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Fred Whitfield

Positions: First Baseman and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: January 7, 1938 in Vandiver, AL us

Died: January 31, 2013 in Gadsden, AL

Buried: Lawleys Chapel Cemetery, Sterrett, AL

High School: Woodlawn HS (Birmingham, AL)

Debut: May 27, 1962 (Age 24-140d, 11,986th in major league history)
vs. MLN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 11, 1970 (Age 32-216d)
vs. ATL 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1962 season

Full Name: Fred Dwight Whitfield

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.0

2284

578

108

.253

242

RBI

356

OBP

.298

SLG

.443

OPS

.741

OPS+

107

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

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 19	CLE		NYY	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	7	1	1	9	2	1B
2	6	Apr 20	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
3	7	Apr 23	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
4	8	Apr 25	CLE		KCA	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	1	9	1	1B
5	9	Apr 26	CLE		KCA	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
6	10	Apr 28	CLE		CAL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
7	11	Apr 29	CLE		CHW	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	12	May 1	CLE		CHW	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
9	13	May 3	CLE	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
10	14	May 4	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
11	15	May 5	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
12	16	May 6	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	55	14.1	16	1	0	17	2	1B
13	17	May 7	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
14	18	May 8 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
15	19	May 8 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
16	20	May 10	CLE		DET	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
17	21	May 13	CLE		BAL	W,4-3	CG	50	11.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
18	22	May 14	CLE		BAL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
19	23	May 15 (1)	CLE		BAL	L,0-1	CG	51	13.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
20	24	May 15 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	9	2	0	11	3	1B
21	25	May 17	CLE		WSA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
22	26	May 18	CLE		WSA	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
23	28 (1)	May 20	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
24	29	May 21	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-7	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
25	31 (1)	May 22 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	16	0	0	16	0	1B
26	32	May 24 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
27	33	May 24 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
28	34	May 25	CLE	@	DET	W,13-2	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
29	35	May 26	CLE	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	1B
30	36	May 27	CLE		MIN	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	5	1B
31	37	May 28	CLE		MIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
32	38	May 29 (1)	CLE		MIN	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
33	39	May 29 (2)	CLE		MIN	L,0-1	CG	29	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
34	40	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
35	41	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	CAL	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
36	42	May 31	CLE	@	CAL	W,7-5	GS	57	14.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	43	Jun 1	CLE	@	KCA	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
38	44	Jun 2	CLE	@	KCA	L,4-11	CG	42	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
39	45	Jun 3	CLE	@	MIN	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
40	46	Jun 4	CLE	@	MIN	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
41	47	Jun 5	CLE	@	MIN	L,4-9	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
42	48	Jun 7	CLE		NYY	L,2-7	CG	47	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
43	49	Jun 8	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
44	50	Jun 10	CLE		WSA	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
45	51	Jun 11	CLE		WSA	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
46	52	Jun 12	CLE		WSA	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
47	53	Jun 14 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
48	54	Jun 14 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,7-11	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
49	55	Jun 15	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
50	56	Jun 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
51	57	Jun 17	CLE	@	WSA	L,4-5	CG	48	10.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
52	58	Jun 18	CLE	@	WSA	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
53	59	Jun 19	CLE	@	WSA	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
54	60	Jun 20	CLE	@	WSA	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
55	61	Jun 21	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
56	62	Jun 22 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
57	63	Jun 22 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	37	8.2	8	0	1	9	3	1B
58	64	Jun 23	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
59	65	Jun 24	CLE		KCA	L,5-7	GS	33	7.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
60	66	Jun 25	CLE		KCA	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
61	67	Jun 26 (1)	CLE		KCA	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
