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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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1962 24 STL NL 167 -2 -1 0 0 -1 -2 6 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ 3
1963 25 CLE AL 383 7 -2 2 1 -6 -6 11 7 0.8 13 1.4 -0.6 $ 3
1964 26 CLE AL 309 1 -3 -1 1 -2 -4 9 1 0.1 3 0.3 -0.2 $ 3
1965 27 CLE AL 492 18 -3 -1 -1 0 -7 14 20 2.2 20 2.2 0.0 $ *3 MVP-21
1966 28 CLE AL 538 0 0 2 1 -4 -9 15 5 0.6 9 1.0 -0.4 $ *3
1967 29 CLE AL 284 -6 -2 -1 0 -1 -4 8 -6 -0.8 -5 -0.5 -0.3 $21,000 3
1968 30 CIN NL 182 1 -2 0 0 -0 -2 6 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 3
1969 31 CIN NL 92 -5 0 -1 1 0 0 3 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 3
1970 32 MON NL 16 -3 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ /3
9 Seasons 2463 11 -13 0 3 -12 -34 72 26 2.8 39 4.3 -1.5 $21,000
CLE (5 yrs) 2006 20 -10 1 2 -12 -30 57 27 2.9 40 4.4 -1.5 $21,000
CIN (2 yrs) 274 -4 -2 -1 1 -0 -2 9 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $
STL (1 yr) 167 -2 -1 0 0 -1 -2 6 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $
MON (1 yr) 16 -3 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1962 STL NL 24 1B 38 30 15 262.0 311 282 25 4 32 .987 -1 -5 10.55 8.08 .990 9.79 9.70
1963 CLE AL 25 1B 92 85 74 768.0 751 690 51 10 64 .987 -6 -10 8.68 8.05 .990 9.48 9.49
1964 CLE AL 26 1B 79 71 39 597.1 637 596 36 5 63 .992 -2 -3 9.52 8.00 .991 9.43 9.41
1965 CLE AL 27 1B 122 110 95 1006.1 1019 932 80 7 79 .993 0 0 9.05 8.30 .991 9.56 9.53 MVP-21
1966 CLE AL 28 1B 132 129 122 1159.1 1191 1104 76 11 96 .991 -4 -4 9.16 8.94 .991 9.59 9.58
1967 CLE AL 29 1B 66 61 43 531.2 547 494 49 4 51 .993 -1 -2 9.19 8.23 .991 9.53 9.55
1968 CIN NL 30 1B 41 33 18 272.2 312 285 21 6 28 .981 -0 -2 10.10 7.46 .992 10.09 10.12
1969 CIN NL 31 1B 14 6 4 62.1 66 57 8 1 5 .985 0 4 9.39 4.64 .992 9.82 9.76
1970 MON NL 32 1B 4 4 4 33.1 42 34 7 1 3 .976 1 32 11.07 10.25 .992 9.67 9.65
9 Seasons 1B 588 529 414 4693.0 4876 4474 353 49 421 .990 -12 -3 9.26 8.21 .991 9.58 9.58
9 Seasons TOT 588 529 414 4693.0 4876 4474 353 49 421 .990 -12 -3 9.26 8.21 .991 9.58 9.58
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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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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 (1362nd)

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)

Putouts† s c a p y
1966 AL  1,104 (5th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1965 AL  122 (5th)
1966 AL  132 (4th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1966 AL  1,104 (4th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1965 AL  80 (3rd)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1963 AL  10 (3rd)
1966 AL  11 (5th)
1968 NL  6 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1966 AL  8.94 (4th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1965 AL  .993 (5th)
1966 AL  .991 (5th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 InkBatting - 12 (1289), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2058), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  5. Paul Sorrento (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Paul Sorrento (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bob Robertson (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bob Robertson (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
196729Cleveland Indians$21,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$21,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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