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Eddie Waitkus
Edward Stephen Waitkus

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 175 lb.
School Boston College

Debut April 15, 1941
Final Game September 20, 1955
Born September 4, 1919 in Cambridge, MA
Died September 16, 1972 in Jamaica Plain, MA

Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)

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Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1941 21 CHC NL  12   28    1    5   0  0   0    0   0      0   3  .179  .207  .179   11    5   0           1   1
 1946 26 CHC NL 113  441   50  134  24  5   4   55   3     23  14  .304  .340  .408  113  180   7           1   8 MVP-13
 1947 27 CHC NL 130  514   60  150  28  6   2   35   3     32  17  .292  .336  .381   93  196   6           2   8
 1948 28 CHC NL 139  562   87  166  27 10   7   44  11     43  19  .295  .348  .416  109  234   7           2  12 AS
 1949 29 PHI NL  54  209   41   64  16  3   1   28   3     33  12  .306  .403  .426  125   89   3           1   3 AS
 1950 30 PHI NL 154  641  102  182  32  5   2   44   3     55  29  .284  .341  .359   86  230   5           1  13 MVP-24
 1951 31 PHI NL 145  610   65  157  27  4   1   46   0  3  53  22  .257  .317  .320   72  195   1           0   8
 1952 32 PHI NL 146  499   51  144  29  4   2   49   2  2  64  23  .289  .371  .375  108  187   4           1   6
 1953 33 PHI NL  81  247   24   72   9  2   1   16   1  1  13  23  .291  .330  .356   80   88   1           1   3
 1954 34 BAL AL  95  311   35   88  17  4   2   33   0  1  28  25  .283  .341  .383  105  119   6   3       1   8
 1955 35 TOT     71  192   12   52   6  1   2   23   2  1  28  17  .271  .364  .344   94   66   0   0   4   0   5
         BAL AL  38   85    2   22   1  1   0    9   2  0  11  10  .259  .344  .294   79   25   0   0   3   0   1
         PHI NL  33  107   10   30   5  0   2   14   0  1  17   7  .280  .379  .383  106   41   0   0   1   0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons    1140 4254  528 1214 215 44  24  373  28  8 372 204  .285  .344  .374   96 1589  40   3   4  11  75
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        605   75  173  31  6   3   53   4  1  53  29  .285  .344  .374   96  226   6   0   1   2  11
 Career High    154  641  102  182  32 10   7   55  11  3  64  29  .306  .403  .426  125  234   7   3   4   2  13

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1941 21 CHC NL   29   24    1   1.1    91| .179  .261| .207  .331| .179  .368| .386  .699|  11  .083  -3.3  -0.4     
 1946 26 CHC NL  472  322   61   5.1    91| .304  .260| .340  .335| .408  .364| .748  .699| 113  .602   6.0   0.6     
 1947 27 CHC NL  554  378   65   4.6   102| .292  .269| .336  .344| .381  .399| .717  .743|  93  .493  -5.2  -0.5     
 1948 28 CHC NL  614  415   81   5.2    99| .295  .264| .348  .338| .416  .391| .764  .729| 109  .569   6.4   0.6     
 1949 29 PHI NL  246  151   36   6.4   101| .306  .267| .403  .340| .426  .399| .829  .739| 125  .647   9.5   0.9     
 1950 30 PHI NL  702  477   78   4.4   106| .284  .267| .341  .344| .359  .414| .700  .758|  86  .464 -12.0  -1.2     
 1951 31 PHI NL  664  465   61   3.5   102| .257  .266| .317  .340| .320  .403| .637  .743|  72  .389 -23.0  -2.3   0%
 1952 32 PHI NL  568  367   69   5.0    96| .289  .260| .371  .333| .375  .387| .746  .721| 108  .587   8.2   0.9  50%
 1953 33 PHI NL  262  180   29   4.3   109| .291  .273| .330  .344| .356  .425| .686  .769|  80  .443  -7.5  -0.7  50%
 1954 34 BAL AL  349  241   40   4.4    93| .283  .257| .341  .331| .383  .376| .724  .707| 105  .520   2.4   0.3   0%
 1955 35 TOT     220  146   24   4.4   100| .271  .261| .364  .335| .344  .402| .708  .737|  94  .476  -0.6   0.0  66%
         BAL AL   96   64    9   3.8    96| .259  .258| .344  .336| .294  .384| .638  .720|  79  .411  -2.2  -0.2 100%
         PHI NL  124   82   15   4.9   104| .280  .263| .379  .334| .383  .417| .762  .750| 106  .520   1.6   0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     4680 3166  545   4.6   100| .285  .265| .344  .339| .374  .396| .718  .734|  96  .513 -18.9  -1.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1941 21 CHC NL  1B    9     71    3    4    8  .949  .989  8.22  9.73            
 1946 26 CHC NL  1B  106    992   81    4   76  .996  .991 10.12  9.28            
 1947 27 CHC NL  1B  126   1161  101    8  109  .994  .991 10.02  7.94            
 1948 28 CHC NL  1B  116   1064   92    9   77  .992  .990  9.97  8.62             AS
                 OF   20     43    0    1    0  .977  .977  2.15  2.20               20    0    0 AS
 1949 29 PHI NL  1B   54    452   36    3   51  .994  .991  9.04  8.98             AS
 1950 30 PHI NL  1B  154   1387   99   10  142  .993  .990  9.65  6.49            
 1951 31 PHI NL  1B  144   1214   94   10  121  .992  .989  9.08  6.94            
 1952 32 PHI NL  1B  146   1281   95   12  119  .991  .990  9.42  6.85            
 1953 33 PHI NL  1B   59    480   37    6   65  .989  .990  8.76  9.17            
 1954 34 BAL AL  1B   78    618   48    0   72 1.000  .990  8.54  8.00            
 1955 35 TOT     1B   57    430   30    6   46  .987  .991  8.07  8.67            
         BAL AL  1B   26    180    9    5   15  .974  .991  7.27  8.17            
         PHI NL  1B   31    250   21    1   31  .996  .991  8.74  9.09            
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1941 21 CHC NL  1B    9     71    3    4    8  .949  .989  8.22  9.73            
 1946 26 CHC NL  1B  106    992   81    4   76  .996  .991 10.12  9.28            
 1947 27 CHC NL  1B  126   1161  101    8  109  .994  .991 10.02  7.94            
 1948 28 CHC NL  1B  116   1064   92    9   77  .992  .990  9.97  8.62            
 1949 29 PHI NL  1B   54    452   36    3   51  .994  .991  9.04  8.98            
 1950 30 PHI NL  1B  154   1387   99   10  142  .993  .990  9.65  6.49            
 1951 31 PHI NL  1B  144   1214   94   10  121  .992  .989  9.08  6.94            
 1952 32 PHI NL  1B  146   1281   95   12  119  .991  .990  9.42  6.85            
 1953 33 PHI NL  1B   59    480   37    6   65  .989  .990  8.76  9.17            
 1954 34 BAL AL  1B   78    618   48    0   72 1.000  .990  8.54  8.00            
 1955 35 TOT     1B   57    430   30    6   46  .987  .991  8.07  8.67            
         BAL AL  1B   26    180    9    5   15  .974  .991  7.27  8.17            
         PHI NL  1B   31    250   21    1   31  .996  .991  8.74  9.09            

