Dick Wakefield
1941–1952 · bats L / throws R · ALS, Detroit Tigers, New York Giants, New York Yankees
638G
.293AVG
.396OBP
.447SLG
More career statistics
625H
56HR
315RBI
10SB
1Rare feat
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 17 | 18 |
| Batting · Hits | 625 | 626 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 270 | 272 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,505 | 2,506 |
| Batting · Runs | 334 | 333 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 10 | 11 |
| Batting · Walks | 360 | 361 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 638 | 2,505 | 2,132 | 334 | 625 | 102 | 29 | 56 | 315 | 360 | 270 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 953 | .293 | .396 | .447 | .843 |
Streaks
20longest hitting streak · 1943-04-25 to 1943-05-22
30longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1946-08-09 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1946-04-20 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | 1946-09-05 | 1 in 462 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 330 | 1299 | 337 | 34 | 178 | 194 | 127 | .306 | .409 | .484 |
| Away | 308 | 1207 | 289 | 22 | 137 | 167 | 145 | .280 | .378 | .408 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 45 | 164 | 29 | 2 | 21 | 24 | 26 | .207 | .323 | .307 |
| May | 93 | 359 | 85 | 4 | 27 | 43 | 39 | .271 | .357 | .382 |
| June | 84 | 326 | 92 | 8 | 45 | 47 | 34 | .330 | .426 | .495 |
| July | 133 | 518 | 139 | 13 | 73 | 66 | 43 | .310 | .396 | .487 |
| August | 148 | 592 | 139 | 12 | 68 | 92 | 52 | .279 | .390 | .426 |
| September | 128 | 521 | 136 | 17 | 77 | 86 | 75 | .316 | .426 | .500 |
| October | 7 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .261 | .346 | .348 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 101 | 386 | 98 | 8 | 42 | 59 | 41 | .301 | .407 | .448 |
| cleveland-guardians | 96 | 390 | 96 | 8 | 56 | 48 | 55 | .282 | .369 | .429 |
| new-york-yankees | 91 | 349 | 93 | 13 | 50 | 47 | 39 | .312 | .401 | .530 |
| st-louis-browns | 89 | 351 | 74 | 9 | 51 | 62 | 44 | .257 | .387 | .424 |
| chicago-white-sox | 88 | 344 | 84 | 7 | 49 | 50 | 39 | .289 | .390 | .430 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 87 | 350 | 100 | 7 | 40 | 50 | 27 | .333 | .429 | .483 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 83 | 333 | 81 | 4 | 27 | 44 | 26 | .282 | .375 | .390 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1.000 | — |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 |  Detroit Tigers | 7 | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | .143 | – | – |
| 1943 | Detroit Tigers | 155 | 633 | 200 | 7 | 79 | 4 | .316 | – | – |
| 1944 | Detroit Tigers | 78 | 276 | 99 | 12 | 53 | 2 | .359 | – | – |
| 1946 | Detroit Tigers | 111 | 396 | 106 | 12 | 59 | 3 | .268 | – | – |
| 1947 | Detroit Tigers | 112 | 368 | 104 | 8 | 51 | 2 | .283 | – | – |
| 1948 | Detroit Tigers | 110 | 322 | 89 | 11 | 53 | – | .276 | – | – |
| 1949 | Detroit Tigers | 59 | 126 | 26 | 6 | 19 | – | .206 | – | – |
| 1950 |  New York Yankees | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .500 | – | – |
| 1952 |  New York Giants | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |