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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1941 CHC NL 21 1B 9 78 71 3 4 8 .949 8.22 .990 9.73
1946 CHC NL 26 1B 106 1077 992 81 4 76 .996 10.12 .991 9.28 MVP-13
1947 CHC NL 27 1B 126 1270 1161 101 8 109 .994 10.02 .991 7.94
1948 CHC NL 28 1B 116 1165 1064 92 9 77 .992 9.97 .990 8.62 AS
1948 CHC NL 28 OF 20 44 43 0 1 0 .977 2.15 .977 2.20 20-0-0 AS
1949 PHI NL 29 1B 54 491 452 36 3 51 .994 9.04 .991 8.98 AS
1950 PHI NL 30 1B 154 1496 1387 99 10 142 .993 9.65 .990 6.49 MVP-24
1951 PHI NL 31 1B 144 1318 1214 94 10 121 .992 9.08 .989 6.94
1952 PHI NL 32 1B 146 1388 1281 95 12 119 .991 9.42 .990 6.85
1953 PHI NL 33 1B 59 523 480 37 6 65 .989 8.76 .990 9.17
1954 BAL AL 34 1B 78 76 655.1 666 618 48 0 72 1.000 -0.8 -1.5 -1.8 -2.9 1.1 1 9.15 8.54 .990 9.60 8.00
1955 TOT MLB 35 1B 57 47 432.2 466 430 30 6 46 .987 -2.1 -5.8 -2.1 -1.3 -0.8 0 9.57 8.07 .991 9.72 8.67
1955 BAL AL 35 1B 26 18 176.0 194 180 9 5 15 .974 -2.5 -17.0 -2.5 -1.8 -0.7 0 9.66 7.27 .991 9.63 8.17
1955 PHI NL 35 1B 31 29 256.2 272 250 21 1 31 .996 0.4 1.9 0.4 0.5 -0.1 0 9.50 8.74 .991 9.79 9.09
11 Seasons 1B 1049 123 1088.0 9938 9150 716 72 886 .993 -2.9 -3.2 -3.9 -4.2 0.3 1 81.61 9.41 .990 9.65 7.83
1 Season OF 20 44 43 0 1 0 .977 2.15 .977 2.20 20-0-0
11 Seasons TOT 1069 123 1088.0 9982 9193 716 73 886 .993 -2.9 -3.2 -3.9 -4.2 0.3 1 81.97 9.27 .983 9.65 7.73 20-0-0

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1941 CHC NL 21 12 12 12 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 CHC NL 26 113 113 113 0 0 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 CHC NL 27 130 130 130 0 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 CHC NL 28 139 139 139 0 0 116 0 0 0 20 0 0 20
1949 PHI NL 29 54 54 54 0 0 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 PHI NL 30 154 154 154 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 PHI NL 31 145 145 145 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 PHI NL 32 146 146 146 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 PHI NL 33 81 81 81 0 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 BAL AL 34 95 76 95 95 0 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1955 BAL AL 35 38 18 38 38 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1955 PHI NL 35 33 29 33 33 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
11 Seasons 1140 123 1140 1140 0 0 1049 0 0 0 20 0 0 20 34 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 BAL AL 34 2798 61% 78% 23% 149 96% 2 588 65 520 3 36 47 24 17 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 69 5 0 1 57 6 11 2 8 12 83%
1955 PHI NL 35 1016 58% 81% 27% 61 98% 0 234 23 208 3 19 19 13 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 26 0 0 1 24 1 2 1 1 3 100%
1955 BAL AL 35 819 63% 78% 23% 45 89% 1 174 16 155 3 16 9 5 3 0 1 4 0 4 0 3 15 1 0 0 14 2 1 0 1 2 100%
2 Seasons 4633 61% 78% 24% 255 95% 3 996 104 883 9 71 75 42 25 2 4 5 0 5 0 4 110 6 0 2 95 9 14 3 10 17 88%
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 94% 87%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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