David Whatley - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

David Whatley

David Samuel Whatley
(Speed; Hammer Man)

Born: November 10, 1914 in Griffin, GA
Died: March 13, 1961 in Oakland, CA
(46 years old)

Bats: L

Throws: R

Ht: 5'10"

Wt: 165

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Biographical
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Notes:

• Buried: Golden Gate National Cemetery (San Bruno, CA)

Batting

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1937	BBB/SAS	NAL/NSA	22	RF	28	123	117	27	42	7	7	5	31	4		3			2	1			.359	.385	.667	1.052	179
1938	BBB/MRS	NAL	23	RF	27	115	106	21	42	6	2	0	9	4		7			1	1			.396	.439	.491	.929	171
1939	CBR/HG	MULT	24	RF	37	149	140	30	57	8	5	1	21	3	0	6	4	0	0	3	0	0	.407	.432	.557	.989	163
1940	HG/TAY	IND/NN2	25	RF	54	244	220	42	64	7	4	2	21	9		22			0	2			.291	.355	.386	.742	92
1941	HG	NLC/NN2	26	RF	48	212	192	37	59	14	3	4	18	6		16			1	3			.307	.364	.474	.838	127
1942	HG	MULT	27	RF	53	219	195	40	61	9	2	1	14	3		19		0	3	2		0	.313	.382	.395	.777	119
1944	HG/NBY	NN2	29	RF	11	33	29	3	7	1	0	0	4	1		4			0	0			.241	.333	.276	.609	63
7	7			RF	258	1095	999	200	332	52	23	13	118	30	0	77	4	0	7	12	0	0	.332	.384	.469	.854	131
162 Game Average						688	627	126	208	33	14	8	74	19	0	48	23	0	4	8	0	0	.332	.384	.469	.854	131

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	South All Stars			-	1	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	1		0			0	0			.400	.400	.400	.800	71
2	Birmingham Black Barons			RF	51	220	206	45	79	13	9	5	40	7		10			3	1			.383	.420	.607	1.027	186
1	Memphis Red Sox			RF	3	13	12	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	1			.250	.250	.250	.500	45
1	Jacksonville Red Caps			RF	2	8	8	1	3	1	0	0	2	1		0			0	0			.375	.375	.500	.875	152
5	Homestead Grays			RF	197	840	760	151	244	38	14	8	76	21	0	66	4	0	4	10	0	0	.321	.378	.439	.818	120
1	Taylor's All Stars			-	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1	New York Black Yankees			CF	3	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	0			.200	.333	.200	.533	44

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1937	BBB/SAS	NAL/NSA	123		.453	.338		2.4%				7.6%					4.1%	0.9%		.308	.119
1938	BBB/MRS	NAL	115		.431	.320		6.1%				7.6%					0.0%	0.7%		.094	.095
1939	CBR/HG	MULT	149		.442	.345		4.0%			2.7%	8.9%		1.50			0.7%	1.5%		.150	.113
1940	HG/TAY	IND/NN2	244		.347	.358		9.0%				10.1%					0.8%	1.3%		.095	.125
1941	HG	NLC/NN2	212		.377	.337		7.5%				8.6%					1.9%	1.2%		.167	.118
1942	HG	MULT	219		.371	.338		8.7%				9.7%					0.5%	1.1%		.082	.102
1944	HG/NBY	NN2	33		.305	.349		12.1%				8.4%					0.0%	0.9%		.034	.106
7	7		1095		.390	.342		7.0%	9.0%		3.5%	1.0%		1.25	13.09		1.2%	1.2%		.137	.113

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1	South All Stars		5		.365	.401		0.0%	3.8%								0.0%	2.6%		.000	.203
2	Birmingham Black Barons		220		.458	.328		4.5%	7.7%								2.3%	0.8%		.223	.106
1	Memphis Red Sox		13		.219	.322		0.0%	7.7%								0.0%	0.7%		.000	.096
1	Jacksonville Red Caps		8		.407	.324		0.0%	8.4%								0.0%	0.7%		.125	.098
5	Homestead Grays		840		.377	.346		7.9%	9.3%		3.5%	1.0%		1.25	11.54		1.0%	1.3%		.118	.115
1	Taylor's All Stars		3		.000	.230		0.0%	7.1%								0.0%	0.0%		.000	.067
1	New York Black Yankees		6		.284	.349		16.7%	8.4%								0.0%	0.9%		.000	.106

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