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	1			.359	.385	.667	1.052	179
1938	MRS/BBB	ALC/NAL	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	TAY/HG	IND/NN2	25	RF	54	244	220	42	64	7	4	2	21	9		22		1	0	2		0	.291	.355	.386	.742	92
1941	HG	NLC/NN2	26	RF	46	204	182	37	57	14	3	4	17	6		16		0	1	4	1	0	.313	.370	.489	.859	135
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	7			RF	240	1019	931	183	306	46	21	12	108	33	0	72		1	4	11	1	0	.329	.379	.462	.841	129
162 Game Average						688	628	124	207	31	14	8	73	25	0	49		2	4	7	162	0	.329	.379	.462	.841	129

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	177	757	687	131	217	32	12	7	66	22		59		1	1	9	1	0	.316	.370	.428	.798	116
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			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	MRS/BBB	ALC/NAL	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	TAY/HG	IND/NN2	244		.344	.357		9.0%				10.0%					0.8%	1.3%		.095	.125
1941	HG	NLC/NN2	204		.383	.333		7.8%				8.5%					2.0%	1.2%		.176	.116
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	7		1019		.383	.338		7.1%	8.8%								1.2%	1.2%		.133	.112

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		757		.367	.342		7.8%	9.2%								0.9%	1.3%		.112	.113
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	.347		16.7%	8.4%								0.0%	0.9%		.000	.105

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