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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, 13,955th 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

21.3

126

123

ERA

3.79

452

333

2240.0

1266

WHIP

1.312

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1974	19	PIT-min	Rk	1	4	.200	4.30	8	8		1	0	0	44.0	45	28	21	0	15	0	25	3	1	7				1.364	9.2	0.0	3.1	5.1	1.67	PRA GULF
1975	20	PIT-min	A	8	15	.348	5.07	24	24		5	1	0	142.0	140	96	80	7	99	0	120	15	1	10				1.683	8.9	0.4	6.3	7.6	1.21	CHS WCRS
1976	21	PIT-min	A	15	9	.625	2.53	26	26		16	2	0	203.0	168	75	57	7	65	4	186	5	1	7				1.148	7.4	0.3	2.9	8.2	2.86	SAL CARL
1977	22	PIT-min	AAA	8	13	.381	3.34	26	26		9	0	0	175.0	175	74	65	9	68	3	120	3	0	6				1.389	9.0	0.5	3.5	6.2	1.76	CLB IL
1977	22	PIT	NL	1	0	1.000	3.45	5	2	1	0	0	0	15.2	11	6	6	0	9	1	10	0	0	0	66	118	3.19	1.277	6.3	0.0	5.2	5.7	1.11
1978	23	PIT-min	AAA	2	2	.500	3.71	7	7		1	0	0	51.0	56	25	21	2	10	0	55	2	0	1				1.294	9.9	0.4	1.8	9.7	5.50	CLB IL
1978	23	PIT	NL	5	6	.455	3.28	43	0	14	0	0	4	74.0	66	31	27	5	37	5	64	2	0	1	318	114	3.31	1.392	8.0	0.6	4.5	7.8	1.73
1979	24	TOT	NL	7	11	.389	4.10	37	24	5	2	0	1	158.0	151	83	72	11	75	9	93	5	2	5	702	90	3.98	1.430	8.6	0.6	4.3	5.3	1.24
1979	24	PIT	NL	2	3	.400	4.37	19	7	4	0	0	1	57.2	53	36	28	6	36	3	31	1	1	2	263	90	4.93	1.543	8.3	0.9	5.6	4.8	0.86
1979	24	SFG	NL	5	8	.385	3.95	18	17	1	2	0	0	100.1	98	47	44	5	39	6	62	4	1	3	439	89	3.43	1.365	8.8	0.4	3.5	5.6	1.59
1980	25	SFG	NL	11	13	.458	3.10	34	34	0	6	2	0	211.2	222	88	73	7	56	7	90	4	1	1	898	114	3.18	1.313	9.4	*0.3*	2.4	3.8	1.61	AS
1981	26	SFG	NL	6	9	.400	4.02	22	22	0	2	1	0	123.0	130	61	55	10	47	5	65	2	2	3	534	85	3.80	1.439	9.5	0.7	3.4	4.8	1.38
1982	27	CLE	AL	4	2	.667	3.26	40	9	18	1	1	2	107.2	91	43	39	6	58	3	61	0	1	4	467	127	3.92	1.384	7.6	0.5	4.8	5.1	1.05
1983	28	SDP-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	6.75	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.0	15	9	9	0	5	0	11	0	0	0				1.667	11.3	0.0	3.8	8.3	2.20	LVG PCL
1983	28	SDP	NL	5	7	.417	4.30	31	21	4	2	0	1	144.1	143	73	69	23	50	1	81	1	0	2	617	82	4.76	1.337	8.9	1.4	3.1	5.1	1.62
1984	29	SDP	NL	14	8	.636	3.24	31	31	0	1	0	0	189.0	181	72	68	16	42	1	103	3	1	3	773	111	3.49	1.180	8.6	0.8	2.0	4.9	2.45
