Dick Whitworth - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Dick Whitworth

Richard Henderson Whitworth

Born: August 28, 1895 in St. Louis, MO
Died: March 6, 1966 in St. Louis, MO
(70 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 6'5"

Wt: 215

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Buried: Father Dickson Cemetery (St. Louis County, MO)

Pitching

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1914	CIU	WES	18	SP	0	1	.000	1	1	1	0	0	8.0	5	3	8	0	2	6	0	0	34	3.38	141
1915	CAG	NvH / WES	19	SP	7	7	.500	22	12	2	9	3	1	129.0	54	31	78	0	48	63	1	1	516	2.16	107
1916	CAG	WES	20	SP	12	3	.800	20	13	11	3	0	121.0	30	23	83	0	65	88	1	4	498	1.71	142
1917	CAG	WES	21	SP	3	4	.429	9	8	5	0	0	73.0	28	17	56	0	23	30	0	1	292	2.10	89
1917-18	RP	FHL	22	SP	5	0	1.000	7	3	3	1	0	42.0	7	5	23	0	14	28	0	0	167	1.07	196
1918	CAG	WES	22	SP	9	2	.818	15	7	8	7	0	2	86.1	32	23	68	1	36	39	0	3	361	2.40	139
1919	AC / CAG	EAS / WES	23	SP	10	2	.833	15	9	6	8	2	2	98.0	29	20	74	2	46	57	0	1	0	397	1.84	177
1920	HIL	EAS / NVM	24	SP	5	3	.625	8	6	0	6	1	0	65.1	15	10	45	0	18	35	0	0	257	1.38	131
1921	HIL	EAS / NVS	25	SP	10	5	.667	17	15	2	13	1	0	130.1	53	39	115	3	26	61	0	0	2	524	2.69	158
1922	CAG	NNL	26	SP	12	8	.600	24	15	7	10	0	0	141.1	96	77	156	2	69	62	1	1	643	4.90	74
1924	CAG	NNL	28	SP	0	2	.000	3	2	1	0	0	0	10.0	22	19	25	0	10	3	0	0	0	57	17.10	21
10	5			SP	73	37	.664	141	91	26	73	11	5	904.1	371	267	731	8	357	472	3	1	12	3746	2.66	112
162 Game Average					21	11	.664	41	27	14	21	3	1	265.0	109	78	214	2	105	138	1	1	4	1098	2.66	112

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
10	Negro Leagues				72	35	.673	137	89	24	71	11	5	879.1	362	262	714	8	347	462	3	1	12	3647	2.68	112
1	vs Major Leagues				0	1	.000	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	5	2	8	0	5	4	0	0	40	2.00	59
1	vs Semipros				1	0	1.000	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	2	2	5	0	2	4	0	0	0	34	2.00	272
1	vs High Minors				0	1	.000	2	0	2	0	0	0	7.0	2	1	4	0	3	2	0	0	25	1.29	145

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1	Chicago Union Giants			RP	0	1	.000	1	1	1	0	0	8.0	5	3	8	0	2	6	0	0	34	3.38	141
7	Chicago American Giants			SP	53	28	.654	107	66	23	50	8	4	655.2	290	209	537	5	296	341	3	1	10	2751	2.87	102
1	Royal Poinciana Hotel			RP	5	0	1.000	7	3	3	1	0	42.0	7	5	23	0	14	28	0	0	167	1.07	196
1	Bacharach Giants I			RP	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	3.0	1	1	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	13	3.00	101
2	Hilldale Club			SP	15	8	.652	25	21	2	19	2	0	195.2	68	49	160	3	44	96	0	0	2	781	2.25	144

