Eddie Waitkus
Edward Stephen Waitkus
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 4, 1919 in Cambridge, MA
High School: Latin (Cambridge, MA)
School: Boston College
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1941
Final Game: September 20, 1955
Died: September 16, 1972 in Jamaica Plain, MA
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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
1941 21 CHC NL 12 29 28 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .179 .207 .179 .385 11 5 1 1 0 /3
1946 26 CHC NL 113 472 441 50 134 24 5 4 55 3 23 14 .304 .340 .408 .748 113 180 8 1 7 *3 MVP-13
1947 27 CHC NL 130 554 514 60 150 28 6 2 35 3 32 17 .292 .336 .381 .717 93 196 8 2 6 *3
1948 28 CHC NL 139 614 562 87 166 27 10 7 44 11 43 19 .295 .348 .416 .764 109 234 12 2 7 *3O AS
1949 29 PHI NL 54 246 209 41 64 16 3 1 28 3 33 12 .306 .403 .426 .829 125 89 3 1 3 3 AS
1950 30 PHI NL 154 702 641 102 182 32 5 2 44 3 55 29 .284 .341 .359 .700 86 230 13 1 5 *3 MVP-24
1951 31 PHI NL 145 664 610 65 157 27 4 1 46 0 3 53 22 .257 .317 .320 .636 72 195 8 0 1 *3
1952 32 PHI NL 146 568 499 51 144 29 4 2 49 2 2 64 23 .289 .371 .375 .745 108 187 6 1 4 *3
1953 33 PHI NL 81 262 247 24 72 9 2 1 16 1 1 13 23 .291 .330 .356 .686 80 88 3 1 1 3
1954 34 BAL AL 95 349 311 35 88 17 4 2 33 0 1 28 25 .283 .341 .383 .724 106 119 8 1 6 3 3
1955 35 TOT MLB 71 220 192 12 52 6 1 2 23 2 1 28 17 .271 .364 .344 .707 94 66 5 0 0 0 4 3
1955 35 BAL AL 38 96 85 2 22 1 1 0 9 2 0 11 10 .259 .344 .294 .638 80 25 1 0 0 0 3 3
1955 35 PHI NL 33 124 107 10 30 5 0 2 14 0 1 17 7 .280 .379 .383 .762 106 41 4 0 0 0 1 3
11 Seasons 1140 4680 4254 528 1214 215 44 24 373 28 8 372 204 .285 .344 .374 .718 96 1589 75 11 40 3 4
162 Game Avg. 162 665 605 75 173 31 6 3 53 4 53 29 .285 .344 .374 .718 96 226 11 2 6
PHI (6 yrs) 613 2566 2313 293 649 118 18 9 197 9 7 235 116 .281 .348 .359 .707 91 830 37 4 14 0 1
CHC (4 yrs) 394 1669 1545 198 455 79 21 13 134 17 98 53 .294 .339 .398 .737 103 615 29 6 20
BAL (2 yrs) 133 445 396 37 110 18 5 2 42 2 1 39 35 .278 .342 .364 .705 100 144 9 1 6 3 3
NL (10 yrs) 1007 4235 3858 491 1104 197 39 22 331 26 7 333 169 .286 .344 .375 .719 96 1445 66 10 34 0 1
AL (2 yrs) 133 445 396 37 110 18 5 2 42 2 1 39 35 .278 .342 .364 .705 100 144 9 1 6 3 3

