Ed Whitson

Position: 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)

Debut: September 4, 1977 (Age 22-108d, 13,941st in major league history)
vs. LAD 1.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER

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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Team Record in Appearances: 17-17 / in Starts: 16-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1988 Pitching Game Log

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1988 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	341	1	Apr 5	SDP	@	HOU	L,3-6	GS-8		99	7.0	5	2	2	0	1	1	0	2.57	4.34	25	77	56	18	5	12	12	5	0	0	60			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.183	1.57	0.18%	1.53	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a2
2	342	6	Apr 10	SDP	@	SFG	W,6-4	GS-5	W(1-0)	4	5.0	7	4	3	2	2	0	0	3.75	3.85	24	86	56	14	7	7	13	3	0	0	39			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	2	0	1.39	-0.164	1.44	-0.10%	-1.93	1b start a 3	5b 3 out a2
3	343	11	Apr 16	SDP		SFG	W,2-1	GS-7		5	7.0	4	1	1	1	4	1	0	2.84	3.87	24	84	60	14	9	10	8	2	2	1	68			0	2	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.201	.76	0.13%	1.98	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
4	344	15	Apr 23	SDP		HOU	W,4-0	GS-7	W(2-0)	6	6.1	4	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.13	3.44	25	87	56	8	11	10	8	3	0	0	68			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.28	0.299	1.37	0.19%	2.36	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out a1
5	345	19	Apr 28	SDP		STL	L,4-6	GS-2		4	1.2	7	4	4	0	1	1	0	3.33	3.81	12	40	29	4	6	3	7	4	0	1	26			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.44	-0.406	1.46	-0.25%	-3.70	1t start tie	2t -23 2 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	346	24	May 3	SDP		CHC	L,5-13	GS-4	L(2-1)	4	3.0	6	7	7	3	4	1	0	5.10	4.17	18	73	44	7	10	4	6	1	0	1	20			1	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.12	-0.531	.95	-0.27%	-4.53	1t start tie	4t 123 0 out d1
7	347	29	May 9	SDP	@	STL	L,1-7	GS-3	L(2-2)	5	2.1	7	6	5	1	1	0	0	6.12	4.10	16	55	37	8	6	7	7	3	1	0	21			1	0	0	15	4	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	-0.323	.61	-0.11%	-5.16	1b start tie	3b 1-- 1 out d6
8	348	34	May 14	SDP		MON	W,3-2	GS-7	W(3-2)	4	7.0	3	2	2	1	5	1	0	5.49	4.01	25	80	60	15	11	8	11	4	0	0	67			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	.87	0.062	.41	0.02%	0.98	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
9	349	39	May 19	SDP		NYM	L,4-9	GS-7	L(3-3)	4	6.1	8	4	4	3	4	0	0	5.52	3.86	29	106	66	16	9	7	15	3	0	0	42			0	0	0	24	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.54	-0.214	.44	-0.04%	-0.64	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out d1
10	350	44	May 25	SDP	@	MON	L,2-6	GS-5	L(3-4)	5	5.0	8	5	5	1	5	0	0	5.86	3.62	23	84	54	10	8	6	11	5	1	0	35			0	1	0	21	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.23	-0.364	.24	-0.04%	-2.77	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
11	351	49	May 30	SDP	@	PHI	L,3-7	GS-6	L(3-5)	4	5.1	9	5	5	3	2	1	0	6.11	3.86	29	105	65	17	7	9	14	2	0	1	29			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.401	.23	-0.04%	-2.02	1b start tie	6b -2- 1 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	352	53	Jun 4	SDP		ATL	W,6-5	4-7	W(4-5)	4	3.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	5.73	3.77	13	36	27	9	6	8	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.76	0.376	.36	0.05%	2.39	4t 1-3 1 out tie	7t 3 out a1
13	353	56	Jun 7	SDP		CIN	W,6-2	GS-7	W(5-5)	2	7.0	6	2	2	2	1	0	0	5.40	3.73	26	80	53	11	7	15	8	2	1	0	56			0	0	1	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.011	.18	0.00%	0.98	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
14	354	61	Jun 12	SDP		LAD	W,5-2	GS-7	W(6-5)	4	7.0	6	2	2	1	4	0	0	5.13	3.57	27	82	64	13	8	10	12	3	0	0	60			0	1	1	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.203	.32	0.05%	0.98	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
15	355	65	Jun 17(1)	SDP	@	LAD	W,7-4	GS-8	W(7-5)	4	7.2	10	3	2	2	3	0	0	4.87	3.49	34	101	74	14	9	15	14	5	4	0	50			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	2	.88	0.097	.48	0.03%	-0.08	1b start tie	8b 1-3 2 out a4
16	356	72	Jun 22	SDP	@	SFG	L,7-8	GS-6		4	6.0	9	4	4	0	2	1	0	4.95	3.55	26	91	63	17	5	9	15	1	2	0	40			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	.99	-0.110	.40	-0.03%	-1.52	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a1
