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Wilbur Wood League
4-1-1980
Ed Wakefield Second Base
Retired (1963, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .258 Total Rating   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .709 Status Retired (1963) Option Years 0  
H 850 Age 54 (OS 55) Date of Birth 07-14-1925
HR 67 Drafted Round 3, Pick 43
(1950)
Majors Svc Time 11 years
(11 games)
RBI 343
SB 130
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship
Power vs. R C+ Power vs. L Velocity D-   Mentor vR
Speed Bunt Control D-   Mentor vL
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS B- (55.1%) Range WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm B+ WS Appearances 0
2B A+ (100%) CF ---   Health LCS Appearances 1
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
1950 2B BOS 5 5 42.0 26 11 15 0 5 0 5.57 1.000
3B BOS 2 2 17.0 4 3 1 0 0 -1 2.12 1.000
1952 2B TB 8 1 21.0 15 4 10 1 2 +3 6.00 .933
SS TB 1 1 9.0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2.00 .667
1953 3B TB 1 1 12.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.75 1.000
SS TB 1 1 8.0 3 1 2 0 0 0 3.38 1.000
CF TB 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 1.12 1.000
RF TB 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1954 2B TB 5 3 27.0 15 6 8 1 2 -1 4.67 .933
1955 2B ARI 39 39 339.1 192 74 113 5 26 +2 4.96 .974
SS ARI 38 38 329.1 174 52 112 10 14 -6 4.48 .943
1956 2B ARI 44 44 382.1 265 105 155 5 24 -2 6.12 .981
1B ARI 1 1 8.0 7 7 0 0 1 0 7.88 1.000
SS ARI 1 1 8.0 3 0 2 1 0 0 2.25 .667
1957 2B ARI 44 44 386.1 218 87 129 2 25 -5 5.03 .991
SS ARI 6 6 55.0 30 11 19 0 4 0 4.91 1.000
3B ARI 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1958 2B ARI 65 65 575.2 341 132 208 1 38 -5 5.32 .997
SS ARI 4 4 36.0 20 7 13 0 3 +2 5.00 1.000
1959 2B ARI 150 150 1303.0 777 307 460 10 113 -13 5.30 .987
1960 2B ARI 149 149 1310.0 763 309 434 20 78 0 5.10 .974
1961 2B ARI 133 133 1162.2 718 272 428 18 72 -1 5.42 .975
1962 2B ARI 118 117 1025.1 590 236 343 11 57 +10 5.08 .981
SS ARI 3 3 27.0 18 5 12 1 3 0 5.67 .944
CF ARI 3 3 26.0 6 6 0 0 0 0 2.08 1.000
RF ARI 2 2 18.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
LF ARI 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.12 1.000
1963 SS NYA 38 38 321.2 146 53 89 4 19 -2 3.97 .973
2B NYA 12 5 56.0 26 11 14 1 6 +1 4.02 .962
RF NYA 3 3 28.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.32 1.000
CF NYA 2 2 18.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
Pos Total 2B 772 755 6630.2 3946 1554 2317 75 448 -11 5.25 .981
SS 92 92 794.0 397 130 250 17 43 -6 4.31 .957
RF 6 6 54.0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0.50 1.000
CF 6 6 52.0 9 9 0 0 0 -1 1.56 1.000
3B 4 4 38.0 5 3 2 0 0 -1 1.18 1.000
1B 1 1 8.0 7 7 0 0 1 0 7.88 1.000
LF 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.12 1.000
Total 882 865 7584.2 4368 1706 2570 92 492 -19 5.07 .979
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1963-11-01Ed Wakefield has retired from the New York Yankees
1963-04-22Ed Wakefield of the New York Yankees is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
1963-04-14The New York Yankees have promoted Ed Wakefield to the major league team. The New York Yankees have promoted Dave McIntosh to the major league team.
1963-04-14The New York Yankees have acquired Ed Wakefield from the waiver wire.
1963-04-05The Arizona Mirage have waived Ed Wakefield.
1963-03-25The Arizona Mirage have promoted Hack Durham to the major league team. The Arizona Mirage have designated Ed Wakefield for assignment.
1962-05-21The Arizona Sidewinders have removed Ed Wakefield from the trade block.
1961-07-14Ed Wakefield of the Arizona Sidewinders is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1959-04-18The Arizona Sidewinders have placed Ed Wakefield on the trade block.
1958-06-25Ed Wakefield of the Arizona Sidewinders is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1955-06-11The Arizona Sidewinders have promoted Ed Wakefield to the major league team. The Arizona Sidewinders have promoted Jerry Dozier to the major league team. The Arizona Sidewinders have sent Doc Bagwell to the minors. The Arizona Sidewinders have designated George Wheeler for assignment.
1955-06-11A trade has been completed between the Tampa Bay River Cats and the Arizona Sidewinders. The Arizona Sidewinders receive Ed Wakefield, Jerry Dozier, Draft Pick 1956 Round 2 TB (Wally Neel) from the Tampa Bay River Cats in exchange for Archie Bunker, Charlie Vitt, Draft Pick 1956 Round 1 ARI (G G Katt).
1954-07-27The Tampa Bay River Cats have placed Ed Wakefield on the trade block.
1954-07-03The Tampa Bay River Cats have designated Ed Wakefield for assignment.
1952-04-01The Tampa Bay River Cats have promoted Ed Wakefield to the major league team. The Tampa Bay River Cats have sent Tom Brucker to the minors.
1951-04-05The Tampa Bay River Cats have acquired Ed Wakefield from the waiver wire.
1951-04-01The Boston Red Sox have waived Ed Wakefield.
1950-09-11The Boston Red Sox have sent Ed Wakefield to the minors.
1950-08-22The Boston Red Sox have promoted Ed Wakefield to the major league team.
1950-05-09The Boston Red Sox have sent Ed Wakefield to the minors.
1950-04-17The Boston Red Sox have promoted Ed Wakefield to the major league team.