Lou Whitaker
Louis Rodman Whitaker Jr. (Sweet Lou)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: May 12, 1957 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Martinsville (Martinsville, VA)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 5th round of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1977
Final Game: October 1, 1995
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1977 DET AL 20 2B 9 9 74.0 35 17 18 0 2 1.000 -2.6 -42.2 -1.6 -1.8 0.2 -1 4.26 3.89 .977 5.42 4.76
1978 DET AL 21 2B 136 124 1122.1 776 301 458 17 95 .978 10.2 10.9 8.2 1.1 7.1 2 6.09 5.58 .980 5.47 4.74 RoY-1
1978 DET AL 21 DH 2 RoY-1
1979 DET AL 22 2B 126 114 1017.1 658 280 369 9 103 .986 8.7 10.3 5.7 -1.6 7.3 3 5.74 5.15 .978 5.50 4.80
1980 DET AL 23 2B 143 130 1200.0 780 340 428 12 93 .985 6.5 6.5 4.5 4.9 -0.4 2 5.76 5.37 .981 5.60 4.91
1981 DET AL 24 2B 108 104 918.1 590 227 354 9 77 .985 14.5 18.9 13.5 3.8 9.7 1 5.69 5.38 .982 5.54 4.93
1982 DET AL 25 2B 149 144 1283.0 811 331 470 10 120 .988 13.3 12.4 12.3 2.4 9.9 1 5.62 5.38 .981 5.35 4.70
1982 DET AL 25 DH 1
1983 DET AL 26 2B 160 151 1358.0 759 299 447 13 92 .983 3.7 3.3 2.7 -1.4 4.1 1 4.94 4.66 .981 5.36 4.77 AS,MVP-8,GG,SS
1984 DET AL 27 2B 142 131 1195.0 710 290 405 15 83 .979 2.2 2.2 1.2 -0.6 1.8 1 5.23 4.89 .980 5.24 4.45 AS,GG,SS
1985 DET AL 28 2B 150 146 1307.2 739 314 414 11 101 .985 -3.2 -2.9 -3.2 -4.9 1.7 0 5.01 4.85 .982 5.29 4.48 AS,GG,SS
1986 DET AL 29 2B 141 136 1207.1 708 276 421 11 98 .984 10.0 9.9 10.0 5.4 4.6 0 5.20 4.94 .981 5.10 4.34 AS
1987 DET AL 30 2B 148 146 1266.2 708 275 416 17 99 .976 -1.4 -1.3 -0.4 -3.1 2.7 -1 4.91 4.67 .980 5.12 4.48 AS,SS
1988 DET AL 31 2B 110 103 903.2 510 218 284 8 53 .984 -0.8 -1.1 1.2 -0.5 1.6 -2 5.00 4.56 .982 5.12 4.40
1989 DET AL 32 2B 146 137 1178.0 731 327 393 11 99 .985 1.7 1.7 1.7 -0.4 2.1 0 5.50 4.93 .981 5.24 4.51
1989 DET AL 32 DH 2
1990 DET AL 33 2B 130 117 1037.1 664 286 372 6 98 .991 10.3 11.9 8.3 0.5 7.8 2 5.71 5.06 .984 5.23 4.53
1990 DET AL 33 DH 1
1991 DET AL 34 2B 135 119 1063.2 620 255 361 4 91 .994 10.8 12.2 6.8 1.2 5.6 4 5.21 4.56 .981 5.19 4.44
1991 DET AL 34 DH 3
1992 DET AL 35 2B 119 112 978.1 577 256 312 9 72 .984 1.3 1.6 2.3 1.2 1.1 -1 5.23 4.77 .983 5.25 4.60
1992 DET AL 35 DH 10
1993 DET AL 36 2B 110 97 864.0 569 236 322 11 75 .981 -1.1 -1.5 0.9 4.5 -3.6 -2 5.81 5.07 .981 5.15 4.54
1994 DET AL 37 2B 83 73 641.2 394 136 246 12 44 .970 -1.6 -3.0 0.4 0.6 -0.2 -2 5.36 4.60 .981 5.10 4.48
1994 DET AL 37 DH 5
1995 DET AL 38 2B 63 53 452.2 274 107 163 4 32 .985 -5.7 -15.1 -4.7 -6.6 1.9 -1 5.37 4.29 .981 5.11 4.34
1995 DET AL 38 DH 8
19 Seasons 2B 2308 2146 19069.0 11613 4771 6653 189 1527 .984 76.8 4.8 69.8 4.7 65.0 7 5.39 4.95 .981 5.29 4.59
8 Seasons DH 32
19 Seasons TOT 2308 2146 19069.0 11613 4771 6653 189 1527 .984 76.8 4.8 69.8 4.7 65.0 7 5.39 4.95 .965 5.29 4.59
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1977 DET AL 20 11 9 11 9 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1978 DET AL 21 139 124 139 137 0 0 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4
1979 DET AL 22 127 114 127 126 0 0 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2
1980 DET AL 23 145 130 145 143 0 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2
