Before entering baseball, Litwhiler graduated from college, unlike most major leaguers at the time. He graduated from Bloomsburg State Teacher\'s College in 1938, earning a bachelor\'s degree in Science and Social Sciences. The baseball facility at Bloomsburg is named Danny Litwhiler Field.\n', '

After finishing the 1941 season with a .305 batting average, he was selected to the All Star game in 1942, where he hit safely in his only at-bat.\n', '

In 1942, he recorded 308 putouts and 9 assists without making an error for a 1.000 fielding percentage. He had an errorless streak of 187 games before making an error on May 20, 1943, the only error he made that season as he led all outfielders in fielding percentage for the second straight year.\n', '

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