Whitey Wietelmann
1939–1947 · bats B / throws R · Boston Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates
580G
.232AVG
.298OBP
.282SLG
More career statistics
409H
7HR
122RBI
14SB
7.2IP
2K
14.09ERA
0GS
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 · At bats | 1,762 | 1,761 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 131 | 134 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,948 | 1,944 |
| Batting · Runs | 170 | 171 |
| Batting · Walks | 156 | 154 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 580 | 1,948 | 1,762 | 170 | 409 | 55 | 6 | 7 | 122 | 156 | 131 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 497 | .232 | .298 | .282 | .580 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14.09 | 2.739 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1945-08-16 to 1945-09-01
19longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | 1945-08-15 | 1 in 462 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1944-06-18 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1944-07-07 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 276 | 892 | 187 | 5 | 54 | 81 | 55 | .234 | .300 | .296 |
| Away | 304 | 1052 | 222 | 2 | 68 | 73 | 79 | .231 | .280 | .271 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 34 | 118 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | .267 | .331 | .305 |
| May | 100 | 295 | 50 | 0 | 16 | 27 | 22 | .192 | .261 | .222 |
| June | 114 | 337 | 58 | 1 | 24 | 28 | 22 | .190 | .255 | .226 |
| July | 102 | 326 | 81 | 1 | 24 | 23 | 22 | .273 | .319 | .323 |
| August | 95 | 353 | 94 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 14 | .289 | .329 | .388 |
| September | 128 | 491 | 89 | 1 | 22 | 39 | 43 | .199 | .261 | .237 |
| October | 7 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .450 | .542 | .500 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 90 | 292 | 59 | 2 | 22 | 28 | 23 | .224 | .298 | .266 |
| chicago-cubs | 89 | 264 | 60 | 0 | 16 | 23 | 15 | .251 | .314 | .276 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 86 | 299 | 62 | 0 | 11 | 25 | 15 | .229 | .291 | .266 |
| cincinnati-reds | 81 | 283 | 53 | 1 | 21 | 22 | 24 | .207 | .265 | .254 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 77 | 283 | 61 | 1 | 17 | 20 | 20 | .237 | .286 | .284 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 76 | 260 | 55 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 16 | .232 | .273 | .283 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 73 | 242 | 53 | 2 | 17 | 18 | 19 | .242 | .293 | .338 |
| boston-braves | 8 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .316 | .381 | .526 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 |  Boston Braves | 23 | 69 | 14 | – | 5 | 1 | .203 | – | – |
| 1940 | Boston Braves | 35 | 41 | 8 | – | 1 | – | .195 | – | – |
| 1941 | Boston Braves | 16 | 33 | 3 | – | – | – | .091 | – | – |
| 1942 | Boston Braves | 13 | 34 | 7 | – | – | – | .206 | – | – |
| 1943 | Boston Braves | 153 | 534 | 115 | – | 39 | 9 | .215 | – | – |
| 1944 | Boston Braves | 125 | 417 | 100 | 2 | 32 | – | .240 | – | – |
| 1945 | Boston Braves | 123 | 427 | 116 | 4 | 33 | 4 | .272 | 1 | – |
| 1946 | Boston Braves | 44 | 78 | 16 | – | 5 | – | .205 | 6 | 2 |
| 1947 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 48 | 128 | 30 | 1 | 7 | – | .234 | – | – |