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Dick
Wakefield		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 230
 
Born: May 6, 1921 in Usa, IL, CHICAGO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1950   
All-Star Selections 1946    1948    1951    1952    1953    1958   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1941 20 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 5 5 6 7 7 8 9 9 7 8 8
1942 21 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 7 8 8 9 10 10 8 8 8
1943 22 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 7 8 8 9 10 10 8 8 8
1944 23 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 5 5 7 8 8 9 10 9 8 8 8
1945 24 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 5 5 8 8 8 8 9 9 8 8 8
1946 25 MON NL $ 3,364,286   8 8 8 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 9 9 8 8 8
1947 26 MON NL $ 4,478,571   8 8 8 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 9 9 8 9 8
1948 27 MON NL $ 4,750,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 9 9 8 8 8
1949 28 MON NL $ 4,750,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 9 9 8 9 8
1950 29 MON NL $ 4,750,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 9 9 8 8 8
1951 30 MON NL $ 4,750,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 8 9 8 8 9 9 8 8 8
1952 31 MON NL $ 4,400,000   8 8 8 6 7 7 8 9 9 8 9 9 8 8 8
1953 32 MON NL $ 4,400,000   8 8 8 6 7 7 8 9 9 8 9 9 8 8 8
1954 33 TAM AL $ 4,400,000   8 8 8 6 7 7 8 9 9 8 9 8 8 8 8
1955 34 STL NL $ 4,400,000   9 9 8 6 7 7 8 9 8 7 8 8 8 8 8
1956 35 NYG NL $ 6,001,001   9 9 8 6 6 6 7 8 8 7 8 8 7 8 8
1957 36 NYG NL $ 6,001,001   9 9 8 6 6 6 7 8 8 7 8 7 7 7 7
1958 37 NYG NL $ 6,001,001   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 7 7 6 7 6 6 7 6
1959 38 NYG NL $ 6,001,001   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5
1960 39 SDP NL $ 850,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,001,001   9 9 8 6 7 7 8 9 9 9 10 10 8 9 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1941 20 MON NL 5 16 8 5 1 0 1 4 0 0 5 1 .313 .476 .563 1.039 4.4 1.1
    AAA   135 535 95 141 25 2 21 74 6 7 94 64 .264 .374 .436 .809 89.8  
1942 21 MON NL 109 405 70 108 23 3 3 51 0 0 62 43 .267 .363 .360 .724 53.0 8.6
    AAA   26 92 27 40 6 0 8 34 2 1 28 3 .435 .567 .761 1.328 33.4  
1943 22 MON NL 159 600 100 163 28 5 12 63 0 0 86 56 .272 .362 .395 .757 86.6 16.5
1944 23 MON NL 154 554 91 155 24 4 13 80 1 0 103 55 .280 .392 .408 .800 89.1 16.9
1945 24 MON NL 146 416 75 112 22 2 13 73 0 0 87 42 .269 .393 .425 .819 70.1 12.4
1946 25 MON NL 146 460 72 141 34 7 7 72 0 0 94 44 .307 .423 .457 .879 88.5 24.9
1947 26 MON NL 152 501 88 149 31 3 19 83 0 1 95 47 .297 .406 .485 .891 97.2 18.2
1948 27 MON NL 151 554 107 160 31 3 22 107 0 0 97 45 .289 .391 .475 .865 100.7 20.3
1949 28 MON NL 149 481 90 157 19 4 19 95 0 0 105 39 .326 .444 .501 .945 102.5 20.9
1950 29 MON NL 156 535 93 140 29 5 17 100 0 0 91 68 .262 .365 .430 .795 84.1 14.4
1951 30 MON NL 151 555 93 172 37 6 20 117 1 0 87 53 .310 .401 .506 .908 105.6 20.5
1952 31 MON NL 155 559 106 164 27 3 24 100 0 0 97 46 .293 .398 .481 .879 98.7 18.4
1953 32 MON NL 158 561 101 160 32 8 30 123 0 0 86 60 .285 .377 .531 .908 106.2 24.0
1954 33 TAM AL 113 423 72 118 22 5 15 83 0 0 64 34 .279 .372 .461 .833 68.5 13.0
1955 34 STL NL 155 559 106 158 32 2 23 70 1 0 98 70 .283 .388 .470 .858 100.7 20.0
1956 35 NYG NL 147 449 82 151 33 5 19 76 0 0 57 42 .336 .413 .559 .972 92.9 22.2
