Dick Wakefield

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-4, 210lb (193cm, 95kg)

Born: May 6, 1921 in Chicago, IL us

Died: August 26, 1985 in Redford, MI

Buried: Resthaven Memory Gardens, Avon, OH

School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

Debut: June 26, 1941 (Age 20-051d, 9,070th in major league history)
vs. PHA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 6, 1952 (Age 31-000d)
vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1943 season

Full Name: Richard Cummings Wakefield

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Relatives: Son of Howard Wakefield

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.9

2132

625

.293

334

RBI

315

OBP

.396

SLG

.447

OPS

.843

OPS+

131

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	27-31 / in Starts: 19-12
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	23 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 160 PAs	19
Actual Runners on Base	83 (46-23-14) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 160 PAs	18
Avg. Runners on Base	107 (55-34-17)

Most Driven In
Self	4
G Kell	3
V Wertz	3
J Lipon	2
H Evers	1
P Mullin	1

Most Driven In By
Self	4
A Robinson	3
G Kell	2
V Wertz	2
S Vico	1

1949 Batting Game Log

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1949 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	574	3 (2)	Apr 21	DET		CHW	L,2-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						PH
2	575	8 (4)	Apr 27	DET		SLB	L,3-4	0-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						PH
3	576	11 (2)	Apr 30	DET		CLE	W,7-5	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	5	1.70	0.109	4.31	0.17%	0.88	LF
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	577	12	May 1	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.625	.875	5	.89	0.212	2.37	0.34%	2.30	LF
5	578	13	May 3	DET		BOS	T,14-14	CG(13)	8	5	1	2	0	0	0	3	3	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.438	.538	.976	5	2.63	0.005	7.10	0.01%	2.19	LF
6	579	15 (1)	May 5	DET		PHA	W,6-5	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.450	.467	.917	5	1.21	0.038	3.51	0.07%	0.63	LF
7	580	16	May 6	DET		PHA	L,4-5	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.278	.435	.556	.990	5						LF
8	581	19 (2)	May 9	DET		NYY	W,4-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.444	.667	1.111	5	.59	0.102	1.94	0.20%	0.83	LF
9	582	20	May 10	DET		NYY	L,1-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.250	.419	.583	1.003	5	1.10	-0.135	3.73	-0.27%	-0.64	LF
10	583	21	May 11	DET		WSH	L,1-11	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.371	.500	.871	5	.27	-0.028	.72	-0.05%	-1.05	LF
11	584	22	May 12	DET		WSH	W,2-1	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.342	.452	.794	5	1.01	-0.079	2.53	-0.12%	-0.66	LF
12	585	23	May 13	DET	@	SLB	W,7-2	GS-0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.212	.350	.485	.835	5						LF
13	586	24	May 14	DET	@	SLB	L,3-8	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.216	.356	.459	.815	5						LF
14	587	25	May 15 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,9-3	GS-0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.200	.347	.425	.772	5						LF
15	588	26	May 15 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,4-12	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.205	.352	.409	.761	5						LF
16	589	27	May 17	DET	@	WSH	W,4-2	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.345	.400	.745	9	1.46	-0.037	4.42	-0.07%	-0.24	PH
17	590	39 (11)	May 30 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.345	.400	.745	2						PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	591	44 (4)	Jun 4	DET		BOS	W,10-9	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.196	.339	.391	.731	9						PH
19	592	47 (2)	Jun 6	DET		BOS	L,9-10	8-9	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.196	.351	.391	.742	9	.23	0.007	.61	0.01%	0.21	PH
20	593	50 (2)	Jun 9	DET		NYY	W,9-5	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.191	.345	.383	.728	2	1.48	-0.042	5.80	-0.10%	-0.24	PH
21	594	55 (4)	Jun 15	DET	@	PHA	L,1-2	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.339	.375	.714	9	3.16	-0.073	12.56	-0.17%	-0.48	PH
22	595	59 (3)	Jun 20	DET	@	BOS	L,1-6	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.350	.375	.725	9	.57	0.011	2.25	0.03%	0.12	PH
23	596	63 (3)	Jun 24	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.184	.344	.367	.712	1	2.32	-0.053	9.46	-0.13%	-0.49	PH
24	597	64	Jun 25	DET	@	NYY	W,9-3	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0			0	0	0	.184	.355	.367	.722	1						PH
25	598	69 (4)	Jun 29 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,7-8	5-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.365	.380	.745	8	2.58	0.116	7.55	0.20%	1.00	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	599	72 (2)	Jul 2	DET		CHW	W,7-6	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.196	.359	.373	.732	8						PH
