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Danny
Litwhiler		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 203
 
Born: August 31, 1916 in Usa, PA, RINGTOWN
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1940 23 MON NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1941 24 MON NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1942 25 MON NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1943 26 MON NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1944 27 MON NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1945 28 MON NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1946 29 MON NL $ 350,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1947 30 MON NL $ 1,703,571 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1948 31 MON NL $ 1,703,571 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1949 32 BRK NL $ 1,900,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1950 33 BRK NL $ 1,900,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1951 34 SDP NL $ 1,750,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1952 35 BRK NL $ 1,750,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1953 36 BRK NL $ 1,750,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,900,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1940 23 MON NL     6 6 6 6 5 5 7 7 7 5 4 4 8 7 7
1941 24 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 5 5 7 6 7 5 4 4 7 7 7
1942 25 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 5 5 7 6 7 5 4 4 7 7 7
1943 26 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 5 5 7 6 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1944 27 MON NL     5 5 5 6 5 5 7 6 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1945 28 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1946 29 MON NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 6 5 5 7 7 7 5 4 4 7 7 7
1947 30 MON NL $ 1,703,571   5 5 5 6 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1948 31 MON NL $ 1,703,571   5 5 5 6 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1949 32 BRK NL $ 1,900,000   5 5 5 6 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1950 33 BRK NL $ 1,900,000   5 5 5 6 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 6 7
1951 34 SDP NL $ 1,750,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1952 35 BRK NL $ 1,750,000   4 4 5 2 2 2 6 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
1953 36 BRK NL $ 1,750,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 2 2 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,900,000   6 6 6 6 5 5 7 7 7 5 4 4 8 7 7
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1943 26 MON NL 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 4 0 2 0 18.00 .455 .500 .636 1.136 0.0
1 Years Sim 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 4 0 2 0 18.00 .455 .500 .636 1.136 0.0
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   2 2 0 1 0   .250 .333 .250 .583
vs LH   3 2 0 1 0   1.000 1.000 1.667 2.667
Home 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 4 0 2 0 18.00 .455 .538 .636 1.175
May 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 4 0 2 0 18.00 .455 .538 .636 1.175
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
1940 23 AAA   137 582 103 185 27 3 30 100 5 10 51 62 .318 .373 .529 .902 105.2  
1941 24 MON NL 68 183 29 60 15 0 6 26 0 0 13 19 .328 .374 .508 .882 31.8 6.9
    AAA   26 103 23 31 2 3 8 27 3 1 16 9 .301 .395 .612 1.007 23.8  
1942 25 MON NL 90 233 36 66 13 4 7 31 0 0 20 33 .283 .341 .464 .805 32.9 5.7
1943 26 MON NL 66 165 18 39 7 2 6 22 0 1 17 22 .236 .304 .412 .716 20.1 2.7
1944 27 AAA   110 429 56 125 22 0 25 77 6 10 38 38 .291 .349 .517 .867 72.5  
1945 28 MON NL 78 232 29 67 23 2 7 44 0 0 12 25 .289 .325 .496 .821 33.7 6.1
1946 29 MON NL 133 344 40 90 19 2 12 63 0 0 25 48 .262 .316 .433 .749 45.7 9.6
1947 30 MON NL 116 300 45 82 17 0 14 48 0 0 29 38 .273 .335 .470 .805 46.1 7.1
1948 31 MON NL 61 168 25 44 11 0 7 22 0 0 19 18 .262 .344 .452 .796 25.4 4.7
1949 32 SDP NL 49 83 8 21 5 1 2 17 0 0 5 8 .253 .295 .410 .705 9.0 1.2
