Pinky Whitney

Full Name: Arthur Carter Whitney	Primary Position: 3B
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/165	First Game: April 11, 1928
Birthdate: January 2, 1905	Final Game: September 5, 1939
Birthplace: San Antonio, Texas	MLB Experience: 12 years
Died: September 1, 1987
Deathplace: Center, Texas
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Pinky Whitney (Arthur Carter Whitney) was born on January 2, 1905 in San Antonio, Texas. He made his Major League debut on April 11, 1928 for the Philadelphia Phillies. In 1928, his rookie year, he hit .301 with 10 home runs and 103 RBI. Whitney played for the Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Braves over the course of his 12 year career.

Most people believe that Pinky Whitney's best season was 1929, when he hit for a .327 average and knocked in 115 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1928	PHI	N	151	585	73	176	10	103	.301	.342	.426	35	4	36	30	1	14	3	0
1929	PHI	N	154	612	89	200	8	115	.327	.390	.482	43	14	61	35	2	22	7	0
1930	PHI	N	149	606	87	207	8	117	.342	.383	.465	41	5	40	41	1	15	3	0
1931	PHI	N	130	501	64	144	9	74	.287	.331	.433	36	5	30	38	3	7	6	0
1932	PHI	N	154	624	93	186	13	124	.298	.335	.449	33	11	35	66	0	19	6	0
1933	PHI	N	31	121	12	32	3	19	.264	.310	.372	4	0	8	8	0	3	1	8
1933	BOS	N	100	382	42	94	8	49	.246	.296	.364	17	2	25	23	2	5	2	12
1933	TOT	N	131	503	54	126	11	68	.250	.299	.366	21	2	33	31	2	8	3	20
1934	BOS	N	146	563	58	146	12	79	.259	.294	.377	26	2	25	54	3	6	7	14
1935	BOS	N	126	458	41	125	4	60	.273	.312	.367	23	4	24	36	2	7	2	13
1936	PHI	N	114	411	44	121	6	59	.294	.354	.394	17	3	37	33	1	15	2	12
1936	BOS	N	10	40	1	7	0	5	.175	.233	.175	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	2
1936	TOT	N	124	451	45	128	6	64	.284	.343	.375	17	3	39	37	2	15	2	14
1937	PHI	N	138	487	56	166	8	79	.341	.395	.446	19	4	43	44	1	11	6	19
1938	PHI	N	102	300	27	83	3	38	.277	.336	.343	9	1	27	22	0	5	0	11
1939	PHI	N	34	75	9	14	1	6	.187	.256	.253	0	1	7	4	0	6	0	3
Total			1539	5765	696	1701	93	927	.295	.343	.415	303	56	400	438	17	135	45	94

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1928	PHI	N	3B	149	171	293	22	27	.955
1929	PHI	N	3B	154	168	333	17	29	.967
1930	PHI	N	3B	148	186	313	18	29	.965
1931	PHI	N	3B	128	131	217	19	21	.948
1932	PHI	N	3B	151	177	276	19	31	.960
1932	PHI	N	2B	5	17	17	2	5	.944
1933	PHI	N	3B	30	30	48	3	6	.963
1933	BOS	N	3B	85	77	187	8	15	.971
1933	BOS	N	2B	18	39	53	0	8	1.000
1933	TOT	N	3B	115	107	235	11	21	.969
1934	BOS	N	2B	36	65	116	6	19	.968
1934	BOS	N	SS	2	2	2	0	1	1.000
1934	BOS	N	3B	111	105	227	11	11	.968
1935	BOS	N	2B	49	113	161	7	17	.975
1935	BOS	N	3B	74	83	144	10	8	.958
1936	PHI	N	2B	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1936	PHI	N	3B	111	106	212	15	15	.955
1936	BOS	N	3B	10	15	18	1	2	.971
1936	TOT	N	3B	121	121	230	16	17	.956
1937	PHI	N	3B	130	136	238	7	17	.982
1938	PHI	N	1B	4	29	2	0	6	1.000
1938	PHI	N	2B	2	4	1	0	0	1.000
1938	PHI	N	3B	75	68	131	14	8	.934
1939	PHI	N	2B	8	8	17	0	2	1.000
1939	PHI	N	3B	2	2	3	0	0	1.000
1939	PHI	N	1B	12	96	10	1	11	.991
Total			1B	16	125	12	1	17	.993
Total			SS	2	2	2	0	1	1.000
Total			2B	119	246	365	15	51	.976
Total			3B	1358	1455	2640	164	219	.961

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Hal Lee to Boston Braves in exchange for Fritz Knothe, Wes Schulmerich and cash (June 17, 1933).
Traded by Boston Bees to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Mickey Haslin (April 30, 1936).
Released by Philadelphia Phillies (December 17, 1939).

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