Ed Whitson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 195lb (190cm, 88kg)

Born: May 19, 1955 in Johnson City, TN us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 6th round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Unicoi County HS (Erwin, TN).

High School: Unicoi County HS (Erwin, TN)

Debut: September 4, 1977 (Age 22-108d, 13,941st in major league history)
vs. LAD 1.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 29, 1991 (Age 36-133d)
vs. CIN 0.1 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Agents: Tom Reich

Full Name: Eddie Lee Whitson

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

21.2

126

123

ERA

3.79

452

333

2240.0

1266

WHIP

1.312

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Team Record in Appearances: 17-20 / in Starts: 13-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 4

1979 Pitching Game Log

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1979 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	49	3	Apr 8	PIT		MON	L,4-5	8-GF		99	2.0	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	4.50	3.73	9	2	2	0	1	1		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.013	.91	-0.01%	-0.01	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 1
2	50	8	Apr 14	PIT		STL	W,7-4	GS-9	W(1-0)	5	8.0	6	4	2	4	2	0	0	2.70	3.73	35	16	7	0	1	6	56			0	0	0	31	1	0	1	0	0	2	1.33	0.048	1.81	0.04%	-0.40	1t start tie	9t 1-3 0 out a4
3	51	12	Apr 20	PIT	@	HOU	L,4-5	5-6		5	2.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.75	3.65	10	1	4	0	1	3		0	0	2	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	-0.267	1.49	-0.15%	-1.12	5b --- 0 out a1	6b 3 out d1
4	52	17	Apr 27	PIT		HOU	L,8-9	11-GF(11)	L(1-1)	6	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.15	3.66	6	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.08	-0.302	2.32	-0.14%	-0.51	11t --- 0 out tie	11t end d 1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	53	21	May 4	PIT	@	STL	L,3-4	7-GF(8)		6	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.60	3.47	7	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.61	0.070	.53	0.04%	0.96	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
6	54	22	May 5	PIT	@	STL	W,6-5	9-GF	S(1)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.38	3.42	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.50	0.193	2.56	0.09%	0.48	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
7	55	24	May 7	PIT	@	ATL	W,4-2	7-9	H(1)	1	2.0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	3.00	3.73	10	3	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.69	0.015	1.45	0.01%	0.01	7b --- 0 out a1	9b 12- 0 out a2
8	56	26	May 9	PIT	@	ATL	W,17-9	5-5		1	1.0	1	4	4	2	0	1	1	4.74	4.84	7	1	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.32	-0.497	1.23	-0.16%	-3.50	5b --- 0 out a2	5b 3 out d2
9	57	27	May 11	PIT		CIN	L,4-8	7-8	L(1-2)	1	1.2	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	4.79	4.47	8	2	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.06	-0.155	1.02	-0.05%	-0.45	7t --- 0 out tie	8t 12- 2 out d1
10	58	29	May 13	PIT		CIN	L,3-7	6-7		1	1.1	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.91	4.55	8	1	2	0	1	2		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	.36	-0.013	.21	-0.01%	-0.28	6t 1-- 2 out d4	7t 3 out d5
11	59	32	May 17	PIT		NYM	W,6-5	GS-6		3	5.0	8	4	4	1	1	0	0	5.33	4.25	23	9	4	1	0	8	35			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	-0.345	.67	-0.11%	-2.52	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out tie
12	60	37	May 22	PIT	@	MON	L,3-6	GS-3	L(1-3)	4	2.1	4	5	2	2	1	0	0	5.52	4.27	15	5	3	0	0	4	34			1	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.04	-0.281	1.23	-0.20%	-4.13	1b start tie	3b 123 1 out d4
13	61	40	May 26	PIT	@	NYM	L,8-10	3-3		3	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.46	4.35	2	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.015	.49	0.01%	0.46	3b 1-3 2 out d4	3b 3 out d4
14	62	42	May 28	PIT	@	NYM	W,6-1	8-8		1	0.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5.46	4.55	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.27	-0.109	1.81	-0.05%	-0.52	8b 1-- 2 out a2	8b 123 2 out a2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	63	46	Jun 1	PIT		SDP	W,9-8	GS-6		3	5.1	7	5	2	3	4	1	0	5.14	4.67	26	7	5	1	0	7	41			0	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	-0.213	1.17	-0.14%	-1.56	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out a1
16	64	51	Jun 6	PIT		LAD	W,5-4	GS-8		4	7.0	6	4	4	3	4	3	0	5.14	5.30	28	5	10	2	2	6	50			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	-0.108	1.30	-0.08%	-0.55	1t start tie	8t --- 0 out d3
17	65	55	Jun 12	PIT	@	SDP	L,3-6	2-4		5	2.1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.87	5.26	10	2	4	1	0	1		2	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.026	.19	0.02%	1.33	2b 1-3 2 out d5	4b 3 out d5
