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Danny Litwhiler
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Birthdate: 8/31/1916    
Height / Weight: ' " / 198 lbs. Place of Birth: Ringtown, PA, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

An accomplish hitter and fielder, Danny Litwhiler hit a career .281 in 11 major league seasons and played in two World Series with the Cardinals in 1943 and 1944. 

 

He started his pro career in the minors at age 19 with Charleroi of the Pennsylvania League in 1936, moved up the minor league ladder, and although he missed all of 1939 with a knee injury, he hit a very solid .345 in 36 games with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1945.

 

 A line drive hitter, Danny Litwhiler batted a career-high .305, including a 21-game hitting streak, with highs in doubles with 29 and in homers with 18, and scored a high of 79 runs in 1940 with Philadelphia. Traded to the St Louis Cardinals on June 1 1943, he lined 35 extra base hit combined for the two clubs.

 

In the 1943 World Series, batting seventh in the batting order, he hit .267 with 4 hits in 15 at bats, hit a double and had 2 RBIs. The Cards lost the WS in 5 games to the Yankees. In the 1944 World Series in Game 5 against the St. Louis Browns with the Cardinals leading 1-0 Dan Litwhiler powered a homer to help the Cards win the game 2-0, behind the shutout pitching of Cards starter Denny Galehouse. Danny Litwhiler got 4 hits in 20 at bats, adding a double to his homer, scored twice and had an RBI. The Cardinals took the Series in 6 games, winning 4 games.

 

In 1952 he was a player coach with the Cincinnati Reds  and after his retiring from playing he was a long-time coach at Michigan State University until 1982. Baseball History  


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
14 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1940 PHI (NL) 36 142 10 49 2 2 5 17 3 13 1 0 0 1 0 0 .345 .363 SLG
1941 PHI (NL) 151 590 72 180 29 6 18 66 39 43 1 0 0 2 4 0 .305 .350 SLG
1942 PHI (NL) 151 591 59 160 25 9 9 56 27 42 2 0 0 7 2 0 .271 .310 SLG
1943 STL (NL) 80 258 40 72 14 3 7 31 19 31 1 0 0 2 4 0 .279 .333 SLG
1943 PHI (NL) 36 139 23 36 6 0 5 17 11 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 .259 .313 SLG
1944 STL (NL) 140 492 53 130 25 5 15 82 37 56 2 0 0 10 12 0 .264 .328 SLG
1946 BSN (NL) 79 247 29 72 12 2 8 38 19 23 1 0 0 2 7 0 .291 .347 SLG
1946 STL (NL) 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .167 SLG
1947 BSN (NL) 91 226 38 59 5 2 7 31 25 43 1 0 0 1 2 0 .261 .337 SLG
1948 CIN (NL) 106 338 51 93 19 2 14 44 48 41 1 0 0 0 5 0 .275 .365 SLG
1948 BSN (NL) 13 33 0 9 2 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 .273 .385 SLG
1949 CIN (NL) 102 292 35 85 18 1 11 48 44 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291 .384 SLG
1950 CIN (NL) 54 112 15 29 4 0 6 12 20 21 0 0 0 0 1 0 .259 .371 SLG
1951 CIN (NL) 12 29 3 8 1 0 2 3 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276 .323 SLG
14 years   1057 3494 428 982 162 32 107 451 299 377 11 0 0 27 38 0 .281 .342 .SLG



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