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Danny Litwhiler
Daniel Webster Litwhiler

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 198 lb.

MLB Debut April 25, 1940
Final Game September 25, 1951
Born August 31, 1916 in Ringtown, PA
Died September 23, 2011 (age 95)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1940 23 PIN NL   85  154   21   66   3   1   5   28   1   1    7   13  .429  .454  .558 1.012   143    86   1   1   1   1   2  
 1941 24 PIN NL  148  586   62  202  31   8  14   82   1   2   46   33  .345  .390  .497  .887   129   291   1   5   5   1  14  MVP-8
 1942 25 PIN NL  143  574   50  157  29   7   8   85   3   3   21   47  .274  .297  .390  .687   105   224   0  10   3   2   8  
 1943 26 CIN NL  104  298   35   72  12   0   4   37   4   1   27   38  .242  .302  .322  .624    90    96   0   5   3   1   5  
 1944 27 CIN NL  141  518   54  114  14   6  14   67   2   4   53   86  .220  .288  .351  .640    93   182   0   8  15   0  12  
 1945           [Did not play]
 1946 29 BRN NL   89  270   39   71   9   5  10   58   1   2   29   33  .263  .330  .444  .774   113   120   2   4   2   0   9  
 1947 30 BRN NL   43  131   20   42   2   2   5   20   1   1   23   29  .321  .427  .481  .908   121    63   1   1   2   2   3  
 1948 31 CIN NL  131  370   50   96  19   4  18   70   0   0   42   59  .259  .331  .478  .809   110   177   2   5   0   0  11  
 1949 32 CIN NL  108  310   45   92  21   1  11   61   0   0   37   48  .297  .371  .477  .849   119   148   0   4   1   2   9  
 1950 33 CIN NL   59  112   17   25   3   0   6   20   0   0   26   24  .223  .367  .411  .778   102    46   0   1   0   0   7  
 1951 34 CIN NL   30   29    6    8   1   0   4    7   0   0    4    5  .276  .364  .724 1.088   151    21   0   0   0   0   2  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     1081 3352  399  945 144  34  99  535  13  14  315  415  .282  .341  .434  .775        1454   7  44  32   9  82
 Per 600 PA           540   64  152  23   5  16   86   2   2   51   67                                 234   1   7   5   1  13
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With CIN      573 1637  207  407  70  11  57  262   6   5  189  260  .249  .323  .409  .733         670   2  23  19   3  46
   With PIN      376 1314  133  425  63  16  27  195   5   6   74   93  .323  .357  .457  .815         601   2  16   9   4  24
   With BRN      132  401   59  113  11   7  15   78   2   3   52   62  .282  .363  .456  .819         183   3   5   4   2  12
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1057 3494  428  982 162  32 107  451  11   0  299  377  .281  .342  .438  .780        1529  38          27  86
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1940 23 PIN NL  71   38  11.2  37  17   0  .459   3    4    2  .500    0    0  .000  OF   3(-2)e8   156   
 1941 24 PIN NL  23  111   7.4   4   1   0  .250  19   52   30  .577    0    0  .000  OF   3(-2)e16   71   
 1942 25 PIN NL  24   65   4.0   0   0   0  .000   0   43   30  .698    0    0  .000  OF   3(-2)e0   -13   
 1943 26 CIN NL  31   30   3.5  13   3   1  .231   0   17   14  .824    0    0  .000  OF   3(-2)e1  -130   
 1944 27 CIN NL  19   51   3.2   5   0   0  .000  12   41   30  .732    0    0  .000  OF   3(-2)e9  -115   
 1945           [Did not play]
 1946 29 BRN NL  52   38   4.8  20   6   1  .300   0   20   15  .750    0    0  .000  OF   3(-2)e8   -13   
 1947 30 BRN NL  77   28   8.0   7   3   0  .429   1   13    9  .692    0    0  .000  OF   3(-2)e8   177   
 1948 31 CIN NL  47   58   5.4  35   9   2  .257   2   32   17  .531    0    0  .000  OF   4(0)e10   -13   
 1949 32 CIN NL  71   55   6.5  26   6   0  .231   9   25   11  .440    0    0  .000  OF   3(-2)e9    -8   
 1950 33 CIN NL  80   16   4.8  24   3   0  .125   2    4    0  .000    0    0  .000  OF   4(0)e15   -49   
 1951 34 CIN NL  79    6   7.8  20   3   2  .150   0    1    1 1.000    0    0  .000  OF   3(-2)e21  248   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 11 Seasons          500   5.3 191  51   6  .267  48  252  159  .631    0    0  .000                  -7   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 18.9 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 7.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1940 23 PIN NL  RF    40    52     5    3    0   .950    31   248.0   2.07
                 LF    14     9     0    0    0  1.000     0    30.2   2.64
                 CF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
 1941 24 PIN NL  RF   143   268     9   19    1   .936   143  1287.2   1.94
 1942 25 PIN NL  LF   140   333     9    0    2  1.000   140  1266.2   2.43
                 CF     3     3     1    0    0  1.000     0     9.1   3.86
 1943 26 CIN NL  RF    86   160     8    0    0  1.000    71   662.2   2.28
                 LF    13     5     0    0    0  1.000     0    26.0   1.73
 1944 27 CIN NL  RF   132   230    13   11    1   .957   131  1183.0   1.85
                 LF     4     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     5.2   1.59
                 CF     2     0     0    1    0   .000     0     3.1   0.00
 1945           [Did not play]
 1946 29 BRN NL  LF    60   107     4    0    2  1.000    56   497.0   2.01
                 RF     9    14     0    0    0  1.000     6    59.2   2.11
                 3B     2     1     1    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   6.00
                 CF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1947 30 BRN NL  LF    35    84     1    1    0   .988    34   296.1   2.58
                 RF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
 1948 31 CIN NL  LF    60   103     3    1    0   .991    45   437.1   2.18
                 RF    40    47     2    1    0   .980    36   308.2   1.43
                 3B     3     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
 1949 32 CIN NL  LF    55    94     3    8    0   .924    50   437.2   1.99
                 RF    26    65     0    1    0   .985    22   192.2   3.04
                 CF     3     2     0    0    0  1.000     1     8.0   2.25
                 3B     2     1     1    0    1  1.000     0     4.1   4.15
 1950 33 CIN NL  LF    18    24     0    0    0  1.000    15   131.1   1.64
                 RF    14    20     0    2    0   .909    10   100.0   1.80
 1951 34 CIN NL  LF     7     4     0    0    0  1.000     1    15.1   2.35
                 RF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
                 CF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 RF   492   858    37   37    2   .960   450  4046.1   1.99
                 LF   406   764    20   10    4   .987   341  3144.0   2.24
                 CF    11     6     1    1    0   .875     1    24.2   2.55
                 3B     7     3     2    0    1  1.000     0     9.1   4.82
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1946 WS    BRN DEA   L    3   8  1  2  1  0  0   0  2  1  .250  .400  .375  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1940  PIN   53-101  Thomas Treece
 1941  PIN   65-89   Tom Edwards
 1942  PIN   60-94   Tom Edwards
 1943  CIN   90-64   John Storer
 1944  CIN   84-70   John Storer
 1946  BRN   91-63   Robert Rescigno
 1947  BRN   88-66   Robert Rescigno
 1948  CIN   61-93   John Storer
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