Lew Whistler

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Full Name: Lewis W. Whistler	Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 5' 10.5"/178	First Game: August 7, 1890
Birthdate: March 10, 1868	Final Game: June 15, 1893
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri	MLB Experience: 4 years
Died: December 30, 1959
Deathplace: St. Louis, Missouri
Bat/Throw: Unknown/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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Lew Whistler (Lewis W. Whistler) was born on March 10, 1868 in St. Louis, Missouri. He made his Major League debut on August 7, 1890 for the New York Giants. In 1890, his rookie year, he hit .288 with 2 home runs and 29 RBI. Whistler played for the New York Giants, Louisville Colonels, Baltimore Orioles and St. Louis Perfectos over the course of his 4 year career.

Most people believe that Lew Whistler's best season was 1892, when he stole 26 bases and knocked in 55 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1890	NY	N	45	170	27	49	2	29	.288	.366	.459	9	7	20	37	1	0	8	0	0
1891	NY	N	72	265	39	65	3	38	.245	.315	.362	8	7	24	45	3	0	4	0	0
1892	LOU	N	80	285	42	67	5	34	.235	.312	.351	4	7	30	45	2	0	14	0	0
1892	BAL	N	52	209	32	47	2	21	.225	.296	.340	6	6	18	22	3	0	12	0	0
1892	TOT	N	132	494	74	114	7	55	.231	.305	.346	10	13	48	67	5	0	26	0	0
1893	STL	N	10	38	5	9	0	2	.237	.293	.263	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
1893	LOU	N	13	47	5	10	0	9	.213	.302	.277	1	1	5	5	1	0	1	0	0
1893	TOT	N	23	85	10	19	0	11	.224	.298	.271	2	1	8	7	1	0	1	0	0
Total			272	1014	150	247	12	133	.244	.318	.363	29	28	100	156	10	0	39	0	0

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1890	NY	N	1B	45	0	0	490	10	9	28	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1891	NY	N	1B	7	0	0	54	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1891	NY	N	SS	33	0	0	52	104	27	7	0	0	0	0	0	.852
1891	NY	N	2B	6	0	0	12	17	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.806
1891	NY	N	OF	22	0	0	22	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.742
1891	NY	N	3B	5	0	0	3	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.571
1892	LOU	N	2B	10	0	0	16	30	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.958
1892	LOU	N	1B	72	0	0	773	32	18	52	0	0	0	0	0	.978
1892	BAL	N	1B	51	0	0	540	26	16	21	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1892	BAL	N	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1892	TOT	N	1B	123	0	0	1313	58	34	73	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1893	STL	N	1B	1	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1893	STL	N	OF	9	0	0	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.923
1893	LOU	N	1B	13	0	0	132	8	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	.946
1893	TOT	N	1B	14	0	0	142	8	8	9	0	0	0	0	0	.949
Total			2B	16	0	0	28	47	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	.893
Total			SS	33	0	0	52	104	27	7	0	0	0	0	0	.852
Total			3B	5	0	0	3	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.571
Total			1B	189	0	0	1999	77	52	113	0	0	0	0	0	.976
Total			OF	32	0	0	33	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.795

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Released by Baltimore Orioles (June 14, 1892).

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