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Danny Litwhiler
Daniel Webster Litwhiler

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 198 lb.
School Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

Debut April 25, 1940
Final Game September 25, 1951
Born August 31, 1916 in Ringtown, PA

Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1940. (All Transactions)

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Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1940 23 PHI NL  36  142   10   49   2  2   5   17   1      3  13  .345  .363  .493  138   70   0           1   1
 1941 24 PHI NL 151  590   72  180  29  6  18   66   1     39  43  .305  .350  .466  133  275   4           2  15 MVP-34
 1942 25 PHI NL 151  591   59  160  25  9   9   56   2     27  42  .271  .310  .389  109  230   2           7  16 AS
 1943 26 TOT NL 116  397   63  108  20  3  12   48   2     30  45  .272  .326  .428  115  170   4           2   6
         PHI NL  36  139   23   36   6  0   5   17   1     11  14  .259  .313  .410  112   57   0           0   3
         STL NL  80  258   40   72  14  3   7   31   1     19  31  .279  .333  .438  117  113   4           2   3
 1944 27 STL NL 140  492   53  130  25  5  15   82   2     37  56  .264  .328  .427  110  210  12          10  11
 1946 29 TOT NL  85  252   29   72  12  2   8   38   1     20  24  .286  .343  .444  122  112   7           2   4
         STL NL   6    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      1   1  .000  .167  .000  -51    0   0           0   0
         BSN NL  79  247   29   72  12  2   8   38   1     19  23  .291  .347  .453  125  112   7           2   4
 1947 30 BSN NL  91  226   38   59   5  2   7   31   1     25  43  .261  .337  .394   95   89   2           1   6
 1948 31 TOT NL 119  371   51  102  21  2  14   50   1     52  43  .275  .367  .456  124  169   6           2  18
         BSN NL  13   33    0    9   2  0   0    6   0      4   2  .273  .385  .333   97   11   1           2   3
         CIN NL 106  338   51   93  19  2  14   44   1     48  41  .275  .365  .467  127  158   5           0  15
 1949 32 CIN NL 102  292   35   85  18  1  11   48   0     44  42  .291  .384  .473  127  138   0           0   4
 1950 33 CIN NL  54  112   15   29   4  0   6   12   0     20  21  .259  .371  .455  116   51   1           0   5
 1951 34 CIN NL  12   29    3    8   1  0   2    3   0  0   2   5  .276  .323  .517  120   15   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons    1057 3494  428  982 162 32 107  451  11  0 299 377  .281  .342  .438  118 1529  38   0   0  27  86
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        536   66  151  25  5  16   69   2  0  46  58  .281  .342  .438  118  234   6   0   0   4  13
 Career High    151  591   72  180  29  9  18   82   2  0  52  56  .305  .384  .473  133  275  12   0   0  10  18
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1940 23 PHI NL  146   94   25   7.2    95| .345  .267| .363  .331| .493  .384| .856  .715| 138  .712   6.1   0.6     
 1941 24 PHI NL  635  429   96   6.0    91| .305  .261| .350  .331| .466  .368| .816  .699| 133  .663  22.5   2.3     
 1942 25 PHI NL  627  449   70   4.2    83| .271  .250| .310  .321| .389  .347| .699  .669| 109  .544   3.2   0.3     
 1943 26 TOT NL  433  299   55   5.0    91| .272  .267| .326  .336| .428  .362| .754  .698| 115  .603   6.3   0.7     
         PHI NL  150  106   18   4.6    86| .259  .260| .313  .328| .410  .353| .723  .681| 112  .567   1.5   0.2     
         STL NL  283  193   37   5.2    93| .279  .270| .333  .340| .438  .367| .771  .707| 117  .621   4.8   0.5     
 1944 27 STL NL  551  385   66   4.6    96| .264  .270| .328  .338| .427  .380| .755  .717| 110  .542   5.0   0.5     
 1946 29 TOT NL  281  191   38   5.3    94| .286  .264| .343  .339| .444  .369| .787  .708| 122  .624   6.1   0.6     
         STL NL    6    5    0   0.0    96| .000  .267| .167  .343| .000  .374| .167  .717| -51  .000  -1.0  -0.1     
         BSN NL  275  186   38   5.5    93| .291  .264| .347  .339| .453  .369| .800  .708| 125  .635   7.1   0.7     
 1947 30 BSN NL  254  175   30   4.6   104| .261  .272| .337  .346| .394  .403| .731  .749|  95  .492  -2.0  -0.2     
 1948 31 TOT NL  431  293   62   5.6   100| .275  .266| .367  .339| .456  .393| .823  .732| 124  .605  13.5   1.3     
         BSN NL   40   28    4   3.8   101| .273  .268| .385  .342| .333  .396| .718  .738|  97  .427   0.2   0.0     
         CIN NL  391  265   58   5.8    99| .275  .265| .365  .339| .467  .393| .832  .732| 127  .620  13.2   1.3     
 1949 32 CIN NL  336  211   53   6.7   105| .291  .272| .384  .345| .473  .406| .857  .752| 127  .669  12.6   1.2     
 1950 33 CIN NL  133   89   19   5.7   108| .259  .270| .371  .346| .455  .418| .826  .764| 116  .585   3.0   0.3     
 1951 34 CIN NL   31   21    5   6.4   105| .276  .270| .323  .344| .517  .409| .840  .753| 120  .654   0.6   0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     3858 2636  519   5.3    94| .281  .264| .342  .335| .438  .376| .780  .712| 118  .602  76.9   7.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1940 23 PHI NL  OF   34     68    4    1    1  .986  .977  2.12  2.17                2    3   31
 1941 24 PHI NL  OF  150    393   12   15    3  .964  .975  2.70  2.15              148    0    2
 1942 25 PHI NL  OF  151    308    9    0    0 1.000  .981  2.10  2.15              130    0   24 AS
 1943 26 TOT NL  OF  104    225   12    1    2  .996  .977  2.28  2.27              104    0    0
         PHI NL  OF   34     86    5    1    1  .989  .977  2.68  2.27               34    0    0
         STL NL  OF   70    139    7    0    1 1.000  .977  2.09  2.27               70    0    0
 1944 27 STL NL  OF  136    294    6    8    1  .974  .980  2.21  2.31              136    0    0
 1946 29 BSN NL  OF   65    128    2    2    0  .985  .977  2.00  2.16               65    0    0
                 3B    2      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  1.00  2.85            
 1947 30 BSN NL  OF   66    119    2    3    0  .976  .977  1.83  2.19               64    0    1
 1948 31 TOT NL  OF   91    189    4    2    1  .990  .978  2.12  2.20               13    1   77
         BSN NL  OF    8     24    1    0    0 1.000  .977  3.12  2.20                8    0    0
         CIN NL  OF   83    165    3    2    1  .988  .978  2.02  2.20                5    1   77
                 3B   15     11   34    1    1  .978  .941  3.00  2.81            
 1949 32 CIN NL  OF   82    143    6    2    1  .987  .977  1.82  2.25               11    1   71
                 3B    3      4    6    1    1  .909  .952  3.33  2.97            
 1950 33 CIN NL  OF   29     46    0    2    0  .958  .979  1.59  2.14                8    0   21
 1951 34 CIN NL  OF    7     14    0    1    0  .933  .979  2.00  2.23                0    0    7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1946 29 BSN NL  3B    2      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  1.00  2.85            
 1948 31 CIN NL  3B   15     11   34    1    1  .978  .941  3.00  2.81            
 1949 32 CIN NL  3B    3      4    6    1    1  .909  .952  3.33  2.97            