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
1941 21 CHC NL 29 24 1 1.1 91 .200 .179 .261 .207 .331 .179 .368 .385 .699 11 .083 -3.3 -0.4 .250 .000 .000
1946 26 CHC NL 472 322 61 5.1 91 .307 .304 .260 .340 .335 .408 .364 .748 .699 113 .602 6.0 0.6 .657 .163 .104 3.4
1947 27 CHC NL 554 378 65 4.6 102 .299 .292 .269 .336 .344 .381 .399 .717 .743 93 .493 -5.2 -0.5 .626 .158 .089 2.4
1948 28 CHC NL 614 415 81 5.2 99 .297 .295 .264 .348 .338 .416 .391 .764 .729 109 .569 6.4 0.6 .711 .217 .121 8.6
1949 29 PHI NL 246 151 36 6.4 101 .321 .306 .267 .403 .340 .426 .399 .829 .739 125 .647 9.5 0.9 .851 .292 .120 1.5
1950 30 PHI NL 702 477 78 4.4 106 .295 .284 .267 .341 .344 .359 .414 .700 .758 86 .464 -12.0 -1.2 .612 .165 .075 2.4
1951 31 PHI NL 664 465 61 3.5 102 .266 .257 .266 .317 .340 .320 .403 .636 .743 72 .389 -23.0 -2.3 .528 .144 .062 .0
1952 32 PHI NL 568 367 69 5.0 96 .300 .289 .260 .371 .333 .375 .387 .745 .721 108 .587 8.2 0.8 .694 .214 .086 2.0
1953 33 PHI NL 262 180 29 4.3 109 .318 .291 .273 .330 .344 .356 .425 .686 .769 80 .443 -7.5 -0.7 .570 .117 .065 1.0
1954 34 BAL AL 349 241 40 4.4 92 .300 .283 .256 .341 .330 .383 .374 .724 .704 106 .520 2.9 0.3 .634 .186 .100 .0
1955 35 TOT MLB 220 146 24 4.4 100 .289 .271 .260 .364 .334 .344 .401 .707 .736 94 .476 -0.5 -0.0 .651 .224 .073 2.0
1955 35 BAL AL 96 64 9 3.8 95 .293 .259 .257 .344 .335 .294 .382 .638 .717 80 .411 -2.1 -0.2 .594 .188 .035 .0
1955 35 PHI NL 124 82 15 4.9 104 .286 .280 .263 .379 .334 .383 .417 .762 .750 106 .520 1.6 0.2 .695 .252 .103 .0
11 Seasons 4680 3166 545 4.6 100 .295 .285 .264 .344 .338 .374 .395 .718 .734 96 .513 -18.4 -1.8 .638 .180 .088 25.8
162 Game Avg. 665 450 77 4.6 100 .295 .285 .264 .344 .338 .374 .395 .718 .734 96 .513 -18.4 -1.8 .638 .180 .088 4
PHI (6 yrs) 2566 1722 288 4.5 103 .293 .281 .266 .348 .340 .359 .406 .707 .745 91 .493 -23.2 -2.3 .627 .181 .078 9.0
CHC (4 yrs) 1669 1139 208 4.9 98 .299 .294 .265 .339 .339 .398 .385 .737 .724 103 .546 4.0 0.4 .658 .178 .104 14.7
BAL (2 yrs) 445 305 49 4.3 93 .298 .278 .256 .342 .331 .364 .376 .705 .706 100 .498 0.8 0.1 .625 .187 .086 2.0
NL (10 yrs) 4235 2861 496 4.6 101 .295 .286 .265 .344 .339 .375 .397 .719 .737 96 .515 -19.2 -1.8 .639 .180 .088 23.8
AL (2 yrs) 445 305 49 4.3 93 .298 .278 .256 .342 .331 .364 .376 .705 .706 100 .498 0.8 0.1 .625 .187 .086 2.0

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
1950 30 PHI NL WS NYY L 4 18 15 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .267 .353 .333 .686 5 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 4 18 15 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .267 .353 .333 .686 5 0 0 1 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
1948 CHC NL 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 PHI NL 29 DNP

