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Eddie
Waitkus		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 180
 
Born: September 4, 1919 in Usa, MA, CAMBRIDGE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1947    1948   
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
1941 21 NYG NL     6 6 6 1 1 1 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 10 10
1942 22 NYG NL     8 8 8 1 1 1 7 7 7 4 5 5 9 10 10
1943 23 SEM AL     8 8 7 1 1 1 7 8 7 4 4 4 10 10 10
1944 24 SEM AL     8 8 7 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 5 4 10 10 10
1945 25 SEM AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10
1946 26 SEM AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10
1947 27 SEM AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 8 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10
1948 28 SDP NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 2 2 2 8 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10
1949 29 SDP NL $ 2,564,286   9 9 8 2 2 2 8 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10
1950 30 SDP NL $ 650,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 8 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10
1951 31 SDP NL $ 650,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 8 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10
1952 32 SDP NL $ 2,500,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 8 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10
1953 33 SDP NL $ 2,500,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10
1954 34 SDP NL     7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 9 9 9
1955 35 PIT NL $ 600,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 9 9 9
1956 36 PIT NL $ 600,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9
1957 37 PIT NL $ 600,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,564,286   9 9 9 2 2 2 8 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10
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 21 AAA   129 446 43 110 21 2 4 51 7 8 52 30 .247 .325 .330 .655 48.6  
1942 22 AAA   136 589 101 205 39 8 9 70 20 7 64 30 .348 .412 .487 .899 110.1  
1943 23 AAA   99 403 69 145 31 2 1 47 13 10 67 17 .360 .451 .454 .905 78.5  
1944 24 AAA   137 564 80 197 49 5 5 53 9 16 62 17 .349 .414 .480 .894 99.0  
1945 25 SEM AL 89 290 35 80 17 5 1 31 0 1 30 11 .276 .345 .379 .724 33.8 4.5
    AAA   26 111 18 42 13 0 0 14 2 1 10 2 .378 .430 .495 .925 20.7  
1946 26 SEM AL 126 405 51 117 21 5 5 60 0 0 41 10 .289 .355 .402 .757 51.3 6.7
1947 27 SEM AL 154 562 78 168 42 3 4 65 0 4 57 10 .299 .362 .406 .768 74.9 11.4
1948 28 SEM AL 101 393 61 117 25 5 2 41 2 0 49 9 .298 .373 .402 .775 56.9 6.7
  SDP NL 50 145 31 55 12 1 2 27 1 0 20 4 .379 .452 .517 .969 29.9 7.8
  TOT   151 538 92 172 37 6 4 68 3 0 69 13 .320 .394 .433 .828 86.8 14.5
1949 29 SDP NL 137 439 68 121 21 3 6 56 2 0 56 10 .276 .357 .378 .735 55.4 8.3
1950 30 SDP NL 124 346 54 115 22 3 4 66 3 3 39 11 .332 .399 .448 .847 54.5 10.2
1951 31 SDP NL 114 349 48 89 13 2 2 49 0 0 46 9 .255 .340 .321 .661 37.3 3.5
1952 32 SDP NL 136 447 64 131 20 5 2 57 1 0 44 14 .293 .355 .374 .729 54.5 7.2
1953 33 SDP NL 148 500 60 155 34 3 3 59 0 0 42 18 .310 .363 .408 .771 69.3 10.7
1954 34 SDP NL 139 484 54 118 29 4 4 51 0 0 40 27 .244 .300 .345 .645 49.9 5.1
1955 35 PIT NL 85 159 25 46 8 2 0 14 0 0 11 5 .289 .333 .365 .698 18.3 2.5
1956 36 PIT NL 13 20 3 9 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 .450 .429 .550 .979 4.3 1.2
    AAA   111 416 41 122 22 2 2 37 7 10 40 30 .293 .355 .370 .725 52.2  
1957 37 AAA   86 225 26 72 4 0 3 28 1 7 10 13 .320 .349 .378 .727 26.4  
12 Years Sim 1416 4539 632 1321 266 41 35 580 9 8 475 139 .291 .357 .391 .748 590.4 85.8
7 Years AAA 724 2754 378 893 179 19 24 300 59 59 305 139 .324 .390 .429 .819 435.5  
