Fred Dwight Whitfield is a former Major League Baseball first baseman. He played from 1962 to 1970, primarily for the Cleveland Indians and also for with the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds and Montreal Expos. He was born in Vandiver, Alabama, one of four children of William Theodore and Inez Clarice Whitfield. He attended Woodlawn High School in Birmingham, Alabama. At age 19, he married Helen Leverton of Gadsden, Alabama on February 9, 1957 and their household eventually numbered six children. He was signed by the Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1956. He made his major league debut at age 24 on May 27, 1962. Pinch-hitting for future Baseball Hall of Famer Bob Gibson, he drew a walk off Bob Shaw of the Milwaukee Braves, but was promptly erased in a double play. Two days later he made his first start, going 1-for-4 at Pittsburgh?s Forbes Field, with his first hit a fourth inning RBI single off Al McBean that scored Red Schoendienst. His prime seasons were 1963-66, with seasons of 21, 10, 26 and 27 home runs with a single-season high of 27 in 1966 and single-season highs in 1965 with a .293 batting average and 90 runs batted in. 

January 7th, 1938 in Vandiver  /  Died:   Jan 31st, 2013 - Age 75