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Len Whitehouse

Leonard Joseph Whitehouse

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 10, 1957 in Burlington, VT
Signed by the Texas Rangers as an amateur free agent in 1976. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1981
Teams (by GP): Twins/Rangers 1981-1985

Final Game: June 24, 1985
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1977	19	TEX-min	Rk,A	3	5	.375	5.17	16	5		0	0	1	47.0	60	45	27	2	27	1	30	1	0	4			1.851	11.5	0.4	5.2	5.7	1.11	RGS,AVL · GULF,WCRS
1978	20	TEX-min	A	6	6	.500	4.30	32	8					92.0	89	60	44	7	57								1.587	8.7	0.7	5.6			AVL · WCRS
1979	21	TEX-min	AA	5	7	.417	5.65	25	14		4	1	0	102.0	126	75	64	7	45	2	79	1	0	11			1.676	11.1	0.6	4.0	7.0	1.76	TUL · TL
1980	22	TEX-min	AAA,AA	11	11	.500	4.65	29	24		3	1	0	147.0	162	97	76	9	59	6	102	2	1	2			1.503	9.9	0.6	3.6	6.2	1.73	CHL,TUL · IL,TL
1981	23	TEX-min	AAA	6	5	.545	3.86	20	15	1	3	0	0	105.0	106	51	45	12	39	0	59	2	0	3			1.381	9.1	1.0	3.3	5.1	1.51	WCH · AA
1981	23	TEX	AL	0	1	.000	16.20	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	8	7	6	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	20	24	3.000	21.6	2.7	5.4	5.4	1.00

1982	24	TEX-min	AAA	4	8	.333	6.30	30	20	1	1	1	0	121.1	146	97	85	14	45	1	65	3	0	0			1.574	10.8	1.0	3.3	4.8	1.44	DEN · AA
1983	25	MIN	AL	7	1	.875	4.15	60	0	27	0	0	2	73.2	70	34	34	6	44	11	44	2	0	6	324	103	1.548	8.6	0.7	5.4	5.4	1.00
1984	26	MIN-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	4	0	4	0	0	1	4.1	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0			1.154	10.4	0.0	0.0	6.2		TOL · IL
1984	26	MIN	AL	2	2	.500	3.16	30	0	10	0	0	1	31.1	29	11	11	3	17	3	18	2	0	2	136	134	1.468	8.3	0.9	4.9	5.2	1.06
1985	27	MIN-min	AAA	2	4	.333	5.62	37	1	17	0	0	4	64.0	69	48	40	7	34	2	30	3	2	2			1.609	9.7	1.0	4.8	4.2	0.88	TOL · IL
1985	27	MIN	AL	0	0		11.05	5	0	2	0	0	1	7.1	12	9	9	4	2	0	4	0	0	1	36	41	1.909	14.7	4.9	2.5	4.9	2.00
1986	28	DET-min	AA	3	2	.600	4.45	15	0	6	0	0	1	30.1	35	19	15	0	16	4	28	1	0	1			1.681	10.4	0.0	4.7	8.3	1.75	GLF · EL
4 Yrs				9	4	.692	4.67	97	1	39	0	0	4	115.2	119	61	60	14	65	14	68	4	0	9	516	91	1.591	9.3	1.1	5.1	5.3	1.05
162 Game Avg.				6	3	.692	4.67	67	1	27	0	0	3	80	83	42	42	10	45	10	47	3	0	6	358	91	1.591	9.3	1.1	5.1	5.3	1.05

MIN (3 yrs)				9	3	.750	4.33	95	0	39	0	0	4	112.1	111	54	54	13	63	14	66	4	0	9	496	99	1.549	8.9	1.0	5.0	5.3	1.05
TEX (1 yr)				0	1	.000	16.20	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	8	7	6	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	20	24	3.000	21.6	2.7	5.4	5.4	1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1981	23	TEX	AL	3.1	2	1	7	18.90	3.66	0.49	-0.09	88.0	2.72	-6	-0.5	1.1	-0.0	-0.5	-6	.250	.497	$

1983	25	MIN	AL	73.2	60	0	34	4.15	4.68	0.08	-0.37	104.0	4.39	2	0.2	1.5	-0.1	0.8	10	.503	.501	$
1984	26	MIN	AL	31.1	30	0	11	3.16	4.73	0.63	-0.38	104.5	3.89	3	0.3	1.4	0.0	0.6	6	.509	.502	$
1985	27	MIN	AL	7.1	5	0	9	11.05	4.27	0.27	-0.33	105.5	3.87	-6	-0.5	1.1	-0.0	-0.5	-5	.391	.497	$
4 Seasons				115.2	97	1	61	4.75	4.64	0.25	-0.36	103.8	4.18	-7	-0.6	1.4	-0.1	0.4	5	.494	.499	$

MIN (3 yrs)				112.1	95	0	54	4.33	4.67	0.25	-0.37	104.2	4.22	-1	-0.1	1.4	-0.1	0.9	10	.499	.500	$
TEX (1 yr)				3.1	2	1	7	18.90	3.66	0.49	-0.09	88.0	2.72	-6	-0.5	1.1	-0.0	-0.5	-6	.250	.497	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1981	23	TEX	AL	2	20	16	7	8	0	0	1	3	0	2	2	.500	.526	.688	1.214	.500	11	0	0	1	1	0	0

