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

Born: August 31, 1916 in Ringtown, PA
Schools: 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

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
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1940 PHI NL 23 OF 34 73 68 4 1 1 .986 2.12 .977 2.17 2-3-31
1941 PHI NL 24 OF 150 420 393 12 15 3 .964 2.70 .975 2.15 148-0-2 MVP-34
1942 PHI NL 25 OF 151 317 308 9 0 0 1.000 2.10 .981 2.15 130-0-24 AS
1943 TOT NL 26 OF 104 238 225 12 1 2 .996 2.28 .977 2.27 104-0-0
1943 PHI NL 26 OF 34 92 86 5 1 1 .989 2.68 .977 2.27 34-0-0
1943 STL NL 26 OF 70 146 139 7 0 1 1.000 2.09 .977 2.27 70-0-0
1944 STL NL 27 OF 136 308 294 6 8 1 .974 2.21 .980 2.31 136-0-0
1946 BSN NL 29 OF 65 132 128 2 2 0 .985 2.00 .977 2.16 65-0-0
1946 BSN NL 29 3B 2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 2.85
1947 BSN NL 30 OF 66 124 119 2 3 0 .976 1.83 .977 2.19 64-0-1
1948 TOT NL 31 OF 91 195 189 4 2 1 .990 2.12 .977 2.20 13-1-77
1948 BSN NL 31 OF 8 25 24 1 0 0 1.000 3.13 .976 2.20 8-0-0
1948 CIN NL 31 OF 83 170 165 3 2 1 .988 2.02 .978 2.20 5-1-77
1948 CIN NL 31 3B 15 46 11 34 1 1 .978 3.00 .939 2.81
1949 CIN NL 32 OF 82 151 143 6 2 1 .987 1.82 .977 2.25 11-1-71
1949 CIN NL 32 3B 3 11 4 6 1 1 .909 3.33 .955 2.97
1950 CIN NL 33 OF 29 48 46 0 2 0 .958 1.59 .979 2.14 8-0-21
1951 CIN NL 34 OF 7 15 14 0 1 0 .933 2.00 .980 2.23 0-0-7
11 Seasons OF 915 2021 1927 57 37 9 .982 2.17 .978 2.21 681-5-234
3 Seasons 3B 20 59 15 42 2 2 .966 2.85 .942 2.84
11 Seasons TOT 935 2080 1942 99 39 11 .981 2.18 .958 2.22 681-5-234
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

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--32.778--10th
1943 NL--33.083--5th
1944 NL--32.800--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 (789), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1196), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1082), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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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, Dain Clay and Coaker Triplett.

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.

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