Dick Wakefield

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-4, 210lb (193cm, 95kg)

Born: May 6, 1921 in Chicago, IL us

Died: August 26, 1985 in Redford, MI

Buried: Resthaven Memory Gardens, Avon, OH

School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

Debut: June 26, 1941 (Age 20-051d, 9,070th in major league history)
vs. PHA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 6, 1952 (Age 31-000d)
vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1943 season

Full Name: Richard Cummings Wakefield

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Relatives: Son of Howard Wakefield

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.9

2132

625

.293

334

RBI

315

OBP

.396

SLG

.447

OPS

.843

OPS+

131

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	DET		SLB	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 17	DET		SLB	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 18	DET		SLB	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 20	DET	@	CLE	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 21	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 22	DET	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
7	7	Apr 23	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 25	DET	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 26	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	42	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
10	10	Apr 27	DET		CLE	W,5-4	CG	42	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	11	Apr 28	DET		CLE	L,1-3	CG	46	12.0	6	0	0	6	0
12	12	Apr 30	DET	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	DET	@	BOS	L,1-13	CG	49	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
14	14	May 2	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	15	May 3	DET	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	16	May 4	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	30 (13)	May 19 (1)	DET		BOS	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	31	May 19 (2)	DET		BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
19	32	May 21	DET		BOS	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	33	May 22	DET		NYY	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
21	34	May 23	DET		NYY	L,6-12	CG	48	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
22	35	May 24	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	36	May 26 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	37	May 26 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	38	May 28	DET	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	39	May 29	DET	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	41 (1)	May 30 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	42	Jun 1	DET	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	43	Jun 2	DET	@	WSH	W,10-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	44	Jun 3	DET	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	45	Jun 4	DET	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
32	46	Jun 5	DET	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	47	Jun 8	DET	@	BOS	L,4-15	CG	43	8.0	1	1	1	3	1
34	48	Jun 9 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
35	49	Jun 9 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,6-11	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	50	Jun 10	DET	@	NYY	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	51	Jun 11	DET	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	52	Jun 12	DET	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	53	Jun 14	DET		WSH	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	54	Jun 15	DET		WSH	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
41	55	Jun 16	DET		WSH	L,3-6	CG	35	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	56	Jun 19	DET		PHA	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	57	Jun 20	DET		PHA	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	58	Jun 21	DET		NYY	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	59	Jun 22	DET		NYY	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
46	60	Jun 23	DET		NYY	L,8-10	CG	50	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	61	Jun 24	DET		BOS	T,5-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	62	Jun 25	DET		BOS	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	67 (4)	Jun 30 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	76 (8)	Jul 11	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	95 (18)	Jul 29	DET		PHA	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	96	Jul 30	DET		NYY	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	97	Jul 31	DET		NYY	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	98	Aug 1	DET		NYY	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
55	99	Aug 2	DET		BOS	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
56	100	Aug 3	DET		BOS	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
57	101	Aug 4	DET		BOS	L,4-9	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	102	Aug 6	DET	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	103	Aug 7	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	104	Aug 9	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	105	Aug 11 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	106	Aug 11 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	49	11.1	2	0	0	2	0
63	107	Aug 12	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	108	Aug 13	DET	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	109	Aug 14	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	0	11.2	2	0	1	3	0
66	111 (1)	Aug 16	DET		CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
67	112	Aug 17	DET		SLB	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
68	113	Aug 18 (1)	DET		SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	114	Aug 18 (2)	DET		SLB	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
70	115	Aug 20	DET	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
71	116	Aug 21	DET	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	117	Aug 23 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
73	118	Aug 23 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
74	119	Aug 24	DET	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	120	Aug 25	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	121	Aug 26	DET	@	NYY	L,6-10	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
77	122	Aug 27	DET	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	46	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
78	124 (1)	Aug 29	DET	@	BOS	W,9-8	CG	64	14.0	4	0	0	4	0
79	125	Aug 31	DET	@	SLB	W,11-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	126	Sep 2 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	128 (1)	Sep 3	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	15.1	3	0	0	3	0
82	129	Sep 4	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
83	130	Sep 5	DET		CLE	W,10-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
84	131	Sep 6	DET		CLE	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	132	Sep 7	DET		CHW	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
86	133	Sep 8 (1)	DET		CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	134	Sep 8 (2)	DET		CHW	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
88	135	Sep 10	DET		BOS	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	136	Sep 11	DET		BOS	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
90	137	Sep 12	DET		NYY	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
91	138	Sep 13	DET		NYY	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	139	Sep 14	DET		NYY	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	140	Sep 15	DET		WSH	L,5-15	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	141	Sep 16	DET		WSH	W,11-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	142	Sep 17	DET		WSH	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	143	Sep 18	DET		PHA	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	144	Sep 19	DET		PHA	W,14-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
98	145	Sep 20	DET	@	CLE	W,15-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
99	146	Sep 21	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	47	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
100	147	Sep 22 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
101	148	Sep 22 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	149	Sep 24 (1)	DET		SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	150	Sep 24 (2)	DET		SLB	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
104	155 (4)	Sep 29	DET		CLE	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
							104gm			189	6	8	203	1