1983	25	MIN	AL	60	324	268	34	70	11	2	6	8	3	44	44	.261	.365	.384	.749	.288	103	7	2	6	4	11	1
1984	26	MIN	AL	30	136	114	11	29	7	0	3	2	1	17	18	.254	.361	.395	.756	.280	45	5	2	3	0	3	0
1985	27	MIN	AL	5	36	34	9	12	1	1	4	1	0	2	4	.353	.389	.794	1.183	.308	27	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				97	516	432	61	119	19	3	14	14	4	65	68	.275	.372	.431	.802	.296	186	12	4	10	5	14	1
162 Game Avg.				67	358	300	42	83	13	2	10	10	3	45	47	.275	.372	.431	.802	.296	129	8	3	7	3	10	1
MLB Averages																.259	.323	.386	.709	.283

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1981	23	TEX	AL	-5.0	-0.5	22	-0.4	0.1	-0.6	.80	-0.4	-0.2	-6.1	-0.6	0.80	-3.9	0	1	0

1983	25	MIN	AL	2.7	0.3	340	0.9	6.3	-5.3	1.09	-0.4	1.2	-5.2	-0.5	1.09	-1.0	21	13	20
1984	26	MIN	AL	4.1	0.4	141	-0.2	2.4	-2.6	1.16	0.2	-0.3	4.8	0.5	1.16	2.0	12	5	13
1985	27	MIN	AL	-4.6	-0.4	38	0.1	0.4	-0.3	.64	-0.4	0.6	-5.2	-0.5	0.64	-5.7	2	0	3
4 Yrs				-2.7	-0.2	541	0.5	9.3	-8.8	1.06	-1.0	1.4	-11.6	-1.1	1.06	-8.5	35	19	36

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1981	23	TEX	AL	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	29.0	29	29	2	0	0	1	2.0	0.0	1.7
1 Yr				2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	29	29	29	2	0	0	1	2.0	0.0	1.7
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	98	-12					4.3	4.3	6.2

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1981	23	TEX	AL	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	1	50%	3	.799	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	5.0

1983	25	MIN	AL	60	60	27	7	1	3	2	1	67%	10	7	65	24	37%	8	1.087	21	13	20	12	14	34	42	18	22	25	32	17	3.7
1984	26	MIN	AL	30	30	10	2	2	4	1	3	25%	9	5	29	6	21%	8	1.159	12	5	13	10	3	17	20	10	8	14	15	8	3.1
1985	27	MIN	AL	5	5	2	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	7	3	43%	7	.640	2	0	3	1	0	4	4	1	3	1	5	0	4.4
4 Yrs				97	96	39	9	3	8	4	4	50%	20	12	103	34	33%		1.064	35	19	36	23	17	56	67	29	34	40	53	25	3.6

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1981	23	TEX	AL	20	20%	5.0%	10.0%	10.0%	5.0%	13%	3.00	70%	6	0	0%

1983	25	MIN	AL	324	32%	1.9%	13.6%	13.6%	5.9%	27%	1.04	69%	69	7	10%
1984	26	MIN	AL	136	49%	2.2%	13.2%	12.5%	7.4%	35%	1.27	68%	32	5	16%
1985	27	MIN	AL	36	25%	11.1%	11.1%	5.6%	16.7%	50%	0.50	72%	8	0	0%
4 Yrs				516	35%	2.7%	13.2%	12.6%	7.0%	30%	1.08	69%	115	12	10%
MLB Averages					42%	2.1%	13.5%	8.4%	6.6%	29%	1.08	75%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1981	23	TEX	AL	20	8			1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	1	2	33%	0	0	0	10	3	0	100%	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

1983	25	MIN	AL	324	70			6	1	7	5	1	5	1	25	13	6	52%	1	6	0	141	8	3	73%	6	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	11	0
1984	26	MIN	AL	136	29			3	0	2	2	1	2	1	10	4	2	40%	0	2	0	61	2	1	67%	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1985	27	MIN	AL	36	12			4	0	1	4	0	3	1	2	2	0	100%	0	1	0	15	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4 Yrs				516	119			14	1	10	11	3	11	3	40	20	10	50%	1	9	0	227	14	4	78%	9	3	5	0	0	1	1	1	17	0
MLB Averages																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1981	23	0	1	.000	16.20	2	1	0	0	3.1	8	7	6	1	2	0	2	0	0	20	24	3.000	21.6	2.7	5.4	5.4	1.00	24
1982	24	0	1	.000	16.20	2	1	0	0	3.1	8	7	6	1	2	0	2	0	0	20	24	3.000	21.6	2.7	5.4	5.4	1.00	24
1983	25	7	2	.778	4.68	62	1	27	2	77.0	78	41	40	7	46	11	46	2	6	344	91	1.610	9.1	0.8	5.4	5.4	1.00	91
1984	26	9	4	.692	4.24	92	1	37	3	108.1	107	52	51	10	63	14	64	4	8	480	100	1.569	8.9	0.8	5.2	5.3	1.02	100
1985	27	9	4	.692	4.67	97	1	39	4	115.2	119	61	60	14	65	14	68	4	9	516	91	1.591	9.3	1.1	5.1	5.3	1.05	91

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1981	23	0	0		24.75	4.0	14	12	11	2	4	2	0	4.500	31.5	9.0	4.5	0.50	4.5	2

1983	25	3	4	.429	4.57	69.0	71	39	35	6	45	41	2	1.681	9.3	5.9	5.3	0.91	0.8	60
1984	26	2	1	.667	3.41	29.0	29	12	11	3	17	17	2	1.586	9.0	5.3	5.3	1.00	0.9	30
1985	27	0	0		11.57	7.0	12	10	9	4	2	4	0	2.000	15.4	2.6	5.1	2.00	5.1	5
4 Yrs		5	5	.500	5.45	109.0	126	73	66	15	68	64	4	1.780	10.4		5.3	0.94	1.2	97

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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