Dick Littlefield
1950–1958 · bats L / throws L · Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee Braves, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates
245G
.145AVG
.195OBP
.171SLG
More career statistics
28H
0HR
10RBI
0SB
33–54W–L
761.2IP
495K
4.71ERA
83GS
9SV
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,395 | 3,398 |
| Pitching · p k | 495 | 494 |
| Pitching · p r | 461 | 459 |
| Pitching · p w | 413 | 414 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 245 | 216 | 193 | 11 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | .145 | .195 | .171 | .366 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 761.7 | 243 | 83 | 16 | 33 | 54 | 9 | 750 | 461 | 399 | 92 | 413 | 495 | 0 | 0 | 4.71 | 1.527 |
Streaks
2longest hitting streak · 1955-04-28 to 1955-05-03
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | 4 home runs allowed | 1957-06-01 | 1 in 801 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | 8 walks allowed | 1954-08-15 | 1 in 511 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 10 strikeouts | 1953-07-12 | 1 in 113 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 125 | 102 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 34 | .193 | .235 | .227 |
| Away | 120 | 114 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 37 | .105 | .140 | .124 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 15 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .222 | .300 | .333 |
| May | 46 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | .250 | .333 | .250 |
| June | 29 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .059 | .208 | .059 |
| July | 66 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 22 | .100 | .118 | .140 |
| August | 53 | 59 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .182 | .169 | .218 |
| September | 36 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15 | .088 | .111 | .088 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 27 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 25 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .308 | .308 | .462 |
| milwaukee-braves | 24 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | .158 | .238 | .158 |
| cincinnati-reds | 23 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | .235 | .350 | .294 |
| cleveland-guardians | 22 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .231 | .250 | .231 |
| chicago-white-sox | 16 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | .133 | .133 | .133 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 |
| new-york-giants | 14 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | .136 | .174 | .227 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 |  Boston Red Sox | 15 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 23 | 13 |
| 1951 |  Chicago White Sox | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 9 | 7 |
| 1952 | Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns | 35 | 23 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .087 | 94 | 66 |
| 1953 |  St. Louis Browns | 38 | 42 | 8 | – | 2 | – | .190 | 152 | 104 |
| 1954 | Baltimore Orioles, Pittsburgh Pirates | 26 | 50 | 8 | – | 2 | – | .160 | 161 | 97 |
| 1955 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 35 | 34 | 6 | – | 3 | – | .176 | 130 | 70 |
| 1956 | New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals | 40 | 28 | 2 | – | 2 | – | .071 | 119 | 79 |
| 1957 |  Chicago Cubs | 48 | 11 | 2 | – | – | – | .182 | 65 | 51 |
| 1958 |  Milwaukee Braves | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 7 |