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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Notes:

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

Teammates

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	First	Last	Team	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Ray Brown	SP	5	1939	1944	HG	18.2	2.5	-0.1	15.9	-0.1
2	Buck Leonard	1B	5	1939	1944	HG	11.7	12.0	0.7	0.0	-1.0
3	Josh Gibson	C	4	1939	1944	HG	9.4	9.1	0.0	0.0	0.4
4	Sam Bankhead	SS	3	1939	1944	HG	7.5	2.7	3.8	0.2	0.7
5	Roy Partlow	SP	3	1939	1942	HG	6.9	0.1	-0.2	7.1	0.0
6	Howard Easterling	3B	3	1940	1942	HG	5.9	4.6	1.4	0.0	0.0
7	Jerry Benjamin	CF	5	1939	1944	HG	5.0	3.6	1.6	0.0	-0.2
8	Terris McDuffie	SP	2	1941	1944	HG/NBY	3.9	0.1	0.0	3.8	0.0
9	Edsall Walker	SP	5	1939	1944	HG	3.7	0.1	0.0	3.6	0.0
10	Matt Carlisle	2B	4	1940	1944	HG	3.0	2.4	0.0	0.0	0.6
11	Johnny Wright	SP	3	1941	1944	HG	3.0	-0.4	0.0	3.4	0.0
12	Chester Williams	SS	2	1941	1942	HG	2.2	-0.6	2.2	0.0	0.6
13	Garnett Blair	SP	2	1942	1944	HG	1.9	0.1	0.0	1.8	0.0
14	Neil Robinson	SS	1	1938	1938	MRS	1.7	1.2	0.3	0.0	0.2
15	Bo Mitchell	SP	2	1937	1938	BBB	1.6	0.1	0.0	1.6	0.0
16	Dave Hoskins	RF	1	1944	1944	HG	1.6	1.2	-0.1	0.7	-0.2
17	Cowan Hyde	LF	1	1938	1938	MRS	1.6	0.5	1.2	0.0	-0.1
18	Smoky Owens	SP	1	1939	1939	JRC	1.5	-0.1	0.0	1.6	0.0
19	Roy Welmaker	SP	3	1939	1944	HG	1.5	-0.3	0.1	1.7	0.0
20	Henry Turner	C	1	1939	1939	JRC	1.3	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
21	Johnny Ray	CF	2	1937	1939	BBB/JRC	1.3	0.7	0.6	0.0	0.0
22	Willie Jefferson	RP	1	1938	1938	MRS	1.3	0.4	0.0	0.9	0.0
23	Al Frazier	2B	1	1939	1939	JRC	1.1	0.2	0.7	0.0	0.1
24	Jesse Houston	SP	1	1941	1941	HG	1.1	-0.1	0.0	1.2	0.0
25	Willie Hubert	SP	1	1944	1944	HG	1.0	-0.1	0.0	1.1	0.0
26	Jud Wilson	3B	4	1940	1944	HG	1.0	2.6	-1.5	0.0	-0.1
27	Vic Harris	LF	5	1939	1944	HG	1.0	1.3	0.5	0.0	-0.8
28	Parnell Woods	3B	3	1937	1939	MULT	0.9	1.0	-0.2	0.0	0.1
29	Nat Rogers	RF	1	1938	1938	MRS	0.8	0.9	0.0	0.0	-0.1
30	Lloyd Davenport	CF	1	1938	1938	MRS	0.8	1.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
31	Lefty Wilson	RP	1	1938	1938	MRS	0.8	-0.1	0.0	0.9	0.0
32	Cool Papa Bell	LF	1	1944	1944	HG	0.8	1.2	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
33	Preacher Henry	SP	1	1939	1939	JRC	0.7	-0.2	0.0	0.9	0.0
34	Sonny Boy Jeffries	SP	1	1940	1940	HG	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.0
35	Jack Bruton	SP	2	1937	1939	BBB/JRC	0.6	0.2	-0.2	0.6	0.0
36	Connie Rector	RP	1	1944	1944	NBY	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
37	Leon Day	SP	1	1942	1942	HG	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
38	Freddie Jackson	RP	1	1944	1944	NBY	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
39	Bob Smith	C	1	1938	1938	BBB/MRS	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0
40	John Lyles	SS	1	1939	1939	JRC	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.1
41	Ralph Coles	LF	1	1939	1939	JRC	0.5	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.0
42	Specs Roberts	SP	3	1939	1944	HG/NBY	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.7	0.0
43	J. C. Hamilton	SP	3	1940	1942	HG	0.5	-0.1	0.3	0.4	0.0
44	Fred Bankhead	2B	2	1937	1938	BBB/MRS	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.2
45	Walter Cannady	2B	1	1944	1944	HG	0.5	0.6	-0.2	0.0	0.1
46	Mays	2B	1	1938	1938	MRS	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
47	Duke Cleveland	RF	1	1939	1939	JRC	0.4	0.0	0.5	0.0	-0.1
48	Philly Holmes	SS	1	1939	1939	JRC	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
49	Ameal Brooks	C	1	1941	1941	HG	0.4	0.6	-0.3	0.0	0.0
50	Thurston	RP	1	1938	1938	BBB	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
51	Ted Radcliffe	SP	1	1938	1938	MRS	0.3	0.4	-0.3	0.2	0.0
52	Jesse Brown	RP	1	1944	1944	NBY	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
53	Julius Osley	RP	2	1937	1938	BBB	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
54	Henry Spearman	3B	1	1939	1939	HG	0.3	0.7	-0.4	0.0	0.0
55	Lyman Bostock	-	1	1940	1940	TAY	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
