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.

1991 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1991 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	DET		NYY	W,6-4	GS	18	3.1	1	2	0	3	0	2B
2	5 (3)	Apr 13	DET		CHW	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
3	6	Apr 15	DET		TOR	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
4	8 (1)	Apr 17	DET		TOR	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
5	9	Apr 18	DET	@	CHW	W,16-0	GS	15	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
6	11 (1)	Apr 21	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	2	6	0	8	2	2B
7	12	Apr 22	DET	@	NYY	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
8	13	Apr 23	DET	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
9	14	Apr 25	DET	@	TOR	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	2	1	0	3	1	PH 2B
10	15	Apr 26	DET	@	TOR	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	3	6	0	9	2	2B
11	16	Apr 27	DET	@	TOR	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
12	17	Apr 28	DET	@	TOR	L,6-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
13	18	Apr 29	DET	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
14	19	Apr 30	DET	@	KCR	W,13-7	CG	45	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	20	May 1	DET	@	KCR	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
16	21	May 3	DET		TEX	W,7-6	CG	51	11.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
17	22	May 4	DET		TEX	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
18	23	May 5	DET		TEX	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
19	24	May 7	DET		KCR	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
20	25	May 8	DET		KCR	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
21	26	May 9	DET	@	MIN	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
22	27	May 10	DET	@	MIN	L,2-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
23	28	May 11	DET	@	MIN	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
24	29	May 12	DET	@	MIN	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
25	30	May 13	DET	@	TEX	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	2B
26	31	May 14	DET	@	TEX	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
27	32	May 15	DET	@	TEX	L,4-5	CG	52	11.1	1	3	1	5	1	2B
28	33	May 17	DET		MIN	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	2	6	0	8	4	2B
29	34	May 18	DET		MIN	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
30	35	May 19	DET		MIN	W,8-3	CG	32	9.0	4	6	0	10	3	2B
31	36	May 20	DET		BAL	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
32	37	May 21	DET		BAL	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
33	38	May 22	DET		BAL	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
34	39	May 23	DET		BOS	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
35	40	May 24	DET		BOS	L,9-10	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
36	41	May 25	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
37	42	May 26	DET		BOS	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
38	45 (2)	May 29	DET	@	MIL	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
39	46	May 31	DET	@	CLE	L,9-11	CG	44	8.0	2	7	0	9	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	47	Jun 1	DET	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
41	48	Jun 2	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	2	2B
42	49	Jun 3	DET	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
43	50	Jun 4	DET		SEA	L,6-8	CG	48	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
44	51	Jun 5	DET		SEA	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	2B
45	52	Jun 6	DET		SEA	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
46	53	Jun 7	DET	@	CAL	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
47	54	Jun 8	DET	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
48	56 (1)	Jun 10	DET	@	OAK	L,6-12	CG	45	8.0	5	2	0	7	2	2B
49	57	Jun 11	DET	@	OAK	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
50	58	Jun 12	DET	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
51	59	Jun 13	DET	@	SEA	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
52	60	Jun 14	DET	@	SEA	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
53	62 (1)	Jun 16	DET	@	SEA	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
54	63	Jun 18	DET		OAK	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
55	66 (2)	Jun 21	DET		CAL	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
56	67	Jun 22	DET		CAL	L,3-10	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
57	68	Jun 23	DET		CAL	W,4-3	CG	37	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
58	69	Jun 25	DET		MIL	L,3-11	CG	43	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
59	70	Jun 26	DET		MIL	W,8-7	CG	51	13.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
60	71	Jun 27	DET		MIL	L,3-9	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
61	72	Jun 28	DET		CLE	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
62	73	Jun 29	DET		CLE	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	75 (1)	Jul 1	DET	@	BAL	L,2-10	CG	37	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
64	77 (1)	Jul 3	DET	@	BAL	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
65	78	Jul 4	DET	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
66	80 (1)	Jul 6	DET	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	6	4	0	10	3	2B
67	81	Jul 7	DET	@	BOS	W,7-6	GF	17	4.0	1	2	0	3	0	PH 2B
68	82	Jul 11	DET		KCR	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
