Lou Whitaker

Position: Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 160lb (180cm, 72kg)

Born: May 12, 1957 in Brooklyn, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 5th round of the 1975 MLB June Amateur Draft from Martinsville HS (Martinsville, VA).

High School: Martinsville HS (Martinsville, VA)

Debut: September 9, 1977 (Age 20-120d, 13,958th in major league history)
vs. BOS 5 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1995 (Age 38-142d)
vs. BAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Agents: Rick Brode

Full Name: Louis Rodman Whitaker

Nicknames: Sweet Lou

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Rookie of the Year
5x All-Star
1984 World Series
3x Gold Glove
4x Silver Slugger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

75.1

8570

2369

244

.276

1386

RBI

1084

143

OBP

.363

SLG

.426

OPS

.789

OPS+

117

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1988 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1988 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	39	10.0	2	3	2	7	0	2B
2	2	Apr 6	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
3	3	Apr 7	DET	@	BOS	W,11-6	GS	35	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
4	4	Apr 8	DET	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
5	5	Apr 9	DET	@	KCR	W,11-4	GS	30	8.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
6	7 (1)	Apr 12	DET		TEX	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
7	8	Apr 14	DET		TEX	L,1-2	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
8	9	Apr 16	DET		KCR	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
9	10	Apr 17	DET		KCR	W,8-6	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
10	11	Apr 18	DET		KCR	W,4-2	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
11	12	Apr 19	DET		BOS	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
12	13	Apr 21	DET		BOS	L,3-12	CG	50	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
13	14	Apr 22	DET	@	TEX	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
14	15	Apr 23	DET	@	TEX	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
15	16	Apr 24	DET	@	TEX	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
16	17	Apr 26	DET		CAL	W,6-0	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
17	18	Apr 27	DET		CAL	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
18	19	Apr 28	DET		CAL	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
19	20	Apr 29	DET		SEA	W,9-6	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
20	21	Apr 30	DET		SEA	W,4-3	CG	44	12.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	22	May 1	DET		SEA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
22	24 (1)	May 3	DET		OAK	L,2-8	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
23	25	May 4	DET	@	CAL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
24	26	May 5	DET	@	CAL	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	2B
25	27	May 6	DET	@	SEA	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
26	28	May 7	DET	@	SEA	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	2B
27	29	May 8	DET	@	SEA	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	6	2	0	8	2	2B
28	30	May 9	DET	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
29	32 (1)	May 11	DET	@	OAK	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
30	33	May 13	DET		MIN	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
31	34	May 14	DET		MIN	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
32	36 (1)	May 16	DET	@	MIL	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
33	37	May 17	DET	@	MIL	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	2B
34	38	May 18	DET	@	MIL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
35	39	May 20	DET	@	CHW	W,14-6	GF	20	5.0	1	3	0	4	1	PH 2B
36	40	May 21	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
37	41	May 22	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
38	42	May 24	DET		MIL	L,0-7	CG	47	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
39	43	May 25	DET		MIL	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
40	44	May 26	DET		MIL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
41	45	May 27	DET	@	MIN	L,1-7	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
42	46	May 28	DET	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	49 (2)	Jun 1	DET		CHW	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
44	50	Jun 3	DET		CLE	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	2B
45	51	Jun 4	DET		CLE	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
46	52	Jun 5	DET		CLE	W,6-2	CG	31	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
47	53	Jun 6	DET	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
48	54	Jun 7	DET	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
49	55	Jun 8	DET	@	BAL	W,12-4	GS	35	7.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
50	56	Jun 9	DET	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	2B
51	58 (1)	Jun 11	DET	@	CLE	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
52	60 (1)	Jun 13	DET		BAL	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
53	61	Jun 14	DET		BAL	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
54	62	Jun 15	DET		BAL	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
55	63	Jun 16	DET		TOR	L,5-13	CG	45	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
56	65 (1)	Jun 18	DET		TOR	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	3	7	0	10	2	2B
57	66	Jun 19	DET		TOR	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
58	67	Jun 20	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
59	68	Jun 21	DET		NYY	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
60	70 (1)	Jun 24	DET	@	TOR	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
61	71	Jun 25	DET	@	TOR	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
62	73 (1)	Jun 27	DET	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
63	74	Jun 28	DET	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
64	75	Jun 29	DET	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	82 (6)	Jul 7	DET		OAK	W,8-1	CG	29	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	2B
66	83	Jul 8	DET		OAK	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	2B
67	84	Jul 9	DET		OAK	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
68	85	Jul 10	DET		OAK	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
69	86	Jul 14	DET	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
70	87	Jul 15	DET	@	CAL	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	2B
71	88	Jul 16	DET	@	CAL	W,10-1	GS	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
72	89	Jul 17	DET	@	CAL	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	4	1	1	6	1	2B
73	90	Jul 18	DET	@	SEA	W,12-3	GS	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
74	91	Jul 19	DET	@	SEA	L,6-9	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
75	92	Jul 20	DET	@	SEA	W,12-5	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
76	93	Jul 22	DET	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
77	94	Jul 23	DET	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
78	95	Jul 24	DET	@	OAK	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
79	96	Jul 26	DET		KCR	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
80	97	Jul 27	DET		KCR	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
81	98	Jul 28	DET		KCR	W,7-1	GS	29	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
82	99	Jul 29 (1)	DET		TEX	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
83	100	Jul 29 (2)	DET		TEX	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
84	101	Jul 30	DET		TEX	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
85	102	Jul 31	DET		TEX	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	103	Aug 1	DET	@	KCR	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
87	105 (1)	Aug 3	DET	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
88	106	Aug 4	DET		BOS	W,11-6	GS	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
89	111 (4)	Aug 8	DET	@	TEX	W,3-2	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
90	112	Aug 9	DET	@	TEX	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
91	114 (1)	Aug 12	DET	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
92	115	Aug 13	DET	@	BOS	L,4-16	CG	53	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
93	116	Aug 14	DET	@	BOS	W,18-6	GS	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
94	117	Aug 15	DET		MIN	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
95	118	Aug 16	DET		MIN	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
96	119	Aug 17	DET		MIN	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
97	120	Aug 18	DET		CHW	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
98	121	Aug 19	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
99	122	Aug 20	DET		CHW	W,2-1	GS	31	8.0	4	4	1	9	2	2B
100	125 (2)	Aug 23	DET	@	MIN	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
101	126	Aug 24	DET	@	MIN	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
102	127	Aug 26	DET	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	51	12.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
103	128	Aug 27	DET	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	50	11.2	3	0	0	3	0	2B
104	129	Aug 28	DET	@	MIL	L,10-12	CG	45	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
105	130	Aug 29	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
106	131	Aug 30	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
107	132	Aug 31	DET	@	CHW	W,9-3	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
108	133	Sep 1	DET		MIL	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	4	6	0	10	2	2B
109	134	Sep 2	DET		MIL	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
110	135	Sep 3	DET		MIL	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
							110gm		903.2	218	284	8	510	53