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: 19-11 / in Starts: 19-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1985 Pitching Game Log

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1985 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	244	2	Apr 10	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-14	GS-2	L(0-1)	99	1.2	6	9	3	2	1	1	0	16.20	12.88	15	4	2	0	0	6	18			0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	1	2	1.05	-0.472	1.42	-0.38%	-8.05	1b start a 1	2b --- 2 out d8
2	245	6	Apr 16	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	GS-7		5	6.2	10	4	2	1	2	2	0	5.40	7.72	33	10	10	0	0	10	43			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	3	1.27	-0.175	1.35	-0.11%	-0.82	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out d2
3	246	10	Apr 21	NYY		CLE	L,0-3	GS-6	L(0-2)	4	5.1	7	2	2	1	1	1	0	4.61	6.78	23	6	8	0	0	7	46			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.010	1.28	-0.01%	0.09	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out d2
4	247	14	Apr 26	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-4	GS-7	L(0-3)	4	6.2	4	3	3	2	6	1	0	4.43	5.78	26	5	9	0	0	4	58			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.094	1.12	-0.06%	0.27	1b start a 1	7b 12- 2 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
5	248	19	May 1	NYY	@	TEX	W,5-1	GS-6	W(1-3)	4	5.0	5	1	1	5	2	1	0	3.91	6.12	24	3	9	0	0	5	50			0	1	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	0.024	.94	0.01%	0.58	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out a2
6	249	23	May 7	NYY	@	MIN	L,6-8	GS-2	L(1-4)	5	1.2	9	5	5	0	1	0	0	5.33	5.83	13	1	2	0	0	9	18			0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.26	-0.405	1.17	-0.23%	-4.45	1b start a 2	2b 1-3 2 out d3
7	250	28	May 13	NYY		MIN	W,9-8	GS-2		5	1.0	6	5	5	0	0	0	1	6.75	5.83	9	2	0	0	0	6	21			1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.285	.90	-0.13%	-3.49	1t start tie	2t 12- 0 out d3
8	251	34	May 19	NYY	@	CAL	L,1-4	GS-6	L(1-5)	5	6.0	6	2	2	3	4	1	0	6.09	5.68	26	5	8	0	0	6	53			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	-0.001	1.61	0.00%	1.07	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
9	252	39	May 25	NYY	@	OAK	L,7-8	GS-6		5	5.0	7	3	3	0	1	1	0	6.00	5.58	22	8	6	5	0	7	42			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.037	1.25	0.03%	0.37	1b start a 1	6b 12- 0 out a3
10	253	44	May 31	NYY		SEA	W,8-3	GS-4		5	4.0	7	3	3	0	2	1	0	6.07	5.52	17	3	5	0	0	7	38			0	2	0	17	2	1	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.121	.87	-0.08%	-1.00	1t start tie	4t 3 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
11	254	49	Jun 6	NYY	@	MIL	L,1-5	GS-5	L(1-6)	5	4.2	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	6.23	5.26	24	7	6	0	0	9	30			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	-0.247	1.30	-0.17%	-1.70	1b start tie	5b 1-- 2 out d3
12	255	54	Jun 11	NYY		TOR	L,1-4	GS-10		4	9.1	6	1	1	1	7	0	0	5.37	4.65	35	13	9	0	0	5	78			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	1	0	.97	0.256	1.52	0.24%	3.10	1t start tie	10t 12- 1 out tie
13	256	61	Jun 19	NYY	@	BAL	W,10-0	SHO	W(2-6)	7	9.0	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	4.64	4.31	34	12	11	0	0	6	78			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	1	.25	0.113	.28	0.08%	4.46	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a10
14	257	67	Jun 25	NYY		BAL	W,7-4	GS-6	W(3-6)	5	6.0	4	1	1	1	6	0	0	4.38	4.05	22	3	8	0	0	4	65			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.235	.68	0.15%	2.01	1t start tie	6t 3 out a4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
15	258	73	Jul 2	NYY	@	TOR	W,5-3	GS-9	W(4-6)	6	8.0	3	2	2	3	2	1	0	4.16	4.13	28	9	11	0	1	3	67			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.389	1.86	0.36%	2.86	1b start a 1	9b 1-- 0 out a4
