#79 Eddie Waitkus, First Base, 35 yrs, New York (N) Giants Thursday, 10/5/1954 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Eddie Waitkus
9/4/1919 35 USA,MA,CAMBRIDGE 6"1 175
First Base L L
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Average Average None at all 1 / 6 (Insignificant) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Average Normal Prone 1.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 406,800 1954 10 Year(s), 45 Days (1765 total Days) 172 Day(s) 10 Year(s), 118 Days (1838 total Days) 11 Year(s) 2 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Versus LHP | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Versus RHP | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Talent | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 3 3 6 3 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings 1B : 6 (Range), .991 (Fielding Pct.) LF : 1 (Range), .993 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Infield Arm : 2 Outfield Arm : 2
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Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
8/15 | BRO | L 7-9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
8/20 | CIN | W 8-6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
8/24 | @PIT | W 11-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #2 | | |
8/25 | @PIT | L 4-8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
8/29 | PHI | L 2-9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #7 | | |
8/30 | PHI | L 4-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #6 | | |
9/3 | CIN | L 3-8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
9/9 | SLN | L 2-4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #2 | | |
9/17 | @SLN | L 1-10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #5 | | |
9/23 | PIT | L 3-11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #7 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 53 | 61 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | .213 | .262 | .279 | .540 | .420 | .066 |
Projected | 56 | 64 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | .213 | .262 | .279 | .540 | .420 | .066 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 7 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 4.2 | 2.2 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .250 | .450 |
vs. RHP | 41 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .220 | .289 | .293 | .582 |
Close/Late | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 |
Scoring Position | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .333 | .250 | .583 |
Pinch Hitting | 35 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .257 | .297 | .343 | .640 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 27 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .226 | .250 | .290 | .540 |
Road | 26 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .200 | .273 | .267 | .539 |
March/April | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .556 | .889 |
May | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .182 | .308 | .364 | .671 |
June | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .308 | .357 | .308 | .665 |
July | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 |
August | 13 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .133 | .188 | .133 | .321 |
Sept/Oct | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1941 | 131 | 500 | 128 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 59 | 39 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 3 | 3 | .256 | .309 | .340 | .649 | CHN |
1946 | 131 | 500 | 151 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 51 | 69 | 46 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 3 | .302 | .359 | .394 | .753 | CHN |
1947 | 131 | 500 | 151 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 51 | 69 | 46 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 3 | .302 | .359 | .394 | .753 | CHN |
1948 | 131 | 500 | 151 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 51 | 69 | 46 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 3 | .302 | .359 | .394 | .753 | CHN |
1949 | 131 | 500 | 151 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 51 | 69 | 46 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 3 | .302 | .359 | .394 | .753 | PHI |
1950 | 139 | 430 | 131 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 60 | 45 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 5 | .305 | .354 | .395 | .749 | PHI |
1951 | 143 | 504 | 144 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 61 | 66 | 48 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 2 | .286 | .347 | .385 | .731 | PIT |
1952 | 112 | 300 | 77 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 32 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 0 | .257 | .287 | .340 | .627 | PIT |
1953 | 54 | 52 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .304 | .346 | .650 | NYN |
1954 | 53 | 61 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .213 | .262 | .279 | .540 | NYN |
Total | 1156 | 3847 | 1110 | 213 | 38 | 20 | 416 | 487 | 327 | 5 | 27 | 184 | 23 | 22 | .289 | .343 | .379 | .722 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
First Base | 15 | 7 | 88 | 5 | 13 | 95 | 2 | .979 | 69.0 | 12.39 | | | | |
Leftfield | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.0 | 3.00 | | | | |
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Transactions Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/11/1951 to a 2-year deal worth $3,360,001 per year... Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/16/1953 to a 2-year deal worth $406,800 per year...
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