Lou Whitaker

Position: Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 160lb (180cm, 72kg)

Born: May 12, 1957 in Brooklyn, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 5th round of the 1975 MLB June Amateur Draft from Martinsville HS (Martinsville, VA).

High School: Martinsville HS (Martinsville, VA)

Debut: September 9, 1977 (Age 20-120d, 13,958th in major league history)
vs. BOS 5 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1995 (Age 38-142d)
vs. BAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Agents: Rick Brode

Full Name: Louis Rodman Whitaker

Nicknames: Sweet Lou

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Rookie of the Year
5x All-Star
1984 World Series
3x Gold Glove
4x Silver Slugger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

75.1

8570

2369

244

.276

1386

RBI

1084

143

OBP

.363

SLG

.426

OPS

.789

OPS+

117

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

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	DET		TOR	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
2	3 (1)	Apr 9	DET		TOR	W,8-4	GF	26	7.0	2	4	0	6	1	PH 2B
3	4	Apr 11	DET	@	TEX	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	2B
4	6 (1)	Apr 14	DET	@	TOR	L,8-10	CG	42	8.0	0	4	2	6	0	2B
5	8 (1)	Apr 16	DET	@	TOR	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
6	9	Apr 17	DET		CHW	W,10-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
7	10	Apr 22	DET		TEX	W,7-6	CG	44	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
8	12 (1)	Apr 23 (2)	DET		TEX	L,1-2	GS	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
9	14 (1)	Apr 25	DET	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	42	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
10	16 (1)	Apr 28	DET	@	SEA	W,5-4	GF	17	4.0	0	2	1	3	0	PH 2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	25 (8)	May 12	DET		OAK	L,4-10	GF	16	2.0	1	0	1	2	0	PH 2B
12	26	May 13	DET		OAK	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
13	27	May 14	DET		OAK	W,15-0	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
14	28	May 15	DET		SEA	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	2B
15	29	May 16	DET		SEA	W,4-2	GF	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
16	30	May 17	DET	@	MIL	W,5-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
17	31	May 18	DET	@	MIL	L,7-8	GS	36	7.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
18	32	May 19	DET		BOS	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	2B
19	33	May 20	DET		BOS	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	5	6	0	11	3	2B
20	34	May 21 (1)	DET		BOS	W,2-1	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 2B
21	35	May 21 (2)	DET		BOS	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
22	36	May 23	DET	@	BAL	L,0-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
23	37	May 24 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	6	1	8	2	2B
24	38	May 24 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	6	4	0	10	2	2B
25	40 (1)	May 26	DET	@	BOS	L,3-6	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
26	41	May 27	DET	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
27	42	May 28 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	2B
28	43	May 28 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
29	44	May 29	DET		BAL	L,3-6	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
30	45	May 30	DET		BAL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
31	46	May 31	DET		MIL	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	47	Jun 1	DET		MIL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
33	48	Jun 2	DET		MIN	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
34	49	Jun 3	DET		MIN	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
35	50	Jun 4	DET		MIN	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	3	9	0	12	2	2B
36	51	Jun 6	DET	@	MIL	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
37	52	Jun 7	DET	@	MIL	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
38	53	Jun 9	DET		KCR	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
39	54	Jun 10	DET		KCR	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
40	55	Jun 11	DET		KCR	W,5-2	CG	38	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
41	56	Jun 12	DET		MIL	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	2B
42	57	Jun 13	DET		MIL	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	2B
43	58	Jun 14	DET	@	KCR	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	4	6	1	11	3	2B
44	59	Jun 15	DET	@	KCR	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
45	60	Jun 16	DET	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	4	6	0	10	1	2B
46	61	Jun 17	DET	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
47	62	Jun 18	DET	@	MIN	L,4-8	CG	42	8.0	6	4	0	10	1	2B
48	63	Jun 20	DET	@	TOR	W,4-3	CG	50	13.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
49	64	Jun 21	DET	@	TOR	W,10-8	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
50	65	Jun 22	DET		NYY	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	2B
51	66	Jun 23	DET		NYY	L,3-12	CG	44	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	2B
52	67	Jun 24	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
53	68	Jun 25	DET		NYY	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
54	69	Jun 26	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	31	8.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
55	70	Jun 27	DET	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	3	7	0	10	1	2B
56	71	Jun 28 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
57	72	Jun 28 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
58	73	Jun 29	DET	@	CLE	L,3-6	GF	9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
59	74	Jun 30	DET	@	NYY	L,2-10	CG	46	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	75	Jul 1	DET	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	4	7	0	11	1	2B
61	76	Jul 2 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
62	77	Jul 2 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-5	GF	4	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	PR 2B
