David Whatley
1937–1944 · bats L / throws R · AST, Birmingham Black Barons, CV9, Homestead Grays, Memphis Red Sox, New York Black Yankees, SAS
254G
.335AVG
.387OBP
.476SLG
More career statistics
325H
13HR
115RBI
28SB
10Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 254 | 193 |
| Batting · At bats | 970 | 691 |
| Batting · Doubles | 54 | 44 |
| Batting · Hits | 325 | 245 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 7 | 2 |
| Batting · Home runs | 13 | 11 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,064 | 742 |
| Batting · Runs | 195 | 137 |
| Batting · RBI | 115 | 68 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 28 | 20 |
| Batting · Triples | 22 | 24 |
| Batting · Walks | 75 | 42 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 254 | 1,064 | 970 | 195 | 325 | 54 | 22 | 13 | 115 | 75 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 462 | .335 | .387 | .476 | .863 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1938-07-10 to 1939-06-18
18longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | Homer, Triple, Double, Steal | 1941-08-28 | 1 in 4,385 games | box score ↗ |
| 74 | Six for Six | 1937-08-16 | 1 in 2,457 games | box score ↗ |
| 70 | Six-Hit Game | 1937-08-16 | 1 in 1,644 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 102 | 415 | 134 | 7 | 36 | 25 | 6 | .349 | .383 | .534 |
| Away | 91 | 327 | 111 | 4 | 32 | 17 | 8 | .362 | .391 | .537 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .500 |
| May | 59 | 238 | 71 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 5 | .316 | .336 | .467 |
| June | 40 | 157 | 47 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 3 | .326 | .369 | .542 |
| July | 49 | 152 | 51 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | .372 | .421 | .562 |
| August | 31 | 135 | 57 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 4 | .442 | .459 | .674 |
| September | 13 | 56 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .346 | .393 | .404 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-stars | 42 | 167 | 57 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | .358 | .383 | .528 |
| baltimore-elite-giants | 33 | 124 | 29 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 2 | .257 | .298 | .398 |
| newark-eagles | 29 | 114 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | .368 | .412 | .443 |
| kansas-city-monarchs | 15 | 51 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .300 | .314 | .400 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 14 | 59 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .264 | .322 | .302 |
| new-york-cubans | 13 | 58 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .327 | .379 | .577 |
| SSA | 9 | 41 | 23 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .590 | .610 | 1.231 |
| chicago-american-giants | 8 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .444 | .448 | .778 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | BBBirmingham Black Barons | 27 | 102 | 44 | 5 | 27 | 1 | .431 | – | – |
| 1938 | Birmingham Black Barons, Memphis Red Sox | 33 | 101 | 44 | 1 | 11 | 3 | .436 | – | – |
| 1939 | CV9, Homestead Grays | 24 | 96 | 41 | 1 | 8 | 2 | .427 | – | – |
| 1940 |  Homestead Grays | 38 | 152 | 47 | 1 | 12 | 5 | .309 | – | – |
| 1941 | Homestead Grays | 37 | 146 | 45 | 3 | 3 | 5 | .308 | – | – |
| 1942 | Homestead Grays | 23 | 75 | 19 | – | 3 | 3 | .253 | – | – |
| 1944 | Homestead Grays, New York Black Yankees | 11 | 19 | 5 | – | 4 | 1 | .263 | – | – |