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Eddie Waitkus

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Full Name: Edward Stephen Waitkus Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/170 First Game: April 15, 1941
Birthdate: September 4, 1919 Final Game: September 20, 1955
Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts MLB Experience: 11 years
Died: September 16, 1972
Deathplace: Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Eddie Waitkus (Edward Stephen Waitkus) was born on September 4, 1919 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He made his Major League debut on April 15, 1941 for the Chicago Cubs. In 1946, his rookie year, he hit .304 with 4 home runs and 55 RBI. Waitkus played for the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 11 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Eddie Waitkus's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1950, when he hit for a .284 average. However, others believe that it was 1948, when he hit for a .295 average.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1941 CHI N 12 28 1 5 0 0 .179 .207 .179 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1
1946 CHI N 113 441 50 134 4 55 .304 .340 .408 24 5 23 14 1 7 3 0 8
1947 CHI N 130 514 60 150 2 35 .292 .336 .381 28 6 32 17 2 6 3 0 8
1948 CHI N 139 562 87 166 7 44 .295 .348 .416 27 10 43 19 2 7 11 0 12
1949 PHI N 54 209 41 64 1 28 .306 .403 .426 16 3 33 12 1 3 3 0 3
1950 PHI N 154 641 102 182 2 44 .284 .341 .359 32 5 55 29 1 5 3 0 13
1951 PHI N 145 610 65 157 1 46 .257 .317 .320 27 4 53 22 0 1 0 0 8
1952 PHI N 146 499 51 144 2 49 .289 .371 .375 29 4 64 23 1 4 2 0 6
1953 PHI N 81 247 24 72 1 16 .291 .330 .356 9 2 13 23 1 1 1 0 3
1954 BAL A 95 311 35 88 2 33 .283 .341 .383 17 4 28 25 1 6 0 0 8
1955 PHI N 33 107 10 30 2 14 .280 .379 .383 5 0 17 7 0 0 0 1 4
1955 BAL A 38 85 2 22 0 9 .259 .344 .294 1 1 11 10 0 0 2 3 1
1955 Total 71 192 12 52 2 23 .271 .364 .344 6 1 28 17 0 0 2 4 5
Total NL 1007 3858 491 1104 22 331 .286 .344 .375 197 39 333 169 10 34 26 1 66
Total AL 133 396 37 110 2 42 .278 .342 .364 18 5 39 35 1 6 2 3 9
Total 1140 4254 528 1214 24 373 .285 .344 .374 215 44 372 204 11 40 28 4 75

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1941 CHI N 1B 9 0 0 71 3 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 .949
1946 CHI N 1B 106 0 0 992 81 4 76 0 0 0 0 0 .996
1947 CHI N 1B 126 0 0 1161 101 8 109 0 0 0 0 0 .994
1948 CHI N 1B 116 0 0 1064 92 9 77 0 0 0 0 0 .992
1948 CHI N OF 20 0 0 43 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1949 PHI N 1B 54 0 0 452 36 3 51 0 0 0 0 0 .994
1950 PHI N 1B 154 0 0 1387 99 10 142 0 0 0 0 0 .993
1951 PHI N 1B 144 0 0 1214 94 10 121 0 0 0 0 0 .992
1952 PHI N 1B 146 0 0 1281 95 12 119 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1953 PHI N 1B 59 0 0 480 37 6 65 0 0 0 0 0 .989
1954 BAL A 1B 78 0 0 618 48 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1955 PHI N 1B 31 0 0 250 21 1 31 0 0 0 0 0 .996
1955 BAL A 1B 26 0 0 180 9 5 15 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1955 Total 1B 57 0 0 430 30 6 46 0 0 0 0 0 .987
Total OF 20 0 0 43 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .977
Total 1B 1049 0 0 9150 716 72 886 0 0 0 0 0 .993

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago Cubs (1939).
  • Traded by Chicago Cubs with Hank Borowy to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Monk Dubiel and Dutch Leonard (December 14, 1948).
  • Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to Baltimore Orioles for $40000 (March 16, 1954).
  • Released by Baltimore Orioles (July 29, 1955).
  • Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (August 1, 1955).
  • Released by Philadelphia Phillies (October 10, 1955).

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