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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 Pitching

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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 22 PIT NL 1 0 1.000 3.45 5 2 1 0 0 0 15.2 11 6 6 0 9 1 10 0 0 0 66 115 1.277 6.3 0.0 5.2 5.7 1.11
1978 23 PIT NL 5 6 .455 3.27 43 0 14 0 0 4 74.1 66 31 27 5 37 5 64 2 0 1 318 114 1.386 8.0 0.6 4.5 7.7 1.73
1979 24 TOT NL 7 11 .389 4.10 37 24 5 2 0 1 158.0 151 83 72 11 75 9 93 5 2 5 702 89 1.430 8.6 0.6 4.3 5.3 1.24
1979 24 PIT NL 2 3 .400 4.37 19 7 4 0 0 1 57.2 53 36 28 6 36 3 31 1 1 2 263 90 1.543 8.3 0.9 5.6 4.8 0.86
1979 24 SFG NL 5 8 .385 3.95 18 17 1 2 0 0 100.1 98 47 44 5 39 6 62 4 1 3 439 89 1.365 8.8 0.4 3.5 5.6 1.59
1980 25 SFG NL 11 13 .458 3.10 34 34 0 6 2 0 211.2 222 88 73 7 56 7 90 4 1 1 898 114 1.313 9.4 0.3 2.4 3.8 1.61 AS
1981 26 SFG NL 6 9 .400 4.02 22 22 0 2 1 0 123.0 130 61 55 10 47 5 65 2 2 3 534 85 1.439 9.5 0.7 3.4 4.8 1.38
1982 27 CLE AL 4 2 .667 3.26 40 9 18 1 1 2 107.2 91 43 39 6 58 3 61 0 1 4 467 126 1.384 7.6 0.5 4.8 5.1 1.05
1983 28 SDP NL 5 7 .417 4.30 31 21 4 2 0 1 144.1 143 73 69 23 50 1 81 1 0 2 617 82 1.337 8.9 1.4 3.1 5.1 1.62
1984 29 SDP NL 14 8 .636 3.24 31 31 0 1 0 0 189.0 181 72 68 16 42 1 103 3 1 3 773 111 1.180 8.6 0.8 2.0 4.9 2.45
1985 30 NYY AL 10 8 .556 4.88 30 30 0 2 2 0 158.2 201 100 86 19 43 0 89 2 0 1 705 83 1.538 11.4 1.1 2.4 5.0 2.07
1986 31 TOT MLB 6 9 .400 6.23 31 16 6 0 0 0 112.2 139 85 78 13 60 1 73 0 0 3 526 61 1.766 11.1 1.0 4.8 5.8 1.22
1986 31 NYY AL 5 2 .714 7.54 14 4 6 0 0 0 37.0 54 37 31 5 23 1 27 0 0 2 189 54 2.081 13.1 1.2 5.6 6.6 1.17
1986 31 SDP NL 1 7 .125 5.59 17 12 0 0 0 0 75.2 85 48 47 8 37 0 46 0 0 1 337 65 1.612 10.1 1.0 4.4 5.5 1.24
