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Kirby Puckett League
8-21-2079
Bill Whitby Third Base
Retired (1959, Age 27)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .237 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .650 Status Deceased (2004) Option Years 0  
H 193 Age at Death 72 Date of Birth 07-29-1932
HR 14 Drafted Round 4, Pick 64
(1953)		 Majors Svc Time 3 years
(0 games)
RBI 90
SB 11
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B  Contact vs. L B+ Endurance F    Ldrship D-
Power vs. R C+ Power vs. L B  Velocity D-   Mentor vR C 
Speed B  Bunt B- Control D-   Mentor vL C 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C  WS Rings 0
1B B  (65.2%) LF --- Arm C+ WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health B  LCS Appearances 0
3B A+ (100%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1953 DET
7
18
1
3
1
0
0
2
0
 7 0 1
0
 0 0
.380
.158
.222
.056
.167
1955 DET
55
137
19
41
4
2
2
17
13
 19 0 0
6
 0 2
.761
.360
.401
.102
.299
1956 DET-BRO
109
343
34
67
15
0
7
36
42
 67 1 4
2
 6 11
.582
.282
.300
.105
.195
1957 BRO
86
200
21
55
4
3
3
20
15
 38 2 2
1
 0 6
.699
.329
.370
.095
.275
1958 BRO
65
62
6
8
0
0
0
1
10
 10 1 1
1
 0 0
.386
.257
.129
.000
.129
1959 BRO
49
55
11
19
6
0
2
14
9
 7 1 1
1
 1 1
1.003
.439
.564
.218
.345
Total
371
815
92
193
30
5
14
90
89
 148 5 9
11
 7 20
.650
.313
.337
.101
.237
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1962-11-01Bill Whitby has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1962-04-02The Brooklyn Squirrel Monkeys have waived Bill Whitby.
1956-05-08The Brooklyn Bumpers have promoted Bill Whitby to the major league team. The Brooklyn Bumpers have sent Fielding Fluhrer to the minors.
1956-05-08A trade has been completed between the Detroit Squires and the Brooklyn Bumpers. The Brooklyn Bumpers receive Mel Harder, Mel Hume, Leo Brown, Spud Kline, Bill Whitby, Draft Pick - 1957 Round 2 (DET) from the Detroit Squires in exchange for Philly Nekro.
1956-05-06The Detroit Squires have promoted Billy Bliss to the major league team. The Detroit Squires have sent Bill Whitby to the minors.
1956-04-27The Detroit Squires have promoted Bill Whitby to the major league team. The Detroit Squires have sent Hal Lefferts to the minors.
1955-10-13The Detroit Squires have promoted Mel Jordan to the major league team. The Detroit Squires have promoted Billy Bliss to the major league team. The Detroit Squires have sent Bill Whitby to the minors. The Detroit Squires have sent Mighty Mertz to the minors.
1955-09-30The Detroit Squires have promoted Roy Peters to the major league team. The Detroit Squires have promoted Marc Corso to the major league team. The Detroit Squires have promoted Bill Whitby to the major league team. The Detroit Squires have sent Billy Bliss to the minors. The Detroit Squires have sent Sandy Allen to the minors. The Detroit Squires have sent J.P. Walsh to the minors.
1955-08-28The Detroit Squires have promoted Roy Peters to the major league team. The Detroit Squires have sent Bill Whitby to the minors.
1955-08-01The Detroit Squires have promoted Bill Whitby to the major league team. The Detroit Squires have sent Mighty Mertz to the minors.
1955-07-09The Detroit Squires have promoted Sandy Allen to the major league team. The Detroit Squires have promoted J.P. Walsh to the major league team. The Detroit Squires have sent Jeff Lowell to the minors. The Detroit Squires have sent Bill Whitby to the minors.
1955-04-23The Detroit Squires have promoted Bill Whitby to the major league team. The Detroit Squires have sent Cody Ross to the minors.
1953-10-03The Detroit Squires have promoted Sandy Allen to the major league team. The Detroit Squires have promoted Stan Blasingame to the major league team. The Detroit Squires have promoted Ray Hart to the major league team. The Detroit Squires have promoted Terry Kerr to the major league team. The Detroit Squires have promoted Mike Clayborn to the major league team. The Detroit Squires have promoted J.P. Walsh to the major league team. The Detroit Squires have promoted Don Ryan to the major league team. The Detroit Squires have promoted Cody Ross to the major league team. The Detroit Squires have sent Lloyd Richards to the minors. The Detroit Squires have sent Bill Whitby to the minors. The Detroit Squires have sent Don Bystrom to the minors. The Detroit Squires have sent Frank Telford to the minors. The Detroit Squires have sent Hal Lefferts to the minors. The Detroit Squires have sent Lave Andujar to the minors. The Detroit Squires have sent Bob Mueller to the minors. The Detroit Squires have sent Rick Mallon to the minors.
1953-09-23The Detroit Squires have promoted Bill Whitby to the major league team. The Detroit Squires have promoted Marc Corso to the major league team. The Detroit Squires have sent Mike Clayborn to the minors. The Detroit Squires have sent David Ingram to the minors.