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.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	PHI	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
2	2	Apr 18	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	40	8.2	12	0	0	12	0	1B
3	3	Apr 20	PHI		BSN	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
4	4	Apr 21	PHI		BSN	L,6-8	CG	46	9.0	8	3	1	12	2	1B
5	5	Apr 22	PHI		BSN	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
6	6	Apr 23	PHI		NYG	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
7	7	Apr 24	PHI		NYG	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	16	0	0	16	1	1B
8	8	Apr 25	PHI		NYG	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
9	9	Apr 26	PHI		BRO	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
10	10	Apr 27	PHI		BRO	L,5-11	GS	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
11	11	Apr 28	PHI	@	BSN	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
12	12	Apr 29 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
13	13	Apr 29 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,10-9	CG	47	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	PHI		CIN	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
15	15	May 2	PHI		CIN	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
16	16	May 3	PHI		STL	L,4-8	CG	49	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
17	17	May 4	PHI		STL	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	3	1B
18	18	May 5	PHI		STL	L,3-4	CG	52	11.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
19	19	May 6 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
20	20	May 6 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,7-9	CG	46	10.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
21	21	May 8	PHI		PIT	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
22	22	May 9	PHI		PIT	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
23	23	May 10	PHI		PIT	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
24	24	May 12	PHI	@	NYG	W,6-5	CG	41	10.0	10	2	0	12	3	1B
25	25	May 13 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-11	CG	45	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
26	26	May 13 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	1B
27	27	May 15	PHI	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
28	28	May 16	PHI	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	5	3	0	8	1
29	29	May 17	PHI	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
30	30	May 18	PHI	@	CHC	L,9-18	GS	39	6.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
31	31	May 19	PHI	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
32	32	May 20 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,17-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	1	10	2	1B
33	33	May 20 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	W,12-4	CG	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
34	34	May 23	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	41	9.2	10	0	0	10	0	1B
35	35	May 25	PHI		NYG	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	3	1B
36	36	May 26	PHI		NYG	L,0-2	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
37	37	May 27	PHI		NYG	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
38	38	May 28	PHI		BRO	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
39	39	May 30 (1)	PHI		BRO	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
40	40	May 30 (2)	PHI		BRO	W,9-5	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	3	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	42 (1)	Jun 1	PHI		STL	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
42	43	Jun 2	PHI		STL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
43	44	Jun 3 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,11-2	GS	24	6.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
44	45	Jun 3 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,8-3	CG	32	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
45	46	Jun 4	PHI		PIT	L,4-12	CG	48	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
46	47	Jun 5	PHI		CHC	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
47	48	Jun 6	PHI		CHC	W,9-1	CG	31	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
48	49	Jun 7	PHI		CHC	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
49	50	Jun 9	PHI		CIN	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
50	51	Jun 12	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
51	52	Jun 13	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
52	53	Jun 14	PHI	@	CHC	W,11-3	GS	33	7.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
53	54	Jun 15	PHI	@	STL	L,2-10	CG	0	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
54	55	Jun 16	PHI	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	32	8.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
55	56	Jun 17	PHI	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
56	57	Jun 19	PHI	@	PIT	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
57	58	Jun 20	PHI	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
58	59	Jun 21	PHI	@	PIT	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
59	60	Jun 22	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	9	2	0	11	2
60	61	Jun 23	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
61	62	Jun 24 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
62	63	Jun 24 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
63	64	Jun 26	PHI		BSN	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
64	65	Jun 28	PHI		BSN	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
65	66	Jun 29	PHI	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	9	3	0	12	0	1B
66	67	Jun 30	PHI	@	BRO	L,8-14	CG	47	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	68	Jul 1	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	27	8.0	7	3	0	10	1	1B
68	69	Jul 2	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
69	70	Jul 3	PHI	@	NYG	L,8-9	CG	60	12.1	15	0	0	15	0	1B
70	71	Jul 4 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