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
1914	CIU	WES	18	SP	8.0		1.25	1.50		17.6%	11.2%		5.9%	8.3%		3.00	1.35		0.0%	0.8%
1915	CAG	NvH / WES	19	SP	129.0		0.98	1.02		12.2%	13.1%		9.3%	6.1%		1.31	1.94		0.0%	0.8%
1916	CAG	WES	20	SP	121.0		1.22	1.09		17.7%	13.4%		13.1%	8.5%		1.35	1.58		0.0%	0.4%
1917	CAG	WES	21	SP	73.0		1.08	0.97		10.3%	12.1%		7.9%	7.3%		1.30	1.66		0.0%	0.2%
1917-18	RP	FHL	22	SP	42.0		0.88	1.02		16.8%	17.9%		8.4%	8.8%		2.00	2.04		0.0%	0.0%
1918	CAG	WES	22	SP	86.1		1.20	1.23		10.8%	8.8%		10.0%	9.1%		1.08	0.98		0.3%	0.4%
1919	AC / CAG	EAS / WES	23	SP	98.0		1.22	1.25		14.4%	11.7%		11.6%	8.4%		1.24	1.24		0.5%	0.7%
1920	HIL	EAS / NVM	24	SP	65.1		0.96	0.94		13.6%	15.3%		7.0%	6.3%		1.94	2.19		0.0%	0.2%
1921	HIL	EAS / NVS	25	SP	130.1		1.08	1.36		11.6%	12.5%		5.0%	8.1%		2.35	1.48		0.6%	1.8%
1922	CAG	NNL	26	SP	141.1		1.59	1.21		9.6%	11.8%		10.7%	6.8%		0.90	1.73		0.3%	1.2%
1924	CAG	NNL	28	SP	10.0		3.50	1.25		5.3%	11.1%		17.5%	7.3%		0.30	1.53		0.0%	0.8%
10	5			SP	904.1		1.20	1.15		12.6%	12.4%		9.5%	7.9%		1.32	1.62		0.2%	0.7%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
10	Negro Leagues				879.1		1.21	1.15		12.7%	12.4%		9.5%	7.9%		1.33	1.60		0.2%	0.7%
1	vs Major Leagues				9.0		1.44	0.87		10.0%	16.9%		12.5%	6.2%		0.80	2.74		0.0%	0.3%
1	vs Semipros				9.0		0.78	1.47		11.8%	12.6%		5.9%	7.7%		2.00	1.63		0.0%	2.7%
1	vs High Minors				7.0		1.00	1.06		8.0%	12.3%		12.0%	4.9%		0.67	2.52		0.0%	0.7%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
1	Chicago Union Giants			RP	8.0		1.25	1.50		17.6%	11.2%		5.9%	8.3%		3.00	1.35		0.0%	0.8%
7	Chicago American Giants			SP	655.2		1.27	1.13		12.4%	12.0%		10.8%	7.8%		1.15	1.56		0.2%	0.7%
1	Royal Poinciana Hotel			RP	42.0		0.88	1.02		16.8%	17.9%		8.4%	8.8%		2.00	2.04		0.0%	0.0%
1	Bacharach Giants I			RP	3.0		1.33	1.17		7.7%	12.3%		7.7%	7.7%		1.00	1.59		0.0%	0.3%
2	Hilldale Club			SP	195.2		1.04	1.22		12.3%	12.9%		5.6%	7.7%		2.18	1.72		0.4%	0.8%

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1914	CIU	WES	18	SP	1	34	31	5	8	2	0	0	8	2	6	0	1	0	.258	.303	.323	.626
1915	CAG	NvH / WES	19	SP	22	516	450	54	78	6	2	0	9	48	63	1	17	6	.173	.255	.196	.450
1916	CAG	WES	20	SP	20	498	417	30	83	12	2	0	3	65	88	4	12	10	.199	.313	.237	.550
1917	CAG	WES	21	SP	9	292	259	28	56	7	7	0	1	23	30	1	9	9	.216	.283	.297	.580
1917-18	RP	FHL	22	SP	7	167	147	7	23	1	5	0	3	14	28	0	6	1	.156	.230	.231	.461
1918	CAG	WES	22	SP	15	361	314	32	68	5	6	1	11	36	39	3	8	7	.217	.303	.280	.583
1919	AC / CAG	EAS / WES	23	SP	15	397	339	29	74	7	2	2	6	46	57	0	12	15	.218	.312	.268	.580
1920	HIL	EAS / NVM	24	SP	8	257	230	15	45	1	0	0	0	18	35	0	9	4	.196	.254	.200	.454
1921	HIL	EAS / NVS	25	SP	17	524	485	53	115	16	1	3	19	26	61	0	2	11	7	.237	.279	.293	.572
1922	CAG	NNL	26	SP	24	643	543	96	156	20	10	2	16	0	69	62	1	29	16	.287	.369	.372	.741
1924	CAG	NNL	28	SP	3	57	45	22	25	5	1	0	2	10	3	0	2	0	2	.556	.636	.711	1.347
10	5			SP	141	3746	3260	371	731	82	36	8	78	0	357	472	0	12	116	0	77	.224	.303	.279	.582

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
10	Negro Leagues				137	3647	3174	362	714	81	36	8	75	0	347	462	0	12	113	0	76	.225	.304	.281	.584
1	vs High Minors				2	25	21	2	4	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	1	0	.190	.292	.190	.482
1	vs Major Leagues				1	40	33	5	8	1	0	0	0	5	4	0	2	1	.242	.342	.273	.615
1	vs Semipros				1	34	32	2	5	0	0	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	.156	.206	.156	.362

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Chicago Union Giants			RP	1	34	31	5	8	2	0	0	8	2	6	0	1	0	.258	.303	.323	.626
7	Chicago American Giants			SP	107	2751	2355	290	537	62	30	5	48	0	296	341	10	89	0	65	.228	.317	.286	.603
1	Royal Poinciana Hotel			RP	7	167	147	7	23	1	5	0	3	14	28	0	6	1	.156	.230	.231	.461
1	Bacharach Giants I			RP	1	13	12	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.250	.308	.250	.558
2	Hilldale Club			SP	25	781	715	68	160	17	1	3	19	44	96	0	2	20	11	.224	.271	.263	.534

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