Eddie Waitkus

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: September 4, 1919 in Cambridge, MA us

Died: September 16, 1972 in Jamaica Plain, MA

Buried: Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, MA

High School: Cambridge High and Latin School (Cambridge, MA)

School: Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA)

Debut: April 15, 1941 (Age 21-223d, 9,027th in major league history)
vs. PIT 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 20, 1955 (Age 36-016d)
vs. BRO 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1946 season

Full Name: Edward Stephen Waitkus

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.4

4254

1214

.285

528

RBI

373

OBP

.344

SLG

.374

OPS

.718

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
2	2	Apr 17	PHI	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	46	11.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
3	3	Apr 18	PHI		BSN	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
4	4	Apr 19	PHI		BSN	L,7-9	GF	23	4.0	1	1	0	2	2	1B
5	5	Apr 20 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,4-3	CG	37	10.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
6	6	Apr 20 (2)	PHI		BSN	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
7	7	Apr 21	PHI		NYG	L,4-10	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
8	8	Apr 22	PHI		NYG	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	14	1	0	15	2	1B
9	9	Apr 26	PHI	@	BSN	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	13 (3)	May 2	PHI	@	STL	L,2-3	GF	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
11	14	May 3	PHI	@	STL	L,0-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	17 (2)	May 6	PHI	@	PIT	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
13	18	May 7	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
14	19	May 10 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
15	20	May 10 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
16	21	May 11	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	40	9.2	14	1	1	16	2	1B
17	22	May 13	PHI		CHC	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
18	23	May 14	PHI		CHC	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
19	24	May 15	PHI		CIN	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
20	25	May 16	PHI		CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
21	26	May 17	PHI		CIN	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	11	2	0	13	2	1B
22	27	May 18	PHI		STL	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
23	28	May 21	PHI		PIT	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
24	29	May 22	PHI		PIT	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
25	30	May 23	PHI		BRO	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	3	1B
26	31	May 24	PHI		BRO	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
27	32	May 27 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,2-4	CG	47	12.0	9	3	0	12	0	1B
28	33	May 27 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,5-4	CG	37	10.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
29	34	May 29	PHI		NYG	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
30	35	May 30 (1)	PHI		NYG	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
31	36	May 30 (2)	PHI		NYG	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
32	37	May 31	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-5	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	38	Jun 1 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
34	39	Jun 1 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	31	8.2	8	1	0	9	0	1B
35	40	Jun 3	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
36	41	Jun 4	PHI	@	CIN	L,8-10	CG	42	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
37	42	Jun 5	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
38	43	Jun 6	PHI	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
39	44	Jun 7	PHI	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
40	45	Jun 8	PHI	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	6	0	2	8	0
41	46	Jun 10	PHI	@	CHC	L,5-10	CG	43	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
42	49 (2)	Jun 14	PHI		PIT	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
43	50	Jun 15 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
44	51	Jun 15 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,6-3	CG	31	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
45	52	Jun 16	PHI		PIT	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	1B
46	53	Jun 17 (1)	PHI		STL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
47	54	Jun 17 (2)	PHI		STL	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
48	55	Jun 18	PHI		STL	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	13	0	0	13	3	1B
49	56	Jun 19	PHI		STL	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
50	57	Jun 20	PHI		CIN	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
51	58	Jun 22 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
52	59	Jun 22 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,3-0	CG	28	7.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
53	60	Jun 24 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
54	61	Jun 24 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
55	62	Jun 25	PHI		CHC	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
56	63	Jun 27	PHI		NYG	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
57	64	Jun 28	PHI		NYG	W,7-2	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
58	65	Jun 29	PHI		NYG	L,3-12	CG	45	9.0	10	3	0	13	0	1B
59	66	Jun 30	PHI	@	BRO	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	4	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	67	Jul 1	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	35	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	1B
61	68	Jul 2 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
62	69	Jul 2 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	8	3	0	11	1	1B
63	70	Jul 3	PHI	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
64	71	Jul 4 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	41	10.2	16	2	0	18	0	1B
65	72	Jul 4 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	5	3	0	8	2	1B
66	73	Jul 5	PHI	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
67	74	Jul 6 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-2	GS	25	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
68	75	Jul 6 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	8	1	1	10	0	1B
