Ernie Whitt

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: June 13, 1952 in Detroit, MI us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 15th round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Macomb Community College (Warren, MI).

High School: Roseville HS (Roseville, MI)

School: Macomb Community College (Warren, MI)

Debut: September 12, 1976 (Age 24-091d, 13,811th in major league history)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 3, 1991 (Age 39-020d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1980 season

Agents: Himself, Richard Box

Full Name: Leo Ernest Whitt

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.3

3774

938

134

.249

447

RBI

534

OBP

.324

SLG

.410

OPS

.734

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	24-50 / in Starts: 22-39
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	68 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 222 PAs	16
Actual Runners on Base	120 (51-44-25)
Avg. MLBer w/ 222 PAs	22
Avg. Runners on Base	134 (66-44-23)

Most Driven In
R Bosetti	3
G Iorg	2
A Griffin	2
G Bell	2
T Cox	1
Self	1
B Bonnell	1
K Macha	1

Most Driven In By
L Moseby	5
J Mayberry	2
D Ainge	2
D GarcÃa	2
A Griffin	2
B Bonnell	1
Self	1
W Upshaw	0

1981 Batting Game Log

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1981 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	140	1	Apr 9	TOR	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.25	0.028	.88	0.01%	-0.03	C
2	141	2	Apr 11	TOR	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.99	-0.075	.65	-0.03%	-0.86	C
3	142	3	Apr 12	TOR	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	9	.77	-0.029	.47	-0.01%	0.16	C
4	143	4	Apr 13	TOR		NYY	W,5-1	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.071	.071	.071	.143	9	.89	-0.087	.59	-0.04%	-1.07	C
5	144	5	Apr 15	TOR		NYY	L,3-6	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.222	.389	9	.49	0.036	.35	0.02%	1.61	C
6	145	6	Apr 16	TOR		DET	L,0-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.227	.200	.427	9	1.38	-0.015	.95	-0.01%	-0.07	C
7	146	7	Apr 17	TOR		DET	L,5-8	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.174	.240	.217	.457	9	1.09	-0.043	.67	-0.02%	-0.76	C
8	147	8	Apr 18	TOR		DET	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.276	.231	.507	9	.51	-0.009	.27	0.00%	-0.14	C
9	148	9	Apr 19	TOR		DET	W,9-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.233	.506	9	.44	-0.042	.21	-0.01%	0.33	C
10	149	10	Apr 20	TOR		MIL	L,4-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.257	.219	.476	9	1.63	-0.088	.79	-0.03%	-0.59	C
11	150	11	Apr 21	TOR		MIL	L,2-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.237	.200	.437	9	.58	-0.044	.25	-0.01%	-0.82	C
12	151	12	Apr 22	TOR		MIL	L,1-8	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.220	.184	.404	9	1.31	-0.074	.50	-0.02%	-1.00	C
13	152	13	Apr 24	TOR	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.171	.244	.195	.440	9	1.01	0.096	.36	0.02%	0.82	C
14	153	14	Apr 25	TOR	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.205	.455	9	.50	-0.006	.16	0.00%	-0.31	C
15	154	15	Apr 26	TOR	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.250	.229	.479	9	.50	0.047	.21	0.01%	0.28	C
16	155	16	Apr 27	TOR	@	MIL	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180	.241	.220	.461	9	.54	-0.026	.24	-0.01%	-0.29	C
17	156	17	Apr 28	TOR	@	MIL	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.224	.204	.428	9	.47	-0.050	.18	-0.01%	-0.81	C
18	157	18	Apr 29	TOR	@	MIL	W,5-0	CG(14)	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.183	.234	.217	.451	9	1.55	-0.190	.72	-0.05%	0.06	C
19	158	19	Apr 30	TOR	@	BAL	L,0-4	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.242	.226	.468	9	.30	-0.001	.14	0.00%	-0.03	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	159	20	May 2 (1)	TOR	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.232	.215	.447	9	.80	-0.059	.34	-0.02%	-0.33	C
