{"sport":"mlb","slug":"david-whatley","bio":{"fullName":"David Whatley","position":"X","team":null,"heightInches":70,"weightLbs":165,"birthDate":"1914-11-10","rookieSeason":1937,"lastSeason":1944,"status":"RET","externalIds":{"mlbam":"816664","chadwick":"12d72b09","retro":"whatd101"}},"draft":null,"statTables":[{"id":"batting","label":"Batting","columns":[{"key":"g"},{"key":"ab"},{"key":"r"},{"key":"h"},{"key":"doubles"},{"key":"triples"},{"key":"hr"},{"key":"rbi"},{"key":"sb"},{"key":"bb"},{"key":"so"},{"key":"avg"},{"key":"obp"},{"key":"slg"},{"key":"ops"}],"rows":[{"season":1937,"seasonType":"REG","team":"Birmingham Black Barons","gamesPlayed":27,"values":{"g":27,"ab":112,"r":25,"h":40,"doubles":7,"triples":7,"hr":5,"rbi":31,"sb":3,"bb":3,"so":null,"avg":0.357,"obp":0.385,"slg":0.679,"ops":1.064},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1938,"seasonType":"REG","gamesPlayed":28,"gamesStarted":null,"values":{"g":28,"ab":106,"r":21,"h":42,"doubles":6,"triples":2,"hr":0,"rbi":9,"sb":4,"bb":7,"so":null,"avg":0.396,"slg":0.491,"obp":null,"ops":null},"team":"TOT","rowScope":"total"},{"season":1938,"seasonType":"REG","team":"Birmingham Black Barons","gamesPlayed":25,"values":{"g":25,"ab":94,"r":20,"h":39,"doubles":6,"triples":2,"hr":0,"rbi":9,"sb":4,"bb":7,"so":null,"avg":0.415,"obp":0.461,"slg":0.521,"ops":0.982},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1938,"seasonType":"REG","team":"Memphis Red Sox","gamesPlayed":3,"values":{"g":3,"ab":12,"r":1,"h":3,"doubles":0,"triples":0,"hr":0,"rbi":0,"sb":0,"bb":0,"so":null,"avg":0.25,"obp":0.25,"slg":0.25,"ops":0.5},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1939,"seasonType":"REG","gamesPlayed":31,"gamesStarted":null,"values":{"g":31,"ab":119,"r":26,"h":50,"doubles":8,"triples":4,"hr":1,"rbi":20,"sb":3,"bb":4,"so":null,"avg":0.42,"slg":0.58,"obp":null,"ops":null},"team":"TOT","rowScope":"total"},{"season":1939,"seasonType":"REG","team":"Cleveland Bears","gamesPlayed":2,"values":{"g":2,"ab":8,"r":1,"h":3,"doubles":1,"triples":0,"hr":0,"rbi":2,"sb":1,"bb":0,"so":null,"avg":0.375,"obp":0.375,"slg":0.5,"ops":0.875},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1939,"seasonType":"REG","team":"Homestead Grays","gamesPlayed":29,"values":{"g":29,"ab":111,"r":25,"h":47,"doubles":7,"triples":4,"hr":1,"rbi":18,"sb":2,"bb":4,"so":null,"avg":0.423,"obp":0.443,"slg":0.586,"ops":1.029},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1940,"seasonType":"REG","team":"Homestead Grays","gamesPlayed":53,"values":{"g":53,"ab":217,"r":42,"h":64,"doubles":7,"triples":4,"hr":2,"rbi":21,"sb":9,"bb":22,"so":null,"avg":0.295,"obp":0.36,"slg":0.392,"ops":0.752},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1941,"seasonType":"REG","team":"Homestead Grays","gamesPlayed":47,"values":{"g":47,"ab":185,"r":37,"h":58,"doubles":14,"triples":3,"hr":4,"rbi":16,"sb":5,"bb":16,"so":null,"avg":0.314,"obp":0.371,"slg":0.486,"ops":0.857},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1942,"seasonType":"REG","team":"Homestead Grays","gamesPlayed":52,"values":{"g":52,"ab":189,"r":39,"h":59,"doubles":9,"triples":2,"hr":1,"rbi":14,"sb":3,"bb":19,"so":null,"avg":0.312,"obp":0.384,"slg":0.397,"ops":0.781},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1944,"seasonType":"REG","gamesPlayed":11,"gamesStarted":null,"values":{"g":11,"ab":29,"r":3,"h":7,"doubles":1,"triples":0,"hr":0,"rbi":4,"sb":1,"bb":4,"so":null,"avg":0.241,"slg":0.276,"obp":null,"ops":null},"team":"TOT","rowScope":"total"},{"season":1944,"seasonType":"REG","team":"Homestead Grays","gamesPlayed":8,"values":{"g":8,"ab":24,"r":3,"h":6,"doubles":1,"triples":0,"hr":0,"rbi":4,"sb":1,"bb":3,"so":null,"avg":0.25,"obp":0.333,"slg":0.292,"ops":0.625},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1944,"seasonType":"REG","team":"New York Black