Ed Whitson

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 195lb (190cm, 88kg)

Born: May 19, 1955 in Johnson City, TN us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 6th round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Unicoi County HS (Erwin, TN).

High School: Unicoi County HS (Erwin, TN)

Last Game: September 29, 1991 (Age 36-133d)
vs. CIN 0.1 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Agents: Tom Reich

Full Name: Eddie Lee Whitson

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

21.2

126

123

ERA

3.79

452

333

2240.0

1266

WHIP

1.312

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1974	19	-0.3	Pirates	GULF	Rk	PIT	1	4	.200	4.30	5.73	8	8		1	0	0	44.0	45	28	21	0	15	0	25	3	1	7		1.364	9.2	0.0	3.1	5.1	1.67
1975	20	-0.1	Charleston	WCRS	A	PIT	8	15	.348	5.07	6.08	24	24		5	1	0	142.0	140	96	80	7	99	0	120	15	1	10		1.683	8.9	0.4	6.3	7.6	1.21
1976	21	-0.2	Salem	CARL	A	PIT	15	9	.625	2.53	3.33	26	26		16	2	0	203.0	168	75	57	7	65	4	186	5	1	7		1.148	7.4	0.3	2.9	8.2	2.86
1977	22	-2.6	Columbus	IL	AAA	PIT	8	13	.381	3.34	3.81	26	26		9	0	0	175.0	175	74	65	9	68	3	120	3	0	6		1.389	9.0	0.5	3.5	6.2	1.76
1977	22	-5.3	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	1	0	1.000	3.45	3.45	5	2	1	0	0	0	15.2	11	6	6	0	9	1	10	0	0	0	66	1.277	6.3	0.0	5.2	5.7	1.11
1978	23	-1.8	Columbus	IL	AAA	PIT	2	2	.500	3.71	4.41	7	7		1	0	0	51.0	56	25	21	2	10	0	55	2	0	1		1.294	9.9	0.4	1.8	9.7	5.50
1978	23	-5.0	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	5	6	.455	3.28	3.77	43	0	14	0	0	4	74.0	66	31	27	5	37	5	64	2	0	1	318	1.392	8.0	0.6	4.5	7.8	1.73
1979	24		2 Teams	NL	Maj	PIT-SFG	7	11	.389	4.10	4.73	37	24	5	2	0	1	158.0	151	83	72	11	75	9	93	5	2	5	702	1.430	8.6	0.6	4.3	5.3	1.24
1979	24	-4.2	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	2	3	.400	4.37	5.62	19	7	4	0	0	1	57.2	53	36	28	6	36	3	31	1	1	2	263	1.543	8.3	0.9	5.6	4.8	0.86
1979	24	-4.2	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	5	8	.385	3.95	4.22	18	17	1	2	0	0	100.1	98	47	44	5	39	6	62	4	1	3	439	1.365	8.8	0.4	3.5	5.6	1.59
1980	25	-3.3	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	11	13	.458	3.10	3.74	34	34	0	6	2	0	211.2	222	88	73	7	56	7	90	4	1	1	898	1.313	9.4	0.3	2.4	3.8	1.61
1981	26	-2.7	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	6	9	.400	4.02	4.46	22	22	0	2	1	0	123.0	130	61	55	10	47	5	65	2	2	3	534	1.439	9.5	0.7	3.4	4.8	1.38
1982	27	-1.2	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	4	2	.667	3.26	3.59	40	9	18	1	1	2	107.2	91	43	39	6	58	3	61	0	1	4	467	1.384	7.6	0.5	4.8	5.1	1.05
1983	28	2.6	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	SDP	1	0	1.000	6.75	6.75	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.0	15	9	9	0	5	0	11	0	0	0		1.667	11.3	0.0	3.8	8.3	2.20
1983	28	-0.5	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	5	7	.417	4.30	4.55	31	21	4	2	0	1	144.1	143	73	69	23	50	1	81	1	0	2	617	1.337	8.9	1.4	3.1	5.1	1.62
1984	29	0.9	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	14	8	.636	3.24	3.43	31	31	0	1	0	0	189.0	181	72	68	16	42	1	103	3	1	3	773	1.180	8.6	0.8	2.0	4.9	2.45
1985	30	1.6	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	10	8	.556	4.88	5.67	30	30	0	2	2	0	158.2	201	100	86	19	43	0	89	2	0	1	705	1.538	11.4	1.1	2.4	5.0	2.07
1986	31		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	NYY	6	9	.400	6.23	6.79	31	16	6	0	0	0	112.2	139	85	78	13	60	1	73	0	0	3	526	1.766	11.1	1.0	4.8	5.8	1.22
1986	31	2.7	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	1	7	.125	5.59	5.71	17	12	0	0	0	0	75.2	85	48	47	8	37	0	46	0	0	1	337	1.612	10.1	1.0	4.4	5.5	1.24
1986	31	2.8	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	5	2	.714	7.54	9.00	14	4	6	0	0	0	37.0	54	37	31	5	23	1	27	0	0	2	189	2.081	13.1	1.2	5.6	6.6	1.17
1987	32	3.8	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	10	13	.435	4.73	4.94	36	34	0	3	1	0	205.2	197	113	108	36	64	3	135	3	1	2	858	1.269	8.6	1.6	2.8	5.9	2.11
1988	33	4.5	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	13	11	.542	3.77	4.08	34	33	0	3	1	0	205.1	202	93	86	17	45	1	118	1	2	2	846	1.203	8.9	0.7	2.0	5.2	2.62
1989	34	5.2	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	16	11	.593	2.66	3.05	33	33	0	5	1	0	227.0	198	77	67	22	48	6	117	5	3	2	914	1.084	7.9	0.9	1.9	4.6	2.44
1990	35	6.6	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	14	9	.609	2.60	2.87	32	32	0	6	3	0	228.2	215	73	66	13	47	8	127	1	0	2	918	1.146	8.5	0.5	1.8	5.0	2.70
1991	36	7.9	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	4	6	.400	5.03	5.38	13	12	0	2	0	0	78.2	93	47	44	13	17	3	40	0	1	1	337	1.398	10.6	1.5	1.9	4.6	2.35
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (15 seasons)					Majors		126	123	.506	3.79	4.20	452	333	48	35	12	8	2240.0	2240	1045	944	211	698	54	1266	29	14	32	9479	1.312	9.0	0.8	2.8	5.1	1.81
Minors (6 seasons)					Minors		35	43	.449	3.63	4.41	94	94	0	32	3	0	627.0	599	307	253	25	262	7	517	28	3	31		1.373	8.6	0.4	3.8	7.4	1.97
All Levels (18 Seasons)							161	166	.492	3.76	4.24	546	427	48	67	15	8	2867.0	2839	1352	1197	236	960	61	1783	57	17	63	9479	1.325	8.9	0.7	3.0	5.6	1.86

AAA (3 seasons)					Minors		11	15	.423	3.59	4.08	36	36	0	10	0	0	238.0	246	108	95	11	83	3	186	5	0	7		1.382	9.3	0.4	3.1	7.0	2.24
A (2 seasons)					Minors		23	24	.489	3.57	4.46	50	50		21	3	0	345.0	308	171	137	14	164	4	306	20	2	17		1.368	8.0	0.4	4.3	8.0	1.87
Rk (1 season)					Minors		1	4	.200	4.30	5.73	8	8		1	0	0	44.0	45	28	21	0	15	0	25	3	1	7		1.364	9.2	0.0	3.1	5.1	1.67