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.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
2	2	Apr 21	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 22	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 23	DET		CLE	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 24	DET		CLE	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 25	DET		CLE	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 26	DET	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
8	8	Apr 27	DET	@	SLB	L,8-9	CG	50	10.1	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	44 (35)	Jun 6 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-12	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	45	Jun 8	DET	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	46	Jun 9	DET	@	PHA	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
12	47	Jun 10	DET	@	PHA	L,4-10	CG	44	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
13	48	Jun 11	DET	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	45	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	49	Jun 12	DET	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	50	Jun 13 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
16	51	Jun 13 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,9-2	GS	24	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	52	Jun 15	DET		PHA	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	53	Jun 16	DET		PHA	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	54	Jun 17	DET		PHA	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
20	55	Jun 19	DET		BOS	L,7-9	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	56	Jun 20	DET		BOS	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	57	Jun 22	DET		WSH	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	58	Jun 23	DET		WSH	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
24	59	Jun 25	DET		NYY	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
25	60	Jun 26	DET		NYY	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	61	Jun 27	DET		NYY	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
27	62	Jun 29	DET		CLE	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	63	Jun 30	DET		CLE	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	64	Jul 1	DET		CLE	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	65	Jul 2	DET	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	66	Jul 3	DET	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
32	67	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	68	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-12	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	69	Jul 5 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
35	71 (1)	Jul 6	DET	@	CLE	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	72	Jul 7	DET		SLB	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	73	Jul 8	DET		SLB	W,12-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	74	Jul 9	DET		CHW	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	75	Jul 10	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	76	Jul 11	DET		CHW	W,5-4	GS	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	77	Jul 15 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,5-13	CG	45	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
42	78	Jul 15 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	79	Jul 16	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
44	80	Jul 17	DET	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	82 (1)	Jul 18 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-12	CG	33	6.0	3	0	1	4	0
46	85 (2)	Jul 22	DET	@	WSH	L,8-9	GF	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
47	89 (3)	Jul 25 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	92 (2)	Jul 29	DET		BOS	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
49	93	Jul 30	DET		PHA	W,17-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
50	94	Jul 31	DET		PHA	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	95	Aug 1	DET		PHA	L,2-4	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	96	Aug 3	DET		NYY	L,3-15	CG	51	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
53	97	Aug 5	DET		NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
54	98	Aug 6	DET		WSH	W,1-0	CG	34	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	99	Aug 7	DET		WSH	L,2-3	CG	41	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	100	Aug 8 (1)	DET		WSH	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	101	Aug 8 (2)	DET		WSH	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	102	Aug 9	DET		CLE	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
59	103	Aug 10	DET		CLE	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
60	104	Aug 11	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	105	Aug 13	DET	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	107 (1)	Aug 15	DET	@	SLB	W,3-1	GF	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	120 (12)	Aug 31	DET	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	121	Sep 1	DET	@	BOS	L,1-10	CG	41	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
65	122	Sep 3	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	123	Sep 4	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	124	Sep 5	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
68	125	Sep 6 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	126	Sep 6 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,10-11	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
70	127	Sep 8	DET	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	52	10.1	2	0	0	2	0
71	128	Sep 9	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS	44	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	137 (8)	Sep 16 (2)	DET		NYY	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
73	141 (3)	Sep 19 (2)	DET		BOS	W,8-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	142	Sep 20	DET		BOS	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	143	Sep 21	DET		BOS	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	144	Sep 22	DET		PHA	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	145	Sep 23	DET		PHA	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
78	146	Sep 24	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
79	147	Sep 25	DET		CLE	L,3-9	CG	47	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
80	148	Sep 26	DET		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
81	149	Sep 28	DET		SLB	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
82	150	Sep 29	DET		SLB	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
83	151	Sep 30	DET		SLB	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	152	Oct 1	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	153	Oct 2	DET	@	CLE	L,0-8	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
86	154	Oct 3	DET	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
							86gm		730.2	175	3	11	189	1