69	83	Jul 12	DET		KCR	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
70	84	Jul 13	DET		KCR	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	2B
71	85	Jul 14	DET		KCR	L,4-18	GS	30	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
72	86	Jul 15	DET		TEX	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
73	87	Jul 16	DET		TEX	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
74	88	Jul 17	DET		TEX	W,6-4	CG	41	10.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
75	89	Jul 19	DET	@	KCR	W,17-0	GS	23	6.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
76	90	Jul 20	DET	@	KCR	L,4-8	GS	30	6.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
77	92 (1)	Jul 23	DET		MIN	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
78	93	Jul 24	DET		MIN	W,6-3	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
79	94	Jul 25	DET		MIN	L,3-9	GS	14	3.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	101 (6)	Aug 1	DET		CAL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
81	102	Aug 2	DET		NYY	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
82	103	Aug 3	DET		NYY	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
83	104	Aug 4	DET		NYY	W,8-7	CG	49	10.0	0	4	1	5	0	2B
84	105	Aug 5	DET		NYY	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
85	106	Aug 6	DET	@	TOR	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
86	107	Aug 7	DET	@	TOR	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
87	108	Aug 8	DET	@	TOR	W,4-0	CG	57	14.0	2	8	0	10	0	2B
88	109	Aug 10 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
89	110	Aug 10 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
90	112 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,8-10	CG	48	9.1	3	1	0	4	0	2B
91	113	Aug 13 (1)	DET		CHW	W,11-9	CG	44	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
92	115 (1)	Aug 14	DET		CHW	L,8-9	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
93	116	Aug 15	DET		CHW	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
94	118 (1)	Aug 17	DET		TOR	L,5-7	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
95	119	Aug 18	DET		TOR	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
96	120	Aug 19	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
97	121	Aug 20	DET	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	4	4	0	8	3	2B
98	122	Aug 21	DET	@	CHW	W,12-9	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
99	123	Aug 23	DET		SEA	W,8-6	CG	48	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
100	124	Aug 24	DET		SEA	W,7-2	GF	11	3.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
101	125	Aug 25	DET		SEA	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
102	126	Aug 26	DET	@	CAL	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	2	2B
103	129 (2)	Aug 30	DET	@	OAK	L,3-6	CG	42	9.2	3	2	0	5	1	2B
104	130	Aug 31	DET	@	OAK	L,8-9	CG	51	9.1	3	4	0	7	2	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	131	Sep 1	DET	@	OAK	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
106	132	Sep 2	DET	@	SEA	W,12-5	CG	39	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
107	133	Sep 3	DET	@	SEA	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
108	134	Sep 5	DET		OAK	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
109	135	Sep 6	DET		OAK	W,11-2	GS	17	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
110	136	Sep 7	DET		OAK	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
111	137	Sep 8	DET		OAK	L,4-7	CG	38	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	2B
112	138	Sep 10	DET		BOS	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
113	140 (1)	Sep 12	DET	@	MIL	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	2	7	0	9	2	2B
114	141	Sep 13	DET	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	6	5	0	11	4	2B
115	142	Sep 14	DET	@	MIL	W,6-4	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
116	143	Sep 15	DET	@	MIL	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
117	144	Sep 17	DET	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
118	145	Sep 18	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	28	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
119	146	Sep 20	DET		MIL	L,5-8	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
120	147	Sep 21	DET		MIL	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
121	148	Sep 22	DET		MIL	L,5-9	GS	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
122	149	Sep 23	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
123	150	Sep 24	DET		CLE	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	3	2B
124	151	Sep 25	DET		CLE	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
125	152	Sep 26	DET		CLE	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
126	153	Sep 27	DET		BAL	L,7-9	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
127	154	Sep 28	DET		BAL	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	6	3	0	9	1	2B
128	155	Sep 29	DET		BAL	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
129	156	Sep 30	DET		BAL	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
130	157	Oct 1	DET	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
131	158	Oct 2	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
132	159	Oct 3	DET	@	BOS	W,10-5	GF	9	2.0	1	2	0	3	0	PH 2B
133	160	Oct 4	DET	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	57	14.0	6	5	0	11	1	2B
134	161	Oct 5	DET	@	BAL	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
135	162	Oct 6	DET	@	BAL	W,7-1	GS	18	5.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
							135gm		1063.2	255	361	4	620	91