#23 Dick Wakefield, Rightfield, 33 yrs, St. Louis (N) Cardinals Thursday, 10/5/1954 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Dick Wakefield
5/6/1921 33 USA,IL,CHICAGO 6"4 210
Rightfield L R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Average Average None at all 3 / 6 (Well Known) 2 / 6 (Fair) Good Normal Normal 3.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 8,000,000 1956 12 Year(s), 36 Days (2100 total Days) 172 Day(s) 13 Year(s), 29 Days (2265 total Days) 13 Year(s) 1 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 7 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 7 |
Versus LHP | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
Versus RHP | 8 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 7 |
Talent | 7 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 8 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 4 2 1 3 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings LF : 5 (Range), .932 (Fielding Pct.) RF : 5 (Range), .957 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Infield Arm : 3 Outfield Arm : 2
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Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
9/14 | CHN | L 2-9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | #4 | | |
9/15 | NYN | L 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #6 | | |
9/16 | NYN | W 5-4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | #4 | | |
9/17 | NYN | W 10-1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | #4 | | |
9/19 | @BRO | W 5-3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #4 | | |
9/20 | @BRO | W 8-5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | #6 | | |
9/21 | @BRO | L 9-10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | #4 | | |
9/22 | @PHI | W 6-5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | #6 | | |
9/23 | @PHI | L 6-7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | #4 | | |
9/24 | @PHI | W 7-5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | #6 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 144 | 537 | 158 | 25 | 3 | 19 | 97 | 103 | 97 | 80 | .294 | .399 | .458 | .857 | .865 | .164 |
Projected | 151 | 565 | 166 | 26 | 3 | 20 | 102 | 108 | 102 | 84 | .294 | .399 | .458 | .857 | .865 | .164 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 141 | 641 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 246 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 102.3 | 6.8 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 172 | 46 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .267 | .362 | .413 | .775 |
vs. RHP | 365 | 112 | 15 | 3 | 14 | 70 | 77 | 72 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .307 | .416 | .479 | .896 |
Close/Late | 75 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .360 | .442 | .587 | 1.029 |
Scoring Position | 171 | 50 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 80 | 0 | 34 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .292 | .398 | .491 | .889 |
Pinch Hitting | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | 1.000 | 1.667 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 72 | 273 | 80 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 43 | 48 | 43 | 36 | .293 | .388 | .465 | .853 |
Road | 72 | 264 | 78 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 54 | 55 | 54 | 44 | .295 | .410 | .451 | .861 |
March/April | 20 | 79 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 9 | .278 | .379 | .494 | .873 |
May | 26 | 91 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 25 | 12 | .308 | .453 | .429 | .882 |
June | 24 | 85 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 23 | 21 | 11 | .365 | .491 | .506 | .996 |
July | 26 | 101 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 19 | .327 | .391 | .446 | .837 |
August | 28 | 99 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 9 | .232 | .327 | .455 | .782 |
Sept/Oct | 20 | 82 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 20 | .256 | .347 | .427 | .774 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1941 | 146 | 500 | 131 | 21 | 6 | 12 | 70 | 74 | 75 | 1 | 4 | 71 | 2 | 2 | .262 | .357 | .400 | .757 | DET |
1943 | 146 | 500 | 154 | 25 | 7 | 14 | 82 | 87 | 88 | 1 | 4 | 62 | 2 | 2 | .308 | .410 | .470 | .880 | DET |
1944 | 146 | 500 | 154 | 25 | 7 | 14 | 82 | 87 | 88 | 1 | 4 | 62 | 2 | 2 | .308 | .410 | .470 | .880 | DET |
1946 | 146 | 500 | 154 | 25 | 7 | 14 | 82 | 87 | 88 | 1 | 4 | 62 | 2 | 2 | .308 | .410 | .470 | .880 | DET |
1947 | 146 | 500 | 154 | 25 | 7 | 14 | 82 | 87 | 88 | 1 | 4 | 62 | 2 | 2 | .308 | .410 | .470 | .880 | DET |
1948 | 146 | 500 | 154 | 25 | 7 | 14 | 82 | 87 | 88 | 1 | 4 | 62 | 2 | 2 | .308 | .410 | .470 | .880 | DET |
1949 | 146 | 500 | 154 | 25 | 7 | 14 | 82 | 87 | 88 | 1 | 4 | 62 | 2 | 2 | .308 | .410 | .470 | .880 | DET |
1950 | 131 | 368 | 121 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 61 | 55 | 71 | 1 | 4 | 52 | 0 | 0 | .329 | .435 | .473 | .908 | NYA CHA |
1951 | 123 | 439 | 144 | 26 | 6 | 14 | 78 | 73 | 75 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 1 | 0 | .328 | .426 | .510 | .937 | CHA |
1952 | 140 | 475 | 157 | 30 | 5 | 12 | 84 | 92 | 83 | 2 | 3 | 56 | 1 | 0 | .331 | .430 | .491 | .920 | CHA |
1953 | 139 | 424 | 130 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 68 | 82 | 94 | 0 | 4 | 56 | 2 | 1 | .307 | .429 | .453 | .882 | CHA SLN |
1954 | 144 | 537 | 158 | 25 | 3 | 19 | 97 | 103 | 97 | 1 | 6 | 80 | 2 | 1 | .294 | .399 | .458 | .857 | SLN |
Total | 1699 | 5743 | 1765 | 291 | 67 | 163 | 950 | 1001 | 1023 | 12 | 46 | 744 | 20 | 16 | .307 | .410 | .466 | .877 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Leftfield | 142 | 141 | 289 | 2 | 1 | 316 | 25 | .921 | 1259.0 | 2.26 | | | | |
Rightfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2.0 | 0.00 | | | | |
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Transactions Traded from New York (A) to Chicago (A) on 6/7/1950 (Going to CHA: P Marino Pieretti, P Lew Burdette, 2B Snuffy Stirnweiss, LF Dick Wakefield. Going to NYY: P Billy Pierce)... Awards Won Player of the Week award on 8/21/1951, hitting .448 with 5 HR, 13 RBI... Traded from Chicago (A) to St. Louis (N) on 7/29/1953 (Going to SLN: RF Dick Wakefield, P Bob Wiesler. Going to CHA: P Cal Hogue)... 8/6/1953: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis (N), $8,000,000 per year, for 3 years. Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Milwaukee on 7/28/1954...
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Batting Leader Boards Appearances |
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AVG 1951 - .328 - 7th 1952 - .331 - 7th
| OBP 1951 - .426 - 5th 1952 - .430 - 3rd 1953 - .429 - 2nd
| OPS 1951 - .937 - 10th
| Doubles 1952 - 30 - 10th
| BB 1953 - 94 - 5th
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