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1941 21 CHC NL 29 0.0% 10.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 9.3 86%
1946 26 CHC NL 472 0.9% 3.0% 4.9% 7.0% 25% 0.61 31.5 110.3 8.0 90%
1947 27 CHC NL 554 0.4% 3.1% 5.8% 6.5% 24% 0.53 30.2 257.0 14.7 89%
1948 28 CHC NL 614 1.1% 3.1% 7.0% 7.2% 27% 0.44 29.6 80.3 12.8 87%
1949 29 PHI NL 246 0.4% 4.9% 13.4% 8.1% 31% 0.36 17.4 209.0 7.5 80%
1950 30 PHI NL 702 0.3% 4.1% 7.8% 5.6% 21% 0.53 22.1 320.5 14.6 87%
1951 31 PHI NL 664 0.2% 3.3% 8.0% 4.8% 20% 0.42 27.7 610.0 13.3 88%
1952 32 PHI NL 568 0.4% 4.1% 11.3% 6.2% 24% 0.36 21.7 249.5 10.2 83%
1953 33 PHI NL 262 0.4% 8.8% 5.0% 4.6% 17% 1.77 10.7 247.0 15.4 85%
1954 34 BAL AL 349 0.6% 7.2% 8.0% 6.6% 26% 0.89 12.4 155.5 9.4 0.92 82%
1955 35 TOT MLB 220 0.9% 7.7% 12.7% 4.1% 17% 0.61 11.3 96.0 8.3 0.98 79%
1955 35 BAL AL 96 0.0% 10.4% 11.5% 2.1% 9% 0.91 8.5 9.4 1.12 78%
1955 35 PHI NL 124 1.6% 5.7% 13.7% 5.7% 23% 0.41 15.3 53.5 7.6 0.89 79%
11 Seasons 4680 0.5% 4.4% 8.0% 6.1% 23% 0.55 20.9 177.3 11.4 0.95 86%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 34 BAL AL 2 0 29% 121 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 43% 25 16 8 3 1 2 12 5 7
1955 35 TOT MLB 2 0 13% 85 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 30% 13 9 3 3 3 0 4 1 3
1955 35 BAL AL 1 0 6% 35 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 38% 7 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
1955 35 PHI NL 1 0 18% 50 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 25% 6 5 1 3 3 0 3 1 2
11 Seasons 4 0 32% 206 28 8 215% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 9 38% 38 25 11 6 4 2 16 6 10
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1954 34 BAL AL 331 73% 88 15 4 0 2 1.70 2 0 11 1 1 1 1 0 9 6 67% 96 8 8% 42 16 38% 237 30 13% 18 8 44% 21 11 52% 18
1955 35 TOT MLB 211 91% 52 12 4 0 2 2.38 2 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0% 42 5 12% 16 1 6% 138 21 15% 12 4 33% 14 4 29% 10
1955 35 BAL AL 97 93% 22 9 2 0 1 2.06 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 14 1 7% 6 0 0% 55 9 16% 6 2 33% 5 2 40% 0
1955 35 PHI NL 114 89% 30 3 2 0 1 3.37 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 28 4 14% 10 1 10% 83 12 14% 6 2 33% 9 2 22% 10
11 Seasons 542 80% 1214 27 8 0 4 2.01 24 0 15 3 1 1 3 0 10 40 400% 138 75 54% 58 17 29% 375 51 14% 30 12 40% 35 15 43% 28
MLB Averages

