Ernie Whitt
Leo Ernest Whitt
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 13, 1952 in Detroit, MI
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 15th round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1976
Final Game: July 3, 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% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1976 BOS AL 24 C 8 6 53.0 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 4.08 3.00 .979 5.76 4.90 0 1 2 1 33%
1977 TOR AL 25 C 14 10 89.0 66 62 4 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.67 4.71 .986 6.01 5.06 1 4 7 4 36%
1978 TOR AL 26 C 1 1 8.0 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.0 150.0 1 9.00 8.00 .988 5.51 4.90 0 0 0 1 100%
1980 TOR AL 28 C 105 92 825.2 499 436 56 7 11 .986 0.0 0.0 0 5.36 4.69 .986 5.48 4.60 4 27 70 33 32%
1981 TOR AL 29 C 72 61 551.1 346 297 46 3 5 .991 0.0 0.0 0 5.60 4.76 .987 5.51 4.76 3 24 29 23 44%
1982 TOR AL 30 C 98 75 686.1 444 406 30 8 0 .982 -3.0 -5.2 -3 5.72 4.45 .988 5.69 4.90 5 22 44 21 32%
1982 TOR AL 30 DH 1
1983 TOR AL 31 C 119 93 854.0 609 554 50 5 4 .992 9.0 12.6 9 6.37 5.08 .986 5.70 4.76 6 13 54 33 38%
1984 TOR AL 32 C 118 97 840.1 627 583 40 4 8 .994 0.0 0.0 0 6.67 5.28 .987 5.96 5.05 6 27 46 25 35%
1985 TOR AL 33 C 134 113 1031.1 695 649 38 8 6 .988 4.0 4.7 4 6.00 5.13 .987 6.05 5.03 2 24 60 28 32% AS
1986 TOR AL 34 C 129 109 988.1 757 709 41 7 7 .991 4.0 4.9 4 6.83 5.81 .989 6.62 5.44 5 29 63 33 34%
1987 TOR AL 35 C 131 113 1032.2 863 803 55 5 10 .994 7.0 8.1 7 7.48 6.55 .988 6.74 5.49 8 35 83 46 36%
1988 TOR AL 36 C 123 110 982.0 690 643 43 4 10 .994 -2.0 -2.4 -2 6.29 5.58 .989 6.22 5.28 10 29 90 34 27%
1989 TOR AL 37 C 115 104 897.1 598 550 43 5 5 .992 0.0 0.0 0 5.95 5.16 .989 6.24 5.20 12 26 62 28 31%
1989 TOR AL 37 DH 8
1990 ATL NL 38 C 59 54 443.1 341 296 42 3 1 .991 -2.0 -5.4 -2 6.86 5.73 .987 6.65 5.44 8 23 70 31 31%
1991 BAL AL 39 C 20 12 118.0 80 72 8 0 0 1.000 1.0 10.2 1 6.10 4.00 .990 6.49 5.28 1 6 11 6 35%
1991 BAL AL 39 DH 2
15 Seasons C 1246 1050 9400.2 6647 6091 497 59 67 .991 19.0 2.4 19 6.31 5.29 .988 6.11 5.10 71 290 691 347 33%
3 Seasons DH 11
15 Seasons TOT 1246 1050 9400.2 6647 6091 497 59 67 .991 19.0 2.4 19 6.31 5.29 .979 6.11 5.10 71 290 691 347 33%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% 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
1976 BOS AL 24 8 6 8 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1977 TOR AL 25 23 10 23 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2
1978 TOR AL 26 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1980 TOR AL 28 106 92 106 105 0 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1981 TOR AL 29 74 61 74 72 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
1982 TOR AL 30 105 75 105 98 0 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
1983 TOR AL 31 123 93 123 119 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 1
1984 TOR AL 32 124 97 124 118 0 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
1985 TOR AL 33 139 113 139 134 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1986 TOR AL 34 131 109 131 129 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1987 TOR AL 35 135 113 135 131 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1988 TOR AL 36 127 110 127 123 0 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1989 TOR AL 37 129 110 129 116 0 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 17 0
