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.

1988 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1988 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	TOR	@	KCR	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
2	3 (1)	Apr 7	TOR	@	KCR	L,4-7	GS	34	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
3	4	Apr 8	TOR	@	MIN	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
4	5	Apr 9	TOR	@	MIN	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
5	7 (1)	Apr 11	TOR		NYY	W,17-9	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
6	9 (1)	Apr 13	TOR		NYY	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
7	11 (1)	Apr 16	TOR		MIN	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
8	12	Apr 17	TOR		MIN	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
9	13	Apr 19	TOR		KCR	W,12-3	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
10	15 (1)	Apr 22	TOR	@	NYY	W,6-4	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
11	17 (1)	Apr 24	TOR	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
12	18	Apr 26	TOR		OAK	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
13	19	Apr 27	TOR		OAK	L,3-5	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
14	20	Apr 28	TOR		OAK	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
15	21	Apr 29	TOR		CAL	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	23 (1)	May 1	TOR		CAL	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
17	24	May 2	TOR	@	SEA	L,5-7	GF	11	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH C
18	25	May 3	TOR	@	SEA	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
19	26	May 4	TOR	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
20	27	May 5	TOR	@	OAK	L,5-8	GS	28	6.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
21	28	May 6	TOR	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
22	29	May 7	TOR	@	CAL	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
23	30	May 8	TOR	@	CAL	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
24	32 (1)	May 11	TOR		SEA	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
25	33	May 12	TOR		SEA	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
26	34	May 13	TOR	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
27	35	May 14	TOR	@	CHW	L,5-7	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH C
28	36	May 15	TOR	@	CHW	L,5-6	GF	12	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
29	38 (1)	May 17	TOR		TEX	L,6-7	GS	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
30	40 (1)	May 20	TOR	@	MIL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
31	41	May 21	TOR	@	MIL	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	C
32	42	May 22	TOR	@	MIL	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
33	45 (2)	May 25	TOR	@	TEX	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
34	47 (1)	May 27	TOR		CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
35	48	May 28	TOR		CHW	L,2-3	GS	29	7.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
36	51 (2)	May 31	TOR		MIL	W,9-0	CG	28	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	52	Jun 1	TOR		MIL	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
38	54 (1)	Jun 3	TOR	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
39	55	Jun 4	TOR	@	BOS	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
40	56	Jun 5	TOR	@	BOS	W,12-4	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
41	57	Jun 6	TOR	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
42	59 (1)	Jun 8	TOR	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
43	60	Jun 10	TOR		BOS	W,3-0	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
44	61	Jun 11	TOR		BOS	W,4-3	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
45	62	Jun 12	TOR		BOS	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
46	63	Jun 13	TOR		CLE	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
47	64	Jun 14	TOR		CLE	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
48	66 (1)	Jun 16	TOR	@	DET	W,13-5	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
49	68 (1)	Jun 18	TOR	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	C
50	69	Jun 19	TOR	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
51	70	Jun 20	TOR		BAL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
52	71	Jun 21	TOR		BAL	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
53	73 (1)	Jun 23	TOR		BAL	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
54	74	Jun 24	TOR		DET	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
55	75	Jun 25	TOR		DET	L,2-7	CG	47	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
56	76	Jun 26	TOR		DET	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
57	78 (1)	Jun 28	TOR	@	BAL	L,0-7	GS	22	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
58	79	Jun 29	TOR	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	80	Jul 1	TOR		OAK	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
60	81	Jul 2	TOR		OAK	L,3-11	GF	16	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
61	82	Jul 3	TOR		OAK	L,8-9	GS	46	11.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
62	83	Jul 4	TOR		CAL	L,6-11	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
63	84	Jul 5	TOR		CAL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
64	85	Jul 6	TOR		CAL	L,4-5	CG	43	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
65	86	Jul 8	TOR		SEA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
66	87	Jul 9	TOR		SEA	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
67	88	Jul 10	TOR		SEA	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
68	89	Jul 14	TOR	@	OAK	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
69	90	Jul 15	TOR	@	OAK	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
70	91	Jul 16	TOR	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
71	94 (2)	Jul 19	TOR	@	CAL	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
72	95	Jul 20	TOR	@	CAL	L,6-7	CG	42	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
73	96	Jul 21	TOR	@	SEA	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
74	97	Jul 22	TOR	@	SEA	L,9-10	CG	49	9.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
75	100 (2)	Jul 25	TOR	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
76	101	Jul 26	TOR	@	MIN	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
77	103 (1)	Jul 29	TOR		NYY	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
78	104	Jul 30	TOR		NYY	L,1-3	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
79	105	Jul 31	TOR		NYY	L,3-6	GS	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	107 (1)	Aug 2	TOR		MIN	W,11-1	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
81	108	Aug 3	TOR		MIN	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
82	110 (1)	Aug 5	TOR		KCR	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
83	111	Aug 6	TOR		KCR	L,1-11	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
84	112	Aug 7	TOR		KCR	L,1-5	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
85	113	Aug 8	TOR		KCR	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
86	114	Aug 9	TOR	@	NYY	W,6-3	GF	17	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
87	115	Aug 10	TOR	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
88	116	Aug 11	TOR	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	47	11.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
89	118 (1)	Aug 13	TOR	@	KCR	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
90	119	Aug 14	TOR	@	KCR	L,0-6	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
91	120	Aug 16	TOR	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
92	122 (1)	Aug 19	TOR		MIL	L,4-7	CG	46	10.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
93	124 (1)	Aug 21	TOR		MIL	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	C
94	126 (1)	Aug 23	TOR		CHW	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
95	127	Aug 24	TOR		CHW	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
96	129 (1)	Aug 27	TOR	@	TEX	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
97	130	Aug 28	TOR	@	TEX	W,6-5	CG	43	11.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
98	131	Aug 29	TOR	@	MIL	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
99	133 (1)	Aug 31	TOR	@	MIL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	134	Sep 1	TOR		TEX	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
101	135	Sep 2	TOR		TEX	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
102	136	Sep 3	TOR		TEX	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
103	137	Sep 4	TOR		TEX	W,9-7	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	C
104	138	Sep 5	TOR	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
105	139	Sep 6	TOR	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
106	141 (1)	Sep 9	TOR	@	BAL	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
107	142	Sep 10	TOR	@	BAL	L,4-7	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
108	143	Sep 11	TOR	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
109	144	Sep 12	TOR		DET	L,5-6	GF	12	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
110	145	Sep 13	TOR		DET	W,9-1	GS	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
111	146	Sep 14	TOR		DET	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
112	147	Sep 15	TOR		CLE	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
113	148	Sep 16	TOR		CLE	W,4-3	GS	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
114	150 (1)	Sep 18	TOR		CLE	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
115	151	Sep 19	TOR		BOS	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
116	152	Sep 20	TOR		BOS	L,2-13	GS	34	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
117	153	Sep 21	TOR		BOS	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
118	155 (1)	Sep 24	TOR	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
119	156	Sep 25	TOR	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	13	0	0	13	0	C
120	157	Sep 26	TOR	@	BOS	W,11-1	GS	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
121	158	Sep 27	TOR	@	BOS	W,15-9	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
122	161 (2)	Oct 1	TOR		BAL	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
123	162	Oct 2	TOR		BAL	W,9-3	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
							123gm		982.0	643	43	4	690	10