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Fred Whitfield
Fred Dwight Whitfield

Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 7, 1938 in Vandiver, AL
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 27, 1962
Final Game: August 11, 1970
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Fred Whitfield
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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
1962	24	STL	NL	73	167	158	20	42	7	1	8	34	1	0	7	30	.266	.299	.475	.774	96	75	6	1	0	1	1	3
1963	25	CLE	AL	109	383	346	44	87	17	3	21	54	0	1	24	61	.251	.302	.500	.802	121	173	1	4	2	7	5	3
1964	26	CLE	AL	101	311	293	29	79	13	1	10	29	0	5	12	58	.270	.301	.423	.724	100	124	5	2	2	2	3	3
1965	27	CLE	AL	132	492	468	49	137	23	1	26	90	2	2	16	42	.293	.316	.513	.829	131	240	12	2	2	4	7	*3	MVP-21
1966	28	CLE	AL	137	538	502	59	121	15	2	27	78	1	2	27	76	.241	.283	.440	.723	105	221	7	4	0	5	9	*3
1967	29	CLE	AL	100	284	257	24	56	10	0	9	31	3	3	25	45	.218	.290	.362	.652	90	93	4	1	1	0	8	3
1968	30	CIN	NL	87	182	171	15	44	8	0	6	32	0	3	9	29	.257	.302	.409	.712	107	70	3	2	0	0	1	3
1969	31	CIN	NL	74	92	74	2	11	0	0	1	8	0	0	18	27	.149	.315	.189	.504	42	14	0	0	0	0	0	3
1970	32	MON	NL	4	16	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.067	.125	.067	.192	-47	1	1	0	0	0	0	/3
9 Seasons				817	2465	2284	242	578	93	8	108	356	7	16	139	371	.253	.298	.443	.741	107	1011	39	16	7	19	34
162 Game Avg.				162	489	453	48	115	18	2	21	71	1	3	28	74	.253	.298	.443	.741	107	200	8	3	1	4	7

CLE (5 yrs)				579	2008	1866	205	480	78	7	93	282	6	13	104	282	.257	.298	.456	.754	112	851	29	13	7	18	32
CIN (2 yrs)				161	274	245	17	55	8	0	7	40	0	3	27	56	.224	.307	.343	.649	87	84	3	2	0	0	1
STL (1 yr)				73	167	158	20	42	7	1	8	34	1	0	7	30	.266	.299	.475	.774	96	75	6	1	0	1	1
MON (1 yr)				4	16	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.067	.125	.067	.192	-47	1	1	0	0	0	0

AL (5 yrs)				579	2008	1866	205	480	78	7	93	282	6	13	104	282	.257	.298	.456	.754	112	851	29	13	7	18	32
NL (4 yrs)				238	457	418	37	98	15	1	15	74	1	3	35	89	.234	.298	.383	.680	86	160	10	3	0	1	2

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
1962	24	STL	NL	167	123	21	4.6	112	.281	.266	.282	.299	.351	.475	.429	.774	.780	96	.501	-1.9	-0.2	.689	.259	.209	1.8
1963	25	CLE	AL	383	270	54	5.4	95	.244	.251	.255	.302	.322	.500	.394	.802	.716	121	.613	8.6	0.9	.766	.315	.249	.0
1964	26	CLE	AL	311	228	34	4.0	95	.304	.270	.254	.301	.323	.423	.395	.724	.718	100	.474	-0.8	-0.1	.594	.177	.154	.0
1965	27	CLE	AL	492	351	71	5.4	93	.275	.293	.252	.316	.322	.513	.386	.829	.708	131	.634	16.4	1.7	.748	.254	.220	3.7
1966	28	CLE	AL	538	395	61	4.2	90	.233	.241	.248	.283	.315	.440	.383	.723	.698	105	.528	0.8	0.1	.644	.251	.199	1.9
1967	29	CLE	AL	284	209	26	3.4	86	.232	.218	.245	.290	.315	.362	.368	.652	.683	90	.451	-3.5	-0.4	.572	.241	.144	4.5
1968	30	CIN	NL	182	133	20	4.1	86	.279	.257	.259	.302	.318	.409	.364	.712	.682	107	.558	1.1	0.1	.586	.187	.152	.0
1969	31	CIN	NL	92	63	6	2.6	99	.217	.149	.265	.315	.336	.189	.393	.504	.729	42	.289	-5.3	-0.6	.508	.284	.041	.0
1970	32	MON	NL	16	15	0	0.0	103	.083	.067	.266	.125	.338	.067	.406	.192	.744	-47	.000	-3.2	-0.3	.133	.067	.000
9 Seasons				2465	1787	293	4.4	93	.258	.253	.254	.298	.322	.443	.387	.741	.709	107	.541	12.2	1.3	.657	.246	.190	13.1
162 Game Avg.				489	354	58	4.4	93	.258	.253	.254	.298	.322	.443	.387	.741	.709	107	.541	2	0	.657	.246	.190	3

