Danny Litwhiler
Daniel Webster Litwhiler
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 198 lb.

Born: August 31, 1916 in Ringtown, PA
School: Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1940
Final Game: September 25, 1951
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1940 23 PHI NL 36 146 142 10 49 2 2 5 17 1 3 13 .345 .363 .493 .856 138 70 1 1 0 O
1941 24 PHI NL 151 635 590 72 180 29 6 18 66 1 39 43 .305 .350 .466 .816 133 275 15 2 4 *O MVP-34
1942 25 PHI NL 151 627 591 59 160 25 9 9 56 2 27 42 .271 .310 .389 .700 109 230 16 7 2 *O AS
1943 26 TOT NL 116 433 397 63 108 20 3 12 48 2 30 45 .272 .326 .428 .755 115 170 6 2 4 *O
1943 26 PHI NL 36 150 139 23 36 6 0 5 17 1 11 14 .259 .313 .410 .723 112 57 3 0 0 O
1943 26 STL NL 80 283 258 40 72 14 3 7 31 1 19 31 .279 .333 .438 .771 117 113 3 2 4 O
1944 27 STL NL 140 551 492 53 130 25 5 15 82 2 37 56 .264 .328 .427 .755 110 210 11 10 12 *O
1946 29 TOT NL 85 281 252 29 72 12 2 8 38 1 20 24 .286 .343 .444 .788 122 112 4 2 7 O/5
1946 29 STL NL 6 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 -51 0 0 0 0
1946 29 BSN NL 79 275 247 29 72 12 2 8 38 1 19 23 .291 .347 .453 .800 125 112 4 2 7 O/5
1947 30 BSN NL 91 254 226 38 59 5 2 7 31 1 25 43 .261 .337 .394 .731 95 89 6 1 2 O
1948 31 TOT NL 119 431 371 51 102 21 2 14 50 1 52 43 .275 .367 .456 .823 124 169 18 2 6 O5
1948 31 BSN NL 13 40 33 0 9 2 0 0 6 0 4 2 .273 .385 .333 .718 97 11 3 2 1 /O
1948 31 CIN NL 106 391 338 51 93 19 2 14 44 1 48 41 .275 .365 .467 .833 127 158 15 0 5 O5
1949 32 CIN NL 102 336 292 35 85 18 1 11 48 0 44 42 .291 .384 .473 .857 127 138 4 0 0 O/5
1950 33 CIN NL 54 133 112 15 29 4 0 6 12 0 20 21 .259 .371 .455 .827 116 51 5 0 1 O
1951 34 CIN NL 12 31 29 3 8 1 0 2 3 0 0 2 5 .276 .323 .517 .840 120 15 0 0 0 /O
11 Seasons 1057 3858 3494 428 982 162 32 107 451 11 0 299 377 .281 .342 .438 .780 118 1529 86 27 38
162 Game Avg. 162 591 536 66 151 25 5 16 69 2 46 58 .281 .342 .438 .780 118 234 13 4 6
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
PHI (4 yrs) 374 1558 1462 164 425 62 17 37 156 5 80 112 .291 .332 .432 .764 122 632 35 10 6
CIN (4 yrs) 274 891 771 104 215 42 3 33 107 1 0 114 109 .279 .372 .470 .841 125 362 24 0 6
BSN (3 yrs) 183 569 506 67 140 19 4 15 75 2 48 68 .277 .345 .419 .764 109 212 13 5 10
STL (3 yrs) 226 840 755 93 202 39 8 22 113 3 57 88 .268 .329 .428 .757 111 323 14 12 16

