Joe
Whelan
 
Nickname: Two Dogs
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: December 29, 1923 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Series of the Wests Won 1952    1954   
All-Star Selections 1952    1953    1954    1955   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 28 DEN PL $ 10,270,000  
1953 29 DEN PL $ 10,270,000  
1954 30 DEN PL $ 10,270,000  
1955 31 OKC PL $ 10,270,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 10,270,000  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 10,270,000  
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Big Stick or Young Buck.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1952 28 DEN PL 139 491 107 152 31 5 35 112 30 17 83 73 .310 .410 .607 1.016 116.4 21.3
1953 29 DEN PL 135 476 103 144 28 5 25 81 42 20 84 52 .303 .408 .540 .948 101.7 18.3
1954 30 DEN PL 137 507 119 155 31 10 24 85 29 17 107 57 .306 .432 .548 .980 114.6 20.7
1955 31 DEN PL 53 187 50 62 10 5 13 47 17 5 48 25 .332 .469 .647 1.116 53.6 10.2
  OKC PL 85 322 68 100 24 5 13 57 30 9 54 48 .311 .412 .537 .949 69.3 12.0
  TOT   138 509 118 162 34 10 26 104 47 14 102 73 .318 .434 .578 1.011 122.9 22.3
4 Years Sim 549 1983 447 613 124 30 110 382 148 68 376 255 .309 .421 .568 .990 455.6 82.6
162 Game Average 585 131 180 36 8 32 112 43 20 110 75 .309 .421 .568 .990 134.4  
Career Highs 139 509 119 162 34 10 35 112 47 20 107 73 .318 .434 .607 1.016 122.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1573 348 497 99 21 90 310 116 57 294 191 .316 .427 .577 1.004 365.5
vs LH   410 99 116 25 9 20 72 32 11 82 64 .283 .400 .534 .934 89.1
Home 279 978 230 312 55 18 68 207 77 40 183 110 .319 .429 .621 1.050 241.1
Away 270 1005 217 301 69 12 42 175 71 28 193 145 .300 .413 .517 .931 213.5
RISP   524 0 162 27 8 35 263 0 0 142 82 .309 .448 .592 1.039 137.7
Pinch Hitting   25 2 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 3 .160 .250 .280 .530 1.9
Close/Late   217 47 73 16 1 15 46 0 1 60 32 .336 .488 .627 1.114 60.9
Mar/Apr 56 208 42 64 11 3 10 30 18 9 42 28 .308 .430 .534 .964 46.3
May 112 405 101 130 25 6 25 84 34 11 96 58 .321 .451 .598 1.049 106.1
June 102 354 89 120 24 8 28 95 26 14 67 41 .339 .448 .689 1.137 96.4
July 100 374 76 119 25 9 19 65 30 16 72 56 .318 .428 .586 1.014 88.0
August 104 382 77 111 29 4 14 61 23 11 54 46 .291 .383 .497 .880 70.2
Sep/Oct 75 260 62 69 10 0 14 47 17 7 45 26 .265 .373 .465 .839 47.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1952 28 DEN PL 2B 131 130 1161.3 240 402 10 73 .985 4.98   5.9
    SS 4 0 6.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    3B 3 0 4.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.16   0.0
1953 29 DEN PL 2B 126 115 1031.0 209 366 8 61 .986 5.02   5.1
    3B 6 0 20.7 3 3 1 0 .857 2.61   0.0
1954 30 DEN PL SS 132 131 1176.3 176 416 22 83 .964 4.53   9.7
    3B 3 2 20.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.35   0.1
    2B 2 1 10.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
1955 31 DEN PL 2B 32 31 282.7 52 92 2 18 .986 4.58   1.7
    SS 21 20 186.1 31 66 2 13 .980 4.69   0.4
    3B 0 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  OKC PL 2B 51 50 452.8 83 147 4 28 .983 4.57   1.2
    SS 33 33 298.1 50 106 4 21 .975 4.71   3.0
    3B 1 0 1.2 1 0 0 0 1.000 7.50   0.0
  2B 342 327 2937.8 586 1009 24 180 .985 4.89   14.0
  SS 190 184 1666.5 257 590 28 117 .968 4.57   13.1
  3B 13 2 47.0 6 6 1 0 .923 2.30   0.1
Career Totals   545 513 4651.4 849 1605 53 297 .979 4.75   27.2
Career Highs   138 134 1221.7 241 420 22 83 .985 4.97    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1952 28 DEN PL 11 43 13 15 6 0 4 12 5 0 6 7 .349 .440 .767 1.207
1954 30 DEN PL 11 40 6 7 1 0 0 2 3 2 10 2 .175 .340 .200 .540
Career Post-Season Batting 22 83 19 22 7 0 4 14 8 2 16 9 .265 .390 .494 .884
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1954-6-.432
1955-4-.434
Slugging Pct
1952-3-.607
1953-7-.540
1954-8-.548
1955-5-.578
OPS
1952-3-1.016
1953-8-.948
1954-7-.980
1955-5-1.011
XR
1952-3-116.4
1953-10-101.7
1954-4-114.6
1955-2-122.9
CAR-2-455.6
Games
1952-3-139
1955-9-138
CAR-10-549
At-Bats
CAR-22-1983
Runs
1952-4-107
1953-9-103
1954-2-119
1955-2-118
CAR-2-447
Hits
CAR-22-613
Total Bases
1952-3-298
1954-7-278
1955-3-294
CAR-5-1127
Doubles
1955-10-34
CAR-34-124
Triples
1954-5-10
1955-4-10
CAR-16-30
Homeruns
1952-3-35
1953-7-25
1954-8-24
1955-10-26
CAR-6-110
RBIs
1952-4-112
1955-6-104
CAR-8-382
Stolen Bases
1953-8-42
CAR-25-148
Caught Stealing
1952-5-17
1953-9-20
1955-9-14
CAR-8-68
Walks
1952-10-83
1954-2-107
1955-3-102
CAR-5-376
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 62
   Hall of Fame Standards: 49
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Denver in 1952
Had first career hit (double) on 4/19/1952, off Angelo Castro (OKC)
Hit first career homerun on 4/28/1952, off Kenneth Thompson (NO)
Drove in 6 runs against Kansas City on 5/2/1952
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game
Won Series of the West with Denver in 1952
Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game
Won Series of the West with Denver in 1954
Traded from Denver to Oklahoma on 6/16/1955 (Going to OKC: 2B Joe Whelan, 1B August Jones, LF Carl Benda. Going to DEN: 1B Rod Madera, 3B Joel Monroy, RF Leroy Thornsberry, LF Greg Wampler)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1955, hitting .462 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Denver on 6/25/1955
Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game