Fred Whitfield stats

Last played for the Washington Nationals, 1970

Age 88

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Fred Whitfield played 9 MLB seasons, 1962 to 1970.

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
817
AB
2,284
R
242
H
578
HR
108
RBI
356
SB
7
AVG
.253

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

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.
1962STL7315820428341.266
1963CLE109346448721540.251
1964CLE101293297910290.270
1965CLE1324684913726902.293
1966CLE1375025912127781.241
1967CLE10025724569313.218
1968CIN8717115446320.257
1969CIN7474211180.149
1970WSH41501000.067

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

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
2,465
TB
1,011
XBH
209
HBP
16
IBB
34
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

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.
1962STL16775161100
1963CLE383173414500
1964CLE311124242300
1965CLE492240502700
1966CLE538221444900
1967CLE28493191800
1968CIN18270142100
1969CIN921410000
1970WSH16100000

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

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
2.1
RC
309.0
RC/27
4.80
ISOP
.190
SECA
.246
BB/K
0.37
AB/HR
21.1
GO/FO
0.00

Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

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.
1962STL0.123.25.3.2090.30.219.80
1963CLE0.754.65.5.2490.30.416.50
1964CLE-0.536.44.4.1540.20.229.30
1965CLE1.976.56.1.2200.30.4180
1966CLE0.464.74.5.1990.30.418.60
1967CLE-0.627.93.7.1440.20.628.60
1968CIN0.620.64.3.1520.20.328.50
1969CIN-0.25.92.5.0410.30.7740
1970WSH-0.3-0.6-1.2.0000.10.300

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

Bio

Age
88 yearsJan 7, 1938
Debut
1962

What were Fred Whitfield's career stats?

Fred Whitfield played 9 seasons for the Cardinals, the Guardians, the Reds and the Nationals. He was a career .253 hitter with 578 hits, 108 home runs and 356 RBI. His best season was 1965: a .293 batting average, 26 home runs and 90 RBI.

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