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.

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	DET		CLE	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
2	2	Apr 10	DET		CLE	W,8-1	GS	27	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
3	3	Apr 11	DET		CLE	W,11-10	CG	51	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
4	5 (1)	Apr 14	DET	@	KCR	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
5	6	Apr 16	DET		MIL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
6	7	Apr 17	DET		MIL	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
7	8	Apr 19	DET		KCR	L,2-9	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
8	9	Apr 20	DET		KCR	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	2B
9	10	Apr 21	DET		KCR	L,2-3	GF	26	7.0	2	3	0	5	0	PH 2B
10	11	Apr 22	DET	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
11	12	Apr 23	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
12	14 (1)	Apr 25	DET	@	MIL	L,7-11	CG	41	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	2B
13	15	Apr 26	DET	@	MIL	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
14	16	Apr 27	DET	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
15	17	Apr 28	DET	@	MIL	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
16	18	Apr 30	DET		MIN	L,2-11	CG	45	9.0	5	4	1	10	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	19	May 1	DET		MIN	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
18	20	May 3	DET		CHW	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
19	21	May 4	DET		CHW	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
20	22	May 5	DET		CHW	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
21	23	May 7	DET	@	TEX	W,10-1	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
22	24	May 8	DET	@	TEX	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
23	25	May 10	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
24	26	May 11	DET	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
25	28 (1)	May 13	DET		TEX	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
26	29	May 14	DET		TEX	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
27	30	May 15	DET	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	50	10.2	3	4	0	7	1	2B
28	31	May 16	DET	@	MIN	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
29	32	May 17	DET	@	OAK	W,10-2	GS	27	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
30	33	May 18	DET	@	OAK	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
31	34	May 19	DET	@	OAK	L,7-9	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
32	35	May 20	DET	@	CAL	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	2	2B
33	36	May 21	DET	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	40	10.1	2	2	0	4	0	2B
34	37	May 22	DET	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
35	38	May 24	DET	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
36	39	May 25	DET	@	SEA	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
37	40	May 26	DET	@	SEA	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
38	41	May 27	DET	@	SEA	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	4	1	7	2	2B
39	42	May 29	DET		OAK	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
40	43	May 30	DET		OAK	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
41	44	May 31	DET		CAL	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	45	Jun 1	DET		CAL	L,2-9	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	2B
43	46	Jun 2	DET		CAL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
44	47	Jun 3	DET		SEA	L,8-9	CG	43	9.0	3	6	0	9	4	2B
45	48	Jun 4	DET		SEA	L,6-7	CG	50	12.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
46	49	Jun 5	DET		SEA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
47	50	Jun 6	DET	@	TOR	L,0-2	CG	43	11.1	4	5	1	10	3	2B
48	51	Jun 7	DET	@	TOR	L,2-9	GS	33	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
49	52	Jun 8	DET	@	TOR	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
50	53	Jun 9	DET	@	TOR	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
51	54	Jun 10	DET		BAL	W,8-7	CG	47	11.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
52	55	Jun 12	DET		BAL	W,6-2	CG	30	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
53	56	Jun 14	DET	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	2B
54	57	Jun 15	DET	@	NYY	W,10-8	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
55	58	Jun 16	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
56	59	Jun 17	DET		BOS	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
57	60	Jun 18	DET		BOS	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	4	5	0	9	3	2B
58	61	Jun 19	DET		BOS	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
59	62	Jun 20	DET		NYY	W,10-9	CG	50	10.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
60	63	Jun 21	DET		NYY	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
61	65 (1)	Jun 23	DET		NYY	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
62	66	Jun 24	DET	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
63	67	Jun 25	DET	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
64	68	Jun 26	DET	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
65	69	Jun 28	DET		TOR	L,0-2	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
66	70	Jun 29	DET		TOR	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	1	8	1	10	1	2B
67	71	Jun 30	DET		TOR	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	72	Jul 1	DET	@	BAL	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
69	73	Jul 2	DET	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
70	74	Jul 3	DET	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
71	75	Jul 4	DET	@	TEX	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
72	76	Jul 5	DET	@	TEX	L,1-3	GF	10	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 2B
73	77	Jul 6	DET	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	6	1	7	0	2B
74	78	Jul 7	DET	@	TEX	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
75	79	Jul 8	DET		CHW	L,4-9	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
76	80	Jul 9	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	4	5	0	9	0	2B
77	81	Jul 10	DET		CHW	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
