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Howard Wakefield
Howard John Wakefield

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.

Debut September 18, 1905
Final Game August 15, 1907
Born April 2, 1884 in Bucyrus, OH
Died April 16, 1941 in Chicago, IL

Father of Dick Wakefield

Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Naps in 1905. (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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1905 21 CLE AL  10   26    3    4   0  0   0    1   0      0      .154  .185  .154    7    4   0           1    
 1906 22 WSH AL  77  211   17   59   9  2   1   21   6      7      .280  .303  .355  110   75   2           0    
 1907 23 CLE AL  26   37    4    5   2  0   0    3   0      3      .135  .200  .189   24    7   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      113  274   24   68  11  2   1   25   6  0  10   0  .248  .277  .314   88   86   2   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        393   34   97  16  3   1   36   9  0  14   0  .248  .277  .314   88  123   3   0   0   1   0
 Career High     77  211   17   59   9  2   1   21   6  0   7   0                          75   2   0   0   1   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1905 21 CLE AL   27   22    1   1.2    73| .154  .249| .185  .309| .154  .325| .339  .634|   7  .150  -2.8  -0.3     
 1906 22 WSH AL  220  154   23   4.0    71| .280  .250| .303  .305| .355  .320| .658  .626| 110  .595   1.7   0.2     
 1907 23 CLE AL   40   32    1   0.8    73| .135  .255| .200  .311| .189  .319| .389  .630|  24  .083  -3.1  -0.4     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       287  208   25   3.2    72| .248  .251| .277  .306| .314  .321| .591  .627|  88  .500  -4.2  -0.5     

* 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  PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1905 21 CLE AL C 8 18 7 2 0 .926 .973 3.12 5.96 1 1906 22 WSH AL C 60 237 59 17 5 .946 .961 4.93 5.46 7 1907 23 CLE AL C 11 37 3 3 2 .930 .969 3.64 5.46 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1905 21 CLE AL C 8 18 7 2 0 .926 .973 3.12 5.96 1 1906 22 WSH AL C 60 237 59 17 5 .946 .961 4.93 5.46 7 1907 23 CLE AL C 11 37 3 3 2 .930 .969 3.64 5.46 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C 79 292 69 22 7 .943 .963 4.57 5.51 9 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 79 292 69 22 7 .943 .963 4.57 5.51
An Important note about our fielding stats


Transactions 

September, 1905: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Naps.

February, 1906: Loaned to the Washington Senators by the Cleveland Naps.

August 11, 1907: Traded by the Cleveland Naps with Pete O'Brien to the Washington Senators for Rabbit Nill.

November, 1907: Howard Wakefield returned to the Cleveland Naps by the Washington Senators as part of earlier loan.


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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