Pinky Whitney Arthur Carter Whitney Bats Right Throws Right Height 5'10 Weight 165 Born January 2, 1905 San Antonio, TX Died September 1, 1987 Center, TX

Batting  

 Year Ag Tm     G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS    BA  lgBA   SLG lgSLG   TB 
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1928 23 PAW       586  164  46   1   7   74   74                     8      .280  .278  .398  .376  233
 1929 24 PAW       547  155  30   5  17   84   87                    23      .283  .265  .450  .391  246
 1930 25 PAW       595  146  43   3  11   71   66                    18      .245  .280  .383  .430  228
 1931 26 PAW  110  334   67  23   1   4   37   29                    18   0  .201  .263  .311  .388  104 
 1932 27 PAW  150  572  147  24   4  13   67   60                    19   2  .257  .244  .381  .366  218 

 1933 28 PAW  154  598  174  25   8  12   64   59   25   49   3   0   5   1  .291  .286  .420  .411  251
 1934 29 PAW  116  453  126  18   5   7   52   53   16   49   1   1   1   1  .278  .292  .386  .429  175 
 1935 30 PAW   16   13    1   0   0   0    1    0    0    4   0   0   0   0  .077  .282  .077  .411    1 
 1936 31 MIL    3    3    0   0   0   0    0    0    0    1   0   0   0   0  .000  .286  .000  .410    0 
 1937 32 MIL   96  183   56   6   0   5   24   28   16   17   0   0   5   1  .306  .266  .421  .414   77 

 1938 33 MIL   24   28    6   0   0   3    4    7    2    4   0   0   0   0  .214  .272  .536  .411   15 
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons   669 3912 1042 215  27  79  478  463   59  124   4   1  97   5  .266  .272  .396  .400 1548
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 154 Gm  Avg  154  503  133  22   4  10   57   54   22   47   2   0  11   1  .264  ----  .385  ----  194
 Career High  154  598  174  46   8  17   84   87   25   49   3   0  23   2  .291  ----  .450  ----  251
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
  8 Yrs. PAW  546 3698  980 209  27  71  450  428   41  102   4   1  92   4  .265  .272  .394  .398 1456 
  3 Yrs. MIL  123  214   62   6   0   8   28   35   18   22   0   0   5   1  .290  .268  .430  .413   92 
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 Year Ag Tm     G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS    BA  lgBA   SLG lgSLG   TB 

Postseason Batting

 Year Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS    BA   SLG   TB 
+------------------+--+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+----+
 1929 PAW MON   L    6   27    6   0   0   1    2    4    0    5   0   0   2   0  .222  .333    9
 1937 MIL HAR   L    5    9    4   0   0   0    2    2    4    1   0   0   0   0  .444  .444    4
+------------------+--+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+----+
               0-2  11   36   10   0   0   1    4    6    4    6   0   0   2   0  .278  .361   13
+------------------+--+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+----+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards  

Stats are Year-Value-Rank

All-Star 1929 1933

RBI 1929-87-8

Doubles 1928-46-8 1930-43-5

Stolen Bases 1929-23-9 1932-19-6

Transactions January 1, 1928: Drafted 6th round (43rd overall) by Pawtucket. December 4, 1935: Traded by Pawtucket with their first round pick in 1936 to Milton as part of a three-way deal with Harlem. Harlem received Milton's first round pick in 1936 and Rudy York, Pawtucket received Harlem's first round pick in 1936 and 1937.

Biography I am from Texas, and was able to meet, and talk baseball with Pinky Whitney, Pete Donohue, and Jo-Jo Moore....since they lived in my state. I met Pinky several times. He worked for the San Antonio AA team. His job was to sit at the reserved seat gate, and keep those with a general admission ticket out of there. It was not much of a status position, but he was elderly and it worked for him okay. He always sat at the gate, a can of Lone Star beer in one hand, cigarette in the other. He would comment on mistakes certain infielders made, and sometimes try to give them a tip or two. On one occasion, a Midland Cub third baseman took offense and told him to get lost. I don't think Pinky told the guy who he was, and that he was a former major leaguer, he was kind of a gruff sort. One night I sat and talked to Pinky about the old days, and a small gathering of people were listening in. I asked him the what was the biggest difference between nowdays and when he played, without a care in the world about who was hanging around us, he said, "the biggest difference was back when I played we didn't have n---rs playing." The gathering sort of chuckled, and in the group was at least two black people. They seemed to excuse him, and no one got mad. He didn't exactly address the comment to the crowd, just sort of to me as he looked down. His career as a player was helped by the fact he played in a cozy ballpark, but was really good with the glove. No doubt he could hit, and he was an aggresive player. This bit of history was given to us by John Walk.