16	259	77	Jul 7(1)	NYY		MIN	W,3-2	GS-6		4	6.0	8	2	2	1	2	0	0	4.08	4.02	26	11	5	0	0	7	49			0	0	0	23	2	1	0	2	0	1	1.33	0.085	1.79	0.07%	1.01	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
17	260	83	Jul 12	NYY		TEX	W,6-0	SHO	W(5-6)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.69	3.89	28	13	8	0	0	2	80			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	4	0	0	.59	0.289	.83	0.25%	4.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
18	261	86	Jul 18	NYY	@	MIN	L,4-8	GS-2		5	1.1	6	4	4	0	1	0	0	4.02	3.86	10	1	2	0	0	6	27			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.02	-0.342	2.27	-0.46%	-4.15	1b start tie	2b 1-3 1 out d3
19	262	91	Jul 23	NYY	@	KCR	L,2-5	GS-6	L(5-7)	4	5.1	8	3	3	1	1	0	0	4.07	3.81	24	3	11	1	0	8	40			0	0	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.056	2.48	-0.08%	-0.16	1b start a 1	6b 1-3 1 out d1
20	263	96	Jul 29	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-2	GS-8	W(6-7)	5	7.0	6	2	2	3	2	1	0	3.98	3.90	27	10	6	0	0	6	56			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	2	1	0	.94	0.081	1.30	0.07%	0.92	1b start tie	8b -2- 0 out a3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
21	264	102	Aug 3	NYY		CHW	W,8-4	GS-9	W(7-7)	4	8.1	12	4	4	2	4	1	0	4.00	3.91	38	7	14	1	0	11	45			1	0	0	36	2	1	0	1	0	0	.60	0.099	.45	0.04%	-0.40	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a4
22	265	107	Aug 9	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-6	GS-5		5	4.0	10	6	4	2	4	0	0	4.17	3.85	24	5	3	0	0	10	24			1	0	0	20	4	0	0	1	2	1	1.20	-0.425	1.02	-0.22%	-4.27	1b start tie	5b 1-- 0 out d3
23	266	112	Aug 14	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-7	GS-4		4	3.0	9	5	5	0	0	1	1	4.43	3.95	18	3	6	0	0	8	21			0	0	0	17	3	1	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.400	1.35	-0.33%	-3.90	1b start tie	4b -23 0 out d1
24	267	117	Aug 20	NYY	@	CAL	W,8-5	GS-5		5	4.0	4	4	4	2	4	1	0	4.57	4.00	18	2	6	2	0	4	40			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.058	1.64	0.09%	-0.95	1b start a 2	5b 12- 0 out a5
25	268	122	Aug 25	NYY	@	SEA	W,8-5	GS-7	W(8-7)	4	6.1	5	4	4	0	6	2	0	4.62	4.04	24	6	7	1	1	5	53			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	1	.73	0.184	1.87	0.29%	-0.69	1b start a 3	7b --- 1 out a3
26	269	127	Aug 31	NYY		CAL	W,10-4	GS-5		5	4.2	5	4	4	1	5	1	0	4.73	4.04	20	5	4	0	0	5	42			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.189	2.04	-0.22%	-1.60	1t start tie	5t --- 2 out tie
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
27	270	132	Sep 5	NYY		OAK	W,7-3	GS-6	W(9-7)	4	6.0	7	3	3	3	7	1	0	4.72	4.04	28	6	7	0	0	5	50			0	1	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.07	-0.064	3.58	-0.13%	0.01	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
28	271	137	Sep 10	NYY	@	MIL	W,13-10	GS-7	W(10-7)	4	7.0	12	8	6	2	7	1	0	4.86	4.01	35	7	7	1	0	12	30			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.271	3.39	-0.64%	-4.46	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
29	272	142	Sep 15	NYY		TOR	L,5-8	GS-3	L(10-8)	4	2.0	7	4	4	0	0	0	0	5.03	3.99	13	6	2	0	0	5	26			1	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.222	6.59	-0.76%	-2.49	1t start tie	3t -23 0 out d2
30	273	159	Oct 4	NYY	@	TOR	W,4-3	GS-5		18	4.2	3	2	0	3	3	0	0	4.88	3.97	21	5	7	1	0	3	54			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.30	-0.044	5.67	-0.12%	0.20	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out tie
							19-11		W-L:10-8	4.6	158.2	201	100	86	43	89	19	2	4.88	3.97	705	0.91		3%	1%	191	45		---%	6	6	0	650	37	5	0	14	7	12	.97	-1.973	1.72	-2.47%	-21.12

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