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Danny Litwhiler

Daniel Webster Litwhiler

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 198 lb.

Born: August 31, 1916 in Ringtown, PA
School: Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania (Bloomsburg, PA)
Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1940
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Reds/Cardinals/Braves 1940-1951

Final Game: September 25, 1951
Died: September 23, 2011 in Clearwater, FL
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1940 PHI NL 23 OF 34 34 32 73 68 4 1 1 .986 2.12 .977 2.32
1940 PHI NL 23 RF 31 31 30 68 63 4 1 1 .985 2.16 .974 2.04
1940 PHI NL 23 LF 3 3 2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 .974 2.27
1940 PHI NL 23 CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.65
1941 PHI NL 24 OF 150 150 147 420 393 12 15 3 .964 2.70 .975 2.31 MVP-34
1941 PHI NL 24 LF 148 148 145 414 388 12 14 3 .966 2.70 .976 2.34 MVP-34
1941 PHI NL 24 RF 2 2 2 6 5 0 1 0 .833 2.50 .968 1.95 MVP-34
1942 PHI NL 25 OF 151 148 139 317 308 9 0 0 1.000 2.10 .981 2.34 AS
1942 PHI NL 25 LF 130 124 119 274 267 7 0 0 1.000 2.11 .983 2.32 AS
1942 PHI NL 25 RF 24 24 20 43 41 2 0 0 1.000 1.79 .981 2.08 AS
1943 TOT NL 26 LF 104 99 93 238 225 12 1 2 .996 2.28 .977 2.26
1943 TOT NL 26 OF 104 99 93 238 225 12 1 2 .996 2.28 .977 2.41
1943 PHI NL 26 LF 34 34 33 92 86 5 1 1 .989 2.68 .977 2.26
1943 PHI NL 26 OF 34 34 33 92 86 5 1 1 .989 2.68 .977 2.41
1943 STL NL 26 LF 70 65 60 146 139 7 0 1 1.000 2.09 .977 2.26
1943 STL NL 26 OF 70 65 60 146 139 7 0 1 1.000 2.09 .977 2.41
1944 STL NL 27 LF 136 129 122 308 294 6 8 1 .974 2.21 .981 2.35
1944 STL NL 27 OF 136 129 122 308 294 6 8 1 .974 2.21 .980 2.47
1946 BSN NL 29 LF 65 60 47 132 128 2 2 0 .985 2.00 .975 2.26
1946 BSN NL 29 OF 65 60 47 132 128 2 2 0 .985 2.00 .977 2.38
1946 BSN NL 29 3B 2 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 3.10
1947 BSN NL 30 LF 66 59 34 125 120 2 3 0 .976 1.85 .976 2.31
1947 BSN NL 30 OF 66 59 34 124 119 2 3 0 .976 1.83 .977 2.42
1948 TOT NL 31 OF 91 89 68 195 189 4 2 1 .990 2.12 .978 2.39
1948 TOT NL 31 LF 23 22 20 61 58 2 1 1 .984 2.61 .970 2.31
1948 BSN NL 31 LF 8 8 7 25 24 1 0 1 1.000 3.13 .970 2.31
1948 BSN NL 31 OF 8 8 7 25 24 1 0 0 1.000 3.13 .978 2.39
1948 CIN NL 31 OF 83 81 61 170 165 3 2 1 .988 2.02 .978 2.39
1948 CIN NL 31 RF 68 67 48 134 131 2 1 1 .993 1.96 .976 2.00
1948 CIN NL 31 3B 15 11 9 46 11 34 1 1 .978 3.00 .941 3.10
1948 CIN NL 31 LF 15 14 13 36 34 1 1 0 .972 2.33 .970 2.31
1948 CIN NL 31 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80
1949 CIN NL 32 OF 82 77 52 151 143 6 2 1 .987 1.82 .977 2.48
1949 CIN NL 32 RF 66 64 39 105 100 3 2 1 .981 1.56 .977 2.08
1949 CIN NL 32 LF 15 13 13 47 44 3 0 0 1.000 3.13 .974 2.41
1949 CIN NL 32 3B 3 3 1 11 4 6 1 1 .909 3.33 .952 3.17
1950 CIN NL 33 OF 29 27 17 225.2 48 46 0 2 0 .958 1.83 1.59 .978 2.34 2.31
1950 CIN NL 33 RF 21 19 9 155.2 30 29 0 1 0 .967 1.68 1.38 .976 1.87 1.85
1950 CIN NL 33 LF 8 8 8 70.0 16 15 0 1 0 .938 1.93 1.88 .977 2.29 2.28
1951 CIN NL 34 OF 7 6 5 57.2 15 14 0 1 0 .933 2.18 2.00 .981 2.42 2.41
1951 CIN NL 34 RF 7 6 5 57.2 15 14 0 1 0 .933 2.18 2.00 .981 2.04 2.03
11 Seasons OF 915 878 756 283.1 2021 1927 57 37 9 .982 1.91 2.17 .978 2.36 2.39
10 Seasons LF 698 665 603 70.0 1620 1544 46 30 7 .981 1.93 2.28 .978 2.29 2.32
7 Seasons RF 219 213 153 213.1 401 383 11 7 3 .983 1.81 1.80 .977 1.92 2.02
3 Seasons 3B 20 16 12 59 15 42 2 2 .966 2.85 .943 3.11
2 Seasons CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70
11 Seasons TOT 935 894 768 283.1 2080 1942 99 39 11 .981 1.91 2.18 .977 2.36 2.40
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1940 PHI NL 23 RF
1940 PHI NL 23 LF
1940 PHI NL 23 CF
1941 PHI NL 24 LF
1941 PHI NL 24 RF
1942 PHI NL 25 LF
1942 PHI NL 25 RF
1943 PHI NL 26 LF
1943 STL NL 26 LF
1944 STL NL 27 LF
1946 BSN NL 29 LF
1946 BSN NL 29 3B
1947 BSN NL 30 LF
1948 BSN NL 31 LF
1948 CIN NL 31 RF
1948 CIN NL 31 3B
1948 CIN NL 31 LF
1948 CIN NL 31 CF
1949 CIN NL 32 RF
1949 CIN NL 32 LF
1949 CIN NL 32 3B
1950 CIN NL 33 RF
1950 CIN NL 33 LF
1951 CIN NL 34 RF
10 Seasons LF
7 Seasons RF
3 Seasons 3B
2 Seasons CF
11 Seasons TOT
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1940 PHI NL 23 36 34 36 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 31 34 0 2 0
