Eddie Waitkus stats

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Eddie Waitkus played 11 MLB seasons, 1941 to 1955.

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
1,140
AB
4,254
R
528
H
1,214
HR
24
RBI
373
SB
28
AVG
.285
Standard by season
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.
1941CHC122815000.179
1946CHC113441501344553.304
1947CHC130514601502353.292
1948CHC1395628716674411.295
1949PHI5420941641283.306
1950PHI1546411021822443.284
1951PHI145610651571460.257
1952PHI146499511442492.289
1953PHI8124724721161.291
1954BAL9531135882330.283
1955BAL/PHI7119212522232.271

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
4
AB
15
R
0
H
4
HR
0
RBI
0
SB
0
AVG
.267

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
4,680
TB
1,589
XBH
283
HBP
11
IBB
4
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Expanded by season
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.
1941CHC29501000
1946CHC472180331000
1947CHC554196362000
1948CHC614234442000
1949PHI24689201000
1950PHI702230391000
1951PHI664195320000
1952PHI568187351000
1953PHI26288121000
1954BAL349119231000
1955BAL/PHI2206690400

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
10.7
RC
586.2
RC/27
5.10
ISOP
.088
SECA
.180
BB/K
1.82
AB/HR
177.3
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
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.
1941CHC-0.40.60.7.0000000
1946CHC2.063.65.5.1040.21.6110.30
1947CHC1.169.55.1.0890.21.92570
1948CHC2.786.95.8.1210.22.380.30
1949PHI1.539.57.2.1200.32.82090
1950PHI1.384.74.9.0750.21.9320.50
1951PHI-0.665.53.9.0620.12.46100
1952PHI2.375.75.7.0860.22.8249.50
1953PHI0.1304.6.0650.10.62470
1954BAL0.743.45.1000.21.1155.50
1955BAL/PHI0.0275.2.0730.21.7960

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
107 yearsSep 4, 1919
Debut
1941

What were Eddie Waitkus's career stats?

Eddie Waitkus played 11 seasons for the Cubs, the Phillies and the Orioles. He was a career .285 hitter with 1,214 hits, 24 home runs and 373 RBI. His best season was 1949: a .306 batting average, 1 home run and 28 RBI.

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