1957 36 NYG NL 147 511 88 150 19 6 18 61 0 0 62 63 .294 .369 .460 .829 83.1 15.5
1958 37 NYG NL 151 549 94 172 40 5 26 84 0 0 72 86 .313 .392 .546 .938 108.3 24.0
1959 38 NYG NL 143 444 58 106 23 7 16 58 0 0 51 97 .239 .316 .430 .746 58.3 8.2
1960 39 SDP NL 76 255 20 44 2 2 4 13 0 0 15 74 .173 .218 .243 .461 10.2 0.0
    AAA   56 216 16 50 4 0 3 24 1 1 19 69 .231 .294 .292 .585 19.1  
20 Years Sim 2723 9387 1614 2685 509 85 321 1513 3 1 1514 1065 .286 .383 .461 .844 1608.8 319.9
3 Years AAA 217 843 138 231 35 2 32 132 9 9 141 136 .274 .376 .434 .810 142.3  
162 Game Average 558 96 159 30 5 19 90 0 0 90 63 .286 .383 .461 .844 95.7  
Career Highs 159 600 107 172 40 8 30 123 1 1 105 97 .336 .476 .563 1.039 108.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6447 1202 1925 369 62 235 1082 1 1 1090 648 .299 .398 .484 .882 1234.4
vs LH   2940 412 760 140 23 86 431 2 0 424 417 .259 .351 .410 .761 439.3
Home 1354 4481 771 1248 237 38 152 700 0 0 727 494 .279 .377 .450 .827 776.4
Away 1369 4906 843 1437 272 47 169 813 3 1 787 571 .293 .389 .471 .860 897.4
RISP   2380 0 706 132 23 90 1115 0 0 487 264 .297 .408 .485 .893 483.9
Pinch Hitting   293 55 80 23 1 12 67 0 0 51 30 .273 .378 .481 .859 53.8
Close/Late   1061 177 310 55 8 45 202 0 0 224 128 .292 .411 .486 .897 217.8
Mar/Apr 443 1549 269 448 82 20 59 250 0 0 234 161 .289 .379 .482 .861 282.2
May 500 1739 264 474 89 16 45 282 0 1 276 226 .273 .371 .420 .791 279.6
June 477 1590 285 475 83 19 54 268 1 0 276 181 .299 .401 .477 .877 303.8
July 397 1358 231 392 79 7 54 242 0 0 225 153 .289 .388 .476 .864 251.7
August 458 1659 293 491 95 11 55 241 1 0 261 186 .296 .390 .466 .856 300.8
Sep/Oct 448 1492 272 405 81 12 54 230 1 0 242 158 .271 .372 .450 .822 255.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1941 20 MON NL CF 5 5 44.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.84   0.1
1942 21 MON NL RF 93 92 807.3 208 4 0 1 1.000 2.36   3.1
    CF 9 7 65.0 32 0 0 0 1.000 4.43    
    LF 2 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
1943 22 MON NL RF 111 98 896.0 238 5 1 1 .996 2.44   2.9
    CF 46 45 396.0 120 3 0 1 1.000 2.80    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1944 23 MON NL RF 79 77 666.0 157 7 2 1 .988 2.22   4.0
    CF 72 68 605.7 162 1 0 1 1.000 2.42    
    LF 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1945 24 MON NL CF 87 81 719.0 174 4 1 2 .994 2.23   2.4
    RF 15 15 127.0 42 1 0 0 1.000 3.05    
    LF 31 7 116.3 32 0 3 0 .914 2.48    
1946 25 MON NL RF 52 45 403.7 98 1 2 0 .980 2.21   2.0
    CF 44 41 369.0 107 4 1 1 .991 2.71    
    LF 45 34 323.3 70 3 3 1 .961 2.03    
1947 26 MON NL RF 66 63 556.0 131 5 1 1 .993 2.20   3.0
    CF 60 57 509.3 139 3 1 1 .993 2.51    
    LF 24 10 114.7 30 1 2 0 .939 2.43    
1948 27 MON NL RF 98 94 840.0 176 9 2 2 .989 1.98   3.6
    CF 39 35 319.0 87 1 0 0 1.000 2.48    
    LF 12 10 90.0 23 0 1 0 .958 2.30    
1949 28 MON NL RF 126 119 1060.0 259 6 4 6 .985 2.25   2.1
    LF 9 2 32.0 9 1 0 0 1.000 2.81    
    CF 6 0 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90    
1950 29 MON NL RF 143 138 1196.7 313 5 4 0 .988 2.39   2.7
    CF 7 0 12.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
    LF 5 0 9.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00    
1951 30 MON NL RF 144 143 1265.7 287 9 4 2 .987 2.10   3.4
    LF 2 1 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
    CF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1952 31 MON NL RF 143 141 1263.7 302 3 5 0 .984 2.17   3.2
