Earl Whitehill

1923–1939 · bats L / throws L · ALM, ALS, Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators (1901-60)

548G

.204AVG

.261OBP

.242SLG

More career statistics

264H

4HR

98RBI

3SB

218–185W–L

3,564.2IP

1,350K

4.36ERA

473GS

11SV

5Rare 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 · Plate appearances	1,446	1,451
Batting · RBI	98	103
Batting · Walks	97	102
Pitching · Batters faced	15,781	15,770
Pitching · p er	1,726	1,727
Pitching · p hr	192	191
Pitching · p ipouts	10,694	10,691
Pitching · p k	1,350	1,355
Pitching · p r	2,018	2,017
Pitching · p w	1,431	1,433

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
548	1,446	1,291	107	264	23	7	4	98	97	216	3	0	1	0	313	.204	.261	.242	.503

Career pitching

IP	G	GS	CG	W	L	SV	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HBP	WP	ERA	WHIP
3,564.7	541	473	226	218	185	11	3,917	2,018	1,726	192	1,431	1,350	0	0	4.36	1.500

Streaks

6longest hitting streak · 1924-09-17 to 1925-04-21

8longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
76	Four Batters Hit	1924-04-16	1 in 3,022 games	box score ↗
60	11 scoreless innings	1925-08-21	1 in 3,313 pitcher-games	box score ↗
50	9 walks allowed	1929-07-23	1 in 1,333 pitcher-games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	263	664	119	0	51	53	95	.206	.259	.247
Away	285	787	145	4	52	49	121	.203	.247	.238

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	50	140	28	2	13	7	24	.220	.250	.283
May	82	218	35	0	16	15	43	.183	.229	.230
June	98	265	40	0	10	22	42	.172	.234	.185
July	101	259	51	1	16	18	39	.218	.266	.256
August	111	292	56	0	26	21	33	.218	.264	.261
September	102	264	50	1	21	19	35	.211	.261	.249
October	4	13	4	0	1	0	0	.308	.308	.308

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
new-york-yankees	85	224	38	1	16	15	35	.190	.237	.230
st-louis-browns	84	238	41	2	13	18	32	.195	.248	.238
washington-senators-1901-60	73	184	35	0	14	12	32	.210	.255	.246
cleveland-guardians	72	193	29	0	10	12	33	.167	.212	.184
chicago-white-sox	68	191	45	0	17	13	19	.266	.304	.308
philadelphia-athletics	61	149	23	0	9	8	22	.170	.208	.178
boston-red-sox	55	166	37	1	18	13	26	.253	.301	.336
detroit-tigers	26	75	13	0	6	9	10	.213	.293	.262

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1923	Detroit Tigers	8	11	4	–	1	1	.364	33	19
1924	Detroit Tigers	37	89	19	–	8	–	.213	233	65
1925	Detroit Tigers	36	87	19	–	7	1	.218	239	82
1926	Detroit Tigers	36	91	23	–	10	–	.253	252	111
1927	Detroit Tigers	41	78	16	–	3	–	.205	235	95
1928	Detroit Tigers	31	67	13	–	3	–	.194	196	93
1929	Detroit Tigers	38	90	23	3	11	–	.256	245	103
1930	Detroit Tigers	34	83	16	–	7	–	.193	220	109
1931	Detroit Tigers	34	97	15	–	5	–	.155	271	85
1932	Detroit Tigers	33	90	22	–	7	–	.244	244	80
1933	Washington Senators (1901-60)	40	108	24	–	11	–	.222	270	96
1934	Washington Senators (1901-60)	35	85	17	1	8	–	.200	234	96
1935	Washington Senators (1901-60)	34	104	19	–	6	–	.183	279	103
1936	Washington Senators (1901-60)	28	77	13	–	4	–	.169	212	63
1937	Cleveland Guardians	33	49	11	–	6	1	.224	147	53
1938	Cleveland Guardians	26	56	7	–	6	–	.125	160	60
1939	Chicago Cubs	24	29	3	–	–	–	.103	89	42