1987 32 SDP NL 10 13 .435 4.73 36 34 0 3 1 0 205.2 197 113 108 36 64 3 135 3 1 2 858 84 1.269 8.6 1.6 2.8 5.9 2.11
1988 33 SDP NL 13 11 .542 3.77 34 33 0 3 1 0 205.1 202 93 86 17 45 1 118 1 2 2 846 91 1.203 8.9 0.7 2.0 5.2 2.62
1989 34 SDP NL 16 11 .593 2.66 33 33 0 5 1 0 227.0 198 77 67 22 48 6 117 5 3 2 914 133 1.084 7.9 0.9 1.9 4.6 2.44
1990 35 SDP NL 14 9 .609 2.60 32 32 0 6 3 0 228.2 215 73 66 13 47 8 127 1 0 2 918 148 1.146 8.5 0.5 1.8 5.0 2.70
1991 36 SDP NL 4 6 .400 5.03 13 12 0 2 0 0 78.2 93 47 44 13 17 3 40 0 1 1 337 75 1.398 10.6 1.5 1.9 4.6 2.35
15 Seasons 126 123 .506 3.79 452 333 48 35 12 8 2240.1 2240 1045 944 211 698 54 1266 29 14 32 9479 97 1.311 9.0 0.8 2.8 5.1 1.81
162 Game Avg. 11 11 .506 3.79 39 29 4 3 1 1 194 194 91 82 18 60 5 110 3 1 3 821 97 1.311 9.0 0.8 2.8 5.1 1.81
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
SDP (8 yrs) 77 72 .517 3.69 227 208 4 22 6 1 1354.1 1314 596 555 148 350 23 767 14 8 15 5600 99 1.229 8.7 1.0 2.3 5.1 2.19
SFG (3 yrs) 22 30 .423 3.56 74 73 1 10 3 0 435.0 450 196 172 22 142 18 217 10 4 7 1871 98 1.361 9.3 0.5 2.9 4.5 1.53
PIT (3 yrs) 8 9 .471 3.72 67 9 19 0 0 5 147.2 130 73 61 11 82 9 105 3 1 3 647 103 1.436 7.9 0.7 5.0 6.4 1.28
NYY (2 yrs) 15 10 .600 5.38 44 34 6 2 2 0 195.2 255 137 117 24 66 1 116 2 0 3 894 75 1.641 11.7 1.1 3.0 5.3 1.76
CLE (1 yr) 4 2 .667 3.26 40 9 18 1 1 2 107.2 91 43 39 6 58 3 61 0 1 4 467 126 1.384 7.6 0.5 4.8 5.1 1.05
NL (13 yrs) 107 111 .491 3.66 368 290 24 32 9 6 1937.0 1894 865 788 181 574 50 1089 27 13 25 8118 99 1.274 8.8 0.8 2.7 5.1 1.90
AL (3 yrs) 19 12 .613 4.63 84 43 24 3 3 2 303.1 346 180 156 30 124 4 177 2 1 7 1361 88 1.549 10.3 0.9 3.7 5.3 1.43

