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Eddie Waitkus
Edward Stephen Waitkus

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 175 lb.

MLB Debut April 15, 1941
Final Game September 20, 1955
Born September 4, 1919 in Cambridge, MA
Died September 16, 1972 (age 53)

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 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1946 26 CHN NL  111  458   60  140  26   3   7   51  12   6   19   26  .306  .332  .421  .753   111   193   2   2   3   0   8  
 1947 27 CHN NL  126  497   80  165  21   2   9   54  15   6   35   27  .332  .372  .437  .808   107   217   6   8   0   1   7  
 1948 28 CHN NL  151  600   82  180  27   7  14   55   7   3   32   29  .300  .334  .438  .772   107   263   7   5   1   1  11  
 1949 29 CHN NL   36  124   20   30   7   0   2    9   1   2   16   10  .242  .329  .347  .675    90    43   0   0   3   0   2  
         BRN NL   46   32    5    8   1   0   0    3   2   1    4    6  .250  .342  .281  .623    79     9   0   1   0   1   0  
         TOT      82  156   25   38   8   0   2   12   3   3   20   16  .244  .331  .333  .665          52   0   1   3   1   2 
 1950 30 BRN NL  114  412   53  126  19   3   1   42   2   2   34   19  .306  .357  .374  .731    95   154   9   2   1   0  10  
 1951 31 BRN NL  154  571   55  159  19  11   4   53   0   0   47   24  .278  .333  .371  .704    93   212   6   5   0   2  11  
 1952 32 BRN NL  151  518   66  156  30   4   7   55   4   6   79   29  .301  .393  .415  .808   114   215   3   5  12   3  11  
 1953 33 BRN NL   90  240   15   59   7   0   2   28   3   2   12   21  .246  .282  .300  .582    76    72   2   0   0   0   9  
 1954 34 DEA AL  120  300   39   87  12   7   6   32   0   0   40   27  .290  .372  .437  .809   118   131   3   3   5   1   8  
 1955 35 DEA AL   94   97    8   32   9   0   1   14   0   0   17    6  .330  .426  .454  .880   122    44   0   1   0   0   4  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     1193 3849  483 1142 178  37  53  396  46  28  335  224  .297  .352  .403  .755        1553  38  32  25   9  81
 Per 600 PA           542   68  161  25   5   7   56   6   4   47   32                                 219   5   5   4   1  11
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With BRN      555 1773  194  508  76  18  14  181  11  11  176   99  .287  .351  .373  .724         662  20  13  13   6  41
   With CHN      424 1679  242  515  81  12  32  169  35  17  102   92  .307  .344  .426  .771         716  15  15   7   2  28
   With DEA      214  397   47  119  21   7   7   46   0   0   57   33  .300  .386  .441  .826         175   3   4   5   1  12
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1140 4254  528 1214 215  44  24  373  28   8  372  204  .285  .344  .374  .718        1589  40   3   4  11  75
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1946 26 CHN NL   7   61   5.0   6   2   0  .333   2   32   29  .906    0    0  .000  1B   1e6         5   
 1947 27 CHN NL   8   82   6.2   2   0   0  .000   8   49   38  .776    0    0  .000  1B   1e10       91   
 1948 28 CHN NL  29   86   5.3   8   3   0  .375  12   51   40  .784    0    0  .000  1B   1e12        8   
 1949 29 CHN NL  23   14   3.9   3   1   0  .333   4   11    7  .636    0    0  .000  1B   1e13     -154   
         BRN NL   8    3   3.9  18   3   0  .167   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  1B   1e13     -206   
         TOT                    21   4   0  .190   4   11    7  .636    0    0  .000
 1950 30 BRN NL  13   54   4.8   3   0   0  .000   7   33   27  .818    0    0  .000  1B   1e11       31   
 1951 31 BRN NL  35   71   4.5   1   0   0  .000   6   64   54  .844    0    0  .000  1B   1e10       68   
 1952 32 BRN NL  29   87   6.1   0   0   0  .000  15   45   30  .667    0    0  .000  1B   1e12       63   
 1953 33 BRN NL   8   18   2.6   1   1   0 1.000  10   23   14  .609    0    0  .000  1B   1e15     -104   
 1954 34 DEA AL  32   49   5.9  16   2   0  .125   6   26   17  .654    0    0  .000  1B   2e8        85   
 1955 35 DEA AL   5   19   7.4  20   9   0  .450   0    7    3  .429    0    0  .000  1B   2e7       172   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 10 Seasons          550   5.1  78  21   0  .269  70  341  259  .760    0    0  .000                  34   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 14.8 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 19.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1946 26 CHN NL  1B   105   997    92    2   86   .998   100   911.0  10.76
 1947 27 CHN NL  1B   124  1163   112    8  133   .994   112  1037.2  11.06
 1948 28 CHN NL  1B   141  1398   203   12  151   .993   138  1260.0  11.44  GG
                 LF     3     2     0    0    0  1.000     1    13.0   1.38
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1949 29 CHN NL  1B    33   275    21    4   33   .987    30   267.0   9.98
         BRN NL  1B    27    58     4    0   11  1.000     1    56.0   9.96
 1950 30 BRN NL  1B   113   946    74    7  109   .993   101   926.1   9.91
                 C      1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
 1951 31 BRN NL  1B   154  1339   136    6  140   .996   153  1376.1   9.65  GG
 1952 32 BRN NL  1B   151  1333   108   15  140   .990   149  1343.2   9.65
 1953 33 BRN NL  1B    89   587    37   10   71   .984    62   598.1   9.39
 1954 34 DEA AL  1B   101   754   111    6   69   .993    76   720.2  10.80
 1955 35 DEA AL  1B    72   236    21    0   22  1.000    16   231.1  10.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 1B  1110  9086   919   70  965   .993   938  8728.1  10.32
                 LF     3     2     0    0    0  1.000     1    13.0   1.38
                 C      1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1950 WS    BRN NYA   L    5  21  1 10  2  0  0   3  1  1  .476  .500  .571  0
 1951 WS    BRN WAA   L    7  24  4  7  0  0  1   1  3  1  .292  .370  .417  0
 1952 WS    BRN CHA   W    5  14  1  1  0  0  0   2  5  2  .071  .316  .071  0
 1953 WS    BRN CHA   L    4  11  0  5  0  0  0   1  0  0  .455  .455  .455  0
 1955 WS    DEA BRN   W    4   5  2  3  0  0  1   4  0  1  .600  .600 1.200  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1946  CHN   80-74   Alan Boodman
 1947  CHN   72-82   Alan Boodman
 1948  CHN   75-79   Alan Boodman
 1949  CHN   57-97   Alan Boodman
 1949  BRN   99-55   Robert Rescigno
 1950  BRN   96-58   Robert Rescigno
 1951  BRN   95-59   Robert Rescigno
 1952  BRN  117-37   Robert Rescigno
 1953  BRN  104-50   Robert Rescigno
 1954  DEA   82-72   Tom Austad
 1955  DEA   98-56   Tom Austad

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