Dick Littlefield

Full Name: Richard Bernard Littlefield	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/180	First Game: July 7, 1950
Birthdate: March 18, 1926	Final Game: May 30, 1958
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan	MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: November 20, 1997
Deathplace: Detroit, Michigan
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on March 18, 1926 in Detroit, Michigan, Dick Littlefield (Richard Bernard Littlefield) played for the Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Browns, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Braves over the course of his 9 year career. Littlefield broke into the bigs on July 7, 1950 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 3.54 ERA in 94 innings pitched in 1952, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Dick Littlefield's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1954, when he posted a 3.86 ERA, won 10 games and struck out 97 batters. However, others believe that it was 1956, when he posted a 4.37 ERA and struck out 80 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1950	BOS	A	15	2	2	2	9.26	13	25	24	0	0	1	23.1	27	6	24	0	1	1
1951	CHI	A	4	2	1	1	8.38	7	12	9	0	0	0	9.2	9	1	17	0	0	0
1952	STL	A	7	5	2	3	2.72	34	18	14	3	0	0	46.1	35	4	17	0	0	0
1952	DET	A	28	1	0	3	4.34	32	24	23	0	0	1	47.2	46	4	25	0	2	0
1952	TOT	A	35	6	2	6	3.54	66	42	37	3	0	1	94	81	8	42	0	2	0
1953	STL	A	36	22	7	12	5.08	104	93	86	2	0	0	152.1	153	17	84	0	5	4
1954	PIT	N	23	21	10	11	3.60	92	78	62	7	1	0	155	140	10	85	1	2	2
1954	BAL	A	3	0	0	0	1.50	5	7	7	0	0	0	6	8	0	6	0	0	1
1954	Total		26	21	10	11	3.86	97	85	69	7	1	0	161	148	10	91	1	2	3
1955	PIT	N	35	17	5	12	5.12	70	91	74	4	1	0	130	148	15	68	8	5	2
1956	STL	N	3	2	0	2	7.45	5	9	8	0	0	0	9.2	9	2	4	1	0	0
1956	PIT	N	6	2	0	0	4.26	10	8	6	0	0	0	12.2	14	2	6	0	2	0
1956	NY	N	31	7	4	4	4.08	65	45	44	0	0	2	97	78	16	39	5	1	0
1956	TOT	N	40	11	4	6	4.37	80	62	58	0	0	2	119.1	101	20	49	6	3	0
1957	CHI	N	48	2	2	3	5.35	51	46	39	0	0	4	65.2	76	12	37	4	2	1
1958	MIL	N	4	0	0	1	4.26	7	5	3	0	0	1	6.1	7	2	1	0	0	1
Total	NL		150	51	21	33	4.46	300	282	236	11	2	7	476.1	472	59	240	19	12	6
Total	AL		93	32	12	21	5.14	195	179	163	5	0	2	285.1	278	32	173	0	8	6
Total			243	83	33	54	4.71	495	461	399	16	2	9	761.2	750	91	413	19	20	12

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	AVG
1950	BOS	A	P	15	0	0	1	6	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1951	CHI	A	P	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1952	STL	A	P	7	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1952	DET	A	P	28	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1952	TOT	A	P	35	0	0	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1953	STL	A	P	36	0	0	9	19	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1954	PIT	N	P	23	21	155	5	14	3	0	2	2	3	.864
1954	BAL	A	P	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1954	Total		P	26	21	155	5	14	3	0	2	2	3	.864
1955	PIT	N	P	35	0	0	7	12	3	1	0	0	0	.864
1956	STL	N	P	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1956	PIT	N	P	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1956	NY	N	P	31	0	0	8	14	1	1	0	0	0	.957
1956	TOT	N	P	40	0	0	10	14	1	1	0	0	0	.960
1957	CHI	N	P	48	2	65.2	2	7	4	0	0	1	1	.692
1958	MIL	N	P	4	0	6.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	243	23	227	39	77	11	4	2	3	4	.913

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1950	BOS	A	15	4	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	0
1951	CHI	A	4	1	0	0	0	.000	.667	.000	0	0	2	0	0	0
1952	STL	A	7	16	1	1	1	.063	.063	.063	0	0	0	6	0	0
1952	DET	A	28	7	1	1	0	.143	.143	.143	0	0	0	2	0	0
1952	TOT	A	35	23	2	2	1	.087	.087	.087	0	0	0	8	0	0
1953	STL	A	38	42	4	8	2	.190	.227	.190	0	0	2	17	5	1
1954	PIT	N	23	49	4	8	2	.163	.196	.245	2	1	2	13	4	1
1954	BAL	A	3	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954	Total		26	50	4	8	2	.160	.192	.240	2	1	2	13	4	1
1955	PIT	N	35	34	1	6	3	.176	.263	.206	1	0	4	15	1	0
1956	STL	N	3	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
1956	PIT	N	6	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0
1956	NY	N	31	24	0	2	2	.083	.120	.083	0	0	1	9	1	0
1956	TOT	N	40	28	0	2	2	.071	.103	.071	0	0	1	12	1	0
1957	CHI	N	48	11	0	2	0	.182	.250	.182	0	0	1	3	0	0
1958	MIL	N	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		150	122	5	18	7	.148	.200	.189	3	1	8	43	6	1
Total	AL		95	71	6	10	3	.141	.187	.141	0	0	4	28	5	1
Total			245	193	11	28	10	.145	.195	.171	3	1	12	71	11	2

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1946).
Traded by Boston Red Sox with Al Zarilla and Joe Dobson to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Bill Wight and Ray Scarborough (December 10, 1950).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Joe DeMaestri, Gus Niarhos, Gordon Goldsberry and Jim Rivera to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Al Widmar, Sherm Lollar and Tom Upton (November 27, 1951).
Traded by St. Louis Browns with Ben Taylor, Cliff Mapes and Matt Batts to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Gene Bearden, Bob Cain and Dick Kryhoski (February 14, 1952).
Traded by Detroit Tigers with Marlin Stuart, Don Lenhardt and Vic Wertz to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Jim Delsing, Ned Garver, Dave Madison and Bud Black (August 14, 1952).
Traded by Baltimore Orioles to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Cal Abrams (May 25, 1954).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Bobby Del Greco to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Bill Virdon (May 17, 1956).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Jackie Brandt, Red Schoendienst, Bill Sarni and a player to be named later to New York Giants in exchange for Al Dark, Ray Katt, Don Liddle and Whitey Lockman (June 14, 1956); New York Giants received Gordon Jones (October 1, 1956).
Traded by New York Giants with $30000 to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Jackie Robinson (December 13, 1956); Jackie Robinson refused to report to New York Giants; trade voided (December 13, 1956).
Traded by New York Giants with Bob Lennon to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Ray Jablonski and Ray Katt (April 16, 1957).
Sold by Chicago Cubs to Milwaukee Braves (March 30, 1958).

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