▁ ▁Baseball ▁career ▁During ▁his ▁active ▁career , ▁Wh isen ant ▁spent ▁all ▁or ▁parts ▁of ▁eight ▁seasons ▁in ▁the ▁big ▁le agues ▁( 1 9 5 2 ; ▁ 1 9 5 5 – 6 1 ), ▁largely ▁as ▁a ▁reserve ▁out f iel der ▁and ▁utility ▁man . ▁He ▁played ▁for ▁the ▁Boston ▁Bra ves , ▁St . ▁Louis ▁Card inals , ▁Chicago ▁C ubs , ▁C inc inn ati ▁Red leg s / R eds , ▁Cleveland ▁Indians ▁and ▁the ▁Washington ▁Sen ators / M inn esota ▁Tw ins . ▁During ▁that ▁span , ▁he ▁appeared ▁in ▁ 4 7 5 ▁games , ▁with ▁ 2 2 1 ▁hits ▁in ▁ 9 8 8 ▁at ▁b ats , ▁for ▁a ▁. 2 2 4 ▁career ▁batt ing ▁average , ▁with ▁ 3 7 ▁home ▁runs . ▁In ▁his ▁only ▁year ▁as ▁a ▁semi - regular , ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 6 , ▁he ▁played ▁in ▁ 1 0 3 ▁games ▁for ▁the ▁C ubs ▁and ▁reached ▁career ▁high s ▁in ▁hom ers ▁( 1 1 ), ▁R BI ▁( 4 6 ) ▁and ▁batt ing ▁average ▁(. 2 3 9 ). ▁ ▁Wh isen ant ▁is ▁believed ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁only ▁baseball ▁player ▁to ▁appear ▁in ▁a ▁box ▁score ▁for ▁a ▁team ▁for ▁which ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁play . ▁On ▁a ▁day ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 0 ▁when ▁he ▁had ▁already ▁been ▁trad ed ▁from ▁the ▁Indians ▁to ▁the ▁Sen ators , ▁he ▁was ▁announced ▁as ▁a ▁pin