Dick Wakefield

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-4, 210lb (193cm, 95kg)

Born: May 6, 1921 in Chicago, IL us

Died: August 26, 1985 in Redford, MI

Buried: Resthaven Memory Gardens, Avon, OH

School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

Debut: June 26, 1941 (Age 20-051d, 9,070th in major league history)
vs. PHA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 6, 1952 (Age 31-000d)
vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1943 season

Full Name: Richard Cummings Wakefield

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Relatives: Son of Howard Wakefield

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.9

2132

625

.293

334

RBI

315

OBP

.396

SLG

.447

OPS

.843

OPS+

131

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

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 21	DET		CHW	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	6	Apr 23	DET		CHW	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
3	7	Apr 24	DET		SLB	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	8	Apr 25	DET		SLB	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	9	Apr 26	DET	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
6	10	Apr 28	DET	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
7	11	Apr 29	DET		BOS	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
8	12	Apr 30	DET		BOS	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	13	May 2	DET		PHA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	14	May 3	DET		PHA	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	15	May 4	DET		NYY	T,2-2	CG	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	16	May 6	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	17	May 9	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	18	May 10	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
15	19	May 11 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,10-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	20	May 11 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	21	May 13	DET	@	WSH	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
18	22	May 14	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	23	May 15	DET	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	60	14.0	4	0	0	4	0
20	24	May 16	DET	@	PHA	L,5-11	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	25	May 17	DET	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	26	May 19 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	48	12.0	4	0	0	4	0
23	27	May 19 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	39	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
24	28	May 20	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
25	29	May 21	DET	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	30	May 23	DET		CHW	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	31	May 24	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	32	May 25 (1)	DET		CHW	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	33	May 25 (2)	DET		CHW	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	34	May 26	DET		CLE	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	35	May 27	DET		CLE	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	36	May 29	DET		CLE	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	37	May 30 (1)	DET		SLB	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	38	May 30 (2)	DET		SLB	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	39	May 31	DET		WSH	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	40	Jun 3	DET		NYY	L,0-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
37	41	Jun 4 (1)	DET		NYY	W,6-2	GS	26	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	69 (27)	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CLE	T,4-4	CG	43	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
39	70	Jul 6 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,10-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	71	Jul 6 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	72	Jul 10	DET		BOS	T,2-2	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	73	Jul 11 (1)	DET		BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	74	Jul 11 (2)	DET		BOS	W,3-0	GS	28	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	76 (1)	Jul 13 (1)	DET		PHA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
45	77	Jul 13 (2)	DET		PHA	W,7-6	GS	0		4	1	0	5	0
46	78	Jul 15	DET		WSH	W,11-6	GS	0		1	1	0	2	0
47	79	Jul 16 (1)	DET		WSH	W,9-8	GS	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	80	Jul 16 (2)	DET		WSH	L,1-10	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
49	81	Jul 17 (1)	DET		WSH	W,7-5	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
50	82	Jul 17 (2)	DET		WSH	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
51	83	Jul 18	DET		NYY	W,8-0	CG	28	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	84	Jul 19	DET		NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
53	85	Jul 20 (1)	DET		NYY	W,4-1	CG	28	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	86	Jul 20 (2)	DET		NYY	W,12-11	GS	0		3	1	0	4	1
55	87	Jul 22	DET	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
56	88	Jul 23	DET	@	WSH	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	89	Jul 24	DET	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	90	Jul 25	DET	@	PHA	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	91	Jul 26	DET	@	PHA	W,13-0	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	92	Jul 27 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	93	Jul 27 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	94	Jul 28	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
63	95	Jul 30	DET	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	96	Aug 1	DET	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	97	Aug 2	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	98	Aug 3	DET	@	BOS	W,10-3	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	99	Aug 5	DET		CLE	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
68	100	Aug 6 (1)	DET		CLE	W,13-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	101	Aug 6 (2)	DET		CLE	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	102	Aug 8	DET		CHW	L,2-4	GS	22	6.0	3	1	0	4	0
71	107 (4)	Aug 12 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,0-11	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	108	Aug 13 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	110 (1)	Aug 14	DET	@	SLB	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
74	111	Aug 15	DET	@	CHW	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	112	Aug 17 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
76	114 (1)	Aug 19	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	115	Aug 20	DET		NYY	L,13-14	CG	55	11.0	0	0	1	1	0
78	116	Aug 21 (1)	DET		WSH	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	118 (1)	Aug 22 (1)	DET		WSH	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
80	119	Aug 22 (2)	DET		WSH	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
81	120	Aug 23	DET		WSH	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	121	Aug 24 (1)	DET		PHA	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
83	123 (1)	Aug 25	DET		PHA	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	124	Aug 26 (1)	DET		BOS	W,12-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	126 (1)	Aug 27 (1)	DET		BOS	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
86	127	Aug 27 (2)	DET		BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	128	Aug 28	DET		BOS	L,3-13	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	129	Aug 29	DET	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	130	Aug 30	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	41	9.2	1	0	0	1	0
90	131	Aug 31 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	132	Aug 31 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,10-1	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	145 (12)	Sep 14 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
93	147 (1)	Sep 16	DET	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	148	Sep 17 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
95	150 (1)	Sep 20 (1)	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
96	151	Sep 20 (2)	DET		CLE	T,5-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
97	152	Sep 22 (1)	DET		CLE	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
98	153	Sep 22 (2)	DET		CLE	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
99	156 (2)	Sep 26	DET	@	CLE	W,5-2	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
100	157	Sep 27	DET	@	CLE	W,4-2	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	158	Sep 28	DET	@	CLE	W,1-0	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
							101gm			164	9	11	184	2