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.

1992 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1992 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	DET		TOR	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
2	2	Apr 8	DET		TOR	L,9-10	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
3	3	Apr 9	DET		TOR	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
4	4	Apr 10	DET		NYY	L,3-7	CG	46	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
5	5	Apr 11	DET		NYY	L,1-8	GS	32	7.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
6	6	Apr 12	DET		NYY	L,1-5	CG	45	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
7	8 (1)	Apr 14	DET	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
8	11 (2)	Apr 17	DET	@	BAL	L,0-8	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	2	2B
9	12	Apr 18	DET	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
10	14 (1)	Apr 20	DET	@	BAL	L,4-12	CG	42	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
11	15	Apr 21	DET	@	TEX	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	2B
12	17 (1)	Apr 23	DET	@	TEX	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
13	18	Apr 24	DET		CHW	L,1-9	GS	25	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
14	21 (2)	Apr 30	DET		OAK	L,6-10	CG	52	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	22	May 1	DET		OAK	L,6-7	CG	46	9.0	4	7	0	11	1	2B
16	23	May 2	DET		OAK	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	7	3	0	10	3	2B
17	24	May 3	DET		OAK	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	2B
18	26 (1)	May 5	DET		CAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
19	27	May 6	DET	@	OAK	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	7	0	8	1	2B
20	28	May 7	DET	@	OAK	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
21	29	May 8	DET	@	SEA	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
22	32 (2)	May 12	DET	@	CAL	W,4-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
23	34 (1)	May 15	DET	@	KCR	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	1	9	0	10	1	2B
24	35	May 16	DET	@	KCR	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
25	36	May 17	DET	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	39	8.1	2	2	0	4	0	2B
26	37	May 18	DET		MIL	L,1-9	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
27	38	May 19	DET		MIL	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
28	39	May 20	DET		MIL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
29	40	May 21	DET		MIL	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
30	41	May 22	DET		MIN	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
31	42	May 23	DET		MIN	L,5-6	CG	46	9.0	0	1	1	2	1	2B
32	44 (1)	May 26	DET		KCR	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
33	45	May 27	DET		KCR	W,11-2	GS	19	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
34	46	May 28	DET		KCR	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
35	47	May 29	DET	@	MIN	L,5-17	CG	46	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
36	49 (1)	May 31	DET	@	MIN	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	50	Jun 1	DET	@	MIL	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
38	51	Jun 2	DET	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
39	52	Jun 3	DET	@	MIL	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
40	53	Jun 4	DET	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
41	54	Jun 6	DET	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	2B
42	56 (1)	Jun 8	DET		CLE	W,9-2	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
43	58 (1)	Jun 10	DET		CLE	L,2-4	CG	47	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
44	59	Jun 11	DET		BAL	L,5-7	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
45	60	Jun 12	DET		BAL	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
46	61	Jun 13	DET		BAL	W,15-1	GS	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
47	62	Jun 14	DET		BAL	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
48	64 (1)	Jun 17	DET	@	TOR	L,2-6	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
49	65	Jun 18	DET	@	TOR	W,14-10	CG	44	9.0	0	5	0	5	2	2B
50	66	Jun 19	DET	@	CHW	W,8-3	GF	15	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 2B
51	69 (2)	Jun 22	DET		BOS	W,4-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
52	71 (1)	Jun 24	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
53	72	Jun 25	DET		TEX	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	6	4	0	10	1	2B
54	73	Jun 26	DET		TEX	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	1	6	1	2B
55	74	Jun 27	DET		TEX	L,8-10	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
56	75	Jun 28	DET		TEX	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
57	76	Jun 29	DET	@	BOS	W,8-3	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
58	77	Jun 30	DET	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	38	8.1	4	4	0	8	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	78	Jul 1	DET	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
60	79	Jul 3 (1)	DET		SEA	W,6-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
61	80	Jul 3 (2)	DET		SEA	L,0-11	GS	37	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
62	81	Jul 4	DET		SEA	L,3-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
63	82	Jul 5	DET		SEA	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	2B
64	83	Jul 6	DET		SEA	W,5-4	CG	54	14.0	5	7	0	12	1	2B
65	84	Jul 7	DET		OAK	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
66	85	Jul 8	DET		OAK	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
67	86	Jul 9	DET		CAL	W,5-4	GS	30	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
68	91 (4)	Jul 17	DET	@	OAK	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
69	92	Jul 18	DET	@	OAK	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
70	93	Jul 19	DET	@	OAK	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
71	94	Jul 20	DET	@	SEA	W,6-4	GS	29	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
72	96 (1)	Jul 22	DET	@	SEA	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
73	98 (1)	Jul 24	DET	@	CAL	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	4	5	0	9	0	2B
74	100 (1)	Jul 26	DET	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
75	101	Jul 28 (1)	DET		CHW	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
76	102	Jul 28 (2)	DET		CHW	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	2B
77	104 (1)	Jul 31	DET	@	CLE	W,9-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	105	Aug 1	DET	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	43	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
79	106	Aug 2	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
80	108 (1)	Aug 4	DET	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
81	109	Aug 5	DET	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
82	110	Aug 6	DET		TOR	L,11-15	CG	50	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	2B
83	112 (1)	Aug 8	DET		TOR	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
84	114 (1)	Aug 10	DET		NYY	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	2B
85	115	Aug 11	DET		NYY	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
86	116	Aug 12	DET		NYY	L,0-10	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
87	117	Aug 14	DET	@	TEX	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	2B
88	118	Aug 15	DET	@	TEX	W,10-3	GS	31	8.0	2	6	0	8	2	2B
89	119	Aug 16	DET	@	TEX	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
90	120	Aug 17	DET	@	KCR	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	4	2	1	7	1	2B
91	121	Aug 18	DET	@	KCR	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
92	122	Aug 19	DET	@	KCR	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
93	123	Aug 21	DET	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
94	124	Aug 22	DET	@	MIL	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	2B
95	125	Aug 23	DET	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
96	127 (1)	Aug 25	DET	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	2B
97	129 (1)	Aug 28	DET		KCR	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
98	130	Aug 29	DET		KCR	W,12-1	GS	24	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
99	131	Aug 30	DET		KCR	L,4-9	CG	46	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	133 (1)	Sep 1	DET		MIN	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	4	5	1	10	0	2B
101	134	Sep 2	DET		MIN	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
102	135	Sep 4	DET		MIL	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
103	137 (1)	Sep 6	DET		MIL	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
104	138	Sep 8 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
105	139	Sep 8 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
106	141 (1)	Sep 10	DET	@	CHW	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
107	143 (1)	Sep 12	DET	@	BOS	W,9-5	GS	18	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
108	145 (1)	Sep 15	DET		TEX	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
109	146	Sep 16	DET		TEX	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
110	148 (1)	Sep 19	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
111	150 (1)	Sep 21	DET		BOS	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
112	151	Sep 22 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	53	11.2	2	4	0	6	0	2B
113	154 (2)	Sep 24	DET	@	NYY	L,1-10	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
114	155	Sep 25	DET		CLE	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
115	157 (1)	Sep 27	DET		CLE	W,13-3	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
116	158	Sep 29	DET		BAL	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
117	159	Sep 30	DET		BAL	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	3	6	0	9	3	2B
118	160	Oct 2	DET	@	TOR	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
119	161	Oct 3	DET	@	TOR	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
							119gm		978.1	256	312	9	577	72