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.

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 21	DET	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	36	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 22	DET	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 24	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 25 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 25 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 28	DET		SLB	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 29	DET		SLB	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	8	May 1	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	0	15.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	9	May 2	DET		CLE	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
10	10	May 4	DET	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	11	May 5	DET	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
12	12	May 6	DET	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	34	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
13	13	May 7	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	38	9.1	0	0	0	0	0
14	14	May 9 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
15	15	May 9 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	41	11.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	16	May 12	DET		PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	15.0	2	0	1	3	0
17	17	May 13	DET		PHA	L,1-2	CG	0	13.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	18	May 14	DET		PHA	L,6-7	CG	54	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	19	May 15	DET		WSH	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	20	May 16 (1)	DET		WSH	L,1-7	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
21	21	May 16 (2)	DET		WSH	L,6-10	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	22	May 21	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	0	13.0	5	0	0	5	0
23	23	May 22	DET		BOS	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	24	May 23 (1)	DET		BOS	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	25	May 23 (2)	DET		BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	26	May 27	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	27	May 28	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
28	28	May 29	DET	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	29	May 30 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	30	May 30 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
31	31	May 31 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	32	May 31 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	33	Jun 1	DET	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	34	Jun 2	DET	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	35	Jun 3	DET	@	WSH	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	36	Jun 4	DET	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	37	Jun 5	DET	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
38	38	Jun 6 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
39	39	Jun 6 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,4-8	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	40	Jun 9	DET		CHW	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
41	41	Jun 10	DET		CHW	L,5-11	CG	52	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	42	Jun 12	DET		CHW	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	43	Jun 13 (1)	DET		CHW	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
44	44	Jun 13 (2)	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	45	Jun 17 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
46	46	Jun 17 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	51	11.2	1	0	0	1	0
47	47	Jun 18	DET		SLB	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
48	48	Jun 19	DET		SLB	W,4-3	CG	55	12.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	49	Jun 20 (1)	DET		SLB	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
50	50	Jun 20 (2)	DET		SLB	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
51	51	Jun 23 (1)	DET		CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	52	Jun 23 (2)	DET		CLE	L,6-9	CG	0	11.0	5	0	0	5	0
53	53	Jun 24	DET		CLE	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
54	54	Jun 25	DET	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	55	Jun 26	DET	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	56	Jun 27 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	57	Jun 27 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	58	Jun 30	DET		BOS	T,3-3	CG	45	12.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	59	Jul 1	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	60	Jul 2	DET		BOS	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
61	61	Jul 3 (1)	DET		NYY	W,6-5	CG	50	11.0	6	0	0	6	0
62	62	Jul 3 (2)	DET		NYY	W,10-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
63	63	Jul 4 (1)	DET		NYY	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	64	Jul 4 (2)	DET		NYY	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
65	65	Jul 5 (1)	DET		WSH	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	66	Jul 5 (2)	DET		WSH	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	67	Jul 6	DET		WSH	W,4-3	CG	61	16.0	4	0	0	4	0
68	68	Jul 7	DET		WSH	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	69	Jul 8	DET		PHA	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	70	Jul 9	DET		PHA	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	71	Jul 10	DET		PHA	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
72	72	Jul 11 (1)	DET		PHA	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	73	Jul 11 (2)	DET		PHA	W,9-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	74	Jul 15	DET	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	75	Jul 17 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	76	Jul 17 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
77	77	Jul 18 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,12-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	78	Jul 18 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	79	Jul 21	DET	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	37	8.1	0	0	1	1	0
80	80	Jul 22 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	81	Jul 22 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	82	Jul 23	DET	@	WSH	W,12-6	CG	46	10.0	2	0	1	3	0
83	83	Jul 24	DET	@	PHA	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
84	84	Jul 25 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	85	Jul 25 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
86	86	Jul 26	DET	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	87	Jul 28 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	88	Jul 28 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
89	89	Jul 30 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	90	Jul 30 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
91	91	Jul 31	DET	@	NYY	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	92	Aug 1 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	93	Aug 1 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	94	Aug 3 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	95	Aug 3 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-12	CG	47	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
96	96	Aug 6	DET		CHW	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
97	97	Aug 7	DET		CHW	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	98	Aug 8 (1)	DET		CHW	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
99	99	Aug 8 (2)	DET		CHW	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
100	100	Aug 11	DET		WSH	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
101	101	Aug 12	DET		WSH	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	102	Aug 13	DET		WSH	L,3-11	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
103	103	Aug 14	DET		WSH	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
104	104	Aug 15 (1)	DET		PHA	W,5-4	CG	46	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
105	105	Aug 15 (2)	DET		PHA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
106	106	Aug 17	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
107	107	Aug 18	DET		BOS	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
108	108	Aug 19 (1)	DET		BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
109	109	Aug 19 (2)	DET		BOS	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
110	110	Aug 20	DET		BOS	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
111	111	Aug 21	DET		BOS	L,6-7	CG	0	12.0	3	0	0	3	0
112	112	Aug 22 (1)	DET		NYY	W,12-0	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
113	113	Aug 22 (2)	DET		NYY	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
114	114	Aug 23	DET		NYY	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
115	115	Aug 24 (1)	DET		NYY	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
116	116	Aug 24 (2)	DET		NYY	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
117	117	Aug 25 (1)	DET		NYY	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
118	118	Aug 25 (2)	DET		NYY	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
119	119	Aug 27	DET	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
120	120	Aug 28	DET	@	SLB	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
121	121	Aug 29 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,15-5	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
122	122	Aug 29 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
123	123	Sep 2 (1)	DET		SLB	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
124	124	Sep 2 (2)	DET		SLB	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
125	125	Sep 3	DET		SLB	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
126	126	Sep 4	DET		SLB	L,5-12	CG	36	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
127	127	Sep 5	DET		SLB	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
128	128	Sep 7 (1)	DET		CHW	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
129	129	Sep 7 (2)	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
130	130	Sep 9 (1)	DET		CLE	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
131	131	Sep 9 (2)	DET		CLE	W,10-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
132	132	Sep 10 (1)	DET		CLE	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
133	133	Sep 10 (2)	DET		CLE	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
134	134	Sep 11	DET		CLE	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
135	135	Sep 12	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
136	136	Sep 14 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
137	137	Sep 14 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
138	138	Sep 15	DET	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
139	139	Sep 17	DET	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
140	140	Sep 18	DET	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
141	141	Sep 19 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
142	142	Sep 19 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
143	143	Sep 22	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
144	144	Sep 23	DET	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
145	145	Sep 24	DET	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
146	146	Sep 25	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	51	13.2	6	0	1	7	0
147	147	Sep 26 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	9.1	7	1	0	8	0
148	148	Sep 26 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
149	149	Sep 27	DET	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
150	150	Sep 28	DET	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
151	151	Sep 29 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
152	152	Sep 29 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
153	153	Sep 30	DET	@	PHA	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
154	154	Oct 2	DET	@	WSH	W,12-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
155	155	Oct 3	DET	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
							155gm			220	9	14	243	1