Steve Whitaker
Stephen Edward Whitaker
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 187 lb.

Born: May 7, 1943 in Tacoma, WA
High School: Lincoln (Tacoma, WA)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 23, 1966
Final Game: May 9, 1970
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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 Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1966 NYY AL 23 OF 31 30 272.1 67 61 3 3 0 .955 -0.1 -0.4 -0.1 -2.1 1.9 0 2.12 2.06 .982 2.10 1.82
1966 NYY AL 23 CF 20 17 156.2 46 43 2 1 0 .978 0.2 1.5 0.2 -0.6 0.8 0 2.59 2.25 .987 2.52 2.09
1966 NYY AL 23 RF 10 10 81.2 14 11 1 2 0 .857 -1.3 -19.1 -1.3 -1.1 -0.2 0 1.32 1.20 .979 1.94 1.69
1966 NYY AL 23 LF 4 3 34.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.0 35.3 1.0 -0.4 1.3 0 2.38 2.25 .978 1.83 1.45
1967 NYY AL 24 OF 114 108 1014.0 218 202 12 4 6 .982 -2.7 -3.2 -5.7 -7.5 1.7 3 1.90 1.88 .980 2.05 1.76
1967 NYY AL 24 RF 78 74 677.0 133 120 10 3 5 .977 -4.0 -7.1 -6.0 -5.4 -0.6 2 1.73 1.67 .981 1.82 1.56
1967 NYY AL 24 LF 26 23 235.0 61 57 3 1 1 .984 3.7 18.9 2.7 -0.5 3.1 1 2.30 2.31 .975 1.87 1.40
1967 NYY AL 24 CF 12 11 102.0 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 -2.4 -28.2 -2.4 -1.6 -0.8 0 2.12 2.00 .979 2.47 2.08
1968 NYY AL 25 OF 14 14 124.0 24 20 2 2 0 .917 0.4 3.9 -1.6 -1.2 -0.5 2 1.60 1.57 .983 2.08 1.80
1968 NYY AL 25 CF 7 6 61.0 16 14 0 2 0 .875 0.2 3.9 0.2 -0.2 0.3 0 2.07 2.00 .988 2.52 2.26
1968 NYY AL 25 LF 6 6 51.0 7 5 2 0 0 1.000 0.5 11.8 -1.5 -1.0 -0.5 2 1.24 1.17 .971 1.85 1.45
1968 NYY AL 25 RF 2 2 12.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -30.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 1.50 1.00 1.000 1.88 1.55
1969 SEP AL 26 OF 39 27 250.0 52 45 5 2 0 .962 -1.3 -6.2 -0.3 -0.5 0.2 -1 1.80 1.28 .979 2.13 1.84
1969 SEP AL 26 LF 22 12 108.0 23 21 2 0 0 1.000 0.3 3.3 0.3 -0.6 0.9 0 1.92 1.05 .978 1.99 1.60
1969 SEP AL 26 RF 18 15 142.0 31 26 3 2 0 .935 -1.6 -13.5 -0.6 0.1 -0.7 -1 1.84 1.61 .974 1.91 1.60
1970 SFG NL 27 LF 10 4 52.1 8 7 0 1 0 .875 -0.9 -20.6 -0.9 0.0 -1.0 0 1.20 0.70 .975 1.75 1.38
1970 SFG NL 27 OF 9 4 52.1 7 6 0 1 0 .857 -0.9 -20.6 -0.9 0.0 -1.0 0 1.03 0.67 .986 2.06 1.78
5 Seasons OF 207 183 1712.2 368 334 22 12 6 .967 -4.6 -3.2 -8.6 -11.3 2.3 4 1.87 1.72 .980 2.07 1.79
4 Seasons RF 108 101 912.2 180 159 14 7 5 .961 -7.2 -9.5 -8.2 -6.4 -1.8 1 1.71 1.60 .980 1.85 1.58
5 Seasons LF 68 48 480.1 108 99 7 2 1 .981 4.6 11.5 1.6 -2.5 3.8 3 1.99 1.56 .976 1.88 1.47
3 Seasons CF 39 34 319.2 86 81 2 3 0 .965 -2.0 -7.5 -2.0 -2.4 0.3 0 2.34 2.13 .985 2.51 2.12
5 Seasons TOT 207 183 1712.2 368 334 22 12 6 .967 -4.6 -3.2 -8.6 -11.3 2.3 4 1.87 1.72 .948 2.07 1.79
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof 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
1966 NYY AL 23 31 30 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 20 10 31 0 0
1967 NYY AL 24 122 108 122 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 12 78 114 11 1
1968 NYY AL 25 28 14 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 2 14 14 0
1969 SEP AL 26 69 27 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 18 39 30 1
1970 SFG NL 27 16 4 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 9 7 0
5 Seasons 266 183 266 266 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 39 108 207 62 2
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 -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1966 NYY AL 23 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 2 1 25.0% 0 355 60% 74% 23% 20 60%
1967 NYY AL 24 3 0 3 0 1 10 0 3 0 5 33 14 1 19 3 2 10 7 0 10 1 1 6 4 1 78 29 37.2% 44 5 6.4% 5 2919 66% 77% 24% 254 50%
1968 NYY AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 59 44% 85% 17% 3 67%
1969 SEP AL 26 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 11 2 1 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 21 7 33.3% 13 1 4.8% 2 652 58% 77% 22% 61 44%
4 Seasons 7 0 7 0 2 14 0 4 1 6 47 17 2 21 3 2 14 8 1 10 1 1 12 9 1 104 38 36.5% 59 7 6.7% 7 3985 64% 77% 23% 338 49%
MLB Averages 41.1% 3.2% 62% 76% 25% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1966 NYY AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 141 83% 72% 27% 19 47%
1967 NYY AL 24 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 10 8 0 7 0 1 4 4 0 3 0 1 2 1 0 26 13 50.0% 11 2 7.7% 1 974 62% 79% 28% 126 47%
1968 NYY AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 4 4 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75.0% 1 1 12.5% 1 207 66% 79% 20% 21 33%
1969 SEP AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 12 8 66.7% 4 0 0.0% 2 486 56% 74% 22% 51 45%
1970 SFG NL 27 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 243 58% 74% 23% 16 44%
5 Seasons 2 0 2 0 1 7 0 2 2 3 22 20 0 14 2 2 9 7 0 3 0 1 6 5 0 54 34 63.0% 17 3 5.6% 4 2051 62% 77% 25% 233 45%
MLB Averages 57.0% 2.9% 62% 76% 25% 46%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1966 NYY AL 23 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 8 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 15 4 26.7% 11 0 0.0% 2 673 63% 77% 23% 72 63%
1967 NYY AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 12 6 50.0% 6 0 0.0% 0 459 69% 77% 21% 45 53%
1968 NYY AL 25 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 3 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 241 54% 82% 25% 26 54%
3 Seasons 3 0 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 8 5 0 10 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 8 5 0 30 13 43.3% 17 0 0.0% 2 1373 63% 78% 23% 143 58%
MLB Averages 40.1% 2.1% 62% 76% 25% 55%

* 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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