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Fred Whitfield

Fred Dwight Whitfield

Positions: First Baseman and Pinch Hitter
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
Teams (by GP): Indians/Reds/Cardinals/Expos 1962-1970

Final Game: August 11, 1970
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Standard Batting

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
1958	20	STL-min	D	123	486	486		150	29	5	23						.309	.309	.531	.840		258							KEK · MIDW
1959	21	STL-min	B,AA	138	567	547	10	156	29	3	28	15	1	0	13	11	.285	.302	.503	.804		275		2	0	5			WSM,TUL · CARL,TL
1960	22	STL-min	AA	138	559	520	74	161	25	7	22	89	5	3	28	75	.310	.342	.512	.854		266		2	1	8			TUL · TL
1961	23	STL-min	AAA	134	484	459	60	138	23	4	18	73	0		25	63	.301	.337	.486	.823		223							SJN · IL
1962	24	STL-min	AAA	33	141	133	20	43	9	1	8	28	0	0	6	21	.323	.348	.586	.934		78		0	0	2			ATA · IL
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	122	173	1	4	2	7	5	3
1964	26	CLE	AL	101	309	293	29	79	13	1	10	29	0	5	12	58	.270	.301	.423	.724	99	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	WSN-min	AAA	102	347	309	41	82	12	2	15	48	3	0	32	59	.265	.338	.463	.801		143		3	1	2			BUF · IL
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 Yrs				817	2463	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	488	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	2006	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	2006	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

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	Awards
1962	24	STL	NL	73	167	-2	-0	-0	-1	-2	-5	-0.5	6	0	0.1	.493	.497	0.1	-0.2	2	$	3
1963	25	CLE	AL	109	383	10	-2	1	-6	-5	-2	-0.3	11	9	0.7	.498	.499	1.6	-1.4	15	$	3
1964	26	CLE	AL	101	309	-3	-3	1	-2	-4	-11	-1.3	8	-2	-0.5	.488	.493	-0.2	-0.8	-0	$	3
1965	27	CLE	AL	132	492	15	-3	-0	0	-7	6	0.6	14	19	1.9	.505	.504	1.9	-0.8	19	$	*3	MVP-21
1966	28	CLE	AL	137	538	3	0	1	-4	-8	-8	-1.1	15	8	0.4	.494	.495	1.1	-1.5	11	$	*3
1967	29	CLE	AL	100	284	-5	-1	-0	-1	-4	-11	-1.4	8	-3	-0.6	.487	.492	-0.4	-0.6	-2	$21,000	3
1968	30	CIN	NL	87	182	3	-2	0	-0	-2	-1	-0.0	6	5	0.6	.498	.499	0.6	-0.2	6	$	3
1969	31	CIN	NL	74	92	-6	0	1	0	-0	-5	-0.6	3	-2	-0.2	.492	.496	-0.3	0.0	-2	$	3
1970	32	MON	NL	4	16	-3	-0	-0	1	-0	-3	-0.3	0	-2	-0.3	.424	.498	-0.4	0.1	-3	$	/3
9 Seasons				817	2463	13	-11	2	-12	-31	-39	-5.0	72	32	2.1	.495	.497	4.0	-5.3	45	$21,000

CLE (5 yrs)				579	2006	21	-9	2	-12	-27	-25	-3.6	56	31	1.9	.495	.496	4.0	-5.0	43	$21,000
CIN (2 yrs)				161	274	-2	-2	1	-0	-2	-6	-0.6	9	3	0.4	.496	.498	0.3	-0.1	3	$
STL (1 yr)				73	167	-2	-0	-0	-1	-2	-5	-0.5	6	0	0.1	.493	.497	0.1	-0.2	2	$
MON (1 yr)				4	16	-3	-0	-0	1	-0	-3	-0.3	0	-2	-0.3	.424	.498	-0.4	0.1	-3	$

