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.

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	DET	@	TEX	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
2	2	Apr 6	DET	@	TEX	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
3	3	Apr 7	DET		MIL	W,10-3	GS	28	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
4	4	Apr 8	DET		MIL	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
5	5	Apr 11	DET		MIN	L,0-14	GS	44	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
6	6	Apr 13	DET		MIN	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
7	7	Apr 14	DET		TEX	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	2B
8	8	Apr 15	DET		TEX	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
9	9	Apr 16	DET		TEX	L,6-9	CG	47	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
10	10	Apr 18	DET	@	MIN	L,8-9	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
11	11	Apr 19	DET	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
12	12	Apr 20	DET	@	MIN	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
13	13	Apr 21	DET	@	MIL	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
14	14	Apr 22	DET	@	MIL	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
15	15	Apr 23	DET	@	MIL	W,11-3	GS	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
16	16	Apr 24	DET		SEA	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
17	17	Apr 25	DET		SEA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
18	18	Apr 26	DET	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
19	19	Apr 27	DET	@	CAL	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	2	2	1	5	1	2B
20	20	Apr 28	DET	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
21	21	Apr 29	DET	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
22	22	Apr 30	DET	@	OAK	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	5	4	0	9	3	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	23	May 1	DET	@	SEA	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
24	24	May 2	DET	@	SEA	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
25	25	May 3	DET	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	3	5	0	8	3	2B
26	26	May 5	DET		OAK	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
27	27	May 6	DET		OAK	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	4	5	0	9	0	2B
28	28	May 7	DET		OAK	L,4-5	CG	45	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
29	29	May 8	DET		CAL	L,2-9	GS	30	6.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
30	30	May 9	DET		CAL	L,1-5	CG	44	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
31	31	May 10	DET		CAL	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
32	32	May 12	DET	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
33	33	May 13	DET	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
34	34	May 14	DET	@	CLE	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
35	35	May 15	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
36	36	May 16	DET		CHW	W,9-7	CG	45	9.0	0	4	1	5	1	2B
37	37	May 17	DET		CHW	L,7-10	CG	46	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
38	38	May 19	DET		KCR	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
39	39	May 20	DET		KCR	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	2B
40	40	May 21	DET		KCR	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	6	4	0	10	2	2B
41	42 (1)	May 23	DET		CLE	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
42	43	May 24	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	6	4	0	10	0	2B
43	44	May 25	DET		CLE	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
44	45	May 26	DET	@	KCR	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
45	46	May 27	DET	@	KCR	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
46	47	May 28	DET	@	KCR	L,5-9	GF	18	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 2B
47	48	May 29	DET	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
48	49	May 30	DET	@	CHW	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	6	4	0	10	2	2B
49	50	May 31	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	51	Jun 1	DET		BAL	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	1	4	1	6	2	2B
51	52	Jun 2	DET		BAL	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
52	53	Jun 3	DET		BAL	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
53	54	Jun 4	DET		BAL	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
54	55	Jun 5	DET		BOS	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	3	7	0	10	2	2B
55	56	Jun 6	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
56	57	Jun 7	DET		BOS	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
57	58	Jun 9	DET	@	TOR	L,0-2	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
58	59	Jun 10	DET	@	TOR	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
59	60	Jun 11	DET	@	TOR	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
60	61	Jun 12	DET	@	TOR	L,4-5	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
61	62	Jun 13	DET	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
62	63	Jun 14	DET	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
63	64	Jun 16	DET		CAL	L,4-9	CG	46	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
64	65	Jun 17	DET		CAL	L,3-6	GF	4	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 2B
65	66	Jun 18	DET		CAL	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
66	67	Jun 19	DET	@	OAK	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
67	68	Jun 20	DET	@	OAK	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
68	69	Jun 21	DET	@	OAK	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
69	70	Jun 23	DET	@	SEA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
70	71	Jun 24	DET	@	SEA	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
71	72	Jun 25	DET	@	SEA	L,3-5	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
72	73	Jun 27	DET		NYY	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
73	74	Jun 28	DET		NYY	W,6-5	CG	47	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
