Howard Wakefield

Howard John Wakefield

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: April 2, 1884 in Bucyrus, OH
Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Naps in 1905. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1905
Teams (by GP): Senators/Naps 1905-1907

Final Game: August 15, 1907
Died: April 16, 1941 in Chicago, IL
Buried: Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Evanston, IL
Relatives: Father of Dick Wakefield
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1905	21	DMO	A	96	316	316		95								.301	.301								DMO · WL
1905	21	CLE	AL	10	27	26	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	.154	.185	.154	.339	7	4	1	0	/2
1906	22	WSH	AL	77	220	211	17	59	9	2	1	21	6	7	23	.280	.303	.355	.658	110	75	0	2	2
1907	23	CLE	AL	26	40	37	4	5	2	0	0	3	0	3	5	.135	.200	.189	.389	24	7	0	0	2
1908	24	TOL,INA	A	22	80	80		22	4	2	0					.275	.275	.375	.650		30				TOL,INA · AA
1909	25	INA	A	17	59	59		14	1	0	0					.237	.237	.254	.492		15				INA · AA
1911	27	SAN	B	16	50	50		17	4	1	0					.340	.340	.460	.800		23				SAN · TL
1913	29	SPR	B	129	479	479		165	39	5	3					.344	.344	.466	.810		223				SPR · IIIL
1914	30	SPR	B	132	496	496		172	32	5	10					.347	.347	.492	.839		244				SPR · IIIL
1915	31	RFD	B	131	489	489		151	36	6	2					.309	.309	.419	.728		205				RFD · IIIL
1916	32	RFD	B	134	508	508		179								.352	.352								RFD · IIIL
3 Yrs				113	287	274	24	68	11	2	1	25	6	10	36	.248	.277	.314	.591	88	86	1	2
162 Game Avg.				162	411	393	34	97	16	3	1	36	9	14	52	.248	.277	.314	.591	88	123	1	3

CLE (2 yrs)				36	67	63	7	9	2	0	0	4	0	3	13	.143	.194	.175	.369	17	11	1	0
WSH (1 yr)				77	220	211	17	59	9	2	1	21	6	7	23	.280	.303	.355	.658	110	75	0	2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1905	21	CLE	AL	10	27	-3	0	0	-1	0	-3	-0.4	1	-2	-0.3	.461	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-1	$	/2
1906	22	WSH	AL	77	220	2	-0	0	-1	4	4	0.5	8	12	1.3	.506	.503	1.3	0.3	13	$	2
1907	23	CLE	AL	26	40	-3	0	0	0	1	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.490	.498	-0.1	0.1	-1	$	2
3 Seasons				113	287	-4	-0	0	-2	5	-1	-0.1	10	9	0.9	.499	.500	1.0	0.4	10	$

CLE (2 yrs)				36	67	-6	0	0	-1	1	-5	-0.6	2	-3	-0.4	.482	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$
WSH (1 yr)				77	220	2	-0	0	-1	4	4	0.5	8	12	1.3	.506	.503	1.3	0.3	13	$

Advanced Batting

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
1905	21	CLE	AL	27	22	1	1.2	73	.222	.154	.249	.185	.309	.154	.325	.339	.634	7	.150	-2.8	-0.3	.227	.000	.000
1906	22	WSH	AL	220	154	23	4.0	71	.310	.280	.250	.303	.305	.355	.320	.658	.626	110	.595	1.7	0.2	.579	.137	.076	1.7
1907	23	CLE	AL	40	32	1	0.8	72	.156	.135	.255	.200	.311	.189	.319	.389	.630	24	.083	-3.1	-0.4	.313	.135	.054
3 Yrs				287	208	25	3.2	72	.283	.248	.251	.277	.306	.314	.321	.591	.627	88	.500	-4.2	-0.5	.500	.124	.066	1.7
162 Game Avg.				411	298	36	3.2	72	.283	.248	.251	.277	.306	.314	.321	.591	.627	88	.500	-4.2	-0.5	.500	.124	.066	2

CLE (2 yrs)				67	54	2	1.0	73	.180	.143	.253	.194	.310	.175	.321	.369	.631	17	.109	-5.9	-0.7	.278	.079	.032
WSH (1 yr)				220	154	23	4.0	71	.310	.280	.250	.303	.305	.355	.320	.658	.626	110	.595	1.7	0.2	.579	.137	.076	1.7

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH
1905	21	10	27	26	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	.154	.185	.154	.339	7	4	1	0
1906	22	87	247	237	20	63	9	2	1	22	6	7	31	.266	.290	.333	.623	99	79	1	2
1907	23	113	287	274	24	68	11	2	1	25	6	10	36	.248	.277	.314	.591	88	86	1	2

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1905	21	11	29	28	5	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	.179	.207	.179	.385	1	10
1906	22	82	244	233	23	72	11	2	1	28	7	9	24	.309	.335	.386	.721	31	77
1907	23	27	44	40	6	6	2	0	0	5	0	4	5	.150	.227	.200	.427	2	26
3 Yrs		120	317	301	34	83	13	2	1	35	7	13	37	.276	.308	.342	.650	34	113
162 Game Avg.		162	428	406	46	112	18	3	1	47	9	18	50	.276	.308	.342	.650	46	113

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