Fred Whitfield
1962–1970 · bats L / throws L · Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians, Montreal Expos, St. Louis Cardinals
817G
.253AVG
.298OBP
.443SLG
More career statistics
578H
108HR
356RBI
7SB
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 | 16 | 15 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,465 | 2,463 |
| Batting · Runs | 242 | 243 |
| Batting · Walks | 139 | 137 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 817 | 2,465 | 2,284 | 242 | 578 | 93 | 8 | 108 | 356 | 139 | 371 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 1,011 | .253 | .298 | .443 | .741 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1968-08-13 to 1968-08-23
10longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | 11 total bases | 1963-07-04 | 1 in 2,522 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1963-07-21 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1962-08-12 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 416 | 1221 | 261 | 58 | 184 | 70 | 199 | .230 | .271 | .426 |
| Away | 401 | 1242 | 317 | 50 | 172 | 67 | 172 | .276 | .309 | .459 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 57 | 169 | 37 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 25 | .237 | .290 | .359 |
| May | 144 | 472 | 107 | 16 | 69 | 24 | 71 | .244 | .278 | .425 |
| June | 179 | 570 | 147 | 20 | 73 | 29 | 83 | .275 | .309 | .434 |
| July | 147 | 404 | 86 | 24 | 65 | 20 | 67 | .227 | .262 | .449 |
| August | 162 | 483 | 121 | 26 | 73 | 33 | 62 | .275 | .319 | .509 |
| September | 121 | 346 | 78 | 16 | 58 | 18 | 59 | .245 | .277 | .433 |
| October | 7 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .111 | .158 | .278 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 74 | 278 | 72 | 15 | 45 | 8 | 47 | .271 | .288 | .508 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 68 | 232 | 42 | 7 | 28 | 11 | 29 | .194 | .228 | .355 |
| new-york-yankees | 67 | 232 | 62 | 23 | 55 | 8 | 34 | .282 | .302 | .627 |
| detroit-tigers | 62 | 221 | 52 | 8 | 27 | 16 | 42 | .260 | .308 | .425 |
| baltimore-orioles | 61 | 214 | 50 | 8 | 26 | 11 | 29 | .249 | .285 | .418 |
| chicago-white-sox | 61 | 203 | 43 | 6 | 18 | 9 | 31 | .228 | .256 | .354 |
| minnesota-twins | 60 | 204 | 60 | 11 | 35 | 5 | 24 | .305 | .319 | .518 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 57 | 183 | 45 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 22 | .274 | .322 | .445 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 73 | 158 | 42 | 8 | 34 | 1 | .266 | – | – |
| 1963 |  Cleveland Guardians | 109 | 346 | 87 | 21 | 54 | – | .251 | – | – |
| 1964 | Cleveland Guardians | 101 | 293 | 79 | 10 | 29 | – | .270 | – | – |
| 1965 | Cleveland Guardians | 132 | 468 | 137 | 26 | 90 | 2 | .293 | – | – |
| 1966 | Cleveland Guardians | 137 | 502 | 121 | 27 | 78 | 1 | .241 | – | – |
| 1967 | Cleveland Guardians | 100 | 257 | 56 | 9 | 31 | 3 | .218 | – | – |
| 1968 |  Cincinnati Reds | 87 | 171 | 44 | 6 | 32 | – | .257 | – | – |
| 1969 | Cincinnati Reds | 74 | 74 | 11 | 1 | 8 | – | .149 | – | – |
| 1970 |  Montreal Expos | 4 | 15 | 1 | – | – | – | .067 | – | – |