 1948 28 CHC NL  OF   20     43    0    1    0  .977  .977  2.15  2.20               20    0    0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  1B 1049   9150  716   72  886  .993  .990  9.41  7.83            
                 OF   20     43    0    1    0  .977  .977  2.15  2.20               20    0    0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1069   9193  716   73  886  .993  .990  9.27  7.73

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1950   WS    PHI NYY     L   4  15   0   4  1  0  0   0   2   0  .267  .353  .333   0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1948   CHC NL       0   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1949   PHI NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/2      0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0       1.000       
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1948 *
1949

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1946-NL-13-0.06
1950-NL-24-0.02
Car-939-0.08 shares

Batting Average
1946 NL-.304-6

On-base %
1952 NL-.371-10

Games
1950 NL-154-5

At Bats
1948 NL-562-9
1950 NL-641-2
1951 NL-610-6

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1950 NL-702-2

Runs
1948 NL-87-10
1950 NL-102-6

Hits
1948 NL-166-10
1950 NL-182-5

Doubles
1948 NL-27-9
1950 NL-32-9
1952 NL-29-8

Triples
1948 NL-10-4

Stolen Bases
1948 NL-11-7

Singles
1948 NL-122-7
1950 NL-143-1
1951 NL-125-9

Times on Base
1950 NL-238-9

Power/Speed Number
1948 NL-8.6-10

At Bats per Strikeout
1946 NL-31.5-2
1947 NL-30.2-3
1948 NL-29.6-2
1950 NL-22.1-1
1951 NL-27.7-2
1952 NL-21.7-1
Car-20.9-91

Outs
1948 NL-415-10
1950 NL-477-3
1951 NL-465-8

Gray Ink: Batting - 29 (789) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 9.1 (1767) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 11.5 (1044) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
Before 1939 Season: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.
December 14, 1948: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Hank Borowy to the Philadelphia Phillies for Monk Dubiel and Dutch Leonard.
March 16, 1954: Purchased by the Baltimore Orioles from the Philadelphia Phillies for $40,000.
July 29, 1955: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.
August 1, 1955: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
October 10, 1955: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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All-Star 1948 * 1949	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1946-NL-13-0.06 1950-NL-24-0.02 Car-939-0.08 shares	Batting Average 1946 NL-.304-6	On-base % 1952 NL-.371-10	Games 1950 NL-154-5	At Bats 1948 NL-562-9 1950 NL-641-2 1951 NL-610-6
Plate Appearances (approx.) 1950 NL-702-2	Runs 1948 NL-87-10 1950 NL-102-6	Hits 1948 NL-166-10 1950 NL-182-5	Doubles 1948 NL-27-9 1950 NL-32-9 1952 NL-29-8	Triples 1948 NL-10-4	Stolen Bases 1948 NL-11-7
Singles 1948 NL-122-7 1950 NL-143-1 1951 NL-125-9	Times on Base 1950 NL-238-9	Power/Speed Number 1948 NL-8.6-10	At Bats per Strikeout 1946 NL-31.5-2 1947 NL-30.2-3 1948 NL-29.6-2 1950 NL-22.1-1 1951 NL-27.7-2 1952 NL-21.7-1 Car-20.9-91	Outs 1948 NL-415-10 1950 NL-477-3 1951 NL-465-8