CLE (5 yrs)				2008	1453	246	4.6	92	.256	.257	.251	.298	.319	.456	.386	.754	.705	112	.558	21.5	2.2	.673	.251	.199	11.3
CIN (2 yrs)				274	196	26	3.6	90	.264	.224	.261	.307	.324	.343	.373	.649	.697	87	.475	-4.3	-0.4	.561	.216	.118	.0
STL (1 yr)				167	123	21	4.6	112	.281	.266	.282	.299	.351	.475	.429	.774	.780	96	.501	-1.9	-0.2	.689	.259	.209	1.8
MON (1 yr)				16	15	0	0.0	103	.083	.067	.266	.125	.338	.067	.406	.192	.744	-47	.000	-3.2	-0.3	.133	.067	.000

AL (5 yrs)				2008	1453	246	4.6	92	.256	.257	.251	.298	.319	.456	.386	.754	.705	112	.558	21.5	2.2	.673	.251	.199	11.3
NL (4 yrs)				457	334	47	3.8	99	.263	.234	.269	.298	.334	.383	.395	.680	.730	86	.464	-9.3	-1.0	.589	.227	.148	1.9

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	GO/AO	IP%
1962	24	STL	NL	167	4.8%	18.0%	4.2%	9.6%	38%	4.29	5.3	19.8	4.6	0.77	72%
1963	25	CLE	AL	383	5.5%	15.9%	6.3%	10.7%	47%	2.54	5.7	16.5	6.4	0.64	71%
1964	26	CLE	AL	311	3.2%	18.7%	3.9%	7.7%	30%	4.83	5.1	29.3	10.1	0.78	73%
1965	27	CLE	AL	492	5.3%	8.5%	3.3%	10.2%	37%	2.63	11.1	18.0	5.2	0.90	82%
1966	28	CLE	AL	538	5.0%	14.1%	5.0%	8.2%	36%	2.81	6.6	18.6	6.4	0.76	75%
1967	29	CLE	AL	284	3.2%	15.9%	8.8%	6.7%	34%	1.80	5.7	28.6	8.3	0.81	71%
1968	30	CIN	NL	182	3.3%	15.9%	5.0%	7.7%	32%	3.22	5.9	28.5	5.3	1.18	75%
1969	31	CIN	NL	92	1.1%	29.4%	19.6%	1.1%	9%	1.50	2.7	74.0	9.3	1.12	50%
1970	32	MON	NL	16	0.0%	18.8%	6.3%	0.0%	0%	3.00	5.0			0.50	75%
9 Seasons				2465	4.4%	15.1%	5.6%	8.5%	36%	2.67	6.2	21.1	6.4	0.81	74%
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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1962	24	STL	NL	2	0	29%	58	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	46%	6	5	1	1	0	1	4	1	3
1963	25	CLE	AL	8	0	25%	116	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	25%	18	15	3	2	2	0	8	4	4
1964	26	CLE	AL	1	0	23%	89	0	5	0%	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	46%	14	7	6	1	0	1	9	5	4
1965	27	CLE	AL	5	0	18%	141	2	2	50%	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	28%	20	14	5	5	5	0	15	8	6
1966	28	CLE	AL	10	0	26%	172	1	2	33%	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	16	37%	24	17	7	6	3	1	13	5	8
1967	29	CLE	AL	2	0	21%	56	3	3	50%	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	5	59%	11	6	4	0	0	0	6	0	6
1968	30	CIN	NL	4	0	18%	50	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	33%	7	4	3	4	2	1	1	1	0
1969	31	CIN	NL	0	0	4%	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970	32	MON	NL	0	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9 Seasons				32	0	21%	694	7	16	30%	6	13	1	1	0	1	1	0	27	39	36%	101	69	29	19	12	4	56	24	31
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
1962	24	STL	NL	167	89%	42			33	11	3	4	1.79	8	1	6	6	2	5	3	0	0	0		40	6	15%	18	5	28%	122	27	22%	12	8	67%	7	5	71%	0
1963	25	CLE	AL	383	89%	87			17	4	2	3	2.36	21	1	7	20	1	10	11	0	4	2	50%	62	1	2%	42	15	36%	236	34	14%	21	10	48%	16	5	31%	0
1964	26	CLE	AL	309	87%	79			24	4	1	1	2.35	10	1	7	10	0	7	3	0	2	2	100%	56	5	9%	27	8	30%	200	21	11%	9	3	33%	17	6	35%	0
1965	27	CLE	AL	492	78%	137			18	9	3	5	1.93	26	1	14	21	5	14	12	0	2	2	100%	103	12	12%	50	14	28%	337	66	20%	22	11	50%	29	11	38%	0
1966	28	CLE	AL	538	69%	121			7	1	0	0	1.65	27	0	11	19	8	15	12	0	0	0		104	7	7%	45	13	29%	323	56	17%	21	10	48%	15	4	27%	0
1967	29	CLE	AL	284	90%	56			32	9	2	5	2.17	9	0	4	7	2	3	6	0	1	1	100%	49	4	8%	21	3	14%	180	22	12%	12	3	25%	16	4	25%	0
1968	30	CIN	NL	182	96%	44			46	11	0	5	1.98	6	0	6	4	2	4	2	0	0	0		28	3	11%	16	3	19%	121	26	21%	17	7	41%	6	5	83%	0
1969	31	CIN	NL	92	99%	11			51	8	0	4	1.75	1	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		24	0	0%	9	1	11%	75	7	9%	7	2	29%	6	2	33%	0
1970	32	MON	NL	16	94%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	0	0		8	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
9 Seasons				2463	83%	578			228	57	11	27	1.98	108	4	61	88	20	58	50	0	9	7	78%	470	39	8%	228	62	27%	1602	259	16%	121	54	45%	113	42	37%	0
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
1962	24	73	167	158	20	42	7	1	8	34	1	0	7	30	.266	.299	.475	.774	96	75	6	1	0	1	1
1963	25	182	550	504	64	129	24	4	29	88	1	1	31	91	.256	.301	.492	.793	113	248	7	5	2	8	6
1964	26	283	861	797	93	208	37	5	39	117	1	6	43	149	.261	.301	.467	.768	108	372	12	7	4	10	9
1965	27	415	1353	1265	142	345	60	6	65	207	3	8	59	191	.273	.307	.484	.790	116	612	24	9	6	14	16
1966	28	552	1891	1767	201	466	75	8	92	285	4	10	86	267	.264	.300	.471	.771	113	833	31	13	6	19	25
1967	29	652	2175	2024	225	522	85	8	101	316	7	13	111	312	.258	.298	.458	.756	110	926	35	14	7	19	33
1968	30	739	2357	2195	240	566	93	8	107	348	7	16	120	341	.258	.299	.454	.752	110	996	38	16	7	19	34
1969	31	813	2449	2269	242	577	93	8	108	356	7	16	138	368	.254	.299	.445	.744	108	1010	38	16	7	19	34
1970	32	817	2465	2284	242	578	93	8	108	356	7	16	139	371	.253	.298	.443	.741	107	1011	39	16	7	19	34

