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Bill Wakefield
William Sumner Wakefield

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 18, 1964
  vs. PIT 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER
Final Game October 4, 1964
Born May 24, 1941 in Kansas City, MO

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1964 23 NYM NL   3   5  62   4   0   0  18  2  119.7  103   57   48  10   61   61   9   4   521   6   1  3.61  3.54   98 1.370
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL% .375   3   5  62   4   0   0  18  2  119.7  103   57   48  10   61   61   9   4   521   6   1  3.61  3.54   98 1.370
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     3   5  63   4   0   0  18  2  123.0  106   58   49  10   62   62   9   4   536   6   1  3.61  3.54   98 1.370

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1964 23 NYM NL  62   24    0    4   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   8  .167  .167  .167   -4    4   3   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1 Season        62   24    0    4   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   8  .167  .167  .167   -4    4   3   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         63    0   10   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  21  .167  .167  .167   -4   10   8   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1964 23 NYM NL   27   23    1   1.2    91| .167  .260| .167  .317| .167  .386| .334  .703|  -4  .092  -3.3  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1 Season         27   23    1   1.2    91| .167  .260| .167  .317| .167  .386| .334  .703|  -4  .092  -3.3  -0.3   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1964 23 NYM NL P 62 4 23 0 2 1.000 .954 0.44 0.84 2.03 2.14 4 119.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1964 23 NYM NL P 62 4 23 0 2 1.000 .954 0.44 0.84 2.03 2.14 4 119.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 62 4 23 0 2 1.000 .954 0.44 0.84 2.03 2.14 4 119.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 62 4 23 0 2 1.000 .954 0.44 0.84 2.02 2.14 4 120
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Games
1964 NL-62-6

Hit Batsmen
1964 NL-9-5

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2544) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1961 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

November 4, 1963: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with George Altman to the New York Mets for Roger Craig.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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