162 Game Average 519 72 151 30 4 4 66 1 0 54 15 .291 .357 .391 .748 67.5  
Career Highs 154 562 92 172 42 6 6 68 3 4 69 27 .450 .429 .550 .979 86.8  
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   3485 500 1044 207 29 31 466 8 7 382 95 .300 .368 .402 .770 507.1
vs LH   1054 131 277 59 12 4 114 1 1 93 44 .263 .320 .353 .673 118.6
Home 690 2173 291 623 118 20 14 256 5 3 227 72 .287 .354 .379 .733 289.7
Away 726 2366 341 698 148 21 21 324 4 5 248 67 .295 .360 .402 .762 336.0
RISP   1253 0 362 64 9 11 489 0 0 138 38 .289 .354 .381 .735 171.7
Pinch Hitting   228 29 69 14 1 1 40 0 0 21 5 .303 .359 .386 .745 30.9
Close/Late   520 65 146 28 1 5 69 0 0 53 14 .281 .345 .367 .712 66.5
Mar/Apr 208 630 77 170 42 4 4 84 1 1 45 19 .270 .315 .368 .684 71.2
May 233 762 104 229 38 8 6 99 1 1 76 16 .301 .363 .395 .758 107.4
June 228 731 105 199 29 5 6 75 2 1 87 17 .272 .348 .350 .698 92.8
July 233 784 112 225 50 12 7 87 3 0 88 31 .287 .358 .408 .767 113.4
August 257 833 116 259 62 6 6 123 1 3 95 34 .311 .381 .421 .802 128.4
Sep/Oct 257 799 118 239 45 6 6 112 1 2 84 22 .299 .366 .393 .759 112.6
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
1945 25 SEM AL LF 76 75 623.3 151 2 0 1 1.000 2.21   1.6
    1B 5 4 35.0 42 3 0 7 1.000 11.57   0.1
    RF 2 2 16.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69    
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1946 26 SEM AL CF 81 75 671.0 174 3 6 2 .967 2.37   2.2
    1B 16 11 110.3 136 12 2 14 .987 12.07   0.2
    LF 6 6 51.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.94    
    RF 5 5 37.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.43    
1947 27 SEM AL LF 138 138 1222.3 303 8 0 2 1.000 2.29   3.2
    CF 8 1 17.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.55    
    1B 2 0 3.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1948 28 SEM AL LF 84 81 773.4 177 1 0 1 1.000 2.07   1.4
    2B 3 3 26.2 6 15 0 4 1.000 7.21   0.1
    RF 2 1 14.6 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.93   0.0
    1B 5 0 9.2 14 1 0 1 1.000 14.67   0.0
    CF 3 0 7.5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.20   0.0
  SDP NL LF 42 40 288.3 66 1 0 0 1.000 2.09   0.5
    2B 1 1 9.8 2 5 0 1 1.000 6.43   0.1
    RF 1 1 5.4 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.00   0.0
    1B 3 0 3.4 5 0 0 0 1.000 13.24   0.0
    CF 2 0 2.8 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.21   0.0
  TOT   LF 126 121 1061.7 243 2 0 1 1.000 2.08   1.9
      2B 4 4 36.0 8 20 0 5 1.000 7.00   0.2
      RF 3 2 20.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 4.95   0.0
      1B 8 0 12.6 19 1 0 1 1.000 14.29   0.0
      CF 5 0 10.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.75   0.0
1949 29 SDP NL LF 116 110 947.0 263 4 0 1 1.000 2.54   2.9
    CF 8 0 13.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77    
    RF 1 1 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    1B 3 0 4.3 4 0 0 1 1.000 8.31   0.0
1950 30 SDP NL LF 86 75 702.0 183 3 1 0 .995 2.38   2.4
    CF 6 0 20.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
    1B 6 2 17.0 24 4 0 2 1.000 14.82   0.1
    RF 5 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
1951 31 SDP NL LF 87 82 743.7 186 2 0 1 1.000 2.28   2.5
    1B 7 0 14.7 19 1 0 4 1.000 12.28   0.0
    CF 4 0 6.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.05    
    RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1952 32 SDP NL RF 104 101 884.7 199 8 5 2 .976 2.11   2.6
    1B 8 5 48.0 63 4 1 4 .985 12.56   0.1
    CF 12 0 31.3 11 0 2 0 .846 3.16    
    LF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1953 33 SDP NL CF 77 71 633.7 172 1 3 0 .983 2.46   4.5
    RF 47 43 378.3 73 1 1 0 .987 1.76    
