Lou Whitaker

Position: Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 160lb (180cm, 72kg)

Born: May 12, 1957 in Brooklyn, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 5th round of the 1975 MLB June Amateur Draft from Martinsville HS (Martinsville, VA).

High School: Martinsville HS (Martinsville, VA)

Debut: September 9, 1977 (Age 20-120d, 13,958th in major league history)
vs. BOS 5 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1995 (Age 38-142d)
vs. BAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Agents: Rick Brode

Full Name: Louis Rodman Whitaker

Nicknames: Sweet Lou

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Rookie of the Year
5x All-Star
1984 World Series
3x Gold Glove
4x Silver Slugger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

75.1

8570

2369

244

.276

1386

RBI

1084

143

OBP

.363

SLG

.426

OPS

.789

OPS+

117

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	DET	@	MIN	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
2	2	Apr 6	DET	@	MIN	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
3	3	Apr 7	DET	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	3	7	0	10	3	2B
4	4	Apr 8	DET		CHW	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
5	5	Apr 10	DET		CHW	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
6	6	Apr 12	DET	@	NYY	W,13-2	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	2B
7	7	Apr 13	DET	@	NYY	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
8	8	Apr 14	DET	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
9	9	Apr 15	DET	@	CHW	W,6-0	CG	28	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
10	10	Apr 16	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
11	11	Apr 17	DET	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	5	5	0	10	0	2B
12	12	Apr 20	DET		KCR	L,7-8	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
13	13	Apr 22	DET		SEA	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
14	14	Apr 23	DET		SEA	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
15	15	Apr 24	DET		SEA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
16	16	Apr 27	DET	@	CAL	L,3-13	CG	48	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
17	17	Apr 29	DET	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	18	May 1 (1)	DET	@	OAK	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
19	19	May 1 (2)	DET	@	OAK	L,0-2	CG	27	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
20	20	May 3	DET	@	SEA	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
21	21	May 4	DET	@	SEA	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
22	22	May 6	DET		CAL	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
23	23	May 7	DET		CAL	L,5-6	CG	51	12.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
24	24	May 8	DET		CAL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
25	25	May 10	DET		OAK	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
26	26	May 11	DET		OAK	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
27	27	May 12	DET		OAK	L,4-11	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
28	28	May 13	DET	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
29	29	May 14	DET	@	KCR	W,11-10	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
30	30	May 15	DET	@	KCR	W,6-4	CG	44	11.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
31	31	May 16	DET		NYY	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
32	32	May 17	DET		NYY	L,5-7	CG	50	11.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
33	33	May 18	DET		NYY	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
34	34	May 19	DET		TEX	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
35	35	May 20	DET		TEX	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	2B
36	36	May 21	DET		TEX	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
37	37	May 22	DET		TEX	W,12-5	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
38	38	May 23	DET	@	TOR	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	1	5	1	7	0	2B
39	39	May 24	DET	@	TOR	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
40	40	May 25	DET	@	TOR	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
41	41	May 27 (1)	DET		MIN	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
42	42	May 27 (2)	DET		MIN	W,2-1	GF	15	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
43	43	May 28	DET		MIN	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
44	44	May 29	DET		MIN	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
45	45	May 30	DET		TOR	L,4-6	CG	43	10.0	4	5	0	9	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	46	Jun 1	DET		TOR	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	2B
47	47	Jun 2	DET		TOR	L,1-6	CG	35	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	2B
48	48	Jun 3	DET	@	TEX	W,12-1	GS	26	6.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
49	49	Jun 4	DET	@	TEX	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	3	3	0	6	3	2B
50	50	Jun 5	DET	@	TEX	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	6	2	0	8	2	2B
51	51	Jun 6	DET	@	BOS	W,11-6	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
52	52	Jun 7	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	5	5	0	10	2	2B
53	53	Jun 8	DET	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
54	54	Jun 9	DET	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	5	4	0	9	3	2B
55	55	Jun 10	DET		CLE	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
56	56	Jun 11	DET		CLE	L,1-9	CG	41	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
57	57	Jun 12 (1)	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
58	58	Jun 12 (2)	DET		CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
59	59	Jun 14	DET		BOS	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	4	5	0	9	3	2B
60	60	Jun 15	DET		BOS	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
61	61	Jun 16	DET		BOS	W,10-2	GS	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
62	62	Jun 17	DET	@	CLE	W,11-4	GS	33	7.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
63	63	Jun 18	DET	@	CLE	L,8-12	CG	43	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
64	64	Jun 19	DET	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
65	65	Jun 20	DET		MIL	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
66	66	Jun 21	DET		MIL	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	2B
67	67	Jun 22	DET		MIL	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
68	68	Jun 24	DET	@	BAL	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
69	69	Jun 25	DET	@	BAL	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
70	70	Jun 26	DET	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
71	71	Jun 28	DET	@	MIL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	2B
72	72	Jun 29	DET	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.2	0	4	0	4	1	2B
73	73	Jun 30	DET	@	MIL	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	74	Jul 1	DET		BAL	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
75	75	Jul 2	DET		BAL	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
