Whitey Platt
1942–1949 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Browns
333G
.255AVG
.314OBP
.369SLG
More career statistics
256H
13HR
147RBI
2SB
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 | 12 | 13 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 333 | 1,094 | 1,002 | 117 | 256 | 41 | 17 | 13 | 147 | 81 | 122 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 370 | .255 | .314 | .369 | .683 |
Streaks
17longest hitting streak · 1946-09-08 to 1948-05-09
17longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 6 RBI | 1946-06-14 | 1 in 1,786 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | 1948-05-16 | 1 in 462 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1948-09-10 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 162 | 542 | 128 | 6 | 85 | 38 | 65 | .258 | .306 | .376 |
| Away | 171 | 552 | 128 | 7 | 62 | 43 | 57 | .253 | .310 | .362 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 21 | 58 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 10 | .232 | .259 | .339 |
| May | 62 | 198 | 48 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 19 | .268 | .323 | .441 |
| June | 70 | 270 | 68 | 7 | 47 | 19 | 22 | .272 | .322 | .408 |
| July | 59 | 199 | 53 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 24 | .283 | .312 | .358 |
| August | 57 | 171 | 35 | 0 | 20 | 14 | 18 | .226 | .287 | .323 |
| September | 58 | 172 | 31 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 28 | .204 | .285 | .276 |
| October | 6 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .348 | .423 | .478 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 51 | 154 | 32 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 12 | .229 | .279 | .264 |
| boston-red-sox | 50 | 185 | 56 | 7 | 37 | 12 | 10 | .324 | .368 | .543 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 46 | 160 | 36 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 18 | .243 | .294 | .304 |
| detroit-tigers | 43 | 139 | 32 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 14 | .260 | .324 | .463 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 38 | 139 | 29 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 19 | .228 | .281 | .370 |
| cleveland-guardians | 36 | 108 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 25 | .228 | .269 | .297 |
| chicago-white-sox | 36 | 128 | 31 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 13 | .277 | .359 | .348 |
| st-louis-browns | 9 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .429 | .478 | .476 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 |  Chicago Cubs | 4 | 16 | 1 | – | 2 | – | .062 | – | – |
| 1943 | Chicago Cubs | 20 | 41 | 7 | – | 2 | – | .171 | – | – |
| 1946 |  Chicago White Sox | 84 | 247 | 62 | 3 | 32 | 1 | .251 | – | – |
| 1948 |  St. Louis Browns | 123 | 454 | 123 | 7 | 82 | 1 | .271 | – | – |
| 1949 | St. Louis Browns | 102 | 244 | 63 | 3 | 29 | – | .258 | – | – |