78	82	Jul 11	DET		MIN	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
79	83	Jul 12	DET		MIN	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
80	84	Jul 13	DET		MIN	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
81	85	Jul 14	DET		MIN	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
82	86	Jul 18	DET		TEX	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	2B
83	87	Jul 19	DET		TEX	L,1-2	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
84	88	Jul 20	DET		TEX	W,6-5	CG	62	15.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
85	89	Jul 21	DET		TEX	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
86	90	Jul 22	DET	@	CHW	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
87	91	Jul 23	DET	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
88	92	Jul 24	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	2B
89	93	Jul 25	DET	@	MIN	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
90	94	Jul 26	DET	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
91	95	Jul 27	DET	@	MIN	L,4-11	CG	40	8.0	2	6	0	8	2	2B
92	96	Jul 28	DET	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
93	97	Jul 29	DET		KCR	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
94	98	Jul 30	DET		KCR	W,11-7	GS	28	6.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	100 (1)	Aug 2	DET		MIL	W,4-1	CG	28	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	2B
96	101	Aug 3	DET		MIL	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	2B
97	102	Aug 4 (1)	DET		MIL	W,7-4	GS	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
98	103	Aug 4 (2)	DET		MIL	L,4-14	GS	34	5.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
99	104	Aug 5	DET	@	KCR	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
100	105	Aug 8 (1)	DET	@	KCR	L,3-10	GS	32	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
101	106	Aug 8 (2)	DET	@	KCR	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
102	107	Aug 9	DET	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
103	108	Aug 10	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	44	11.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
104	110 (1)	Aug 12	DET	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
105	111	Aug 13	DET	@	MIL	W,5-4	CG	51	13.0	1	4	1	6	0	2B
106	112	Aug 14	DET	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
107	113	Aug 15	DET		CLE	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
108	114	Aug 16	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
109	116 (1)	Aug 18	DET		CLE	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
110	117	Aug 19	DET	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	36	9.1	2	0	0	2	0	2B
111	118	Aug 20	DET	@	OAK	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	2B
112	119	Aug 21	DET	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	0	3	0	3	0	2B
113	120	Aug 22	DET	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG	53	13.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
114	121	Aug 23	DET	@	CAL	L,6-7	CG	39	8.2	3	3	0	6	0	2B
115	122	Aug 24	DET	@	CAL	W,13-2	GS	27	7.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
116	123	Aug 25	DET	@	CAL	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
117	124	Aug 26	DET	@	SEA	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
118	126 (1)	Aug 29	DET		OAK	W,3-2	CG	43	12.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
119	127	Aug 30	DET		OAK	L,3-8	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
120	128	Aug 31	DET		OAK	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
121	129	Sep 1	DET		OAK	W,14-3	GS	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
122	130	Sep 2	DET		CAL	L,1-11	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
123	131	Sep 3	DET		CAL	W,14-8	GS	32	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
124	132	Sep 4	DET		CAL	L,2-5	GF	10	2.0	2	2	0	4	2	PH 2B
125	133	Sep 6	DET		SEA	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
126	134	Sep 7	DET		SEA	L,5-12	GS	39	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
127	135	Sep 8	DET		SEA	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
128	136	Sep 9	DET	@	TOR	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	2B
129	137	Sep 10	DET	@	TOR	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	2B
130	138	Sep 11	DET	@	TOR	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
131	139	Sep 13	DET		BAL	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
132	140	Sep 14 (1)	DET		BAL	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
133	142 (1)	Sep 15	DET		BAL	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
134	143	Sep 16	DET		BAL	L,7-14	CG	53	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
135	144	Sep 17	DET		NYY	W,9-1	GS	28	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
136	145	Sep 18	DET		NYY	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
137	146	Sep 19	DET		NYY	W,10-3	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
138	147	Sep 20	DET	@	BOS	W,6-2	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
139	148	Sep 21	DET	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	42	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
140	149	Sep 22	DET	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
141	151 (1)	Sep 24	DET	@	NYY	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
142	152	Sep 25	DET	@	NYY	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
143	153	Sep 27	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	5	6	0	11	3	2B
144	155 (1)	Sep 29	DET		BOS	L,4-8	CG	47	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
145	156	Oct 1	DET		TOR	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
146	157	Oct 2	DET		TOR	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	2B
147	158	Oct 3	DET		TOR	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	7	0	8	3	2B
148	159	Oct 4	DET	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
149	160	Oct 5	DET	@	BAL	L,6-7	CG	38	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	2B
150	161	Oct 6	DET	@	BAL	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
							150gm		1307.2	314	414	11	739	101