finalyear death_date death_place bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
1952 26 august 1985 redford , michigan left chicago , illinois 1941 may 6 .293 56 315 left fielder new york giants batting average home runs runs batted in june 26 6 may 1921 dick wakefield.jpg dick wakefield
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dick wakefield

richard cummings `` dick '' wakefield -lrb- may 6 , 1921 -- august 25 , 1985 -rrb- was a left fielder in major league baseball for 9 seasons with the detroit tigers -lrb- 1941 , 1943 -- 1944 , 1946 -- 1949 -rrb- , new york yankees -lrb- 1950 -rrb- , and new york giants -lrb- 1952 -rrb- .
wakefield was a tall , 6 foot , 4 inch , player who threw right-handed and batted left-handed .
