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Catching Distinguished Pitchers


Jim Whitney's Battery Mates


James "Grasshopper" Whitney pitched for Boston (NL) 1881-1885, Kansas City (NL) 1886, Washington (NL) 1887-1888, Indianapolis (NL) 1889, and Philadelphia (AA) 1890. He pitched in 413 games, made 396 starts, had 377 complete games and pitched 26 shutouts. All of Whitney's shutouts were with one catcher.


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CATCHERS WHO CAUGHT WHITNEY'S STARTS
Mike Hines 72   Con Daily 8
Connie Mack 70   Barnie Gilligan 8
Mert Hackett 59   Frank Ringo 5
Pop Snyder 49   Wilbert Robinson 4
Pat Deasley 46   Tug Arundel 2
Tom Gunning 25   Dan Dugdale 2
Pat Dealy 17   Pop Tate 1
Ed Rowen 17   Guerdon Whiteley 1
Fatty Briody 10      

 

CATCHERS WHO CAUGHT WHITNEY'S SHUTOUTS
Mike Hines 5   Pat Deasley 3
Connie Mack 5   Tom Gunning 2
Pop Snyder 5   Fatty Briody 1
Mert Hackett 4   Ed Rowen 1




Source: Walt Wilson, Member of SABR (Society for American Baseball Research)
Coordinator: Lyle Spatz, Chairman SABR's Records Committee
Webpages by: Chuck Rosciam, Member of SABR


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