63	78	Jul 3	DET		TOR	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
64	79	Jul 4	DET		TOR	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	5	5	0	10	3	2B
65	80	Jul 5	DET		CLE	W,13-3	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
66	81	Jul 6	DET		CLE	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	2B
67	82	Jul 7	DET	@	TEX	W,12-7	CG	40	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	2B
68	83	Jul 8	DET	@	TEX	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
69	84	Jul 9	DET	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	53	12.1	6	7	0	13	1	2B
70	85	Jul 13	DET	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
71	86	Jul 14	DET	@	SEA	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	2B
72	87	Jul 15	DET	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
73	88	Jul 16	DET	@	CAL	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
74	89	Jul 17	DET	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	5	6	1	12	2	2B
75	90	Jul 18	DET	@	OAK	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
76	91	Jul 19	DET	@	OAK	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
77	93 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	DET		CAL	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
78	94	Jul 22	DET		CAL	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
79	95	Jul 23 (1)	DET		CAL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
80	97 (1)	Jul 24	DET		OAK	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
81	98	Jul 25	DET		OAK	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
82	99	Jul 26	DET		BAL	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
83	100	Jul 27	DET		BAL	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
84	101	Jul 28	DET		SEA	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	2B
85	102	Jul 29	DET		SEA	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
86	103	Jul 30	DET		SEA	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	2B
87	104	Jul 31	DET	@	TOR	L,7-8	CG	54	13.1	3	5	0	8	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	105	Aug 1	DET	@	TOR	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
89	106	Aug 3	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
90	107	Aug 4	DET		CHW	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	2B
91	108	Aug 5	DET		CHW	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	1	8	0	9	2	2B
92	109	Aug 6	DET		CHW	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
93	110	Aug 8	DET		TEX	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
94	111	Aug 9	DET		TEX	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
95	112	Aug 11	DET	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	3	8	0	11	2	2B
96	113	Aug 12	DET	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	44	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
97	114	Aug 13	DET	@	CHW	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	2B
98	115	Aug 14	DET		KCR	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
99	116	Aug 15	DET		KCR	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
100	117	Aug 16	DET		CLE	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
101	118	Aug 17	DET		CLE	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
102	119	Aug 18	DET	@	MIL	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
103	120	Aug 19	DET	@	MIL	W,6-4	GS	27	6.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
104	124 (3)	Aug 23 (1)	DET		TOR	L,3-4	CG	46	12.0	2	6	1	9	1	2B
105	126 (1)	Aug 24	DET		TOR	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
106	127	Aug 25	DET		MIL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
107	128	Aug 26	DET		MIL	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
108	129	Aug 27	DET		MIL	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
109	130	Aug 28	DET		MIL	L,1-10	CG	45	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
110	131	Aug 29	DET		MIN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	2B
111	132	Aug 31	DET		MIN	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
112	133	Sep 1	DET	@	KCR	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
113	134	Sep 2	DET	@	KCR	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
114	135	Sep 3	DET	@	KCR	L,2-6	CG	31	8.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
115	136	Sep 4 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
116	137	Sep 4 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
117	138	Sep 5	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
118	139	Sep 6	DET	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	5	1	2	8	0	2B
119	140	Sep 8	DET		CLE	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
120	141	Sep 9	DET		CLE	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
121	142	Sep 10	DET		CLE	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
122	143	Sep 12	DET		NYY	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	5	4	0	9	3	2B
123	144	Sep 13	DET		NYY	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
124	145	Sep 14	DET		NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
125	146	Sep 15	DET	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
126	147	Sep 16	DET	@	CLE	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
127	148	Sep 17	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	3	6	0	9	1	2B
128	149	Sep 18	DET		BOS	L,4-5	CG	47	11.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
129	150	Sep 19	DET		BOS	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
130	151	Sep 20	DET		BOS	W,12-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
131	152	Sep 21	DET		BOS	L,1-5	GS	16	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
132	158 (5)	Sep 27	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
133	159	Sep 28	DET	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
134	160	Sep 29	DET		BAL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
135	161	Sep 30	DET		BAL	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	2B
136	162	Oct 1	DET		BAL	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
							136gm		1122.1	301	458	17	776	95