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Joe Medwick League
4-1-2058
Wiz Whitney Left Field
Retired (1967, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .250 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .740 Status Deceased (2006) Option Years 0  
H 1405 Age at Death 75 Date of Birth 09-12-1931
HR 272 Drafted Round 5, Pick 66
(1951)
Majors Svc Time 12 years
(111 games)
RBI 894
SB 85
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C- Contact vs. L D+ Endurance B-   Ldrship D-
Power vs. R A- Power vs. L Velocity   Mentor vR
Speed B- Bunt Control   Mentor vL
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C- WS Rings 0
1B C- (34.0%) LF A+ (100%) Arm WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF (3.8%)   Health B- LCS Appearances 1
3B --- RF A+ (98.5%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
1961 RF CLE 117 114 1021.0 214 208 0 6 0 -6 1.83 .972
CF CLE 1 1 8.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 4.50 1.000
1962 RF CLE 95 95 818.2 175 171 1 3 0 -3 1.89 .983
LF CLE 37 37 322.0 70 69 0 1 0 -1 1.93 .986
1B CLE 11 11 97.0 104 94 8 2 8 -2 9.46 .981
CF CLE 1 1 9.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 4.00 1.000
1963 RF CLE 135 135 1180.0 268 261 2 5 0 -10 2.01 .981
LF CLE 9 9 79.0 20 20 0 0 0 -2 2.28 1.000
1964 RF CLE 70 67 586.0 122 119 0 3 0 -5 1.83 .975
LF CLE 23 23 182.2 46 44 0 2 0 -3 2.17 .957
1B CLE 18 18 152.1 172 164 4 4 12 -1 9.93 .977
CF CLE 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
3B CLE 1 1 8.1 2 1 1 0 0 -1 2.16 1.000
1965 LF NYN 52 52 463.0 106 102 1 3 0 -1 2.00 .972
RF NYN 18 18 158.0 44 43 0 1 0 -1 2.45 .977
1B NYN 2 2 18.0 26 24 1 1 2 -1 12.50 .962
CF NYN 4 1 12.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.000
1966 LF NYN 30 29 255.0 58 55 0 3 0 -2 1.94 .948
RF NYN 18 13 127.1 41 39 0 2 0 0 2.76 .951
1B NYN 3 3 25.0 31 31 0 0 2 -1 11.16 1.000
CF NYN 4 1 13.0 5 5 0 0 0 0 3.46 1.000
1967 LF CLE 11 2 40.1 8 8 0 0 0 0 1.79 1.000
RF CLE 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 1.00 1.000
Pos Total RF 454 443 3900.0 865 842 3 20 0 -26 1.95 .977
LF 162 152 1342.0 308 298 1 9 0 -9 2.01 .971
1B 34 34 292.1 333 313 13 7 24 -5 10.04 .979
CF 11 5 51.0 17 17 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
3B 1 1 8.1 2 1 1 0 0 -1 2.16 1.000
Total 662 635 5593.2 1525 1471 18 36 24 -41 2.40 .976
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1967-11-01Wiz Whitney has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1967-07-16The Cleveland Moonshiners have waived Wiz Whitney.
1967-07-05The Cleveland Moonshiners have promoted Todd Chanze to the major league team. The Cleveland Moonshiners have designated Wiz Whitney for assignment.
1967-04-09The Cleveland Moonshiners have acquired Wiz Whitney from the waiver wire.
1967-04-05The Pittsburgh Meandering Cricks have promoted King Solomon White to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Meandering Cricks have designated Wiz Whitney for assignment.
1967-04-05The Pittsburgh Meandering Cricks have acquired Wiz Whitney from the waiver wire.
1967-03-01The New York Mets have promoted Art Maloney to the major league team. The New York Mets have promoted Rabbit Ramirez to the major league team. The New York Mets have designated Lew Ford for assignment. The New York Mets have designated Homerun Johnson for assignment. The New York Mets have designated Wiz Whitney for assignment.
1966-07-16Wiz Whitney of the New York Mets is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
1965-04-05The New York Mets have acquired Wiz Whitney from the waiver wire.
1965-03-01The Cleveland Havoc have promoted Theo Shaw to the major league team. The Cleveland Havoc have promoted Johnny DeBarr to the major league team. The Cleveland Havoc have designated Wiz Whitney for assignment. The Cleveland Havoc have designated Steve Viau for assignment.
1965-03-01The Cleveland Havoc have re-claimed Wiz Whitney from the waiver wire.
1964-10-20The Cleveland Havoc have promoted John Nichols to the major league team. The Cleveland Havoc have promoted Darryl Richie to the major league team. The Cleveland Havoc have designated Wiz Whitney for assignment. The Cleveland Havoc have designated Jack Klusman for assignment.
1958-05-27A trade has been completed between the Cleveland Havoc and the Pittsburgh Meandering Cricks. The Pittsburgh Meandering Cricks receive Ernie Connatser, Junior Wasdell, Draft Pick - 1962 Round 1 (CLE) from the Cleveland Havoc in exchange for Wiz Whitney, Draft Pick - 1959 Round 2 (PIT), Draft Pick - 1959 Round 3 (PIT).
1955-05-17The Pittsburgh Meandering Cricks have promoted Wiz Whitney to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Meandering Cricks have sent Mark Wilhelm to the minors.
1954-10-03The Pittsburgh Meandering Cricks have sent Russ Cabrera to the minors. The Pittsburgh Meandering Cricks have designated Oscar Arnovich for assignment. The Pittsburgh Meandering Cricks have sent Wiz Whitney to the minors.
1954-09-01The Pittsburgh Meandering Cricks have promoted Wiz Whitney to the major league team.
1954-06-06The Pittsburgh Meandering Cricks have promoted Gene McBride to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Meandering Cricks have sent Wiz Whitney to the minors.
1954-03-05The Pittsburgh Meandering Cricks have renamed Joe McGaffigan to Wiz Whitney.
1952-07-13The Boston Blue Sox have promoted Woody English to the major league team. The Boston Blue Sox have sent Joe McGaffigan to the minors.
1952-07-13A trade has been completed between the St. Louis Gashouse Gang and the Boston Blue Sox. The Boston Blue Sox receive Pop Haines, Charlie Lucas, Joe McGaffigan, Eddie Harris from the St. Louis Gashouse Gang in exchange for Roy Stroughter, Tim Lee, Ray Mierkowicz.