  BRK NL 25 89 13 32 7 0 4 16 0 0 4 9 .360 .383 .573 .956 16.7 3.3
  TOT   74 172 21 53 12 1 6 33 0 0 9 17 .308 .341 .494 .835 25.7 4.6
    AAA   54 225 41 66 17 3 15 43 1 2 28 25 .293 .372 .596 .967 46.3  
1950 33 BRK NL 132 402 50 111 32 4 11 64 0 0 37 67 .276 .339 .458 .797 56.8 9.0
1951 34 SDP NL 80 175 26 52 15 0 7 40 0 0 6 27 .297 .326 .503 .829 25.6 4.3
1952 35 SDP NL 35 95 7 19 3 1 1 15 0 0 7 19 .200 .252 .284 .537 7.1 0.0
    AAA   25 91 10 17 5 1 2 10 0 0 5 19 .187 .229 .330 .559 6.6  
    AA   31 118 12 29 3 1 2 10 4 1 12 12 .246 .315 .339 .654 13.5  
1953 36 AA   26 104 8 24 4 1 0 4 1 1 13 19 .231 .316 .288 .605 10.0  
    A   83 306 28 82 14 1 4 19 1 6 43 47 .268 .358 .359 .718 39.8  
11 Years Sim 933 2469 326 683 167 16 84 408 0 1 194 333 .277 .331 .459 .790 351.0 60.7
5 Years AAA 352 1430 233 424 73 10 80 257 15 23 138 153 .297 .360 .529 .889 254.3  
2 Years AA 57 222 20 53 7 2 2 14 5 2 25 31 .239 .317 .315 .633 23.5  
1 Years A 83 306 28 82 14 1 4 19 1 6 43 47 .268 .362 .359 .721 39.8  
8 Years Minors 492 1958 281 559 94 13 86 290 21 31 206 231 .285 .355 .479 .834 317.6  
162 Game Average 428 56 118 28 2 14 70 0 0 33 57 .277 .331 .459 .790 60.9  
Career Highs 133 402 50 111 32 4 14 64 0 1 37 67 .328 .374 .508 .882 56.8  
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   733 106 196 49 3 33 163 0 0 46 101 .267 .310 .477 .788 105.5
vs LH   1736 220 487 118 13 51 245 0 1 148 232 .281 .339 .452 .791 254.5
Home 466 1249 149 348 91 5 38 209 0 1 87 162 .279 .326 .451 .777 175.2
Away 467 1220 177 335 76 11 46 199 0 0 107 171 .275 .335 .468 .803 184.8
RISP   661 0 193 44 7 24 300 0 0 55 100 .292 .344 .489 .832 106.3
Pinch Hitting   265 27 71 13 0 16 68 0 0 14 31 .268 .301 .498 .800 39.5
Close/Late   285 47 81 17 2 22 64 0 0 21 36 .284 .338 .589 .927 53.6
Mar/Apr 167 442 52 99 26 2 11 60 0 0 39 52 .224 .288 .367 .655 47.0
May 174 468 63 134 29 4 16 78 0 1 41 78 .286 .346 .468 .814 72.1
June 175 454 65 127 35 5 12 83 0 0 36 60 .280 .331 .458 .789 66.0
July 144 381 46 106 21 1 16 67 0 0 27 49 .278 .328 .465 .793 56.0
August 137 341 42 104 26 2 16 56 0 0 31 38 .305 .366 .534 .900 61.6
Sep/Oct 136 383 58 113 30 2 13 64 0 0 20 56 .295 .332 .486 .817 57.3
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 24 MON NL CF 43 41 343.0 118 3 5 1 .960 3.17   1.5
    2B 6 0 8.3 0 2 0 1 1.000 2.16   0.0
    1B 5 0 7.0 9 0 0 2 1.000 11.57   0.0
    RF 3 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    LF 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1942 25 MON NL CF 27 25 218.0 65 2 1 0 .985 2.77   1.4
    RF 26 23 194.0 47 0 1 0 .979 2.18    
    2B 16 0 25.7 4 7 0 1 1.000 3.86   0.1
    1B 7 0 11.0 15 1 0 2 1.000 13.09   0.0
    LF 2 0 5.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.75    
1943 26 MON NL RF 39 39 323.0 76 2 3 2 .963 2.17   0.6
    2B 10 0 12.3 4 1 0 0 1.000 3.65   0.0
    1B 4 0 12.0 10 2 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
    CF 5 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
    P 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1945 28 MON NL RF 50 47 400.0 96 5 3 1 .971 2.27   0.9
    1B 10 6 54.0 61 8 1 5 .986 11.50   0.1
    2B 10 2 38.0 12 19 1 6 .969 7.34   0.2
    SS 10 0 19.0 4 11 1 4 .938 7.11   0.2
    LF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 1 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1946 29 MON NL CF 55 54 445.0 99 4 1 0 .990 2.08   0.7
    SS 30 8 107.3 16 55 1 10 .986 5.95   0.3
    1B 13 9 84.0 89 4 1 16 .989 9.96   0.1
    2B 15 7 72.0 20 36 0 10 1.000 7.00   0.2
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1947 30 MON NL CF 48 45 386.0 119 5 1 1 .992 2.89   1.3
    SS 32 24 218.0 34 99 2 13 .985 5.49   0.7
    2B 5 0 18.0 5 16 0 3 1.000 10.50   0.1
    1B 7 0 17.0 29 1 0 1 1.000 15.88   0.1
    RF 3 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1948 31 MON NL 1B 26 23 198.7 230 16 0 16 1.000 11.14   0.6
    CF 19 18 147.0 28 0 1 0 .966 1.71   0.3
    SS 8 0 10.3 4 6 1 1 .909 8.71   0.1
    2B 3 0 10.0 5 3 0 0 1.000 7.20   0.1