 1940 23 PHI NL  OF   34     68    4    1    1  .986  .977  2.12  2.17                2    3   31
 1941 24 PHI NL  OF  150    393   12   15    3  .964  .975  2.70  2.15              148    0    2
 1942 25 PHI NL  OF  151    308    9    0    0 1.000  .981  2.10  2.15              130    0   24
 1943 26 TOT NL  OF  104    225   12    1    2  .996  .977  2.28  2.27              104    0    0
         PHI NL  OF   34     86    5    1    1  .989  .977  2.68  2.27               34    0    0
         STL NL  OF   70    139    7    0    1 1.000  .977  2.09  2.27               70    0    0
 1944 27 STL NL  OF  136    294    6    8    1  .974  .980  2.21  2.31              136    0    0
 1946 29 BSN NL  OF   65    128    2    2    0  .985  .977  2.00  2.16               65    0    0
 1947 30 BSN NL  OF   66    119    2    3    0  .976  .977  1.83  2.19               64    0    1
 1948 31 TOT NL  OF   91    189    4    2    1  .990  .978  2.12  2.20               13    1   77
         BSN NL  OF    8     24    1    0    0 1.000  .977  3.12  2.20                8    0    0
         CIN NL  OF   83    165    3    2    1  .988  .978  2.02  2.20                5    1   77
 1949 32 CIN NL  OF   82    143    6    2    1  .987  .977  1.82  2.25               11    1   71
 1950 33 CIN NL  OF   29     46    0    2    0  .958  .979  1.59  2.14                8    0   21
 1951 34 CIN NL  OF    7     14    0    1    0  .933  .979  2.00  2.23                0    0    7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF  915   1927   57   37    9  .982  .978  2.17  2.21              681    5  234
                 3B   20     15   42    2    2  .966  .944  2.85  2.84            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       935   1942   99   39   11  .981  .977  2.18  2.22

