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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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 Awards
1962 STL NL 24 1B 38 30 262.0 311 282 25 4 32 .987 -1.0 -4.6 -1.0 -0.1 -0.9 0 10.55 8.08 .990 9.79 8.04
1963 CLE AL 25 1B 92 85 768.0 751 690 51 10 64 .987 -6.3 -9.8 -6.3 -2.0 -4.3 0 8.68 8.05 .990 9.48 8.59
1964 CLE AL 26 1B 79 71 597.1 637 596 36 5 63 .992 -1.7 -3.4 -1.7 -1.9 0.2 0 9.52 8.00 .991 9.43 8.12
1965 CLE AL 27 1B 122 110 1006.1 1019 932 80 7 79 .993 0.4 0.5 -0.6 1.2 -1.7 1 9.05 8.30 .991 8.94 7.88 MVP-21
1966 CLE AL 28 1B 132 129 1159.1 1191 1104 76 11 96 .991 -3.8 -3.9 -4.8 -3.2 -1.6 1 9.16 8.94 .991 7.76 7.58
1967 CLE AL 29 1B 66 61 531.2 547 494 49 4 51 .993 -0.7 -1.6 -0.7 -0.1 -0.6 0 9.19 8.23 .991 9.53 8.32
1968 CIN NL 30 1B 41 33 272.2 312 285 21 6 28 .981 -0.4 -1.8 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 10.10 7.46 .992 10.09 8.91
1969 CIN NL 31 1B 14 6 62.1 66 57 8 1 5 .985 0.2 3.9 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 9.39 4.64 .992 9.82 8.84
1970 MON NL 32 1B 4 4 33.1 42 34 7 1 3 .976 0.9 32.4 0.9 0.4 0.5 0 11.07 10.25 .993 9.67 8.38
9 Seasons 1B 588 529 4693.0 4876 4474 353 49 421 .990 -12.4 -3.2 -14.4 -6.1 -8.2 2 9.26 8.21 .991 9.00 8.11
9 Seasons TOT 588 529 4693.0 4876 4474 353 49 421 .990 -12.4 -3.2 -14.4 -6.1 -8.2 2 9.26 8.21 .981 9.00 8.11

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
1962 STL NL 24 73 30 73 73 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0
1963 CLE AL 25 109 85 109 109 0 0 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 2
1964 CLE AL 26 101 71 101 101 0 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0
1965 CLE AL 27 132 110 132 132 0 0 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
1966 CLE AL 28 137 129 137 137 0 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1967 CLE AL 29 100 61 100 100 0 0 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 0
1968 CIN NL 30 87 33 87 87 0 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 0
1969 CIN NL 31 74 6 74 74 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 0
1970 MON NL 32 4 4 4 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 817 529 817 817 0 0 588 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 265 2
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%
1962 STL NL 24 1151 62% 78% 28% 74 93% 3 281 30 247 4 17 24 15 2 2 4 4 0 4 0 4 32 1 1 0 27 3 5 1 4 4 75%
1963 CLE AL 25 3325 60% 76% 24% 178 92% 1 695 62 618 17 52 50 41 5 0 3 10 3 7 0 6 64 0 0 0 59 0 4 0 4 15 47%
1964 CLE AL 26 2614 61% 73% 26% 130 91% 0 602 31 560 11 53 36 27 6 1 1 5 1 3 1 4 63 2 1 0 58 4 5 1 4 6 83%
1965 CLE AL 27 4283 60% 73% 23% 237 95% 2 931 60 840 32 96 75 56 11 2 0 7 1 6 0 5 81 3 1 1 76 6 3 2 1 10 80%
1966 CLE AL 28 4948 63% 75% 24% 272 96% 1 1117 95 1007 14 104 74 52 7 2 6 11 1 10 0 8 96 2 2 0 83 5 11 4 7 11 100%
1967 CLE AL 29 2288 61% 72% 23% 132 92% 0 495 15 470 10 65 43 32 4 0 0 4 0 4 0 3 51 2 0 0 50 2 1 1 0 12 100%
1968 CIN NL 30 1181 60% 75% 27% 68 84% 0 284 19 263 2 20 21 16 3 1 0 6 1 5 0 2 29 0 0 1 27 1 2 0 2 13 69%
1969 CIN NL 31 318 61% 73% 21% 17 100% 0 61 6 56 0 6 5 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1970 MON NL 32 152 59% 76% 28% 12 83% 0 34 2 32 0 1 7 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 67%
9 Seasons 20260 61% 74% 24% 1120 93% 7 4500 320 4093 90 414 335 249 39 8 14 49 8 40 1 33 424 10 5 2 388 21 31 9 22 76 78%
MLB Averages 61% 76% 27% 94% 86%

* 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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