    LF 4 0 11.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27    
    CF 4 0 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1953 32 MON NL RF 85 83 752.0 151 2 2 1 .987 1.83   3.1
    CF 67 58 528.7 140 2 1 0 .993 2.42    
    LF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1954 33 TAM AL CF 112 111 973.7 248 1 2 0 .992 2.30   2.3
1955 34 STL NL RF 85 81 729.7 145 3 1 2 .993 1.83   5.6
    CF 68 67 585.0 165 3 1 1 .994 2.58    
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1956 35 NYG NL RF 116 92 853.7 165 10 4 4 .978 1.84   2.3
    CF 3 3 29.0 13 1 0 0 1.000 4.34    
    LF 2 1 12.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 1 0 6.7 9 1 0 1 1.000 13.51   0.0
1957 36 NYG NL RF 121 102 943.0 217 4 2 1 .991 2.11   2.8
    CF 8 8 70.0 25 0 0 0 1.000 3.21    
    LF 9 7 64.0 7 0 1 0 .875 0.98    
1958 37 NYG NL RF 133 121 1110.0 229 3 2 1 .991 1.88   3.1
    CF 4 4 36.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    LF 3 3 26.0 3 0 1 0 .750 1.04    
1959 38 NYG NL CF 40 40 359.0 96 1 2 0 .980 2.43   3.3
    LF 40 37 334.3 72 1 6 1 .924 1.97    
    RF 42 32 303.0 55 1 0 0 1.000 1.66    
1960 39 SDP NL LF 44 44 359.0 85 0 3 0 .966 2.13   0.8
    RF 33 30 263.3 61 1 2 0 .969 2.12    
  RF 1685 1566 14036.6 3234 79 38 23 .989 2.12   46.9
  CF 683 630 5644.3 1532 24 9 7 .994 2.48   8.0
  LF 238 156 1522.7 341 6 21 2 .943 2.05   0.8
  1B 1 0 6.7 9 1 0 1 1.000 13.51   0.0
Career Totals   2607 2352 21210.2 5116 110 68 33 .987 2.22   55.7
Career Highs   158 148 1316.7 358 12 8 6 1.000 2.55    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1941 20 MON NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
1949 28 MON NL 9 32 10 10 2 0 2 6 0 0 7 2 .313 .425 .563 .988
1950 29 MON NL 7 26 6 12 3 0 1 4 0 0 4 0 .462 .533 .692 1.226
1951 30 MON NL 12 54 10 24 3 0 3 15 0 0 2 5 .444 .464 .667 1.131
1952 31 MON NL 5 19 5 7 1 0 1 4 0 0 4 3 .368 .478 .579 1.057
1953 32 MON NL 12 51 10 19 4 1 3 13 0 0 5 8 .373 .429 .667 1.095
1955 34 STL NL 11 48 7 9 4 1 0 9 0 0 3 3 .188 .231 .313 .543
1956 35 NYG NL 10 35 10 15 4 1 2 4 0 0 2 1 .429 .459 .771 1.231
1957 36 NYG NL 7 20 2 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 4 .200 .304 .400 .704
1958 37 NYG NL 12 43 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 14 .163 .234 .163 .397
1959 38 NYG NL 3 3 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 1.667 2.333
Career Post-Season Batting 89 331 64 109 22 3 14 60 0 0 35 41 .329 .391 .541 .932
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1946-8-.307
1949-5-.326
1951-10-.310
1956-1-.336
1958-7-.313
 On-Base Pct
1944-10-.392
1945-4-.393
1946-5-.423
1947-6-.406
1949-2-.444
1956-2-.413
1958-5-.392
 Slugging Pct
1949-8-.501
1951-8-.506
1953-8-.531
1956-5-.559
1958-9-.546
 OPS
1946-9-.879
1947-6-.891
1949-5-.945
1951-8-.908
1953-7-.908
1956-3-.972
1958-9-.938
 XR
1943-9-86.6
1947-10-97.2
1949-10-102.5
1953-9-106.2
1958-8-108.3
CAR-17-1608.8
 Games
1943-1-159
1950-3-156
1952-8-155
1953-1-158
1955-8-155
CAR-9-2723
At-Bats
1943-4-600
CAR-16-9387
 Runs
1943-6-100
1948-9-107
1952-9-106
1953-10-101
1955-9-106
1958-9-94
CAR-17-1614
 Hits
1943-10-163
1951-9-172
1958-8-172
CAR-18-2685
 Total Bases
1951-8-281
1953-8-298
1958-9-300
CAR-24-4327
 Singles
CAR-20-1770
 Doubles
1946-6-34
1948-9-31
1951-3-37
1953-10-32
1955-9-32
1956-7-33
1958-4-40
CAR-26-509
Triples
1946-3-7
1951-5-6
1953-2-8
1954-8-5
1956-10-5
1957-7-6
1958-9-5
1959-3-7
CAR-27-85
 Homeruns
1953-9-30
 RBIs
1949-9-95
1950-9-100
1951-2-117
1952-9-100
1953-3-123
CAR-25-1513