56	Johnny Johnson	RP	1	1944	1944	HG	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
57	Lefty Boone	RP	1	1944	1944	HG	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
58	Thad Christopher	RF	1	1944	1944	NBY	0.2	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
59	Jim Willis	-	1	1937	1937	SAS	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
60	Vet Barnes	-	1	1937	1937	SAS	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
61	Dusty Decker	RF	1	1939	1939	JRC	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
62	Lester Lockett	SS	1	1938	1938	BBB	0.1	-0.4	0.5	0.0	0.1
63	Dixon	CF	1	1938	1938	MRS	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
64	Paul Hardy	-	1	1940	1940	TAY	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
65	Wilmer Fields	SP	3	1940	1942	HG	0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0
66	Eugene Bremer	RP	1	1938	1938	MRS	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
67	Jim Canada	1B	2	1937	1938	BBB	0.1	0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
68	Carl Smith	SS	1	1938	1938	BBB	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
69	Josh Johnson	C	1	1940	1940	HG	0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
70	Jabbo Andrews	RF	2	1938	1940	BBB/TAY	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
71	Jack Moore	LF	1	1939	1939	JRC	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
72	Gready McKinnis	-	1	1940	1940	TAY	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
73	Thompson	RF	1	1939	1939	HG	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
74	Cap Tyson	C	1	1938	1938	BBB	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
75	Andrew Sephus	SS	1	1938	1938	BBB	0.1	-0.2	0.2	0.0	0.1
76	Tice James	3B	1	1938	1938	BBB	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
77	Donelly	3B	1	1938	1938	MRS	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
78	Lennie Pearson	LF	1	1942	1942	HG	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
79	Quicksey	LF	1	1937	1937	BBB	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
80	Larry Brown	C	1	1938	1938	MRS	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
81	Bert Johnson	LF	1	1938	1938	BBB	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
82	Bullet Rogan	-	1	1937	1937	SAS	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
83	Tommie Dukes	-	1	1939	1939	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
84	Henry McCall	1B	1	1938	1938	BBB	0.0	0.4	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
85	John Henry Oliver	-	1	1937	1937	SAS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
86	Floyd Holston	RP	1	1937	1937	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
87	Horace Davis	2B	1	1938	1938	BBB	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
88	Satchel Paige	SP	1	1942	1942	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
89	Jim West	-	1	1940	1940	TAY	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
90	Murray	RP	1	1938	1938	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
91	Jimmy Ford	3B	1	1938	1938	BBB	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
92	Bill Russell	RP	1	1944	1944	NBY	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
93	Clarence Palm	C	1	1941	1941	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	Raymond Taylor	C	1	1938	1938	MRS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
95	Ernie Smith	LF	1	1940	1940	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
96	Scott	CF	1	1938	1938	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	A. D. Lewis	1B	1	1937	1937	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
98	Dan Bankhead	-	1	1940	1940	TAY	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
99	G. Davis	C	1	1938	1938	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	Walter Burch	C	1	1939	1939	JRC	0.0	-0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
101	Jones	LF	1	1938	1938	MRS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
102	Bennie Fields	-	1	1938	1938	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
103	Earl Little	-	1	1938	1938	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
