Danny Litwhiler stats
Last played for the Cincinnati Reds, 1951
Bio
- Debut
- 1940
Bio
- Debut
- 1940
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,057
- AB
- 3,494
- R
- 428
- H
- 982
- HR
- 107
- RBI
- 451
- SB
- 11
- AVG
- .281
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | PHI | 36 | 142 | 10 | 49 | 5 | 17 | 1 | .345 |
| 1941 | PHI | 151 | 590 | 72 | 180 | 18 | 66 | 1 | .305 |
| 1942 | PHI | 151 | 591 | 59 | 160 | 9 | 56 | 2 | .271 |
| 1943 |  PHI/STL | 116 | 397 | 63 | 108 | 12 | 48 | 2 | .272 |
| 1944 | STL | 140 | 492 | 53 | 130 | 15 | 82 | 2 | .264 |
| 1946 |  STL/ATL | 85 | 252 | 29 | 72 | 8 | 38 | 1 | .286 |
| 1947 | ATL | 91 | 226 | 38 | 59 | 7 | 31 | 1 | .261 |
| 1948 |  ATL/CIN | 119 | 371 | 51 | 102 | 14 | 50 | 1 | .275 |
| 1949 | CIN | 102 | 292 | 35 | 85 | 11 | 48 | 0 | .291 |
| 1950 | CIN | 54 | 112 | 15 | 29 | 6 | 12 | 0 | .259 |
| 1951 | CIN | 12 | 29 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .276 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 10
- AB
- 35
- R
- 2
- H
- 8
- HR
- 1
- RBI
- 3
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .229
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 3,858
- TB
- 1,529
- XBH
- 301
- HBP
- 27
- IBB
- 0
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | PHI | 146 | 70 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | PHI | 635 | 275 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | PHI | 627 | 230 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | PHI/STL | 433 | 170 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | STL | 551 | 210 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | STL/ATL | 281 | 112 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | ATL | 254 | 89 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | ATL/CIN | 431 | 169 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | CIN | 336 | 138 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | CIN | 133 | 51 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | CIN | 31 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 18.0
- RC
- 546.2
- RC/27
- 5.80
- ISOP
- .157
- SECA
- .245
- BB/K
- 0.79
- AB/HR
- 32.7
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | PHI | 1.1 | 25 | 7.2 | .148 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 28.4 | 0 |
| 1941 | PHI | 4.2 | 97.8 | 6.4 | .161 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 32.8 | 0 |
| 1942 | PHI | 1.5 | 74.2 | 4.6 | .118 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 65.7 | 0 |
| 1943 | PHI/STL | 2.1 | 57.9 | 5.3 | .156 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 33.1 | 0 |
| 1944 | STL | 2.1 | 72.9 | 5.3 | .163 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 32.8 | 0 |
| 1946 | STL/ATL | 1.6 | 40.1 | 5.8 | .159 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 31.5 | 0 |
| 1947 | ATL | 0.4 | 32.2 | 5.1 | .133 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 32.3 | 0 |
| 1948 | ATL/CIN | 2.7 | 65.8 | 6.5 | .181 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 26.5 | 0 |
| 1949 | CIN | 1.8 | 55.2 | 7.2 | .182 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 26.5 | 0 |
| 1950 | CIN | 0.4 | 20.3 | 6.5 | .196 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 18.7 | 0 |
| 1951 | CIN | 0.1 | 4.9 | 6.3 | .241 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 14.5 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Danny Litwhiler's career stats?
Danny Litwhiler played 11 seasons for the Phillies, the Cardinals, the Braves and the Reds. He was a career .281 hitter with 982 hits, 107 home runs and 451 RBI. His best season was 1940: a .345 batting average, 5 home runs and 17 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
11 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1940 to 1951
Championships ×2
- 1944 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals
- 1946 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals