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Whitey WietelmannWWikipedia↗

Bats: B Β· Throws: R Β· Born 1919-03-15 Β· Played 1939–1947 Β· Career WAR 0.5 (bWAR) Β·

IDsBBREF=wietewh01, LAHMAN=wietewh01, MLBAM=124244, RETROSHEET=wietw101

Photo: Unknown author, Public domain Β· Wikimedia Commons

πŸ“‹ Game logs β†’

Batting

YearTeamLgGPAABRH2B3BHRRBISBCSBBSOBAOBPSLGOPSWAR
1939BSNNL23692141005129.203.225.217.442-0.2
1940BSNNL3541381001055.195.283.220.503-0.1
1941BSNNL1633130000012.091.118.091.209-0.5
1942BSNNL1334472000045.206.289.265.5540.0
1943BSNNL1535343311514103994640.215.281.245.5261.2
1944BSNNL1254174610018123203325.240.300.302.6020.0
1945BSNNL1234285311615343343927.271.335.348.6831.3
1946BSNNL447871600050148.205.326.205.531-0.2
1947PITNL481282130411701210.234.300.305.605-0.6
Total5801762170409556712214156131.232.295.282.5770.9

Pitching

YearTeamLgWLGGSCGSHOSVIPHERHRBBSOERAWHIPWAR
1945BSNNL00100001.06602054.008.000-0.2
1946BSNNL00300006.2961428.101.950-0.2
Total00400007.2151216214.092.739-0.4

Fielding

YearTeamLgPosGGSInnPOAEDP
1939BSNNL2B12302
1939BSNNLSS223666510
1940BSNNL2B15141115
1940BSNNL3B921012
1940BSNNLSS34602
1941BSNNL2B10141600
1941BSNNL3B21200
1941BSNNLSS5111103
1942BSNNL2B10000
1942BSNNLSS11192936
1943BSNNLSS1533075814091
1944BSNNL2B235462614
1944BSNNL3B10201
1944BSNNLSS1032152872460
1945BSNNL2B872222321358
1945BSNNL3B22200
1945BSNNLP10000
1945BSNNLSS3979104818
1946BSNNL2B45300
1946BSNNL3B851011
1946BSNNLP32010
1946BSNNLSS16282655
1947PITNL1B17100
1947PITNL2B14302438
1947PITNL3B61510
1947PITNLSS22313896
Total56210911531121292

Ejections (1)

DateAsReason
1947-07-24PlayerBench jockeying