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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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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1977 20 DET AL 11 37 32 5 8 1 0 0 2 2 2 4 6 .250 .333 .281 .615 67 9 0 0 1 0 0 /4
1978 21 DET AL 139 567 484 71 138 12 7 3 58 7 7 61 65 .285 .361 .357 .718 101 173 9 1 13 8 0 *4/D RoY-1
1979 22 DET AL 127 520 423 75 121 14 8 3 42 20 10 78 66 .286 .395 .378 .774 108 160 10 1 14 4 2 *4
1980 23 DET AL 145 568 477 68 111 19 1 1 45 8 4 73 79 .233 .331 .283 .614 69 135 9 0 12 6 0 *4
1981 24 DET AL 109 382 335 48 88 14 4 5 36 5 3 40 42 .263 .340 .373 .714 103 125 5 1 3 3 3 *4
1982 25 DET AL 152 619 560 76 160 22 8 15 65 11 3 48 58 .286 .341 .434 .775 112 243 8 1 6 4 4 *4/D
1983 26 DET AL 161 720 643 94 206 40 6 12 72 17 10 67 70 .320 .380 .457 .837 133 294 9 0 2 8 8 *4 AS,MVP-8,GG,SS
1984 27 DET AL 143 629 558 90 161 25 1 13 56 6 5 62 63 .289 .357 .407 .764 112 227 9 0 4 5 5 *4 AS,GG,SS
1985 28 DET AL 152 701 609 102 170 29 8 21 73 6 4 80 56 .279 .362 .456 .819 123 278 3 2 5 5 9 *4 AS,GG,SS
1986 29 DET AL 144 651 584 95 157 26 6 20 73 13 8 63 70 .269 .338 .437 .775 110 255 20 0 0 4 5 *4 AS
1987 30 DET AL 149 684 604 110 160 38 6 16 59 13 5 71 108 .265 .341 .427 .768 106 258 5 1 4 4 2 *4 AS,SS
1988 31 DET AL 115 477 403 54 111 18 2 12 55 2 0 66 61 .275 .376 .419 .795 126 169 8 0 6 2 5 *4
1989 32 DET AL 148 611 509 77 128 21 1 28 85 6 3 89 59 .251 .361 .462 .822 133 235 7 3 1 9 6 *4/D
1990 33 DET AL 132 552 472 75 112 22 2 18 60 8 2 74 71 .237 .338 .407 .744 107 192 10 0 1 5 7 *4/D
1991 34 DET AL 138 572 470 94 131 26 2 23 78 4 2 90 45 .279 .391 .489 .881 141 230 3 2 2 8 6 *4/D
1992 35 DET AL 130 544 453 77 126 26 0 19 71 6 4 81 46 .278 .386 .461 .847 136 209 9 1 5 4 5 *4D
1993 36 DET AL 119 476 383 72 111 32 1 9 67 3 3 78 46 .290 .412 .449 .861 133 172 5 4 7 4 4 *4
1994 37 DET AL 92 372 322 67 97 21 2 12 43 2 0 41 47 .301 .377 .491 .867 121 158 8 1 3 5 4 *4/D
1995 38 DET AL 84 285 249 36 73 14 0 14 44 4 0 31 41 .293 .372 .518 .890 129 129 6 2 0 3 4 4/D
19 Seasons 2390 9967 8570 1386 2369 420 65 244 1084 143 75 1197 1099 .276 .363 .426 .789 116 3651 143 20 89 91 79
162 Game Avg. 162 676 581 94 161 28 4 17 73 10 5 81 74 .276 .363 .426 .789 116 247 10 1 6 6 5
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1984 27 DET AL ALCS KCR W 3 14 14 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 2 0 0 0 0 0
1984 27 DET AL WS SDP W 5 23 18 6 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 .278 .409 .389 .798 7 1 0 1 0 0
1987 30 DET AL ALCS MIN L 5 24 17 4 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 7 3 .176 .417 .353 .770 6 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 13 61 49 13 10 2 0 1 1 1 0 11 10 .204 .350 .306 .656 15 1 0 1 0 0
2 ALCS 8 38 31 7 5 0 0 1 1 1 0 7 6 .161 .316 .258 .574 8 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 5 23 18 6 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 .278 .409 .389 .798 7 1 0 1 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
2001 BBWAA ( 2.9%)

