#97 Dick Littlefield, Starting Pitcher, 32 yrs, Pittsburgh Pirates Friday, 10/6/1958 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Dick Littlefield
3/18/1926 32 USA,MI,DETROIT 6"0 185
Starting Pitcher L L
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Minimal Great Leader 0 / 6 (Unknown) 1 / 6 (Insignificant) Good Normal Normal 1.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Extension : 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 $ 150,000 1958 $ 1,260,000 (2 year(s)) 6 Year(s), 109 Days (1141 total Days) 172 Day(s) 9 Year(s), 39 Days (1587 total Days) 10 Year(s) Out of Option Years
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 6 | 3 | 4 | 88-91 Mph |
Versus LHB | 6 | 4 | 4 | |
Versus RHB | 6 | 3 | 4 | |
Talent | 6 | 3 | 5 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 7 58 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Slider
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 3 3 5 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 6 (Range), .923 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 1
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 26 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 5.37 | 182.2 | 179 | 118 | 109 | 125 | 112 | 5 | 19.2 | 1 | 9 | 34.6 |
Projected | 27 | 27 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 5.37 | 192.0 | 188 | 124 | 115 | 131 | 118 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 15.2 | 8.8 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 12 | 9 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 5.29 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 183 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 37 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .224 | .351 | .333 | .684 |
vs. RHB | 508 | 138 | 17 | 2 | 21 | 89 | 96 | 88 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .272 | .372 | .437 | .809 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5.63 | 62.1 | 61 | 41 | 39 | 44 | 34 |
Road | 17 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 5.24 | 120.1 | 118 | 77 | 70 | 81 | 78 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
May | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4.01 | 49.1 | 43 | 23 | 22 | 26 | 31 |
June | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.72 | 38.2 | 33 | 20 | 16 | 24 | 22 |
July | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7.09 | 39.1 | 37 | 32 | 31 | 35 | 24 |
August | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7.31 | 28.1 | 35 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 16 |
Sept./Oct. | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5.67 | 27.0 | 31 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 19 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1951 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9.59 | 35.2 | 55 | 52 | 38 | 12 | 32 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2.44 | .344 | PIT |
1952 | 32 | 32 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 5.04 | 221.1 | 218 | 137 | 124 | 36 | 145 | 118 | 5 | 0 | 1.64 | .269 | PIT |
1953 | 34 | 34 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 4.83 | 244.1 | 219 | 148 | 131 | 37 | 146 | 138 | 6 | 1 | 1.49 | .249 | PIT |
1954 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6.48 | 93.0 | 104 | 73 | 67 | 21 | 65 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 1.82 | .289 | PIT |
1957 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 5.48 | 167.2 | 177 | 109 | 102 | 38 | 93 | 105 | 4 | 0 | 1.61 | .274 | PIT |
1958 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 5.37 | 182.2 | 179 | 118 | 109 | 25 | 125 | 112 | 5 | 1 | 1.66 | .278 | PIT |
Total | 155 | 134 | 45 | 64 | 0 | 5.44 | 944.2 | 952 | 637 | 571 | 169 | 606 | 549 | 22 | 2 | 1.65 | .272 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1950, AAA | 29 | 29 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 3.10 | 212.0 | 187 | 92 | 73 | 27 | 102 | 240 | 5 | 1 | 1.36 | .302 |
1951, AAA | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2.32 | 77.2 | 68 | 29 | 20 | 6 | 35 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1.33 | .316 |
1955, AAA | 27 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 4.47 | 183.1 | 193 | 97 | 91 | 30 | 87 | 179 | 3 | 0 | 1.53 | .328 |
1956, AAA | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6.05 | 86.1 | 86 | 61 | 58 | 11 | 52 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 1.60 | .301 |
1957, AAA | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4.39 | 41.0 | 36 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 26 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1.51 | .281 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1951 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .300 | .500 | PIT |
1952 | 32 | 74 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | .149 | .182 | .203 | .385 | PIT |
1953 | 34 | 85 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .148 | .129 | .277 | PIT |
1954 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .185 | .125 | .310 | PIT |
1957 | 24 | 55 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | .236 | .232 | .236 | .469 | PIT |
1958 | 26 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | .051 | .097 | .051 | .148 | PIT |
Total | 155 | 307 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 113 | 0 | 0 | .137 | .166 | .156 | .322 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 26 | 26 | 11 | 41 | 1 | 55 | 3 | .945 | 182.2 | 2.71 | | | | |
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Transactions Traded from Boston (A) to Pittsburgh on 5/30/1950 (Going to PIT: CF Jim Piersall, P Dick Littlefield, P Willard Nixon, LF Charlie Maxwell. Going to BOS: LF Ralph Kiner)... Milestones Had first career hit on 7/31/1951, off Jack Banta (BRO)... Earned first career win on 4/6/1952... Injuries Injured on 5/17/1951 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 7 weeks... Injured on 6/13/1955 with a Blister On Finger, out for 6 days... 7/14/1958: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $1,260,000 per year, for 2 years.
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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K's 1953 - 138 - 8th
| BB 1952 - 145 - 3rd 1953 - 146 - 3rd
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