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1940 23 PHI NL 146 94 25 7.2 95 .355 .345 .267 .363 .331 .493 .384 .856 .715 138 .712 6.1 0.6 .798 .176 .148 1.7
1941 24 PHI NL 635 429 96 6.0 91 .306 .305 .261 .350 .331 .466 .368 .816 .699 133 .662 22.5 2.3 .746 .229 .161 1.9
1942 25 PHI NL 627 449 70 4.2 83 .280 .271 .250 .310 .321 .389 .347 .700 .669 109 .544 3.2 0.4 .595 .168 .118 3.3
1943 26 TOT NL 433 299 55 5.0 91 .282 .272 .267 .326 .336 .428 .362 .755 .698 115 .603 6.3 0.7 .692 .237 .156 3.4
1943 26 PHI NL 150 106 18 4.6 86 .258 .259 .260 .313 .328 .410 .353 .723 .681 112 .567 1.5 0.2 .651 .237 .151 1.7
1943 26 STL NL 283 193 37 5.2 93 .295 .279 .270 .333 .340 .438 .367 .771 .707 117 .621 4.8 0.5 .714 .236 .159 1.8
1944 27 STL NL 551 385 66 4.6 96 .273 .264 .270 .328 .338 .427 .380 .755 .717 110 .542 5.0 0.5 .694 .242 .163 3.5
1946 29 TOT NL 281 191 38 5.3 94 .291 .286 .264 .343 .339 .444 .369 .788 .708 122 .624 6.1 0.6 .734 .242 .159 1.8
1946 29 STL NL 6 5 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .267 .167 .343 .000 .374 .167 .717 -51 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .200 .200 .000
1946 29 BSN NL 275 186 38 5.5 93 .296 .291 .264 .347 .339 .453 .369 .800 .708 125 .635 7.1 0.8 .749 .243 .162 1.8
1947 30 BSN NL 254 175 30 4.6 104 .295 .261 .272 .337 .346 .394 .403 .731 .749 95 .492 -2.0 -0.2 .671 .248 .133 1.8
1948 31 TOT NL 431 293 62 5.6 100 .280 .275 .266 .367 .339 .456 .393 .823 .732 124 .605 13.5 1.3 .780 .323 .181 1.9
1948 31 BSN NL 40 28 4 3.8 101 .290 .273 .268 .385 .342 .333 .396 .718 .738 97 .427 0.2 0.0 .630 .182 .061
1948 31 CIN NL 391 265 58 5.8 99 .279 .275 .265 .365 .339 .467 .393 .833 .732 127 .620 13.2 1.3 .796 .337 .192 1.9
1949 32 CIN NL 336 211 53 6.7 105 .310 .291 .272 .384 .345 .473 .406 .857 .752 127 .668 12.6 1.2 .863 .332 .182 .0
1950 33 CIN NL 133 89 19 5.7 108 .271 .259 .270 .371 .346 .455 .418 .827 .764 116 .584 3.0 0.3 .807 .375 .196 .0
1951 34 CIN NL 31 21 5 6.4 105 .273 .276 .270 .323 .344 .517 .409 .840 .753 120 .654 0.6 0.1 .810 .310 .241 .0
11 Seasons 3858 2636 519 5.3 94 .291 .281 .264 .342 .335 .438 .376 .780 .712 118 .602 76.9 7.8 .718 .245 .157 19.9
162 Game Avg. 591 404 80 5.3 94 .291 .281 .264 .342 .335 .438 .376 .780 .712 118 .602 12 1 .718 .245 .157 3
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
PHI (4 yrs) 1558 1078 209 5.2 87 .296 .291 .257 .332 .327 .432 .360 .764 .686 122 .617 33.4 3.4 .678 .200 .142 8.8
CIN (4 yrs) 891 586 135 6.1 103 .289 .279 .268 .372 .343 .470 .402 .841 .745 125 .635 29.4 2.9 .822 .340 .191 1.9
BSN (3 yrs) 569 389 72 4.9 99 .296 .277 .267 .345 .343 .419 .386 .764 .728 109 .559 5.4 0.6 .704 .241 .142 3.5
STL (3 yrs) 840 583 103 4.8 95 .279 .268 .270 .329 .339 .428 .375 .757 .714 111 .565 8.7 0.9 .697 .240 .160 5.3

