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.

1984 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1984 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 3	DET	@	MIN	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
2	2	Apr 5	DET	@	MIN	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	3	5	1	9	1	2B
3	3	Apr 6	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
4	4	Apr 7	DET	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
5	5	Apr 8	DET	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
6	6	Apr 10	DET		TEX	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
7	7	Apr 12	DET		TEX	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
8	8	Apr 13	DET	@	BOS	W,13-9	CG	42	9.0	4	5	0	9	5	2B
9	9	Apr 18	DET		KCR	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
10	10	Apr 19	DET		KCR	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
11	11	Apr 20	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
12	12	Apr 21	DET		CHW	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
13	13	Apr 22	DET		CHW	W,9-1	GS	27	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
14	14	Apr 24 (1)	DET		MIN	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
15	15	Apr 24 (2)	DET		MIN	W,4-3	GF	11	3.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
16	16	Apr 25	DET	@	TEX	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
17	17	Apr 26	DET	@	TEX	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
18	18	Apr 27	DET		CLE	L,4-8	CG	78	19.0	3	8	0	11	1	2B
19	19	Apr 28	DET		CLE	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
20	20	Apr 29	DET		CLE	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 1	DET		BOS	W,11-2	GF	15	4.0	2	1	0	3	1	PH 2B
22	22	May 2	DET		BOS	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
23	23	May 3	DET		BOS	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
24	24	May 4	DET	@	CLE	W,9-2	GS	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
25	25	May 5	DET	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	2	8	0	10	1	2B
26	26	May 6	DET	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	51	12.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
27	27	May 7	DET	@	KCR	W,10-3	GS	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
28	28	May 8	DET	@	KCR	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
29	29	May 9	DET	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	2B
30	30	May 11	DET		CAL	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	2B
31	31	May 12	DET		CAL	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
32	32	May 14	DET		SEA	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	4	4	1	9	2	2B
33	33	May 15	DET		SEA	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	4	4	1	9	1	2B
34	34	May 16	DET		SEA	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
35	35	May 18	DET		OAK	W,8-4	CG	22	5.1	0	2	0	2	1	2B
36	36	May 19	DET		OAK	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
37	37	May 20	DET		OAK	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
38	38	May 22	DET	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
39	39	May 23	DET	@	CAL	W,4-2	GF	13	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
40	40	May 24	DET	@	CAL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
41	42 (1)	May 26	DET	@	SEA	L,5-9	GS	36	7.0	2	3	1	6	0	2B
42	43	May 27	DET	@	SEA	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
43	44	May 28	DET	@	OAK	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
44	45	May 29	DET	@	OAK	L,5-8	GS	23	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
45	46	May 30	DET	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	47	Jun 1	DET		BAL	W,14-2	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
47	48	Jun 2	DET		BAL	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
48	49	Jun 3	DET		BAL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
49	50	Jun 4	DET		TOR	W,6-3	CG	41	10.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
50	51	Jun 5	DET		TOR	L,4-8	CG	40	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	2B
51	52	Jun 6	DET		TOR	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
52	53	Jun 7	DET		TOR	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
53	54	Jun 8	DET	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
54	55	Jun 9	DET	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
55	56	Jun 10 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
56	57	Jun 10 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,8-0	CG	29	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
57	58	Jun 11	DET	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	4	2	1	7	1	2B
58	59	Jun 12	DET	@	TOR	L,3-12	CG	45	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
59	60	Jun 13	DET	@	TOR	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
60	61	Jun 15	DET	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
61	62	Jun 16	DET	@	MIL	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
62	63	Jun 17	DET	@	MIL	W,7-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
63	64	Jun 18	DET		NYY	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
64	65	Jun 19	DET		NYY	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	2B
65	66	Jun 20	DET		NYY	W,9-6	GF	28	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	PH 2B
66	67	Jun 21	DET		MIL	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
67	68	Jun 22	DET		MIL	W,7-3	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
68	69	Jun 23	DET		MIL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
69	70	Jun 24	DET		MIL	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
70	71	Jun 25	DET	@	NYY	L,3-7	GF	8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
71	72	Jun 26	DET	@	NYY	W,9-7	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
72	73	Jun 27	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
73	74	Jun 29 (1)	DET		MIN	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
