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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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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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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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

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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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