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
1962	24	STL	NL	167	123	21	4.6	112	.281	.266	.283	.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	94	.244	.251	.254	.302	.320	.500	.393	.802	.713	122	.613	9.0	0.9	.766	.315	.249	.0
1964	26	CLE	AL	309	228	34	4.0	96	.304	.270	.256	.301	.324	.423	.397	.724	.721	99	.476	-1.2	-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	.635	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	.529	0.8	0.1	.644	.251	.199	1.9
1967	29	CLE	AL	284	209	26	3.4	86	.232	.218	.246	.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	.365	.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	-5.4	-0.6	.508	.284	.041	.0
1970	32	MON	NL	16	15	0	0.0	103	.083	.067	.266	.125	.338	.067	.406	.192	.745	-47	.000	-3.2	-0.3	.133	.067	.000
9 Yrs				2463	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.				488	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)				2006	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	.283	.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	.745	-47	.000	-3.2	-0.3	.133	.067	.000

AL (5 yrs)				2006	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	.335	.383	.395	.680	.730	86	.464	-9.3	-1.0	.589	.227	.148	1.9

Ratio Batting*

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	309	3.2%	18.8%	3.9%	7.8%	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 Yrs				2463	4.4%	15.1%	5.6%	8.5%	36%	2.67	6.2	21.1	6.4	0.81	74%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.3%	8.3%	6.2%	28%	1.85	5.8	41.7	9.1	1.10	72%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1962	24	STL	NL	-1.9	-0.2	170	1.2	4.9	-3.7	1.24	-0.0	1.0	9.5	0.9	1.00	2.3	1.78	33
1963	25	CLE	AL	8.6	0.9	387	1.0	8.2	-7.2	1.14	1.1	-0.2	7.5	0.8	0.97	13.2	2.33	17
1964	26	CLE	AL	-0.9	-0.1	313	-0.4	5.9	-6.3	1.15	0.0	-0.4	-5.2	-0.5	0.96	-1.0	2.30	24
1965	27	CLE	AL	16.4	1.7	496	3.4	12.5	-9.1	1.09	1.9	1.2	26.3	2.7	1.00	19.2	1.88	18
1966	28	CLE	AL	0.8	0.1	551	2.0	12.1	-10.2	1.10	1.2	0.6	19.7	2.1	0.97	18.1	1.54	7
1967	29	CLE	AL	-3.5	-0.4	296	0.4	6.0	-5.6	1.19	-0.5	0.8	2.1	0.2	0.99	-1.5	2.06	32
1968	30	CIN	NL	1.1	0.1	185	-0.2	3.6	-3.9	1.20	0.2	-0.4	5.8	0.6	1.00	3.8	1.88	46
1969	31	CIN	NL	-5.4	-0.6	92	-0.3	1.8	-2.0	1.40	-0.5	0.3	-4.4	-0.4	1.07	-5.1	1.68	51
1970	32	MON	NL	-3.2	-0.3	16	-0.4	0.1	-0.4	1.11	-0.3	-0.0	-3.6	-0.4	0.90	-3.6		0
9 Yrs				12.1	1.3	2506	6.6	55.0	-48.4	1.15	3.1	2.7	57.8	6.0	0.98	45.4	1.91	228

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	CSH	PO	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	29%	58	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	46%	6	5	1	1	0	1	4	1	3
1963	25	CLE	AL	8	25%	116	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	7	25%	18	15	3	2	2	0	8	4	4
1964	26	CLE	AL	1	23%	89	0	5	0%	0	4	0	0	0	0	3	4	46%	14	7	6	1	0	1	9	5	4
1965	27	CLE	AL	5	18%	141	2	2	50%	1	2	1	0	0	0	5	4	28%	20	14	5	5	5	0	15	8	6
1966	28	CLE	AL	10	26%	172	1	2	33%	1	0	0	1	1	0	5	16	37%	24	17	7	6	3	1	13	5	8
1967	29	CLE	AL	2	21%	56	3	3	50%	3	3	0	0	0	1	4	5	59%	11	6	4	0	0	0	6	0	6
1968	30	CIN	NL	4	18%	50	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	33%	7	4	3	4	2	1	1	1	0
1969	31	CIN	NL	0	4%	9	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%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9 Yrs				32	21%	694	7	16	30%	6	13	1	1	1	1	27	39	36%	101	69	29	19	12	4	56	24	31