74	75	Jun 29 (2)	DET		MIN	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
75	76	Jun 30	DET		MIN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	78 (1)	Jul 2	DET	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	8	3	1	12	3	2B
77	79	Jul 3	DET	@	CHW	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
78	80	Jul 4	DET	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
79	81	Jul 5	DET	@	TEX	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
80	83 (1)	Jul 7	DET	@	TEX	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
81	84	Jul 8	DET	@	TEX	L,7-9	GF	8	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	PH 2B
82	85	Jul 12	DET	@	MIN	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	5	1	7	0	2B
83	86	Jul 13	DET	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	45	11.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
84	87	Jul 14	DET	@	MIN	W,6-5	CG	45	12.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
85	88	Jul 15	DET	@	MIN	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	2	7	1	2B
86	89	Jul 16	DET		CHW	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
87	90	Jul 17	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
88	92 (1)	Jul 19	DET		TEX	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
89	93	Jul 20	DET		TEX	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
90	94	Jul 21	DET		TEX	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
91	96 (1)	Jul 23	DET	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
92	97	Jul 24	DET	@	CLE	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
93	98	Jul 25	DET	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
94	99	Jul 27 (1)	DET		BOS	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
95	101 (1)	Jul 28	DET		BOS	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
96	102	Jul 29	DET		BOS	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
97	103	Jul 31 (1)	DET		CLE	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
98	104	Jul 31 (2)	DET		CLE	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	105	Aug 1	DET		CLE	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
100	106	Aug 2	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
101	107	Aug 3	DET		KCR	L,6-9	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
102	108	Aug 4	DET		KCR	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
103	109	Aug 5 (1)	DET		KCR	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	5	5	0	10	2	2B
104	110	Aug 5 (2)	DET		KCR	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	2B
105	111	Aug 6 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,9-7	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
106	112	Aug 6 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-10	GS	26	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
107	113	Aug 7 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,7-12	CG	41	8.0	1	7	0	8	1	2B
108	114	Aug 7 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	43	11.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
109	115	Aug 8	DET	@	BOS	L,0-8	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
110	116	Aug 10	DET	@	KCR	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
111	117	Aug 11	DET	@	KCR	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
112	118	Aug 12	DET	@	KCR	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
113	119	Aug 14 (1)	DET		CAL	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
114	120	Aug 14 (2)	DET		CAL	L,1-12	GS	22	4.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
115	121	Aug 15	DET		CAL	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
116	122	Aug 16	DET		CAL	W,8-7	CG	52	12.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
117	123	Aug 17	DET		SEA	W,6-2	GS	16	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
118	129 (5)	Aug 24	DET	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
119	130	Aug 25	DET	@	CAL	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	5	4	0	9	4	2B
120	131	Aug 26	DET	@	CAL	W,12-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
121	132	Aug 28	DET	@	SEA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
122	133	Aug 29	DET	@	SEA	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
123	134	Aug 30	DET	@	SEA	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
124	135	Aug 31	DET	@	OAK	L,6-7	CG	55	12.2	2	5	0	7	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	136	Sep 1	DET	@	OAK	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
126	137	Sep 2	DET	@	OAK	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
127	138	Sep 3	DET		BAL	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
128	139	Sep 4	DET		BAL	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
129	140	Sep 5	DET		BAL	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
130	141	Sep 7	DET	@	TOR	W,7-4	CG	39	10.0	2	7	0	9	1	2B
131	142	Sep 8	DET	@	TOR	W,10-4	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
132	143	Sep 9	DET	@	TOR	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
133	145 (1)	Sep 11	DET	@	BAL	W,9-2	GS	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
134	146	Sep 12	DET	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
135	147	Sep 14	DET		TOR	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
136	148	Sep 15	DET		TOR	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
137	149	Sep 16	DET		TOR	W,8-3	GS	34	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	2B
138	150	Sep 17	DET		MIL	W,7-3	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
139	151	Sep 18	DET		MIL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
140	154 (2)	Sep 22	DET		NYY	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
141	156 (1)	Sep 24	DET	@	MIL	W,7-3	GS	33	8.0	2	6	0	8	2	2B
142	160 (3)	Sep 28	DET	@	NYY	W,4-2	GF	13	4.0	2	1	0	3	1	PH 2B
							142gm		1195.0	290	405	15	710	83