Fred Whitfield

Positions: First Baseman and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: January 7, 1938 in Vandiver, AL us

Died: January 31, 2013 in Gadsden, AL

Buried: Lawleys Chapel Cemetery, Sterrett, AL

High School: Woodlawn HS (Birmingham, AL)

Debut: May 27, 1962 (Age 24-140d, 11,986th in major league history)
vs. MLN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 11, 1970 (Age 32-216d)
vs. ATL 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1962 season

Full Name: Fred Dwight Whitfield

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.0

2284

578

108

.253

242

RBI

356

OBP

.298

SLG

.443

OPS

.741

OPS+

107

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

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	CLE	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
2	4 (2)	Apr 13	CLE		DET	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
3	5	Apr 14	CLE		DET	W,6-0	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
4	7 (1)	Apr 19	CLE	@	BAL	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
5	10 (2)	Apr 21 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-0	GS	27	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
6	11	Apr 24	CLE		BOS	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
7	12	Apr 27	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	15 (2)	May 2	CLE	@	KCA	W,15-6	CG	39	9.0	12	0	1	13	1	1B
9	16	May 3	CLE	@	LAA	W,2-1	CG	43	9.0	9	1	1	11	1	1B
10	17	May 4	CLE	@	LAA	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
11	19 (1)	May 7	CLE	@	WSA	W,7-3	GF	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	PR 1B
12	21 (1)	May 9	CLE	@	WSA	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
13	22	May 10	CLE	@	DET	L,0-14	CG	44	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
14	25 (2)	May 14	CLE		KCA	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
15	30 (4)	May 19 (1)	CLE		MIN	W,6-4	GF	18	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR 1B
16	35 (4)	May 25	CLE		BAL	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	9	0	1	10	2	1B
17	37 (1)	May 26 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	8	1	1	10	0	1B
18	40 (2)	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	42 (1)	Jun 1	CLE		NYY	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	8	3	0	11	1	1B
20	44 (1)	Jun 2 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
21	46 (1)	Jun 5	CLE		DET	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
22	47	Jun 7	CLE	@	WSA	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
23	48	Jun 8	CLE	@	WSA	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
24	49	Jun 9	CLE	@	WSA	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
25	51 (1)	Jun 11	CLE	@	BAL	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
26	53 (1)	Jun 13	CLE	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
27	54	Jun 14 (1)	CLE		WSA	L,2-5	CG	33	9.0	12	3	0	15	3	1B
28	55	Jun 14 (2)	CLE		WSA	W,3-2	GF	20	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
29	56	Jun 15	CLE		WSA	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
30	57	Jun 16 (1)	CLE		WSA	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
31	59 (1)	Jun 17	CLE		WSA	W,1-0	GS	28	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
32	66 (6)	Jun 23 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
33	69 (2)	Jun 25 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
34	70	Jun 25 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
35	71	Jun 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	34	8.1	5	0	0	5	2	1B
36	72	Jun 27	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-4	GF	16	3.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
37	73	Jun 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
38	74	Jun 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
39	75	Jun 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
40	76	Jun 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	9	3	0	12	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	77	Jul 2	CLE		BOS	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
42	79 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	56	14.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
43	81 (1)	Jul 5	CLE		NYY	W,4-1	GS	31	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
44	84 (2)	Jul 7 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,4-7	CG	42	10.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
45	86 (1)	Jul 13 (1)	CLE	@	KCA	L,5-6	GS	24	6.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
46	89 (2)	Jul 14 (2)	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
47	91 (1)	Jul 16	CLE	@	LAA	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
48	92	Jul 17 (1)	CLE	@	LAA	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
49	96 (3)	Jul 21 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	47	10.1	8	1	0	9	0	1B
50	100 (3)	Jul 25	CLE		MIN	W,3-2	GS	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
51	101	Jul 26	CLE		KCA	W,3-2	GS	28	8.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
52	102	Jul 27	CLE		KCA	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
53	104 (1)	Jul 28 (2)	CLE		KCA	W,12-7	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
54	105	Jul 29	CLE		LAA	L,0-11	CG	43	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
55	106	Jul 30	CLE		LAA	L,4-6	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
56	107	Jul 31 (1)	CLE		LAA	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
57	108	Jul 31 (2)	CLE		LAA	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	109	Aug 2	CLE	@	DET	L,9-10	GS	36	7.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
59	110	Aug 3	CLE	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	42	8.0	7	0	1	8	2	1B
60	113 (2)	Aug 6	CLE	@	BAL	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
61	114	Aug 7	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
62	116 (1)	Aug 9	CLE		KCA	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
63	118 (1)	Aug 11	CLE		KCA	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
64	119	Aug 13	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
65	120	Aug 14	CLE	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	37	11.0	9	1	1	11	1	1B
66	121	Aug 16	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
67	122	Aug 17	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
68	123	Aug 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
69	126 (2)	Aug 21 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
70	127	Aug 21 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
71	128	Aug 22	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	1	8	1	1B
72	129	Aug 23	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	CG	44	13.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
73	130	Aug 24	CLE		BOS	W,6-2	GS	26	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
74	131	Aug 25 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
75	133 (1)	Aug 27	CLE		CHW	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
76	135 (1)	Aug 28 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
77	137 (1)	Aug 30	CLE		DET	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
78	138	Aug 31	CLE		DET	L,8-9	CG	43	9.0	9	0	1	10	2	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	142 (3)	Sep 2 (2)	CLE		WSA	L,7-8	GS	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
80	143	Sep 4	CLE		BAL	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
81	144	Sep 6	CLE	@	WSA	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
82	146 (1)	Sep 8	CLE	@	WSA	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
83	147	Sep 9	CLE	@	MIN	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
84	149 (1)	Sep 11	CLE	@	MIN	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
85	150	Sep 12	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	41	9.1	5	1	0	6	0	1B
86	151	Sep 13	CLE	@	LAA	W,7-6	GS	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
87	152	Sep 14	CLE	@	LAA	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
88	155 (2)	Sep 21	CLE		LAA	L,2-4	GS	34	7.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
89	156	Sep 22 (1)	CLE		LAA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	3	1B
90	157	Sep 22 (2)	CLE		LAA	W,2-1	GF	9	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
91	159 (1)	Sep 26	CLE	@	KCA	W,4-1	CG	35	10.0	13	2	0	15	1	1B
92	160	Sep 27	CLE	@	KCA	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
							92gm		768.0	690	51	10	751	64