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Dick Wakefield
Richard Cummings Wakefield
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: May 6, 1921 in Chicago, IL
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 26, 1941
Final Game: May 6, 1952
Died: August 26, 1985 in Redford, MI
Relatives: Son of Howard Wakefield
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Career Home Runs

Dick Wakefield: 56 Career Home Runs

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 0 go ahead, 55 lacking some details
1 Tm
DET56
 
vs RHP48
vs LHP8
 
Home34
Away22
7 Opps
NYY13
SLB9
CLE8
BOS8
WSH7
CHW7
PHA4
42 Pitchers
Bob Lemon3
Ed Lopat3
Mel Queen3
Dave Ferriss2
Frank Hiller2
Jesse Flores2
Red Embree2
Ellis Kinder2
Fred Sanford2
Vern Kennedy2
Ray Scarborough2
Vic Raschi1
Bill Wight1
Early Wynn1
Joe Bowman1
Roger Wolff1
Luke Hamlin1
Bill Zuber1
Jack Kramer1
Blackie Schwamb1
9 Parks
Tiger Stad34
Yankee Stad6
Sportsman Pk5
Fenway Pk3
GriffithStad3
League Pk II2
Shibe Pk1
ClevelandStd1
Comiskey Pk1
Where Hit
Unk56
General field locations when available.
 
2 Inside the Park
 
Game Totals
1·HR gms56
Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.
 