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1943 26 STL NL WS NYY L 5 17 15 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 .267 .353 .333 .686 5 0 0 0 0 0
1944 27 STL NL WS SLB W 5 22 20 2 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 7 .200 .273 .400 .673 8 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 10 39 35 2 8 2 0 1 3 0 0 4 11 .229 .308 .371 .679 13 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 10 39 35 2 8 2 0 1 3 0 0 4 11 .229 .308 .371 .679 13 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1942 PHI NL 25 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1940 23 36 146 142 10 49 2 2 5 17 1 3 13 .345 .363 .493 .856 138 70 1 1 0
1941 24 187 781 732 82 229 31 8 23 83 2 42 56 .313 .353 .471 .824 134 345 16 3 4
1942 25 338 1408 1323 141 389 56 17 32 139 4 69 98 .294 .334 .435 .768 123 575 32 10 6
1943 26 454 1841 1720 204 497 76 20 44 187 6 99 143 .289 .332 .433 .765 121 745 38 12 10
1944 27 594 2392 2212 257 627 101 25 59 269 8 136 199 .283 .331 .432 .763 118 955 49 22 22
1945 28 594 2392 2212 257 627 101 25 59 269 8 136 199 .283 .331 .432 .763 118 955 49 22 22
1946 29 679 2673 2464 286 699 113 27 67 307 9 156 223 .284 .332 .433 .765 119 1067 53 24 29
1947 30 770 2927 2690 324 758 118 29 74 338 10 181 266 .282 .333 .430 .763 117 1156 59 25 31
1948 31 889 3358 3061 375 860 139 31 88 388 11 233 309 .281 .337 .433 .770 118 1325 77 27 37
1949 32 991 3694 3353 410 945 157 32 99 436 11 277 351 .282 .342 .436 .778 118 1463 81 27 37
1950 33 1045 3827 3465 425 974 161 32 105 448 11 297 372 .281 .343 .437 .780 118 1514 86 27 38
1951 34 1057 3858 3494 428 982 162 32 107 451 11 0 299 377 .281 .342 .438 .780 118 1529 86 27 38

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1940 23 38 155 151 11 53 2 2 5 19 1 3 14 .351 .368 .490 .858 27 36
1941 24 157 668 623 81 197 32 7 20 74 1 43 45 .316 .362 .486 .849 108 151
1942 25 160 684 644 75 188 29 11 11 71 2 32 44 .292 .333 .422 .756 88 151
1943 26 121 456 421 72 119 22 3 13 55 2 33 47 .283 .338 .442 .780 63 116
1944 27 145 563 513 56 137 26 5 16 87 2 39 58 .267 .332 .431 .763 71 140
1946 29 89 292 268 33 80 13 2 9 44 1 22 25 .299 .356 .463 .819 44 85
1947 30 95 263 236 39 61 5 2 7 32 1 26 45 .258 .335 .386 .720 30 91
1948 31 124 446 389 55 108 22 2 15 53 1 55 45 .278 .370 .460 .830 66 119
1949 32 106 346 301 35 86 18 1 11 48 0 45 44 .286 .379 .462 .840 53 102
1950 33 56 136 116 15 29 4 0 6 12 0 20 22 .250 .360 .440 .800 19 54
1951 34 12 32 30 3 8 1 0 2 3 0 2 5 .267 .313 .500 .813 5 12
11 Seasons 1103 4041 3692 475 1066 174 35 115 498 11 320 394 .289 .350 .448 .798 574 1057
162 Game Avg. 162 594 542 70 157 26 5 17 73 2 47 58 .289 .350 .448 .798 84 1057

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1942 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1941-NL-34-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1941 NL--.466--7th
1943 NL--.428--9th

Games Played s c a p y
1941 NL--151--8th
1942 NL--151--6th

At Bats s c a p y
1941 NL--590--4th
1942 NL--591--2nd

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1941 NL--635--9th

Hits s c a p y
1941 NL--180--3rd
1942 NL--160--8th

Total Bases s c a p y
1941 NL--275--4th
1942 NL--230--7th

Triples s c a p y
1942 NL--9--4th

Home Runs s c a p y
1941 NL--18--7th
1943 NL--12--8th
1944 NL--15--8th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1944 NL--56--8th

Singles s c a p y
1941 NL--127--4th
1942 NL--117--9th

Runs Created s c a p y
1941 NL--96--9th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1941 NL--53--7th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1942 NL--7--3rd
1944 NL--10--1st

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1944 NL--12--10th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1941 NL--15--8th
1942 NL--16--5th
1948 NL--18--2nd

AB per HR s c a p y
1941 NL--32.8--10th
1943 NL--33.1--5th
1944 NL--32.8--9th

Outs Made s c a p y
1941 NL--429--9th
1942 NL--449--3rd

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 29 (794), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1201), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1207), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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