 Walks
1943-5-86
1944-3-103
1945-5-87
1946-5-94
1947-6-95
1948-9-97
1949-4-105
1952-9-97
1955-6-98
1958-9-72
CAR-13-1514
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 134    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 60    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Montreal in 1941
Injured on 8/20/1941 with a Inflamed Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit (double) on 9/23/1941, off Paul Erickson (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 9/23/1941, off Red Lynn (BOS)
Injured on 4/10/1942 with a Bruised Neck, out for 5 days
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1942, hitting .467 with 0 HR, 5 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1943, hitting .357 with 5 HR, 11 RBI
Hit for the cycle against Brooklyn on 5/14/1944
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,364,286 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game
Injured on 7/12/1946 with a Sore Back, out for one week
2/1/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,478,571 through salary arbitration
7/1/1947: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $4,750,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1948, hitting .583 with 1 HR, 2 RBI
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game
Won World Series with Montreal in 1949
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1950, hitting .412 with 2 HR, 13 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1950
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1951, hitting .526 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
6/1/1951: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $4,400,000 per year, for 4 years
Drove in 6 runs against Brooklyn on 6/9/1951
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1951, hitting .363 with 6 HR, 32 RBI
Was selected to the 1951 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1953, hitting .391 with 5 HR, 11 RBI
Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1953, hitting .393 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Won World Series with Montreal in 1953
Traded from Montreal to Tampa Bay on 2/1/1954 (Going to MON: P Billy Pierce. Going to TAM: CF Dick Wakefield, P Monte Kennedy, C Sherm Lollar)
Drove in 8 runs against Cincinnati on 4/6/1954
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Oakland on 6/24/1954
Injured on 6/29/1954 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 4 weeks
Traded from Tampa Bay to St. Louis on 3/3/1955 (Going to STL: CF Dick Wakefield. Going to TAM: P Stu Miller)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1955, hitting .542 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Had 2000th career hit on 7/22/1955, off Red Munger (MIN)
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/5/1956 to a 4-year deal worth $6,001,001 per year
Won World Series with New York (N) in 1956
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 8/24/1957
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1957, hitting .417 with 6 HR, 21 RBI
Had 5 hits with 7 RBI against Boston (N) on 5/2/1958
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1958, hitting .462 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1958, hitting .536 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Won World Series with New York (N) in 1958
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/23/1960 to a 1-year deal worth $850,000 per year
 
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