27	600	73	Jul 3	DET		CHW	L,4-8	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.196	.369	.373	.742	1						PH
28	601	74	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CLE	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.192	.364	.365	.729	8	1.88	-0.049	4.17	-0.07%	-0.11	PH
29	602	77 (2)	Jul 6	DET	@	SLB	L,5-6	GS-11	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.366	.345	.712	5	1.50	0.006	1.41	0.00%	-0.09	LF
30	603	78	Jul 7	DET	@	SLB	W,9-2	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.186	.368	.339	.707	5						LF
31	604	81 (2)	Jul 10 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,1-0	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.177	.363	.323	.685	5	.79	-0.084	.55	-0.04%	-0.90	LF
32	605	82	Jul 14	DET		BOS	L,2-5	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.365	.328	.693	5	1.83	0.081	1.53	0.04%	-0.02	LF
33	606	83	Jul 15	DET		BOS	W,8-7	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.364	.329	.692	5	1.86	-0.056	.96	-0.02%	-0.61	LF
34	607	85 (1)	Jul 17 (1)	DET		PHA	W,8-0	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	1	0	0	.192	.359	.315	.674	3	.18	0.000	.10	0.00%	-1.38	LF
35	608	86	Jul 17 (2)	DET		PHA	W,5-4	GS-7	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.368	.320	.688	3	1.03	0.069	.65	0.03%	0.50	LF
36	609	87	Jul 18	DET		PHA	L,8-13	0-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.197	.365	.316	.680	1						PH
37	610	90 (2)	Jul 21	DET		WSH	W,6-3	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.376	.370	.747	3	.64	0.146	.53	0.07%	2.14	LF
38	611	92 (1)	Jul 23	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.365	.357	.723	3	.88	-0.071	.85	-0.04%	-0.79	LF
39	612	93	Jul 24	DET		NYY	L,3-6	GS-8	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.221	.374	.372	.746	3	.83	0.043	1.04	0.03%	0.22	LF
40	613	95 (1)	Jul 27 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,6-7	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.221	.380	.372	.752	8	3.48	0.045	2.48	0.02%	0.27	PH
41	614	101 (5)	Jul 31 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,6-0	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.221	.385	.372	.757	8	.01	0.000	.01	0.00%	0.34	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
42	615	102	Aug 2	DET	@	NYY	W,10-2	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.225	.395	.404	.799	3	.49	0.044	.81	0.04%	0.86	LF
43	616	104 (1)	Aug 4	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG(11)	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.223	.392	.394	.785	3	1.19	-0.021	1.69	-0.02%	-0.42	LF
44	617	105	Aug 5	DET	@	BOS	L,0-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.224	.387	.388	.775	3	.64	-0.023	.84	-0.02%	-0.36	LF
45	618	109 (3)	Aug 10	DET		CHW	L,3-6	0-0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.232	.392	.424	.816	9						PH
46	619	111 (1)	Aug 13	DET		SLB	W,12-9	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0			0	0	0	.233	.392	.447	.839	3						LF
47	620	112	Aug 14 (1)	DET		SLB	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.224	.381	.430	.811	3						LF
48	621	113	Aug 14 (2)	DET		SLB	W,4-3	CG	5	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.227	.388	.436	.825	3						LF
49	622	114	Aug 15	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS-9	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.221	.385	.425	.809	3	1.40	-0.004	1.12	0.00%	-0.39	LF
50	623	115	Aug 16	DET	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.374	.410	.784	3	.62	-0.068	.44	-0.03%	-0.85	LF
51	624	118 (2)	Aug 19 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,3-4	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.212	.372	.407	.778	8						PH
52	625	121 (2)	Aug 21 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,2-4	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.210	.369	.403	.772	9						PH
53	626	131 (9)	Aug 31	DET		BOS	L,4-7	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.210	.373	.403	.777	1	.54	0.029	.22	0.01%	0.27	PH
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
54	627	143 (11)	Sep 14	DET	@	BOS	L,0-1	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.210	.377	.403	.781	9	1.62	0.062	.79	0.02%	0.28	PH
55	628	144	Sep 16	DET	@	NYY	L,1-4	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.375	.400	.775	9	1.17	-0.034	.10	0.00%	-0.24	PH
56	629	146 (1)	Sep 18 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.207	.373	.397	.769	8	2.63	-0.078	.00	0.00%	-0.99	PH
57	630	152 (5)	Sep 25	DET	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.202	.369	.387	.757	3	1.01	-0.049	.00	0.00%	-0.32	LF
58	631	153	Sep 30	DET		CLE	L,4-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.200	.367	.384	.751	1	2.68	-0.111	.00	0.00%	-0.55	PH
59	632	155 (1)	Oct 2	DET		CLE	L,4-8	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.206	.371	.389	.760	9	.23	0.012	.00	0.00%	0.27	PH
							27-31		160	126	17	26	3	1	6	19	33	1	24	0	1		1	4	0	0	.206	.371	.389	.760		1.17	0.042	2.02	0.15%	1.50

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