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Earl Whitehill

Earl Whitehill

1923–1939  ·  Bats L  ·  Throws L  ·  5'9", 174 lb  ·  b. 1899 Cedar Rapids, IA

Career 218–185 · 4.36 ERA · 1,350 SO · 3564.2 IP · 548 G · 264 H · 4 HR · 98 RBI · .205 AVG

No league-leading finishes. This player never placed in the top 25 of a tracked category. The season record below is the full story.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

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Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Complete Games #2 1933 #2
Shutouts #2 1927 #2 1932 #3
Innings Pitched #3 1935 #3
Wins #3 1933 #3

Pitching

17 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1923 DET AL 2 0 2.73 8 3 0 33.0 22 10 2 15 19 1.12
1924 DET AL 17 9 3.86 35 32 0 233.0 260 100 8 79 65 1.46
1925 DET AL 11 11 4.66 35 33 2 239.1 267 124 13 88 83 1.48
1926 DET AL 16 13 3.99 36 34 0 252.1 271 112 7 79 109 1.39
1927 DET AL 16 14 3.36 41 31 3 236.0 238 88 4 105 95 1.45
1928 DET AL 11 16 4.31 31 30 0 196.1 214 94 8 78 93 1.49
1929 DET AL 14 15 4.62 38 28 1 245.1 267 126 16 96 103 1.48
1930 DET AL 17 13 4.24 34 31 1 220.2 248 104 8 80 109 1.49
1931 DET AL 13 16 4.08 34 34 0 271.1 287 123 22 118 81 1.49
1932 DET AL 16 12 4.54 33 31 0 244.0 255 123 17 93 81 1.43
1933 WS1 AL 22 8 3.33 39 37 1 270.0 271 100 9 100 96 1.37
1934 WS1 AL 14 11 4.52 32 31 0 235.0 269 118 10 94 96 1.55
1935 WS1 AL 14 13 4.29 34 34 0 279.1 318 133 16 104 102 1.51
1936 WS1 AL 14 11 4.87 28 28 0 212.1 252 115 17 89 63 1.61
1937 CLE AL 8 8 6.49 33 22 2 147.0 189 106 9 80 53 1.83
1938 CLE AL 9 8 5.56 26 23 0 160.1 187 99 18 83 60 1.68
1939 CHN NL 4 7 5.14 24 11 1 89.1 102 51 8 50 42 1.70
Career 218 185 4.36 541 473 11 3564.2 3,917 1,726 192 1,431 1,350 1.50

Batting

17 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1923 DET AL 8 11 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 .364 .417 .364 .780
1924 DET AL 37 89 11 19 1 1 0 7 9 18 0 .214 .286 .247 .533
1925 DET AL 36 87 7 19 1 0 0 7 8 11 1 .218 .284 .230 .514
1926 DET AL 36 91 6 23 1 3 0 10 6 24 0 .253 .299 .330 .629
1927 DET AL 41 78 4 16 2 1 0 3 5 9 0 .205 .262 .256 .518
1928 DET AL 31 67 4 13 0 0 0 3 5 11 0 .194 .250 .194 .444
1929 DET AL 38 90 10 23 2 0 3 11 6 17 0 .256 .302 .378 .680
1930 DET AL 34 83 3 16 1 0 0 7 3 14 0 .193 .221 .205 .426
1931 DET AL 34 97 7 15 0 1 0 5 3 10 0 .155 .180 .175 .355
1932 DET AL 33 90 9 22 4 0 0 7 4 19 0 .244 .277 .289 .566
1933 WS1 AL 40 108 7 24 2 1 0 11 6 14 0 .222 .263 .259 .523
1934 WS1 AL 35 85 12 17 2 0 1 8 11 17 0 .200 .292 .259 .551
1935 WS1 AL 34 104 10 19 4 0 0 3 8 11 0 .183 .241 .221 .462
1936 WS1 AL 28 77 8 13 2 0 0 4 8 11 0 .169 .247 .195 .442
1937 CLE AL 33 49 6 11 1 0 0 6 5 7 1 .225 .296 .245 .541
1938 CLE AL 26 56 0 7 0 0 0 6 7 13 0 .125 .222 .125 .347
1939 CHN NL 24 29 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 .103 .161 .103 .265
Career 548 1,291 107 264 23 7 4 98 97 216 3 .205 .261 .242 .503

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
P 541 166 701 47 31 .949
OF 1 0 0 0 0