Born:(1921-05-06)May 6, 1921 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died: August 26, 1985(1985-08-26) (aged 64) Redford, Michigan, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 26, 1941, for the Detroit Tigers
Last MLB appearance
May 6, 1952, for the New York Giants
MLB statistics
Batting average
.293
Home runs
56
Runs batted in
315
Teams
Detroit Tigers (1941, 1943–1944, 1946–1949)
New York Yankees (1950)
New York Giants (1952)
Career highlights and awards
All-Star (1943)
Richard Cummings Wakefield (May 6, 1921 – August 25, 1985) was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball for 9 seasons with the Detroit Tigers (1941, 1943–1944, 1946–1949), New York Yankees (1950), and New York Giants (1952). Wakefield was a 6 foot, 4 inch, player who threw right-handed and batted left-handed.
for Dick Kryhoski. By the time he left Detroit, he had clearly worn out his welcome. Time magazine reported shortly after the trade: "Wakefield has been...
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Ohio, he was the father of DickWakefield who was also a professional baseball player during the 1940s and early 1950s. Wakefield died in Chicago, in 1941...
outfielder DickWakefield as a major factor in his inability to secure a new contract. The Yankees traded Wakefield to the White Sox for cash, but Wakefield refused...
Red Sox Johnny Pesky .331 1943 Luke Appling† .328 Chicago White Sox DickWakefield .316 1944 Lou Boudreau† .327 Cleveland Indians Bobby Doerr† .325 1945...
Jack Wakefield, although his face was never fully seen, which was also the case with Carl Reiner's Alan Brady for the first three seasons of The Dick Van...
off-season, he was traded by New York to the Detroit Tigers in exchange for DickWakefield. Kryhoski played with Detroit from 1950 to 1951, before joining the...
Hal Newhouser, Dizzy Trout, Jim Bunning, Roy Cullenbine, Hoot Evers, DickWakefield, Johnny Lipon, Stubby Overmire, Art Houtteman, and Barney McCosky. And...
Ted Sizemore, former MLB infielder Lary Sorensen, former MLB pitcher DickWakefield, former Detroit Tigers outfielder Moses Fleetwood Walker, former professional...
89 Mark Straka So TE 90 Mervin Teague Jr G 60 Milan Vecanski Sr SE 91 DickWakefield Sr DB 49 Bill Wendorff So G 65 Tim Wersel Jr OT 71 Bob Willard So...
Evers 10 Johnny Groth 12 Ed Mierkowicz 6 Pat Mullin 27 Jimmy Outlaw 4 DickWakefield 20 Vic Wertz Other batters 26 Ben Steiner Manager 32 Steve O'Neill Coaches...
Detroit Tigers. Sewell described the reaction of the Detroit batter, DickWakefield: "He started to swing, he stopped, he started again, he stopped, and...
Jan White Stan White 1971 Don Lamka Fred Schram Rick Galbos Don Lamka DickWakefield Vic Koegel 1972 Champ Henson Archie Griffin Greg Hare Rick Galbos Rick...
Groth 21 Barney McCosky 20 Anse Moore 33 Pat Mullin 27 Jimmy Outlaw 4 DickWakefield Other batters 26 Ned Harris Manager 32 Steve O'Neill Coaches 10 Tommy...
the ball on a third-and–16 toward receiver DickWakefield, but Michigan's Thom Darden jumped over Wakefield for an interception, effectively killing Ohio...
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