#23 Dick Wakefield, Rightfield, 36 yrs, Cincinnati Red Legs Tuesday, 10/3/1957 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Dick Wakefield
5/6/1921 36 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 2 / 6 (Fair) 1 / 6 (Insignificant) Good Normal Normal 2.0 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 $ 2,800,000 1958 15 Year(s), 36 Days (2616 total Days) 172 Day(s) 16 Year(s), 29 Days (2781 total Days) 16 Year(s) 1 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 6 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 5 |
Versus LHP | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
Versus RHP | 6 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 |
Talent | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 5 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 3 1 1 3 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings LF : 6 (Range), .933 (Fielding Pct.) RF : 6 (Range), .960 (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 | | |
9/5 | CHN | W 14-2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | #7 | | |
9/6 | CHN | L 9-11 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | #7 | | |
9/7 | CHN | L 7-11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #5 | | |
9/12 | @MIL | W 10-5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | #7 | | |
9/15 | PIT | L 3-7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #7 | | |
9/17 | PIT | L 0-7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #7 | | |
9/20 | @BRO | L 5-6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | #7 | | |
9/21 | @BRO | W 7-4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | #7 | | |
9/23 | SLN | W 3-1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #7 | | |
9/24 | SLN | L 3-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #9 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 103 | 372 | 106 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 51 | 80 | 69 | 86 | .285 | .397 | .387 | .784 | .773 | .102 |
Projected | 108 | 391 | 112 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 54 | 84 | 73 | 90 | .285 | .397 | .387 | .784 | .773 | .102 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 98 | 451 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 144 | 21 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 61.2 | 5.8 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .231 | .091 | .322 |
vs. RHP | 350 | 104 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 50 | 77 | 65 | 77 | 1 | 8 | 1 | .297 | .408 | .406 | .813 |
Close/Late | 28 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .321 | .432 | .393 | .825 |
Scoring Position | 98 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 45 | 0 | 19 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .337 | .434 | .531 | .965 |
Pinch Hitting | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 54 | 188 | 61 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 41 | 34 | 42 | .324 | .421 | .452 | .873 |
Road | 49 | 184 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 39 | 35 | 44 | .245 | .359 | .321 | .679 |
March/April | 17 | 71 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 15 | 15 | .338 | .453 | .507 | .961 |
May | 20 | 75 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 20 | .333 | .365 | .413 | .778 |
June | 19 | 76 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 14 | 18 | .224 | .344 | .382 | .726 |
July | 18 | 62 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 12 | .242 | .375 | .242 | .617 |
August | 17 | 56 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 13 | .268 | .377 | .393 | .770 |
Sept/Oct | 12 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | .313 | .463 | .344 | .807 |
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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 |
1955 | 146 | 555 | 159 | 25 | 1 | 18 | 72 | 116 | 108 | 4 | 5 | 100 | 1 | 3 | .286 | .403 | .432 | .836 | SLN |
1956 | 147 | 551 | 156 | 29 | 0 | 17 | 73 | 123 | 96 | 2 | 3 | 122 | 3 | 0 | .283 | .390 | .428 | .818 | SLN |
1957 | 103 | 372 | 106 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 51 | 80 | 69 | 1 | 1 | 86 | 0 | 0 | .285 | .397 | .387 | .784 | CIN |
Total | 2095 | 7221 | 2186 | 357 | 69 | 206 | 1146 | 1320 | 1296 | 19 | 55 | 1052 | 24 | 19 | .303 | .408 | .457 | .864 | |
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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% |
Shortstop | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 9.00 | | | | |
Leftfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1.0 | 0.00 | | | | |
Rightfield | 100 | 98 | 192 | 1 | 0 | 202 | 9 | .955 | 838.1 | 2.17 | | | | |
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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... Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Milwaukee on 9/17/1955... Had 2000th career hit on 6/26/1956, off Ray Moore (MIL)... Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/5/1957 to a 2-year deal worth $2,800,000 per year... Won World Championship with Cincinnati in 1957...
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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
| Runs 1956 - 123 - 4th
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BB 1953 - 94 - 5th 1954 - 97 - 7th 1955 - 108 - 3rd 1956 - 96 - 6th
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