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Eddie Waitkus

Bats: Left Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 170 lbs.
Born: Sep 4, 1919 in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Died: Sep 15, 1972 in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
College: None

CAREER BATTING STATISTICS

BATTING

YEAR

TEAM

AVG

RBI

OBP

SLG

1941
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1955

ChC
ChC
ChC
ChC
Phi
Phi
Phi
Phi
Phi
Bal
Bal
Phi

NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
AL
AL
NL

.179
.304
.292
.295
.306
.284
.257
.289
.291
.283
.259
.280

12
113
130
139
54
154
145
146
81
95
38
33

28
441
514
562
209
641
610
499
247
311
85
107

1
50
60
87
41
102
65
51
24
35
2
10

5
134
150
166
64
182
157
144
72
88
22
30

0
24
28
27
16
32
27
29
9
17
1
5

0
5
6
10
3
5
4
4
2
4
1
0

0
4
2
7
1
2
1
2
1
2
0
2

0
55
35
44
28
44
46
49
16
33
9
14

0
23
32
43
33
55
53
64
13
28
11
17

3
14
17
19
12
29
22
23
23
25
10
7

.207
.340
.336
.348
.403
.341
.317
.371
.330
.341
.344
.379

.179
.408
.381
.416
.426
.359
.320
.375
.356
.383
.294
.383

Totals

AVG
.285

G
1140

AB
4254

R
528

H
1214

2B
215

3B
44

HR
24

RBI
373

BB
372

K
204

OBP
.344

SLG
.374

BATTING

BASERUNNING

MISC

YEAR

TEAM

HBP

GDP

IBB

SB%

AB/HR

AB/K

1941
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1955

ChC
ChC
ChC
ChC
Phi
Phi
Phi
Phi
Phi
Bal
Bal
Phi

NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
AL
AL
NL

1
1
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0

1
8
8
12
3
13
8
6
3
8
1
4

5
180
196
234
89
230
195
187
88
119
25
41

--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
3
1

0
7
6
7
3
5
1
4
1
6
0
0

--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
3
0
0

0
3
3
11
3
3
0
2
1
0
2
0

--
--
--
--
--
--
3
2
1
1
0
1

-.---
-.---
-.---
-.---
-.---
-.---
.000
.500
.500
.000
1.000
.000

--.-
110.3
257.0
80.3
209.0
320.5
610.0
249.5
247.0
155.5
--.-
53.5

9.3
31.5
30.2
29.6
17.4
22.1
27.7
21.7
10.7
12.4
8.5
15.3

Totals

HBP
11

GDP
75

TB
1589

IBB
4

SH
40

SF
3

SB
28

CS
8

SB%
.778

AB/HR
177.3

AB/K
20.9

Stats Glossary
Posted: Fri January 11, 2002 4:18:09 PM ET

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