Situational Hitting*

						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	1.78	8	1	6	6	2	5	3	0	0	0		40	6	15%	18	5	28%	122	27	22%	12	8	67%	4	4	100%	0
1963	25	CLE	AL	383	89%	87			17	4	2	3	2.33	21	1	7	20	1	10	11	0	4	2	50%	62	1	2%	42	15	36%	236	34	14%	21	10	48%	13	7	54%	0
1964	26	CLE	AL	309	87%	79			24	4	1	1	2.30	10	1	7	10	0	7	3	0	2	2	100%	56	5	9%	27	8	30%	200	21	11%	9	3	33%	11	7	64%	0
1965	27	CLE	AL	492	78%	137			18	9	3	5	1.88	26	1	14	21	5	14	12	0	2	2	100%	103	12	12%	50	14	28%	337	66	20%	22	11	50%	20	13	65%	0
1966	28	CLE	AL	538	69%	121			7	1	0	0	1.54	27	0	11	19	8	15	12	0	0	0		104	7	7%	45	13	29%	323	56	17%	21	10	48%	12	5	42%	0
1967	29	CLE	AL	284	90%	56			32	9	2	5	2.06	9	0	4	7	2	3	6	0	1	1	100%	49	4	8%	21	3	14%	180	22	12%	12	3	25%	2	1	50%	0
1968	30	CIN	NL	182	96%	44			46	11	0	5	1.88	6	0	6	4	2	4	2	0	0	0		28	3	11%	16	3	19%	121	26	21%	17	7	41%	5	3	60%	0
1969	31	CIN	NL	92	99%	11			51	8	0	4	1.68	1	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		24	0	0%	9	1	11%	75	7	9%	7	2	29%	1	0	0%	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		0	0		0
9 Yrs				2463	83%	578			228	57	11	27	1.91	108	4	61	88	20	58	50	0	9	7	78%	470	39	8%	228	62	27%	1602	259	16%	121	54	45%	68	40	59%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			77%			10%			30%			14%			47%			52%

Cumulative Batting

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	859	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	1351	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	1889	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	2173	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	2355	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	2447	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	2463	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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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
1962	24	73	163	155	18	39	6	1	7	31	1	6	30	.252	.282	.439	.721	20	73
1963	25	109	389	351	48	92	18	3	22	59	0	25	61	.262	.313	.519	.831	57	109
1964	26	100	313	295	31	82	13	1	10	31	0	12	58	.278	.309	.431	.739	40	101
1965	27	132	502	477	54	146	25	1	28	100	2	17	42	.306	.330	.539	.869	84	132
1966	28	138	552	514	67	131	16	2	29	89	1	29	76	.255	.297	.463	.760	70	137
1967	29	100	291	262	28	61	11	0	10	36	3	27	45	.233	.307	.389	.696	31	100
1968	30	86	187	175	18	49	9	0	7	39	0	10	29	.280	.326	.451	.778	25	87
1969	31	74	95	75	2	12	0	0	1	9	0	20	27	.160	.337	.200	.537	5	74
1970	32	4	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.063	.000	.063	0	4
9 Yrs		816	2508	2319	266	612	98	8	114	394	7	147	371	.264	.310	.461	.770	332	817
162 Game Avg.		162	498	460	53	122	19	2	23	78	1	29	74	.264	.310	.461	.770	66	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 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1965 AL (21, 2%) 0.02 Career Shares (1361st)	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)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1965 AL 3.4 (9th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 12 (1298), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 6 (2065), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Cecil Fielder (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Larry Sheets (963) 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 (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Paul Sorrento (963) 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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