76	76	Jul 3	DET		BAL	W,10-1	GS	28	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
77	77	Jul 8	DET		OAK	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
78	78	Jul 9	DET		OAK	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
79	79	Jul 10	DET		OAK	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
80	80	Jul 11	DET		CAL	W,12-6	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	2B
81	81	Jul 12	DET		CAL	W,5-4	CG	52	14.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
82	82	Jul 13	DET		CAL	W,7-1	GS	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
83	83	Jul 14	DET	@	SEA	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
84	85 (1)	Jul 16	DET	@	SEA	L,0-1	CG	34	8.2	1	2	0	3	0	2B
85	86	Jul 17	DET	@	SEA	W,8-1	CG	40	10.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
86	87	Jul 18	DET	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
87	88	Jul 19	DET	@	OAK	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
88	89	Jul 20	DET	@	OAK	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
89	90	Jul 21 (1)	DET	@	CAL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
90	91	Jul 21 (2)	DET	@	CAL	L,2-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
91	92	Jul 22	DET	@	CAL	W,13-11	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
92	93	Jul 23	DET	@	CAL	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	4	2	1	7	2	2B
93	94	Jul 24	DET	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	46	12.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
94	95	Jul 26	DET		SEA	W,8-3	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
95	96	Jul 27	DET		SEA	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	2B
96	97	Jul 28	DET		SEA	W,6-1	GF	11	3.0	2	3	0	5	0	PH 2B
97	98	Jul 29 susp	DET		KCR	W,10-1	GS	22	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
98	99	Jul 30	DET		KCR	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
99	100	Jul 31 (1)	DET		KCR	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
100	101	Jul 31 (2)	DET		KCR	L,5-7	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	102	Aug 1	DET		KCR	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
102	103	Aug 2	DET	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
103	104	Aug 3	DET	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
104	105	Aug 4	DET	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
105	106	Aug 5	DET	@	NYY	L,3-12	GS	41	7.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
106	107	Aug 6	DET	@	NYY	L,3-13	GS	41	7.0	5	2	0	7	2	2B
107	108	Aug 7	DET	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
108	109	Aug 8 (1)	DET		CHW	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
109	110	Aug 8 (2)	DET		CHW	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
110	111	Aug 9	DET		CHW	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
111	112	Aug 11	DET		NYY	L,5-6	CG	41	10.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
112	113	Aug 12	DET		NYY	W,7-6	CG	40	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
113	114	Aug 13	DET		NYY	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	2B
114	115	Aug 14	DET		NYY	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
115	116	Aug 15	DET	@	KCR	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	2	5	1	8	1	2B
116	117	Aug 16	DET	@	KCR	L,7-18	GS	43	7.0	2	7	0	9	1	2B
117	118	Aug 17	DET	@	KCR	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
118	119	Aug 19	DET	@	MIN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
119	120	Aug 20	DET	@	MIN	W,9-1	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
120	121	Aug 21	DET	@	MIN	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
121	122	Aug 22	DET	@	TEX	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
122	123	Aug 23	DET	@	TEX	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
123	124	Aug 24	DET	@	TEX	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
124	125	Aug 25	DET		CHW	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
125	126	Aug 26	DET		TOR	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	5	7	0	12	3	2B
126	127	Aug 27	DET		TOR	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
127	128	Aug 28	DET		TOR	W,4-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
128	129	Aug 29	DET		MIN	L,4-5	CG	48	11.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
129	130	Aug 30	DET		MIN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	4	2B
130	131	Aug 31	DET		TEX	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	2	4	2	8	1	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
131	132	Sep 1	DET		TEX	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
132	133	Sep 2 (1)	DET	@	TOR	W,9-8	CG	46	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
133	134	Sep 2 (2)	DET	@	TOR	L,7-8	CG	40	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
134	135	Sep 3	DET	@	TOR	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	2B
135	136	Sep 4	DET	@	TOR	L,3-6	CG	42	9.2	3	4	0	7	0	2B
136	137	Sep 5	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
137	138	Sep 7 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	2	2	1	5	1	2B
138	139	Sep 7 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	3	2B
139	140	Sep 9 (1)	DET	@	MIL	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
140	141	Sep 9 (2)	DET	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
141	142	Sep 10	DET	@	MIL	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
142	143	Sep 11	DET	@	MIL	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
143	144	Sep 12	DET		CLE	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
144	145	Sep 13	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	2B
145	146	Sep 14	DET		CLE	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
146	147	Sep 16	DET	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
147	148	Sep 17	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
148	149	Sep 18	DET	@	BOS	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
149	150	Sep 20	DET		BAL	W,14-1	GS	17	4.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
150	151	Sep 21 (1)	DET		BAL	L,0-6	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
151	152	Sep 21 (2)	DET		BAL	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
152	153	Sep 22	DET		BAL	W,5-4	CG	47	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
153	154	Sep 23	DET		BOS	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
154	156 (1)	Sep 25	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
155	157	Sep 27	DET	@	BAL	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
156	158	Sep 28	DET	@	BAL	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
157	159	Sep 29	DET	@	BAL	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
158	160	Sep 30	DET		MIL	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	3	2	2	7	1	2B
159	161	Oct 1	DET		MIL	L,1-10	GS	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
160	162	Oct 2	DET		MIL	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	1	8	0	9	0	2B
							160gm		1358.0	299	447	13	759	92