17	357	77	Jun 28	SDP	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS-7		5	7.0	5	3	3	1	5	1	0	4.87	3.55	27	112	73	18	9	7	13	3	3	1	59			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.037	.31	0.01%	0.12	1b start a 3	7b 3 out tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	358	82	Jul 3	SDP		STL	L,4-5	GS-6		4	6.0	6	3	3	1	5	0	0	4.84	3.44	26	91	61	10	13	9	11	3	0	0	52			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	.95	-0.091	.29	-0.02%	-0.45	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
19	359	87	Jul 9	SDP		CHC	W,4-2	GS-7	W(8-5)	5	6.1	5	2	2	0	6	0	0	4.73	3.28	24	82	58	19	9	10	8	4	0	0	61			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.053	.13	0.01%	0.15	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a2
20	360	91	Jul 16	SDP	@	STL	L,2-3	GS-8		6	8.0	5	1	1	1	2	1	0	4.47	3.35	29	103	65	14	8	14	12	3	2	0	69			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.421	.22	0.05%	2.47	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
21	361	96	Jul 21	SDP	@	CHC	W,3-1	GS-9	W(9-5)	4	8.0	8	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.26	3.35	35	105	72	11	8	17	15	4	0	0	61			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.16	0.082	.13	0.01%	1.27	1b start a 1	9b 1-3 0 out a2
22	362	101	Jul 27	SDP		HOU	L,1-4	GS-5	L(9-6)	5	5.0	5	4	4	2	3	2	0	4.37	3.53	21	79	47	14	7	5	11	3	0	0	42			0	1	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.256	.07	-0.02%	-1.87	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	363	106	Aug 1	SDP		ATL	W,6-3	GS-6	W(10-6)	4	6.0	7	2	2	1	3	0	0	4.31	3.47	25	83	56	8	10	8	13	3	2	0	52			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.021	.05	0.00%	0.55	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
24	364	111	Aug 7	SDP	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS-6	L(10-7)	5	5.2	4	4	3	3	5	0	0	4.33	3.44	24					6	10	5	0	0	49			3	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.52	-0.094	.12	0.00%	-0.05	1b start a 1	6b 123 2 out tie
25	365	116	Aug 13	SDP	@	HOU	L,0-1	GS-7	L(10-8)	5	7.0	3	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.18	3.38	22	84	60	14	10	9	9	2	1	0	69			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	2	1	0	.98	0.133	.11	0.01%	1.89	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
26	366	121	Aug 18	SDP		MON	W,5-4	GS-9		4	8.0	7	3	3	2	8	1	0	4.14	3.37	32	113	82	18	12	9	12	4	2	1	62			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.094	.06	0.00%	1.04	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a2
27	367	125	Aug 23	SDP		PHI	W,9-1	CG	W(11-8)	4	9.0	7	1	1	0	7	1	0	3.97	3.33	34	106	77	18	9	16	10	2	2	1	76			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	1	.34	0.089	.01	0.00%	2.83	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
28	368	129	Aug 28	SDP	@	MON	W,5-3	GS-7		4	6.2	5	3	2	3	7	1	0	3.92	3.36	27	116	79	17	14	9	8	1	0	0	58			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.246	.07	0.01%	1.72	1b start a 1	7b 12- 2 out a1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	369	134	Sep 3	SDP	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	W(12-8)	5	9.0	8	2	2	0	5	0	0	3.82	3.27	34	107	76	16	6	16	13	4	0	0	68			0	0	0	34	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.373	.09	0.02%	1.91	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
30	370	138	Sep 8	SDP		CIN	L,1-2	GS-6	L(12-9)	4	6.0	4	2	1	2	4	0	0	3.75	3.24	24	82	56	16	8	8	10	2	1	0	60			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	.93	0.010	.22	0.00%	0.55	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
31	371	143	Sep 13	SDP		SFG	L,1-4	GS-6	L(12-10)	4	5.0	7	4	4	0	1	2	1	3.84	3.37	23	92	57	11	5	11	10	3	0	0	38			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.04	-0.277	.05	-0.01%	-2.24	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out d3
32	372	148	Sep 19	SDP	@	CIN	L,2-7	GS-5	L(12-11)	5	4.1	7	5	4	1	2	1	0	3.94	3.42	20	64	45	9	4	10	6	2	0	1	32			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.275	.00	0.00%	-2.62	1b start a 1	5b 12- 1 out d3
33	373	154	Sep 24	SDP		HOU	W,3-0	SHO	W(13-11)	4	9.0	6	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.76	3.37	35	116	74	11	16	11	17	2	3	0	78			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.471	.00	0.00%	3.83	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
34	374	159	Sep 30	SDP	@	HOU	W,5-1	GS-2		5	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.77	3.37	8	21	13	2	1	2	6	4	1	0	46			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.14	-0.038	.00	0.00%	-0.17	1b start tie	2b 3 out d1
							17-17		W-L:13-11	4.4	205.1	202	93	86	45	118	17	1	3.77	3.37	846	2823	68%	15%	10%	0.89		15%	4%	8	52	2	0%	8	5	2	779	36	3	1	15	8	10	1.05	-0.124	.36	-0.17%	-0.26

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