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1943   WS    STL NYY     L   5  15   0   4  1  0  0   2   2   4  .267  .353  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
 1944   WS    STL SLB     W   5  20   2   4  1  0  1   1   2   7  .200  .273  .400   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1  10  35   2   8  2  0  1   3   4  11  .229  .308  .371   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1942   PHI NL       1   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   1   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1942 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1941-NL-34-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

Slugging %
1941 NL-.466-7
1943 NL-.428-9

Games
1941 NL-151-8
1942 NL-151-6

At Bats
1941 NL-590-4
1942 NL-591-2

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1941 NL-635-9

Hits
1941 NL-180-3
1942 NL-160-8

Total Bases
1941 NL-275-4
1942 NL-230-7

Triples
1942 NL-9-4

Home Runs
1941 NL-18-7
1943 NL-12-8
1944 NL-15-8

Strikeouts
1944 NL-56-8

Singles
1941 NL-127-4
1942 NL-117-9

Runs Created
1941 NL-96-9

Extra-Base Hits
1941 NL-53-7

Hit By Pitch
1942 NL-7-3
1944 NL-10-1

Sac. Hits
1944 NL-12-10

Grounded into Double Plays
1941 NL-15-8
1942 NL-16-5
1948 NL-18-2

At Bats per Home Run
1941 NL-32.8-10
1943 NL-33.1-5
1944 NL-32.8-9

Outs
1941 NL-429-9
1942 NL-449-3

Gray Ink: Batting - 29 (789) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 14.1 (1073) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 8.5 (1173) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
Before 1940 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
June 1, 1943: Traded by the Philadelphia Blue Jays with Earl Naylor to the St. Louis Cardinals for Buster Adams, Coaker Triplett, and Dain Clay.
June 9, 1946: Purchased by the Boston Braves from the St. Louis Cardinals.
May 11, 1948: Traded by the Boston Braves to the Cincinnati Reds for Marv Rickert.
December 4, 1950: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.
July 28, 1951: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
October 1, 1951: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Danny Litwhiler's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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All-Star 1942 *	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1941-NL-34-0.01 Car-1440-0.01 shares	Slugging % 1941 NL-.466-7 1943 NL-.428-9	Games 1941 NL-151-8 1942 NL-151-6	At Bats 1941 NL-590-4 1942 NL-591-2	Plate Appearances (approx.) 1941 NL-635-9
Hits 1941 NL-180-3 1942 NL-160-8	Total Bases 1941 NL-275-4 1942 NL-230-7	Triples 1942 NL-9-4	Home Runs 1941 NL-18-7 1943 NL-12-8 1944 NL-15-8	Strikeouts 1944 NL-56-8	Singles 1941 NL-127-4 1942 NL-117-9
Runs Created 1941 NL-96-9	Extra-Base Hits 1941 NL-53-7	Hit By Pitch 1942 NL-7-3 1944 NL-10-1	Sac. Hits 1944 NL-12-10	Grounded into Double Plays 1941 NL-15-8 1942 NL-16-5 1948 NL-18-2	At Bats per Home Run 1941 NL-32.8-10 1943 NL-33.1-5 1944 NL-32.8-9
Outs 1941 NL-429-9 1942 NL-449-3