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	28	123	117	27	42	7	7	5	31	4		3			2	1			.359	.385	.667	1.052	179
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	168
1939	CBR/HG	MULT	24	RF	35	143	138	28	52	7	4	1	17	4		3				2			.377	.390	.507	.897	143
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/NLC	26	RF	39	174	157	26	44	8	3	2	18	7		12			0	4	1		.280	.329	.408	.737	109
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	11	33	29	3	7	1	0	0	4	1		4		0	0	0		0	.241	.333	.276	.609	63
7	6			RF	227	964	883	171	287	41	19	10	118	32	0	66		0	3	11	1	0	.325	.374	.448	.822	127
162 Game Average						688	630	122	205	29	14	7	84	24	0	47		0	7	8	162	0	.325	.374	.448	.822	127

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		10			3	1			.383	.420	.607	1.027	186
1	Memphis Red Sox			RF	5	20	17	4	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2			0	1			.235	.316	.235	.551	61
1	Jacksonville Red Caps			RF	2	8	8	1	3	1	0	0	2	1		0				0			.375	.375	.500	.875	156
5	Homestead Grays			RF	165	705	642	119	198	27	10	5	76	21		53		0	0	9	1	0	.308	.361	.405	.766	111
1	New York Black Yankees			LF	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%			7.6%			4.1%	0.9%	.308	.119
1938	BBB/MRS	NAL/ALC	122	.427	.320	7.4%			7.8%			0.0%	0.8%	.090	.095
1939	CBR/HG	MULT	143	.404	.340	2.1%			8.4%			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/NLC	174	.333	.322	6.9%			8.2%			1.1%	1.2%	.127	.106
1942	HG	NN2/WS	150	.353	.327	10.0%			9.6%			0.0%	1.0%	.045	.094
1944	HG/NBY	NN2	33	.305	.349	12.1%			8.5%			0.0%	0.9%	.034	.106
7	6		964	.376	.334	6.8%	8.6%					1.0%	1.2%	.123	.109

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%					2.3%	0.8%	.223	.106
1	Memphis Red Sox		20	.269	.322	10.0%	8.6%					0.0%	1.0%	.000	.098
1	Jacksonville Red Caps		8	.407	.319	0.0%	9.1%					0.0%	0.8%	.125	.096
5	Homestead Grays		705	.354	.336	7.5%	9.0%					0.7%	1.3%	.097	.109
1	New York Black Yankees		6	.284	.347	16.7%	8.4%					0.0%	0.9%	.000	.105

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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, 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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