Dick Whitman
1946–1951 · bats L / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies
285G
.259AVG
.316OBP
.335SLG
More career statistics
165H
2HR
67RBI
10SB
1Rare feat
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 · Caught stealing | 0 | 11 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 701 | 702 |
| Batting · Walks | 51 | 52 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 285 | 701 | 638 | 93 | 165 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 67 | 51 | 46 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 214 | .259 | .316 | .335 | .651 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1946-07-29 to 1946-08-05
8longest on-base streak
The rarest thing in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1946-05-01 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 140 | 331 | 90 | 1 | 33 | 28 | 21 | .303 | .356 | .384 |
| Away | 145 | 371 | 75 | 1 | 34 | 24 | 25 | .220 | .267 | .293 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 39 | 134 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 15 | .214 | .246 | .254 |
| May | 70 | 168 | 46 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 10 | .305 | .357 | .384 |
| June | 57 | 144 | 32 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 10 | .241 | .278 | .338 |
| July | 51 | 122 | 28 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 5 | .269 | .352 | .346 |
| August | 27 | 54 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .269 | .296 | .442 |
| September | 39 | 76 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 5 | .265 | .329 | .294 |
| October | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 47 | 126 | 33 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 9 | .284 | .317 | .353 |
| boston-braves | 44 | 103 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 12 | .196 | .272 | .250 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 43 | 106 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 4 | .221 | .274 | .305 |
| cincinnati-reds | 42 | 104 | 27 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 5 | .287 | .346 | .436 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 40 | 99 | 26 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | .274 | .303 | .358 |
| chicago-cubs | 33 | 70 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | .262 | .286 | .308 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 22 | 60 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | .269 | .333 | .288 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 14 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | .310 | .412 | .379 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 104 | 265 | 69 | 2 | 31 | 5 | .260 | – | – |
| 1947 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 4 | 10 | 4 | – | 2 | – | .400 | – | – |
| 1948 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 60 | 165 | 48 | – | 20 | 4 | .291 | – | – |
| 1949 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 23 | 49 | 9 | – | 2 | – | .184 | – | – |
| 1950 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 75 | 132 | 33 | – | 12 | 1 | .250 | – | – |
| 1951 | Philadelphia Phillies | 19 | 17 | 2 | – | – | – | .118 | – | – |