1985	30	NYY	AL	10	8	.556	4.88	30	30	0	2	2	0	158.2	201	100	86	19	43	0	89	2	0	1	705	83	3.97	1.538	11.4	1.1	2.4	5.0	2.07
1986	31	TOT	MLB	6	9	.400	6.23	31	16	6	0	0	0	112.2	139	85	78	13	60	1	73	0	0	3	526	61	4.57	1.766	11.1	1.0	4.8	5.8	1.22
1986	31	NYY	AL	5	2	.714	7.54	14	4	6	0	0	0	37.0	54	37	31	5	23	1	27	0	0	2	189	55	4.93	2.081	13.1	1.2	5.6	6.6	1.17
1986	31	SDP	NL	1	7	.125	5.59	17	12	0	0	0	0	75.2	85	48	47	8	37	0	46	0	0	1	337	66	4.40	1.612	10.1	1.0	4.4	5.5	1.24
1987	32	SDP	NL	10	13	.435	4.73	36	34	0	3	1	0	205.2	197	113	108	36	64	3	135	3	1	2	858	84	4.81	1.269	8.6	1.6	2.8	5.9	2.11
1988	33	SDP	NL	13	11	.542	3.77	34	33	0	3	1	0	205.1	202	93	86	17	45	1	118	1	2	2	846	91	3.37	1.203	8.9	0.7	2.0	5.2	2.62
1989	34	SDP	NL	16	11	.593	2.66	33	33	0	5	1	0	227.0	198	77	67	22	48	6	117	5	3	2	914	132	3.69	1.084	7.9	0.9	1.9	4.6	2.44
1990	35	SDP	NL	14	9	.609	2.60	32	32	0	6	3	0	228.2	215	73	66	13	47	8	127	1	0	2	918	148	3.07	1.146	8.5	0.5	1.8	5.0	2.70
1991	36	SDP	NL	4	6	.400	5.03	13	12	0	2	0	0	78.2	93	47	44	13	17	3	40	0	1	1	337	76	4.64	1.398	10.6	1.5	1.9	4.6	2.35
15 Yrs				126	123	.506	3.79	452	333	48	35	12	8	2240.0	2240	1045	944	211	698	54	1266	29	14	32	9479	98	3.82	1.312	9.0	0.8	2.8	5.1	1.81
162 Game Avg.				11	11	.506	3.79	39	29	4	3	1	1	194	194	91	82	18	60	5	110	3	1	3	821	98	3.82	1.312	9.0	0.8	2.8	5.1	1.81
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
SDP (8 yrs)				77	72	.517	3.69	227	208	4	22	6	1	1354.1	1314	596	555	148	350	23	767	14	8	15	5600	99	3.89	1.229	8.7	1.0	2.3	5.1	2.19
SFG (3 yrs)				22	30	.423	3.56	74	73	1	10	3	0	435.0	450	196	172	22	142	18	217	10	4	7	1871	99	3.41	1.361	9.3	0.5	2.9	4.5	1.53
PIT (3 yrs)				8	9	.471	3.73	67	9	19	0	0	5	147.1	130	73	61	11	82	9	105	3	1	3	647	103	3.93	1.439	7.9	0.7	5.0	6.4	1.28
NYY (2 yrs)				15	10	.600	5.38	44	34	6	2	2	0	195.2	255	137	117	24	66	1	116	2	0	3	894	75	4.15	1.641	11.7	1.1	3.0	5.3	1.76
CLE (1 yr)				4	2	.667	3.26	40	9	18	1	1	2	107.2	91	43	39	6	58	3	61	0	1	4	467	127	3.92	1.384	7.6	0.5	4.8	5.1	1.05

NL (13 yrs)				107	111	.491	3.66	368	290	24	32	9	6	1936.2	1894	865	788	181	574	50	1089	27	13	25	8118	100	3.78	1.274	8.8	0.8	2.7	5.1	1.90
AL (3 yrs)				19	12	.613	4.63	84	43	24	3	3	2	303.1	346	180	156	30	124	4	177	2	1	7	1361	88	4.07	1.549	10.3	0.9	3.7	5.3	1.43

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