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Dick Wakefield
Richard Cummings Wakefield

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 210 lb.
School University of Michigan

Debut June 26, 1941
Final Game May 6, 1952
Born May 6, 1921 in Chicago, IL
Died August 26, 1985 in Redford, MI

Son of Howard Wakefield

Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 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 20 DET AL   7    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .143  .143  .143  -27    1   0           0   0
 1943 22 DET AL 155  633   91  200  38  8   7   79   4  5  62  60  .316  .377  .434  129  275   2           0  23 MVP-6,AS
 1944 23 DET AL  78  276   53   98  15  5  12   53   2  2  55  29  .355  .464  .576  189  159   0           1   3 MVP-5
 1946 25 DET AL 111  396   64  106  11  5  12   59   3  5  59  55  .268  .364  .412  111  163   2           1   5
 1947 26 DET AL 112  368   59  104  15  5   8   51   1  4  80  44  .283  .412  .416  128  153   4           1   8
 1948 27 DET AL 110  322   50   89  20  5  11   53   0  1  70  55  .276  .406  .472  130  152   1           0   6
 1949 28 DET AL  59  126   17   26   3  1   6   19   0  0  32  24  .206  .367  .389  100   49   1           0   4
 1950 29 NYY AL   3    2    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   1  .500  .667  .500  206    1   0           0   0
 1952 31 NYG NL   3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .333  .000   -1    0   0           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      638 2132  334  625 102 29  56  315  10 17 360 270  .293  .396  .447  131  953  10   0   0   3  50
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        541   85  159  26  7  14   80   3  4  91  69  .293  .396  .447  131  242   3   0   0   1  13
 Career High    155  633   91  200  38  8  12   79   4  5  80  60  .355  .464  .576  189  275   4   0   0   1  23
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1941 20 DET AL    7    6    0   0.0   115| .143  .287| .143  .365| .143  .423| .286  .789| -27  .000  -1.4  -0.1   0%
 1943 22 DET AL  697  463  103   6.1    93| .316  .265| .377  .341| .434  .366| .811  .706| 129  .702  24.3   2.6  44%
 1944 23 DET AL  332  183   73  10.8    96| .355  .275| .464  .343| .576  .375|1.040  .718| 189  .858  35.5   3.6  50%
 1946 25 DET AL  458  302   58   5.1   101| .268  .270| .364  .346| .412  .389| .776  .735| 111  .595   6.4   0.7  37%
 1947 26 DET AL  453  280   62   5.9    99| .283  .266| .412  .346| .416  .382| .828  .729| 128  .654  18.0   1.8  20%
 1948 27 DET AL  393  241   61   6.7   108| .276  .276| .406  .362| .472  .400| .878  .762| 130  .667  16.1   1.6   0%
 1949 28 DET AL  159  105   18   4.6   107| .206  .271| .367  .363| .389  .393| .756  .756| 100  .498   0.5   0.1   0%
 1950 29 NYY AL    3    1    1  26.5   111| .500  .275| .667  .361| .500  .412|1.167  .773| 206  .956   0.5   0.0   0%
 1952 31 NYG NL    3    3    0   0.0    98| .000  .262| .333  .336| .000  .391| .333  .727|  -1  .000  -0.2   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      2505 1584  376   6.4    99| .293  .270| .396  .348| .447  .381| .843  .729| 131  .688  99.7  10.3  37%

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1941 20 DET AL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.30 0 0 1 1943 22 DET AL OF 155 314 11 14 1 .959 .977 2.10 2.39 140 0 15 AS 1944 23 DET AL OF 78 155 3 6 1 .963 .974 2.03 2.35 78 0 0 1946 25 DET AL OF 104 210 6 8 1 .964 .977 2.08 2.24 104 0 0 1947 26 DET AL OF 101 197 10 11 2 .950 .979 2.05 2.35 101 0 0 1948 27 DET AL OF 86 198 3 11 1 .948 .975 2.34 2.36 86 0 0 1949 28 DET AL OF 32 71 3 0 1 1.000 .980 2.31 2.27 32 0 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1941 20 DET AL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.30 0 0 1 1943 22 DET AL OF 155 314 11 14 1 .959 .977 2.10 2.39 140 0 15 1944 23 DET AL OF 78 155 3 6 1 .963 .974 2.03 2.35 78 0 0 1946 25 DET AL OF 104 210 6 8 1 .964 .977 2.08 2.24 104 0 0 1947 26 DET AL OF 101 197 10 11 2 .950 .979 2.05 2.35 101 0 0 1948 27 DET AL OF 86 198 3 11 1 .948 .975 2.34 2.36 86 0 0 1949 28 DET AL OF 32 71 3 0 1 1.000 .980 2.31 2.27 32 0 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 557 1146 36 50 7 .959 .977 2.12 2.34 541 0 16 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 557 1146 36 50 7 .959 .977 2.12 2.34
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1943   DET AL   *   4   0   2  1  0  0   1   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting LF 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      1   4   0   2  1  0  0   1   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .500  .500  .750 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1943 (LF)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1943-AL-6-0.21
1944-AL-5-0.38
Car-372-0.59 shares

Batting Average
1943 AL-.316-2

On-base %
1943 AL-.377-6

Slugging %
1943 AL-.434-5

OPS
1943 AL-.811-6

Games
1943 AL-155-1

At Bats
1943 AL-633-1

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1943 AL-697-1

Runs
1943 AL-91-3

Hits
1943 AL-200-1

Total Bases
1943 AL-275-2

Doubles
1943 AL-38-1

Triples
1943 AL-8-7

Bases on Balls
1947 AL-80-9

Strikeouts
1943 AL-60-10

Singles
1943 AL-147-3

Adjusted OPS+
1943 AL-129-8

Runs Created
1943 AL-103-3

Adjusted Batting Runs
1943 AL-24-9
1944 AL-36-6

Batting Wins
1943 AL-2.6-9
1944 AL-3.6-6

Extra-Base Hits
1943 AL-53-4

Times on Base
1943 AL-262-2

Offensive Win%
1943 AL-.702-6

Grounded into Double Plays
1943 AL-23-3

Outs
1943 AL-463-7

Youngest Player
1941 AL-20-3

     

Black Ink: Batting - 7 (306) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 20 (996) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 18.0 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 14.5 (940) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 21, 1941: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.

December 17, 1949: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the New York Yankees for Dick Kryhoski.

Before 1952 Season: Released by the New York Yankees.

April 15, 1952: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Giants.

May 19, 1952: Released by the New York Giants.


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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