Dick Wakefield

Richard Cummings Wakefield

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: May 6, 1921 in Chicago, IL
School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 26, 1941
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Yankees/Giants 1941-1952

Final Game: May 6, 1952
Died: August 26, 1985 in Redford, MI
Buried: Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Avon, OH
Relatives: Son of Howard Wakefield
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All-Star

Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	Awards
1941	DET	AL	20	OF	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00	.970	2.40
1941	DET	AL	20	RF	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00	.970	2.10
1943	DET	AL	22	OF	155	155	155	339	314	11	14	1	.959	2.10	.977	2.47	AS,MVP-6
1943	DET	AL	22	LF	139	139	139	305	285	9	11	1	.964	2.12	.979	2.40	AS,MVP-6
1943	DET	AL	22	RF	16	16	16	34	29	2	3	0	.912	1.94	.973	2.21	AS,MVP-6
1944	DET	AL	23	LF	78	78	78	164	155	3	6	1	.963	2.03	.972	2.35	MVP-5
1944	DET	AL	23	OF	78	78	78	164	155	3	6	1	.963	2.03	.974	2.47	MVP-5
1946	DET	AL	25	LF	104	104	102	224	210	6	8	1	.964	2.08	.974	2.24
1946	DET	AL	25	OF	104	104	102	224	210	6	8	1	.964	2.08	.977	2.36
1947	DET	AL	26	LF	101	100	88	218	197	10	11	2	.950	2.05	.976	2.36
1947	DET	AL	26	OF	101	100	88	218	197	10	11	2	.950	2.05	.979	2.47
1948	DET	AL	27	LF	86	83	80	212	198	3	11	1	.948	2.34	.975	2.34
1948	DET	AL	27	OF	86	83	80	212	198	3	11	1	.948	2.34	.975	2.51
1949	DET	AL	28	LF	32	32	21	75	72	3	0	1	1.000	2.34	.982	2.36
1949	DET	AL	28	OF	32	32	21	74	71	3	0	1	1.000	2.31	.980	2.44
	7 Seasons			OF	557	552	524	1232	1146	36	50	7	.959	2.12	.977	2.45
	6 Seasons			LF	540	536	508	1198	1117	34	47	7	.961	2.13	.976	2.34
	2 Seasons			RF	17	16	16	35	30	2	3	0	.914	1.88	.973	2.21
	9 Seasons			TOT	557	552	524	1232	1146	36	50	7	.959	2.12	.977	2.45

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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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.
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos
1941	DET	AL	20	RF
1943	DET	AL	22	LF
1943	DET	AL	22	RF
1944	DET	AL	23	LF
1946	DET	AL	25	LF
1947	DET	AL	26	LF
1948	DET	AL	27	LF
1949	DET	AL	28	LF
	6 Seasons			LF
	2 Seasons			RF
	9 Seasons			TOT

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	LF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1941	DET	AL	20	7	0	7	1	0	1	1	6	0
1943	DET	AL	22	155	155	155	155	139	16	155	0	0
1944	DET	AL	23	78	78	78	78	78	0	78	0	0
1946	DET	AL	25	111	104	111	104	104	0	104	6	1
1947	DET	AL	26	112	100	112	101	101	0	101	12	0
1948	DET	AL	27	110	83	110	86	86	0	86	25	0
1949	DET	AL	28	59	32	59	32	32	0	32	27	0
1950	NYY	AL	29	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	0
1952	NYG	NL	31	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	0
	9 Seasons			638	552	638	557	540	17	557	82	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 -- 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	DET	AL	27	5	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	13	12	0	14	2	0	7	4	0	3	1	0	11	10	0	48	29	60.4%	19	0	0.0%	0	1569	58%	80%	28%	185	49%
1949	DET	AL	28	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	10	8	1	7	1	0	4	1	0	4	1	0	5	4	1	30	15	50.0%	13	2	6.7%	0	588	59%	82%	29%	77	53%
	2 Seasons			5	0	5	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	23	20	1	21	3	0	11	5	0	7	2	0	16	14	1	78	44	56.4%	32	2	2.6%	0	2157	58%	81%	28%	262	50%
	MLB Averages																														57.3%			2.7%			62%	82%	31%		52%

* 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 1943 (LF)	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1943 AL (6, 21%) 1944 AL (5, 38%) 0.59 Career Shares (391st)	Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1943 AL 139 (2nd) 1944 AL 78 (4th) 1946 AL 104 (5th) 1947 AL 101 (4th)	Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1943 AL 285 (3rd) 1946 AL 210 (5th) 1947 AL 197 (5th)
Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1943 AL 9 (3rd) 1946 AL 6 (5th) 1947 AL 10 (2nd)	Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1943 AL 11 (1st) 1944 AL 6 (4th) 1946 AL 8 (3rd) 1947 AL 11 (1st) 1948 AL 11 (2nd) Career 47 (62nd)	Def. Games as OF s c a p y 1943 AL 155 (1st)	Errors Committed as OF s c a p y 1943 AL 14 (2nd) 1947 AL 11 (1st) 1948 AL 11 (5th)
Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1944 AL 2.03 (5th) 1946 AL 2.08 (4th) 1947 AL 2.05 (5th) 1948 AL 2.34 (2nd) Career 2.13 (41st)	Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1944 AL .963 (4th) 1947 AL .950 (5th)	Youngest s c a p y 1941 AL born 1921-05-06 (3rd)

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