62	68	Jun 26 (2)	CLE		KCA	W,14-3	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
63	69	Jun 27	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	1B
64	70	Jun 28	CLE	@	MIN	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
65	71	Jun 29	CLE	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
66	72	Jun 30	CLE	@	MIN	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	73	Jul 1	CLE		CAL	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
68	74	Jul 2	CLE		CAL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	2	1B
69	75	Jul 3 (1)	CLE		CAL	L,2-10	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
70	76	Jul 3 (2)	CLE		CAL	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
71	77	Jul 4	CLE		MIN	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
72	78	Jul 5	CLE		MIN	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
73	79	Jul 6	CLE		MIN	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
74	80	Jul 8	CLE	@	KCA	L,1-2	GS	19	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
75	83 (2)	Jul 10 (2)	CLE	@	KCA	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
76	85 (1)	Jul 15	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
77	86	Jul 16	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
78	87	Jul 17 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
79	88	Jul 17 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,15-2	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
80	89	Jul 18	CLE		CAL	W,6-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
81	90	Jul 19	CLE		CHW	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
82	91	Jul 20	CLE		CHW	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	9	2	1	12	0	1B
83	92	Jul 21	CLE		CHW	L,2-7	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
84	93	Jul 22	CLE		DET	L,5-10	GS	26	6.0	2	1	0	3	1	1B
85	94	Jul 23	CLE		DET	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
86	96 (1)	Jul 24 (2)	CLE		DET	L,1-2	CG	35	10.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
87	97	Jul 25	CLE	@	WSA	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
88	98	Jul 26	CLE	@	BAL	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
89	99	Jul 27	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
90	102 (2)	Jul 31	CLE	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	103	Aug 2	CLE		BAL	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
92	104	Aug 3	CLE		BAL	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
93	105	Aug 4	CLE		BAL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
94	106	Aug 5 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
95	107	Aug 5 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
96	108	Aug 6	CLE		NYY	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
97	109	Aug 7 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
98	110	Aug 7 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
99	111	Aug 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
100	112	Aug 9	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
101	113	Aug 10	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
102	114	Aug 11	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-13	CG	46	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
103	115	Aug 12	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	2	1B
104	116	Aug 13	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
105	117	Aug 14 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
106	118	Aug 14 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	7	0	2	9	1	1B
107	123 (4)	Aug 19	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
108	124	Aug 20	CLE		CHW	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
109	125	Aug 21	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
110	126	Aug 23	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
111	127	Aug 24	CLE	@	BAL	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
112	128	Aug 25	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	43	10.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
113	129	Aug 26	CLE	@	WSA	L,0-1	CG	36	8.1	8	1	0	9	1	1B
114	130	Aug 27	CLE	@	WSA	L,1-3	GS	12	4.0	2	0	0	2	2	1B
115	133 (2)	Aug 30	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
116	134	Aug 31	CLE		BAL	L,1-5	GS	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
117	135	Sep 1	CLE		BAL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
118	136	Sep 2 (1)	CLE		DET	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
119	137	Sep 2 (2)	CLE		DET	L,5-7	CG	47	10.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
120	138	Sep 3	CLE		DET	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
121	139	Sep 4	CLE		DET	L,3-4	CG	53	12.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
122	140	Sep 5 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
123	142 (1)	Sep 6	CLE		BOS	W,6-2	CG	30	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
124	143	Sep 7	CLE		BOS	L,4-5	CG	45	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
125	144	Sep 9	CLE		CAL	W,8-7	CG	48	10.0	5	1	1	7	0	1B
126	145	Sep 10	CLE		CAL	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	8	1	1	10	0	1B
127	146	Sep 11	CLE		CAL	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
128	147	Sep 13	CLE		KCA	L,1-3	CG	54	15.0	22	1	0	23	1	1B
129	148	Sep 14	CLE		KCA	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
130	149	Sep 15	CLE		KCA	L,0-1	GS	34	10.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
131	157 (7)	Sep 25	CLE	@	KCA	W,4-2		4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
132	160 (2)	Sep 30	CLE	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
							132gm		1159.1	1104	76	11	1191	96