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+

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

1987 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1987 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	TOR		CLE	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
2	3 (1)	Apr 9	TOR		CLE	L,3-14	GS	35	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
3	5 (1)	Apr 11	TOR	@	BOS	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
4	6	Apr 12	TOR	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
5	7	Apr 14	TOR		CHW	W,4-3	GF	18	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH C
6	8	Apr 15	TOR		CHW	L,0-5	GS	35	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
7	9	Apr 16	TOR		BOS	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
8	10	Apr 17	TOR		BOS	W,10-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
9	11	Apr 18	TOR		BOS	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
10	12	Apr 19	TOR		BOS	L,1-4	GS	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
11	13	Apr 20	TOR	@	CLE	W,8-7	GF	15	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
12	14	Apr 21	TOR	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
13	15	Apr 22	TOR	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
14	16	Apr 24	TOR	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	37	10.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
15	17	Apr 25	TOR	@	CHW	L,4-5	GF	10	1.2	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
16	18	Apr 26	TOR	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
17	20 (1)	Apr 29	TOR		MIN	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	21	May 1	TOR		TEX	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
19	22	May 2	TOR		TEX	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
20	23	May 3	TOR		TEX	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
21	24	May 5	TOR	@	KCR	L,4-6	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
22	25	May 6	TOR	@	KCR	L,3-6	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
23	26	May 8	TOR	@	TEX	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
24	27	May 9	TOR	@	TEX	W,15-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
25	28	May 10	TOR	@	TEX	L,8-9	GS	37	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
26	31 (2)	May 13	TOR	@	MIN	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
27	32	May 14	TOR	@	MIN	W,16-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
28	33	May 15	TOR	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	C
29	34	May 16	TOR	@	OAK	L,3-10	GS	40	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
30	35	May 17	TOR	@	OAK	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
31	36	May 18	TOR	@	CAL	W,12-0	CG	29	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
32	37	May 19	TOR	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
33	38	May 20	TOR	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	38	9.1	10	1	0	11	0	C
34	39	May 22	TOR	@	SEA	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
35	40	May 23	TOR	@	SEA	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
36	42 (1)	May 25	TOR	@	SEA	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
37	43	May 27	TOR		OAK	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
38	44	May 28	TOR		OAK	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
39	45	May 29	TOR		CAL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
40	46	May 30	TOR		CAL	W,4-3	CG	36	10.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	48 (1)	Jun 1	TOR		SEA	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
42	49	Jun 2	TOR		SEA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
43	51 (1)	Jun 5	TOR		BAL	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
44	52	Jun 6	TOR		BAL	W,8-5	GS	34	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
45	53	Jun 7	TOR		BAL	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	C
46	54	Jun 8	TOR	@	NYY	W,11-0	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
47	57 (2)	Jun 11	TOR	@	BAL	W,8-6	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
48	58	Jun 12	TOR	@	BAL	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
49	60 (1)	Jun 14	TOR	@	BAL	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
50	61	Jun 15	TOR		DET	L,1-2	CG	30	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
51	62	Jun 16	TOR		DET	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
52	65 (2)	Jun 19	TOR		MIL	W,15-6	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
53	66	Jun 20	TOR		MIL	L,2-3	GS	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
54	67	Jun 21	TOR		MIL	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
55	69 (1)	Jun 23	TOR	@	DET	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
56	70	Jun 24	TOR	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
57	71	Jun 26	TOR	@	MIL	L,5-10	CG	43	8.0	9	2	0	11	2	C
58	73 (1)	Jun 28	TOR	@	MIL	L,5-11	CG	46	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
59	74	Jun 29	TOR		NYY	L,14-15	GF	13	3.0	3	1	0	4	1	PH C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	77 (2)	Jul 3 (1)	TOR	@	KCR	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
61	79 (1)	Jul 4	TOR	@	KCR	L,1-9	GF	10	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH C
62	80	Jul 5	TOR	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
63	81	Jul 6	TOR		TEX	W,6-4	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
64	82	Jul 7	TOR		TEX	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