All-Star Games
1983 *
1984 (2B)
1985 (2B)
1986 (2B)
1987

Awards (yr lg award)
1978 AL Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1983 AL (8, 21%)
0.21 Career Shares (713th)

Gold Gloves
1983 AL (2B)
1984 AL (2B)
1985 AL (2B)
All multiple winners

Silver Sluggers
1983 AL (2B)
1984 AL (2B)
1985 AL (2B)
1987 AL (2B)
All multiple winners

Batting Average s c a p y
1983 AL  .320 (3rd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1979 AL  .395 (8th)
1991 AL  .391 (10th)
1992 AL  .386 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1981 AL  109 (1st)
1983 AL  161 (4th)
Career  2390 (78th)

At Bats s c a p y
1983 AL  643 (3rd)
Career  8570 (91st)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1983 AL  720 (2nd)
1985 AL  701 (9th)
1987 AL  684 (10th)
Career  9967 (75th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1985 AL  102 (10th)
1987 AL  110 (3rd)
Career  1386 (90th)

Hits s c a p y
1983 AL  206 (3rd)
Career  2369 (119th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1983 AL  294 (7th)
Career  3651 (121st)

Doubles s c a p y
1983 AL  40 (7th)
1987 AL  38 (3rd)
Career  420 (130th)

Triples s c a p y
1979 AL  8 (10th)
1982 AL  8 (8th)
1985 AL  8 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1989 AL  28 (7th)
Career  244 (204th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
Career  1084 (199th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1989 AL  89 (7th)
1991 AL  90 (7th)
Career  1197 (55th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career  1099 (177th)

Singles s c a p y
1983 AL  148 (2nd)
Career  1640 (129th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1989 AL  133 (9th)
1991 AL  141 (10th)
1992 AL  136 (10th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1983 AL  114 (5th)
1985 AL  107 (9th)
Career  1395 (102nd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1983 AL  31 (9th)
Career  227 (207th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1983 AL  3.1 (9th)
Career  22.2 (219th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
Career  729 (140th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1983 AL  273 (2nd)
1985 AL  252 (9th)
Career  3586 (82nd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1991 AL  .716 (8th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1979 AL  14 (6th)
1980 AL  12 (8th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1978 AL  8 (9th)
1983 AL  8 (7th)
1989 AL  9 (9th)
Career  91 (49th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
Career  79 (174th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1986 AL  20 (3rd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1983 AL  10 (9th)
Career  75 (237th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
Career  180.3 (108th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1989 AL  18.2 (7th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1987 AL  462 (9th)
Career  6599 (79th)

Youngest s c a p y
1977 AL  born 1957-05-12 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (725), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 31 (754), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 92 (172), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 43 (126), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Alan Trammell (868)
  3. Roberto Alomar (857)
  4. Buddy Bell (850)
  5. Joe Morgan (849) *
  6. Joe Torre (846)
  7. Ray Durham (845)
  8. Brian Downing (843)
  9. Barry Larkin (841)
  10. Julio Franco (834)
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  2. Rod Carew (972) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Willie Randolph (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  6. Rennie Stennett (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Rennie Stennett (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ray Durham (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ray Durham (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ray Durham (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Ray Durham (919)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Jim Fregosi (904)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Toby Harrah (905)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Joe Morgan (905) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Joe Morgan (909) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Joe Morgan (910) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Joe Morgan (908) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Joe Morgan (911) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 3, 1975: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 5th round of the 1975 amateur draft.

November 2, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

November 7, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Detroit Tigers$670,000
1986Detroit Tigers$670,000
1987Detroit Tigers$420,000
1988Detroit Tigers$975,000
1989Detroit Tigers$1,025,000
1990Detroit Tigers$1,800,000
1991Detroit Tigers$2,000,000
1992Detroit Tigers$2,200,000
1993Detroit Tigers$3,433,333
1994Detroit Tigers$2,783,333
1995Detroit Tigers$3,783,334
Career (may be incomplete)$19,760,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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