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Deacon White

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Deacon White

Full name James Laurie White
Born December 2, 1847, Caton, New York
Died July 7, 1939, St. Charles Township Kane County, Illinois
Buried at Restland Cemetery, Mendota, Illinois
First Game: May 4, 1871; Final Game: October 4, 1890
Managed First Game: August 17, 1872; Managed Final Game: June 7, 1879
Umpired First Game: June 22, 1880; Umpired Final Game: June 24, 1880
Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 5' 11" Weight: 175
Cousin of Elmer White
Brother of Will White
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 2013
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                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1871 CLE n    Daily Splits   29   146   40   47   6   5   1   21    4    1   0   0   0    2   2  .322  .340  .452   0.2 1871 CLE n
1872 CLE n    Daily Splits   22   109   21   37   2   2   0   22    4    1   0   0   0    0   0  .339  .363  .394   0.4 1872 CLE n
1873 BOS n                   60   311   79  122  17   8   1   77    0    2           1   19   3  .392  .392  .508   1.4 1873 BOS n
1874 BOS n    Daily Splits   70   352   75  106   5   7   3   52    5    0   0   0   5    1   1  .301  .311  .381   0.4 1874 BOS n
1875 BOS n                   80   371   76  136  23   3   1   60    3    2           2    2   3  .367  .372  .453   3.9 1875 BOS n
1876 CHI N                   66   303   66  104  18   1   1   60    7    3                       .343  .358  .419   1.9 1876 CHI N
1877 BOS N                   59   266   51  103  14  11   2   49    8    3                       .387  .405  .545   2.2 1877 BOS N
1878 CIN N                   61   258   41   81   4   1   0   29   10    5                       .314  .340  .337   1.1 1878 CIN N
1879 CIN N                   78   333   55  110  16   6   1   52    6    9                       .330  .342  .423   2.5 1879 CIN N
1880 CIN N                   35   141   21   42   4   2   0    7    9    7                       .298  .340  .355   0.2 1880 CIN N
1881 BUF N                   78   319   58   99  24   4   0   53    9    8                       .310  .329  .411   0.4 1881 BUF N
1882 BUF N                   83   337   51   95  17   0   1   33   15   16                       .282  .313  .341  -0.4 1882 BUF N
1883 BUF N                   94   391   62  114  14   5   0   47   23   18                       .292  .331  .353  -0.7 1883 BUF N
1884 BUF N                  110   452   82  147  16  11   5   74   32   13                       .325  .370  .442   1.9 1884 BUF N
1885 BUF N                   98   404   54  118   6   6   0   57   12   11                       .292  .313  .337   0.4 1885 BUF N
1886 DET N                  124   491   65  142  19   5   1   76   31   35                9      .289  .331  .354  -0.4 1886 DET N
1887 DET N                  111   449   71  136  20  11   3   75   26   15   9           20      .303  .353  .416   0.6 1887 DET N
1888 DET N                  125   527   75  157  22   5   4   71   21   24   9           12      .298  .336  .381   1.4 1888 DET N
1889 PIT N                   55   225   35   57  10   1   0   26   16   18   4            2      .253  .314  .307  -1.1 1889 PIT N
1890 BUF P                  122   439   62  114  13   4   0   47   67   30  19            3      .260  .381  .308   1.3 1890 BUF P
Total NA ( 5 Years)         261  1289  291  448  53  25   6  232   16    6   0i  0i  8   24   9  .348  .356  .441   6.3 Total NA
Total NL (14 Years)        1177  4896  787 1505 204  69  18  709  225  185  22i          43i     .307  .341  .388  10.0 Total NL
Total PL ( 1 Year )         122   439   62  114  13   4   0   47   67   30  19            3      .260  .381  .308   1.3 Total PL
Total    (20 Years) Splits 1560  6624 1140 2067 270  98  24  988  308  221  41i  0i  8i  70i  9i .312  .346  .393  17.6 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
i - incomplete

                             Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB   SO  WP HBP  BK   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
1876 CHI N                    1   0   0   0   1   1    2      1     7   0    0    0    0    3   0           0   0   0.00     -   0.1 1876 CHI N
1890 BUF P                    1   0   0   0   1   0    8     18         0   15    8    2    0   0   0   0   0   0   9.00     -  -0.2 1890 BUF P
Total NL ( 1 Year )           1   0   0   0   1   1    2      1     7   0    0    0    0    3   0           0   0   0.00     -   0.1 Total NL
Total PL ( 1 Year )           1   0   0   0   1   0    8     18         0   15    8    2    0   0   0   0   0   0   9.00     -  -0.2 Total PL
Total    ( 2 Years)           2   0   0   0   2   1   10     19     7   0   15    8    2    3   0   0   0   0   0   7.20     -  -0.1 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB   SO  WP HBP  BK   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team