    RF 2 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1949 32 SDP NL RF 19 19 117.4 24 1 0 0 1.000 1.92   0.4
    CF 9 4 30.5 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.95   0.0
    LF 5 2 18.1 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.98   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  BRK NL RF 10 9 125.3 25 1 0 0 1.000 1.87   0.3
    CF 4 2 32.5 11 0 1 0 .917 3.05   0.0
    LF 2 1 19.3 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.26   0.0
    2B 0 0 2.6 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.92   0.0
    SS 0 0 1.7 1 1 0 1 1.000 10.59   0.0
    1B 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
  TOT   RF 29 28 242.7 49 2 0 0 1.000 1.89   0.8
      CF 13 6 63.0 21 0 1 0 .955 3.00   0.0
      LF 7 3 37.4 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.13   0.0
      2B 1 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
      SS 1 0 3.3 1 1 0 1 1.000 5.45   0.0
      1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1950 33 BRK NL CF 62 61 514.3 102 6 1 3 .991 1.89   0.9
    SS 26 17 173.3 35 81 1 15 .991 6.02   0.4
    RF 22 13 134.7 29 2 3 0 .912 2.07    
    1B 8 4 44.3 59 8 0 6 1.000 13.60   0.1
    2B 1 0 6.0 0 3 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1951 34 SDP NL RF 19 16 132.0 33 2 2 1 .946 2.39   1.1
    LF 19 13 125.7 31 2 0 0 1.000 2.36    
    CF 14 7 70.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
    2B 6 0 14.0 2 9 0 4 1.000 7.07   0.1
    1B 1 1 9.0 10 3 0 1 1.000 13.00   0.0
    SS 2 0 8.0 3 8 1 3 .917 12.38   0.1
1952 35 SDP NL RF 22 21 179.0 41 1 2 1 .955 2.11   0.6
    1B 4 3 24.0 29 2 0 3 1.000 11.63   0.0
    LF 3 2 19.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.29    
    SS 5 0 9.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00    
  CF 288 258 2196.3 571 20 11 5 .982 2.42   6.2
  RF 216 187 1621.4 376 14 14 5 .965 2.16   3.9
  SS 114 49 548.3 98 263 7 47 .981 5.93   1.9
  1B 86 46 463.0 543 45 2 54 .997 11.43   1.1
  2B 73 9 209.3 53 97 1 26 .993 6.45   0.8
  LF 39 19 207.1 55 2 0 0 1.000 2.48   0.0
  P 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   817 568 5247.3 1696 441 35 137 .984 3.67   13.9
Career Highs   121 95 875.7 270 121 6 36 .993 7.20    
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 24 MON NL 2 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .429 .556 .429 .984
1951 34 SDP NL 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1.000 .750 1.000 1.750
Career Post-Season Batting 6 9 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 .556 .615 .556 1.171
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.
Doubles
1950-9-32
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 12th overall pick, by Montreal in 1940
Had first career hit on 5/3/1941, off Joe Krakauskas (BSN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/6/1941, off Ray Prim (NYG)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against St. Louis on 9/6/1941
Injured on 9/5/1943 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 7 weeks
Injured on 7/17/1944 with a Pulled Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 4-5 weeks
Injured on 8/24/1945 with a Broken Foot, out for 7 weeks
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 8/8/1946
2/1/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,703,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,703,571 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/12/1949 to a 2-year deal worth $1,900,000 per year
Traded from San Diego to Brooklyn on 7/1/1949 (Going to BRK: 3B Mickey Witek, P Preacher Roe, RF Danny Litwhiler. Going to SDP: 1B Luke Easter)
Injured on 8/16/1950 with a Concussion, out for 1-2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/25/1951 to a 4-year deal worth $1,750,000 per year
Traded from San Diego to Brooklyn on 7/1/1952 (Going to SDP: SS Eddie Lake. Going to BRK: CF Danny Litwhiler)
Injured on 8/15/1952 with a Jammed Finger, out for one week
Injured on 8/2/1953 with a Broken Wrist, out for full season
 
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