EDDIE WAITKUS

| Deceased

High Level: MLB Career Ranks: 27th in BBSO
Positions: 1B-1049, OF-20
Full Name: Edward Stephen Waitkus
Born: Sep 4, 1919 in Cambridge,Massachusetts
Died: Sep 16, 1972 (53.012)

MLB Debut: Apr 15, 1941 (21.224)

Speed
60

Contact
90

Patience
46

Batting
76

Power
37

Ht/Wt: 6-1 / 175 Bats/Throws: Left / Left
High School: Cambridge Rindge And Latin (Cambridge,MA)
College: Boston College
Drafted: Not drafted

Tags: Major League All-Star Game || Major League Comebacks || Military Service

TBC Player ID: 19283
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BATTING STATISTICS

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Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip
1941	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	27	chc	21	1b	-	12	28	1	5	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	1		0		1	.179	.000	.179	179	-	-	5			--	--
1946	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	36	chc	26	1b	60	113	441	50	134	24	5	4	55	3		23	14	1		7		8	.304	.000	.408	408	-	-	180			--	--
1947	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	36	chc	27	1b	42	130	514	60	150	28	6	2	35	3		32	17	2		6		8	.292	.000	.381	381	-	-	196			--	--
1948	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	36	chc	28	1b	16	139	562	87	166	27	10	7	44	11		43	19	2		7		12	.295	.000	.416	416	-	-	234			--	--
1949	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	4	phi	29	1b	-	54	209	41	64	16	3	1	28	3		33	12	1		3		3	.306	.000	.426	426	-	-	89			--	--
1950	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	4	phi	30	1b	19	154	641	102	182	32	5	2	44	3		55	29	1		5		13	.284	.000	.359	359	143	93	230			--	--
1951	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	4	phi	31	1b	30	145	610	65	157	27	4	1	46	0	3	53	22	0		1		8	.257	.000	.320	320	118	81	195			--	--
1952	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	4	phi	32	1b	26	146	499	51	144	29	4	2	49	2	2	64	23	1		4		6	.289	.000	.375	375	120	82	187			--	--
1953	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	4	phi	33	1b	-	81	247	24	72	9	2	1	16	1	1	13	23	1		1		3	.291	.000	.356	356	44	54	88			--	--
1954	Baltimore	AL	MLB	3	bal	34	1b	-	95	311	35	88	17	4	2	33	0	1	28	25	1		6	3	8	.283	.341	.383	724	75	79	119	349	241	--	--	.300
1955	Baltimore	AL	MLB	9	bal	35	1b	-	38	85	2	22	1	1	0	9	2	0	11	10	0	3	0	0	1	.259	.344	.294	638	18	47	25	96	64	10	4.1	.293
1955	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	44	phi	35	1b	-	33	107	10	30	5	0	2	14	0	1	17	7	0	1	0	0	4	.280	.379	.383	762	27	82	41	124	82	17	5.7	.286
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MLB Totals (11 years) Career Ranks									1140	4254	528	1214	215	44	24	373	28	8	372	204	11	4	40	3	75	.285	.344	.374	718	545	48	1589	4680	3166	646.4	5.5	.295
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FIELDING STATISTICS

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Positions Grid

Year	Team	League	Level	Position	G	GS	TC	PO	A	E	DP	Inn	FPct	RF	RF9
1941	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	1B	9		78	71	3	4	8		.949	--	--
1946	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	1B	106		1077	992	81	4	76		.996	--	--
1947	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	1B	126		1270	1161	101	8	109		.994	--	--
1948	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	1B	116		1165	1064	92	9	77		.992	--	--
	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	OF	20		44	43	0	1	0		.977	--	--
1949	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	1B	54		491	452	36	3	51		.994	--	--
1950	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	1B	154		1496	1387	99	10	142		.993	--	--
1951	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	1B	144		1318	1214	94	10	121		.992	--	--
1952	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	1B	146		1388	1281	95	12	119		.991	--	--
1953	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	1B	59		523	480	37	6	65		.989	--	--
1954	Baltimore	AL	MLB	1B	78		666	618	48	0	72		1.000	--	--
1955	Baltimore	AL	MLB	1B	26		194	180	9	5	15		.974	--	--
	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	1B	31		272	250	21	1	31		.996	--	--
Major League Totals:				1B	1049	0	9938	9150	716	72	886	0	.993	9.41
				OF	20	0	44	43	0	1	0	0	.977	2.15

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