1981 DET AL 24 109 104 109 108 0 0 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1982 DET AL 25 152 144 152 149 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1983 DET AL 26 161 151 161 160 0 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1984 DET AL 27 143 131 143 142 0 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1985 DET AL 28 152 146 152 150 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1986 DET AL 29 144 136 144 141 0 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1987 DET AL 30 149 146 149 149 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1988 DET AL 31 115 103 115 110 0 0 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1989 DET AL 32 148 138 148 145 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0
1990 DET AL 33 132 117 132 131 0 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1991 DET AL 34 138 122 138 135 0 0 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14 0
1992 DET AL 35 130 117 130 119 0 0 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 12 0
1993 DET AL 36 119 97 119 110 0 0 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1994 DET AL 37 92 78 92 83 0 0 0 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 13 0
1995 DET AL 38 84 61 84 63 0 0 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 23 0
19 Seasons 2390 2168 2390 2310 0 0 0 2310 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 171 10
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1977 DET AL 20 360 59% 75% 19% 24 100% 0 17 7 6 4 18 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1978 DET AL 21 4906 53% 81% 28% 523 96% 0 302 110 138 54 459 396 50 0 3 17 3 11 3 11 95 31 20 26 4 86 31 54 8 6 2
1979 DET AL 22 4523 55% 78% 26% 404 97% 2 279 88 129 62 371 319 46 0 2 9 0 9 0 8 103 33 20 29 6 97 35 60 3 3 0
1980 DET AL 23 5377 53% 80% 25% 525 96% 0 340 135 154 51 435 367 57 0 8 11 0 9 2 7 95 28 24 29 2 88 31 56 6 2 4
1981 DET AL 24 3956 51% 79% 29% 415 96% 4 229 83 119 27 358 309 38 4 4 9 2 6 1 6 77 18 17 26 4 69 30 39 4 2 2
1982 DET AL 25 5610 53% 79% 28% 521 97% 1 324 105 175 44 469 390 66 0 9 9 1 8 0 7 114 33 21 35 4 97 39 57 16 8 7
1983 DET AL 26 5907 50% 77% 26% 521 96% 2 299 117 138 44 451 390 48 0 3 13 1 11 1 11 93 27 28 21 3 84 24 59 6 4 0
1984 DET AL 27 5112 48% 77% 25% 465 97% 1 292 102 162 28 402 365 33 0 4 15 0 14 1 13 82 30 19 19 5 76 24 52 5 4 1
1985 DET AL 28 5712 50% 76% 25% 466 98% 1 311 116 151 44 411 349 48 2 9 11 1 8 2 8 102 27 19 28 2 89 30 57 11 4 4
1986 DET AL 29 5275 57% 77% 29% 465 94% 3 276 90 143 43 418 358 48 2 3 11 1 10 0 9 98 27 17 33 7 87 39 48 9 5 4
1987 DET AL 30 5634 52% 76% 28% 468 94% 1 281 88 158 35 414 358 47 1 12 17 0 15 2 14 101 36 14 34 4 94 38 55 4 1 2
1988 DET AL 31 3981 53% 78% 30% 353 94% 1 212 82 99 32 284 246 29 0 5 8 0 5 3 6 51 15 9 17 3 46 20 26 3 1 2
1989 DET AL 32 5445 58% 76% 30% 459 94% 0 331 106 164 61 391 334 45 0 9 11 0 10 1 11 101 34 17 24 6 88 31 55 10 5 5
1990 DET AL 33 4793 61% 77% 30% 409 98% 0 281 91 142 49 373 327 40 0 7 6 1 4 1 4 97 39 16 27 2 87 31 56 8 2 5
1991 DET AL 34 4757 60% 79% 30% 450 87% 0 254 87 107 60 362 305 50 0 3 4 0 3 1 3 91 32 15 27 2 79 30 49 10 6 4
1992 DET AL 35 4457 58% 80% 31% 419 85% 0 256 93 109 54 312 270 32 0 8 9 0 7 2 7 72 24 10 22 1 62 24 37 8 2 4
1993 DET AL 36 3939 57% 78% 32% 382 95% 0 236 84 118 34 321 281 35 0 5 11 1 9 1 8 74 25 12 23 1 67 26 41 3 2 1
1994 DET AL 37 3001 52% 78% 31% 291 95% 0 134 57 59 18 246 208 32 0 1 12 0 7 5 9 44 14 2 16 2 39 19 19 4 3 1
1995 DET AL 38 2111 51% 79% 34% 197 94% 3 106 40 46 20 162 142 17 0 2 4 1 1 2 1 32 13 4 12 0 31 12 17 1 1 0
19 Seasons 84856 54% 78% 28% 7757 95% 19 4760 1681 2317 764 6657 5729 764 9 97 187 12 147 28 143 1524 487 284 449 58 1368 515 838 119 61 48
MLB Averages 57% 78% 29% 93%
PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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