David Whatley - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

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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Biographical
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Notes:

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

Batting

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	28	123	117	27	42	7	7	5	31	4		3	2		2	1			.359	.385	.667	1.052	179
1938	BBB/MRS	NAL	23	RF	27	115	106	21	42	6	2	0	9	4	0	7	7		1	1			.396	.439	.491	.929	171
1939	CBR/HG	NAL/NN2	24	RF	37	149	140	30	57	8	5	1	21	3	0	6	4	0	0	3	0	0	.407	.432	.557	.989	162
1940	HG/TAY	IND/NN2	25	RF	54	244	220	42	64	7	4	2	21	9	1	22	3	1	0	2		0	.291	.355	.386	.742	92
1941	HG	NLC/NN2	26	RF	48	212	192	37	59	14	3	4	18	6	0	16	3	0	1	3		0	.307	.364	.474	.838	128
1942	HG	MULT	27	RF	53	219	195	40	61	9	2	1	14	3	0	19	0	0	3	2	0	0	.313	.382	.395	.777	122
1944	HG/NBY	NN2	29	RF	11	33	29	3	7	1	0	0	4	1		4			0	0		0	.241	.333	.276	.609	63
7	7			RF	258	1095	999	200	332	52	23	13	118	30	1	77	19	1	7	12	0	0	.332	.384	.469	.854	132
162 Game Average						688	627	126	208	33	14	8	74	37	1	48	13	1	4	8	0	0	.332	.384	.469	.854	132

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+
7	Negro Leagues				257	1090	994	199	330	52	23	13	118	30	1	77	19	1	7	12	0	0	.332	.384	.470	.854	132
1	vs Major Leagues				1	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0		0	.400	.400	.400	.800	164

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	51	220	206	45	79	13	9	5	40	7	0	10	9		3	1			.383	.420	.607	1.027	186
1	Memphis Red Sox			RF	3	13	12	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	1			.250	.250	.250	.500	46
1	Jacksonville Red Caps			RF	2	8	8	1	3	1	0	0	2	1		0			0	0			.375	.375	.500	.875	155
5	Homestead Grays			RF	197	840	760	151	244	38	14	8	76	21	1	66	10	1	4	10	0	0	.321	.378	.439	.818	121
1	Taylor's All Stars			-	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0		0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1	New York Black Yankees			CF	3	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	0			.200	.333	.200	.533	45

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1937	BBB/SAS	NAL/NSA	123		.453	.338		2.4%			1.6%	7.6%		1.50			4.1%	0.9%		.308	.119
1938	BBB/MRS	NAL	115		.431	.320		6.1%	1.6%		6.1%	7.6%		1.00	4.75		0.0%	0.7%		.094	.095
1939	CBR/HG	NAL/NN2	149		.441	.345		4.0%	0.8%		2.7%	8.8%		1.50	11.43		0.7%	1.6%		.150	.117
1940	HG/TAY	IND/NN2	244		.344	.357		9.0%			1.2%	10.0%		7.33			0.8%	1.3%		.095	.125
1941	HG	NLC/NN2	212		.377	.335		7.5%			1.4%	8.5%		5.33			1.9%	1.2%		.167	.117
1942	HG	MULT	219		.371	.334		8.7%	1.4%		0.0%	9.6%			7.32		0.5%	1.1%		.082	.101
1944	HG/NBY	NN2	33		.304	.348		12.1%	0.4%			8.4%			23.58		0.0%	0.9%		.034	.107
7	7		1095		.389	.340		7.0%	8.9%		1.9%	1.2%		3.84	8.85		1.2%	1.2%		.137	.113

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
7	Negro Leagues		1090		.389	.340		7.1%	8.9%		1.9%	1.1%		3.84	8.89		1.2%	1.2%		.138	.114
1	vs Major Leagues		5		.390	.289		0.0%	5.3%								0.0%	0.0%		.000	.050

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		220		.458	.328		4.5%	7.7%		4.1%	1.2%		1.11	6.83		2.3%	0.8%		.223	.106
1	Memphis Red Sox		13		.219	.321		0.0%	7.6%								0.0%	0.7%		.000	.095
1	Jacksonville Red Caps		8		.406	.320		0.0%	8.2%								0.0%	0.7%		.125	.097
5	Homestead Grays		840		.376	.344		7.9%	9.3%		1.3%	1.1%		6.30	9.32		1.0%	1.3%		.118	.115
1	Taylor's All Stars		3		.000	.293		0.0%	8.9%								0.0%	0.0%		.000	.072
1	New York Black Yankees		6		.284	.346		16.7%	8.4%								0.0%	0.9%		.000	.106

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