104	Johnson	-	1	1938	1938	MRS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
105	Sullivan	-	1	1937	1937	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
106	Piper Davis	1B	1	1944	1944	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
107	Pitts	-	1	1944	1944	NBY	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
108	Bill Carter	1B	2	1937	1938	BBB	0.0	0.4	-0.3	0.0	0.0
109	Joe Brown	C	1	1939	1939	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
110	Willie Nixon	-	1	1940	1940	TAY	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
111	Walls	-	1	1944	1944	NBY	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
112	Gentry Jessup	-	1	1940	1940	TAY	0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
113	Tom Parker	SP	1	1939	1939	HG	0.0	0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0
114	Wyatt Turner	C	1	1939	1939	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
115	Robert Gaston	C	5	1939	1944	HG	0.0	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.3
116	Granville Lyons	-	1	1937	1937	SAS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
117	Harry Else	-	1	1937	1937	SAS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
118	Auburn Nelson	-	1	1937	1937	SAS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
119	Mint Jones	1B	1	1939	1939	JRC	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
120	Hilton Smith	-	1	1940	1940	TAY	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
121	Lacey Thomas	LF	1	1939	1939	JRC	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
122	Bill Hoskins	LF	1	1938	1938	MRS	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
123	S. M. Humphries	-	1	1937	1937	SAS	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
124	Eugene Tyler	RF	1	1939	1939	JRC	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
125	Felix Manning	1B	2	1937	1944	NBY/SAS	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
126	Rufus Baker	SS	1	1944	1944	NBY	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1
127	Joe Royal	CF	2	1939	1944	JRC/NBY	-0.1	-0.4	0.3	0.0	0.0
128	Pepper Morgan	RF	1	1938	1938	MRS	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
129	Jimmie Armstead	RP	1	1938	1938	BBB	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
130	Sammy Burton	-	1	1940	1940	TAY	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
131	Andy Childs	2B	1	1938	1938	MRS	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
132	Ziggy Marcell	C	1	1940	1940	HG	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
133	Babe Davis	CF	1	1939	1939	HG	-0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
134	Tommy Sampson	-	1	1937	1937	SAS	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
135	Ed Stone	RF	1	1942	1942	HG	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
136	Leroy Bass	C	1	1940	1940	HG	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
137	Willie Stevenson	SP	1	1940	1940	HG	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
138	Melvin Coleman	SS	1	1937	1937	BBB	-0.1	0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.1
139	Willie Ferrell	SP	3	1937	1940	MULT	-0.1	0.1	0.1	-0.3	0.0
140	Walter Hardy	SS	1	1944	1944	NBY	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
141	Flash Miller	2B	1	1944	1944	NBY	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
142	Clarence Lamar	SS	2	1937	1939	MULT	-0.1	-0.4	0.1	0.0	0.1
143	Harry Barnes	C	2	1937	1938	BBB	-0.2	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.1
144	Carter	SS	1	1944	1944	NBY	-0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
145	Emery Adams	-	1	1938	1938	MRS	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
146	Roland Anderson	-	1	1944	1944	HG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
147	Melzar Williams	LF	2	1937	1938	BBB	-0.2	0.4	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
148	Walter Perry	C	1	1940	1940	HG	-0.2	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
149	Bill Kelly	C	1	1944	1944	NBY	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
