Jimmy Wasdell
[edit] Biography
Jimmy Wasdell (James Charles Wasdell) was born on May 15, 1914 in Cleveland, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on September 3, 1937 for the Washington Senators. In 1938, his rookie year, he hit .236 with 2 home runs and 16 RBI. Wasdell played for the Washington Senators, Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 10 year career.
Most people believe that Jimmy Wasdell's best season was 1945, when he hit for a .300 average and knocked in 60 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1937
| WAS
| A
| 32
| 110
| 13
| 28
| 2
| 12
| .255
| .299
| .418
| 4
| 4
| 7
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| WAS
| A
| 53
| 140
| 19
| 33
| 2
| 16
| .236
| .296
| .307
| 2
| 1
| 12
| 12
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| WAS
| A
| 29
| 109
| 12
| 33
| 0
| 13
| .303
| .361
| .367
| 5
| 1
| 9
| 16
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 1
|
| 1940
| WAS
| A
| 10
| 35
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .086
| .135
| .114
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1940
| BRO
| N
| 77
| 230
| 35
| 64
| 3
| 37
| .278
| .333
| .413
| 14
| 4
| 18
| 24
| 1
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 4
|
| 1940
| Total
|
| 87
| 265
| 38
| 67
| 3
| 37
| .253
| .308
| .374
| 15
| 4
| 20
| 31
| 1
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 4
|
| 1941
| BRO
| N
| 94
| 265
| 39
| 79
| 4
| 48
| .298
| .345
| .419
| 14
| 3
| 16
| 15
| 3
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1
|
| 1942
| PIT
| N
| 122
| 409
| 44
| 106
| 3
| 38
| .259
| .337
| .318
| 11
| 2
| 47
| 22
| 1
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 9
|
| 1943
| PIT
| N
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .500
| .750
| .500
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1943
| PHI
| N
| 141
| 522
| 54
| 136
| 4
| 67
| .261
| .323
| .343
| 19
| 6
| 46
| 22
| 2
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 13
|
| 1943
| TOT
| N
| 145
| 524
| 54
| 137
| 4
| 68
| .261
| .326
| .344
| 19
| 6
| 48
| 22
| 2
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 13
|
| 1944
| PHI
| N
| 133
| 451
| 47
| 125
| 3
| 40
| .277
| .344
| .355
| 20
| 3
| 45
| 17
| 1
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 14
|
| 1945
| PHI
| N
| 134
| 500
| 65
| 150
| 7
| 60
| .300
| .346
| .412
| 19
| 8
| 32
| 11
| 3
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 7
|
| 1946
| PHI
| N
| 26
| 51
| 7
| 13
| 1
| 5
| .255
| .309
| .392
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1946
| CLE
| A
| 32
| 41
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 4
| .268
| .333
| .268
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
|
| 1946
| Total
|
| 58
| 92
| 8
| 24
| 1
| 9
| .261
| .320
| .337
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 4
|
| 1947
| CLE
| A
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 731
| 2430
| 291
| 674
| 25
| 296
| .277
| .338
| .371
| 97
| 28
| 209
| 113
| 12
| 34
| 20
| 0
| 50
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 157
| 436
| 48
| 108
| 4
| 45
| .248
| .304
| .330
| 12
| 6
| 34
| 52
| 1
| 5
| 9
| 0
| 3
|
| Total
|
|
| 888
| 2866
| 339
| 782
| 29
| 341
| .273
| .332
| .365
| 109
| 34
| 243
| 165
| 13
| 39
| 29
| 0
| 53
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1937
| WAS
| A
| OF
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1937
| WAS
| A
| 1B
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 182
| 10
| 1
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .995
|
| 1938
| WAS
| A
| 1B
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 220
| 12
| 1
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .996
|
| 1938
| WAS
| A
| OF
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1939
| WAS
| A
| 1B
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 255
| 15
| 10
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .964
|
| 1940
| WAS
| A
| 1B
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 76
| 2
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1940
| BRO
| N
| 1B
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 122
| 5
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
| 1940
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 70
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1940
| Total
|
| 1B
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 198
| 7
| 3
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
| 1941
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 54
| 0
| 0
| 84
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .956
|
| 1941
| BRO
| N
| 1B
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 101
| 5
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1942
| PIT
| N
| OF
| 97
| 0
| 0
| 191
| 8
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
| 1942
| PIT
| N
| 1B
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 55
| 4
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| 1943
| PHI
| N
| OF
| 56
| 0
| 0
| 108
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| 1943
| PHI
| N
| 1B
| 82
| 0
| 0
| 749
| 56
| 10
| 62
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .988
|
| 1944
| PHI
| N
| OF
| 121
| 0
| 0
| 243
| 6
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1944
| PHI
| N
| 1B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1945
| PHI
| N
| OF
| 65
| 0
| 0
| 142
| 4
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| 1945
| PHI
| N
| 1B
| 63
| 0
| 0
| 597
| 43
| 7
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .989
|
| 1946
| PHI
| N
| OF
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| 1946
| PHI
| N
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1946
| CLE
| A
| OF
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1946
| CLE
| A
| 1B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 28
| 3
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .939
|
| 1946
| Total
|
| OF
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 1946
| Total
|
| 1B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 31
| 4
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
| 1946
| Total
|
| RF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1946
| Total
|
| LF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 277
| 0
| 0
| 2431
| 156
| 36
| 222
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 462
| 0
| 0
| 878
| 27
| 32
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .966
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Minneapolis (American Association) to Washington Senators in exchange for Carl Reynolds, Red Kress and cash (January 29, 1937).
- Sold by Washington Senators to Brooklyn Dodgers (May 25, 1940).
- Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers with Pete Coscarart, Luke Hamlin and Babe Phelps to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Arky Vaughan (December 12, 1941).
- Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to Philadelphia Phillies (April 30, 1943).
- Released by Philadelphia Phillies (June 18, 1946).
- Signed by Cleveland Indians (@June 24, 1946).
- Released by Cleveland Indians (@April 23, 1947).
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