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.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	DET		TEX	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	2B
2	2	Apr 9	DET	@	KCR	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	2B
3	3	Apr 11	DET	@	KCR	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
4	4	Apr 13	DET	@	TEX	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
5	5	Apr 14	DET	@	TEX	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
6	6	Apr 15	DET	@	TEX	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
7	7	Apr 16	DET		KCR	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
8	8	Apr 17	DET		KCR	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
9	9	Apr 20	DET		TOR	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
10	10	Apr 21	DET		TOR	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
11	11	Apr 22	DET		TOR	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
12	12	Apr 26 (1)	DET	@	MIL	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
13	13	Apr 26 (2)	DET	@	MIL	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
14	14	Apr 27	DET		MIN	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	6	3	0	9	2	2B
15	15	Apr 28	DET		MIN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
16	16	Apr 29	DET		MIN	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
18	18	May 3	DET	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	43	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
19	19	May 4	DET	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
20	21 (1)	May 6	DET	@	MIN	L,6-9	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
21	22	May 7	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	6	5	0	11	4	2B
22	23	May 8	DET		CHW	W,10-8	CG	46	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
23	24	May 9	DET		CHW	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
24	25	May 11	DET		MIL	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
25	26	May 12	DET		MIL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	2B
26	27	May 13	DET		MIL	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
27	28	May 14	DET	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
28	29	May 15	DET	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
29	30	May 16	DET	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
30	31	May 18	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS	16	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
31	32	May 19	DET	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
32	33	May 20	DET	@	CLE	L,7-9	CG	43	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	2B
33	34	May 21	DET		NYY	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	3	2B
34	35	May 22	DET		NYY	L,8-12	CG	48	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
35	36	May 23	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
36	37	May 26	DET		BAL	L,5-7	CG	71	16.0	5	4	1	10	1	2B
37	38	May 27 (1)	DET		BAL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
38	39	May 27 (2)	DET		BAL	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
39	40	May 28	DET	@	TOR	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	4	1	8	2	2B
40	41	May 29	DET	@	TOR	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
41	42	May 30	DET	@	TOR	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
42	43	May 31	DET	@	TOR	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	44	Jun 1	DET	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	32	8.2	2	3	0	5	2	2B
44	45	Jun 2	DET	@	OAK	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
45	50 (4)	Jun 8	DET	@	CAL	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
46	51	Jun 9	DET	@	CAL	L,1-9	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
47	52	Jun 10	DET	@	CAL	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
48	53	Jun 11	DET		OAK	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	6	7	0	13	2	2B
49	54	Jun 12	DET		OAK	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
50	72 (17)	Jun 30	DET		CLE	L,2-4	GF	8	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	73	Jul 1	DET		CLE	W,10-2	GS	24	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
52	74	Jul 2	DET		CLE	L,4-8	CG	48	11.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
53	75	Jul 3	DET		TOR	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
54	76	Jul 4	DET		TOR	L,6-7	CG	47	11.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
55	77	Jul 5	DET		TOR	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
56	78	Jul 6 (1)	DET	@	MIL	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
57	79	Jul 6 (2)	DET	@	MIL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
58	80	Jul 7	DET	@	MIL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
59	81	Jul 8 (1)	DET	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	7	4	1	12	3	2B
60	82	Jul 8 (2)	DET	@	MIL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
61	83	Jul 9	DET		MIN	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
62	84	Jul 10	DET		MIN	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
63	85	Jul 11	DET		MIN	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
64	86	Jul 12 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
65	88 (1)	Jul 13	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	2B
66	89	Jul 14	DET	@	CHW	L,4-12	CG	43	8.0	4	3	1	8	1	2B
67	90	Jul 15	DET	@	CHW	W,14-5	CG	41	9.0	4	7	0	11	1	2B
68	91	Jul 19	DET	@	MIN	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
69	92	Jul 20	DET	@	MIN	L,6-14	GS	35	6.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
70	93	Jul 21	DET		CHW	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
71	94	Jul 22	DET		CHW	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
72	95	Jul 23	DET		CHW	L,3-11	GF	10	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 2B
73	96	Jul 24	DET		MIL	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
74	97	Jul 25	DET		MIL	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
75	98	Jul 26	DET		MIL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
76	99	Jul 27	DET	@	TOR	W,4-3	CG	43	11.0	0	5	0	5	1	2B
77	100	Jul 28	DET	@	TOR	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
78	101	Jul 29	DET	@	TOR	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	PR 2B
79	102	Jul 30	DET	@	TEX	W,6-4	GF	14	3.0	4	2	0	6	1	PH 2B
80	103	Jul 31	DET	@	TEX	L,3-11	GS	39	7.0	0	5	0	5	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	104	Aug 1	DET	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	3	3	1	7	0	2B
82	105	Aug 3 (1)	DET		KCR	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
83	106	Aug 3 (2)	DET		KCR	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
84	107	Aug 4	DET		KCR	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
85	108	Aug 5	DET		KCR	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
86	109	Aug 7 (1)	DET		TEX	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
87	110	Aug 7 (2)	DET		TEX	W,8-2	GF	3	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
88	111	Aug 8 (1)	DET		TEX	L,9-16	CG	51	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
89	113 (1)	Aug 9	DET		TEX	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	5	1	9	1	2B
90	114	Aug 10 (1)	DET	@	KCR	L,6-7	CG	42	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	2B
91	115	Aug 10 (2)	DET	@	KCR	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
92	116	Aug 11	DET	@	KCR	L,5-11	CG	41	8.0	3	4	1	8	1	2B
93	117	Aug 12	DET	@	KCR	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
94	118	Aug 13	DET	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
95	119	Aug 14	DET	@	CAL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
96	120	Aug 15	DET	@	CAL	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	6	3	0	9	2	2B
97	122 (1)	Aug 18	DET	@	SEA	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
98	124 (1)	Aug 20	DET	@	OAK	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
99	125	Aug 21	DET	@	OAK	L,1-8	GS	25	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
100	127 (1)	Aug 24	DET		SEA	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
101	128	Aug 25	DET		SEA	L,4-8	GS	34	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
102	129	Aug 26 (1)	DET		SEA	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
103	130	Aug 26 (2)	DET		SEA	W,9-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
104	131	Aug 27	DET		CAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
105	132	Aug 28	DET		CAL	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	2B
106	133	Aug 29	DET		CAL	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
107	134	Aug 30	DET		OAK	W,8-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
108	135	Aug 31	DET		OAK	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
109	136	Sep 1	DET		OAK	L,3-6	CG	40	10.0	3	6	0	9	2	2B
110	137	Sep 2	DET		OAK	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
111	138	Sep 3	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
112	139	Sep 4	DET	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	3	4	0	7	3	2B
113	140	Sep 5	DET	@	CLE	W,9-3	GS	29	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
114	142 (1)	Sep 7	DET		NYY	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
115	145 (2)	Sep 11	DET		CLE	W,14-1	GS	32	7.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
116	147 (1)	Sep 15 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
117	148	Sep 15 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-7	GF	13	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH 2B
118	149	Sep 16	DET	@	NYY	W,8-4	GF	21	6.0	2	3	0	5	2	PH 2B
119	151 (1)	Sep 18	DET		BAL	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
120	152	Sep 19	DET		BAL	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	3	8	0	11	3	2B
121	153	Sep 20	DET		BAL	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
122	155 (1)	Sep 23 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
123	156	Sep 23 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
124	157	Sep 25	DET	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
125	159 (1)	Sep 28	DET		BOS	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
126	160	Sep 29	DET		BOS	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	2B
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