150	Alonzo Boone	-	1	1939	1939	JRC	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
151	Leo Sims	-	1	1938	1938	BBB	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
152	Marlin Carter	3B	1	1938	1938	MRS	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
153	Frank Williams	RF	1	1942	1942	HG	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
154	Dolly King	RF	1	1944	1944	HG/NBY	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
155	Hill	-	1	1944	1944	HG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
156	Provine Bradley	-	1	1938	1938	MRS	-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
157	Claude Hayslett	-	1	1938	1938	MRS	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
158	Bus Clarkson	SS	1	1942	1942	HG	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
159	Bob Madison	LF	1	1938	1938	MRS	-0.2	0.1	-0.2	-0.1	0.0
160	Dick Burton	RP	1	1938	1938	BBB	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
161	Eudie Napier	C	2	1939	1941	HG	-0.2	0.1	-0.4	0.0	0.0
162	Bernard Fernández	-	1	1939	1939	JRC	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
163	Jelly Taylor	1B	1	1938	1938	MRS	-0.3	0.3	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
164	Neck Stanley	RP	1	1944	1944	NBY	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
165	Jim Starks	3B	1	1944	1944	NBY	-0.3	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
166	Jelly Jackson	SS	3	1939	1944	HG	-0.3	-2.0	1.1	0.0	0.7
167	Andrews	-	1	1939	1939	JRC	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
168	Satchel Davis	-	1	1939	1939	JRC	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
169	Zack Clayton	1B	1	1944	1944	NBY	-0.3	0.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
170	Charles Dunklin	-	1	1938	1938	BBB	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
171	Joe Spencer	2B	1	1944	1944	HG/NBY	-0.3	-0.4	0.0	0.0	0.1
172	Curley Andrews	3B	1	1944	1944	NBY	-0.4	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
173	Eddie White	RF	1	1944	1944	HG	-0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
174	Red Howard	RP	3	1937	1940	MULT	-0.4	0.3	0.0	-0.7	0.0
175	Leo Hannibal	3B	1	1938	1938	MRS	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
176	Ben Henderson	-	1	1937	1937	BBB	-0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
177	Harry Williams	2B	2	1939	1944	HG/NBY	-0.4	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
178	Hoss Walker	-	1	1938	1938	MRS	-0.4	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
179	Alonzo Mitchell	RP	1	1939	1939	JRC	-0.4	0.0	-0.1	-0.3	0.0
180	Sylvester Owens	CF	2	1937	1938	BBB	-0.4	-0.8	0.4	0.0	0.0
181	Elbert Eatmon	RP	2	1937	1938	BBB	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0
182	Andy Sarvis	-	2	1939	1944	JRC/NBY	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
183	George Britt	C	1	1940	1940	HG	-0.5	-0.1	0.1	-0.5	0.0
184	Jim Williams	RF	2	1939	1944	HG/NBY	-0.5	0.1	-0.5	0.0	-0.1
185	Ray Battle	3B	1	1944	1944	HG	-0.5	-0.1	-0.4	0.0	0.0
186	Spoon Carter	SP	3	1938	1944	BBB/HG	-0.5	-0.4	0.0	-0.2	0.0
187	Percy Forrest	RP	1	1944	1944	NBY	-0.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
188	Doug Sydnor	LF	1	1944	1944	NBY	-0.6	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0
189	Zearlee Maxwell	3B	1	1938	1938	MRS	-0.6	-0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.0
190	Dan Wilson	2B	2	1941	1944	HG/NBY	-0.6	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
191	Clifford Allen	1B	1	1938	1938	MRS	-0.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	0.0
192	Charlie Rivera	3B	1	1944	1944	NBY	-0.7	-0.3	-0.5	0.0	0.0
193	Rocky Ellis	-	1	1940	1940	HG	-0.7	0.0	0.0	-0.7	0.0
194	John McFarland	-	1	1944	1944	NBY	-0.9	0.0	0.0	-0.8	0.0
195	Marvin Barker	3B	1	1944	1944	NBY	-0.9	-0.5	-0.5	0.0	0.0
196	Porter Moss	RP	1	1938	1938	MRS	-1.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.8	0.0
197	Jimmy Hicks	-	1	1940	1940	HG	-1.1	0.1	0.0	-1.2	0.0
198	Cliff Blackmon	RP	2	1938	1941	BBB/HG	-1.2	-0.1	0.0	-1.0	0.0
199	Red Longley	2B	1	1938	1938	MRS	-1.2	-0.4	-0.9	0.0	0.1

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