League Leaders Who Led?

David Whatley

1937–1944  ·  Bats L  ·  Throws R  ·  5'10", 165 lb  ·  b. 1914 Griffin, GA

Career 246 G · 318 H · 13 HR · 114 RBI · .335 AVG

Seasons leading his league
1
1 best in baseball
14 Top-5 finishes
1 Title seasons
1 Categories led
1942 Best season

Spanning 19421942, peaking at 1 titles in 1942.

Team records #9 Homestead Grays career SB #10 Birmingham Black Barons 1937 HR

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 2,906th League titles 1
  • 1,845th Best in baseball 1
  • 2,083rd Top-5 finishes 14

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

No top-500 all-time placing His career totals do not reach the top 500 in any tracked category — unsurprising for most careers, and no reflection on the season titles alongside.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Outfield Fielding Percentage 1 1st 1942 1.000
Outfield Range Factor #2 1937 #2
Outfield Assists #3 1937 #3 1942 #3
Triples #2 1937 #3 1939 #2
Doubles #2 1941 #2
Stolen Bases #3 1940 #3
Home Runs #2 1937 #2

Title Seasons

1 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1942 1 OF FPCT 1.000

Batting

7 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1937 BBB NAL 27 112 25 40 7 7 5 31 3 2 3 .357 .385 .679 1.063
1938 BBB +1 NAL 27 106 21 42 6 2 0 9 7 7 4 .396 .439 .491 .929
1939 HG +1 NN2 30 110 26 48 7 4 1 19 5 4 3 .436 .461 .600 1.061
1940 HG NN2 53 217 42 64 7 4 2 21 22 3 9 .295 .360 .392 .752
1941 HG NN2 47 185 37 58 14 3 4 16 16 3 5 .314 .371 .487 .858
1942 HG NN2 51 189 39 59 9 2 1 14 19 0 3 .312 .384 .397 .781
1944 HG +1 NN2 11 29 3 7 1 0 0 4 4 0 1 .241 .333 .276 .609
Career 246 948 193 318 51 22 13 114 76 19 28 .335 .389 .477 .866

Fielding

2 positions
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1937 BBB NAL OF 27 27 223.2 38 4 4 0 46 .913 1.56
1938 BBB NAL OF 28 27 216.0 45 2 5 1 52 .904 1.68
1939 HG NN2 OF 30 25 226.2 37 1 2 0 40 .950 1.27
1940 HG NN2 OF 53 53 444.0 75 2 6 0 83 .928 1.45
1941 HG NN2 OF 47 46 382.2 51 2 6 1 59 .898 1.13
1942 HG NN2 OF 49 46 386.2 58 6 0 1 64 1.000 1.31
2B 1 1 9.0 2 4 1 0 7 .857 6.00
1944 HG NN2 OF 8 8 62.0 10 0 0 0 10 1.000 1.25
Career OF 242 232 1941.2 314 17 23 3 354 .935 1.37
2B 1 1 9.0 2 4 1 0 7 .857 6.00