Ernie Whitt

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: June 13, 1952 in Detroit, MI us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 15th round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Macomb Community College (Warren, MI).

High School: Roseville HS (Roseville, MI)

School: Macomb Community College (Warren, MI)

Debut: September 12, 1976 (Age 24-091d, 13,811th in major league history)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 3, 1991 (Age 39-020d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1980 season

Agents: Himself, Richard Box

Full Name: Leo Ernest Whitt

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.3

3774

938

134

.249

447

RBI

534

OBP

.324

SLG

.410

OPS

.734

OPS+

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

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	TOR	@	SEA	L,6-8	GS	30	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
2	2	Apr 11	TOR	@	SEA	W,10-7	GS	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
3	3	Apr 12	TOR	@	SEA	L,2-3	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
4	5 (1)	Apr 16	TOR		MIL	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
5	6	Apr 17	TOR		MIL	W,1-0	GS	33	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
6	11 (4)	Apr 23	TOR	@	KCR	L,4-7	GS	32	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
7	12	Apr 25	TOR	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	4	2	1	7	0	C
8	14 (1)	Apr 27	TOR	@	MIL	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	C
9	15	Apr 29	TOR		KCR	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	17 (1)	May 1	TOR		CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
11	18	May 2	TOR		CLE	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
12	20 (1)	May 4 (1)	TOR		CLE	W,9-8	GS	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
13	22 (1)	May 6	TOR	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
14	23	May 7	TOR	@	CAL	W,7-3	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
15	25 (1)	May 10	TOR	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	34	8.1	8	2	0	10	2	C
16	26	May 11	TOR	@	OAK	L,1-12	CG	44	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
17	27	May 14	TOR		SEA	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
18	29 (1)	May 16	TOR		OAK	W,1-0	CG	41	11.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
19	30	May 17	TOR		OAK	L,2-4	GF	23	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
20	33 (2)	May 20	TOR		BOS	L,3-4	GS	31	7.0	7	0	0	7	2	C
21	35 (1)	May 22	TOR		NYY	L,1-5	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
22	37 (1)	May 24	TOR		NYY	L,2-6	GS	33	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
23	39 (1)	May 26	TOR	@	BOS	W,3-1		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
24	43 (3)	May 31	TOR	@	NYY	L,6-8	GF	24	5.1	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	44	Jun 1	TOR	@	NYY	L,7-11	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
26	45	Jun 2	TOR		CAL	L,3-6	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
27	46	Jun 3	TOR		CAL	W,7-6		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
28	49 (2)	Jun 7	TOR	@	MIN	L,2-3	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
29	50	Jun 8 (1)	TOR	@	MIN	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
30	51	Jun 8 (2)	TOR	@	MIN	W,6-4	GF	18	5.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
31	55 (3)	Jun 14	TOR		TEX	W,7-6	GS	31	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
32	58 (2)	Jun 17	TOR		MIN	L,6-8	GS	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
33	59	Jun 18 (1)	TOR		CHW	W,5-4	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
34	60	Jun 18 (2)	TOR		CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
35	61	Jun 20	TOR	@	TEX	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
36	63 (1)	Jun 22	TOR	@	TEX	W,6-5	GS	33	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
37	65 (1)	Jun 25	TOR	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
38	69 (3)	Jun 29	TOR		DET	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
39	70	Jun 30	TOR		BAL	L,7-9	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	75 (4)	Jul 5	TOR	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
41	76	Jul 6	TOR	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
42	77	Jul 10	TOR		CLE	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
43	81 (3)	Jul 13 (2)	TOR		MIL	L,0-4	GS	34	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
44	83 (1)	Jul 16	TOR	@	SEA	W,5-0	CG	28	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
45	85 (1)	Jul 18	TOR	@	CAL	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
46	86	Jul 19	TOR	@	CAL	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
47	88 (1)	Jul 21	TOR	@	OAK	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	C
48	89	Jul 22 (1)	TOR	@	OAK	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
49	91 (1)	Jul 23	TOR	@	OAK	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
50	93 (1)	Jul 26 (1)	TOR		SEA	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
51	96 (2)	Jul 28	TOR		OAK	L,3-5	CG	36	7.2	4	1	0	5	0	C
52	97	Jul 29	TOR		OAK	L,5-6	GS	43	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
53	98	Jul 30	TOR		OAK	L,1-11	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	99	Aug 1	TOR		CAL	W,9-8	GS	30	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
55	101 (1)	Aug 3	TOR		CAL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	C
56	102	Aug 4	TOR	@	CLE	L,5-11	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
57	104 (1)	Aug 6	TOR	@	CLE	L,2-5	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
58	105	Aug 7	TOR	@	CLE	L,6-7	GS	38	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
59	106	Aug 8 (1)	TOR		KCR	L,0-9	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
60	107	Aug 8 (2)	TOR		KCR	L,4-7	GF	19	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
61	108	Aug 9	TOR		KCR	W,4-3	GS	31	8.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
62	109	Aug 10	TOR		KCR	L,5-8	GS	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
63	110	Aug 12 (1)	TOR	@	MIL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
64	111	Aug 12 (2)	TOR	@	MIL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
65	113 (1)	Aug 14	TOR	@	MIL	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
66	114	Aug 15	TOR	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
67	116 (1)	Aug 17	TOR	@	KCR	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
68	118 (1)	Aug 20	TOR	@	MIN	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
69	119	Aug 21	TOR	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
70	120	Aug 22	TOR	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
71	121	Aug 23	TOR	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
72	123 (1)	Aug 25	TOR		TEX	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
73	124	Aug 26	TOR		TEX	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
74	125	Aug 27	TOR		TEX	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
75	128 (2)	Aug 30	TOR		MIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
76	129	Aug 31	TOR		MIN	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	130	Sep 1	TOR	@	TEX	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
78	131	Sep 2	TOR	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
79	132	Sep 3	TOR	@	TEX	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
80	133	Sep 4	TOR		CHW	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
81	134	Sep 5	TOR		CHW	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
82	136 (1)	Sep 7 (2)	TOR		CHW	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
83	137	Sep 8	TOR		NYY	L,4-7	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
84	138	Sep 9	TOR		NYY	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
85	139	Sep 10	TOR		NYY	L,6-7	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
86	140	Sep 11	TOR		BAL	L,1-6	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
87	142 (1)	Sep 13	TOR		BAL	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
88	143	Sep 14	TOR		BAL	W,4-3	GS	48	12.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
89	144	Sep 16	TOR	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	27	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
90	145	Sep 17 susp	TOR	@	NYY	L,7-8	GF	32	5.2	2	0	0	2	0	C
91	146	Sep 18	TOR	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
92	147	Sep 19	TOR	@	BAL	L,6-8	CG	53	11.1	6	0	0	6	1	C
93	148	Sep 20	TOR	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
94	149	Sep 21	TOR	@	BAL	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
95	150	Sep 22	TOR	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
96	151	Sep 23	TOR	@	DET	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
97	152	Sep 24	TOR	@	DET	L,8-9	CG	46	9.1	7	0	0	7	0	C
98	153	Sep 26	TOR		BOS	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
99	154	Sep 27	TOR		BOS	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
100	155	Sep 28	TOR		BOS	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
101	156	Sep 29	TOR		DET	L,2-8	CG	48	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
102	158 (1)	Oct 1	TOR		DET	L,7-11	CG	48	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
103	160 (1)	Oct 4 (1)	TOR	@	BOS	W,7-6	GS	33	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
104	161	Oct 4 (2)	TOR	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
105	162	Oct 5	TOR	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
							105gm		825.2	436	56	7	499	11