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Name Team Age
Yank Whitfield Retired (1962, Age 35) Died (1993, Age 66)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 9, Pick 137
(1950)		 SP L/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Hank Aaron League 0 0 years (0 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B+ B  D 
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
C- D- C 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
D+ D  B+
Endurance Velocity Control
A+ A- B-
Leadership   Mentor Value  
B- B+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
D- 0 1/12/1927
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Energy  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Batting   |  Fielding   |  Game Log
Year   Team W L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HBP BB SO WHIP ERA
1950 DET 14 8 41 26 3 1 0 0 196.0 219 105 95 1 85 121 1.55 4.36
1951 DET 18 13 36 36 7 2 0 0 257.0 243 104 91 5 108 157 1.37 3.19
1952 DET 15 7 32 32 12 2 0 0 243.0 226 94 88 5 88 172 1.29 3.26
1953 DET 17 7 28 28 4 2 0 0 184.0 189 109 101 3 92 124 1.53 4.94
1954 DET 19 9 33 33 11 1 0 0 249.2 237 119 108 3 86 163 1.29 3.89
1955 DET 24 7 33 33 14 2 0 0 270.0 256 85 81 3 94 171 1.30 2.70
1956 DET 20 9 33 33 11 1 0 0 261.2 257 105 100 5 76 166 1.27 3.44
1957 DET 16 11 33 33 6 0 0 0 233.2 210 95 92 1 84 135 1.26 3.54
1958 DET 15 13 31 31 7 3 0 0 212.1 186 86 79 4 70 158 1.21 3.35
1959 DET 18 9 33 33 10 5 0 0 252.0 241 93 82 6 89 180 1.31 2.93
1960 DET 21 7 33 33 10 3 0 0 250.0 195 83 76 4 79 190 1.10 2.74
1961 DET-WAS 12 8 23 23 5 2 0 0 175.0 150 63 60 3 59 118 1.19 3.09
1962 WAS 1 1 6 2 0 0 2 0 17.0 14 5 5 0 7 12 1.24 2.65
2201 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
Total 210 109 395 376 100 24 2 0 2801.0 2623 1146 1058 43 1017 1867 1.30 3.40
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1962-11-01Yank Whitfield has retired from the Washington Nationals
1962-10-13The Washington Nationals have promoted Manny Clark to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Danny Genovese to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Yank Whitfield to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent John Sherman to the minors.
1962-07-25The Washington Nationals have promoted Yank Whitfield to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Lee Moreno to the minors.
1962-05-13The Washington Nationals have promoted Howell Cobb to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Yank Whitfield to the minors.
1962-05-09The Washington Nationals have promoted Yank Whitfield to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Harry Madison to the minors.
1962-03-01The Washington Nationals have promoted Harry Madison to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Yank Whitfield to the minors.
1961-10-01The Washington Nationals have promoted Yank Whitfield to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Tomas Morgan to the minors.
1961-09-27The Washington Nationals have sent Yank Whitfield to the minors.
1961-09-27The Washington Nationals have promoted Harry Madison to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Yank Whitfield to the minors.
1961-09-27The Washington Nationals have promoted Harry Madison to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Yank Whitfield to the major league team.
1961-09-11The Washington Nationals have promoted Yank Whitfield to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Winfield Scott to the minors.
1961-09-08The Washington Nationals have promoted Winfield Scott to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Yank Whitfield to the minors.
1961-09-03The Washington Nationals have promoted Yank Whitfield to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Winfield Scott to the minors.
1961-09-01The Washington Nationals have promoted Winfield Scott to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Yank Whitfield to the minors.
1961-08-05The Washington Nationals have promoted Yank Whitfield to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Ron Fultz to the minors.
1961-08-05The Washington Nationals have promoted Harry Madison to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Yank Whitfield to the minors.
1961-07-08A trade has been completed between the Detroit Gold and the Washington Nationals. The Washington Nationals receive M. B. Crabtree, Yank Whitfield, Ralph Heitmuller from the Detroit Gold in exchange for Marv Clinton.
1953-10-03The Detroit Gold have promoted Yank Whitfield to the major league team. The Detroit Gold have sent Joe Cabrera to the minors.
1953-09-23The Detroit Gold have promoted Charlie Trout to the major league team. The Detroit Gold have sent Yank Whitfield to the minors.
1953-06-24The Detroit Gold have promoted Yank Whitfield to the major league team. The Detroit Gold have sent Danny Funk to the minors.
1953-06-10The Detroit Gold have promoted Danny Funk to the major league team. The Detroit Gold have sent Yank Whitfield to the minors.
1952-10-03The Detroit Gold have promoted Yank Whitfield to the major league team. The Detroit Gold have sent Sherman Douglas to the minors.
1952-09-25The Detroit Gold have promoted Pit Lawton to the major league team. The Detroit Gold have sent Yank Whitfield to the minors.
1950-04-01The Detroit Gold have renamed Red Whitfield to Yank Whitfield.