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Fred
Whitfield		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 195
 
Born: January 7, 1938 in Usa, AL, VANDIVER
 
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
1962 24 WAS NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 2 3 3 6 6 6
1963 25 WAS NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 2 3 3 6 6 6
1964 26 WAS NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 2 3 3 6 6 6
1965 27 WAS NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 8 8 5 6 6 3 3 3 5 6 6
1966 28 WAS NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 8 8 5 6 6 4 4 4 6 7 7
1967 29 WAS NL $ 350,000   7 7 6 7 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 7 7
1968 30 WAS NL $ 1,520,000   7 7 7 7 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 7 6
1969 31 WAS NL $ 2,000,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 5 6 6 3 4 4 6 6 6
1970 32 WAS NL $ 2,000,000   6 6 5 7 7 7 5 6 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1971 33 NYG NL $ 2,000,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 6 6
1972 34 NYG NL $ 2,000,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 3 4 3 6 6 6
1973 35 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 6 6
1974 36 OAK AL     5 5 5 6 6 6 4 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 6 6 6 4 5 5 2 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,000,000   7 7 7 7 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 7 7
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
1962 24 WAS NL 27 97 3 19 0 0 1 7 0 0 8 11 .196 .255 .227 .482 6.1 0.0
    AAA   135 536 78 153 22 2 38 94 7 2 28 67 .285 .321 .547 .868 91.5  
1963 25 WAS NL 152 565 75 138 22 1 23 71 1 0 36 106 .244 .291 .409 .700 68.2 12.3
1964 26 WAS NL 109 367 31 76 12 1 13 42 0 0 15 69 .207 .239 .351 .590 29.3 1.8
    AAA   31 120 16 35 2 1 10 24 0 0 5 21 .292 .320 .575 .895 21.4  
1965 27 WAS NL 110 276 33 58 8 1 14 53 0 0 7 41 .210 .229 .399 .627 23.5 1.7
1966 28 WAS NL 103 146 15 28 8 1 4 22 0 0 9 38 .192 .236 .342 .578 11.9 0.9
1967 29 WAS NL 115 293 37 84 10 2 15 51 0 1 28 45 .287 .347 .488 .835 46.1 9.2
1968 30 WAS NL 125 390 47 105 21 3 17 70 0 3 25 64 .269 .314 .469 .783 54.4 11.5
1969 31 WAS NL 79 235 29 61 7 0 8 34 1 1 6 36 .260 .280 .391 .672 24.3 2.7
1970 32 WAS NL 40 126 10 30 6 2 1 7 0 0 9 17 .238 .294 .341 .635 11.5 0.9
    AAA   79 314 63 110 17 0 26 66 3 1 33 48 .350 .412 .653 1.065 75.0  
1971 33 NYG NL 123 403 52 114 21 1 22 68 0 0 26 51 .283 .323 .504 .826 62.1 13.7
1972 34 NYG NL 150 520 60 125 24 1 12 58 1 2 40 85 .240 .293 .360 .652 52.1 6.5
1973 35 NYG NL 25 95 5 12 2 0 2 6 0 0 3 22 .126 .152 .211 .362 0.2 0.0
    AAA   78 128 17 35 5 0 5 14 0 1 20 21 .273 .372 .430 .801 20.9  
1974 36 AAA   121 305 46 89 15 2 11 39 3 1 24 62 .292 .343 .462 .806 46.9  
12 Years Sim 1158 3513 397 850 141 13 132 489 3 7 212 585 .242 .285 .402 .687 389.7 61.4
5 Years AAA 444 1403 220 422 61 5 90 237 13 5 110 219 .301 .353 .544 .897 255.7  
162 Game Average 491 55 118 19 1 18 68 0 0 29 81 .242 .285 .402 .687 54.5  
Career Highs 152 565 75 138 24 3 23 71 1 3 40 106 .287 .347 .504 .835 68.2  
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   2775 316 687 112 11 110 391 3 5 167 436 .248 .290 .415 .705 332.8
vs LH   738 81 163 29 2 22 98 0 2 45 149 .221 .263 .355 .618 69.1
Home 583 1770 203 424 83 6 59 228 1 3 112 295 .240 .285 .393 .678 197.0
Away 575 1743 194 426 58 7 73 261 2 4 100 290 .244 .285 .411 .696 204.8
RISP   832 0 200 28 6 37 340 0 0 62 134 .240 .286 .422 .708 104.6
Pinch Hitting   261 34 67 7 1 16 65 1 0 23 40 .257 .310 .475 .785 40.0
Close/Late   502 59 129 16 0 22 75 0 0 39 74 .257 .310 .420 .731 66.2
Mar/Apr 235 764 87 178 30 2 33 91 0 1 43 152 .233 .274 .407 .681 85.7