Yankees","gamesPlayed":3,"values":{"g":3,"ab":5,"r":0,"h":1,"doubles":0,"triples":0,"hr":0,"rbi":0,"sb":0,"bb":1,"so":null,"avg":0.2,"obp":0.333,"slg":0.2,"ops":0.533},"rowScope":"team"}],"careerTotals":{"REG":{"g":249,"ab":957,"r":193,"h":320,"doubles":52,"triples":22,"hr":13,"rbi":115,"sb":28,"bb":75,"so":null,"avg":0.334,"obp":0.387,"slg":0.475,"ops":0.862}}},{"id":"advanced","label":"Advanced (League-Relative)","columns":[{"key":"ops_plus","label":"OPS+","description":"On-base plus slugging vs the player's own season+league (100 = league average). Park-unadjusted; OBP uses a consistent (H+BB)/(AB+BB) rate. Higher is better.","format":"int","higherIsBetter":true},{"key":"era_plus","label":"ERA+","description":"Earned-run average vs the player's own season+league (100 = league average). Park-unadjusted. Higher is better.","format":"int","higherIsBetter":true}],"rows":[{"season":1937,"seasonType":"REG","team":"Birmingham Black Barons","values":{"ops_plus":200,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1938,"seasonType":"REG","gamesPlayed":null,"gamesStarted":null,"values":{"ops_plus":null,"era_plus":null},"team":"TOT","rowScope":"total"},{"season":1938,"seasonType":"REG","team":"Birmingham Black Barons","values":{"ops_plus":182,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1938,"seasonType":"REG","team":"Memphis Red Sox","values":{"ops_plus":45,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1939,"seasonType":"REG","gamesPlayed":null,"gamesStarted":null,"values":{"ops_plus":null,"era_plus":null},"team":"TOT","rowScope":"total"},{"season":1939,"seasonType":"REG","team":"Cleveland Bears","values":{"ops_plus":150,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1939,"seasonType":"REG","team":"Homestead Grays","values":{"ops_plus":179,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1940,"seasonType":"REG","team":"Homestead Grays","values":{"ops_plus":101,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1941,"seasonType":"REG","team":"Homestead Grays","values":{"ops_plus":146,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1942,"seasonType":"REG","team":"Homestead Grays","values":{"ops_plus":129,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1944,"seasonType":"REG","gamesPlayed":null,"gamesStarted":null,"values":{"ops_plus":null,"era_plus":null},"team":"TOT","rowScope":"total"},{"season":1944,"seasonType":"REG","team":"Homestead Grays","values":{"ops_plus":75,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1944,"seasonType":"REG","team":"New York Black Yankees","values":{"ops_plus":51,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"}],"careerTotals":{"REG":{"ops_plus":142,"era_plus":null}},"advancedMeta":{"method":"computed in-house from MLB StatsAPI season batting/pitching lines, normalized to each player's own (season, league) baseline","formulas":{"era_plus":"100 * lgERA / playerERA (league ERA = 9 * ΣER / ΣIP over the season+league)","ops_plus":"100 * (OBP/lgOBP + SLG/lgSLG - 1)","career_era_plus":"innings-weighted league ERA / career ERA (B-Ref method)","career_ops_plus":"AB-weighted OBP & SLG against AB-weighted league rates"},"caveats":["PARK-UNADJUSTED: no park-factor data exists in the corpus, so these are league-relative but not park-adjusted (true B-Ref ERA+/OPS+ also divide by a park factor)","OBP baseline uses a consistent (H+BB)/(AB+BB) reached-base rate for BOTH player and league — the source feed carries no HBP or SF, so this is not the full (H+BB+HBP)/(AB+BB+HBP+SF) OBP; SLG is exact from the hit-type columns","league resolved from team code + season (most-recently-founded franchise existing by that season); the same resolver builds the baseline and looks up the player, so ratios stay internally coherent","a (season, league) bucket below the sample floor (3000 AB batting / 1000 IP pitching) yields null — no noisy baselines","regular season only; postseason lines are excluded from league baselines and metrics","AL and NL and each historical/Negro league are normalized separately — never blended across leagues or eras"]}}],"dataSources":["MLB StatsAPI (statsapi.mlb.com — official public league API; facts only, raw payloads not republished)"],"generatedAt":"2026-07-03T03:41:46.470Z"}