Fred Whitfield

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Full Name: Fred Dwight Whitfield	Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/190	First Game: May 27, 1962
Birthdate: January 7, 1938	Final Game: August 11, 1970
Birthplace: Vandiver, Alabama	MLB Experience: 9 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
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7 See Also
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[edit] Biography

Fred Whitfield (Fred Dwight Whitfield) was born on January 7, 1938 in Vandiver, Alabama. He made his Major League debut on May 27, 1962 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1962, his rookie year, he hit .266 with 8 home runs and 34 RBI. Whitfield played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds and Montreal Expos over the course of his 9 year career.

Most people believe that Fred Whitfield's best season was 1965, when he slugged 26 home runs, hit for a .293 average and knocked in 90 runs.

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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
1962	STL	N	73	158	20	42	8	34	.266	.299	.475	7	1	7	30	1	0	1	1	6
1963	CLE	A	109	346	44	87	21	54	.251	.302	.500	17	3	24	61	4	2	0	5	1
1964	CLE	A	101	293	29	79	10	29	.270	.301	.423	13	1	12	58	2	2	0	3	5
1965	CLE	A	132	468	49	137	26	90	.293	.316	.513	23	1	16	42	2	2	2	7	12
1966	CLE	A	137	502	59	121	27	78	.241	.283	.440	15	2	27	76	4	0	1	9	7
1967	CLE	A	100	257	24	56	9	31	.218	.290	.362	10	0	25	45	1	1	3	8	4
1968	CIN	N	87	171	15	44	6	32	.257	.302	.409	8	0	9	29	2	0	0	1	3
1969	CIN	N	74	74	2	11	1	8	.149	.315	.189	0	0	18	27	0	0	0	0	0
1970	MON	N	4	15	0	1	0	0	.067	.125	.067	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1
Total	NL		238	418	37	98	15	74	.234	.298	.383	15	1	35	89	3	0	1	2	10
Total	AL		579	1866	205	480	93	282	.257	.298	.456	78	7	104	282	13	7	6	32	29
Total			817	2284	242	578	108	356	.253	.298	.443	93	8	139	371	16	7	7	34	39

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1962	STL	N	1B	38	30	262	282	25	4	32	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1963	CLE	A	1B	92	85	768	690	51	10	64	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1964	CLE	A	1B	79	71	597.1	596	36	5	63	0	0	0	0	0	.992
1965	CLE	A	1B	122	110	1006.1	932	80	7	79	0	0	0	0	0	.993
1966	CLE	A	1B	132	129	1159.1	1104	76	11	96	0	0	0	0	0	.991
1967	CLE	A	1B	66	61	531.2	494	49	4	51	0	0	0	0	0	.993
1968	CIN	N	1B	41	33	272.2	285	21	6	28	0	0	0	0	0	.981
1969	CIN	N	1B	14	6	62.1	57	8	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1970	MON	N	1B	4	4	33.1	34	7	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.976
Total			1B	588	529	4693	4474	353	49	421	0	0	0	0	0	.990

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1956).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Ron Taylor and Jack Kubiszyn (December 15, 1962).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with George Culver and Bob Raudman to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Tommy Harper (November 21, 1967).
Released by Cincinnati Reds (1970).
Signed by Montreal Expos (April 2, 1970).

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