May 218 680 76 149 31 4 22 83 0 0 34 105 .219 .259 .374 .633 64.7
June 184 559 60 141 20 2 14 74 2 1 34 88 .252 .293 .370 .663 60.6
July 185 543 72 141 24 2 24 91 0 3 32 95 .260 .301 .444 .745 70.7
August 151 461 54 119 18 1 20 73 1 1 31 81 .258 .304 .432 .735 60.4
Sep/Oct 185 506 48 122 18 2 19 77 0 1 38 64 .241 .291 .397 .688 59.6
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
1962 24 WAS NL LF 26 26 215.0 43 1 0 0 1.000 1.84   0.6
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1963 25 WAS NL LF 141 140 1200.7 237 2 1 0 .996 1.79   1.9
    1B 12 9 81.3 90 5 1 2 .990 10.51   0.2
    SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1964 26 WAS NL 1B 86 85 726.0 871 60 9 76 .990 11.54   0.6
    LF 19 12 118.3 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.83   0.1
1965 27 WAS NL 1B 67 40 425.3 542 48 5 52 .992 12.48   0.7
    LF 15 13 116.3 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.09   0.3
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1966 28 WAS NL LF 25 15 145.3 28 2 2 1 .938 1.86   0.1
    1B 14 0 24.0 32 1 0 0 1.000 12.38   0.0
    2B 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1967 29 WAS NL LF 70 65 576.7 101 1 0 0 1.000 1.59   0.8
    1B 23 0 41.3 52 7 3 4 .952 12.85   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1968 30 WAS NL 1B 58 54 462.0 589 49 6 51 .991 12.43   0.3
    RF 44 44 376.3 61 3 4 1 .941 1.53   0.4
    2B 1 1 10.0 5 4 0 0 1.000 8.10   0.1
    LF 7 0 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
1969 31 WAS NL 1B 64 53 464.0 580 36 2 48 .997 11.95   0.4
    LF 7 4 41.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.51   0.1
1970 32 WAS NL 1B 35 33 281.0 365 24 1 31 .997 12.46   0.6
    LF 3 1 19.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89   0.1
1971 33 NYG NL 1B 79 64 606.3 790 41 6 73 .993 12.33   1.9
    LF 9 1 27.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33   0.0
1972 34 NYG NL 1B 145 129 1180.3 1417 89 7 139 .995 11.48   2.0
    LF 4 0 14.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.1
1973 35 NYG NL 1B 25 25 220.3 256 17 2 27 .993 11.15   0.2
  1B 609 492 4513.0 5584 377 42 503 .993 11.89   6.9
  LF 326 277 2483.0 477 6 3 1 .994 1.75   4.2
  RF 44 44 376.3 61 3 4 1 .941 1.53   0.4
  2B 3 1 14.0 7 4 0 0 1.000 7.07   0.1
  3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   985 814 7389.3 6130 390 49 506 .993 7.94   11.6
Career Highs   154 149 1283.0 1421 89 10 139 1.000 11.82    
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 24th overall pick, by Washington in 1962
Had first career hit on 9/4/1962, off Billy Hoeft (STL)
Hit first career homerun on 9/9/1962, off Larry Sherry (STL)
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 9/19/1965
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,520,000 through salary arbitration
7/1/1968: Signed a contract extension with Washington , $2,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 7/28/1969 with a Torn Thigh Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 8/29/1970 with a Jammed Finger, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Washington to New York (N) on 3/3/1971 (Going to WAS: 2B Mike De la hoz, 1B John Herrnstein. Going to NYG: 1B Fred Whitfield)
4/2/1971: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1971, hitting .462 with 6 HR, 10 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1971, hitting .444 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1971, hitting .435 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Traded from New York (N) to Oakland on 5/1/1973 (Going to NYG: CF Ken Berry, P Tom Seaver. Going to OAK: P Jim Nash, 1B Fred Whitfield)
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 4/2/1974 to a minor league deal
 
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