21	160	22 (1)	May 3	TOR	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.233	.217	.450	9	1.60	-0.087	.60	-0.02%	-1.16	C
22	161	23	May 6	TOR		CLE	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.181	.224	.208	.432	9	.40	-0.030	.14	-0.01%	-0.35	C
23	162	24	May 7	TOR		CLE	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.187	.238	.213	.451	9	.78	0.101	.21	0.02%	0.59	C
24	163	25	May 8	TOR		BOS	L,2-4	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.244	.221	.465	9	.91	0.026	.28	0.01%	0.15	C
25	164	26	May 9	TOR		BOS	L,3-10	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.198	.244	.222	.466	9	.50	-0.003	.14	0.00%	-0.17	C
26	165	27	May 10	TOR		BOS	L,5-9	5-GF(10)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.236	.214	.450	9	1.81	-0.144	.46	-0.02%	-0.68	PH C
27	166	28	May 11	TOR		BOS	L,6-7	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.242	.212	.454	9	1.16	0.003	.21	0.00%	0.10	C
28	167	32 (3)	May 15	TOR	@	CLE	L,0-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.239	.209	.448	9	.12	-0.003	.02	0.00%	-0.09	PH
29	168	34 (1)	May 17 (1)	TOR	@	CLE	L,0-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.186	.239	.209	.448	9						C
30	169	35	May 17 (2)	TOR	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG(10)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.242	.213	.456	9	1.32	-0.031	.11	0.00%	-0.11	C
31	170	38 (2)	May 20	TOR		CHW	L,5-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.240	.211	.451	9	5.87	-0.170	.23	0.00%	-0.59	PH C
32	171	40 (1)	May 23	TOR	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG(15)	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.238	.211	.448	9	1.98	-0.267	.04	0.00%	-1.04	C
33	172	42 (1)	May 24 (2)	TOR	@	OAK	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.240	.224	.465	9	.64	0.021	.01	0.00%	-0.24	C
34	173	43	May 25	TOR	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.243	.220	.463	9	1.10	0.025	.02	0.00%	0.06	C
35	174	44	May 26	TOR	@	CAL	W,8-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.252	.231	.483	9	.61	0.027	.01	0.00%	0.10	C
36	175	45	May 27	TOR	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.263	.243	.506	9	1.12	0.158	.02	0.00%	1.41	C
37	176	46	May 29	TOR		OAK	W,6-3	CG	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.274	.257	.530	9	.99	0.215	.02	0.00%	2.32	C
38	177	47	May 30	TOR		OAK	W,6-5	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.218	.283	.255	.538	9	1.12	0.096	.02	0.00%	0.84	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
39	178	49 (1)	Jun 1	TOR		CAL	L,0-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.279	.250	.529	9	1.81	-0.106	.04	0.00%	-0.58	C
40	179	50	Jun 2	TOR		CAL	L,0-3	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.274	.246	.520	9	1.37	-0.074	.03	0.00%	-0.45	C
41	180	52 (1)	Jun 5	TOR	@	TEX	L,4-5	CG(12)	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.279	.252	.531	9	1.83	-0.058	.02	0.00%	0.16	C
42	181	53	Jun 6	TOR	@	TEX	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.286	.268	.554	8	.91	-0.004	.00	0.00%	0.78	C
43	182	54	Jun 7	TOR	@	TEX	L,0-9	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.279	.262	.541	8	1.00	-0.073	.01	0.00%	-0.66	C
44	183	55	Jun 8	TOR	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.279	.262	.540	2	.33	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.29	C
45	184	56	Jun 9	TOR	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.224	.278	.261	.539	2	.93	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.11	C
46	185	57	Jun 10	TOR		KCR	L,4-7	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.284	.268	.552	8	1.42	0.205	.00	0.00%	1.20	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
47	186	59 (1)	Aug 10	TOR	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.278	.262	.541	7	1.26	-0.100	1.59	-0.08%	-0.81	C