    LF 8 7 63.3 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.85    
    1B 6 4 37.0 38 1 0 2 1.000 9.49   0.0
1954 34 SDP NL 1B 94 90 775.3 921 76 9 80 .991 11.57   1.5
    CF 28 26 210.0 67 1 1 1 .986 2.91   1.2
    RF 4 4 37.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.43    
    LF 7 3 31.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.32    
1955 35 PIT NL RF 15 12 109.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.32   0.6
    CF 14 13 104.0 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.34    
    1B 5 3 28.0 33 1 0 4 1.000 10.93   0.0
    LF 5 3 27.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 4.33    
1956 36 PIT NL RF 2 2 18.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
    1B 2 1 8.7 14 1 0 1 1.000 15.59   0.0
  LF 656 621 5481.4 1374 21 1 6 .999 2.29   14.5
  CF 244 186 1718.6 472 5 12 3 .975 2.50   7.8
  RF 190 172 1521.0 330 9 6 2 .983 2.01   3.2
  1B 162 120 1093.9 1315 105 12 120 .992 11.68   2.0
  2B 4 4 36.0 8 20 0 5 1.000 7.00   0.2
Career Totals   1256 1103 9850.9 3499 160 31 136 .992 3.34   27.8
Career Highs   148 139 1243.0 1006 77 10 81 1.000 9.25    
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
1950 30 SDP NL 12 50 5 16 1 0 1 8 0 0 3 0 .320 .358 .400 .758
1955 35 PIT NL 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333
Career Post-Season Batting 15 52 5 16 1 0 1 8 0 0 4 1 .308 .357 .385 .742
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
1947-9-.299
 Hits
1947-10-168
 Singles
1947-10-119
1953-10-115
 Doubles
1947-3-42
1953-7-34
 Triples
1945-10-5
1948-10-5
1952-9-5
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 14    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 27th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1941
Traded from Boston (A) to New York (N) on 7/31/1941 (Going to NYG: 1B Eddie Waitkus. Going to BOS: 2B Howdy Groskloss, C Ernie Lombardi, P Oscar Judd)
Injured on 4/26/1942 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for one week
Traded from New York (N) to Seattle on 7/1/1943 (Going to NYG: P Ralph Birkofer. Going to SEM: LF Eddie Waitkus, C Al Lopez, P Al Benton)
Injured on 7/20/1943 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 6 weeks
Had first career hit (double) on 5/2/1945, off Roy Bruner (BRK)
Hit first career homerun on 9/22/1945, off Joe Page (DET)
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1947
Traded from Seattle to San Diego on 7/31/1948 (Going to SDP: LF Eddie Waitkus, 3B Bob Dillinger, P Joe Ostrowski. Going to SEM: 3B Mel Ott, 1B George Vico)
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1948
2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
6/1/1949: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $650,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 8/27/1949 with a Inflamed Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Drove in 6 runs against Brooklyn on 8/11/1950
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1950, hitting .550 with 0 HR, 8 RBI
Won World Series with San Diego in 1950
6/1/1951: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $2,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 7/9/1951 with a Inflamed Hip Muscle, out for one week
Drove in 6 runs against Brooklyn on 4/23/1952
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against St. Louis on 8/9/1952
Injured on 4/18/1954 with a Inflamed Hip Muscle, out for one week
Released by San Diego on 10/21/1954
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/5/1955 to a 4-year deal worth $600,000 per year
4/2/1955: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
Injured on 6/4/1957 with a Pinched Nerve Neck, out for 6 days
Injured on 7/14/1957 with a Fractured Hip, out for 4-5 weeks
 
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