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Eddie Waitkus

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: September 4, 1919 in Cambridge, MA us

Died: September 16, 1972 in Jamaica Plain, MA

Buried: Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, MA

High School: Cambridge High and Latin School (Cambridge, MA)

School: Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA)

Debut: April 15, 1941 (Age 21-223d, 9,027th in major league history)
vs. PIT 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 20, 1955 (Age 36-016d)
vs. BRO 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1946 season

Full Name: Edward Stephen Waitkus

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.4

4254

1214

.285

528

RBI

373

OBP

.344

SLG

.374

OPS

.718

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	11	0	0	11	3
2	2	Apr 21	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
3	3	Apr 22	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
4	4	Apr 23	CHC		STL	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
5	5	Apr 24	CHC		STL	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
6	6	Apr 25	CHC		STL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
7	7	Apr 27	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
8	8	Apr 28	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-8	CG	45	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
9	9	Apr 29	CHC		PIT	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
10	10	Apr 30	CHC		PIT	L,4-10	CG	49	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	CHC	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	2
12	12	May 2	CHC	@	STL	W,13-4	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
13	13	May 3	CHC	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
14	14	May 5	CHC		PHI	L,9-13	CG	53	9.0	5	1	1	7	1
15	15	May 7	CHC		BRO	L,5-9	CG	49	9.0	6	0	2	8	2
16	16	May 8	CHC		BRO	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
17	17	May 9	CHC		NYG	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
18	18	May 13	CHC		BSN	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
19	19	May 14	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
20	20	May 15	CHC		CIN	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
21	21	May 16	CHC		CIN	L,11-13	CG	54	10.0	14	1	1	16	0
22	22	May 18	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
23	23	May 19	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
24	24	May 20	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	15	0	0	15	2
25	25	May 21	CHC	@	NYG	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
26	26	May 22	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-11	CG	41	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
27	27	May 23 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,5-8	CG	45	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
28	28	May 23 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,4-12	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
29	29	May 26	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
30	30	May 27	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	5	3	0	8	0
31	31	May 28	CHC	@	CIN	W,10-8	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
32	32	May 29	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
33	33	May 30 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
34	34	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	6	2	0	8	1
35	35	May 31 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
36	36	May 31 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	37	Jun 2	CHC		PHI	W,2-1	CG	50	12.0	8	0	0	8	2
38	38	Jun 3	CHC		PHI	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	12	1	1	14	0
39	39	Jun 4	CHC		PHI	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	12	3	0	15	0
40	40	Jun 5 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
41	41	Jun 5 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
42	42	Jun 6	CHC		BSN	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
43	43	Jun 7	CHC		BSN	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
44	44	Jun 8	CHC		BSN	L,1-11	CG	48	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
45	45	Jun 9 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
46	46	Jun 9 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
47	47	Jun 10	CHC		NYG	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	11	2	0	13	3
48	48	Jun 11	CHC		NYG	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	15	0	0	15	2
49	49	Jun 13	CHC		BRO	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
50	50	Jun 15	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-6	CG	44	8.0	9	3	0	12	2
51	51	Jun 16	CHC	@	BSN	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
52	52	Jun 17 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
53	53	Jun 17 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,7-8	CG	45	8.1	14	0	0	14	0
54	54	Jun 18	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
55	55	Jun 19	CHC	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
56	56	Jun 20	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	14	1	0	15	2
57	57	Jun 24 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
58	58	Jun 24 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	10	1	1	12	1
59	59	Jun 25	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
60	60	Jun 26	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	40	8.2	9	1	0	10	1
61	61	Jun 27 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
62	62	Jun 27 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
63	63	Jun 29	CHC		STL	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	15	1	0	16	1
64	64	Jun 30	CHC		STL	W,9-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	65	Jul 1	CHC		STL	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
66	66	Jul 2	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
67	67	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
68	68	Jul 4 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	7	2	0	9	1
69	69	Jul 5 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
70	70	Jul 5 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	26	5.0	5	1	0	6	0
71	71	Jul 6	CHC	@	STL	W,12-10	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	2
72	72	Jul 7	CHC		CIN	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
73	73	Jul 8	CHC		CIN	L,0-4	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
74	74	Jul 9	CHC		PIT	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	14	1	0	15	1
75	75	Jul 10	CHC		PIT	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
76	76	Jul 11	CHC		PIT	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
77	77	Jul 15 (1)	CHC		BSN	L,1-2	CG	42	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
78	78	Jul 15 (2)	CHC		BSN	T,1-1	CG	48	13.0	17	0	0	17	2
79	79	Jul 16	CHC		BSN	L,10-12	CG	48	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
80	80	Jul 17	CHC		BSN	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
81	81	Jul 18 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
82	82	Jul 18 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	2
83	83	Jul 19	CHC		PHI	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
84	84	Jul 20	CHC		BRO	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
85	85	Jul 21 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,3-9	CG	48	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
86	86	Jul 21 (2)	CHC		BRO	L,1-7	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
87	87	Jul 22	CHC		BRO	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
88	88	Jul 23	CHC		NYG	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
89	89	Jul 24 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
90	90	Jul 24 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
91	91	Jul 25	CHC		NYG	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	9	3	0	12	1
92	92	Jul 27	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	0	11.0	9	0	0	9	0
93	93	Jul 28	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
94	94	Jul 29	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
95	95	Jul 30	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
96	96	Jul 31 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,9-14	CG	47	8.0	4	1	1	6	1
97	97	Jul 31 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	98	Aug 2	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	41	11.0	6	2	0	8	2
99	99	Aug 4	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	5	0	0	5	2
100	100	Aug 5	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
101	101	Aug 6	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	45	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
102	102	Aug 7	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	9	1	0	10	2
103	103	Aug 8	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
104	104	Aug 10	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	6	2	0	8	1
105	105	Aug 11	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
106	106	Aug 13	CHC	@	CIN	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	17	1	0	18	0
107	107	Aug 15 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
108	108	Aug 15 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-5	GS	18	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
109	122 (13)	Aug 29 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
110	123	Aug 29 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
111	124	Aug 31 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,3-0	CG	27	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
112	125	Aug 31 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,7-2	GS	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
113	126	Sep 1	CHC		BRO	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
114	127	Sep 2	CHC		BRO	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
115	128	Sep 3	CHC	@	PIT	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
116	129	Sep 5 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
117	130	Sep 5 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,11-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
118	131	Sep 6 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
119	132	Sep 6 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
120	133	Sep 8	CHC	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
121	135 (1)	Sep 11	CHC		PIT	L,12-13	CG	51	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
122	136	Sep 12	CHC		PIT	L,3-7	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
123	137	Sep 13	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
124	138	Sep 14	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-10	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
125	139	Sep 15	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
126	140	Sep 17	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
127	141	Sep 19	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
128	142	Sep 20	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
129	143	Sep 21 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
130	144	Sep 21 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
131	146 (1)	Sep 22 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,11-7	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
132	148 (1)	Sep 25	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	8	3	0	11	1
133	149	Sep 26	CHC		STL	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	9	1	1	11	0
134	150	Sep 28	CHC		CIN	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
135	151	Sep 29	CHC		CIN	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	12	2	1	15	1
							136gm		1173.2	1104	93	10	1207	77