Ed Whitson
Eddie Lee Whitson
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 19, 1955 in Johnson City, TN
High School: Unicoi County (Erwin, TN)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 6th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1977
Final Game: September 29, 1991
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1977 PIT NL 22 P 5 1 15.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.15 0.40 .950 1.84 0.68
1978 PIT NL 23 P 43 0 74.0 12 3 8 1 0 .917 1.34 0.26 .950 1.91 0.72
1979 TOT NL 24 P 37 24 158.0 27 4 21 2 2 .926 1.42 0.68 .952 1.80 0.66
1979 PIT NL 24 P 19 7 57.2 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 1.25 0.42 .950 1.79 0.66
1979 SFG NL 24 P 18 17 100.1 19 2 15 2 1 .895 1.52 0.94 .953 1.80 0.66
1980 SFG NL 25 P 34 34 211.2 38 8 27 3 0 .921 1.49 1.03 .953 1.91 0.69 AS
1981 SFG NL 26 P 22 22 123.0 24 10 11 3 1 .875 1.54 0.95 .962 1.97 0.68
1982 CLE AL 27 P 40 9 107.2 12 4 8 0 0 1.000 1.00 0.30 .958 1.80 0.73
1983 SDP NL 28 P 31 21 144.1 10 4 6 0 0 1.000 0.62 0.32 .950 1.92 0.68
1984 SDP NL 29 P 31 31 189.0 46 11 35 0 3 1.000 2.19 1.48 .952 1.88 0.67
1985 NYY AL 30 P 30 30 158.2 27 8 16 3 3 .889 1.36 0.80 .956 1.86 0.70
1986 TOT MLB 31 P 31 16 112.2 27 7 18 2 1 .926 2.00 0.81 .956 1.90 0.67
1986 NYY AL 31 P 14 4 37.0 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.46 0.43 .950 1.82 0.68
1986 SDP NL 31 P 17 12 75.2 21 6 13 2 1 .905 2.26 1.12 .957 1.94 0.66
1987 SDP NL 32 P 36 34 205.2 34 14 19 1 0 .971 1.44 0.92 .953 1.91 0.62
1988 SDP NL 33 P 34 33 205.1 44 10 30 4 2 .909 1.75 1.18 .957 1.96 0.69
1989 SDP NL 34 P 33 33 227.0 41 17 22 2 1 .951 1.55 1.18 .946 1.87 0.63
1990 SDP NL 35 P 32 32 228.2 60 18 42 0 3 1.000 2.36 1.88 .955 1.80 0.58
1991 SDP NL 36 P 13 12 78.2 14 5 9 0 0 1.000 1.60 1.08 .950 1.86 0.59
15 Seasons P 452 332 2240.0 418 123 274 21 16 .950 1.60 0.88 .954 1.88 0.67
15 Seasons TOT 452 332 2240.0 418 123 274 21 16 .950 1.60 0.88 .903 1.88 0.67
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% 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 PIT NL 22 5 1 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 PIT NL 23 43 0 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 PIT NL 24 19 7 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 SFG NL 24 18 17 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 SFG NL 25 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 SFG NL 26 22 22 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 CLE AL 27 40 0 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 SDP NL 28 31 21 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 SDP NL 29 36 31 36 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
1985 NYY AL 30 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 SDP NL 31 17 12 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 NYY AL 31 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 SDP NL 32 36 34 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 SDP NL 33 34 33 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 SDP NL 34 36 33 36 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1990 SDP NL 35 33 32 33 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1991 SDP NL 36 13 12 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 461 289 377 452 452 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1977 PIT NL 22 68 72% 22% 5 60% 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1978 PIT NL 23 331 69% 23% 10 90% 1 2 0 2 9 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1979 PIT NL 24 277 75% 26% 7 86% 0 1 0 0 7 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1979 SFG NL 24 467 78% 29% 19 89% 1 3 1 0 16 14 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 100%
1980 SFG NL 25 941 84% 29% 29 83% 0 8 0 5 26 20 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1981 SFG NL 26 558 80% 24% 16 69% 0 10 0 9 10 9 1 3 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1982 CLE AL 27 489 76% 19% 12 58% 0 4 0 2 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 75%
1983 SDP NL 28 641 79% 20% 8 75% 0 3 0 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1984 SDP NL 29 804 81% 23% 31 100% 0 10 0 7 34 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 5 100%
1985 NYY AL 30 717 81% 24% 19 79% 0 8 1 7 16 12 2 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 2 1 5 80%
1986 SDP NL 31 353 76% 28% 16 88% 0 6 2 3 13 11 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 4 100%
1986 NYY AL 31 194 74% 24% 5 100% 0 1 0 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1987 SDP NL 32 891 77% 29% 19 95% 1 14 0 13 19 16 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 75%
1988 SDP NL 33 865 81% 34% 31 87% 0 10 0 9 29 24 2 4 0 1 3 2 2 1 2 0 6 100%
1989 SDP NL 34 934 82% 34% 29 83% 0 17 1 15 22 19 1 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 6 67%
1990 SDP NL 35 944 81% 33% 48 94% 1 18 2 13 42 34 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 11 82%
1991 SDP NL 36 348 84% 36% 9 89% 0 5 0 5 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
15 Seasons 9822 80% 28% 313 86% 4 120 7 94 274 225 14 20 2 8 10 11 16 11 13 3 65 88%
MLB Averages 78% 28% 91% 88%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* 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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