74	75	Jun 29	DET		NYY	L,6-7	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
75	76	Jun 30	DET	@	BAL	W,16-5	GS	32	7.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	77	Jul 1	DET	@	BAL	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
77	78	Jul 2	DET	@	BAL	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
78	79	Jul 3	DET	@	BAL	L,4-11	GS	36	6.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
79	80	Jul 4	DET	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	6	3	0	9	1	2B
80	81	Jul 5	DET	@	NYY	L,0-9	CG	44	8.0	4	2	1	7	1	2B
81	82	Jul 6	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	46	10.2	4	2	0	6	0	2B
82	83	Jul 7	DET		TOR	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
83	84	Jul 8	DET		TOR	L,3-8	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
84	85	Jul 9	DET		TOR	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
85	86	Jul 13	DET		SEA	L,4-5	CG	48	12.0	9	3	0	12	2	2B
86	87	Jul 14	DET		SEA	L,0-13	GS	38	7.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
87	88	Jul 15	DET		SEA	L,3-9	CG	47	9.0	4	6	0	10	2	2B
88	89	Jul 16	DET		SEA	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
89	90	Jul 17	DET		OAK	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	2B
90	91	Jul 18	DET		OAK	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
91	92	Jul 20	DET	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	40	8.2	1	2	0	3	1	2B
92	93	Jul 21	DET	@	CAL	L,7-8	CG	40	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
93	96 (2)	Jul 24	DET	@	MIL	L,0-10	GS	38	7.0	3	4	1	8	0	2B
94	97	Jul 25	DET	@	MIL	W,7-2	GS	28	7.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
95	98	Jul 26	DET	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
96	99	Jul 27	DET	@	MIL	L,1-11	GS	32	6.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
97	101 (1)	Jul 28 (2)	DET		MIN	L,3-7	GS	36	7.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	104 (2)	Aug 1	DET		TEX	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	2B
99	105	Aug 2	DET		TEX	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
100	106	Aug 3	DET		TEX	W,9-6	CG	45	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
101	107	Aug 4	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	36	8.1	0	2	0	2	1	2B
102	108	Aug 5	DET	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
103	111 (2)	Aug 7 (2)	DET		MIL	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
104	112	Aug 8	DET		MIL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	2	2B
105	113	Aug 9	DET		MIL	L,1-6	GF	13	2.0	1	1	1	3	0	PH 2B
106	114	Aug 10	DET	@	TEX	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
107	115	Aug 11	DET	@	TEX	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
108	116	Aug 12	DET	@	TEX	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
109	117	Aug 13	DET	@	TEX	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	5	6	0	11	1	2B
110	118	Aug 14	DET		BAL	L,1-4	CG	36	10.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
111	119	Aug 15	DET		BAL	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
112	120	Aug 16	DET		BAL	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
113	126 (5)	Aug 22	DET	@	TOR	L,2-3	CG	55	13.2	3	4	0	7	2	2B
114	127	Aug 23	DET	@	TOR	L,4-11	CG	41	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
115	128	Aug 24	DET	@	TOR	L,3-11	CG	41	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	2B
116	129	Aug 25 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	5	3	1	9	2	2B
117	130	Aug 25 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-11	GS	32	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
118	131	Aug 26	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	2	7	0	9	2	2B
119	132	Aug 27	DET	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
120	133	Aug 28	DET	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
121	134	Aug 29	DET	@	KCR	L,8-12	CG	49	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
122	135	Aug 30	DET	@	KCR	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
123	136	Aug 31	DET	@	KCR	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	137	Sep 1	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	45	12.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
125	139 (1)	Sep 3	DET		CLE	W,12-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
126	140	Sep 4	DET		KCR	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	2B
127	141	Sep 5	DET		KCR	W,10-2	GS	28	7.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
128	142	Sep 6	DET		KCR	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	2B
129	143	Sep 8	DET		CHW	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
130	144	Sep 9	DET		CHW	L,3-13	GS	37	7.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
131	145	Sep 10	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
132	147 (1)	Sep 13	DET	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
133	148	Sep 14	DET	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
134	149	Sep 15	DET	@	MIN	L,4-8	CG	44	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
135	150	Sep 16	DET	@	MIN	L,7-8	GF	5	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 2B
136	151	Sep 17	DET	@	MIN	W,9-2	GS	28	7.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
137	152	Sep 19	DET	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
138	153	Sep 20	DET	@	BAL	L,2-9	GS	44	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
139	154	Sep 22	DET		BOS	L,7-9	GS	17	5.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
140	157 (2)	Sep 25	DET		TOR	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
141	158	Sep 26	DET		TOR	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
142	159	Sep 27	DET		TOR	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
143	160	Sep 29	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
144	161	Sep 30	DET	@	NYY	L,2-9	GS	32	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
145	162	Oct 1	DET	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
							146gm		1178.0	327	393	11	731	99