OrderPos
Unk30
5th15
3rd7
4th4
Outs
Unk54
22
 
DefPos
LF52
PH4
Bases
Unk56
 
88 RBI
0 on34
1 on13
2 on8
3 on1
Any on22
Inning
16
25
35
42
56
69
79
811
93
 
1-316
4-617
7-end23
RelScore
+4..1
Unk55
 
Ahead1
Unk55
Before event, for batter

Play By Play

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1943 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RBI BOP Pos Notes
1 1 1 1 1943-06-23 (2) DET CLE Vern Kennedy b 6 1 3 7
2 2 2 1 1943-06-27 (2) DET @ SLB Steve Sundra t 1 3 3 7
3 3 3 1 1943-07-04 (2) DET NYY Hank Borowy b 5 3 3 7
4 4 4 1 1943-08-17 DET PHA Jesse Flores b 7 1 3 7
5 5 5 1 1943-08-22 (1) DET NYY Butch Wensloff b 6 2 3 7
6 6 6 1 1943-09-18 DET @ CLE Vern Kennedy t 8 1 3 7
7 7 7 1 1943-09-27 DET @ BOS Dick Newsome t 1 2 3 7
1944 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RBI BOP Pos Notes
8 8 1 1 1944-07-14 DET CHW Bill Dietrich b 2 1 5 7
9 9 2 1 1944-07-15 (2) DET CHW Ed Lopat b 7 2 5 7
10 10 3 1 1944-07-20 DET WSH Roger Wolff b 5 1 5 7
11 11 4 1 1944-07-30 (2) DET NYY Bill Zuber b 4 3 5 7
12 12 5 1 1944-08-10 DET @ WSH Johnny Niggeling t 7 1 5 7
13 13 6 1 1944-08-22 DET @ NYY Mel Queen t 8 1 5 7
14 14 7 1 1944-08-27 (1) DET SLB Bob Muncrief b 5 1 5 7
15 15 8 1 1944-09-01 DET @ SLB Nels Potter t 3 2 5 7
16 16 9 1 1944-09-20 DET NYY Mel Queen b 2 1 5 7 IPHR
17 17 10 1 1944-09-21 DET NYY Monk Dubiel b 8 2 5 7
18 18 11 1 1944-09-22 (1) DET BOS Joe Bowman b 5 4 5 7
19 19 12 1 1944-09-26 DET PHA Luke Hamlin b 2 1 5 7 IPHR
1946 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RBI BOP Pos Notes
20 20 1 1 1946-05-19 (2) DET BOS Tex Hughson b 6 1 4 7
21 21 2 1 1946-06-05 DET @ PHA Jesse Flores t 6 1 7
22 22 3 1 1946-06-09 (2) DET @ BOS Dave Ferriss t 8 1 7
23 23 4 1 1946-06-11 DET @ NYY Jake Wade t 9 2 7
24 24 5 1 1946-07-31 DET NYY Mel Queen b 7 1 7
25 25 6 1 1946-08-09 DET @ CHW Joe Haynes t 8 1 7
26 26 7 1 1946-08-23 (2) DET @ WSH Ray Scarborough ahead 4-0 t 7 2 1 5 7
27 27 8 1 1946-09-04 DET CLE Steve Gromek b 6 1 7
28 28 9 1 1946-09-05 DET CLE Bob Lemon b 4 1 7
29 29 10 1 1946-09-08 (1) DET CHW Ed Lopat b 7 1 7
30 30 11 1 1946-09-10 DET BOS Mickey Harris b 1 3 7
31 31 12 1 1946-09-20 DET @ CLE Red Embree t 5 3 7
1947 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RBI BOP Pos Notes
32 32 1 1 1947-04-23 DET CHW Ed Lopat b 8 1 4 7
33 33 2 1 1947-04-25 DET SLB Hooks Iott b 8 2 7
34 34 3 1 1947-05-29 DET CLE Red Embree b 9 1 7
35 35 4 1 1947-07-06 (1) DET @ SLB Ellis Kinder t 1 2 7
36 36 5 1 1947-07-16 (1) DET WSH Walt Masterson b 3 2 7
37 37 6 1 1947-07-17 (1) DET WSH Milo Candini b 8 1 7
38 38 7 1 1947-07-30 DET @ NYY Allie Reynolds t 1 1 7
39 39 8 1 1947-08-30 DET @ SLB Fred Sanford t 6 1 7
1948 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RBI BOP Pos Notes
40 40 1 1 1948-06-04 DET @ NYY Frank Hiller t 7 3 PH
41 41 2 1 1948-06-13 (2) DET @ WSH Early Wynn t 3 2 4 7
42 42 3 1 1948-06-15 DET PHA Joe Coleman b 8 1 4 7
43 43 4 1 1948-07-11 DET CHW Bill Wight b 5 3 7
44 44 5 1 1948-07-15 (1) DET @ BOS Jack Kramer t 2 1 7
45 45 6 1 1948-08-29 (1) DET @ NYY Frank Hiller t 8 2 PH
46 46 7 1 1948-09-06 (1) DET @ SLB Blackie Schwamb t 6 1 7
47 47 8 1 1948-09-08 DET @ CLE Bob Lemon t 6 1 7
48 48 9 1 1948-09-19 (1) DET BOS Ellis Kinder b 8 2 PH
49 49 10 1 1948-09-19 (2) DET BOS Dave Ferriss b 7 1 7
50 50 11 1 1948-09-29 DET SLB Ned Garver b 3 1 7
1949 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RBI BOP Pos Notes
51 51 1 1 1949-05-01 DET CLE Bob Lemon b 1 2 3 5 7
52 52 2 1 1949-05-09 DET NYY Vic Raschi b 2 1 5 7
53 53 3 1 1949-07-21 DET WSH Ray Scarborough b 3 2 7
54 54 4 1 1949-08-02 DET @ NYY Fred Sanford t 6 1 7
55 55 5 1 1949-08-10 DET CHW Mickey Haefner b 9 1 PH
56 56 6 1 1949-08-13 DET SLB Ralph Winegarner b 7 1 7

About the SABR Home Run Encyclopedia

Much of the data on Baseball-Reference.com's Home Run Logs comes from the Tattersall/McConnell Home Run Log, a database of all homers hit in the major leagues since 1876. This project was begun in the 1940's by John C. Tattersall and was continued after Tattersall's death in 1981 by Bob McConnell, one of SABR's original 16 members. David Vincent, another SABR member, has since assumed the leadership of the project. Baseball-Reference.com has licensed this remarkable database from the Society for American Baseball Research. All credit for the data therein goes to the intrepid researchers who digitized this data from archival sources.

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