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Wilbur Wood League
4-1-1980
Dennis Wakefield Shortstop
Retired (1976, Age 41)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .282 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .803 Status Retired (1976) Option Years 0  
H 2601 Age 44 (OS 45) Date of Birth 05-06-1935
HR 340 Drafted Round 1, Pick 10
(1953)		 Majors Svc Time 19 years
(6 games)
RBI 1387
SB 152
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B  Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship A-
Power vs. R B  Power vs. L B+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B- Bunt D  Control F    Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (100%) Range B+ WS Rings 2
1B --- LF --- Arm B+ WS Appearances 2
2B C+ (51.4%) CF ---   Health C  LCS Appearances 8
3B --- RF D- (7.0%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 9
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1953 Minors 18 69.00 7 / 7 10 / 11 9 / 10 5 / 11 5 / 10 7 / 8 11 / 12 54 / 69
1954 Minors 19 61.00 5 / 9 5 / 7 4 / 10 4 / 7 6 / 8 9 / 9 10 / 11 43 / 61
1954 Pos (SS) 19 58.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 7 / 58
1955 Minors 20 59.00 6 / 8 8 / 17 4 / 8 3 / 6 4 / 6 5 / 11 2 / 3 32 / 59
1955 Pos (SS) 20 50.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 9 / 50
1956 Minors 21 51.00 3 / 9 2 / 6 0 / 6 2 / 5 2 / 5 9 / 12 6 / 8 24 / 51
1956 Majors 21 7.64 15 14 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 1 / 7
1956 Pos (SS) 21 57.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 5 / 57
1957 Minors 22 45.00 3 / 7 1 / 1 2 / 6 3 / 5 3 / 8 2 / 5 7 / 13 21 / 45
1958 Minors 23 13.00 0 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 2 0 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 2 1 / 3 4 / 13
1958 Majors 23 38.19 104 53 0 1 / 5 0 / 4 2 / 7 1 / 4 4 / 6 2 / 6 3 / 6 13 / 38
1959 Minors 24 7.00 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 2 / 3 0 / 0 1 / 2 3 / 7
1959 Majors 24 62.85 150 132 0 4 / 8 4 / 11 2 / 8 2 / 10 4 / 9 3 / 8 1 / 8 20 / 62
1960 Majors 25 65.41 162 142 0 6 / 11 8 / 10 3 / 7 2 / 6 5 / 8 5 / 12 7 / 11 36 / 65
1961 Majors 26 66.34 162 142 0 3 / 6 9 / 16 2 / 12 5 / 16 0 / 5 4 / 7 1 / 4 24 / 66
1962 Majors 27 71.45 162 142 0 1 / 8 3 / 15 4 / 11 2 / 9 2 / 6 3 / 10 3 / 12 18 / 71
1963 Majors 28 67.56 162 142 0 1 / 7 1 / 8 4 / 13 3 / 10 1 / 6 2 / 12 5 / 11 17 / 67
1964 Majors 29 66.26 162 143 0 2 / 15 2 / 4 2 / 8 1 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 9 2 / 14 9 / 66
1965 Majors 30 66.26 162 142 0 2 / 11 0 / 10 0 / 9 1 / 6 2 / 9 1 / 14 0 / 7 6 / 66
1966 Majors 31 65.53 162 142 0 0 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 14 1 / 12 1 / 8 0 / 8 2 / 65
1967 Majors 32 66.26 162 142 0 1 / 16 1 / 14 0 / 6 2 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 4 0 / 10 4 / 66
1968 Majors 33 65.43 162 142 0 0 / 8 0 / 16 0 / 8 1 / 12 0 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 6 1 / 65
1969 Majors 34 66.08 162 142 0 -4 / 12 -1 / 7 -3 / 9 0 / 10 -10 / 8 0 / 6 -2 / 14 -20 / 66
1970 Majors 35 66.26 162 142 0 0 / 12 -2 / 7 -1 / 11 -3 / 6 -4 / 11 0 / 12 -1 / 7 -11 / 66
1971 Majors 36 57.84 147 116 15 -3 / 1 -4 / 13 -2 / 15 -1 / 8 -3 / 8 -3 / 7 -1 / 5 -17 / 57
1972 Majors 37 62.80 162 139 0 -2 / 6 -3 / 9 -4 / 6 0 / 17 -3 / 9 -4 / 11 -4 / 4 -20 / 62
1973 Majors 38 61.56 162 139 0 1 / 11 -7 / 14 -2 / 6 -2 / 6 -5 / 10 -1 / 8 -2 / 6 -18 / 61
1974 Majors 39 53.27 151 107 11 -2 / 10 -5 / 10 -2 / 5 -1 / 5 -1 / 7 -1 / 12 -2 / 4 -14 / 53
1975 Majors 40 63.39 162 128 0 -3 / 13 -1 / 5 -3 / 7 -4 / 13 -1 / 13 0 / 4 0 / 8 -12 / 63
1976 Majors 41 20.68 162 11 0 -5 / 4 -6 / 4 -2 / 6 -3 / 0 -1 / 3 -3 / 1 -2 / 2 -22 / 20
Total 2997 2402 26 28 / 216 26 / 227 20 / 204 23 / 209 14 / 196 41 / 204 46 / 201 219 / 1622
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1976-11-01Dennis Wakefield has retired from the Baltimore Americans
1974-08-15Dennis Wakefield of the Baltimore Americans is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
1971-09-14Dennis Wakefield of the Baltimore Village Idiots is injured and is expected to be out 55 days.
1970-03-26The Baltimore Village Idiots have drafted Dennis Wakefield #15 overall in the Expansion Draft.
1961-06-16A trade has been completed between the Pittsburgh Bucs and the Los Angeles Angels. The Los Angeles Angels receive Vernon Orsino, Kyle Wentworth from the Pittsburgh Bucs in exchange for Dennis Wakefield, Pepe Dye. Protest This Trade.
1959-04-14The Los Angeles Angels have promoted Dennis Wakefield to the major league team. The Los Angeles Angels have designated Zinn Gessler for assignment.
1958-09-26The Los Angeles Angels have promoted Ralph Stallings to the major league team. The Los Angeles Angels have sent Dennis Wakefield to the minors.
1958-06-08The Los Angeles Angels have promoted Dennis Wakefield to the major league team.
1958-05-06The Los Angeles Angels have promoted Bob Fondy to the major league team. The Los Angeles Angels have sent Dennis Wakefield to the minors.
1958-04-27The Los Angeles Angels have promoted Dennis Wakefield to the major league team. The Los Angeles Angels have sent Bobby Cunningham to the minors.
1956-05-29The Los Angeles Angels have sent Dennis Wakefield to the minors.
1956-05-12The Los Angeles Angels have promoted Dennis Wakefield to the major league team.