48	187	61 (1)	Aug 12	TOR	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.284	.259	.543	7	1.02	-0.008	1.37	-0.01%	0.14	C
49	188	62	Aug 14	TOR		MIL	W,5-4	CG	4	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.234	.302	.276	.578	7	1.73	0.249	2.57	0.22%	1.44	C
50	189	63	Aug 15	TOR		MIL	W,4-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.300	.274	.574	8	.78	-0.022	1.46	-0.02%	-0.32	C
51	190	64	Aug 16 (1)	TOR		MIL	L,2-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.298	.272	.570	9	.19	-0.005	.39	-0.01%	-0.22	C
52	191	66 (1)	Aug 17	TOR	@	KCR	L,3-5	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.299	.280	.579	8	.81	0.009	1.10	0.01%	0.10	C
53	192	71 (4)	Aug 23	TOR		CHW	L,2-13	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.293	.275	.568	9	.22	-0.018	.33	-0.02%	-0.51	C
54	193	72	Aug 24	TOR		TEX	L,0-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.227	.292	.273	.564	9	1.94	-0.089	1.98	-0.06%	-0.76	PH C
55	194	73	Aug 25	TOR		TEX	L,1-6	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.292	.274	.566	9	.38	-0.008	.34	0.00%	0.07	C
56	195	75 (1)	Aug 28	TOR		KCR	W,4-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.289	.270	.559	9	1.68	-0.119	.84	-0.04%	-0.99	C
57	196	76	Aug 29	TOR		KCR	L,0-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.289	.270	.559	9						C
58	197	77	Aug 31	TOR	@	TEX	W,3-0	CG	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.295	.269	.564	9	1.78	-0.027	.85	-0.01%	-0.04	C
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
59	198	78	Sep 1	TOR	@	TEX	W,9-3	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.233	.302	.276	.578	9	.50	-0.009	.29	0.00%	-0.76	C
60	199	80 (1)	Sep 3	TOR	@	CHW	L,3-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.302	.276	.578	9						C
61	200	81	Sep 4	TOR	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.293	.268	.561	2	.60	-0.084	.19	-0.02%	-1.00	C
62	201	82	Sep 5	TOR	@	CHW	W,3-1	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.292	.266	.558	9	.13	-0.003	.07	0.00%	-0.09	PR C
63	202	84 (1)	Sep 7	TOR	@	MIN	L,0-4	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.290	.265	.555	9	.40	-0.011	.23	0.00%	-0.49	C
64	203	85	Sep 8	TOR	@	MIN	L,0-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.224	.290	.265	.555	2						PR C
65	204	86	Sep 9	TOR	@	MIN	L,1-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.286	.260	.546	2	1.20	-0.093	.26	-0.01%	-0.74	C
66	205	87	Sep 10	TOR		SEA	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.292	.273	.564	8	.86	0.107	.13	0.01%	0.59	C
67	206	94 (6)	Sep 19	TOR		CAL	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.296	.283	.579	7	1.15	0.263	.08	0.01%	1.72	C
68	207	96 (1)	Sep 22 (1)	TOR		OAK	L,2-3	12-12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.299	.283	.583	4	4.15	-0.010	.28	0.00%	0.17	PH
69	208	97	Sep 22 (2)	TOR		OAK	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.295	.279	.574	7	.75	-0.056	.02	0.00%	-0.48	C
70	209	98	Sep 23	TOR		OAK	L,0-6	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.299	.276	.575	7	.47	0.038	.00	0.00%	0.31	C
71	210	100 (1)	Sep 26	TOR	@	CAL	L,3-6	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.296	.273	.569	9	1.93	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-0.43	C
72	211	103 (2)	Sep 30	TOR	@	OAK	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.297	.274	.570	8	.70	0.031	.00	0.00%	0.18	C
73	212	104	Oct 2	TOR	@	SEA	L,3-8	GS-9	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.302	.276	.578	9	1.30	0.041	.00	0.00%	0.67	C
74	213	105	Oct 3	TOR	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.307	.297	.604	8	.70	0.167	.00	0.00%	1.10	C
							24-50		222	195	16	46	9	0	1	16	20	3	30	0	7	0	1	2	5	2	.236	.307	.297	.604		1.03	-0.657	.36	-0.25%	-3.81

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