Danny Litwhiler

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 198lb (178cm, 89kg)

Born: August 31, 1916 in Ringtown, PA us

Died: September 23, 2011 in Clearwater, FL

Buried: East Lawn Memory Gardens, Okemos, MI

School: Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania (Bloomsburg, PA)

Debut: April 25, 1940 (Age 23-238d, 8,881st in major league history)
vs. BRO 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 25, 1951 (Age 35-025d)
vs. STL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1940 season

Full Name: Daniel Webster Litwhiler

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.4

3494

982

107

.281

428

RBI

451

OBP

.342

SLG

.438

OPS

.780

OPS+

119

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

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 24	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-11	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 25	PHI	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 27	PHI		BRO	L,2-4	GS	19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	6 (2)	May 2 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	7	May 2 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,6-5	CG	54	12.0	5	0	0	5	0
6	8	May 3	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
7	9	May 4	PHI	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	10	May 5	PHI	@	BRO	L,6-18	CG	49	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
9	11	May 6	PHI	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	12	May 7	PHI		NYG	W,13-3	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
11	13	May 8	PHI		NYG	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
12	14	May 9 (1)	PHI		NYG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
13	15	May 9 (2)	PHI		NYG	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	16	May 13 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	17	May 13 (2)	PHI		CIN	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
16	18	May 15	PHI		STL	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	19	May 16 (1)	PHI		STL	L,3-4	CG	45	11.0	7	0	0	7	0
18	20	May 16 (2)	PHI		STL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
19	21	May 17	PHI		CHC	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
20	22	May 18	PHI		CHC	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	23	May 20 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
22	24	May 20 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
23	25	May 22	PHI		PIT	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	26	May 23 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
25	27	May 23 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	28	May 26	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	38	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
27	29	May 27	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	30	May 28	PHI	@	CIN	L,8-11	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	31	May 29	PHI	@	PIT	L,4-12	CG	46	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
30	32	May 30 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	33	May 30 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	43	9.2	3	0	0	3	0
32	34	May 31 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	35	May 31 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	36	Jun 1	PHI	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
				Player went from Philadelphia Phillies to St. Louis Cardinals
35	38	Jun 2	STL		BRO	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	52 (13)	Jun 18	STL		CHC	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
37	53	Jun 19	STL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	54	Jun 20 (1)	STL		CHC	W,10-9	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	55	Jun 20 (2)	STL		CHC	L,1-2	CG	19	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
40	56	Jun 21	STL	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	26	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
41	57	Jun 23	STL	@	CIN	L,3-8	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	58	Jun 24	STL	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	59	Jun 25	STL	@	CHC	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	60	Jun 26	STL	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	61	Jun 27 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	62	Jun 27 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	63	Jun 30 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	43	9.1	1	0	0	1	0
48	64	Jun 30 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	65	Jul 2	STL	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	66	Jul 3	STL	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
51	67	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,2-0	CG	34	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
52	68	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	69	Jul 5 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,2-15	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
54	70	Jul 5 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	71	Jul 6	STL	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	72	Jul 9	STL	@	BSN	W,7-0	CG	28	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	73	Jul 10	STL	@	BSN	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	74	Jul 11 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
59	75	Jul 11 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,9-6	CG	46	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
60	76	Jul 15	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	77	Jul 16	STL	@	PIT	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	78	Jul 17 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	79	Jul 17 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	80	Jul 18 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
65	81	Jul 18 susp	STL	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
66	90 (8)	Jul 27 (1)	STL		PHI	W,6-2	GS	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	94 (3)	Jul 30	STL		PHI	L,2-3	CG	43	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	98 (3)	Aug 3	STL		BRO	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
69	100 (1)	Aug 7	STL		PIT	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
70	101	Aug 8 (1)	STL		PIT	W,8-6	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
71	103 (1)	Aug 11	STL	@	NYG	L,2-3	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	104	Aug 12	STL	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
73	106 (1)	Aug 14 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	111 (4)	Aug 18 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
75	112	Aug 18 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
76	113	Aug 19	STL	@	PHI	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	122 (8)	Aug 28	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	GF	16	3.1	2	0	0	2	0
78	123	Aug 29 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	124	Aug 29 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
80	125	Aug 30 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	GF	29	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	128 (2)	Sep 1	STL	@	PIT	W,8-6	GF	28	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
82	129	Sep 3	STL		CIN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	130	Sep 4	STL		CIN	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	7	0	0	7	0
84	131	Sep 5 (1)	STL		CIN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
85	132	Sep 5 (2)	STL		CIN	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
86	133	Sep 6 (1)	STL		PIT	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	134	Sep 6 (2)	STL		PIT	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	135	Sep 8	STL		PIT	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
89	136	Sep 10	STL	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	137	Sep 11	STL	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	138	Sep 16	STL		CHC	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
92	139	Sep 17	STL		CHC	W,2-1	GS	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
93	144 (4)	Sep 22	STL		BRO	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
94	146 (1)	Sep 24	STL		BRO	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
95	147	Sep 25	STL		PHI	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
96	148	Sep 26 (1)	STL		PHI	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
97	150 (1)	Sep 27	STL		BSN	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	151	Sep 28 (1)	STL		BSN	L,5-6	CG	56	13.0	2	0	0	2	0
99	152	Sep 28 (2)	STL		BSN	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
100	153	Sep 29	STL		BSN	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
101	154	Sep 30	STL		NYG	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
102	155	Oct 1	STL		NYG	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	156	Oct 2	STL		NYG	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
104	157	Oct 3	STL		NYG	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
							104gm			208	12	1	221	3