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.

1993 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1993 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	DET	@	OAK	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
2	2	Apr 7	DET	@	OAK	L,7-12	CG	47	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
3	3	Apr 8	DET	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	6	5	0	11	2	2B
4	4	Apr 9	DET	@	CAL	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
5	5	Apr 10	DET	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	2B
6	7 (1)	Apr 13	DET		OAK	W,20-4	GS	15	4.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
7	8	Apr 15	DET		OAK	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
8	11 (2)	Apr 18	DET		SEA	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	3	2B
9	12	Apr 19	DET		SEA	L,6-10	CG	43	9.0	3	9	1	13	1	2B
10	13	Apr 20	DET		TEX	W,3-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
11	15 (1)	Apr 23	DET	@	MIN	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	3	7	0	10	2	2B
12	16	Apr 24	DET	@	MIN	W,17-1	GS	19	6.0	3	6	0	9	2	2B
13	17	Apr 25	DET	@	MIN	W,16-5	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
14	18	Apr 26	DET	@	KCR	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
15	19	Apr 27	DET	@	KCR	L,3-4	GS	22	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
16	22 (2)	Apr 30	DET		MIN	W,8-0	GS	25	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	23	May 1	DET		MIN	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	2B
18	25 (1)	May 4	DET		KCR	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	4	5	0	9	3	2B
19	26	May 5	DET		KCR	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
20	27	May 7	DET		NYY	W,7-6	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
21	29 (1)	May 9	DET		NYY	L,2-11	CG	46	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
22	30	May 10	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
23	31	May 11	DET	@	TOR	W,12-7	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
24	32	May 12	DET	@	TOR	W,13-8	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
25	33	May 13	DET	@	TOR	L,5-6	CG	39	8.2	4	2	0	6	1	2B
26	34	May 14	DET		BAL	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
27	35	May 15	DET		BAL	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	7	4	0	11	3	2B
28	36	May 16	DET		BAL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
29	37	May 18	DET	@	MIL	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
30	38	May 19	DET	@	MIL	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
31	39	May 20	DET	@	MIL	W,6-2	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
32	40	May 21	DET	@	CLE	L,5-10	CG	45	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
33	41	May 22	DET	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
34	42	May 23	DET	@	CLE	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
35	43	May 24	DET		BOS	L,5-6	CG	45	10.0	5	5	0	10	3	2B
36	44	May 25	DET		BOS	W,4-1	GF	9	3.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
37	45	May 26	DET		BOS	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
38	46	May 28	DET	@	SEA	L,3-4	GF	14	2.1	1	0	1	2	0	PH 2B
39	47	May 29	DET	@	SEA	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	5	4	0	9	0	2B
40	48	May 30	DET	@	SEA	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	49	Jun 1	DET		CHW	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
42	50	Jun 2	DET		CHW	L,1-10	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
43	51	Jun 3	DET		CHW	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
44	54 (2)	Jun 6	DET		CAL	W,11-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
45	55	Jun 7	DET	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
46	56	Jun 8	DET	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
47	57	Jun 9	DET	@	CHW	W,7-4	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
48	58	Jun 10	DET		TOR	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
49	59	Jun 11	DET		TOR	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
50	61 (1)	Jun 13	DET		TOR	L,4-13	CG	54	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
51	62	Jun 14	DET		CLE	W,7-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
52	63	Jun 15	DET		CLE	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
53	64	Jun 16	DET		CLE	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
54	66 (1)	Jun 18	DET		MIL	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
55	67	Jun 19	DET		MIL	W,10-7	CG	39	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	2B
56	68	Jun 20	DET		MIL	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
57	69	Jun 22	DET	@	BAL	L,9-12	CG	43	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
58	70	Jun 23	DET	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
59	71	Jun 24	DET	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
60	72	Jun 25	DET	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	2B
61	74 (1)	Jun 27	DET	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
62	76 (1)	Jun 29	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	78 (1)	Jul 1	DET		TEX	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	2	4	1	7	2	2B
64	89 (10)	Jul 15	DET	@	TEX	L,7-12	CG	46	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
65	90	Jul 16	DET	@	TEX	L,6-9	GF	13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
66	91	Jul 17	DET	@	TEX	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
67	93 (1)	Jul 19	DET		MIN	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	2B
68	95 (1)	Jul 21	DET		MIN	L,2-7	CG	47	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
69	96	Jul 22	DET		KCR	L,6-12	GS	38	7.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
70	97	Jul 23	DET		KCR	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	2B
71	98	Jul 24	DET		KCR	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	2B
72	99	Jul 25	DET		KCR	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
73	100	Jul 26	DET		NYY	W,5-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
74	102 (1)	Jul 28	DET		NYY	L,7-12	CG	46	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
75	103	Jul 29	DET	@	TOR	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
76	104	Jul 30	DET	@	TOR	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
77	105	Jul 31	DET	@	TOR	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	106	Aug 1	DET	@	TOR	L,1-2	CG	33	8.2	1	5	0	6	0	2B
79	107	Aug 3	DET	@	CLE	L,4-9	CG	34	7.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
80	108	Aug 4	DET	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	4	8	0	12	2	2B
81	109	Aug 5	DET	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
82	110	Aug 6	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	29	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
83	112 (1)	Aug 8	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
84	120 (7)	Aug 15	DET	@	MIL	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	2	7	0	9	1	2B
85	124 (3)	Aug 20	DET		OAK	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
86	126 (1)	Aug 22	DET		OAK	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
87	127	Aug 23	DET		OAK	W,9-0	CG	28	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
88	128	Aug 24	DET		SEA	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
89	129	Aug 25	DET		SEA	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
90	130	Aug 27	DET	@	OAK	W,13-4	GS	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
91	131	Aug 28	DET	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	2B
92	132	Aug 29	DET	@	OAK	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	4	2	2	8	2	2B
93	133	Aug 30	DET	@	SEA	W,13-2	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	136 (2)	Sep 3	DET		CHW	L,6-8	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
95	137	Sep 4	DET		CHW	L,2-11	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
96	139 (1)	Sep 7	DET		CAL	W,10-6	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
97	142 (2)	Sep 10	DET	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	8	0	9	1	2B
98	144 (1)	Sep 12	DET	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
99	145	Sep 14	DET		TOR	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	3	5	1	9	1	2B
100	146	Sep 15	DET		TOR	L,8-14	CG	53	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
101	147	Sep 17	DET		CLE	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
102	148	Sep 18	DET		CLE	W,7-6	CG	46	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
103	149	Sep 19	DET		CLE	L,2-12	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
104	150	Sep 20	DET		MIL	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	5	5	0	10	1	2B
105	155 (4)	Sep 26 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
106	156	Sep 28 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,6-11	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
107	157	Sep 28 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,7-6	GF	15	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 2B
108	158	Sep 29	DET	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	2B
109	159	Sep 30	DET	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
110	162 (2)	Oct 3	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	32	8.1	2	1	0	3	0	2B
							110gm		864.0	236	322	11	569	75