69	76	Jul 10	PHI	@	STL	L,3-10	CG	44	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
70	77	Jul 11	PHI	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	9	2	1	12	2
71	78	Jul 12	PHI	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
72	79	Jul 13 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	3	1B
73	80	Jul 13 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
74	81	Jul 15	PHI	@	PIT	W,10-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
75	82	Jul 16	PHI	@	PIT	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
76	83	Jul 17 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
77	84	Jul 17 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
78	85	Jul 18	PHI	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	14	3	0	17	2
79	86	Jul 19	PHI	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
80	87	Jul 20 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	37	9.1	8	0	0	8	3
81	88	Jul 20 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
82	89	Jul 22 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,14-4	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
83	90	Jul 22 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
84	91	Jul 23	PHI		PIT	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
85	92	Jul 25	PHI		CHC	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
86	93	Jul 26	PHI		CHC	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
87	94	Jul 27 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,12-8	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
88	95	Jul 27 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
89	96	Jul 29 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
90	97	Jul 29 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
91	98	Jul 30	PHI		CIN	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	99	Aug 1	PHI		STL	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	12	2	1	15	0	1B
93	100	Aug 2	PHI		STL	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	2
94	101	Aug 3	PHI		STL	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
95	102	Aug 7 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
96	103	Aug 7 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
97	104	Aug 8	PHI		BRO	L,3-6	CG	43	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
98	105	Aug 9 (1)	PHI		BRO	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
99	106	Aug 9 (2)	PHI		BRO	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
100	107	Aug 11 (1)	PHI		BRO	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
101	108	Aug 11 (2)	PHI		BRO	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	8	1	1	10	1	1B
102	109	Aug 13 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
103	110	Aug 13 (2)	PHI		BSN	L,3-9	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
104	111	Aug 14	PHI		BSN	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
105	112	Aug 15	PHI	@	BRO	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
106	113	Aug 16	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-15	CG	40	6.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
107	114	Aug 17	PHI	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
108	115	Aug 19	PHI	@	PIT	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
109	116	Aug 20	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
110	118 (1)	Aug 23	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
111	119	Aug 24 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	5	3	0	8	0	1B
112	120	Aug 24 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	W,14-4	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
113	121	Aug 25	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	39	10.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
114	122	Aug 26	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	51	12.1	18	0	0	18	1	1B
115	123	Aug 27	PHI	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
116	124	Aug 28	PHI	@	STL	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
117	125	Aug 30 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	1B
118	126	Aug 30 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
119	127	Aug 31 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	36	8.2	10	0	0	10	0	1B
120	128	Aug 31 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	18	0	0	18	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
121	129	Sep 2 (1)	PHI		BRO	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	3	1B
122	130	Sep 2 (2)	PHI		BRO	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	14	2	0	16	1	1B
123	131	Sep 3	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	41	9.1	9	0	0	9	1	1B
124	132	Sep 4	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	49	10.1	11	1	1	13	2	1B
125	133	Sep 5	PHI	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
126	134	Sep 6 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,7-6	GS	28	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
127	137 (2)	Sep 9	PHI		STL	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
128	138	Sep 10	PHI		STL	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	14	1	0	15	2
129	139	Sep 11	PHI		STL	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	2
130	140	Sep 12 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
131	141	Sep 12 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
132	142	Sep 14 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
133	143	Sep 14 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
134	144	Sep 16	PHI		CIN	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	1B
135	145	Sep 17	PHI		CIN	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
136	146	Sep 19	PHI		NYG	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
137	147	Sep 20	PHI		NYG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
138	148	Sep 21	PHI		NYG	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	14	2	0	16	2	1B
139	149	Sep 23 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	12	0	1	13	1	1B
140	150	Sep 23 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,1-0	CG	45	12.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
141	151	Sep 24	PHI	@	BRO	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
142	152	Sep 26	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-8	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
143	154 (1)	Sep 28	PHI	@	NYG	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
							146gm		1251.0	1281	95	12	1388	119