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.

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	DET		TOR	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
2	2	Apr 11	DET		TOR	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
3	3	Apr 12	DET		TOR	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
4	4	Apr 14	DET	@	KCR	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
5	5	Apr 15	DET	@	KCR	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
6	6	Apr 16	DET	@	TOR	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
7	7	Apr 17	DET	@	TOR	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
8	8	Apr 18	DET	@	TOR	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
9	9	Apr 19	DET	@	TOR	L,1-9	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
10	10	Apr 20	DET	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	2	7	0	9	1	2B
11	11	Apr 21	DET	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
12	12	Apr 22	DET	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
13	13	Apr 24	DET		CHW	L,2-3	CG	43	10.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
14	14	Apr 25	DET		CHW	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
15	15	Apr 26	DET		CHW	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
16	16	Apr 27	DET		NYY	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
17	17	Apr 28	DET		NYY	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
18	18	Apr 29	DET		NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
19	19	Apr 30	DET	@	SEA	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 1	DET	@	SEA	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
21	21	May 2	DET	@	SEA	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
22	22	May 3	DET	@	SEA	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
23	23	May 5	DET	@	OAK	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
24	24	May 6	DET	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
25	25	May 7	DET	@	OAK	L,3-5	CG	30	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
26	26	May 8	DET	@	CAL	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	5	4	0	9	4	2B
27	27	May 9	DET	@	CAL	L,1-15	CG	48	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
28	28	May 10	DET	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
29	29	May 12	DET		SEA	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
30	30	May 13	DET		SEA	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
31	31	May 15	DET		CAL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	2B
32	32	May 16	DET		CAL	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	2B
33	33	May 17	DET		CAL	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
34	34	May 18	DET		TEX	L,5-13	GS	42	7.0	2	7	1	10	1	2B
35	35	May 19	DET		TEX	W,14-1	GS	28	8.0	3	3	1	7	1	2B
36	36	May 20	DET		TEX	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
37	37	May 22	DET		BAL	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
38	38	May 23	DET		BAL	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	4	7	0	11	1	2B
39	39	May 24 (1)	DET		BAL	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
40	40	May 24 (2)	DET		BAL	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
41	41	May 25	DET	@	MIL	W,12-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
42	42	May 26	DET	@	MIL	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
43	43	May 27	DET	@	MIL	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
44	44	May 28	DET	@	MIL	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
45	45	May 29	DET	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
46	46	May 30	DET	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	2B
47	47	May 31	DET	@	BAL	W,5-4	GF	7	2.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	48	Jun 1	DET		MIL	W,4-3	CG	50	12.0	3	6	0	9	3	2B
49	49	Jun 2	DET		MIL	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
50	50	Jun 3	DET		MIL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
51	51	Jun 5	DET		MIN	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
52	52	Jun 6	DET		MIN	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
53	53	Jun 7	DET		MIN	W,3-0	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
54	54	Jun 8	DET	@	TEX	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
55	55	Jun 9	DET	@	TEX	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	4	4	0	8	3	2B
56	56	Jun 10	DET	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	3	2B
57	57	Jun 11	DET	@	MIN	W,7-2	GS	25	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	58	Aug 10	DET		TOR	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
59	59	Aug 11	DET		TOR	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
60	60	Aug 12	DET		TOR	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
61	61	Aug 13	DET		NYY	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
62	62	Aug 14	DET		NYY	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	6	1	10	0	2B
63	63	Aug 15	DET		NYY	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
64	64	Aug 16	DET		NYY	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
65	65	Aug 17	DET		MIN	W,12-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
66	66	Aug 18	DET		MIN	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	2	10	0	12	1	2B
67	67	Aug 19	DET		MIN	W,4-0	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
68	68	Aug 21	DET		TEX	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
69	69	Aug 22	DET		TEX	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
70	70	Aug 23	DET		TEX	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	3	3	2	8	1	2B
71	71	Aug 24	DET		KCR	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
72	72	Aug 25	DET		KCR	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	1	7	0	8	0	2B
73	73	Aug 26	DET		KCR	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
74	74	Aug 27	DET	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	4	1	1	6	0	2B
75	75	Aug 28	DET	@	MIN	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
76	77 (1)	Aug 30	DET	@	MIN	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
77	78	Aug 31	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	79	Sep 1	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
79	80	Sep 2	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	GS	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
80	81	Sep 3	DET	@	TEX	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	2B
81	82	Sep 4	DET	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
82	83	Sep 5	DET	@	TEX	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
83	84	Sep 6	DET	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
84	85	Sep 7	DET		BOS	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
85	86	Sep 8	DET		BOS	L,3-5	GS	38	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
86	87	Sep 9	DET		BOS	L,5-6	CG	51	11.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
87	88	Sep 11	DET		CLE	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
88	89	Sep 12	DET		CLE	W,11-9	CG	53	12.0	5	5	0	10	2	2B
89	90	Sep 13	DET		CLE	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	2B
90	91	Sep 14	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
91	92	Sep 16 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	41	9.2	2	6	0	8	1	2B
92	93	Sep 16 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
93	94	Sep 17	DET	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
94	95	Sep 18	DET	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
95	96	Sep 19	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
96	97	Sep 20	DET	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
97	98	Sep 21	DET	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
98	99	Sep 22	DET	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	2B
99	100	Sep 23	DET	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
100	101	Sep 25	DET		MIL	L,6-8	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
101	102	Sep 26	DET		MIL	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	2B
102	103	Sep 27	DET		MIL	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
103	104	Sep 28	DET		BAL	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
104	105	Sep 29	DET		BAL	W,14-0	GS	22	6.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
105	106	Oct 1	DET		BAL	L,4-5	GS	39	9.0	3	5	1	9	0	2B
106	107	Oct 2	DET	@	MIL	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
107	108	Oct 3	DET	@	MIL	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
108	109	Oct 4	DET	@	MIL	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
							108gm		918.1	227	354	9	590	77