65	83	Jul 8	TOR		TEX	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
66	86 (2)	Jul 11	TOR		KCR	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
67	87	Jul 12	TOR		KCR	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	C
68	88	Jul 16	TOR	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
69	90 (1)	Jul 18	TOR	@	MIN	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	C
70	91	Jul 19	TOR	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
71	92	Jul 20	TOR	@	TEX	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
72	93	Jul 21	TOR	@	TEX	L,4-6	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
73	94	Jul 22	TOR	@	TEX	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
74	95	Jul 23	TOR		MIN	W,4-3	GS	31	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
75	96	Jul 24	TOR		MIN	W,8-6	GS	30	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
76	97	Jul 25	TOR		MIN	L,9-13	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
77	98	Jul 26	TOR		MIN	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
78	99	Jul 27	TOR		BOS	W,10-8	GS	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
79	100	Jul 28	TOR		BOS	W,5-4	GS	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
80	101	Jul 29	TOR		BOS	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
81	102	Jul 31	TOR		CLE	W,8-3	GS	27	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	104 (1)	Aug 2	TOR		CLE	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
83	106 (1)	Aug 4	TOR	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
84	107	Aug 5	TOR	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
85	109 (1)	Aug 7	TOR	@	CLE	W,15-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
86	110	Aug 8	TOR	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
87	111	Aug 9	TOR	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
88	112	Aug 10	TOR	@	BOS	L,1-9	CG	43	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
89	113	Aug 11	TOR	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
90	114	Aug 12	TOR	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
91	116 (1)	Aug 14	TOR		CHW	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
92	117	Aug 15	TOR		CHW	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
93	118	Aug 16	TOR		CHW	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
94	119	Aug 18	TOR	@	OAK	W,2-1	GS	25	7.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
95	120	Aug 19	TOR	@	OAK	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	6	1	1	8	1	C
96	121	Aug 20	TOR	@	OAK	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
97	123 (1)	Aug 22	TOR	@	CAL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
98	124	Aug 23	TOR	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
99	125	Aug 24	TOR	@	SEA	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
100	126	Aug 25	TOR	@	SEA	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
101	127	Aug 27	TOR		OAK	W,9-4	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
102	128	Aug 28	TOR		OAK	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
103	129	Aug 29	TOR		OAK	L,5-6	CG	46	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
104	130	Aug 30	TOR		OAK	W,13-3	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
105	131	Aug 31	TOR		CAL	L,7-8	GF	16	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	132	Sep 1	TOR		CAL	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
107	133	Sep 2	TOR		CAL	W,7-6	GF	22	5.0	6	0	0	6	0	PH C
108	134	Sep 4	TOR		SEA	W,6-5	CG	46	10.0	9	0	2	11	0	C
109	135	Sep 5	TOR		SEA	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
110	136	Sep 6	TOR		SEA	W,3-2	GS	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
111	137	Sep 7	TOR	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
112	138	Sep 8	TOR	@	MIL	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
113	139	Sep 9	TOR	@	MIL	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
114	140	Sep 11	TOR		NYY	W,6-5	GF	13	3.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
115	141	Sep 12	TOR		NYY	W,13-1	GS	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
116	142	Sep 13	TOR		NYY	L,5-8	GF	18	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
117	143	Sep 14	TOR		BAL	W,18-3	GS	28	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
118	144	Sep 15	TOR		BAL	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
119	145	Sep 16	TOR		BAL	W,7-0	GS	28	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
120	146	Sep 17	TOR	@	NYY	L,5-6	GF	15	3.2	5	0	0	5	0	PH C
121	147	Sep 18	TOR	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
122	148	Sep 19	TOR	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
123	149	Sep 20	TOR	@	NYY	W,6-2	GF	14	3.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
124	150	Sep 21	TOR	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
125	151	Sep 22	TOR	@	BAL	W,8-4	GF	12	3.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
126	152	Sep 23	TOR	@	BAL	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
127	153	Sep 24	TOR		DET	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
128	155 (1)	Sep 26	TOR		DET	W,10-9	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
129	156	Sep 27	TOR		DET	L,2-3	CG	51	13.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
130	157	Sep 28	TOR		MIL	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
131	158	Sep 29	TOR		MIL	L,3-5	GS	29	6.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
							131gm		1032.2	803	55	5	863	10