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.

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 18	CLE	@	MIN	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
2	5	Apr 21	CLE		CAL	W,6-5	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
3	7 (1)	Apr 24	CLE		KCA	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
4	8	Apr 27	CLE		MIN	L,1-11	GF	28	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	PH 1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	14 (5)	May 4	CLE		NYY	L,3-5	GF	27	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
6	15	May 5	CLE		NYY	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
7	16	May 7	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
8	17	May 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,8-15	CG	49	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	1B
9	18	May 9 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-4	GS	25	7.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
10	19	May 9 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-7	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	5	1B
11	20	May 11	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	43	10.1	5	1	0	6	0	1B
12	21	May 12	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	30	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
13	22	May 13	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
14	23	May 14	CLE	@	WSA	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
15	24	May 15	CLE	@	WSA	L,7-9	GS	34	7.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
16	26 (1)	May 16 (2)	CLE	@	WSA	W,7-3	GF	19	4.0	2	1	0	3	1	PH 1B
17	27	May 18	CLE		BAL	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
18	28	May 19	CLE		BAL	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	1B
19	29	May 20	CLE		BAL	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
20	30	May 21	CLE		BOS	W,11-6	GS	34	7.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
21	31	May 22	CLE		BOS	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
22	32	May 23 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
23	33	May 23 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,3-8	GF	20	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
24	34	May 24	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-15	CG	45	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
25	35	May 25	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	9	3	0	12	1	1B
26	38 (2)	May 29	CLE	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
27	39	May 30	CLE	@	DET	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
28	40	May 31 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	CG	43	10.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	44 (3)	Jun 6	CLE		DET	W,10-1	GS	26	7.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
30	45	Jun 7	CLE	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
31	46	Jun 8	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
32	48 (1)	Jun 10	CLE	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
33	49	Jun 11	CLE	@	KCA	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
34	50	Jun 12	CLE	@	KCA	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
35	51	Jun 13 (1)	CLE	@	KCA	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
36	52	Jun 13 (2)	CLE	@	KCA	W,5-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	PH 1B
37	53	Jun 14	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
38	58 (4)	Jun 19	CLE		CAL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
39	60 (1)	Jun 20 (2)	CLE		CAL	W,3-1	GS	27	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
40	61	Jun 22	CLE		MIN	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
41	63 (1)	Jun 24	CLE		MIN	W,3-1	GS	31	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
42	64	Jun 25	CLE		KCA	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
43	65	Jun 26	CLE		KCA	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
44	67 (1)	Jun 27 (2)	CLE		KCA	W,11-7	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
45	68	Jun 28	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	3	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	72 (3)	Jul 2	CLE	@	BAL	W,8-0	GS	26	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
47	73	Jul 3	CLE	@	BAL	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
48	74	Jul 4	CLE		BAL	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
49	77 (2)	Jul 7 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	41	11.0	10	1	1	12	1	1B
50	79 (1)	Jul 9 (1)	CLE	@	CAL	L,3-4	GF	10	1.2	1	0	0	1	1	PH 1B
51	81 (1)	Jul 10	CLE	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
52	82	Jul 11	CLE	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
53	83	Jul 14	CLE		CHW	L,10-12	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
54	84	Jul 15	CLE		BOS	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
55	85	Jul 16	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
56	86	Jul 17	CLE		BOS	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	1B
57	87	Jul 18	CLE		BOS	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
58	90 (2)	Jul 21 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,5-10	GF	13	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH 1B
59	91	Jul 21 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
60	92	Jul 23	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
61	93	Jul 24	CLE		NYY	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
62	94	Jul 25 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
63	95	Jul 25 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
64	96	Jul 27	CLE		CHW	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
65	97	Jul 28	CLE		CHW	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	11	2	1	14	1	1B
66	98	Jul 29	CLE		CHW	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
67	99	Jul 30	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	7	4	0	11	2	1B
68	100	Jul 31	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	42	8.2	7	2	0	9	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	101	Aug 1 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-10	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
70	102	Aug 1 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
71	103	Aug 3	CLE		DET	L,7-12	CG	44	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
72	104	Aug 4	CLE		DET	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
73	105	Aug 5	CLE		DET	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
74	106	Aug 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-11	CG	48	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
75	107	Aug 7	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
76	108	Aug 8	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
77	109	Aug 9	CLE		CAL	L,0-9	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
78	110	Aug 10	CLE		CAL	L,2-5	GS	26	7.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
79	111	Aug 11	CLE		CAL	W,6-0	GS	28	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
80	112	Aug 12	CLE		CAL	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
81	113	Aug 13	CLE		MIN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
82	114	Aug 14	CLE		MIN	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
83	115	Aug 15 (1)	CLE		MIN	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	1B
84	116	Aug 15 (2)	CLE		MIN	W,6-4	CG	45	11.0	15	3	0	18	2	1B
85	117	Aug 17	CLE		KCA	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
86	118	Aug 18 (1)	CLE		KCA	L,2-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
87	119	Aug 18 (2)	CLE		KCA	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
88	120	Aug 20	CLE	@	WSA	L,2-3	CG	32	8.1	7	1	0	8	1	1B
89	121	Aug 21	CLE	@	WSA	L,2-4	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
90	125 (3)	Aug 25 (1)	CLE	@	CAL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
91	126	Aug 25 (2)	CLE	@	CAL	W,8-2	CG	31	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
92	127	Aug 27	CLE	@	MIN	L,0-7	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
93	128	Aug 28	CLE	@	MIN	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
94	129	Aug 29	CLE	@	MIN	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
95	130	Aug 31 (1)	CLE	@	KCA	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
96	131	Aug 31 (2)	CLE	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	40	10.1	8	0	0	8	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	132	Sep 1	CLE	@	KCA	L,3-4	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
98	133	Sep 2	CLE	@	KCA	W,10-6	GS	42	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
99	134	Sep 3	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
100	135	Sep 4	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-1	GS	26	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
101	136	Sep 5	CLE	@	BAL	L,5-9	CG	36	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
102	140 (3)	Sep 8	CLE		BOS	L,3-5	CG	42	10.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
103	141	Sep 10	CLE		DET	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
104	142	Sep 11	CLE		DET	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
105	143	Sep 14	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS	56	12.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
106	144	Sep 15	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	1	8	1	1B
107	145	Sep 16	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	1B
108	148 (2)	Sep 19	CLE		CHW	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
109	149	Sep 20	CLE		DET	W,5-4	CG	58	14.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
110	150	Sep 21	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-9	CG	43	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
111	151	Sep 22	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
112	152	Sep 23	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	GS	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
113	153	Sep 24	CLE	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	15	2	0	17	1	1B
114	154	Sep 25	CLE	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
115	155	Sep 26 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
116	156	Sep 26 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,7-1	GS	27	8.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
117	157	Sep 28	CLE		NYY	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	1B
118	158	Sep 29	CLE		NYY	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
119	159	Oct 1 (1)	CLE		BAL	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
120	160	Oct 1 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	13	2	0	15	0	1B
121	161	Oct 2	CLE		BAL	W,2-1	CG	47	12.0	19	0	0	19	0	1B
122	162	Oct 3	CLE		BAL	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
							122gm		1006.1	932	80	7	1019	79