1990 ATL NL 38 67 54 67 59 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1991 BAL AL 39 35 12 35 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
15 Seasons 1328 1056 1328 1247 0 1247 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 186 5
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 -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1976 BOS AL 24 219 3.57 3.91 2 100% 0 0 24 2 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 TOR AL 25 429 6.07 6.47 3 100% 0 0 62 3 1 1 57 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 TOR AL 26 43 12.38 12.38 1 100% 0 0 7 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 TOR AL 28 3768 4.56 5.03 34 94% 0 1 440 11 0 24 404 55 16 2 0 4 7 0 3 4 0 11 0 0 0 11 91%
1981 TOR AL 29 2438 3.53 4.11 36 94% 0 1 299 20 0 9 270 41 9 1 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 5 0 0 1 6 100%
1982 TOR AL 30 3034 4.05 4.43 28 100% 0 1 405 19 0 10 375 31 4 1 1 1 8 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1983 TOR AL 31 3789 4.50 4.75 34 94% 0 1 553 20 0 15 518 49 8 0 1 5 5 0 1 4 1 3 0 0 0 4 75%
1984 TOR AL 32 3727 4.03 4.35 30 100% 0 0 581 20 4 17 540 42 9 0 0 3 4 0 1 3 0 8 0 2 3 2 100%
1985 TOR AL 33 4368 3.12 3.53 38 92% 0 0 647 28 0 13 606 39 6 0 0 5 8 0 4 4 1 6 0 0 1 2 50%
1986 TOR AL 34 4322 4.02 4.36 32 88% 0 1 711 21 1 18 671 40 5 0 0 5 7 1 1 5 0 7 0 0 0 6 50%
1987 TOR AL 35 4472 3.70 4.00 53 96% 0 0 801 39 2 23 737 55 6 1 0 6 5 0 0 5 0 10 0 1 2 5 60%
1988 TOR AL 36 4341 3.68 4.05 33 94% 0 0 646 22 3 11 608 41 7 0 0 8 4 0 0 4 1 10 0 0 1 7 71%
1989 TOR AL 37 3904 3.68 4.09 34 88% 0 0 556 19 8 12 516 41 11 1 0 7 4 0 2 2 0 5 0 1 2 10 70%
1990 ATL NL 38 2110 5.08 5.52 13 92% 0 0 295 6 0 7 282 40 5 0 0 7 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 6 100%
1991 BAL AL 39 537 5.87 6.03 2 100% 0 0 72 0 0 1 71 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
15 Seasons 41501 3.98 4.36 373 94% 0 5 6099 231 19 161 5683 487 88 6 2 56 58 3 15 40 3 66 0 4 10 65 80%
MLB Averages 3.85 4.31 95% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1976 BOS AL 24 0 1 80 2 1 0 33% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1.58 1.32
1977 TOR AL 25 1 4 168 7 4 4 36% 6 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 4 1.21 0.97
1978 TOR AL 26 0 0 19 0 1 0 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.32
1980 TOR AL 28 3 27 1430 70 33 30 32% 63 30 6 2 1 1 2 2 115 38 1.14 1.33
1981 TOR AL 29 3 24 877 29 23 22 44% 27 22 1 1 1 0 1 1 69 24 0.95 1.13
1982 TOR AL 30 5 22 1111 44 21 20 32% 40 16 4 4 0 1 1 0 83 25 1.38 1.31
1983 TOR AL 31 5 13 1376 54 33 31 38% 50 29 3 3 1 1 1 0 90 36 1.32 1.34
1984 TOR AL 32 8 27 1374 46 25 24 35% 43 23 3 1 0 1 1 0 100 29 1.40 1.30
1985 TOR AL 33 2 24 1515 60 28 21 32% 54 27 6 0 0 1 0 0 103 31 1.21 1.31
1986 TOR AL 34 5 29 1575 63 33 28 34% 55 29 8 2 0 2 0 0 118 41 1.24 1.24
1987 TOR AL 35 8 35 1491 83 46 38 36% 73 39 10 5 0 2 1 0 150 50 1.17 1.11
1988 TOR AL 36 10 29 1546 90 34 23 27% 74 27 14 5 2 2 0 0 157 35 1.23 1.26
1989 TOR AL 37 13 26 1368 62 28 14 31% 51 23 11 3 0 2 1 1 129 39 1.22 1.26
1990 ATL NL 38 8 23 758 70 31 25 31% 59 26 10 3 1 2 1 0 118 33 1.14 1.21
1991 BAL AL 39 1 6 182 11 6 5 35% 7 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 25 6 0.96 1.58
15 Seasons 72 290 14870 691 347 285 33% 604 303 80 29 7 15 9 4 1274 393 1.22 1.25
MLB Averages 33% 1.30 1.28

* 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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