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Whitey Platt

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Full Name: Mizell George Platt Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 6' 1.5"/190 First Game: September 16, 1942
Birthdate: August 21, 1920 Final Game: October 2, 1949
Birthplace: West Palm Beach, Florida MLB Experience: 5 years
Died: July 27, 1970
Deathplace: West Palm Beach, Florida
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Whitey Platt (Mizell George Platt) was born on August 21, 1920 in West Palm Beach, Florida. He made his Major League debut on September 16, 1942 for the Chicago Cubs. In 1946, his rookie year, he hit .251 with 3 home runs and 32 RBI. Platt played for the Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 5 year career.

Most people believe that Whitey Platt's best season was 1948, when he knocked in 82 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 IBB GDP
1942 CHI N 4 16 1 1 0 2 .063 .063 .063 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2
1943 CHI N 20 41 2 7 0 2 .171 .190 .244 3 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 1
1946 CHI A 84 247 28 62 3 32 .251 .307 .360 8 5 17 34 3 1 1 0 9
1948 STL A 123 454 57 123 7 82 .271 .331 .410 22 10 39 51 2 4 1 0 14
1949 STL A 102 244 29 63 3 29 .258 .325 .344 8 2 24 27 0 1 0 0 8
Total NL 24 57 3 8 0 4 .140 .155 .193 3 0 1 10 0 0 0 0 3
Total AL 309 945 114 248 13 143 .262 .323 .380 38 17 80 112 5 6 2 0 31
Total 333 1002 117 256 13 147 .255 .314 .369 41 17 81 122 5 6 2 0 34

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1942 CHI N OF 4 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1943 CHI N OF 14 0 0 20 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .952
1946 CHI A OF 61 0 0 130 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1948 STL A OF 114 0 0 230 5 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 .948
1949 STL A OF 59 0 0 135 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1949 STL A 1B 2 0 0 21 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .958
Total OF 252 0 0 522 13 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 .964
Total 1B 2 0 0 21 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .958

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  • Claimed on waivers by Chicago White Sox from Chicago Cubs (April 20, 1946).

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