David Whatley

David Samuel Whatley
(Speed; Hammer Man)

Born: November 10, 1914 in Griffin, GA
Died: March 13, 1961 in Oakland, CA
(46 years old)

Bats: L

Throws: R

Ht: 5'10"

Wt: 165

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Notes:

• Buried: Golden Gate National Cemetery (San Bruno, CA)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1937	BBB/SAS	NAL/NSA	22	RF	25	107	103	22	37	6	6	4	24	4		1			2	1			.359	.377	.650	1.028	181
1938	BBB/MRS	NAL/ALC	23	RF	29	122	111	24	43	6	2	0	9	6	0	9			1	1			.387	.438	.477	.915	167
1939	HG/CBR	MULT	24	RF	35	143	138	28	52	7	4	1	17	4		3				2			.377	.390	.507	.897	142
1940	HG	NN2	25	RF	48	219	197	41	58	8	2	2	30	7		20				2			.294	.359	.386	.745	95
1941	HG	NN2	26	RF	39	174	158	26	44	8	3	2	16	7		12				4			.278	.329	.405	.734	111
1942	HG	NN2/WS	27	RF	37	150	134	22	41	4	1	0	9	3		15			0	1			.306	.376	.351	.727	112
1944	HG/NBY	NN2	29	RF	10	32	28	3	7	1	0	0	2	1		4				0			.250	.344	.286	.629	71
7	6			RF	223	947	869	166	282	40	18	9	107	32	0	64			3	11			.325	.373	.443	.816	126
162 Game Average						688	631	121	205	29	13	7	78	24	0	46			9	8			.325	.373	.443	.816	126

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	South All Stars			-	1	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	1		0			0	0			.400	.400	.400	.800	71
2	Birmingham Black Barons			RF	48	204	192	40	74	12	8	4	33	7		8			3	1			.385	.419	.594	1.012	188
1	Memphis Red Sox			RF	5	20	17	4	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2			0	1			.235	.316	.235	.551	58
1	Jacksonville Red Caps			RF	2	8	8	1	3	1	0	0	2	1		0				0			.375	.375	.500	.875	157
5	Homestead Grays			RF	165	705	643	119	198	27	10	5	72	21		53			0	9			.308	.361	.404	.765	111
1	New York Black Yankees			CF	2	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1				0			.250	.400	.250	.650	79

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1937	BBB/SAS	NAL/NSA	107	.447	.328	0.9%			7.1%			3.7%	0.8%	.291	.113
1938	BBB/MRS	NAL/ALC	122	.428	.321	7.4%			7.8%			0.0%	0.8%	.090	.095
1939	HG/CBR	MULT	143	.404	.341	2.1%			8.5%			0.7%	1.7%	.130	.110
1940	HG	NN2	219	.348	.350	9.1%	9.6%					0.9%	1.4%	.091	.122
1941	HG	NN2	174	.332	.319	6.9%	8.2%					1.1%	1.2%	.127	.103
1942	HG	NN2/WS	150	.353	.327	10.0%			9.6%			0.0%	1.0%	.045	.094
1944	HG/NBY	NN2	32	.313	.344	12.5%			8.6%			0.0%	0.9%	.036	.104
7	6		947	.375	.333	6.8%	8.6%					1.0%	1.2%	.119	.107

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1	South All Stars		5	.365	.401	0.0%	3.8%					0.0%	2.6%	.000	.203
2	Birmingham Black Barons		204	.455	.323	3.9%	7.5%					2.0%	0.7%	.208	.101
1	Memphis Red Sox		20	.269	.327	10.0%	8.8%					0.0%	1.0%	.000	.097
1	Jacksonville Red Caps		8	.407	.318	0.0%	9.0%					0.0%	0.8%	.125	.095
5	Homestead Grays		705	.354	.336	7.5%	9.0%					0.7%	1.3%	.096	.108
1	New York Black Yankees		5	.340	.342	20.0%	8.6%					0.0%	0.9%	.000	.103

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All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.

Logo by Gary Cieradkowski

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James

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