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
1962	24	73	161	153	18	37	6	1	7	30	1	6	30	.242	.273	.431	.705	18	73
1963	25	109	390	353	48	94	18	3	23	59	0	26	61	.266	.318	.530	.848	59	109
1964	26	100	309	293	32	80	13	1	10	32	0	12	58	.273	.304	.427	.731	38	101
1965	27	132	493	471	55	140	24	1	27	100	2	16	42	.297	.320	.524	.845	79	132
1966	28	138	551	513	67	130	16	2	29	89	1	29	76	.253	.296	.462	.758	69	137
1967	29	100	290	262	28	61	11	0	10	36	3	27	45	.233	.307	.389	.696	31	100
1968	30	86	186	174	18	48	9	0	7	39	0	10	29	.276	.323	.448	.771	24	87
1969	31	74	97	76	2	13	0	0	1	8	0	21	27	.171	.351	.211	.561	6	74
1970	32	4	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.063	.000	.063	0	4
9 Seasons		816	2493	2310	268	603	97	8	114	393	7	148	371	.261	.308	.458	.766	324	817
162 Game Avg.		162	495	459	53	120	19	2	23	78	1	29	74	.261	.308	.458	.766	64	817

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr) 1965-AL-21-2% 0.02 Career Shares (1327th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1965 AL--26--5th 1966 AL--27--9th	Runs Batted In s c a p y 1965 AL--90--5th	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1965 AL--50--10th
Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1963 AL--7--6th	Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 1966 AL--9--8th	AB per HR s c a p y 1966 AL--18.6--7th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Batting - 12 (1268), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 6 (2322), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Cecil Fielder (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Larry Sheets (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gordy Coleman (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gordy Coleman (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Paul Sorrento (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Paul Sorrento (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Robertson (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Robertson (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Gray Ink	Batting - 12 (1268), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 6 (2322), Average HOFer ≈ 50