71	72	Jul 4 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
72	73	Jul 5	PHI	@	BSN	L,6-7	CG	49	10.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
73	74	Jul 6	PHI		BRO	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	11	0	1	12	1	1B
74	75	Jul 7	PHI		BRO	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
75	76	Jul 8	PHI		BRO	L,4-6	CG	44	10.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
76	77	Jul 12	PHI		PIT	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
77	78	Jul 13	PHI		PIT	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
78	79	Jul 14	PHI		PIT	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
79	80	Jul 15 (1)	PHI		STL	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
80	81	Jul 15 (2)	PHI		STL	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
81	82	Jul 16	PHI		STL	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
82	83	Jul 17 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,8-9	CG	45	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
83	84	Jul 17 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,10-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
84	85	Jul 18 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
85	86	Jul 18 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
86	87	Jul 20	PHI		CHC	W,4-3	CG	0	11.0	9	0	0	9	0
87	88	Jul 21	PHI		CHC	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
88	89	Jul 22 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,7-8	CG	61	14.0	16	1	0	17	2	1B
89	90	Jul 22 susp	PHI		CHC	W,3-2	GS	27	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
90	91	Jul 24	PHI	@	STL	L,5-9	CG	0	8.0	8	2	0	10	1
91	92	Jul 25	PHI	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
92	93	Jul 26	PHI	@	STL	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	9	2	1	12	4	1B
93	94	Jul 27	PHI	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
94	95	Jul 28	PHI	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
95	96	Jul 29 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	34	8.1	8	1	0	9	1	1B
96	97	Jul 29 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
97	98	Jul 30	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	38	8.1	9	0	0	9	0
98	99	Jul 31	PHI	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	9	0	1	10	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	100	Aug 1	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
100	101	Aug 2	PHI	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	8	4	0	12	1
101	102	Aug 3	PHI	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	8	1	1	10	0	1B
102	103	Aug 4	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
103	104	Aug 5 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
104	105	Aug 5 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	W,12-7	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	2
105	106	Aug 7 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
106	107	Aug 7 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,1-0	CG	58	15.0	13	2	0	15	1	1B
107	108	Aug 8	PHI		BSN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	14	1	0	15	2	1B
108	109	Aug 9	PHI		BSN	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
109	110	Aug 11	PHI	@	NYG	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
110	111	Aug 12 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
111	112	Aug 12 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	3	1B
112	113	Aug 13	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
113	114	Aug 14	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	29	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
114	115	Aug 15	PHI	@	BSN	L,0-9	CG	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
115	116	Aug 17	PHI		NYG	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
116	117	Aug 18	PHI		NYG	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
117	122 (4)	Aug 25	PHI		PIT	L,2-3	CG	51	12.0	13	1	1	15	4	1B
118	123	Aug 26 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
119	124	Aug 26 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	7	3	0	10	0	1B
120	125	Aug 27 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
121	126	Aug 27 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
122	127	Aug 28	PHI		STL	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
123	128	Aug 29	PHI		STL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	9	3	0	12	0	1B
124	129	Aug 30	PHI		STL	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	130	Sep 1	PHI		BSN	L,4-9	GS	35	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
126	132 (1)	Sep 3 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
127	133	Sep 3 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
128	134	Sep 5	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
129	135	Sep 7	PHI	@	BRO	L,6-11	CG	39	8.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
130	137 (1)	Sep 9 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
131	138	Sep 9 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
132	139	Sep 11	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
133	140	Sep 12	PHI	@	PIT	L,6-8	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
134	141	Sep 14	PHI	@	CIN	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
135	142	Sep 15	PHI	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
136	143	Sep 16	PHI	@	STL	L,2-9	CG	0	8.0	9	2	0	11	0
137	145 (1)	Sep 18	PHI	@	CHC	L,4-7	CG	43	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
138	147 (1)	Sep 21	PHI	@	BRO	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
139	148	Sep 22	PHI	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
140	150 (1)	Sep 25	PHI		NYG	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
141	151	Sep 26	PHI		NYG	L,1-10	CG	46	9.0	5	0	1	6	1	1B
142	152	Sep 28	PHI		BRO	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	14	2	0	16	0	1B
143	153	Sep 29	PHI		BRO	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
144	154	Sep 30	PHI		BRO	L,8-9	GF	45	10.2	11	1	0	12	1	1B
							144gm		1274.0	1214	94	10	1318	121