                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1871 CLE n Daily Splits   C   29   27   25   220  i  136   20   34    3   0  109   59i   0  .821
1871 CLE n               SS    2    1    0             0    3    2    0   0                 .600
1871 CLE n               RF    1    0    0             0    0    0    0   0                    -
1871 CLE n               2B    1    1    0             2    0    0    0   0                1.000
1871 CLE n               OF    1    0    0             0    0    0    0   0                    -     0    0    1 
1871 CLE n               3B    1    0    0             0    1    0    0   0                1.000
1872 CLE n Daily Splits   C   14   12   10    91  i   61   14   10    5   0   16    1    2  .882
1872 CLE n               2B    7    6    5    45  i   16   22    9    4   0                 .809
1872 CLE n               OF    5    4    3    27       5    1    4    0   0                 .600     2    1    3 
1872 CLE n               RF    3    1    1     9  i    2    1    4i   0   0                 .429
1872 CLE n               LF    2    2    2    18       2    0    0    0   0                1.000
1872 CLE n               CF    1    1    0             1    0    0    0   0                1.000
1873 BOS n                C   56                     227   45   51    7       74            .842
1873 BOS n               OF   12                       4    1    2    0   0                 .714     2    2    8 
1874 BOS n Daily Splits   C   58   56   49   435  i  253   39   56    2   0   25   16i  12  .839
1874 BOS n               RF   20   12   10    90  i   12    1   11i   0   0                 .542
1874 BOS n               OF   20   12   10    90      12    1   11    0   0                 .542     0    0   20 
1874 BOS n               1B    1    1    1     9       8    0    3    0   0                 .727
1875 BOS n                C   75                     355   87   60    6   0   60            .880
1875 BOS n               OF   14                       4    1    2    0                     .714     0    0   14 
1875 BOS n               1B    1                       9    0    1    0   0                 .900
1876 CHI N                C   63                     295   50   64    3       29            .844
1876 CHI N               1B    3                      15    0    3    0   0                 .833
1876 CHI N               OF    3                       8    0    2    0                     .800     3    0    0 
1876 CHI N               3B    1                       0    0    0    0   0                    -
1876 CHI N                P    1                       0    1    0    0                    1.000
1877 BOS N               1B   35                     324   13   13   16   0                 .963
1877 BOS N               OF   19                      21    4    2    0                     .926     0    0   19 
1877 BOS N                C    7                      39    5    9    0   0    9            .830
1878 CIN N                C   48                     262   66   33    4       40            .909
1878 CIN N               OF   16                      15    4    6    0   0                 .760     0    0   16 
1878 CIN N               3B    1                       0    1    0    0                    1.000
1879 CIN N                C   59                     307   92   44    3   0   56            .901
1879 CIN N               OF   21                      24    1   10    0                     .714     0    4   18 
1879 CIN N               1B    2                      18    3    1    0   0                 .955
1880 CIN N               OF   33                      36    9   16    1   0                 .738     0    1   33 
1880 CIN N               1B    3                      23    0    1    2   0                 .958
1880 CIN N               2B    1                       0    0    0    0   0                    -
1881 BUF N               1B   26                     256    8   16   10   0                 .943
1881 BUF N               2B   25                      63   88   36   13   0                 .807
1881 BUF N               OF   17                      19    8   11    0                     .711     2    0   15 
1881 BUF N               3B    7                      16   12    4    1   0                 .875
1881 BUF N                C    4                      17    3    3    0   0   10            .870
1882 BUF N               3B   63                      59  111   33    6   0                 .837
1882 BUF N                C   20                     114   39   22    2   1   36            .874
1883 BUF N               3B   77                      84  128   54    8                     .797
1883 BUF N                C   22                      99   37   13    3       38            .913
1884 BUF N               3B  108                     113  198   66   11   0                 .825
1884 BUF N                C    3                      17    5    0    2   0    3           1.000
1885 BUF N               3B   98                     118  198   40   12                     .888
1886 DET N               3B  124                     131  245   68   18                     .847
1887 DET N               3B  106                     133  225   64   18   0                 .848
1887 DET N               OF    3                       1    1    0    0   0                1.000     3    0    0 
1887 DET N               1B    2                      18    1    1    1   0                 .950
1888 DET N               3B  125                     146  244   65   19                     .857
1889 PIT N               3B   52                      68   95   24    7   0                 .872
1889 PIT N               1B    3                      30    2    2    3   0                 .941
1890 BUF P               3B   64                      86  161   26   18   0                 .905
1890 BUF P               1B   57                     582   40   19   33   0                 .970
1890 BUF P                P    1                       0    0    0    0   0                    -
1890 BUF P               SS    1                       2    1    2    1   0                 .600
Total (13 Years) Splits  3B  827    0i   0i          954 1619  444  118   0i                .853
Total (13 Years)          C  458   95i  84i  746  i 2182  502  399   40   1i 505   76i  14i .871
Total (12 Years)         OF  164   16i  13i  117  i  149   31   66    1   0i                .732    12    8  147 
Total (10 Years)         1B  133    1i   1i    9  i 1283   67   60   65   0                 .957
Total ( 4 Years)         2B   34    7i   5i   45  i   81  110   45   17   0                 .809
Total ( 3 Years)         RF   24i  13i  11i   99  i   14i   2i  15i   0i  0i                .516
Total ( 2 Years)         SS    3    1i   0i            2    4    4    1   0                 .600
Total ( 2 Years)          P    2                       0    1    0    0   0i               1.000
Total ( 1 Year )         LF    2i   2i   2i   18  i    2i   0i   0i   0i  0i               1.000
Total ( 1 Year )         CF    1i   1i   0i            1i   0i   0i   0i  0i               1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
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                           Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1872 CLE n          2    0    2  .000    14    30   8-17           7  7
1879 CIN N         18    9    9  .500   100   139          6- 7    4  5
Total ( 2 Years)   20    9   11  .450   114   169
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

                           Umpiring Record
Year LG             G   HP   1B   2B   3B   LF   RF
1880 NL Daily       3    3    0    0    0    0    0 
Year LG             G   HP   1B   2B   3B   LF   RF

Transaction Information

Sold by Buffalo Bisons to Detroit Wolverines with Dan Brouthers, Hardy Richardson
and Jack Rowe for $7000 (sum was for entire team) (September 16, 1885).

Sold by Detroit Wolverines to Boston Beaneaters with Charlie Bennett, Dan Brouthers,
Charlie Ganzel and Hardy Richardson for $30000 (estimate) (October 16, 1888).

Returned to Detroit Wolverines (March 5, 1889).

Sold by Detroit Wolverines to Pittsburgh Alleghenys (March 5, 1889).
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