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
1941 21 12 29 28 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .179 .207 .179 .385 11 5 1 1 0
1942 22 12 29 28 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .179 .207 .179 .385 11 5 1 1 0
1943 23 12 29 28 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .179 .207 .179 .385 11 5 1 1 0
1944 24 12 29 28 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .179 .207 .179 .385 11 5 1 1 0
1945 25 12 29 28 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .179 .207 .179 .385 11 5 1 1 0
1946 26 125 501 469 51 139 24 5 4 55 3 23 17 .296 .332 .394 .726 107 185 9 2 7
1947 27 255 1055 983 111 289 52 11 6 90 6 55 34 .294 .334 .388 .722 100 381 17 4 13
1948 28 394 1669 1545 198 455 79 21 13 134 17 98 53 .294 .339 .398 .737 103 615 29 6 20
1949 29 448 1915 1754 239 519 95 24 14 162 20 131 65 .296 .347 .401 .749 106 704 32 7 23
1950 30 602 2617 2395 341 701 127 29 16 206 23 186 94 .293 .346 .390 .736 100 934 45 8 28
1951 31 747 3281 3005 406 858 154 33 17 252 23 3 239 116 .286 .340 .376 .715 95 1129 53 8 29
1952 32 893 3849 3504 457 1002 183 37 19 301 25 5 303 139 .286 .344 .376 .720 97 1316 59 9 33
1953 33 974 4111 3751 481 1074 192 39 20 317 26 6 316 162 .286 .343 .374 .718 95 1404 62 10 34
1954 34 1069 4460 4062 516 1162 209 43 22 350 26 7 344 187 .286 .343 .375 .718 96 1523 70 11 40 3
1955 35 1140 4680 4254 528 1214 215 44 24 373 28 8 372 204 .285 .344 .374 .718 96 1589 75 11 40 3 4

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
1941 21 12 30 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .033 .000 .033 1 12
1946 26 118 499 472 59 151 27 6 5 65 3 26 15 .320 .357 .434 .791 72 113
1947 27 136 574 538 63 158 29 6 2 37 3 34 18 .294 .338 .381 .719 69 130
1948 28 145 640 592 94 178 29 11 8 48 12 46 20 .301 .353 .427 .780 88 139
1949 29 56 254 218 43 67 17 3 1 29 3 35 12 .307 .406 .427 .832 37 54
1950 30 161 725 667 103 187 33 5 2 45 3 57 30 .280 .338 .354 .692 79 154
1951 31 151 687 632 68 162 28 4 1 48 0 55 23 .256 .316 .318 .634 63 145
1952 32 153 599 528 57 157 32 4 2 55 2 70 24 .297 .381 .384 .765 77 146
1953 33 84 268 254 24 72 9 2 1 16 1 13 24 .283 .321 .346 .667 28 81
1954 34 99 368 332 42 99 19 4 2 39 0 32 26 .298 .359 .398 .756 48 95
1955 35 74 233 203 13 56 6 1 2 24 2 30 18 .276 .369 .345 .714 26 71
11 Seasons 1189 4877 4465 567 1287 229 46 26 406 29 398 213 .288 .348 .378 .725 588 1140
162 Game Avg. 162 664 608 77 175 31 6 4 55 4 54 29 .288 .348 .378 .725 80 1140

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1948 *
1949

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1946-NL-13-6%
1950-NL-24-2%
0.08 Career Shares (949th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1946 NL--.304--6th

On-Base% s c a p y
1952 NL--.371--10th

Games Played s c a p y
1950 NL--154--5th

At Bats s c a p y
1948 NL--562--9th
1950 NL--641--2nd
1951 NL--610--6th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1950 NL--702--2nd

Runs Scored s c a p y
1948 NL--87--10th
1950 NL--102--6th

Hits s c a p y
1948 NL--166--10th
1950 NL--182--5th

Doubles s c a p y
1948 NL--27--9th
1950 NL--32--9th
1952 NL--29--8th

Triples s c a p y
1948 NL--10--4th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1948 NL--11--7th

Singles s c a p y
1948 NL--122--7th
1950 NL--143--1st
1951 NL--125--9th

Times On Base s c a p y
1950 NL--238--9th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1948 NL--8.6--10th

AB per SO s c a p y
1946 NL--31.5--2nd
1947 NL--30.2--3rd
1948 NL--29.6--2nd
1950 NL--22.1--1st
1951 NL--27.7--2nd
1952 NL--21.7--1st
Career--20.9--91st

Outs Made s c a p y
1948 NL--415--10th
1950 NL--477--3rd
1951 NL--465--8th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 29 (794), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1067), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1805), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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