| Danny Litwhiler | |||||||||||||||
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 Litwhiler's 1949 Bowman Gum baseball card | |||||||||||||||
| Left fielder | |||||||||||||||
| Born: August 31, 1916 Ringtown, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
| Died: September 23, 2011 (aged 95) Clearwater, Florida, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
| MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
| April 25, 1940, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |||||||||||||||
| Last MLB appearance | |||||||||||||||
| September 25, 1951, for the Cincinnati Reds | |||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .281 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 107 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 451 | ||||||||||||||
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Daniel Webster Litwhiler (August 31, 1916 – September 23, 2011) was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder from 1940 to 1951 for the Boston Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, and Cincinnati Reds. He was the first Major League Baseball player to have an error-free season while playing a full-time position on defense.[1] That same season, 1942, he also became the first player to stitch together the fingers of his glove. After his playing career, he continued to work in baseball as a coach in college sports.
- ^ Gutman, Dan (1995). Banana Bats and Ding-Dong Balls: A Century of Unique Baseball Inventions. New York, USA: MacMmllan Publishing. p. 71. ISBN 0020140053.