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1984 29 SDP NL NLCS W CHC 1 0 1.000 1.12 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 5 1 1 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 30 0.875 5.6 0.0 2.3 6.8 3.00
1984 29 SDP NL WS L DET 0 0 40.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.2 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7.500 67.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 Season (2 Series) 1 0 1.000 4.15 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.2 10 4 4 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 37 1.385 10.4 0.0 2.1 6.2 3.00
1 NLCS 1 0 1.000 1.12 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 5 1 1 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 30 0.875 5.6 0.0 2.3 6.8 3.00
1 WS 0 0 40.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.2 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7.500 67.5 0.0 0.0 0.0

Standard Batting

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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 22 PIT NL 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1978 23 PIT NL 43 12 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .182 .182 .182 .364 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
1979 24 TOT NL 37 55 45 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 15 .111 .130 .111 .242 -32 5 0 0 9 0 0 1
1979 24 PIT NL 19 18 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .071 .000 .071 -79 0 0 0 4 0 0 1
1979 24 SFG NL 18 37 32 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 .156 .156 .156 .313 -11 5 0 0 5 0 0 1
1980 25 SFG NL 34 76 66 2 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 21 .091 .104 .091 .195 -44 6 1 0 9 0 0 1 AS
1981 26 SFG NL 22 45 33 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 13 .091 .167 .091 .258 -24 3 0 0 9 0 0 1
1983 28 SDP NL 31 48 44 1 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 11 .182 .217 .182 .399 14 8 0 0 2 0 0 1
1984 29 SDP NL 36 68 61 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12 .049 .065 .049 .114 -68 3 0 0 6 0 0 1
1986 31 SDP NL 17 20 18 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .167 .167 .167 .333 -7 3 0 0 2 0 0 1
1987 32 SDP NL 36 76 65 1 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 17 .123 .136 .138 .275 -25 9 0 0 10 0 0 1
1988 33 SDP NL 34 76 66 4 11 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 23 .167 .179 .212 .391 13 14 0 0 9 0 0 1
1989 34 SDP NL 36 84 72 4 10 4 0 0 4 0 0 5 19 .139 .195 .194 .389 12 14 1 0 7 0 0 1
1990 35 SDP NL 33 82 67 6 10 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 16 .149 .174 .209 .383 5 14 1 0 13 0 0 1
1991 36 SDP NL 13 27 24 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .125 .160 .125 .285 -19 3 0 0 2 0 0 1
16 Seasons 377 673 576 24 72 9 0 1 27 0 0 18 169 .125 .152 .146 .297 -16 84 3 0 79 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 289 248 10 31 4 0 0 12 0 0 8 73 .125 .152 .146 .297 -16 36 1 0 34 0 0
SDP (8 yrs) 236 481 417 18 56 9 0 1 20 0 0 13 112 .134 .160 .163 .324 -9 68 2 0 51 0 0
SFG (3 yrs) 74 158 131 5 14 0 0 0 7 0 0 4 44 .107 .133 .107 .240 -31 14 1 0 23 0 0
PIT (3 yrs) 67 34 28 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 .071 .103 .071 .175 -52 2 0 0 5 0 0

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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 29 SDP NL NLCS CHC W 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1980

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1980 NL  3.10 (8th)
1989 NL  2.66 (4th)
1990 NL  2.60 (3rd)

Wins s c a p y
1984 NL  14 (9th)
1989 NL  16 (6th)
1990 NL  14 (7th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1984 NL  .636 (7th)
1990 NL  .609 (10th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1984 NL  1.180 (10th)
1987 NL  1.269 (10th)
1989 NL  1.084 (6th)
1990 NL  1.146 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1980 NL  2.381 (9th)
1984 NL  2.000 (3rd)
1987 NL  2.801 (10th)
1988 NL  1.972 (6th)
1989 NL  1.903 (4th)
1990 NL  1.850 (2nd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1990 NL  228.7 (7th)

Games Started s c a p y
1980 NL  34 (9th)
1987 NL  34 (8th)
1989 NL  33 (7th)
Career  333 (209th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1990 NL  6 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1985 AL  2 (9th)
1990 NL  3 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1983 NL  23 (3rd)
1987 NL  36 (1st)
1989 NL  22 (3rd)
Career  211 (170th)

Hits s c a p y
1990 NL  215 (10th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1984 NL  2.452 (9th)
1990 NL  2.702 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1980 NL  .298 (1st)
1990 NL  .512 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1980 NL  13 (9th)
1981 NL  9 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1987 NL  108 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1979 NL  5 (10th)
1980 NL  4 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1990 NL  918 (8th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1980 NL  114 (10th)
1989 NL  133 (4th)
1990 NL  148 (3rd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1981 NL  9 (7th)
1987 NL  10 (6th)
1990 NL  13 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 52 (483), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 10 (925), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (719), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 5, 1974: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 6th round of the 1974 amateur draft.

June 28, 1979: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Fred Breining and Al Holland to the San Francisco Giants for Bill Madlock, Len Randle and Dave Roberts.

November 14, 1981: Traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Cleveland Indians for Duane Kuiper.

November 18, 1982: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the San Diego Padres for Juan Eichelberger and Broderick Perkins.

November 8, 1984: Granted Free Agency.

December 27, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

July 9, 1986: Traded by the New York Yankees to the San Diego Padres for Tim Stoddard.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985New York Yankees$800,000
1986New York Yankees$800,000
1987San Diego Padres$800,000
1988San Diego Padres$1,000,000
1989San Diego Padres$1,050,000
1990San Diego Padres$1,125,000
1991San Diego Padres$1,325,000
Career (may be incomplete)$6,900,000
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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