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.

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CLE		MIN	L,6-7	GS	33	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
2	2	Apr 17	CLE		KCA	W,6-4	GS	30	7.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
3	3	Apr 21	CLE	@	KCA	W,5-3	GS	30	7.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
4	4	Apr 23	CLE	@	LAA	W,3-2	GS	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
5	5	Apr 24	CLE	@	LAA	W,5-2	GS	29	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
6	6	Apr 25	CLE	@	LAA	W,2-1	GS	28	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
7	7	Apr 26	CLE	@	LAA	L,0-7	CG	42	8.0	7	0	1	8	2	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	10 (2)	May 2	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-4	GS	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
9	12 (1)	May 3 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-0	GS	22	7.0	11	2	0	13	2	1B
10	14 (1)	May 5	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
11	17 (2)	May 8	CLE		NYY	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
12	19 (1)	May 10 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,2-12	CG	50	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
13	20	May 10 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	CG	40	10.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
14	21	May 11	CLE		BOS	W,11-7	GS	24	7.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
15	22	May 12	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	GS	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
16	23	May 13	CLE		BOS	W,3-0	CG	19	6.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
17	24	May 15	CLE	@	DET	W,10-6	GS	27	6.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
18	25	May 16	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	GS	27	7.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
19	26	May 17 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
20	27	May 17 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
21	30 (2)	May 23	CLE		DET	W,11-9	GS	26	6.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
22	31	May 24	CLE		DET	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
23	35 (3)	May 30	CLE	@	WSA	W,10-2	GS	27	7.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
24	36	May 31 (1)	CLE	@	WSA	W,9-6		12	3.0	2	0	0	2	1	PH 1B
25	37	May 31 (2)	CLE	@	WSA	W,8-3	GS	25	6.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	39 (1)	Jun 2	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	GS	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
27	40	Jun 3	CLE		CHW	L,0-3	CG	41	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
28	41	Jun 4	CLE		CHW	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
29	42	Jun 5	CLE		WSA	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	1B
30	43	Jun 6	CLE		WSA	W,6-4	GS	25	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
31	44	Jun 7 (1)	CLE		WSA	W,3-2	GF	12	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
32	45	Jun 7 (2)	CLE		WSA	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
33	46	Jun 8	CLE		LAA	W,6-3	GS	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
34	47	Jun 9	CLE		LAA	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
35	48	Jun 10 (1)	CLE		LAA	L,4-7	GF	36	7.0	7	1	0	8	1	PH 1B
36	49	Jun 10 (2)	CLE		LAA	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
37	50	Jun 11	CLE		LAA	L,4-5	GS	41	10.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
38	51	Jun 12	CLE		KCA	W,3-0	GS	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
39	52	Jun 13	CLE		KCA	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
40	53	Jun 14 (1)	CLE		KCA	L,5-6	GS	29	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
41	56 (2)	Jun 17 (1)	CLE		MIN	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
42	58 (1)	Jun 19	CLE	@	LAA	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
43	59	Jun 20	CLE	@	LAA	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
44	61 (1)	Jun 22	CLE	@	MIN	T,8-8	CG	45	10.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
45	65 (3)	Jun 25	CLE	@	MIN	W,8-1	GS	27	7.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
46	66	Jun 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS	33	7.0	7	0	1	8	1	1B
47	67	Jun 27	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	GS	33	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
48	68	Jun 28 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-8	GS	31	7.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
49	69	Jun 28 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS	28	7.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	74 (4)	Jul 3	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	44	11.0	18	1	0	19	0	1B
51	75	Jul 4	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-4	GS	30	6.0	4	1	1	6	0	1B
52	77 (1)	Jul 5 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
53	79 (1)	Jul 9 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,1-2	GS	30	7.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
54	82 (2)	Jul 12	CLE		NYY	T,2-2	CG	27	7.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
55	95 (12)	Jul 23	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-7	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
56	101 (5)	Jul 29	CLE	@	WSA	L,1-4	GS	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	111 (9)	Aug 7 (1)	CLE		MIN	W,10-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
58	112	Aug 7 (2)	CLE		MIN	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
59	113	Aug 8	CLE		MIN	W,16-8	CG	43	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
60	114	Aug 9 (1)	CLE		MIN	W,7-0	GS	22	6.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
61	115	Aug 9 (2)	CLE		MIN	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
62	122 (6)	Aug 18 (2)	CLE		KCA	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
63	123	Aug 19	CLE		KCA	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
64	129 (5)	Aug 25	CLE	@	BAL	W,5-3		8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
65	132 (2)	Aug 29	CLE	@	KCA	W,4-3	CG	42	11.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	138 (5)	Sep 5	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
67	140 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	GF	15	3.1	3	1	0	4	2	1B
68	141	Sep 7	CLE		DET	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
69	142	Sep 9	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	CG	42	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
70	143	Sep 10	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
71	145 (1)	Sep 12	CLE		CHW	W,11-10	CG	47	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
72	146	Sep 13	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
73	147	Sep 16 (1)	CLE		WSA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
74	148	Sep 16 (2)	CLE		WSA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
75	155 (6)	Sep 23 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,4-6	GS	34	8.0	7	1	1	9	2	1B
76	157 (1)	Sep 26	CLE		BAL	L,3-5	GS	35	8.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
77	158	Sep 27	CLE		BAL	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
78	160 (1)	Sep 30 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
79	164 (3)	Oct 4	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	GF	10	3.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
							79gm		597.1	596	36	5	637	63