League Leaders Who Led?
Will White

Will White

1877–1886  ·  Bats B  ·  Throws R  ·  5'9", 175 lb  ·  b. 1854 Caton, NY

Career 229–166 · 2.28 ERA · 1,041 SO · 3542.2 IP · 403 G · 271 H · 1 HR · 111 RBI · .183 AVG

Seasons leading his league
10
5 best in baseball 5 league only
33 Top-5 finishes
4 Title seasons
5 Categories led
1882 Best season

Spanning 1879–1884, peaking at 4 titles in 1882.

Led in Shutouts for 3 straight seasons (1882–1884) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 162nd League titles 10
  • 163rd Best in baseball 5
  • 245th Top-5 finishes 33

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

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Shutouts 3 1st 3 yrs (1882–1884) 1882 8 1883 6 1884 AA 7 1878 #3
Complete Games 2 1st — 1879 75 1882 AA 52 1878 #3 1883 #2
Innings Pitched 2 1st — 1879 680.0 1882 AA 480.0 1878 #3 1883 #2
Wins 2 1st 2 yrs (1882–1883) 1882 40 1883 AA 43 1878 #2 1879 #2
Earned Run Average 1 1st — 1883 AA 2.09 1878 #3 1879 #2
Strikeouts / 9 — #3 — 1878 #3
Walks + Hits / IP — #3 — 1883 #3
Strikeouts — #2 — 1878 #2 1879 #2

Title Seasons

4 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1884 1 SHO 7
1883 3 ERA 2.09 W 43 SHO 6
1882 4 W 40 IP 480.0 SHO 8 CG 52
1879 2 IP 680.0 CG 75

Pitching

10 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1877 BSN NL 2 1 3.00 3 3 0 27.0 27 9 0 2 7 1.07
1878 CN1 NL 30 21 1.79 52 52 0 468.0 477 93 1 45 169 1.12
1879 CN1 NL 43 31 1.99 76 75 0 680.0 676 150 10 68 232 1.09
1880 CN1 NL 18 42 2.14 62 62 0 517.1 550 123 9 56 161 1.17
1881 DTN NL 0 2 5.00 2 2 0 18.0 24 10 0 2 5 1.44
1882 CN2 AA 40 12 1.54 54 54 0 480.0 411 82 3 71 122 1.00
1883 CN2 AA 43 22 2.09 65 65 0 577.0 473 134 16 104 141 1.00
1884 CN2 AA 34 18 3.32 52 52 0 456.0 479 168 16 74 118 1.21
1885 CN2 AA 18 15 3.53 34 34 0 293.1 295 115 9 64 80 1.22
1886 CN2 AA 1 2 4.15 3 3 0 26.0 28 12 1 10 6 1.46
Career — — 229 166 2.28 403 402 0 3542.2 3,440 896 65 496 1,041 1.11

Batting

10 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1877 BSN NL 3 15 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
1878 CN1 NL 52 197 15 28 1 1 0 9 8 41 0 .142 .176 .157 .333
1879 CN1 NL 76 294 28 40 6 0 0 17 6 56 0 .136 .153 .157 .310
1880 CN1 NL 62 207 16 35 7 1 0 14 6 29 0 .169 .193 .213 .405
1881 DTN NL 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1882 CN2 AA 54 207 28 55 4 0 0 25 5 0 0 .266 .283 .285 .568
1883 CN2 AA 65 240 38 54 4 3 0 23 16 0 0 .225 .273 .267 .540
1884 CN2 AA 52 184 28 35 1 2 1 11 10 0 0 .190 .236 .234 .470
1885 CN2 AA 34 118 9 20 5 0 0 10 4 0 0 .170 .210 .212 .422
1886 CN2 AA 3 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .111 .200 .111 .311
Career — — 403 1,478 167 271 28 7 1 111 56 128 0 .183 .215 .214 .429

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
P 403 117 715 106 10 .887
OF 5 1 0 0 0 1.000