18	66	60	Jun 17	PIT	@	LAD	W,5-1	GS-8	W(2-3)	4	7.1	2	1	1	2	6	1	0	4.35	5.04	27	9	8	0	2	2	74			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.09	0.312	1.25	0.22%	2.23	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a2
19	67	69	Jun 27	PIT		NYM	L,9-12	GS-6		9	6.0	5	3	3	4	2	0	0	4.37	4.93	26	9	6	0	0	5	48			1	0	1	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.011	1.20	-0.01%	-0.04	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
				Player went from Pittsburgh Pirates to San Francisco Giants
20	68	77	Jun 30	SFG		CIN	L,0-2	9-GF	L(2-4)	2	1.0	1	2	2	2	1	0	1	4.60	5.02	8	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.84	-0.423	3.24	-0.29%	-1.56	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	69	82	Jul 5	SFG	@	ATL	L,4-5	GS-8		4	7.2	8	3	3	1	5	1	0	4.48	4.84	31	12	10	3	0	3	55			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	0.225	.74	0.08%	0.92	1b start a 1	8b --- 2 out a1
22	70	87	Jul 10	SFG	@	MON	W,11-7	GS-2		4	2.0	5	4	4	2	1	1	0	4.87	5.03	12	2	5	3	0	2	29			1	0	0	10	1	2	1	0	0	0	.82	-0.285	.42	-0.09%	-3.07	1b start tie	2b 3 out d4
23	71	93	Jul 15	SFG	@	NYM	W,4-0	GS-6	W(3-4)	4	5.0	3	0	0	4	1	0	0	4.54	5.01	21	6	8	1	0	2	58			0	1	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.229	.84	0.10%	1.86	1b start a 1	6b 1-- 0 out a3
24	72	98	Jul 22(2)	SFG		MON	L,5-15	GS-4	L(3-5)	6	3.1	7	5	5	0	2	0	0	4.93	4.86	17	2	9	3	0	4	28			1	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.276	1.74	-0.25%	-3.38	1t start tie	4t 1-3 1 out d4
25	73	102	Jul 26	SFG	@	SDP	W,6-2	GS-8	W(4-5)	3	7.2	6	2	2	4	5	0	0	4.70	4.69	32	5	15	3	0	3	60			0	0	0	28	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.146	.67	0.05%	1.03	1b start a 1	8b 1-3 2 out a1
26	74	107	Jul 31	SFG	@	HOU	L,4-6	GS-2	L(4-6)	4	1.1	5	6	6	2	0	0	0	5.25	4.73	11	2	6	4	0	1	18			1	0	0	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.361	1.06	-0.29%	-5.01	1b start tie	2b --3 1 out d5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	75	112	Aug 6	SFG	@	LAD	W,7-1	CG	W(5-6)	5	9.0	7	1	1	3	4	0	0	4.85	4.55	36	11	12	1	0	6	70			1	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.305	.08	0.02%	3.19	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
28	76	117	Aug 11	SFG		LAD	L,4-7	GS-7	L(5-7)	4	6.1	6	4	3	0	3	1	0	4.81	4.50	28	14	7	1	1	4	50			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	2	.78	-0.123	.08	-0.01%	-1.79	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d4
29	77	122	Aug 17	SFG	@	STL	L,0-3	GS-5	L(5-8)	5	5.0	7	3	3	2	3	0	1	4.84	4.45	24	7	9	4	0	2	42			2	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	2	0	1.12	-0.115	.05	0.00%	-0.61	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
30	78	127	Aug 22	SFG	@	PIT	L,6-8	GS-5		4	4.1	6	4	4	4	2	0	0	4.98	4.45	22	8	6	2	1	2	33			1	1	0	17	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.24	-0.267	.02	0.00%	-2.21	1b start tie	5b -2- 1 out tie
31	79	133	Aug 30	SFG		STL	W,3-2	CG	W(6-8)	7	9.0	4	2	2	1	6	0	0	4.75	4.25	32	18	6	0	0	1	76			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.35	0.405	.00	0.00%	1.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
32	80	138	Sep 3	SFG	@	SDP	L,0-3	GS-6	L(6-9)	3	6.0	5	3	2	4	7	0	1	4.67	4.18	28	5	7	2	0	4	55			2	0	0	23	1	1	2	0	0	0	.97	-0.088	.00	0.00%	-0.38	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
33	81	143	Sep 8	SFG	@	HOU	W,2-1	GS-6		4	6.0	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.52	4.10	24	8	13	3	0	2	55			1	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.132	.00	0.00%	1.65	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
34	82	147	Sep 13	SFG		ATL	L,1-4	GS-5	L(6-10)	4	5.0	6	3	3	5	6	0	0	4.56	4.07	26	5	6	2	0	4	44			4	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.134	.00	0.00%	-0.82	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
35	83	152	Sep 18	SFG		CIN	W,3-1	GS-9	W(7-10)	4	8.1	6	1	1	2	6	1	0	4.35	4.05	33	9	14	3	0	2	71			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.344	.00	0.00%	2.46	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a2
36	84	156	Sep 23	SFG	@	ATL	W,2-1	GS-6		4	6.0	4	1	0	1	7	0	0	4.18	3.92	24	9	7	1	0	0	68			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	1	.98	0.173	.00	0.00%	2.02	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
37	85	160	Sep 28	SFG		SDP	L,0-2	GS-8	L(7-11)	4	7.1	5	2	2	2	2	1	1	4.10	3.98	30	18	7	1	0	0	60			1	0	0	24	0	0	1	0	1	0	.83	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.65	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out d2
							17-20		W-L:7-11,Sv:1,Hld:1	3.8	158.0	151	83	72	75	93	11	5	4.10	3.98	702	1.02		10%	3%	96	50	6	0%	25	5	1	609	29	7	9	5	3	11	1.13	-1.734	.65	-1.38%	-13.23

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