1941 PHI NL 24 151 150 151 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 2 150 0 1 0
1942 PHI NL 25 151 148 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 130 0 24 151 0 0 0
1943 STL NL 26 80 65 80 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 0 0 70 0 9 1
1943 PHI NL 26 36 34 36 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 0 34 0 2 0
1944 STL NL 27 140 129 140 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 0 136 0 5 0
1946 BSN NL 29 79 62 79 67 0 0 0 0 2 0 65 0 0 65 0 12 0
1946 STL NL 29 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1947 BSN NL 30 91 59 91 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 0 0 66 0 25 0
1948 CIN NL 31 106 92 106 94 0 0 0 0 15 0 15 1 68 83 0 12 0
1948 BSN NL 31 13 8 13 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 8 0 5 0
1949 CIN NL 32 102 80 102 84 0 0 0 0 3 0 15 0 66 81 0 19 0
1950 CIN NL 33 54 27 54 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 21 29 0 26 0
1951 CIN NL 34 12 6 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 0 6 0
11 Seasons 1057 894 1057 930 0 0 0 0 20 0 698 3 219 914 0 130 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1948 CIN NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 7 2 0 4 2 0 7 3 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 21 8 38.1% 12 1 4.8% 1 978 68% 81% 33% 83 54%
1949 CIN NL 32 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 15 3 1 5 0 0 8 2 0 2 2 0 6 6 0 36 13 36.1% 22 1 2.8% 0 1433 70% 84% 33% 107 54%
1950 CIN NL 33 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 453 67% 81% 34% 27 74%
1951 CIN NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 7 5 71.4% 2 0 0.0% 0 157 60% 85% 36% 16 63%
4 Seasons 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 24 6 1 11 2 0 16 6 1 5 4 0 11 9 0 67 27 40.3% 38 2 3.0% 1 3021 68% 82% 33% 233 57%
MLB Averages 43.3% 3.0% 62% 82% 31% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1948 BSN NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 5 3 60.0% 1 1 20.0% 0 183 58% 84% 36% 22 59%
1948 CIN NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 66.7% 2 0 0.0% 0 156 69% 76% 29% 17 41%
1949 CIN NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 2 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 2 2 0 15 7 46.7% 8 0 0.0% 2 390 66% 82% 35% 44 75%
1950 CIN NL 33 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 12 9 75.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 306 68% 76% 31% 31 48%
3 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 15 10 0 4 1 0 5 3 0 5 1 0 9 8 1 38 23 60.5% 14 1 2.6% 2 1035 66% 80% 33% 114 60%
MLB Averages 57.2% 2.8% 62% 82% 31% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1948 CIN NL 31 101 68% 85% 29% 10 80% 0 2 2 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 CIN NL 32 28 75% 71% 14% 3 100% 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 129 70% 82% 26% 13 85% 0 3 3 0 0 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 82% 26% 89% 70%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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 (1497th)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1941 NL  148 (1st)
1942 NL  130 (3rd)
1943 NL  104 (4th)
1944 NL  136 (3rd)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1941 NL  388 (1st)
1942 NL  267 (3rd)
1943 NL  225 (3rd)
1944 NL  294 (3rd)
Career  1,544 (88th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1941 NL  12 (1st)
1942 NL  7 (3rd)
1943 NL  12 (2nd)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1941 NL  14 (1st)
1944 NL  8 (1st)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1941 NL  150 (2nd)
1942 NL  151 (2nd)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1941 NL  393 (1st)
1942 NL  308 (4th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1941 NL  15 (1st)
1944 NL  8 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1941 NL  2.70 (1st)
1942 NL  2.11 (3rd)
1943 NL  2.28 (1st)
1944 NL  2.21 (4th)
Career  2.28 (14th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1942 NL  1.000 (1st)
1943 NL  .996 (1st)
Career  .981 (69th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1941 NL  2.70 (2nd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1942 NL  1.000 (1st)
1943 NL  .996 (1st)
1948 NL  .990 (4th)

                                         

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