22	46
1881	23	BSN	NL	OF	15	50.0	10	6	1	3	0	.700	.871	1.26	2.09	0.47	2.06
1881	23	BSN	NL	1B	2	15.0	16	15	0	1	0	.938	.960	9.00	10.62	7.50	10.50
1882	24	BSN	NL	P	49	420.0	114	13	88	13	3	.886	.906	2.16	2.18	2.06	2.16	29
1882	24	BSN	NL	OF	9	54.0	8	5	0	3	0	.625	.855	0.83	1.95	0.56	1.93
1882	24	BSN	NL	1B	6	44.0	42	39	0	3	0	.929	.958	7.98	10.49	6.50	10.37
1883	25	BSN	NL	P	62	514.0	114	12	93	9	2	.921	.892	1.84	2.20	1.69	2.15	37
1883	25	BSN	NL	OF	40	352.0	78	55	7	16	0	.795	.849	1.59	2.00	1.55	1.96
1883	25	BSN	NL	1B	2	21.0	24	22	0	2	2	.917	.961	9.43	10.80	11.00	10.60
1884	26	BSN	NL	P	38	336.0	86	8	78	0	2	*1.000*	.892	2.30	2.29	2.26	2.24	18
1884	26	BSN	NL	1B	15	104.0	118	108	1	9	1	.924	.962	9.43	10.71	7.27	10.47
1884	26	BSN	NL	OF	15	100.0	19	18	0	1	0	.947	.867	1.62	1.83	1.20	1.79
1884	26	BSN	NL	3B	1	7.0	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	.850	2.57	3.21	2.00	3.20
1885	27	BSN	NL	P	51	441.0	162	18	128	16	1	.901	.899	2.98	2.43	2.86	2.37	32
1885	27	BSN	NL	OF	17	155.0	37	31	2	4	0	.892	.881	1.92	1.90	1.94	1.85
1885	27	BSN	NL	1B	5	38.0	46	37	3	6	3	.870	.970	9.47	11.16	8.00	10.86
1886	28	KCN	NL	P	46	393.0	137	20	107	10	5	.927	.915	2.91	2.27	*2.76*	2.16	29
1886	28	KCN	NL	OF	22	154.0	32	18	9	5	1	.844	.890	1.58	1.83	1.23	1.75
1886	28	KCN	NL	3B	1	12.0	7	1	3	3	0	.571	.864	3.00	3.45	4.00	3.30
1887	29	WHS	NL	P	47	405.0	116	13	92	11	5	.905	.902	2.33	2.02	2.23	1.96	14
1887	29	WHS	NL	OF	7	28.0	6	3	1	2	0	.667	.883	1.29	2.03	0.57	1.97
1888	30	WHS	NL	P	39	325.0	93	15	67	11	2	.882	.895	2.27	2.36	2.10	2.30	7
1888	30	WHS	NL	OF	3	9.0	2	1	0	1	0	.500	.905	1.00	2.00	0.33	1.90
1888	30	WHS	NL	1B	1	7.0	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	.978	10.29	10.80	8.00	10.50
1889	31	IND	NL	P	9	70.0	13	4	9	0	0	1.000	.905	1.67	2.22	1.44	2.16	2
1889	31	IND	NL	OF	1	6.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	.910	1.50	2.10	1.00	2.00
1890	32	PHA	AA	P	6	40.0	10	1	8	1	0	.900	.907	2.03	2.23	1.50	2.13	0
1890	32	PHA	AA	OF	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	0			0.00	1.80	0.00	1.80
					Standard									Range Factor
				Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	lgRFG	WP	Awards
10 Yrs					576	4654.0	1447	492	797	158	30	.891	.907	2.49	2.61	2.24	2.58	214

P (10 Yrs)				P	413	3496.0	991	123	769	99	23	.900	.900	2.30	2.25	2.16	2.19	214
OF (10 Yrs)				OF	130	910.0	193	138	20	35	1	.819	.867	1.56	1.94	1.22	1.90
1B (6 Yrs)				1B	31	229.0	254	229	4	21	6	.917	.963	9.16	10.75	7.52	10.53
3B (2 Yrs)				3B	2	19.0	9	2	4	3	0	.667	.861	2.84	3.36	3.00	3.25

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Jim Whitney born?

Jim Whitney was born on November 10, 1857.

Where was Jim Whitney born?

Jim Whitney was born in Conklin, NY.

How tall was Jim Whitney?

Jim Whitney was 6-2 (188 cm) tall.

How much did Jim Whitney weigh when playing?

Jim Whitney weighed 172 lbs (78 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Jim Whitney play?

Jim Whitney played 10 seasons.

Is Jim Whitney in the Hall of Fame?

Jim Whitney has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did Jim Whitney play?